Hello all! I hope you're enjoying the story; sooooo here's another brief announcement. Majority this has and will be in Arissa's P.O.V (point of view) but in some cases like this chapter there will just be the story's P.O.V. because I know several of you are clawing at the screen to know what is going through Roman's mind. I know it's a slow start but it gets better, but don't worry I'll mark down when it's either Arissa or the regular storyline.

Oh! And simply because I love my followers, I'm making this one a bit longer. So grab your drinks and snacks, you'll be here for a minute.

Suggested songs for this chapter would be "Summertime Fine" by Mars Today & "Drunk In Love" (aywy & TVNE Remix) by The Weeknd.

Thanks again, Enjoy & Review

*Arissa *

'5:30, finally!' I thought putting my papers away, 'the end of the day; is there anything more wonderful?' I sighed logging out of my computer after clocking out.

Pausing before reaching the elevator, I glanced back at Mr.…Dean's door to see if he was coming out anytime soon. I haven't seen him since this afternoon when I gave him my lunch.

'I know he ate it' I thought remembering him walking to the break room to heat it up then retreating back to his office. 'He must be busy,' I shrugged, 'Oh well, I'm off the clock.' I thought grabbing my things and headed down to my car.

After Arissa left Dean's office, he was wholehearted to just give her the food back. But from the look of determination in her brown eyes, Dean chuckled and thought against it as he went to the break room to heat up the offered food. Making it back to his office, he went to work researching more on how they could expand their business and offices overseas. Grabbing a spoonful of the jambalaya, Dean's eyes popped open as the food slid down his throat.

"Dear sweet baby Jesus this is delicious!" he said with his mouth full, "That girl can cook" he exclaimed downing the amazing food.

Once the bowl was empty and an empty bottle of mountain dew accompanying it, Dean felt more full than when his girlfriend would cook that diet crap for him. Licking his lips, he sighed in content as he placed his hands behind his head; relaxing.

"Now that was comfort food" He chuckled, slightly closing his eyes.

A slight tickle from his pants made him jump up, grabbing his phone from his pocket. Seeing that it was a text from Roman, Dean quickly went from his office to his friend's.

"You texted Ro?" he asked, sticking his head in the room.

"Yeah, sit down Dean" Roman said glancing out the window from his chair.

Sitting on the couch by the other window, Dean sighed as he leaned back on the comfortable seat. "What's wrong bro?" he asked turning his head towards Roman.

"I wanted to ask about how you doing, I know the international project is stressful but I saw you took your usual break late. You good man?" he asked his long time brother, who was now lounging on his couch.

"Man, I'm perfect now." Dean chuckled, rubbing his full belly.

"What do you mean?" Roman asked, as he leaned back in his chair. "Why you rubbing your stomach like you're pregnant?" he asked; lightly laughing.

"Fuck you Ro, that shit was good" Dean chuckled, sighing as he leaned his head back on the couch.

Roman chuckled as he tossed up his small stress football, "What'd you eat? It had to be good and not that diet shit Renee feeds you" he said catching the ball.

"Nope, Arissa came in my office before her break asking me was I alright since she noticed I missed my usual break too. I told her honestly how I was feeling about this deal with Bryan and she told me not to stress about it and gave me her lunch" he shrugged, still smirking

Roman sat up, hearing what Dean just told him. "What did she eat then?" he asked concerned,

"She said she had another quick fix t.v dinner in her desk. She wouldn't take no for an answer, and I'm glad she didn't. I might ask her to make an extra plate for me whenever she cooks. That was amazing," he said, sighing.

"What was it?" Roman asked, feeling a little bit jealous.

"She said it was some jam something, it had rice, shrimp, chicken and sausage. Jambulon…..jam la la?" Dean said trying to remember what the food was called,

"Jambalaya?," Roman suggested, raising an eyebrow.

Quickly snapping his finger at the answer, "That's it! That's the name she said, that jam was good. Where ya think she learned it? I might have to give Renee the recipe; I can't take anymore of this diet shit"

"I don't know" Roman shrugged, "That's not fair though, next time save me some or see if she can bring some for the picnic. It's rare for a woman in this day and age to cook" he said still tossing the ball. "Well since that's settled, we still on for drinks tonight?"

Dean groaned as he got up from the comfortable couch, "Yeah yeah, long as I don't fall asleep or stalk Arissa to her house for more jambouln" he chuckled,

"It's jambalaya fool," Roman said chuckling, shaking his head.

"Call it whatever you want, at least I got some." Dean mocked before quickly closing the door, blocking Roman's stress football.

As Roman went to retrieve the stress ball, he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.

Missed me :p

–Dean

Roman chuckled as he sat back in his chair, then thought on what he was feeling earlier. Was he really jealous that Arissa gave Dean her food? A little home cooked meal was hard to come by for both men and such things were not so often unless Roman would go to his parents for dinner; but the idea of a grown man going to his parents for dinner each night seemed somewhat strange if his siblings weren't there.

He sighed as he rubbed his hand over his hair, slicking any loose strands back in place. 'Would be nice to have a woman that cooked' he thought, thinking on what would be said later that evening.

After everything was shut down for the day at the office, the two men rendezvoused at their favorite bar/lounge, Waves.

Sitting in a corner booth, away from several lingering eyes; the two men relaxed and took in the end of the work day and beginning of the weekend.

"So I know you didn't drag me here just to take a few shots all night bro," Dean sipped his 3rd drink, noticing his friend moping across the table from him. "What's up?" he asked setting his glass down.

Roman sighed before he began telling his friend all the news,

*Arissa*

'I swear these girls might drink me out of house and home,' I thought as I brought out the 2nd bottle of wine for me, Tiphany and Naomi.

"Y'all I'm so glad it's the weekend and I can let my hair down" I said pulling out the pins in my tight bun, releasing my tight spiral curls that fell to my shoulders.

Naomi giggled, trying not to spill her wine on my dark hardwood floor. "Well it's about time, shit was twisted so tight I thought you were gonna go bald damn it. What happened at work?" she said setting down her glass, replacing it for a strawberry.

"Nothing major just the same with the picnic and such. Speaking of which, I know y'all wanna come with me for some support but PLEASE don't do anything crazy. I'm gonna be out there with the whole office, my supervisor and my boss; both are very stressed and praying that this shit goes through perfectly" I said thinking about Mr. Reigns as I lightly played with my silver nose ring, remembering how I miss playing with it at work.

"Girl you know we gonna hold it down for ya" Tiphany said, nursing her 2nd glass of red wine. "Just as long as that lil' stank stays away from us, then we'll be just fine"

Lightly chuckling, I shook my head. It felt amazing to finally release my curls from that tight pinned prison. Shaking my head for more air, I moaned out; finally falling back onto the couch. "Man that feels good" I sighed,

"Bet it would feel better if you had Mr. Reigns massaging it for ya" Naomi giggled, making Tiphany laugh with her.

"I doubt he would find my hair attractive, word in the office is that he's likes blondes and straight hair better." I sighed, taking another sip of my red. "To each his own." I mumbled into my glass,

"Well if that's the case then lemme hook you up with my boo's brother. He's fine" Naomi said pulling out her phone, ready to text her so called hubby.

Rolling my eyes before taking another sip, "Aren't they twins?" I asked.

"Yeah and what's wrong with that?" Naomi asked, cocking her head to the side.

"Nothing" I said raising my hands in defense "But twins aren't really my type, I'm guessing your boyfriend's cute and all but what if one day we're somewhere and I accidentally kiss the wrong brother. That'll mess up our friendship right there,"

Naomi shrugged and nodded to my honest answer on how I would feel dating her boyfriend's brother, not that I would have a problem with dating a twin; but I wouldn't be comfortable.

Tiphany snorted before taking another sip, "Yeah you'd rather have something tall, Samoan with grey eyes." She chuckled,

"Jey and Jimmy are Samoan; they might not have your amazing Mr. Reign's grey eyes but they're the sweetest" Naomi smiled glancing down at her phone.

"Whatever" I said in defense again, "He's just got nice eyes." 'Nice eyes, an amazing smile, a voice that makes me…'

"Oh speak of the sexy devil," Naomi giggled, unknowingly interrupting my train of thought as she went into the other room to take a call from Jimmy.

I chuckled as I took another sip from my wine before grabbing a pineapple piece. Feeling the tense chill of someone looking at me, I turned to Tiphany glaring at me from above her glass.

"What?" I said before popping another pineapple piece in my mouth.

"You sure you're not in over your head with this picnic thing for your boss?" she asked placing down her glass again,

Looking at my friend strangely, "What do you mean? It was my idea in the first place and I guess he wanted to give credit where credit was due. It's nothing really" I shrugged,

"Well from the sounds of it your boss might have a lingering eye on you. But more onto your supervisor, he might like a taste of that brown sugar he compares you to everyday." She giggled,

I couldn't help but roll my eyes at my best friend, she and Naomi meant well with my love life but sometimes I believed they tried too hard to get me a man. I think they cut down the list to just breathing with a large STD free dick. They may be crazy but they were my girls and I knew they meant everything with love,

"He has a live in girlfriend." I replied sipping my wine, "Besides, I don't like white chocolate that much." I chucked, Tiphany laughing with me.

'Hopefully they won't have me doing anything crazy' I thought popping another sweet pineapple in my mouth,

Naomi came back into the room smiling like the cat that ate the canary, "Hey girls, wanna do something fun?" she smirked before taking a gulp of her wine, finishing it off quickly.

'Spoke too soon' I thought, regretfully looking at my crazy smiling bestie, Tiphany doing the same.

Dean couldn't take anymore of this nonsense going on in Roman's life. First Rollins abandons them and then this crazy gold digging bitch says that she's pregnant but Roman assures them that he's always covered; but she still claims it's his.

After his cousins, Jimmy and Jey joined the two brothers; Roman continues explaining how he feels like Teresa is cheating since she claims she's so called pregnant with no proof of it being his. The twins glanced at Dean with a look that said it all 'We gotta get rid of this bitch.'

"So where is she now uce?" Jey asked, taking a drink with his eyes singled on his cousin.

"She said she needed to head to California or wherever for a family situation or something. She's not coming back till next week and with all that shit that's going on at the office I honestly don't have the time to snoop around and find out if she's cheating or even if she's really pregnant." Roman said rubbing his forehead with his palm, trying to massage out the migraine forming.

Jey and Jimmy were glad that Dean had texted them to come through, Roman hasn't been this down since he quit football. Both the twins looked at each other before looking to their cousin, Jimmy nodded and headed to the bathroom.

Roman sighed as he held his glass in one hand, "I honestly don't know what I'm gonna do man"

"You're gonna be Roman bro" Dean said lightly patting his brother's back. "We've been through some shit in our college days, hell you remember when I thought I wasn't gonna graduate? But we studied for a week straight to get me to pass the exams. Ro, if we can get through those shitty years then we can get through this." He said before gulping down his drink, signaling the waitress for another.

Just as Jimmy came back from the bathroom with a smile, Roman shook his head as he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.

"Shit" he groaned when he saw the name.

Dean peeked over Roman's shoulder and saw the name he dreaded to see, "Teresa" he said rolling his eyes.

"I gotta take this" Roman said getting up from the table, heading to the restroom.

Once Roman was out of earshot, Jey nudged his brother to dish out what he was grinning for.

"Uce, that was sexy Omi." Jimmy chuckled, thinking about his baby. "She said her and her girls were doing nothing and I asked them to come through. It would be a good idea to get Rom out the funk he's in with a lovely lady to talk to." He smirked at Dean and his brother,

Dean chuckled as he nodded, "Great idea, what better way to get the old out of his mind then with a new pair of legs"

Jey shrugged as he thought over the idea of his cousin meeting another woman to get over the woman that he was still involved with. "I don't like it; he's still in a relationship. It might turn ugly."

"How?" Dean asked, checking to see where Roman was before continuing; "It's just a friendly conversation with some beautiful ladies. What's wrong with having some sexy female friends?" he chuckled, sipping his nearly empty drink.

"It's too late now uce, they're here" Jimmy said looking at his phone.

*Arissa*

"Girls, I don't know about this" I complained as Tiphany and Naomi dragged me to the bar,

My feet were already hurting in these black peep toe heels they forced me in, not to mention the BodyCon skin tight dress I was struggling to breathe in. And right now, my boobs were the enemy trying to strangle me.

"If you don't stop complaining Rizzie, you look hot!" Naomi yelled over the music, "Besides, you'll get to meet my baby tonight." She giggled,

They knew I hated clubs, normally this place was a lounge but after 9 it transformed into a dancing club/lounge.

Taking a deep breath, I nodded to my girls. "So where is he?" I asked Naomi, who was looking between the dance floor and her phone.

"Is that him?" Tiphany said nodding her head to a guy coming down a set of stairs from the lounge section.

Taking a good look at him, he was cute from far away. Hopefully my contacts weren't failing me tonight,

As Jimmy walked over to the bar, he was tackled by his beautiful girlfriend, Naomi as two women chuckled at the bar. He assumed they were the friends she mentioned,

"Baby, this is Tiphany 'Tip' Brown and Arissa 'Rizzie' Denson" Naomi said smiling widely as she introduced her friends to her boyfriend, "Girls, this is my handsome baby Jimmy Uso." She said placing her hand on his chest as both of them stared into each others' eyes.

*Arissa*

For a moment, I felt jealous of Naomi. Naturally I would be jealous of my beautiful friend, but she wasn't kidding when she said she had a Samoan heartthrob. He was very handsome,

'Maybe I will take a look at this brother' I thought, reconsidering my last statement on the issue.

"Nice to meet you ladies," Jimmy said smiling, "There's an area that my boys are saving for us. So just follow me" he said looping Naomi's hand around his arm like a gentleman.

Tiphany smirked as she looked at me, seeming as if she knew just what I was thinking a moment ago.

"No, we came to meet him and chill. That's what y'all said, no more no less" I said following Tiphany, behind the cuddling couple.

"Are you reassuring me or yourself?" Tiphany chuckled, as we walked up the stairs.

I shook my head, hoping I wouldn't regret coming out the house.

When Roman made it back to his seat, he realized his other cousin was missing.

"Where's Jimmy?" He asked, shoving his phone in his inside jacket pocket.

Dean looked at Jey for help, but sighed as he sat his drink on the table.

"His girlfriend came and she brought some of her friends with her. Jimmy went downstairs to get them," he said looking behind the seats at the stairs. "They should be coming up in a minute"

"Oh his beautiful Nubian goddess as he calls her?" Roman smirked, looking at Jey for a reply.

"That's the one" Jey chuckled, "She said she's got a sexy friend for me, named Rizzie" he said wiggling his eyebrows as he smirked, making the two men laugh out loud.

Dean nearly spat out his drink before answering, "You mean like the rat from the Muppets?" he laughed, making Roman nearly double over laughing.

"Oh shit, what if she's a rat face chick?" Jey said panicking,

Roman chuckled as he composed himself, "I doubt it, Jimmy wouldn't do you like that"

Jey nervously glanced at the stairs, "I don't; uce can be evil when he wants to be."

"Well hopefully she's not one of those ugly rat faced cockblockers" Dean said leaning on the couch, smirking.

"As long as she's not too thick, I'm fine" Jey said 'dusting' off his button down shirt, trying to look presentable.

Dean glanced back and laughed out loud before turning back to Jey and Roman, "From the looks of it, she's a little too thick" he said nodding his head to woman behind the cuddling couple.

Jey slumped back as he saw a slightly big thick brown skin young woman following his brother and girlfriend, never noticing the other brown skin beauty shyly behind them.

"Oh shit, Roman I can't do that. Big mama might put a hurting on me" Jey shivered before taking a heavy gulp of his drink.

Before one of the men could say anything, the couple was already at the table.

"Fellas, this is Naomi; my Nubian goddess." Jimmy smiled at the beauty on his arm. "Baby, that's my brother Jey, my cousin Roman and his friend/brother Dean." He said introducing the table, each man signaling when their names were called.

Jey sighed nervously as he looked down at the table then to the dance floor on the bottom floor, wishing he could be down there instead of where he was right then.

"Nice to meet y'all." Naomi smiled, before turning to her friends. "These are my girls, Tiphany and Arissa" she said pulling each girl to the table.

At the mention of a certain name, Roman and Dean's eyes shot up at the beautiful young woman in front of them.

In a pair of black peep toes heels, accenting a beautiful pair of smooth legs that soon were covered by the skin tight fabric (Deep Vneck Criss Cross Straps Mi Amore Celebrity Club Party Bustier BodyCon Dress) on her body. Slowly moving his eyes to her face, Roman felt his mouth go dry at the tight brown curls framing that cute face he recognized from his office.