Dean lay on the couch in Joey's apartment. It seemed agreed upon that they would all be staying with Joey, and no one seemed to mind about the crowdedness. Joey made some remark about it wouldn't be the first time, but Dean didn't get it. He still wasn't sure how he, Roman, Galina, Seth, Punk, his wife AJ, and Cesaro were going to all fit in this small apartment. He had volunteered his own apartment but that was declined almost immediately.

Dean stood up and stretched. He looked over at Roman who was sitting in a recliner texting someone. Galina had gone to the airport to pick up Punk, AJ, and Seth who's planes were arriving about the same time, and Joey had gone back to NXT. Cesaro had declined the invitation saying he was fine.

"I think this is a bad idea," Dean said as he sat back down. "I mean eight of us in the same apartment? You don't seem to like Punk and Cesaro either. Or me for that matter."

Roman looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Dean I…" he stopped as if he suddenly remembered he did hate Dean. His expression darkened. "We'll be fine. Galina and I are headed back on the road tomorrow anyway with Cesaro."

"Then why is Seth and Punk coming here? I don't get it. Punk's got a fight to get ready for. I don't know what Seth's doing, but he seems even less thrilled about being here in Florida. I'm thirty-years-old. I don't need baby sitters."

"No one ever said you did," Roman said and then turned back to his phone.

Dean sighed and walked out of the room. This conversation was going nowhere fast. He realized he was the one who wanted to be friends with Roman and Seth again, but if this was a step towards doing that, he was ready to go back to not being friends.

Dean's phone rang. He looked down at his phone and saw it was Shane McMahon. "Hey Shane what's up?"

"Hey I want to have a meeting with you. Can you meet me in Birmingham Alabama Monday?"

"Yeah I can do that." Dean said. "Do you want me to bring up Enzo and Cass or the Vaudvillains?" He asked.

"I don't think we'll have any further call ups until after WrestleMania. I just want to talk to you about possibly coming back on the road full time."

"I'm not exactly cleared for action." Dean reminded him.

"I know," Shane said with a chuckle. "I have another idea. I'll see you Monday okay?"

"Sure. Bye Shane." He said and hung up.

"What did Shane want?" a voice asked from behind him. he jumped. He turned around to see Cesaro standing there. He hadn't heard a knock on the door.

"He wants me to be at RAW in Birmingham. He wants to talk to me about returning to the road full time."

Cesaro looked confused for a moment but shrugged. "Hey just don't go hopping back in the ring. I don't want to have to carry your sorry butt to the emergency room."

"Like you've ever!" Dean said with a chuckle.

Cesaro just smirked. "As far as you know."

"Hey I think I'd remember!"

"I remember clearly taking you to the hospital the last time you broke your ankle. You don't remember."

Dean barely moved out of the way as Roman pushed him aside and speared Cesaro into a wall. Thankfully he didn't damage the wall, and that the neighbors weren't home to hear it.

"You got a problem with me Reigns?" Cesaro asked as he climbed back to his feet. He felt fine but he hadn't been expecting that.

"Yeah I do." Roman said. "You weren't there."

"Roman," Cesaro said looking him straight in the eye. "I was. You weren't."

"Would you stop fighting over me," Dean tried to joke. It was a defense mechanism of his. "Or at least wait until you're in Birmingham? Joey would kill you both if you destroyed the apartment."

Cesaro and Roman didn't break eye contact for a minute. Cesaro finally looked at Dean and said, "it doesn't matter who was there anyway."

Roman grabbed his car keys. "I'm leaving." He said and stormed off.

Dean stared at Cesaro before saying, "you want a beer?"

DDD

Later that night, Seth and Roman sat at a bar not far from Joey's apartment. "We can't do this." Seth reminded Roman.

"Like we have a choice? Until we get our hands on Bray, Dean needs someone watching him."

"Roman, Bray's never been interested in Dean." Seth reminded him. "It's Hunter we gotta watch out for. I don't trust Cesaro and I really don't like the idea of Dean being at RAW. I'm going to RAW."

Seth's phone suddenly buzzed with a text. It read:

Find me in Birmingham and return to your family. The little hound with the empty head doesn't need you. Neither does the overprotective hound.

"Damn it," Seth cursed. He handed the phone to Roman.

"Bray."

DDD

Notes: Okay it all starts to heat up next chapter.