The next day as Lucy got dressed she realized she knew very little about this man she agreed to travel with for the next 6 months. She had a name and a phone number to go off of but that's really about it. As she finished straightening her hair she heard a knock on the door and she instantly recognized the voice that was on the other side, "Come on Lucy, we've got to get to the airport." "Dean hold on, I'll be ready in 5 minutes." He continued to bang on the door until she wrenched it open; instantly regretting it. Standing at her door, along with her husband, was two men, both of whom were seemed interested in the woman who married Dean after knowing him for only a few hours. She quickly disappeared back into the bathroom and finished brushing her teeth.

Dean turned to his friends saying, "Guys that's Lucy." He saw the amusement in their eyes at the scene that was in front of them. Dean shook his head and followed Lucy into the room, "Lucy, I wanted you to meet Roman and Seth before we head out." Lucy nodded and waved absentmindedly as she quickly got her stuff together. After 10 minutes Dean was interrupted by Lucy telling him she was finally ready to leave. "Okay, Lucy, the one with the two-toned hair is my buddy Seth, and the guy with the tattoos all down his arm is Roman." Lucy nodded and murmured greetings to each of the guys as they were introduced to her. "Dean, when we get to Seattle I need to do a few things to make sure that we can enact the arrangement from last night." Dean raised his head at her words, "I'll go with you just to make sure that everything goes according to plan." Turning to his friends, Dean tried to clear up the confusion he saw on their faces, "Guys, Lucy will be traveling with us for the next 6 months. And make no mistake, Lucy, you will be traveling with us for 6 months, or you'll have to keep trying to get a contested divorce." Lucy looked into Dean's eyes and saw just how serious he was; she instantly regretted the deal she made with him last night.

All through the plane ride to Seattle, Lucy was on edge. It's not that she hated flying; no it had everything to do with the man who was sitting two rows up. She seethed as she replayed everything in her mind again. She couldn't believe that he was actually going to go with her like she was an infant. Like she would lie about what her boss said. Lucy knew she could get the time off, after all everything she did was done online and if she absolutely had to she could call the people she needed to in order to get the answers she needed. But for him to act like that was, in her mind, unacceptable. Lying back she endeavored to clear her mind and enjoy the rest of the flight.

Dean looked for the third time in Lucy's direction. He wanted so badly to go sit by her but he really wasn't sure it would be welcome. "Dude, what's the deal with Lucy? It's like she came out of nowhere." Dean turned and looked at Roman, "Not really. I had a feeling she would come to Phoenix, after all she's been trying to get me to sign these papers almost since we got married." Seth chimed in, "I don't know why you won't just sign the papers and give her what she wants, it's clear that she doesn't want to be married to you." Dean shrugged trying to play it off, "You guys weren't there the night we got married, I mean let's be honest I don't remember much of it, but I just know that there's something I am missing about what happened that night, and I want to understand what it is before I sign the papers." Seth shrugged, he ultimately knew that Dean was a big boy who could take care of himself, if he wanted to stay married to someone who didn't want to be married to him then who was he to try and stop him. Roman on the other hand knew there was more to it than Dean was saying, he was hedging, something he never did, but more than that, he knew that Dean remembered more than he was saying about that night in Vegas, he'd get it out of him eventually, but Roman also knew that Dean was the type to play it close to the chest so it wouldn't be easy to get it out of him.

Once they arrived in Seattle Lucy quickly grabbed her bags and headed outside to hail a cab. "Lucy let's go. We're burning daylight." Lucy spun around and ran over to her to the waiting vehicle. "Jake! I'm so glad you're here. Gosh I have so much to tell you. I have to talk to Sandra about getting the next 6 months off so I can travel with him. It was the best deal I could get; I mean everything else just wasn't going to work. He wanted me to be on the road with him for a year." Jake quickly pulled her into his chest, "There, There, Lucy. You're here now. I spoke to Sandra and she understands that you need me to make things right again. You never were that good at negotiating but I am, and I will take care of everything so you don't have to worry about it."

Dean looked around the baggage area for Lucy unable to find her. He looked over by Roman and Seth to see if she had joined them by the counter. It wasn't until he went outside that he saw her wrapped in the arms of another man. Walking over he cleared his throat causing Lucy to look over at him. She, Dean noted somewhat reluctantly, unwrapped herself from around him and nervously introduced the two men. "Um, Dean, this is Jake. Jake, this is Dean." Dean wrapped his arm around her shoulder and stuck his hand out to shake Jake's. "Can you believe how lucky I am to have gotten to marry her? How do you two know each other?" Jake looked disgusted by Dean, "Yes well, we're hoping to get that issue resolved very quickly so I can get on with my life." Dean arched an eyebrow, "And how do you know each other, you forgot that part of the question." Jake smiled tightly, "Oh yes, we work together at a law office downtown. Lucy takes a lot of cases of people who can't pay. I try to get her to stop doing that; I mean honestly how is she ever going to move up in the company?" Lucy felt Dean slowly getting even tenser as the conversation went on, "Well come on guys we better go, I'm going to ride with Jake, you know that way we can talk shop. You can…" She was cut off by Jake, "You can drive yourself. I'm sure you know where the office is. Like Lucy said, we've got to talk shop and that information is confidential." Dean nodded tightly at Jake; he really didn't like this man, who the hell was he to tell him what to do and not give Lucy a chance to make any of her own decisions. He watched as Jake and Lucy sped off as he and the luggage waited for his own vehicle to be brought around by the valet.

Once Lucy was in the car with Jake he immediately began to take control of the situation. "Lucy, you don't have to do this. I knew I should have gone with you, I knew you couldn't handle this on your own. How on Earth did you ever think that this agreement with him would work? Oh that's right Lucy you don't think. Do you know how this is making me look? Do you even care? God, sometimes you're so dumb." Lucy began to slowly feel her anger rise towards Jake, but she knew he was right; she wasn't as good of a negotiator and if he had gone Dean probably would have signed the papers. She quietly responded, "Jake, I appreciate that you're being so patient with me, and I know that you have a reputation to uphold and I know that as soon as you get married you're going to be elevated to the next level in your career but I'm not going to marry you just because you want it. It will be something that we both talk about at the right time. There's got to be something in it for me." The rest of the ride to the office was silent but there was a certain tension between Jake and Lucy that could not be missed. Once they had both gotten out of the car and had entered the elevator that would take them to their offices Jake a different tactic, "Look Lucy, it's just that I don't want this guy to be able to suck you up in his world. I've looked into their travel schedule, they work about 300 days a year and are basically living out of hotels. You'd never really be able to settle down and have a family, at least not the kind of family that you want. I just don't want to see you get hurt." Lucy gave Jake a hug just before the elevator doors opened, "I know, it's just…I need to handle this in my own way." Nodding Jake followed her to his office, he was shocked to see Dean already there, sitting in his chair, his feet on the desk, like he owned the place.
Dean watched as Lucy and Jake entered into the office; Jake was definitely rattled to see him already there, good he didn't like the little prick and wanted to keep him off balance as much as possible. Grinning, Dean arched a brow, "You guys got everything figured out? I mean, I do want to get back on the road, I've got tonight off and I wanted to go out to dinner with Lucy before we head back to the hotel." Dean saw the look of surprise momentarily cross Lucy's face, but that was quickly masked once Sandra's secretary came in. "Lucy, she's ready for you." Hesitating briefly, Lucy headed into her boss's office leaving Dean and Jake without a buffer.

Dean watched as Lucy hesitated before leaving the room, "Don't worry he'll still be here when you get back." Once she shut the door, Dean rested his arms on his thighs and immediately turned his gaze to Jake. "Don't think I don't know what you're doing here. Acting like her friend when really all you want is to use her. How long did you wait before you made this entire thing about you? Did you even make it out of the airport parking lot? I've known guys like you my whole life, you think you own the entire fucking world, well guess what pal, you don't own Lucy, and as long as she's my wife and she will be for a long time, you will stay away from us. I don't like you, and she doesn't realize yet how much of a jackass. I guarantee that once she does, she won't want a damn thing to do with you. Jake began to smirk, "You think someone like you scares me? You can't tell me what to do. Do you know who I am? I am Jacob McAlister IV, the heir to one of the biggest fortunes of the state. Once Lucy and I get married, her father is going to make me partner in his firm and do you know what that's going to do for me? I am going to run for public office one day, with Lucy's record of public service and my family fortune; I can win any seat I want. So do us all a favor Dean, sign the papers, give Lucy to me, and we all move on. I mean if its money you're after, name your price I'll give you half now and half when the divorce papers are signed by the judge." Dean began to vibrate with rage, "You think I want money? I don't want a damn thing from you except a guarantee that you'll stay away from me and my wife."

Before Jake got a chance to respond Lucy came back in the room. Dean quickly stood up and after receiving assurances that everything was set for her to work while on the road with Dean he grabbed her hand and quickly drug her down to his car. "Oww! What's wrong with you? If you don't stop I'm going to break an ankle. STOP DRAGGING ME!" It was only once she yelled that Dean slowed down, but he still didn't say anything. In fact it wasn't until they were back on the highway that he said a word. "How did your meeting with your boss go? I know that those can be nerve wracking." Lucy gave a slight smile, in an effort to get to know as much as she could about Dean she got some background on the WWE and immediately thought of having to go into a meeting with anyone in the McMahon family. "Sandra's a lot nicer than your bosses. She said that as long as I keep up with my workload and am available for conference calls with clients she doesn't think it will be a problem. She did say however that if I fell behind I'd either need to resign or come back into the office." Dean nodding in understanding, "Hey can I ask you something? You don't seem as bitter towards me about this entire situation as I thought you'd be. I mean don't get me wrong I don't mind that you're not being hateful but at the same time, I just figured you'd be more confrontational." Lucy considered the situation briefly, "I'm determined to make the best of a bad situation. I'm not the kind of person to hold grudges; I don't think that you should be hateful towards people just because you're not getting your way, I'm not the kind of person who lets you know what I'm feeling. I don't think anyone outside my parents have seen me actually angry in years. It also takes a long time for someone to recognize the signs that I'm getting that way. Besides, you're footing the bill for me to travel all over the country. What do I have to be angry about?" Dean felt a sinking sensation in the pit of his stomach, "So all of this smiling has been an act? You're actually furious with me." She shrugged, "Right now, I'm not happy that you're dragging me from my entire life to come on the road with you, but if that's what it takes so I can move on with my life then so be it. Besides, we're going to be traveling for the next 6 months together, why would I want to be at your throat the entire time? If you really want to know how I'm feeling, ask me in about a week. That should give me enough time to adjust to my new lifestyle and then I'll be able to tell you if I'm still mad." As Dean raced towards the Seattle skyline he began to wonder if he wasn't in over his head.