CJ landed in Syracuse at around two in the afternoon and was taken straight to physical therapy. She learned there that she would need a couple days of PT to get the full range of motion in her right knee before they operated on it. Then Adam took her to her new apartment to meet her landlord and check it out.

Just like CJ said before: it was spacious. Even the small amount of furniture she had wouldn't be enough to make it seem smaller. But she liked the hardwood floors, the balcony, and the fact that there were plenty of windows in the bedroom. In her opinion, nothing beat looking out at the moon while you were laying in bed.

"What do you think?" Adam asked from where he leaned against the doorframe of the bedroom while he watched her turn in a small circle in the middle of the room. He was giving her enough space to breathe, but stayed close enough to catch her if her knee gave out.

"I like it. I think it's kind of spacious, but I'm sure it'll be better once my furniture is here." CJ said, stopping her circles to look at him. "It's me in apartment form; not too flashy, but still awesome."

"And you'll be close enough to babysit Lyric when I come home from filming Haven and need to get it in." Adam joked, lightly elbowing CJ once she was close enough.

"Do you have seasons three and four on DVD? I need to catch up." She asked as they walked out to the living room together and he nodded, draping an arm across her shoulders as they exited the apartment and CJ locked the door behind her.

"Somewhere in the den. But will you help me get laid in the future, kiddo?" He asked and CJ shook her head.

"There are some things a parent should never talk to their child about. But yes, I will take Lyric off your hands when I'm in childcare condition."

"Speaking of sex lives, I'm curious about yours. I heard that you and Seth got into it backstage at WrestleMania. What was that about?"

"Long story short: he was pissed that I competed with a torn ACL and told me that I was selfish. I told him that he was selfish back and then he told me that I was obviously broken because I didn't see how much he loved me."

"Ouch. I bet you were fine with him before that." Adam mumbled and CJ nodded. "Saw your Hall of Fame pictures on twitter and even clicked the links to see the rest on instagram. You looked gorgeous, kid."

"Thank you. But we were just fine until he found out that I knew about my ACL tear before Mania."

"But you and Dean are fine?" He asked as he helped CJ into the passenger's seat of the jeep and she nodded, waiting for him to walk around to the driver's side and get in before responding verbally.

"We're officially exclusively fucking. He's says I'm his and I'm fine with that."

"When did this happen?"

"Monday night."

"Get it, girl!" Adam cheered, high fiving CJ before starting the jeep. "I know you and Seth just had this fight, and I know that you're still pissed, but have you tried talking to him?"

"No." She sighed, looking out her window and drumming her fingers against her knee brace. "He told me that he loved me, Adam, what the hell am I supposed to say? Love isn't my specialty and I don't even know how to deal with that. I don't even think I love him like that."

"But you do love him?" Adam asked, looking over at her as he came to a stop at a red light.

"I loved being around him. He was always so happy and almost carefree wherever we hung out, and when I was around him I felt happier than normal."

"You're not exactly a happy person on the road. I remember when you'd call me crying because it just sucked so bad for you." Adam recalled and CJ sighed as she finally looked over at him.

"We don't talk about that, dad. We do not talk about weak CJ."

"One mention of somebody other than me, Beth, and Jay loving you and you revert back to being her." Adam argued and CJ sighed loudly, making it crystal clear to her father-figure that she wasn't trying to have this discussion. "I understand that you're not trying to hear this, but damnit kid you have to. Running from shit like that is only going to be easy for so long. I want you to be happy, and I know that being forty with no man, no kids, and maybe a couple dogs is going to kill you on the inside. You know that's not what you want."

"Why do you have to be the voice of fucking reason all the damn time?" CJ grumbled, pushing her bangs out of her face as Adam pulled into his driveway.

"Because I care. Call Seth later and patch things up. If anything, you're going to need his friendship and support while you're rehabbing."

Adam and Beth spent the day watching CJ closely. Adam knew that she was basically on autopilot because she was thinking hard about their conversation in the car, that he hadn't told Beth about, and he was watching that knee in case it gave out. Beth, on the other hand, was watching for signs of the depression that often arose in wrestlers forced out of the ring long-term because of an injury. Beth knew that Adam wasn't telling her everything about what he and CJ talked about in the car, and she'd figure out what he wasn't telling in time. For now, her concerns would be focused on her two daughters and the dogs. Adam was terrible at keeping secrets for long, so she'd probably find out before he left to watch KISS get inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

"What's wrong with CJ?" Beth asked, not looking up from where she was slicing apples for CJ when the younger blonde woke up from her nap.

"She's fine, Beth. Nothing dog therapy and napping with a baby can't cure." Adam assured, looking out to the living room where CJ was laying on her back, Lyric fast asleep on her chest, while the dogs found their spot somewhere on the bed around her. "She's going to be okay in the end."

"Please enlighten me, oh wise one."

"She's got a lot of thinking to do. Some of it she doesn't even want to do, but in the end she'll realize what she truly wants."

"Does this involve Dean and Seth?" Beth asked, looking up to see Adam nod.

"Bingo." He mumbled before rushing to get Lyric off of CJ before she started to cry and woke up the woman who desperately needed a nap. He knew that she was up almost all night texting Dean since he had shamelessly gone through her phone and the last three texts from Dean were 'I dunno lol', 'Did you fall asleep on me?', and 'You're obviously asleep. It's cool though. Sleep tight your highness and have fun in Syracuse. Travel safe and try not to hurt your knee anymore than it already is. Tell sugar plum that I said hi too lol'. Adam had to admit that he liked that Dean wasn't offended by being called baby boo. Being easily offended wasn't something that worked well with this family. He also appreciated the care Dean showed CJ, he just wished that he understood the full story. CJ hadn't told him much other than that Regal was involved.

After her nap and snack, CJ was laying on the couch watching Main Event while Beth cooked dinner and Adam was packing for his HoF adventure with her sperm donor and one of their friends. After watching Shield vs. Wyatts 3, she was glad that the guys finally won but was disturbed by their promo afterwards. Dean said that they were well aware of the war they were stepping into, but they didn't care about the power Triple H had. They didn't care that they would have the whole roster fighting against them soon enough since nobody wanted to be on The Authority's bad side but Daniel Bryan, who would probably be of no use since he would be going on his honeymoon and she was certain that Stephanie McMahon would have some way to preoccupy the new champion upon his return.

Her hand acted on its own accord and she didn't even realize that she had it up to her ear until she heard Seth in her ear.

"CJ?"

"Seth, hi. Are you busy?" CJ asked, suddenly nervous. She didn't get why since it was just Seth. She'd only screwed him a countless number of times and probably broke his heart, so why be nervous?

"Not really. What's up?"

"I- uh- I wanted to call and apologize for Sunday." She started to ramble, hoping that he was actually listening even though she didn't really feel as though she was in the wrong. "I was a bitch and probably could've handled everything way more maturely, and-"

"CJ, it's okay." Seth cut her off. "If anything I should be apologizing for everything I said and how I reacted. It was probably a really hard time for you right then and I was supposed to be there to make you feel better and I crossed so many lines."

"But I crossed the same ones, Seth."

"Not like I did. I said all the wrong things and I didn't mean them. You're not broken, CJ, and you definitely don't need fixing. People don't need fixing, they just need somebody who understands them. It took me too long to realize that and I'm kicking myself for it because I lost one of my best friends."

"You didn't lose me completely. I'll admit that things from here on are going to be different, but with some work we could be where we once were."

"You think so?" Seth asked, his tone betraying how hopeful he was.

"I do, Sethie." She assured as Adam hovered over the couch with a smug smirk.

"It's dinner time, Chrissie." He informed and she nodded.

"I gotta go eat, Seth, but I'll text you later?"

"Definitely. Bye CJ."

"Bye Seth." Once CJ had put her phone down Adam rolled over the back of the couch to sit at the end before pulling her into a sitting position to face him.

"So..?" He pressed, leaning forward in anticipation.

"We patched things up, I guess? It's not what it once was just yet, and he gets that it'll take work to get there." CJ explained, playing with the drawstrings of her WrestleMania zipup hoodie.

"Did you cover the l-word?" Adam asked, knowing damn well that they didn't.

"No. He didn't bring it up and I damn sure wasn't going to. In time, I suppose."

"Can you two gossip girls come eat? Dinner is getting cold." Beth called from the dining room, making Adam and CJ laugh. Family time was fun time and she was definitely glad that Syracuse was her home now.

Thank you to ArtisticLullaby, TaijiaK, ChelleLew, UntilNeverDawns, Sarcastic Nightmare, AshleighxAwsome, and angelsdee327 for reviewing the last chapter! I appreciate it.