"How's the knee?" Adam asked and CJ shrugged, drumming on her laptop. "Don't blow that shit off, Chrissie. Video chatting means that I can see you try to avoid the subject."

"Well, video is Latin for 'I see'." She spoke with a smirk, grinning when Adam shook his head.

"Such a smartass. But seriously, how's the knee?"

"It hurts. I'm considering actually going to a doctor." CJ mumbled, eyeing the bathroom door closely. Seth was in the shower and she hoped that he really took his time because she wanted to have a good length one-on-one conversation with Adam before Seth came out and Adam started forming his own opinion. She also didn't want Seth worrying too much

"You might want to, kiddo. The last thing you need is to worsen whatever injury you have."

"If I get a couple days off and come to Syracuse, would you go with me? It's not like I have a primary physician, but-"

"I'd go with you. Can you just move up here? Tampa isn't anything special and you don't even like being there. You have family here, all you have there is your sperm donor and you don't even talk to him."

"Can you scout places for me when you're not too totally busy?" CJ asked and Adam nodded. "I can look on craigslist and call the people, but if you could check out the place and take pictures...?" She trailed off when the bathroom door opened and she looked up to see Seth walk out wearing just a towel around his waist, upper body still deliciously wet.

"Chrissie?" Adam asked, bringing her attention back to her laptop and attracting Seth's attention. "Is everything alright?"

"Everything is fine." CJ assured, taking a deep breath. "Oh, so fine."

"You're scaring me, kid." Adam laughed and CJ lightly smacked her cheek to snap back into focus. "You're in Brooklyn tonight?"

"Yeah, I have a red eye to Boston in the morning. I can talk to Hunter and see if he'll give me a few days off for a doctor's appointment about my knee."

"I'll make you an appointment. What if you need surgery?"

"Adam, that's not an option. I'm the champ, I'm not interested in sitting alone in my apartment."

"You'd be with Beth and I while you were rehabbing." He corrected and CJ sighed. "If that's the case, you're not going through it alone."

"Alright." CJ yawned, covering her mouth as she blinked rapidly.

"Get some sleep, champ. I'll text you in the morning. Tell your snuggle bug I said thanks."

"Who's my snuggle bug?"

"Seth. Ambrose is baby boo and Seth is snuggle bug."

"I am so done with you." CJ laughed as Seth got into bed beside her and leaned in.

"Hi Adam." Seth greeted with a smile, wrapping his arm around CJ's waist when Adam smiled.

"Hey, snuggle bug." The wink Adam gave absolutely killed Seth and he had to lean back because he was laughing so hard. "Alright. Now that I've successfully made you two smile, it's your bedtime kid."

"Alright. G'night, dad. Hopefully I'll see you soon."

"Love you, Chrissie."

"Love you, too. Kiss Beth and the baby for me."

"For sure." Adam called before he ended the call and CJ smiled, shutting off her laptop before Seth closed it and carried it to her bag for her.

"You know, you called him dad." Seth commented as he made his way back to the bed and CJ looked up at him with a small smile as she looked back on the closing moments of her conversation with Adam.

"I did, didn't I?"

"When did Dean become baby boo?" He asked, sliding into bed beside her and helping her into a laying position.

"You'd have to read the text Adam sent him from my phone when I was in Syracuse nursing my ribs." CJ explained, letting Seth kiss her softly. Her hand reached up to cup his cheek, desperately trying to convey to him that she wanted him.

"Babe, your knee." Seth whispered, pressing his forehead to hers.

"I don't care, Seth."

"I don't want to hurt you further, CJ. You know I want you so bad that it hurts, but sex tonight could change six weeks off your career to six months off your career and I would never forgive myself." Seth reasoned, frowning when she pouted. "Don't make this harder on me, baby."

"Sethie..."

"Smile for me, beautiful. All I want to do is see that smile."

"I don't want to lose time off my career. That means losing the belt. I can't lose the belt because I don't know if I'll ever come close when I get back."

"If you don't get that knee checked out and fixed properly you may not have a career to come back to once it's fixed, CJ." Seth said softly, lightly holding onto her chin so she couldn't look away. "I don't like seeing tears in those pretty blue eyes of yours, but somebody had to put it this way for you." She only nodded and he kissed her nose before kissing heir lips. She wasn't as responsive as he wanted, but he knew that her gears were turning about all the possibilities surrounding her knee.

"Thank you, Seth. I really appreciate you putting this into perspective for me. I know I'm not the easiest person to deal with on a day-to-day basis, but for some reason you want to and I can't thank you enough for being such a great guy."

"You don't have to thank me for anything, CJ. I want to be with you and I'm trying to prove to you that I can be the guy that you can settle down with." CJ only smiled and let him kiss her one last time before she settled down with her head on his chest. Once again, Seth gently guided her knee to rest on his stomach with it bent at an angle comfortable for her before he started gently rubbing her back underneath the tshirt she was wearing. "I can fix you, CJ."

As tired as she was, she couldn't sleep because she had too much on her mind now. She didn't understand why Seth assumed that he could "fix" her. She had told him time and time again that people couldn't be "fixed", because people weren't broken. You can't fix what wasn't broken, and as far as CJ was concerned being damaged didn't constitute being broken. She wasn't sure that she could get serious and monogamous with Seth if he couldn't understand that. Being completely honest, she wasn't sure that he ever would and that fact scared her. She didn't want to be the person to tell him that she couldn't be with him because he wanted to "fix" her.

Dean could tell that something was off with CJ, and it wasn't just her knee. He could just feel that something was off in her when it came to her lack of focus and how quiet she was being. He didn't like when this came out in her, and he definitely didn't like how it affected her willingness to to be slightly affectionate when they were in private. The only plus side was that Adam had gotten his number through Hunter and asked that he accompany her on her flight to Syracuse so she wasn't totally alone through the airport process. He wasn't going to give Seth this tidbit of information because the last thing he needed was Seth getting pissy with him this close to WrestleMania.

"See you, babe." Seth spoke softly and Dean had to fight the urge to roll his eyes when Seth kissed CJ's cheek.

"Bye, Sethie."

"And then there were two." Dean mumbled as he watched Seth walk away, not at all fazed by how happy he felt on the inside that it was just him and CJ. Seth was always hungry for her attention and it drove Dean crazy.

"Thanks for coming to Syracuse with me."

"It's no problem. You know exactly what I have going for me in Vegas, and I'd rather put that on hold to make sure your flight goes smoothly and doesn't put any more on that knee."

"I appreciate it, Dean."

"What's on your mind, your highness?"

"What do you mean?"

"There's something bothering you, CJ. I can see it, damnit I can feel that there's something bothering you." Dean stated, taking both of her hands in one of his. "What's on your mind?"

"It's my knee." CJ lied, pulling one of her hands away from his so she could drink some of her coffee. "All the talk about possible surgery and time off my career has me shaken." She knew that Dean didn't believe a single word that she said but, much to her relief, he let the issue go. She wasn't trying to talk about Seth right now because the last thing she wanted was for Dean to get upset and lecture her on what she already knew.

"Regardless of what happens, I know that you won't let that stop you. You're the toughest bitch I know, CJ. You'll cut whatever rehab time in half if you have to rehab."

"Good to know that you have such faith in me." She muttered, absently playing with her straw.

"How can I not? That's our flight, do you want me to carry you, or are we limping through this?"

"You carry me and my carry-on, plus your stuff? Yeah, no. I'll limp through this."

"If you say so. Just so you know, I can bench like three of you, CJ." Dean informed as he helped CJ to her feet and she shook her head.

"I'm sure you can. But I'm fine, Dean."

"Whatever you say, your highness." Dean dismissed, grabbing her bag before she could, smirking down at her when she let out an aggravated huff. "Just let it happen."

"I don't have to like it, though."

"Nobody said you had to. But I say that you have to let it happen."

"What if I snatched my bag and forced you to let me carry it?" CJ asked, looking up at him as they walked.

"Then you'd upset me, and I wouldn't want to piss me off."

"Why not?"

"I can be a real beast in bed when I'm in a good mood, but pissed off?" Dean spoke in a low tone, before letting out a chuckle at the way her eyes widened in wonder. "You had better like it rough, sweetheart, if you want to try pissing me off."

"Yes, please."

Dean wasn't sure that he had ever seen CJ look so happy to see somebody. But the second she saw Adam, she smiled and let him pick her up in a tight hug. He had to admit that he felt like he was intruding on their moment and that made him feel awkward.

"Thanks for taking care of her, Dean." Adam said once he had carefully set CJ on her feet and Dean shook his hand.

"It's no big deal, man. You gonna be alright from here, your highness?"

"You're not staying?" CJ asked from where she leaned against Adam, trying to keep her weight off of her knee.

"Uh, I didn't know that was an option." Dean mumbled, scratching the back of his head and avoiding the two sets of blue eyes staring at him in confusion.

"I'm pretty sure staying for a couple days was in my text." Adam said, pulling out his phone to check. "Yup. Right there."

"Being honest, that was a long ass text and I just skimmed." Dean admitted, noticing the small smile on CJ's face.

"Please stay, Dean. At least for the night." Her request was simple, and Dean knew that he couldn't say no to her. Especially when she was hurt. The fact that she wanted him around while she was spending time with family made him happy. But it also made him nervous.

"Alright, your highness."

"Put your stuff in the trunk, baby boo." Adam instructed, smirking when Dean couldn't help but chuckle at the name while Adam helped CJ into the passenger's seat. "Appointment at nine tomorrow morning, and Beth is making dinner at home."

"Thank you."

"I'm always going to look out for my little girl." Adam assured, kissing the side of her head while Dean got into the backseat beside Tundra.

"CJ, who's this big man?" He asked, scratching Tundra behind the ears.

"That's Tundra. He's the love of my life."

"How could I compete with such a handsome man for that spot in your heart?" He teased, continuing to pet Tundra. Seeing Dean get all mushy over Tundra made CJ smile. She never would have pegged Dean as being a dog person, and the fact that he was getting mushy with a dog earned him major points in her book.

"So...my ACL is torn." CJ mumbled when she sat next to Dean on the couch. He had pleasantly surprised her the night before at three in the morning when he asked permission to sleep with her instead of the bedroom across the hall and then told her that he wasn't going to Vegas in the morning because he wanted to be with her.

"What are you going to do?" Dean asked quietly, picking up her legs and setting them in his lap as Adam gently placed an icepack on her knee. He didn't like the idea of CJ being seriously hurt. Not at all.

"Not tell until after WrestleMania and then have surgery done. I'm not getting out of there with the title. There's no way."

"CJ, going into that fifteen diva match at mania is-"

"Career suicide. I know." CJ cut him off, pushing her hair back and out of her face. He could see the conflict in her eyes and how much this injury was bothering her. "How am I going to keep this from Seth?"

"You're going to have to tell him, CJ. How long will surgery have you out?" He didn't want to know the answer to this question, but he had to ask because he needed to know how long he'd be without his favorite diva.

"Six months of rehabbing and six months before I can get back into the ring for competition at the least. It all depends on how rehabbing goes. Im doing WrestleMania, the Raw after 'Mania, and then I'm coming to Syracuse. Adam wants me to be where he can keep an eye on me, and I'm gonna move out here."

"However you need my help, CJ, I'll be here."

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