Dean led Lauren backstage, "Some of the guys might be in catering grabbing some food after the show." He and Lauren walked into the catering area. "Lauren, let me introduce you to Cesaro. Cesaro; this is my old friend Lauren. She enjoyed our match tonight; but said you scared her to death doing the Cesaro Swing on me." Dean laughed. Cesaro stood up and shook Lauren's hand.

"A great move to watch isn't it? No fears though, I haven't dropped or injured anyone yet. This guy here can take it." He slapped Dean's back with a smile. "It's nice to meet you Lauren; but I have to ask, how does someone so beautiful end up with him as a friend?" His grin let Lauren know he was joking.

"Oh; I felt sorry for him, everyone deserves a friend." She grinned. Cesaro laughed.

"Uh Dean; I don't mean to ruin our fun here, but a certain blond just walked in and she is shooting daggers at your friend." Cesaro made a quick exit. Dean looked behind him and saw Renee glaring.

"Awww…shit! I apologize in advance; this woman is about to make a scene, I guarantee it." Dean dragged his free hand through his hair.

"Ex-girlfriend?" Lauren asked as she turned to look at the blond woman walking towards them.

"No, crazy ex-fling; only had sex with her a few times and she blew it up into a full blown relationship. She doesn't seem to get the hint." Dean said. Renee approached looking at Lauren with a sour face.

"Who's this Dean? Is she the whore you're sleeping around on me with?" Renee hissed out. Dean made a step forward; but Lauren put a hand on his chest to stop him.

"Actually; I'm the whore he was sleeping with long before he ever met you. Now, I'm the former whore who is catching up with her friend. Now, why don't you run along and pretend to be classy." Lauren said straight-faced. Renee's hand went up and she attempted to slap Lauren. Unfortunately for Renee, Lauren caught the hand. Things only got worse for Renee at that moment, as she was making her swing; Stephanie McMahon was turning the corner and saw the whole thing.

"What's going on here?" Stephanie asked.

"Stephanie, this is my old friend Lauren. She is the one who won that charity auction I was in." Dean said.

Stephanie held out her hand and shook with Lauren. "Congratulations on the winning bid; I heard it was a big one." Stephanie glared at Renee.

"It was a good size bid; but it was for a good charity, and I haven't seen Dean since I was like 17. It was worth it to get a chance to catch up with him and see him achieving his dream." Lauren smiled.

"Renee; I need to see you in my office, Right now please!" Stephanie shook Lauren's hand again. "Very nice to meet you Lauren and congratulations again, please excuse me." Stephanie went down the hall with a scolded Renee following her. Dean looked over at Lauren.

"I don't like hearing you refer to yourself like that Lauren." Dean frowned.

"Dean, she was the one to refer to me as a whore. I was though; sure it wasn't what I wanted to be doing, but I did it. I use to be a whore, now you can call it whatever you like; prostitute, street walker or lady of the night. It's still a whore. I slept with guys to make money. I'm not ashamed of it anymore. So if she wants to call me one; I'll admit to it. Besides, it knocked some wind out of her sails. It was better than you putting your hands on her, even if it was to just push her. Now; how about more of that tour?" Lauren smiled.

"Alright, I want to introduce you to my closest friends. They are probably getting packed up in our locker room. Come on." Dean walked with her down the hallway. They stop in front of a door. "Let me just go in and make sure they are decent." Dean walked in and then poked his head back out. "Come on in." Lauren followed him into the room and saw the two men on the couch. One of them was Seth; the other was a large Samoan man. "Lauren, I'd like you to meet Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. They are my two closest friends. Guys meet Lauren; she was the winning bidder at the auction. She is also my closest friend from my teen years."

"Wait; he's your friend? You hate him, I don't know him and even I hate him." The three men start laughing.

"Well then I'm doing a good job then; I'm supposed to be the bad guy. You are supposed to hate me. So, thanks for hating me." He laughed. "Honestly, I'm a good guy. I put up with Ambrose over there. Must be you're a good person to because you've known him for so long. How did you two meet?" Seth asked innocently.

Dean looked slightly disturbed by the question. Lauren didn't miss a beat. "Dean's mother introduced us." She smiled and left it at that; it answered the question but didn't go into too many personal matters. "From that point on we would talk all the time and keep each other company. We both needed a friend." She sat down next to Dean on the couch. "So how did all three of you meet?"

"I met Dean in the independent circuit; he and I had a couple of brutal matches. I liked him, he was crazy as hell." Seth said. "He and I ended up getting called by the WWE around the same time and ended up in Florida together. It was great having someone I already knew there. I knew he wanted it as much as I did to. Roman was in Florida also and the three of us just hit it off. "

"Florida was just not a good place at the time. We were like the redheaded step-children of the WWE. We were part of the brand; but the guys on the two big shows had better equipment; we were training in a crappy little gym, I think everyone was just trying to get out of there as soon as we could. It's better down there now. So the three of us teamed up and just said, here we are, let us in the door or we'll break it down. They decided it was better to let us in." Dean smiled.

"That sounds like something you would do. I always knew that as soon as you had it in your head, you'd make it happen. I'm glad you did and that you made some more friends along the way."

"So you actually paid $10,000 just to hang out with Dean here?" Roman asked with a smile.

"I did, as soon as I saw who it was I bid double the current bid. I really just wanted to see him again; catch up. It's been 13 years since we have seen each other. Besides, he looked miserable up there." Lauren laughed with the other two men. Dean rolled his eyes at them.

"I wasn't miserable; I was…ok I was miserable. I just don't like being on display like that. It makes me uncomfortable." Dean muttered. Lauren noticed a look that probably his two friends had missed. She knew why he preferred not to be the center of attention. It wasn't good to be noticed where they had grown up. Some could argue that every time he stepped in the ring, he was the center of attention; but there was always one other person in there to take part of the attention off him. Lauren had been the same way for a long time. It was only now, as she got older and more confident that it didn't bother her as much.

"Dean; I hate to tear you away from your friends, but I was hoping we might go for drinks or a coffee." Lauren said in hopes of giving him a way out of being uncomfortable.

"Of course, that sounds good actually. I'll see you two later." Dean said to his friends.

Lauren smiled at the two men, "It was very nice to meet you both. Seth, I don't hate you anymore." She grinned.