A few weeks had passed and for the most part, things went back to normal. Nobody really brought up the awkwardness in the kitchen, and Seth and Mia agreed that whatever happened between them didn't happen.

It was a typical Saturday night after work, as a bunch of people were out on the patio. Mia sat with Dean, Roman, and Seth, joking about a hitting on Dolph.

"I swear I thought AJ was going to pop a blood vessel" Dean said, rocking his glass of beer between two fingers before taking a sip.

Seth looked over at Mia, watching her laugh,swimming in his jacket. It had gotten a bit chilly earlier and Seth offered it to her.

Mia covered Seth's sleeve over her face as she laughed, catching a scent of his musky cologne. It took her back to being that close to Seth that night in Becky's bedroom. He laughed next to her, draping his arm over her shoulder as the wind picked up.

"One of these days she's going to tattoo 'AJ's' on his forehead in his sleep" Roman joked and the group all laughed. The fun night was almost put to an end when a voice bellowed from behind them.

"Fuck is this?" Mia's eyes widened as she turned around and saw her boyfriend standing their with one of Dillinger's bouncers, Joe.

"H-h-hey Sweetie" she said walking up to kiss her boyfriend. His eyes locked onto Seth as Mia pulled him down for a hug. The two men sized each other up for a second.

"You finally get to meet the guys. Tye, this is Dean, Roman… and Seth" she said pointing at each man. Tye nodded at all of them, mostly sizing Seth up before he turned to his girlfriend.

"What are you wearing?" he asked, noticing the jacket. For a second, just before she answered, she looked over at Seth.

"I got cold.. So Seth-" she began but stopped as Tye semi aggressively took the jacket off Mia, throwing it at Seth.

All three men were ready to snap his neck as he put his own jacket on her. They watched as the Samoan behind Tye kept an eye on Seth as he smirked. The three friends shared a look before Roman nodded. Seth sighed and mumbled about getting a fresh drink. A minute later Tye rolled his eyes in annoyance as Mia went back in to use the restroom.

"Hey" she said sliding between where Seth sat at the bar and the stool next to him. She rested her shoulder on his chin. "You okay?" she asked.

"I swear if I see that asshole ever touch you like that again, I'll make him shit teeth" he threatened lowly, just enough for her to hear as he turned his head toward hers. She sighed, sliding into the stool next to him, turning to face him.

"He's not like that, okay? Promise… He was just… surprised by us, I guess" she said honestly. After avoiding the topic since it happened, Seth was surprised she was actually the one bringing it up.

"And why is that Mia?" he asked looking staring at her honey tinted eyes.

"Seth-" she began.

"Look I'm not going to get in the middle of you and your boyfriend. I told you how I felt at the party and I fucking meant it. Pretend I didn't say it if you want to…" he spilled out, finally confessing his truth. Before she could say anything, more came tumbling out.

"And by the way, screw you for acting like nothing fucking happened. That's a really shitty thing to do to somebody, even if it's not your boyfriend… fucking heartless. Just go be happy with him ok? I won't bug you anymore..." He mumbled as the shots began taking affect.

She swallowed hard taking responsibility for what she'd done. She was naive to think they could remain just friends and brush it away. They both felt something, and now here he was, confusing the absolute fuck out of her.

A couple days later Mia was hanging out at Becky's on their day off. She laid by the pool soaking in the warm sun rays as Becky returned with a pitcher of sangria.

"You're so the man, Becks." Mia smiled as Becky filled her cup and the girls sat back talking.

"I still can't believe he got wasted and said that. Have you talked to him?" Becky popped a slice of a strawberry in her mouth.

"Not since that night, he won't even look at me" Mia said sadly. "I fucked everything up, and now Tye's pressuring me even more about working at Dillinger's-"

"Woah, woah- hold on." Becky began, sitting up on her lounge chair. "You're not thinking about leaving are you?"

Mia shrugged sipping her drink. "It's not like I wouldn't see you guys around anymore,I'll still be at Grier's… I just don't think I can be around him anymore" she said heartbroken.

Braun stood behind the bench, spotting Seth as he did another set of chest presses. Seth had talked Roman's ear off the night before and was offered a fresh perspective.

"Well obviously, you know it was a bonehead move to push her right back to him, right? Especially if you actually want to be with her, don't you think?"

"I know, man." Seth said sitting up. He shook his head. He regretted everything that next morning, but couldn't bring himself to text her an apology; she deserved more than that. He froze up though, once he saw her at work. She flowed so happily around everyone, he didn't want to make her upset anymore than he had. The days passed and Seth missed her more each day.

"I probably shouldn't say anything and Becky will kick my ass if she finds out… but you're my boy" Braun began hesitantly.

"What is it?" Seth asked.

The frantic knocking on her apartment door had annoyed Tye enough that by after just a few seconds he stalked over to the door and threw the door back, ready to pummel whoever the knocker was.

"You again" he huffed angrily, seeing Seth standing in his girlfriend's doorway.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, blocking Seth's view inside.

"Where is she?" Seth asked.

"That's none of you con-"

"Who's at the door, Babe?" Mia asked, emerging from the back. Tye turned back to her and Seth smiled, seeing how adorable she looked in a pair of black plaid boxers and a grey crop tee shirt. She stopped on her tippitoes then stood flat, seeing Seth.

He walked in, pushing pass Tye to get to Mia. "I need to talk to you. Look… don't go. I'm sorry okay?"

His voice was desperate as he grabbed her hands and pulled her close.

"Seth…" she whispered.

"I take it all back, just… don't leave, okay? I don't think I could take it" he begged. Tye took a step towards the two, trying to figure out what they were talking about.

"It never happened ok?" he asked as the alarms finally went off in Tye's head.

"What never happened, Mia?!" he screamed. Seth instinctively stood in front of her, blocking Tye.

"Look Tye… I was inviting you over so we could talk… This… it's not working anymore" she said, stepping from behind Seth, next to him, lacing her fingers with his. His heart soared as she held his hand. Tye scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"I knew it… I fucking knew something was going on with you. You were always just soo happy to go to work. I should've fucking known you were fucking this pretty boy!" he yelled, grabbing his coat and keys.

"I've only gotten to tongue fuck her so far, but that's all changing as soon as you get the fuck out" Seth said walking Tye out the door and locking it, before turning back to an already undressing Mia. He smiled as he watched her leaving a trail of clothes leading to her bedroom.

"I'm coming naughty girl" he said, peeling his shirt off, following her.