CJ was happily humming as she walked around the grocery store. Dean was somewhere in the store getting his necessities, leaving her with Olivia looking at cereal. The infant was happily gnawing on the fabric that covered the cart handle, taking from the bag of Cheerios in her mother's hand every so often. In their world, everything was perfectly fine now that the guys had allowed her off of bed rest and her cough had stopped. Neither had any idea of the issues plaguing Dean and Seth regarding Dean's mother who was borderline stalking them.

The two men had worked extremely hard to keep CJ away from both the house phone and Dean's cell phone, doing their best to ensure that she never picked up the phone and ended up speaking with Dean's mother. Both knew that she'd get protective, defensive, and really upset that this was being kept from her at all, therefore it was in their best interest to ensure that she never found out. As long as CJ and Olivia were happy, the men would be happy.

The young mother was in a good mood as she entertained her daughter and looked at different brands of cereal that she was interested in for her cheat days. Nothing was really standing out to her, which bummed her out because she just really wanted cereal and wasn't going to buy multiple cereals just because she wasn't sure of what she was actually craving. They didn't need four boxes of cereal in a house that they'd be leaving to continue their road obligations in a week.

"Babe, you okay?" Dean asked quietly, placing the meats and spices Roman asked him to buy into the cart before kissing Olivia's forehead. "Told you that I'd be right back, princess."

"She was really upset when you left." CJ informed, smiling when Dean chuckled. "But I just don't know what cereal I want."

"Do we really need cereal? Because you're going to have one bowl, then complain about it going straight to your thighs and then you're going to throw the box out because you're upset with yourself for buying it in the first place."

"Fine then. Don't feed me."

"Shut up." He laughed, kissing her head before grabbing a box of Lucky Charms. "This here, is the good shit."

"Is it what I want?"

"It is now."

"Works for me." She spoke with a smile, leaning down to make eye contact with Olivia as Dean walked ahead of them to investigate the oatmeal. "Here's a life lesson, sweetheart. Daddy may be a bit crazy, but he knows what's best for us."

Dean had overheard the wisdom CJ had given to their daughter and could help the small frown that appeared on his face at the trust she had in him. It was making him second guess his decision to keep her in the dark about their current situation with his mother. Since she was just as affected by this as he was, and the safety of their daughter could quite possibly be an issue depending on how far his mother took things, CJ deserved to know what was going on. But he didn't want her to worry about anything right now. She was still recovering and didn't need the extra stress with Extreme Rules only two weeks away. Before her No Disqualification match with Chris, she had a title match against number one contender Naomi on the Raw before the biggest night of CJ's career. It wasn't until after Extreme Rules that Dean could even consider telling her about his mother.

Dean had been quiet ever since they had come home from the grocery store. Seth and Roman just stayed out of his path, knowing the look on his face all too well but CJ hadn't seen this side of her boyfriend yet. Which was why she was right by his side once Olivia was in her crib for her midday nap. Both of their house guests wanted to pull her away so Dean could have the space and peace that he so desperately needed, but knew that pulling her away would set something off in either one of them- or worse, both of them. So they stayed in the living room, watching as she sat beside Dean and tried to get his attention.

What surprised them both was the way Dean took her hand in his on the tabletop and turned to face her. They were whispering, so Seth and Roman couldn't hear exactly what they were saying to each other but the look on CJ's face showed a lot of concern yet Seth felt that there was some understanding in her eyes as well. But he wasn't sure of anything until she nodded before standing up, kissing the top of Dean's head before making her way upstairs.

Dean felt eyes on him when he got up to get a beer, and found himself regretting the open layout of his home when he saw Seth and Roman watching him carefully. He knew that they were worried, and he wasn't surprised, but right now he really didn't need them watching his every move. It was bad enough that CJ was worrying about him, he didn't really need them on his case too.

"What's going on?" Roman asked as he and Seth joined him at the table. Roman had a beer while Seth had a glass bottle of cream soda that helped him fit in a bit while keeping him sober. Watching people drink didn't affect him much, but having something similar to what the others had made him feel a bit like a child. "Don't shut us out man."

"I don't even know whats going on." Dean admitted quietly, pushing his hair back with a sigh. "Am I doing the right thing by not telling her?"

"I think so." Seth mumbled before taking a drink of his soda. "She doesn't need to be stressing herself out right now."

"I understand that you guys are trying to protect her, but shouldn't she be in the loop if she's affected by whatever is going on?" The Samoan asked, looking between his two brothers to see that they were intentionally avoiding eye contact with him. "You two not telling her is probably hurting her more than its helping, regardless of whether or not she knows that you're hiding something from her."

"I can't though. Not now, at least. She's got a title defense and Extreme Rules is just around the corner. Paul will verbally tear me a new asshole while Brock physically tears me a new one if she goes into either of those matches distracted, or worse- she gets hurt."

Seth couldn't help but laugh at the mental image of Dean getting his ass beaten by Lesnar while Heyman stood by and berated him. He knew that now wasn't exactly the time to be laughing at Dean's expense(kinda), but the image was too strong for him to resist it. The two older men just shook their heads, obviously not amused by Seth's moment of immaturity, but were far too used to it to be upset with the younger man for it.

The three men were blissfully unaware of the fact that CJ had heard them talking and was now more than just furious with them but most livid(and disappointed) with Dean. She thought that they were passed the point of hiding things from each other. Did he not trust in her ability to prioritize? There was no way she'd go into a match distracted by issues unrelated to her opponent in the match, she thought that he knew her better.

Which was why she didn't think twice about going downstairs wearing nothing but her little black robe that left very little to the imagination, in need of a glass of wine to nurse while she took her bubble bath(something her fuck face boyfriend suggested to her). There was no part of her that was ashamed, since Dean and Seth had seen her naked and Roman had probably come close to seeing her naked once or twice, and she knew that she had all three of their attentions as she reached for a wine glass.

It was Seth who noticed her first, coughing and looking away when the fabric of her robe had ridden up as her body stretched and exposed some of her ass to him and the guys. Dean shot him a look and he quickly covered his eyes to assure the blonde that he really wasn't trying to check CJ out. But that didn't stop him from peeking between his fingers when she had bent over in the fridge.

"What are you doing, babe?"

"Its not a relaxing bath without a glass of wine, Ambrose." She spoke, looking back at her boyfriend as she picked up the bottle and got the bottle opener from the drawer. "I'll just take it with me."

"Don't drink it all, babe. It's only three."

"I will do what I feel like doing because it is five o'clock somewhere."

It was in that moment that all three men knew that she was pissed and watched as she headed up the stairs, not one of them certain as to why she was upset or how they could fix it. They exchanged glances around the table, trying to figure out what they were going to do about this issue.

Meanwhile, CJ just didn't give a shit anymore. Her concerns were her daughter and her career at the current moment, whatever the guys were hiding didn't matter. She was much too offended to even want to know more about what they were hiding and why they were hiding it from her. But she'd act indifferent towards the men, knowing that if she acted like she was mad then Dean would pester her to talk to him and that wouldn't work out in his favor when it came to this topic. It was for the best that she just remain passive.

Her bath went by without any interruptions by the baby, the dog, or the boyfriend and house guests, which she chalked up to a small victory. The guys were probably too worried about whatever they were hiding from her to even consider bothering her, but she knew that she had to stop thinking about them being deceptive because she was totally over it. It didn't bother her, therefore she didn't need to even waste time thinking about it.

At least... that was what she told herself. She was too tired at this point to continue lying to herself and just climbed into bed so she could sleep this off.

Being drunk certainly didn't help her head, either.

A/N: Yeah, the guys are totally screwed once CJ is in a position to kick their asses, and that's all I'm going to say on the matter. I'd love to hear what everyone else's opinions are so, like always, please leave a review or even pm me your opinions.

I'd like to thank TajiaK, calwitch, Imagineer1392, CarolReigns, and ChelleLew for reviewing the last chapter! I appreciate it!