A/N: My goodness, ya'll are so sweet in your reviews for the last chapter! Loved each and every one of them! Thank you so much! I hope to see them coming again! I hope you enjoy the little banter between our four guys in the next chapter! :)
"I know I put you on the spot just now Roman, trust me, this isn't my forte to do. Hell, I have NEVER asked a guy out on a date before. You truly are the first one I've done this too..." Dean was rambling, while pacing back and forth, looking all nervous in front of Roman. "I don't want to mess anything up, so let me down gently if possible..."
Roman looked at him kinda wide eyed in and confusion. Why would he turn him down? He was just completely caught off guard and to be honest, he did have some set back he needs to get out.
"Dean...please stop and sit down...you are making me nervous right now with you pacing back and forth, I feel like by the end of this conversation, I am gonna need to dig a hole in the yard to fit the area you wore out with dirt."
Dean stops and smirks a bit. He nods and sits down in a near by chair. He looks up at Roman who now looks a little more relaxed. "Sorry, just not sure how to do this shit..."
Roman chuckles as he goes over and sits on the other chair that was on the other side of him with a small table in between them, at least he couldn't be distracted too bad by his body.
"Dean, it's okay, I am just as nervous as you are at the moment..."
"Why?"
"Well, why are you nervous, Dean? The man who owns half of the America's largest lumbering company is nervous around little old me..."
"Ummm, little you ain't Roman," Dean cut in as he looks Roman up and down," You and little do NOT belong in the same sentence".
Roman smiles inside as he tries to be serious with Dean, but Dean's face was kinda priceless when he said that. Guess he has got it for him that badly...
"Anyways, I am not gonna lie, I am nervous as hell. I mean, the owner of a company is asking me out on a date. And trust me, I don't get this at all. I have never been asked before, so it has caught me off guard to say the least. Not to mention that if we do go out, if anyone from the company will see us together. The last thing I need is any kind of problem with 'an employee sleeping with the boss' treatment from other employees."
"I get that you are nervous. Even with Sami, I have never asked anyone out on a date. It's really not my thing. I am more of a love and leave them type, but once I pick up someone that I am really intersted in, I usually go out of my way to make sure they have a good time. Hell, Sami and I fucked before we even went out. But I am not like that with you. As much as I am attracted to you, I don't want to fuck this up. Seth thought I was losing my shit when I said I wanted to ask you out. Randy wanted to check my fucking tempurature to make sure I wasn't sick or anything."
Roman laughed, in the short amount of time he's been around Randy, that would be something he would do.
"And trust me, they have been giving me so much grief to ask you out that after about three weeks of them prodding me, I finally relented and took the chance. As for your second issues, we would be going to a place where no one really knows us, so the chance of us running into anyone that works for me is absolute nil. I can understand the treatement you are talking about. I always have a policy that there is not dating with each other in the company. I don't care what department they work for, it's a huge no no for me and Seth."
"So why am I the exception Dean? I told you I don't want any special treatment-"
"Simple, because I already knew you before you started working for me. That's a difference right there. And plus, because it's my rule to break if I want to. And if Seth didn't want this to happen, he wouldn't have tried so hard to get me to do this. So, no, you are not the exception, you aren't getting special treatment at all. And simply, they don't know that we would be doing this, it's no one's business but our own. When you are at work, I don't bother you and you don't bother me. We would know how to keep personal and professional seperate. I don't see you when you are at work unless I have to come down there to handle anything, which I haven't had to do since Ryback took over as my foreman. With my co owning with Seth, we have meetings all day long as well as business trips we take during the day if required. So, next issue..."
Damn, Dean isn't playing here. He seems to have the answers I want to hear, but is it what I need to hear? The thought was running through his head as he listened to what Dean had to say. He still has reserves about bending the rules just to suit him. "Okay...we are still not done with that topic, but will let it go for a bit. The next one is, I am not sure how to do this date thing. I've never done it before, not even in high school. It's always been just hanging out and fucking. Never really a relationship kinda person. Truth be known, I am petrified of getting hurt."
"I can understand that totally. When I came home and walked in on Sami and Kevin that night, I felt like my heart broke in a million pieces. I really loved him, being with him for four years was something of a record with me, cause like you, I didn't date, I fucked who I wanted. But with Sami, it was different. We both had some things in common, but we both also has tempers that balanced us out. We got along for the most part, but then the last 6 months, it kinda burned out. Not saying that we didn't love each other, or at least on my end, but that maybe it wasn't meant to last any further. So I blamed myself for a while, because I should have ended it when we both felt it wouldn't go any further. But I guess, I was in denial until that night."
"I'm sorry you had to do through that, kinda shitty if you ask me. I am surprised you didn't kill the fuckers when you walked in on them. That was always my biggest fear, is being cheated on. I am very loyal to I am with, which is why I don't really do relationships. I put my heart on the line when I am with someone, I give them my all, love, respect, loyalty, honesty, open communtication, etc. I don't play games. I don't do secrets well at all. I rather be hurt by the truth then by a lie. I am very honest, so what I say, you know damn well is gonna be the truth."
Dean liked that Roman was upfront in his fears and nervousness. Cause he felt the same way. He knew where he was coming from. In the last 6 years, he never really found the guy he was looking for, I mean, REALLY looking for. Then all of a sudden, Roman comes into his life and fucks it up, but in a good way.
"So, since you don't do relationship, I am assuming this means no, doesn't it? I mean, I don't want to pressure you or anything like that, we can just be friends, if that is what you want."
"I never said no to you, did I?"
"But you haven't said yes either..."
"Dean, look at me..." Dean looks over to Roman, whose eyes bore through his soul at the moment, nervous that he was gonna say no and that be that. He knows if this does happen, he was through trying to find anyone to share is life with. All he knows, is Roman is it for him...Holy shit, did I just think that? He thought as his heart and mind work in overdrive. "I know it took a lot for you to ask me out, as I know, from watching you, that this isn't your style. But just because I am not into relationships, doesn't mean I am not into maybe dating for a bit...so to answer your question, yes, I will go out with you, just to see how this goes. I really like you Dean, but I am just scared at the moment, so just be patient with me on this, okay?"
At that moment, Roman could have sworn he saw bright lights surrounding Dean. The look on Dean's face was priceless. His eyes were gleaming as bright as his teeth that he just showed as he smiled as big as the Grand Canyon. No doubt he just made Dean's day with his answer. "You won't regret this Roman, I promised you. Would tomorrow night be okay? And to make it more comfortable, Randy and Seth will be there."
"Excited are we? And a double date as well?"
Dean just smirked at the question, truth be known, Roman had NO idea just how excited he really is at he moment. "I guess you could say that." He winked. "And yes, it will be a double date setting, so that you and I will be less nervous. They want to help out."
"Sure, tomorrow night will be fine since I am off for the weekend. But I don't have anything to wear though..."
"No worries, tomorrow afternoon, we will go do some shopping for some clothes, not just for tomorrow night, but for some regular clothes wear as well."
"Just where are we going tomorrow night?" he asked curiously. He admits, he is nervous as hell because he doesn't know what to expect.
"Guess you will have to be surprised, won't you?" Dean gets up and smiles as he starts to head to the door. "I am gonna leave you to yourself for the night Roman. Thanks for hearing me out about the position and for taking a chance on a date with me."
"That is no problem on the promotion, thank you for hearing me out. And as for the date, I am sure we will have fun."
Roman gets up himself as Dean opens the door. He turns around and smiles with a small wave as he closes the door, leaving Roman with a small smile of his own on his face.
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"So, you got Roman to go out with us tomorrow night as planned?" Seth asked as Dean put him on speaker phone while getting undressed in the bedroom after leaving Roman for the night.
"It took some convicing, but yes, he finally agreed to go with us."
"Why? Its only movie night at our house."
"Well..."
"Dean, what the hell did you do?"
"I asked him out on a date for tomorrow night and made this a double date to a nice dinner out of town."
"OHHHHHHHH...Dean wants Roman's lollipop badly if he is taking him out of town dinner!"
"Shut the fuck up Randy! I know you want to suck Seth's ice cream cone while on the phone, but this shit is serious!"
Randy laughs at Dean's words as Seth speaks up. "Dude, are you serious? A double date with us by going out of town tomorrow night?"
"Yeah, he seems to be so nervous and is afraid of being hurt, so I want to show him that not everyone is out to hurt him. Seth, fuck, I am nervous as shit because I never asked anyone out on a date before, so this shit is new to me."
"Ahhh...Randy, our baby boy is finally growing up...awwwwww..."
"Seth, you are fucking lucky you aren't here right now, I would have dumped this fucking soda all over your ass..."
"And I would be licking it all off of him like a popsicle too..."
"That is fucking gross Randy!" Dean shaking off the mental image that is now engraved into his brain for life.
"Yeah, but Dean, at least Randy is getting some, in one shape or another. You know you been wanting Roman's log for a while now. Shit, you done seen him naked before, so you know you been wanting that strudel in your mouth."
"Oh my God..." Dean's face turned about 15 shades of red from this conversation. And the worse part? Both Seth and Randy are having a blast embarrassing him in the process. He just wants to take Roman out on a date, not a fucking quick romp in the sheets. "You guys are just...ugh..."
Dean shakes his head as he tries to get the plans for tomorrow night in place. He wants to take him to the cafe about an hour from there. "Can we please talk about the date tomorrow night, no more of your plans of sexual conquest 101."
Randy and Seth both cleared their throats to keep from laughing further, it was fun to pick on Dean like this, especially since he is all giddy over a certain Samoan guy. "Okay, fine, for now...what did you have in mind? And by the way, you owe us one Dean."
Yeah yeah yeah, so add it to my growing tab you have hidden in that mind of yours...I was thinking the cafe that we went to last year."
"AJ's Love Machine Cafe?"
"No! Jericho's place, The Lionhouse" Dean blew out a sigh, these two guys were gonna be the death of him. "Sheesh, why did you say AJ's?"
"Cause, it was a hint and besides, that is what you are Dean, the love machine, so why not?"
"Fuck you, if you two don't wanna help, then just fucking say so!" He was getting annoying at the moment. This is the exact reason why he doesn't want to say anything else, it was getting kinda pissed.
"Whoa, calm down, just having a little fun..."
"Yeah, well, its getting fucking annoying. I'm trying to prove to Roman that I can show him a good time and you two just want to fucking crack jokes all the dame time."
"Hey Dean, we are sorry, we just excited that you are taking the next step. We just never seen you like this so it was easy to joke about it. We didn't think it was affecting you in a way. We will help in what ever we can."
Dean takes a deep breath, he knows they are just helping, but joking about it wasn't the right time for it. "It's fine, I just don't want to fuck this up guys."
"Hey Dean?"
"Yeah Randy?"
"Just be yourself. He already likes you for who you are, just dont' change now. I am sure he is just as nervous as you are. The Lionhouse is a perfect place to start your first date, and we would be happy to help in that area. Anything else planned after dinner though?"
"Now, that's where I am stuck at..I don't know what he likes."
"Maybe we can go to Roddy Piper's place, The Pit, for some good old fashion pool and beer time afterwards? That is always an icebreaker to know if he likes pool or not. There is a bowling alley just right down the street if that's what he likes. Either way, we will be there for you two."
"Thanks Randy, you must really like Roman if you are suggesting these places..."
"Dean, Seth and I are happy that you have somebody you are interested in. It's about time you get some happiness going and Roman seems like a good guy that was down on his luck. But at the same time, he seems to need friends that won't stab him in the back either. So yeah, I do like Roman, he seems to be a good fit for you."
"I have to agree with Randy, Dean. We finally meet someone you seem to like and we just want to make sure he feels welcomed. He's a good guy, Dean."
"Thanks you two, that means a lot. I just want him to have a good time, you know?"
"Oh, he will, especially since you will be eyeing his lollipop that whole time!"
"RANDY!"
"Night Dean!" Randy said as he hangs up the phone laughing. He always had to have the last word. Dean shakes his head as he locks his phone. He goes to take a shower and gets ready for bed as he starts to plan the night with Roman in his mind. It's gonna be a long and nervous day and evening for the both of them.
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