Here's the bonus chapter of the latest arc in Bayley's Universe I promised you all! Sorry if it's a bit late, I was on a bit of a stretch where I was babysitting, and...let's just say it's not easy to try to do much of anything when a soon-to-be 2 year old insists on hanging around you for stretches of time during the day. ^^, But, now that my sentence is over (...for now), I have a new chapter for you guys, and hopefully the start of the next arc coming very soon. I hope you all enjoy this, my dolls. =)

Heading up the hill to her home with Sami and the others following behind her, Bayley could only hope that introducing all of her new friends to Roman, Dean, and Seth would go well. Sure, she had been telling the other Gems about her new friends she had made at school, but to actually be introducing them to her guardians...she wasn't quite sure how it go. After all, after Sami, these were the first friends she'd ever introduce to the Gems, so it all felt quite nerve-wracking to the ponytailed preteen. Taking a few breaths in and letting them out, Bayley climbed the front steps and walked onto the porch with the others following her. Turning back to look at her friends, Bayley said "OK. Now, before I introduce you guys to my dad and my uncles, I should let you know that they're all...they can be pretty intense."

"Intense? How so?" Becky asked.

"Well... I think it's because of their...jobs," Bayley not quite lied. She wasn't exactly lying as...well, protecting the city from all manner of Gem beasts was a job that put the older three Gems on edge at times; a pretty scary example of this would be when Dean would be so anxious about where a Gem beast they would be tracking could be that he'd summon his whip whenever he'd think it'd be close and he'd accidentally destroy something in the house. "But, don't worry. They'll probably be relaxing when we get inside."

"OK. Well...we'll try not to do anything that'll possibly make them angry," Becky said.

"OK. Thanks, Becky," Bayley said, smiling in thanks to the goggle-headed preteen. Turning back to the door, Bayley grabbed hold of the doorknob and, giving the metallic fixture a turn, stepped inside and said "Dad? Uncle Seth? Uncle Dean? I'm home from school. And, I've brought my friends over so that you all can meet them." Bayley and the others were only waiting for a few minutes before Seth came from one of the back rooms.

Seeing Bayley and Sami, Seth smiled and said "Welcome home, Bayley. And, nice to see you too today, Sami."

Smiling and waving at Seth, Sami said "Nice to see you too today, Mr. Rollins." When Bayley was hanging out with Sami one day after school and the two had finished their homework, Bayley had told the redhead about just what Roman and the others had told her to tell others to say about any of the three men when time would come for her to get picked up from school, be it at the end of the day or if in the event she had gotten sick or hurt at school. It seemed a bit weird to Sami, but he knew why; seeing as how the older Gems weren't of direct relation to Bayley, these white lies and fibs helped serve to let them take Bayley to and pick her up from school and let them talk with her teachers to check on how she was doing in school and in case the ponytailed preteen would ever need help with anything.

Seeing the other three preteens with Bayley, Seth asked "Who are these three, Bayley? Friends, I'm guessing?"

"Yeah," Bayley said, smiling. Turning to her friends, Bayley said "Uncle Seth, this is Becky, Paige, and Finn. Guys, this is my uncle, Seth Rollins" as she respectively made the introductions.

Taking a few seconds to look each of the three preteens over, Seth let himself get familiar with each of the preteens before him. 'So, these are the new friends Bayley's been telling us so much about. They all seem pretty nice,' Seth thought. "Well, it's nice to meet you three. Bayley's told me, her other uncle, and her dad quite a lot about you all."

"It was all good stuff, wasn't it?" Becky asked, immediately feeling a bit nervous about hearing one of Bayley's uncles say this.

"Yes, it was," Seth said, immediately sensing the nervousness that seemed to radiate out from the goggle-headed preteen. "You don't have to worry about Bayley saying anything bad, Becky. She's told us all about how you helped her out through her first week at school, and how you introduced her and Sami to your friends. If anything, she's had nothing but good stuff to say about you and Paige and Finn."

"Really?" Becky asked, feeling her cheeks heat a bit in surprise. Seeing Seth nod his head, Becky couldn't really bring herself to say anything. She knew that in the few days that they've gotten to know each other, Bayley had grown to see her as a friend, but...she never would've guessed that Bayley saw her as so close a friend. The goggle-headed preteen was so wrapped up in her own thought bubble that it surprised her when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her. Looking over, Becky saw that it was Bayley who was hugging her. Before she could say anything, Bayley decided to ask Seth the question that was on her mind.

"Uncle Seth, Becky invited me to a sleepover that she and Paige are gonna have this weekend. Would it be okay with you, my dad, and Uncle Dean if I go?" Bayley asked.

It was definitely a big surprise to hear Bayley ask if she could go to a sleepover at a friend's house, as this would mark the first time Bayley would be away from home and from under the supervision of the older Gems. Managing to collect himself-and to banish away the sudden surge of quite negative "What if's?" that came to mind-Seth said "Well, Bayley. We'd love to let you go. But, only on the condition that you call us and let us know if things don't go well for you at Becky's house."

"I will, Uncle Seth, I will," Bayley said, nodding her head. "Are you sure my dad and Uncle Dean'll be okay with me going?"

"They probably will be. After all, if it's spending time with your friends, I'm sure they'll be okay with it," Seth said. A smile crossing his face, Seth added "Look. Just, go, Bayley. Have fun, be a kid. And, don't forget to be on your best behavior."

"I will. Gee, thanks so much for letting me go, Uncle Seth," Bayley excitedly said, releasing her hold on Becky and going to give Seth a hug, which the two-toned Gem returned. Pulling away, Bayley headed back to Becky and Paige and said "Just give me a few minutes to pack some clothes for the weekend. Then, I'll be ready to go."

"OK, love. Take all the time you need," Paige said, smiling.

As Seth watched on as Bayley went off to pack a weekend bag and then hug him again before leaving with Becky and the others, he couldn't help but feel something...odd come over him. He couldn't quite put his finger on what this feeling was, but it was definitely born out of watching Bayley leave out with her friends and be gone for the weekend. He always had a feeling that the day would come when Bayley would want to venture away from home with friends she made, but he had no idea that the day would come so soon; if anything, he was bracing for when she was an older teenager to really see her off and away from home anywhere. But...he knew that this was something that was for the best for Bayley to really grow as a person. 'After all, if Natalya were here to see Bayley growing up, she'd probably want the same,' Seth thought, smiling as a few stray tears slid down his face.

...

The sleepover at Becky's house had gone fairly well and was pretty fun to Bayley. At first, she was a bit nervous to be away from home, but after getting comfortable and adjusted at Becky's house, she started to feel her nerves slowly ebb away. The only real exposure the ponytailed brunette ever really had to sleepovers would be from movies and TV shows she's seen; she would've asked Emma what one was like, but she had a feeling that the older teen was past having sleepovers. So to actually be at and a part of one was pretty fun stuff. Sure, all the three girls did was mostly watch movies and eat junk food, but it was pretty fun because it was stuff Bayley was doing with two of her new friends. Laughing at the movie 'Ice Age: The Meltdown' as it was currently playing, Bayley couldn't help but think 'I can't wait to let Ro, Dean, and Seth know about how things went this weekend. I know they're gonna be just as happy to hear about this as I'm happy to tell them.'

...OK, so I didn't really go into a lot of detail with Bayley's first ever sleepover with Becky and Paige, but I honestly couldn't help but think that including the whole sleepover would've been a bit much for everyone to really take in (plus, I have a kinda bad feeling that that would've ended up making this chapter either a mega monster or something that I could've just used to write a tie-in one-shot to this, but...I digress), so I mostly just decided to touch on Bayley introducing her new friends to Seth, Bayley asking Seth if she could go, how Seth felt about all of this, and just a glimpse of the fun Bayley had with her friends. And, it looks like all around, things went pretty well. =D And now that we've finished the 'A Daze of School Days' arc, we can now journey forth into our next story arc. What is the arc, you might be wondering? Well, you'll have to stay tuned until next time. ;P Until then, don't forget to R&R please. =)

(One last thing.: Up above when Seth mentioned a "Natalya", you guys should keep her in mind. A later chapter/arc (not sure which yet) is going to give a bit more backstory to this woman, so I hope you guys will be looking forward to that. =) )