AJ and The Shield were riding in their black Hummer after the RAW tonight. What was on AJ's mind is how Night of Champions was this Sunday and it was do or die time for her. She had to retain her Divas Champion. If she was going to lose her title to one of those Total Divas, who knows how AJ will respond to it. Will she throw some huge tantrum or will she pick herself up from the ground, dust herself and walk away? AJ was unpredictable, no one was ever sure what ran in her mind.

"AJ."

AJ's thoughts were broken into when Dean had called her name. AJ turned her attention from the window to him, who, along with Seth and Roman, had exited the car. She peeked to the outside, they were already outside of the hotel. AJ sighed and then exited the car. The trunk opened and The Shield got their luggage out of the trunk. Seth went to grabbed AJ's luggage, but she stopped him, before he was able to do that.

"I got this, Seth. I don't need anyone's help for a simple task." was the only thing that she could say to him. She was telling the truth. She didn't want anyone to help her. She couldn't let the WWE Universe picture her as spineless and someone that couldn't get the job done without help. AJ let that thought sit around her mind. Then, she grabbed her luggage and yanked it from the handle, while Roman shut the trunk closed. The Shield and AJ walked inside the hotel room. Dean went and approached the woman at the front desk for their key to their hotel room.

While, Seth, Roman and AJ, were behind him, waiting for Dean to get the key. AJ was surfing the web on her phone, while Seth and Roman were listening to their music. AJ was looking at her Twitter page. Damn, those Total Divas were trash talking to her once again. She would be lying if she said that what they said didn't hurt her. It did hurt her. And saddest of all, it made her doubt herself. Wait - it's what those Total Divas wanted her to feel. It wasn't going to work on her.

Dean approached the group. "Did you get the key?" she asked him.

Dean nodded. "Yeah, I got the keys. Let's head back to the hotel and try to get some sleep."

AJ was struggling to get some sleep. She couldn't sleep. She was wondering how Night of Champions will work out for her. She is wondering if she will be able to retain her championship. She knew that she was coming into that match with a target on her back. AJ knew that she was going to be the one that Naomi, Brie and Natalya were going to come after. AJ had escaped on a few occasions still the Divas Champion, but she has a twenty-five percent chance of retaining her title. Those odds are not good for her and the more that she thought about it. It scared her. AJ looked at the window to the city lights, while sitting on the couch. She let her thoughts run through her mind.

"I can see that you can't sleep either."

AJ turned her head to spot Dean standing there. AJ had her knees to her chest, while looking at him. "Yeah, I can't sleep. I have things running through my mind." she noted to him.

"I can't sleep. Hunter has made The Shield so some of the craziest shit for him. It's pretty difficult not to fall asleep like that. So, what's keeping you up?" Dean asked her. AJ found it pretty odd that Dean was asking her what was keeping her up. He seemed like the type of guy that couldn't careless about what was keeping her up and for him to ask her that was very odd behavior to her.

"The Divas Championship. My fourteen years of hard work could finally come crashing down. I expected myself to have a glorious title reign and against these three talentless bitches, I don't know if I'll be able to come out as champion." AJ wasn't feel so cocky right now. She was concerned about her title reign. What if it came to an end this Sunday? What if those E! Network darlings pull one over her? She would feel so ashamed that she lose to those talentless skanks instead to someone with talent.

"Well aren't you with Layla, Aksana and Alicia? Those girls will have your back and if those women plan to do anything in that match, there's no way that those three will stand there and do nothing. You got this, AJ." Dean had done his best at encouraging AJ. He wasn't used to encouraging women, but with AJ, he had learned how to encourage them.

"Why can't I have some of your confidence, Dean? You reek of it." AJ sighed.

"Oh thank god, that's what I reek of. I thought it was because I didn't shower thoroughly back at the arena." Dean sniffed his armpits and AJ punched him hard in his arm.

"You're disgusting, Dean," AJ rolled her eyes. "But, you're a good encourager." she smiled at him.

"Good, that's what I want to be." Dean cockily smiled.

"Are the two of you still up?"

Seth walked out to the living room and Roman was after him. He was confused of what Dean and AJ were still up. Both were usually known to have trouble sleeping. So, he assumed that they were talking.

"Yeah, AJ was having some doubts and I wanted to assure her that everything will go fine at Night of Champions." Dean informed them.

"Oh really, it seems like it worked because AJ is now sleeping on the couch." Roman pointed to AJ, who was sound asleep on the couch. She had just randomly passed out after Dean told her that everything was going to work out for her.

"Awe, little AJ is sound asleep," Seth teased. "Don't worry AJ, it will all work out for you."

Glad that Dean could talk some sense into AJ? The next chapter will be the Night of Champions chapter, will AJ prevail? Please, favorite, follow and review! :)