Continuing from last chapter...

Seth turned on the TV and placed SpongeBob in the DVD player. When SpongeBob came on he looked over at his sister who was sitting on the couch watching him. "You watch your movie and I'll be in my room okay." He watched as she slowly nodded then headed up to his room. Closing his door he locked it and plopped down on the bed. Grabbing his pillow his covered his head and screamed as loud as he could. He couldn't believe this just happened to him. When ten o'clock rolled around he was still lying in his bed. His phone had been ringing for the past ten minutes but he ignored it, he didn't want to talk to anyone at this point. Hours passed and before he knew it it was twelve-thirty. Getting up he walked over to his window and looked down at his car. He still couldn't believe that something like this happened. In the sixteen years that he's lived here he's never heard one homophobic slur. His neighborhood wasn't perfect but it was always safe and Derry Wood had a zero bullying policy so he always thought of this place as a safe haven. A place where you didn't have to be afraid or ashamed to be gay. Leaving his room he stopped by his sisters room and found her sleeping in her bed. Silently closing the door he headed downstairs, grabbed a trash bag and went outside. Walking to the back of his car he started tossing the DVD's in the bag alone with the broken glass. Tears rolled down his face as he started to remove the hateful words. Hearing a car behind him he turned and saw Roman staring at him with wide eyes. He watched as Roman got out and walked over to him but before he could say anything Roman wrapped his arms around his neck. He circled Roman's waist with his arms and burying his face in the crook on his neck, more tears falling.

Roman was speechless as he stared at what was left of Seth's car. Running his fingers through Seth's hair he tried his bed to sooth his upset lover. After helping Seth clean his car the two of them went back inside and up to his room. He watched from the doorway as Seth walked around the room before finally sitting on the edge of his bed, eyes on the ground. He pushed himself off the door and sat next to him. Reaching over he took Seth's hand in his own and kissed it. "It's going to be okay."

Seth sighed and rested his head on Roman's shoulder. "What are you doing over here anyway, I figured that you would be in school?"

"I was still upset about what happened the day before and didn't want to deal with those homophobic assholes again so I just stayed home." Roman says. "When you weren't answering your phone I got worried so I stopped by your school and Dolph told me you didn't show up."

Seth sat up and looked at Roman. "You came to my school and talked to Dolph?"

"What?" Roman says smiling. "I was worried about you."

Seth smiled and laid his head back down. "Well I'm glad that you came and I'm sorry for not answering when you called."

"It's okay." Roman wrapped his arm around Seth and kissed him on the head. Just then he heard a door open and slam shut before heavy footsteps made their way upstairs. He looked up at the door just as Seth's father walked in.

"Seth I've been calling you since this morning." Cole says. "Why didn't you call me about your sister, you had me worried to death."

"Sorry, after I saw my car I wasn't thinking." Seth says.

Cole folded his arms. "Don't you worry I'm going to have it fixed up in no time. Do you know anything or did you see anybody near your car this morning because it wasn't like that when we left."

Seth sighed. "There was these two guys on motorcycles and they were outside when I went to take Abby to school. I don't know what they look like but before they left they shouted out more slurs at me."

"Did you notice anything else about them?" Roman asked looking down, his arm that was around Seth was now in his lap.

Seth shrugged. "Their helmets were yellow and their bikes were black but that was about it." He looked over at Roman when he went quiet. "Why do you ask?"

"No reason." Roman got to his feet and wiped his face. "Will you excuse me, I need to use the restroom." He quickly left the room and went to the bathroom down the hall.

Cole watched him go then looked back at Seth. "I wonder what that was about?"

"You got me." Seth says then suddenly he frowned. "So are you going to call mom and tell her?"

"Better she hear it from me then coming home and seeing your car with no warning." Cole says. "Where's your sister, I didn't see her downstairs?"

"She's asleep in her room." Seth says.

Cole looked down the halls before turning back to Seth. "I'm going to check on her, you hang in there okay."

Seth smiled. "I will, thanks dad."

Cole left Seth's room and went to check on his daughter. After doing that he walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door. Moments later Roman stepped outside. "What's going on with you?"

Roman leans against the door and looked down at the ground. "The other day some guys tagged my car with homophobic words and I let my anger get the best of me and beat the crap out of one of them. Their names are Luke Harper and Eric Rowan and I'm almost certain that they are behind this. They both have black motorcycles with yellow helmets. This happened to Seth because of me, because of what I did to Luke."

"Roman you can't blame yourself for this." Cole says.

"If I wouldn't have overreacted we wouldn't be having this conversation right now." Roman looked down the hall towards Seth's room. "It's my fault that's he's so miserable right now, I'm so sorry."

"Stop apologizing when you have nothing to be sorry for." Seth says joining the two by the bathroom. "None of this was your fault and I don't blame you for any of it. There's always going to be people like them."

"Yeah but not here." Roman says. "You always tell me this place is a safe haven for you but all I did was bring in negative energy."

Seth was about to speak but looked at his dad. "Dad can you give us a moment." When Cole left Seth took Roman's hand and they walked back to his room.

"You should hate me because I did this to you." Roman says trying to pull free of Seth's grip but he wouldn't let go. "Seth?"

"Don't be stupid Roman." Seth says. "This wasn't your fault, those guys are just assholes who gets a kick out of hurting others and making them feel like shit." Wrapping his hand around the back of Roman's head he pulled him into a kiss. "I love you Roman Reigns."

Roman gave in and pulled Seth closer. "I love you too."

They stood there holding each other until Seth finally pulled away, slightly. "So about the game tonight-"

"I'm not going to that game." Roman says. "I was hoping that I could hang out with you here."

Seth smiled. "I was hoping that you would."

...

Later that night

Derry Wood Highschool

Randy had been in a sour mood ever since this morning because Dean didn't show up at the hospital and he wasn't answering his phone. He climbed up the bleacher and sat at the very top on the end. As the bleachers started to fill up with parents, students and fans he couldn't help but frown. He wasn't even in the cast for that long and he'd already missed throwing the football around and being on the field with his teammates. Looking around the crowd of people he saw Dean weaving his way through people to get to him, he smiled. "Hey?"

"I'm so sorry about earlier." Dean says. "My dad was home and apparently pissed off because I kept sneaking out when I'm suppose to be grounded and he took my phone and car keys."

"Then how are you here now?" Randy asked as Dean sat next to him.

Dean smiled. "Well my radio is blaring in my room, my door is locked and I snuck out my window. I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm still moping around in my room because I've done it before. I know it's risky and I might get in even more trouble but I had to see you."

"Well I'm glad that you're here now." Randy looked towards the field when the Derry Wood Dogs came out to a loud roar followed by the Perry Mount Grizzles, who had a roar of their own. He looked back at Dean and found him staring at his team. "Do they not know about you."

"No, only Roman and my dad know." Dean says.

"We can go somewhere else if you want too."

"Why?" Dean asked. "I could care less about what they say about. I like you and I'm not ashamed to admit that."

Randy looked away when he felt himself blushing just in time to see his dad and Seth's father making their way over to them. "Great my dad is coming over here."

Bob walked over and stopped front of the two. "Hey Randy, why don't you introduce me to your friend."

"You already know who he is." Randy says. "Dean Ambrose."

"The same Dean Ambrose that has been causing problems with my son Seth." Cole says folding his arms "It's nice to meet you."

Dean swallowed. "You too but Seth and I kind of buried the hatched, you could even say that we're friends."

"Really?" Randy says. "He failed to mention that to me. Speaking of Seth where is he, he said that he was coming to the game tonight."

Cole frowned. "He's not feeling well so he decided to stay home."

Hearing that caused Randy to frown as well. "Did something happen, is he okay?"

"He's fine but some guys apparently from Perry Mount destroyed his car." Cole says. "Slashed his tires, broke his windows, wrote horrible windows everywhere and tossed a bunch of gay pornos in the back seat. Roman is with him back at the house because he didn't want to be around anyone else."

"That's messed up." Dean says.

"Yeah it is." Cole sighed and turned to the filed. "Alright come on Bob it looks like the game is about to start."

Dean watched the two head to the far end of the bleachers then looked back at Randy who was looking down. "Are you okay?"

Randy looked over at Dean and smiled. "Yeah I'm okay, I just hope that he's okay."

...

Roman was downstairs watching TV with Abigail when he saw Seth slowly making his way downstairs, he smiled. "Hey, so you finally gave in and decided to watch SpongeBob with us."

"Hey Sethie." Abigail says sitting up. "Romie made us popcorn and I saved you a seat." She walked over to Seth and grabbed his hand, leading them back to the couch. She sat in the middle while Seth sat beside her. "Are you still sad?"

Seth smiled. "I'm okay now Abby."

"Are you sure?" Roman asked leaning forward in his seat.

"Yeah, thank for coming over Rome." Seth says.

"Anything for you." He reached over Abigail and pulled Seth into a kiss.

"Ew, I'm telling daddy you and Romie kissed." Abigail stands up on the couch facing Seth and started jumping up and down. "Sethie can I have some ice cream."

"No." Seth says turning back to the TV. "Mom would kill me if I gave you ice cream this late."

"Please I promise that I won't tell her." Abigail says again.

"I said no Abby now sit down before you hurt yourself." Seth says. He then got to his feet. "I'll be back in a minute and Roman don't you dare give her anything."

Roman waited until Seth disappeared up the stairs then turned to Abby. "I don't know about you but I can go for some ice cream, what about you."

...

After washing his face and hands Seth headed back downstairs to the living room to find Abigail with her arms sitting in her lap with her eyes on the TV. Roman sat next to her with and his cheeks were puffy. "Awe seriously Roman."

"What?" Roman muffled out. After swallowing down the ice cream and getting over a brain freeze he got to his feet and walked over to Seth. "Come I just gave her a little bit, no bid deal."

"You don't know my sister like I do okay." Seth say. "Seriously, giving her ice cream is like giving the cookie monster a cookie. Have you seen how crazy he gets when he eats chocolate chip cookies."

"Come on it's not going to be that bad." Roman says. "I'm sure she-" He was cut off by Abigail screaming and turned to see her jumping on the couch.

Seth covered his ears and groaned. "Oh god Roman you have no idea what you've done." He walked over to her and sat her down but she wouldn't stop fidgeting.

"Sethie can I have some more ice cream...I promise that I won't tell mommy or daddy...can we play horsie...or go outside..no let's go in my room and play with my dollies...Sethie never plays with me Rome." She jumped up and ran behind the couch. "Catch me."

Roman looked at Seth and shrugged. "Well she's already had ice cream so what's the harm in giving her more."

Seth watched as Roman picked up a bowl from under the table, a bowl of ice cream. "Okay maybe you didn't understand me about the cookie monster."

"I understood perfectly but if she gets out of hand I'll take the blame." Roman says.

Seth held up his hands. "Fine but don't say that I didn't warn you."

Ten minutes later Roman was starting to regret not having listened to Seth. He was currently on all fours while Abigail sat on his back yelling out horsie, horsie. Seth however couldn't be more happier as he sat on the couch watching with a smile on his face. The three of them had nearly ate the entire tub of ice cream and now Abigail was all over the place. "Come on Seth you got to help me out here."

Seth smiled. "I told you what would happen if you gave her ice cream, it's like feeding that that cute little gremlins food and water after midnight."

"Yeah but I don't think she'll mutate into little killing machines." Roman says.

Seth just smiled and shook his head. "Hang on I might know something that will help her calm down a little."

When Abigail got off of his back Roman stretched and sat on the couch. "Let's rest for a few seconds and then we can play some more okay."

Abigail nodded and sat on the couch. The endless episodes of SpongeBob were still playing so her eyes went to the. Her legs were swinging back and forth while her hands rested in her lap. She was trying hard not to move but she couldn't keep herself from moving. She looked over at Roman who seemed deep into the TV. "Roman can we play horsie again."

Roman sighed and was about to reply but Seth came back in with a cup in his hand. "What's that?"

"Milk." Seth says handing his sister the cup. "Whenever Abby is hiper, upset or having trouble sleeping my mom would give her a warm cup of milk and that would always help her calm back down."

"Uh huh." Roman says. "And please tell me why you wait until now to tell me that."

Seth smiled. "Well I needed you to wear her out first, don't hate me."

Roman shook his head and looked over at Abigail as she drunk her milk. "So how long does it take for her to calm down?"

"Not long." Seth walked back around and sat down. "She'll be sleep soon enough."

...

10:24 that same night.

Derry Wood's parking lot

"So now that my team has beaten the Grizzles fair and square do you finally accept the fact that we're just better then you." Randy says as they made their way to Randy's father's car.

Dean smiled. "Well you're new QB needs some work but I'll admit that I was wrong about those dogs. We might be bigger then you guys but you are a hell of a lot faster." When they got to Bob's car he leans against it and folded his arms. "So are you up for going back to school next week?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." Randy ways rubbing his arm. "What about you?"

"I'm just glad that I'll be out of the house." Dean says. When he saw Randy's father heading towards them he pushed himself off the car. "So um I better go before my dad gets suspicious. I don't know when but I'll see you around."

Randy nodded. "Yeah."

Dean shifted on his feet before stepping closer to Randy. "Bye." He kissed Randy turned and walked away.

Randy watched him go before his father stepped in front of him, smiling. "What?"

"You should invite him over sometime." Bob says. "Let your mom meet your new boyfriend."

Randy's face went red and he walked around to the other side of the car. Since his arm was still broken he wasn't allowed to drive his car so he was stuck with his days and his truck. "I can't wait to get this cast off." He whispers.

"What was that?" Bob asked putting on his seatbelt.

"Nothing." Randy says looking out the window. "Nothing at all."

When Dean got back home he found his dad sitting on the front steps so he walked over and stood in front of him. "Why are you sitting out here?"

"Waiting for you." Dale says. "So are you going to tell me who this guys is that has you sneaking out."

Dean smiled. "It's Randy Orton from Derry Wood"

"The quarterback?" Dean nodded and Dale shook his head. "Why didn't you tell me that he's the one you've been crushing on?"

Dean shrugged. "I didn't want to say anything unless he felt the same way about me."

"Does he?" Dale asked.

"He does." Dean sat next to his father. "He's amazing dad."

"Well I'm happy that you're happy." Dale says. "And another thing, I'm officially ending your sentence." He picked up a set of keys from beside him and held it out for Dean.

"Why?" Dean says taking the keys.

"Because I don't like you sneaking out of the house like that." Dale says. "And you really seem to like him."

Dean took the keys from his dad and looked down. "Thanks dad and I promise that I won't sneak out again."

Dale smiled. "Sure you won't."

...

Around eleven that night Cole came home and found Seth and Roman in the living room, both asleep. He gently shook Roman awake. "Hey, it's getting late so you should probably head home."

Roman stretched and nodded. When Cole headed into the kitchen he woke up Seth who was lying on his lap. "I'm about to head out."

"Okay I'll walk you out." Seth followed Roman out to his truck to say goodbye but as soon as he came back in his came face to face with his father who was holding the nearly empty tub of ice cream. "Um...it was Roman's idea."

Cole smiled. "I take it that you feel better."

Seth then smiled. "Yeah, being with Abby and Roman really helped me get my mind off things and I'm not saying that I'm 100% but I'm getting there."

"Thats good." Cole sighed and looked down at the nearly empty bucket. "So since you three nearly killed the ice cream I'm going to finish the rest. Do you care to join me?"

Seth groaned and rubbed his stomach. "Considering how much I ate eariler I think I'll pass but thanks. I'm just going to hit the sack."

"Alright, see you in the morning." Cole says heading to the living room.

"Night dad." Seth went upstairs and flopped down on his bed. Moments later he heard his phone vibrating and saw that he had a text from Randy asking if he was okay. He texed back that he was and said that he would call him tomorrow. He was exhaused from the night with Roman and Abby and honestly he just wanted to sleep.

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A/N Sorry it took me so long to update but I still hope you guys enjoyed the new chapter. The next chapter will be entitled Summer and it will be about Seth and Roman and how their relationship all started. Until next time XOXO