Roman leaned back against the wall. He waited to hear John out.
"The floor's yours Cena", Roman said.
"Is Ambrose dating Renee Young?", John asked.
Roman shrugged.
"I wouldn't say they're dating, I mean, it's coffee", he said.
Dean had filled him in on using Renee to cover his tracks, at least till John stopped suspecting. Roman didn't like that, and he knew Amaya wouldn't either and when she found out, she was going to give Dean an earful.
A few coffee dates
Dean had said.
"Why don't you just ask me what you really want to ask me", Roman smirked.
"Because he's your friend, and you're going to protect him just like Amaya and Seth would", John said.
Roman nodded.
"True. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to change and meet my family", he said, pushing himself off the wall and leaving John alone in the hall.
Amaya showered and changed. AJ was waiting for Phil. She would be riding to the hotel with Dean and Seth.
"Phil and I are going to dinner. Are you sure you don't want to join us and talk? You know you could tell me anything", April said.
Amaya sent her a look.
"Like?", Amaya asked.
April shrugged before sitting beside her little sister.
"Anything", April said.
"There's nothing to talk about", Amaya said.
"Really? Obviously there is if Seth and Brie want to talk to you. You would tell them before me", April said.
Amaya raised an eyebrow.
"If I knew why they wanted to talk to me, I wouldn't have asked you why Seth wanted to see me", Amaya said.
"True. Are you sleeping with him?", April asked.
Amaya laughed.
"No Ape, I'm not. Brie is a good friend and I wouldn't do that to her", her little sister answered.
"I just needed to ask", April said.
Amaya nodded before zipping up her suitcase.
"I'll see you tomorrow for Raw?", Amaya asked.
Her sister nodded.
"Is there something else you want to talk about?", Amaya asked April.
April wanted to tell her what she knew, but would wait for Amaya to tell her.
"No. I'll see you tomorrow", April said.
Amaya nodded before walking out. She texted Seth to meet her by their car. He said he was on his way.
Roman found his family waiting for him by their van that would drive them all to the hotel.
"You did so good son", his dad said, hugging him.
"I'm so proud of you", his mom said next, kissing his cheek.
Valerie kissed him and he took Autumn from her. His brother patted his back.
"I say we take the winner out to dinner tonight", Matt said.
Roman was going to decline. He wanted to get to the hotel and sneak up to Amaya's room for a second.
"Sounds good, I'm hungry", Valerie said.
"Me too", Autumn said.
"Okay", he sighed.
Seth unlocked the car and opened the trunk. He set his bag inside and then Amaya's bag.
"So what's up?", she asked.
He sat down on the open trunk.
"You tell me", he crossed his arms over his chest and a serious expression came on his face.
"If I knew what you meant, I would", she said.
He sighed loudly.
"I know", he said.
She bit her lip. Did Dean know too?
"How?", she asked.
"I'm not stupid. I see it written all over his face, I saw it today too. Are you seriously going to stand here and tell me you didn't know? We're friends, yes?", he said.
Amaya nodded.
"Dean's sleeping with Nikki", Seth whispered.
Amaya sighed.
"Why didn't you tell me?", Seth asked.
"He didn't want anyone else to know. I only know because I caught them", she said shrugging.
Seth sighed.
"Its wrong on so many levels", he said, shaking his head.
"He loves her, I don't see anything wrong with it", Amaya said.
Seth met her eyes.
"So you're saying it's okay for me to cheat on Brie as long as I love this other woman?", he asked metaphorically.
"What?", they turned to see Brie.
Seth stood and shook his head.
"No, we were, it's not what you think B", he said.
"You two were talking about Nikki and Dean", she said.
They nodded.
"Its what I wanted to talk to you about Yaya. Nikki told me you and Roman knew", Brie said.
"What? Roman knows too?", Seth whined.
"Sorry", Amaya said.
Brie set her bag by Seth. He placed it in the back.
"Truth?", Brie asked.
Seth closed the back. He and Amaya nodded.
"Nikki hasn't been happy with John for awhile. She didn't say anything, I can just tell. Then suddenly she's smiling and giggling at text messages. I finally checked her phone and I read the messages between her and Dean. She confessed", Brie said.
"Same with Dean. He's completely infatuated with her, he has been for a long time", Seth said.
Amaya nodded, agreeing.
"Where is Dean?", Amaya asked.
"He has a coffee cover up date with Renee Young", Seth sighed.
"A what?", Amaya asked.
"He figured if John sees him leaving tonight with Renee, maybe he'll stop suspecting something is going on between him and Nikki", Brie said.
"I told him it was a bad idea. Poor woman doesn't know what's going to hit her", Seth said.
"I'll talk to him", Amaya sighed.
Brie and Seth nodded. They were about to get in the car when the van carrying Roman and his family stopped by them. The window rolled down.
"Hey. We're all heading for a late dinner. Want to join?", Roman asked.
"I could use something to eat", Seth said.
Brie nodded. Amaya didn't know if she could be around him when Valerie was. Now his family. What if they didn't like her? What if someone noticed the way she and Roman looked at each other?
"How about you Yaya?", Roman asked.
He mouthed please to her.
"Dinner sounds good", she said.
He smiled.
"We'll text you", Roman said, before they drove off.
Dean turned the coffee cup in his hand several times. Renee took a sip from hers.
"You had a great match tonight", she said, filling the silence.
"Oh yeah, thanks", he said.
"I really like the move that you do. What do you call it? Dirty...", she stopped.
"Deeds", he finished.
She nodded. She continued most of the conversation. Talking about music and the beginning of his career. She was easy to talk to and laughed at his jokes. She was pretty, he'll admit, but she wasn't Nikki.
Half way through the conversation, he wondered what she was doing and if she was with John. Then thoughts of John touching and kissing Nikki, made his blood boil. He wished he was with her now.
"So, what do you say?", she asked.
He was confused before shaking his head.
"I'm sorry, what?", he asked.
She laughed softly.
"I said I really enjoyed tonight, but I think we should head back. Then I asked if maybe we could do this again", she said.
She sounded hopeful. Dean didn't want to hurt her. She seemed like a nice enough person and he could see them being good friends, but he couldn't lead her on more.
"Can I get back to you on that?", he asked.
She smiled and nodded.
Seth, Brie, and Amaya arrived at the small restaurant. They walked in, seeing Roman wave them over with a smile. Amaya sat beside Autumn. Seth and Brie next to Roman, across from Amaya.
"Its so nice to finally meet you Amaya", Roman's mom said, after he had introduced everyone to her and Brie.
"You too Mrs. Reigns. Roman talks about you all the time", Amaya said.
Roman smiled. He wanted his mom to like Amaya. Valerie didn't like this and she was going to make sure his family didn't like Amaya after tonight.