The doctor came out from Dean's room into the waiting room and I could tell by the look on his face it wasn't good. We've been there a few weeks and Dean made no improvements.

"What is it?" I asked looking at him curiously standing up.

"As you know we put him on life support a couple weeks ago. I know you guys wanted to keep him on it to see if any improvement would be made but there haven't been. I'm sorry but Dean is gone.. it's just the machines keeping him alive. He is in a vegitated state and will not make a recovery. On his medical records he listed you, Rox, as the emergency contact. It is up to you if you want to pull the plug or not. I'll give you some time to decide." The doctor walked away and I looked at Roman.

"I don't know what to do..." I said

"Rox can I give you my opinion?" Seth asked looking at me carefully. I nodded my head and looked at him.

"Dean is gone.. we all know that." his voice cracked and he paused for a moment collecting himself. "It's just the machines keeping him alive, without the machines he would be gone and that means he's really gone... It's not fair to him for us to make his body stay hooked up to all these machines.. I think you should pull the plug."

I swallowed hard and looked up at Roman. "What do you think?"

I saw the tears in his eyes "I think it's time to pull the plug..." he said quietly.

"I feel like that's me giving up on him.."

"It's not Rox. It's you letting him rest and have a proper good bye." Seth said squeezing my shoulder.

"Just...just let me see him breathing one more time okay?" Roman nodded and I walked into his room. I walked up to his bed and grabbed his hand. "Dean... I need you to tell me what to do. I need to do what's right and I don't know what that is.. please.. just squeeze my hand..let me know you're still here and just need more time to come back to us... Please." I waited for 5 mins and nothing. I needed to accept I lost my best friend.

I went back into the waiting room and saw the doctor talking to Roman and Seth I walked up and grabbed Roman's arm leaning into him. "Pull the plug.." I said barely above a whisper. The doctor nodded and walked into Dean's room.

Roman moved so he can pull me into a hug as Seth rubbed my back. I wasn't crying I just felt numb. All these memories of me and him played in my head. The first day i met him to the last day we had together. Our fight. He died thinking I hated him. If I could take back every fight I would. I would have never turned to him. I would have never let Aaron know he was this important to me. His death was on my hands. The doctor came out and told us we could go see him one last time if we wanted. We all decided to go seperately. Seth went first then Roman and finally me.

I walked into his hospital room and stood in the corner staring at this body. The body that always protected me, that comforted me, that was my best friend. I was praying he would wake up and ask me how dare I give up on him but it wasn't going to happen. I hated myself.

I walked a little closer and stared at him. "You promised to be there for me forever. I remember meeting you and thinking you were weird as hell. And you were. Dean... I am so sorry I should have been there for you like you were for me.. I was a horrible friend and you're gone because of me. Seth and Roman should hate me." Before I knew it more tears were streaming down my face. "You were supposed to walk me down the aisle one day, you were supposed to make your top dream come true, you were supposed to watch Jessica grow up.. this isn't right." I heard heart-wrenching sobs coming out of me. I was on the ground leaning forward with my head resting on the ground. I felt Roman rest his head on my back and felt his tears wetting my t shirt and I heard Seth crying. We all lost our best friend...

Suddenly I felt a hand touch my face and I snapped awake and looked at the hand touching my cheek. It was Dean. "Dean..." I said quietly.

"You were having a nightmare Rox." I looked around and saw Roman and Seth sleeping in the chairs and back to Dean..

"This is real?" I asked. Dean smiled and pinched my cheek. "It is."

I put my head down on his bed and started crying. "Hey. Hey look at me Rox." Dean said his voice full of concern. I looked up at him.

"I thought you died...it seemed so real. You were gone and -" I started crying harder.

"I'm right here Rox. I'm not going anywhere. You really think I wasn't going to fight to stay here? I can't leave you. Who will pick up the pieces?" he joked. I smiled and grabbed his hand.

"I'm so sorry Dean..."

"You didn't do anything."

"Who ran you off the road?" Dean stayed quiet. "Was it Aaron?" Once again he stayed quiet. "I knew it! It's all my fault!"

"It's not your fault Rox. You didn't do anything."

"He only went after you because you know me!" I yelled accidentally waking Roman and Seth up.

"What's going on?" Seth yawned. He looked up and immeditely was wide awake. "Dean man! You're awake!"

"I've got an errand to run." I said getting up.

"What errand?" Roman asked.

"Not important. I'll be back soon." I said kissing Roman and picking up his car keys. I put my hand on the door knob and Dean stopped me.

"Rox..don't."

"I'll be back Dean." I said walking out of the hospital room and out of the hospital.

I finally arrived where I was going and stormed up to the door banging on it.

After a few minutes Brittney answered.

"Where's Aaron?"

"And you want to know why?" she asked rolling her eyes.

"I'm not in the fucking mood! Where the hell is Aaron?!" I shouted. The door got opened a little more and Aaron was standing there with a smirk.

"It's okay babe. I know what this is about." he said walking past Brittney onto the porch.

"Wipe that smirk off your face." I said through gritted teeth.

"Or what?" he said smirking still. I slapped him as hard as I could.

"I'm calling the cops!" Brittney said from the door way.

"Please do! Save me the damn trouble of doing it! Let's tell the cops exactly what this piece of shit did!" Brittney looked between me and Aaron confused.

"Don't call anyone baby." Aaron said smiling back at Brittney then looking at me. "What do you want?"

"I swear to God Aaron, messing with me is one thing, trying to kill Dean is another. You EVER go after Dean again. Mark my words..I will end you."

"Is that a threat?" he asked amused.

"It's a promise. Think it's funny now but I would kill for him. I have no problem going to jail over you." I finished. I reached my arm back and slapped him across the face again. I turned and walked back to Roman's car. I opened the door and stopped and turned around. "Oh by the way Brittney? This is the type of man you want... You'll never get Jessica back as long as he's around. Nice choice." I said getting in the car and driving off.

About an hour later I pulled back up to the hospital and snuck in some McDonalds.

"Thank God, real food!" Dean said when I walked in with the bags.

"I figured you needed it since I did...the food here is disgusting."

I handed all the food out while Roman got up and walked to the door.

"Babe come with me to the bathroom." He said.

"Are you two about to try to have a quickie in the hospital?" Dean smirked.

"Of course Ambrose. Come on Rox." Roman said. I stood and walked out with him walking towards the bathrooms. He grabbed my hand and pulled me outside instead.

"Did you go see Aaron?" He asked staring at me intently. I just stood there. "Answer me!"

"Yes I did." I said. Roman groaned and paced a little bit before stopping in front of me.

"Do you have any idea how dangerous that was?!"

"I don't care Roman."

"Yeah well i do! You should have brought me with you in case something happened Rox. He is capable of crazy shit!"

"Don't you think I know that a little better than you Roman? He hurt my best friend.. He tried to kill Dean. There's no way in hell I was going to let it go! I don't care what might have happened to me. I will never let him hurt Dean again." I shouted.

"Babe I'm not trying to fight with you okay? I was going crazy thinking something was going to happen to you.." He said sighing.

"I'm sorry Rome.. I really am I just had to get it out of my system."

"What did you do?"

"I told him I would kill him if he went after Dean again. And I slapped him twice."

"You're such a fire cracker." he said with half a smile. "But seriously Rox. If you have to see him, bring me along. Just like you don't want him hurting Dean, I don't want him hurting you okay?"

"Okay." he smiled and leaned down and kissed me.

We walked back inside and were walking to Dean's room.

"Hey Rome?"

"Hm?"

"I love you." Roman smiled hugely and put his arm around me. "I love you too."

It was a few weeks later and Dean finally got to go home. During the past few weeks Roman would spend most his days at home with Jessica and come back at nights leaving Jessica with his parents. He took Jess to the park a few times to see Brittney. He always came back tired saying something was going on but he didn't know what. Anyway. I left the hospital a few hours ago to get Jessica back to Roman's and get the room ready for Dean.

When Roman wheeled Dean into the house Jessica took off towards them. "Uncle Dean! You're back!" she said cheerfully as Dean hugged her on one side. "Good to be back little one." he smiled. Roman wheeled him over to the living room where him and Jessica sat talking about her life for the past few weeks. Seth had flown to Vegas to pick up some of Dean's things for him. I walked up to Roman he motioned his head outside.

"What'd the doctor say?" I asked sitting down on the porch swing.

"He said he should be able to make a full recover where he can walk and use his arm normally but." he said.

"But...?" I questioned.

"He doesn't think it'll be safe for him to return to wrestling. They think it'll be too dangerous with all his injuries that it would leave him paralyzed." he finished.

"How did he take that?"

"Told me the doctor didn't know what he was talking about."

"I should have expected that." I said.

"To be honest Rox, I'm thinking of leaving."

"What?! Why?" I said looking at him shocked.

"It's not fair to Jess to constantly be traveling with me. To be living my schedule. I just want her to have a normal life and with me in wrestling I don't think that's possible. At least leaving WWE."

"Maybe they could work something out with you? Only work Raw and Smackdown so you're only gone two days?"

"What about the overseas tours? Trust me Rox I tried to think of every possible way this could work but it doesn't. With Jessica being my priority I think it's best for me to leave."

"I understand. I do. I'm keeping my word with Dean so we might all be leaving."

"Babe why?"

"Because if Dean wasn't important to me Aaron wouldn't have gone after him. If he can't wrestle I'm giving up my dream too. Besides our lives have been so crazy the past few months that when it finally settles down I'm not so sure about jumping right back into a crazy life. This life after wrestling thing is really amazing when it's not drama filled and I might want to keep it."

"What about Seth? Should we tell him?"

"Yeah we should. It's only fair. But I'm still not 100% decided so I'll hold off on what I want to do."

We sat there quietly for a few minutes both deep in our thoughts.

"I miss the simple life." Roman said leaning his head back.

"Me too babe. Me too."