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CHAPTER 29:

DEAN POV

I look beside me and see Ariana sleeping soundly. Well at least she can sleep, I was awake a lot of the night thinking about what we're going to do. Roman might be my best friend and I might be the lunatic, but he scares the pants off of me. You don't want to be messing with him. Guilt is also another reason I was awake. All I wanted to do was make sure everything is fine with my brother but instead of doing that, me and my fiancée have somehow managed to fuck up things between him and his girlfriend.

"Stop thinking so hard, you're giving me a migraine," comments Ariana and I turn my head to look at her, a small smile on my face. "Now I know you got a bigger one than that," she says, making me chuckle. She can be cute when she wants to.

"What the fuck are we going to do?" I ask her, going back to staring at the ceiling. I hear her sigh and she shuffles so she's half on top of me, her head lying on my naked chest.

"Tell the truth and back each other up, story of our life," answers Ariana, always having the answer to everything. One of the many reasons I love her. She just has this incredible presence around me, changing the way I feel about almost everything.

"He's going to be really mad," I state, using my hand to make circles on her back.

"At first, but we'll just apologise and hopefully he can set things right with Paige," explains Ariana. With his tail tucked between his legs. "Once that's done, I'm sure he'll look past everything. I mean, if the situation was reversed he'd be just as worried either one of us," she goes on to say. The difference being, Roman would leave well enough alone whereas me and Ariana can't.


IRIS POV

Breakfast isn't so easy. No one says a word, there's so much tension in the room. Evan starts crying and I realize he's probably hungry. I go into the kitchen to get his milk ready, hoping that by the time I come back someone says something. Everyone's acting as if someone's died.

"How are you this morning?" whispers Lucy as we both glance over at the table where everyone is sat. I suppose it would feel weird if she said anything in a loud voice.

"Alright," I whisper with a nod of my head. I give her a smile and she gives me one back. After getting Evan's milk ready I hand it to Seth who's got Evan and he starts feeding him. I continue on with breakfast and give Seth an amused smile when I hear his stomach rumble. "Here," I say, picking up some of my eggs with my fork and feeding Seth.

"Mmm, nice eggs Lucy," Seth compliments her and I'm glad he's finally said something.

"Thanks, Iris gave me some pointers," says Lucy at which I give her a pointed look. You can't take a compliment and give someone else the credit for it. "Don't give me that look Iris," she then says and I shake my head.

"I know that look very well," comments Seth with a chuckle. Before he can say anything else though I pop some toast in his mouth, making Lucy laugh. Once Evan's finished drinking his milk I take him off Seth and rest him against my shoulder. I gently rock back and forth, patting his back so he lets out a burp.

"What are the girls up to today?" I ask Rose, trying to make this breakfast go by quicker. If no one else is going to talk then I might as well. Maybe they think it's disrespectful to me to pretend everything is fine when it isn't.

"They want to go play baseball in the back garden," says Rose which I remember is one of the things we were supposed to be doing.

"Sounds great, we'll start teaching Evan early on," I then say with a smile, still patting his back. A day out in the garden, playing baseball. That should relieve some tension.

"No way, my son is going to take after me and become a professional wrestler," states Seth, sitting back in his chair with his arms crossed over his chest.

"This is exactly what I've always lived with Iris, since he was seven. Wrestling this and wrestling that, I'm not even surprised his girlfriend is one," says Anne which makes me grin. I never thought I'd actually ever be wrestling considering how my Mom was but here I am.

"He always did say he wanted a girl that could take care of herself," Nicky comment, chuckling.

"Yeah but now he has to protect himself against her," comments Damien making everyone laugh.

"Are you going to go back to wrestling Iris?" asks Rose, rolling her eyes at Damien and Nicky.

"Haven't really thought about it," I tell her honestly. "It would be ideal wouldn't it so Evan isn't away from Seth for such a long time," I say, that being my main concern. I grew up without a Dad and I don't ever want Evan to feel that way about his own. Evan lets out a burp and I move him to face me, bouncing him up and down on my lap. He turns his head and looks at Seth, reaching his arms over to him.

"Yes! Daddy's boy now," says Seth and I shake my head at his childishness. Finally, breakfast is over and done with and everyone starts to get ready to go sit outside and have a nice day. I start putting some of Evan's things in the bag as I smile at my son who's propped up against pillows at the head of the bed.

"Was it me or was that the weirdest thing you've ever been part of?" asks Macy, barging into my room. That's how it is now, she doesn't even need to knock. Haha!

"It was alright," I say, glancing at her but she gives me a look after which I say, "Ok it was beyond weird". Especially considering what breakfast has been like every single day since we've come here.

"Thank you," says Macy and then goes over, lying down next to Evan who's still propped up, smiling. "This kid is always smiling like you, what's his problem?" she then asks which makes me chuckle. I wonder what her problem is with us smiling so much.

"Just because you smile all the time doesn't mean there's a problem," I then tell her. "He's just happy, like me," I say, zipping up the small bag and sitting down on the end of the bed.

"No one's said a word to Angie today," says Macy which makes me feel guilty. Everyone's upset at her because of me but the more I think about it the less guilty I feel. She shouldn't have made those comments about me. There's a fine line between being honest and downright rude. She should have thought about what she was saying, where she was saying it and to whom.

"I don't want to talk about her," I tell Macy, just wanting to forget everything that took place last night. Angie said some stuff, I said some stuff, I just want it to be over now.

"Ok," says Macy, giving in and I think she caught the upset look on my face. "So Evan," she starts, leaning against the headboard. "Where's your Daddy today?" she asks him, making me chuckle.

"He's gone to buy some new baseball bats, hasn't he?" I say at which Evan claps his hands together. I think he's just doing it to cheer us all up. But that's a good thing, we all need that.


SETH POV

I walk around the mall and finally get to the shop I needed to be at. When we took out our old baseball bats, let's just say they were wrecked. There was no way I was going to let the girls or anyone else use them. Although Nicky didn't find anything wrong with them so he can keep them. When he ends up with splinters then he'll realize. I get the feeling that someone is watching me but shake it off. I buy the bats and go back to my car, my heart dropping when I see a box sat on top, waiting for me just like last time.

"What now?" I say to myself and walk over. I put the bags in the car and slide the box towards myself. I've kept my distance from Isabel so what incriminating pictures can be shown to me now? I lift the lid and see more pictures of me and Isabel, but this time they're of us in her house. In her bedroom. Where she's in her towel and standing dangerously close to me. What the fuck? How did this happen? How would the person who's doing this know I'd be with Isabel? Isabel said she swears it wasn't her but I'm starting to doubt that now. I ring the number I rang last time. When I hear the voice on the other end I say, "It's happened again". I hear a sigh on the other end and grab the pictures, throwing them into the compartment of my car and leaning against the car, sighing myself. If this is kept up, Iris will never forgive me.


IRIS POV

"Hey Anna," I say, greeting her as I open the door. She gives me a smile and walks in.

"Hi," Anna greets back and I start to lead her in the direction of the garden where we're getting all set up for the game. "Wait," she says and puts a hand on my arm. I look at her with a confused expression on my face. What could she possibly have to say to me? Alone?

"Is everything ok?" I ask Anna and she lets out a dry chuckle.

"I should be asking you that, Angie crossed all limits yesterday," says Anna and I nod my head in agreement. That she did but I don't want to think about it. "Look Iris, I know you're very polite and you have this crazy notion about wanting people to like you," she starts, something I'm about to argue when she says, "You don't realise it but you do".

"Ok," I say, deciding to hear her out. I guess that's come about after everything blew up with Seth. I figured if he liked me one, tiny bit then he wouldn't have hurt me at all.

"But it's ok if some people don't like you. You're not going to sit well with everyone," says Anna and I nod my head. I know that's true. No one can be expected to be liked by everybody. "I guess what I'm trying to say is, good for you for letting your true self out and sticking it to Angie," she then says and I swear my eyes widen a bit in surprise.

"Wait what?" I ask, I thought she was going to say something like I shouldn't have an effort with Angie considering how she was acting.

"I don't know if anyone's told you, but you were pretty kick ass last night. I'm sure like fifty flies went into Angie's mouth," she says, making both of us laugh. I have to say, it has made me feel refreshed. "Kudos for taking all her shit, I know you did it for Seth and Evan but you don't need to. I have known Seth since we were in diapers and believe me when I say, he'd rather you argue with Angie and not take her shit than just sit there and take it all in. He's proud of you and you should be too," she says, patting my arm.

"Thanks, I guess," I say and we both head over to the garden. It was inevitable that I'd end up blowing up like that. Even I have my limits. I suppose in everything that happened in the past and now, I need to find an in between version of myself that I'm happy with. I mean, if I don't take any of Dean or Seth or Roman's shit then I shouldn't anyone else's.


ISABEL POV

"How are you doing?" I ask Angie, going into her room and standing at the door. I came in this morning and the atmosphere here is just, strained.

"Not great, nobody is talking to me," says Angie and I give her a sympathetic smile before taking a seat on the end of her bed. "They're all obviously angry about last night," she then says, shaking her head. "You know, maybe I did go too far," she says which alarms me because I need her to be against Iris. How can I get them to break up if Angie of all people decides she wants them together?

"All you did was tell everyone how you felt, since when was that a wrong thing?" I question, using my hand to rub the top of her foot. "Besides, I was going to mention that I thought the same to you but then you had that outburst. I know the mistake you made," I then tell her. I need to make her think none of this is her fault and that she was right.

"Mistake?" questions Angie. There we go, that'll do it.

"Yeah, you did it in front of everybody," I point out to her. "That's your mistake, you should have had it out with her when you were alone with Iris. If you shout at her in front of everyone, nobody's going to see your side. All they'll see is you shouting at her and her crying her eyes out," I explain to Angie.

"Yeah I guess you're right, she's only been nice to everyone since she got here," says Angie. I need to steer her away from feeling guilty about anything to feeling angry about everything.

"Obviously it's an act, no one's that nice in real life," I try convincing her. "I mean, after everything you said to her no one would stay. But she has so either she's planning something or she wants to see you isolated from your family and right now she's got Seth completely on her side. We have to stop her before she does the same with the others," I say, knowing I can't get Seth without Angie. She's the only person in this house that can help me achieve what I need to.

"Hmm, you're right," says Angie and I smile, thank god I kept her on my side. For now, anyways. "You need to go to Seth and talk about those pictures. Use them to get close to him," she instructs and I nod my head before leaving from there. I go downstairs to look for Seth and end up outside just as his car pulls in.

"Seth," I say, walking over to him just as he gets out of the car. "Are you alright? I was going to talk about the pictures but it seems you look even more stressed," I then say, noticing him look edgier. Like as if something has gone terribly wrong.

"I got sent some more pictures," states Seth as I start to feel excited on the inside. "They're of us in your room when I was talking to you about those other pictures," he says, shaking his head and biting down on his bottom lip, which I find incredibly sexy.

"What are we going to do?" I ask him, looking worried but of course I'm not. The sooner Iris sees those pictures, the better it is for me.

"I don't know about you but I'm going to keep my distance from you," says Seth as I raise my eyebrows in surprise. That cannot happen. "Iris and Evan are my life and I don't want to lose them. If this person is hell-bent on taking our pictures, then I'm going to make sure we're not alone together. Ever," he says and walks past quickly as I watch him leave with my hands on my hips. That's ruined things for sure. Now what the hell am I going to do?


SETH POV

I walk back inside and head to the garden to get everything set up. When I get there though, Damien and Nicky have got everything ready. They've got the bases and they even have a place to the side that those who aren't playing can stay sitting on. Along with a small refreshments table. Soon, everyone makes their way outside and I smile when I see Iris come out with Evan. I can't deny I'm not freaking out at all. If that person decides to send those pictures to Iris directly, then I'm screwed till the rest of my days. Maybe I should just tell her. He told me not to, that she doesn't need the headache and to let him sort it out. But I don't want her to think she can't trust me.

"Hey," says Iris, walking up to me and placing a kiss on my cheek. "Are you ok? You seem…distracted," she points out, giving me a suspicious look but I shake my head.

"I'm alright, really," I reassure her and she nods her head. I tell her to go take a seat on the big picnic blanket the guys put out and she does so. Dad immediately taking Evan out of her hands which makes her laugh. God, I like seeing her laugh. One of the best things in the world.

"That's right baby, I'm back!" Neil shouts his arrival to us all just as we're about to play. At least he's good at baseball so if he does brag, it's not exaggerated for once.

"Crap," says Nicky as Neil goes to them. "Now I have to stick with your ugly face all day," he comments, making some of the others laugh.

"It's a whole lot better than yours, I feel sorry for Macy," says Neil, a hand on his heart, completely ignoring Angie I notice. Normally she's the first person he talks to or at least the second. He's not even looking in her direction. I would feel sorry for her but I don't, she brought this upon herself. I knew I shouldn't have listened to Iris and told off Angie the moment she made that first remark at Iris.

"Really? I feel sorry for you since you don't have a girlfriend," comments Macy, backing up Nicky who laughs in Neil's face who doesn't look amused one bit. This is going to be a long day.


IRIS POV

I laugh along with Anne as we watch Lacey chase Nicky around the garden with a bat in her hand, yelling that she isn't out even if he did catch the ball. He should know by now that you pretend to let the kids win so they have something to be happy about.

"Stop chasing your Uncle Nicky, it's not cute!" shouts Nicky as he runs from one side to the other and everyone else just laughs uncontrollably. "Macy, do something!" he says as he runs past her but I doubt she can because she's too busy laughing like the rest of us.

"What…I…you…ha ha," Macy gets out as she holds her stomach, bent over in laughter. After a good while I decide someone should stop her, just in case one of them falls over and gets hurt. Or she actually managed to hit him with the bat.

"Alright, Lacey stop chasing Uncle Nicky. I think he gets the message!" I shout over to her. She stops and looks at me, nodding her head and leaves the bat on the floor coming over, sitting herself right in my lap.

"What…how did you…oh never mind," says Nicky as he keeps his hands on his knees, bent over trying to catch his breath back. I think at this point he's just happy she's stopped chasing him.

"Are you having fun?" I ask Lacey and she nods her head enthusiastically.

"I scared Uncle Nicky," says Lacey, a hand on her mouth as she laughs, and I nod my head with a chuckle.

"You sure did bud," I tell her. They start a completely new game and start to change teams over. I get up wanting to be involved as well. "I want to play as well," I tell them. I might as well join them since they're all having so much fun.

"Really? You want to play?" asks Seth, looking at me quizzically as I nod my head enthusiastically. "You know you suck at sports right? Except for wrestling," he then very kindly points out. That may be kind of true. But it won't stop me from playing them and having a good time. But thanks a lot boyfriend, for pointing out my flaws (!) I don't actually say it because I know he'll get serious and start apologising.

"Oh, that's not nice dude," says Macy, hitting Seth's head as she walks around and ends up on my side. At least I have someone to back me up.

"You sucked at cooking but I never said that to you, I sneakily made you do the little things for me and now you can cook," I comment at which Macy chuckles and gives me a high five.

"Point taken," says Seth with a smirk as Macy goes back over to her boyfriend. "Looks like you have a new best friend," he then points out to me.

"Another," I correct him. No one can replace Ariana but I can also have more than one best friend. "And just for that last comment I think I'll show you what I'm quite capable of," I then say, leaving him standing there as I walk over to Macy. I drag her away from Nicky and then get Damien over as well. Knowing I need one more person I call over Neil. "Ok guys, we're going to beat those Rollins if it's the last thing we do," I then state.

"Hang on a sec, did you just pick a team?" questions Neil and I nod my head. It's better than standing there and everyone calling out who they want. I'm sure Neil or Nicky would end up complaining about not getting chosen or boast about it.

"Team Outsiders right?" I question and smile when the others nod their heads. "Ok, what are everyone's strengths?" I question them all. By making sure everyone's doing what they're the best at, we can make sure we win.

"Batting," says Macy straight away. Why am I not surprised?

"Ball," says Neil with a nod of his head.

"Anything really," answers Damien as I nod my head and take everything into account. "Alright, if Neil bowls and the rest of us stand at bases. Damien, you stand further out because I know how great Seth is when it comes to the bat," I say, rolling my eyes. The first time we ever played baseball, Seth was, in Ariana's words, 'a little shit'. Which is true. He would not stop gloating and he didn't even have mercy on me despite the fact that I was his girlfriend.

"We need someone else if we want to completely annihilate them," states Macy as I look over at Seth who's stood with Nicky, Rose and Mason. Nick stands up and joins their team and Seth sends a smirk in my direction.

"I have an idea," I state with a nod of my head. "Marie! We need you!" I call her over, she's the only other person who's not a Rollins. Technically she is but only by marriage.

"What's up guys?" asks Marie with a smile as she gets to us.

"How would you like to be on Team Outsiders?" I ask her and she gives me a smile. We get everything decided and go to our spots. Seth's team stand in a line, ready to bat. This is going to be fun. Its starts off with Seth batting first and obviously he makes it all the way around before we can even get him. It looks like their team have the upper hand because damn those Rollins for being so good at batting. However, Nick hit's the ball and it doesn't go too far. The ball comes at my feet and I quickly throw it over to Macy who gets him out just in time.

"That's right, Team Outsiders!" shouts Macy, boasting in front of Nick's face who looks mortified but I just burst out laughing. Macy always chooses a great time to start antics like this (!) Once it's our turn to bat Macy goes up first, easily making it to fourth base as Nicky runs after the ball she hit really hard. Next it's my turn to bat.

"Go easy on her Seth," jokes Nicky and I narrow my eyes at him. Seth must have been telling him the stories when I'm not there. I hate boys.

"Don't worry, I plan to," says Seth, throwing the ball up and down in his hand as he smirks at me. I may not be the best hitter but I can definitely use the running to my advantage. "Brace yourself honey!" he shouts and I shake my head. He cannot shake me.

"Wait a sec," says Macy and runs over to me. She whispers some pointers in my ear which I take note of. She winks at me and jogs off to the side. Seth throws the ball at first and I miss it completely but he doesn't say anything. The smile on his face says it all though. Stupid gloating Rollins. I glance at Macy who gives me an encouraging look. I take a deep breath and get into position. As soon as Seth hits it I keep my eye on the ball. I hit it and it goes flying in the air and my mouth open in an 'o' shape. "Well don't just stand there, run!" shouts Macy, snapping me out of my daze. I quickly run to the first base as Seth shouts for Nicky to catch the ball who doesn't catch it and ends up chasing after it instead.

"Come on!" shouts Seth as I giggle and make faces at him as I run. He runs over to fourth base and stands there, ready to catch the ball. I look behind me and see Nicky has the ball in his hands.

"Oh no you don't," I say and just as Nicky throws the ball I decide to do the one thing I always said I never would. I use my feet and slide my body to the last base. In doing so I end up kicking Seth's legs and he falls down. Right on top of me. "Oof!" I let out as he falls on top of me but makes sure not to hurt me. "Did I make it?" I ask, opening my eyes and looking up at him.

"Yes! Go on Iris!" I hear Macy shout and smile when I realize I made it. Haha! Yes!

"Yep, you showed me," says Seth, smiling down at me and I start to go red realizing everyone's probably looking at us, wondering why Seth won't move. "If proving me wrong means you'll be underneath me every time then I'll gladly say something else," he says as I giggle. I use my hands and shove his chest as he helps me to get up and I dust off my dress. "Nice hit by the way," he says, his hand on my back. I nod my head with a smile and go to my team who hug me in amazement. I can't believe I managed to hit a throw like that and make it to fourth base! Unbelievable!


ARIANA POV

I think the whole situation is getting to Dean in a real way. He looks to seriously worried about what will happen when we tell Roman. When Roman's upset about something, he goes to the gym earlier. Coming back at a time when we leave so right now we're ready for the gym and waiting around for him.

"Should we really tell him and then just...leave?" asks Dean, sitting on the arm of the couch. I chose standing instead.

"He's gonna need time all alone, if we stick around then he'll just get madder," I explain to my fiancé who nods his head and goes back to staring at the floor. I walk over to him and put my arms around him from behind. "What's wrong? This isn't the first time you thought Roman would be mad at something you did?" I question him. There's got to be something more.

"That was all jokes Ari, this is serious because it involves Paige," says Dean, still thinking about it. Once he gets obsessed with something, he never lets it go. Quite annoying really. "Roman only gets seriously mad when it has something to do with the people he cares about. He was mad at Seth because of what he did to Iris, mad at Randy when he wouldn't leave you alone and kept playing mind games, mad at Kane when he was targeting Iris, mad at Kane again for whatever the fuck he said recently. Holy shit he's going to be pissed," he goes on as if talking to himself.

"Quit worrying Dean, he might be mad at the beginning but he'll be fine afterwards. Trust me," I say and then place a kiss on his cheek which puts a small smile on his face. It's barely noticeable but it is there.

"What's up guys?" asks Roman, walking in with a towel in his hand. He's worked out a lot, it's like as if he's melting. I'm about to speak up when Dean does it instead.

"We have something to tell you," says Dean and I guess he feels it's his responsibility to tell Roman everything. I stand to the side as Dean admits everything to Roman, who looks less and less happy. When Dean finally finishes telling Roman everything, he waits for a response. I can see him getting antsy so I step forward and take his hand in mine. We both made a mistake so we'll face the consequences together.


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