Tuesday, School Hallway, 2:57 P.M...

"What? You serious?" Seth asked.

"Yeah, we did it last night finally." Dean answered with a proud look on his face.

"Jeez. I'm honestly surprised." Shane said truthfully.

Shane and Seth were currently talking to their best friend and resident loose cannon, Dean about his "endeavors" with his girlfriend, Alicia Fox.

"Dude, when I tell you it was awesome, it was awesome. We did it everywhere in my house. In my bed, on the floor, in the bathroom. She's a little freak, man. That's for sure."

"Not that I really wanna know, but let me guess. She likes to be choked, doesn't she?" Shane half heartedly asked.

"You guessed right, pal. It was kind of unsettling though. When she was about to get off, she started to curse me out. I mean, she said some hurtful shit to me. She was like, "Oh yeah, fuck yeah! Don't stop fucking the shit outta me! Don't you dare stop, you scumbag piece of shit! Yeah!" Dean acted out. He, of course, said all of this out loud, not lowering his voice at all. The students that passed by stared at the trio with judging looks, some disgusted. Shane and Seth, as you could imagine, weren't too thrilled with being the center of attention like that.

"Gee, thanks for the detailed description of you pounding a girl I've known since I was little. Really appreciate it. Great way to end a day at school." Seth sarcastically thanked.

"No problem, bro. But seriously, I really hope she's not into that masochist stuff. No offense to anyone that is, but I just can't cosign that. I'm not trying to be bounded by any chains or stuff like that. I'm down with like handcuffs, but that's the most I'm willing to do." Dean rambled on.

"Okay, Dean. I'd rather not talk about this anymore. I'm happy for you, but I don't need insight into you and Alicia's sex life. So can you please, shut the fuck up about it?!" Shane begged.

"Whatever. Shouldn't you guys be in the locker room right about now getting ready for practice?"

"Nah, "Seth answered, "Coach Helmsley gave us the day off. Said we deserved one after the good start to the season we've had."

"I'm kind of sad about it, to be honest. I'm really well rested after yesterday. Best sleep I've had in months." Shane mused with a smile on his face.

"Why? What happened yesterday?" Dean asked.

Shane mentally cursed himself out. He had accidentally referred to all the time he spent sleeping at Alexa's place, and a lot of the time of he spent sleeping with Alexa as well. He had to quickly come up with a lie.

"Oh... I- I got a new mattress yesterday. Thing was really comfortable. Slept like a baby. I forgot what brand it was, but whatever it was, it's the shit." He explained awkwardly.

"Cool. I don't even have a mattress anymore to be honest." Dean threw out there.

"Wait, what? I thought you said you screwed Alicia in your bed yesterday." Seth said confused.

"Yeah, and when she left, I went to the dump, and burned it."

"Fuckin... Why would you do that?"

"Seth... Let's just say, some things can't be saved, and some things can't be washed either. It was time for me to get a new bed anyway."

Shane and Seth were really close to just walking away and pretending that this whole conversation never happened.

"Come on, I asked you to stop already." Shane said, frustrated.

"Yeah, seriously. Plus, how the hell are you gonna pay for a new mattress? You don't have any money. What are you gonna do, rob everyone in sight until you have enough?" Seth chastised.

"Well, smartass. If you must know, I have ways of getting money other than robbing people."

Seth laughed.

"Like what, exactly? You got a job or something?"

"You could say that."

"Yeah right. No way you have a job. You're too lazy to study for a Global test, let alone actually go to work. What do you do anyway?"

Dean hesitated.

"Don't worry about it."

"See, I knew it." Seth gloated.

"I do too have a job!"

"Then what is it, Ambrose?" Another voice said out of nowhere.

Dean froze. He knew who it was without even having to look. It was the one person who could expose his actual occupation. None other, than Little Miss Bliss.

"Are you gonna tell us or what." Seth pressed on.

"Yeah. Are you gonna tell them, or am I gonna have to tell them?" She threatened, with a mischievous smirk on her face.

"Wait, you know?" Seth asked confused.

"Bliss, please. I know we don't have the best relationship with each other, but I'm begging you. Don't say it." Dean pleaded.

"Oh, stop being a baby. Dean helps the Spanish guys at that bodega by my house unload stuff from the truck whenever they get new shipments for extra cash. I saw him when I was outside a few weeks ago. I was surprised to be honest. Some of that stuff looked pretty heavy, but he didn't look like he was struggling at all."

Seth and Dean both had shocked expressions. Seth, because he couldn't believe that Dean actually worked, and Dean, because he couldn't that Alexa didn't take the opportunity to embarrass him and expose the fact that he actually worked as a delivery boy. Shane on the other hand, was impressed that she didn't go down that route. That let him know that she had made a lot of progress. He only cracked a small smirk and kept silent.

"Wow. I never thought I'd see the day where you actually earned your own money. I'm... I'm proud of you, man." Seth expressed.

"Well... Next time you shouldn't doubt the awesomeness that is Dean Ambrose. I told you I had a job. Yeah." Dean bragged, going with it.

"Alright, alright. Don't get so full of yourself. It's not like you work at some big time corporation or something. Get off your high horse." She joked, her voice lacking the venom it usually did when addressing Dean.

"She's kind of got a point, bro." Shane agreed, "But, we're all still proud of you."

"Does this mean you'll stop taking my money whenever you get hungry at lunch?" Seth asked Dean, hopeful he'd say yes.

"Not a chance in hell. I'm not making a lot, you know."

Seth groaned.

"Oh well. It was worth a shot."

"Well, Dean being a thief aside, what do you guys wanna do? The football team's got the day off, and I don't plan on wasting it in the house." Shane announced.

Alexa glared at him as if to say, "You jerk. What's wrong with staying in the house?", but he didn't notice.

"How about the movies? We can go watch that stupid horror movie. Uh, Defriended I think it's called? Tyler told me he and Johnny went to see it, and it was the worst thing he'd ever seen in his life." Seth suggested.

"Worse than Cody's dancing?" Shane quipped.

"Okay, probably not that, but he said it was pretty fucking awful. So, who's down? Students get in my for 4 dollars less, so we gotta pay 12 bucks each."

"I'm in." Dean said.

"Same." Shane said.

"Eh, what the hell. I'll go." Alexa said to the surprise of all 3 boys.

"Really?" They all said in unison.

"Yes. Why is that such a surprise?"

"Well, I just thought that, you hated these two." The quarterback said, motioning to both Shane and Dean, "Plus, don't you have practice?"

"Oh my God, first of all, do you think the football team would get a day off and we wouldn't? Think. And second of all, again with this? Seth, it's obvious that I changed. It's just you and everyone else that can't imagine me not being a raging cunt to almost everyone I come across. Now. Are we going or not?"

"Uhhhh... Sure, I guess." Seth responded awkwardly.

"Should we invite anyone else? Maybe Big E would want to tag along." Dean pointed out.

"Nah, no way. He said he was using today to prepare for that strongman competition he's scheduled to participate in with Braun. I think it's like 2 weeks from now." Shane clarified.

"Oh. Well then I could probably bring Alicia along with-"

"Hell No!" The three other teenagers yelled at him, cutting him off.

Dean had an annoyed look on his face after that.

"Wow, rude. What about you, Alexa? You know anyone that would come?"

"Maybe Sasha and Emma. No, nevermind. Emma's probably going out with her little boyfriend, and Sasha has detention. Oh wait, hold on. Bayley! Hey, Bayley!"

Alexa had noticed fellow cheerleader Bayley Martinez gathering her things from her locker. When she called her name out, she turned around and smiled when she realized it was Alexa. Although, they weren't that close, Bayley saw Alexa as a bit of a mentor, since she was the main one who helped her out during her first days of being a cheerleader. In fact, she ended up being the only freshman to make the varsity team. She skipped over to the group and waved hello to everyone.

"Hi, guys! What's up?" She greeted cheerfully.

"Hey kid. I'm sure you've met these idiots before." Alexa said motioning toward the boys.

"Oh, yeah. I know Seth and Dean pretty well by now. Not really with, uh, Shane, is it? Sorry."

Shane flashed a warm, welcoming smile her way.

"It's alright. No need to apologize. I don't think we've met before."

"Oh. Well in that case."

Before Shane knew what was happening, Bayley caught him with probably the biggest hug he'd ever experienced in his short time on this Earth. He was off balance and would've fallen if not for the locker that was right behind him.

"Hi! I'm Bayley!" She yelled cheerfully while still holding him in a vice grip.

"N- Nice to meet you, Bayley." He struggled to say.

Seth laughed at this whole situation.

"And now you've met Bayley. She loves to hug people, as I'm sure you can tell. Hey, Bayley? You might wanna let him go before he suffocates."

"Sorry, sorry!" She said as she let go.

Shane coughed a few times and tried to regain his composure.

"Damn, kid. That was one hell of a hug. I'm impressed."

"Really? No one's ever complemented my hugs before."

"I know the feeling of having your hugs underappreciated. This meanie Rollins over here always complained whenever I hugged him." He joked.

"Because we're dudes, dude! You hugged me any more, and we'd be confused as a couple."

"Whatever."

While all this banter was going on, Alexa stayed silent, slightly annoyed at all the attention Shane was giving her jovial friend.

"He just met her, and he's acting like they're childhood friends or something. What the hell? Only I get to pounce on him... But it's Bayley. That's just how she is. I need to calm down." She thought. Alexa decided to change the subject to why she called the girl over there in the first place.

"So, Bayley. We were wondering if you wanted to come with us today. We're going to see that Defriended movie."

"Sure! But, isn't that a horror movie? I don't really like horror. I get scared easily."

"Oh, don't worry. It's not scary at all. In fact, you'll probably end up laughing." Alexa assured her.

"Okay then. I'm in!"

"Alright. Go take care of whatever you need to before we leave. We're gonna meet in front of the school by the flagpole, and then we're gonna leave from there."

"Sounds like a plan, Short Stuff." Shane said.

Alexa's eyes bugged out and she stared directly at him as if to say, "What the fuck are you doing?!"

Shane realized his mistake and mentally cursed himself out.

Seth laughed.

"What did you call her? Short Stuff? I like that. Yeah, I think I'm gonna call you that from now on, Lexi."

"Please don't."

"Too late... Short Stuff."

"Okay guys! Let's go!" Shane yelled nervously before walking off.

"Price, you idiot!" Alexa thought to herself.

45 minutes later...

The group of teens were in the movie theater. Everyone bought their popcorn and snacks, except for Dean of course, who mooched off of Seth once again. His argument was that he already paid for his own ticket, therefore he had the right to. Everyone just rolled their eyes and went along with it. They all sat in the middle, in the order of Seth, Alexa, Dean, Shane, and Bayley. A small part of Alexa wanted to sit next to Shane, but she knew that wasn't the best idea with other people she knew around, so she just sat next to Seth.

"Yeah, this is gonna suck. I can't wait." Dean said, looking forward to laughing at the movie.

"Probably, but I don't need you talking the whole time like the last movie we went to." Seth responded.

"Come on, you're exaggerating."

"No. No I'm not. The couple in front of us wanted to kill you.''

"They were drama queens."

"Whatever you say, Ambrose. Just don't be a nuisance."

Dean just shrugged his shoulders.

Meanwhile, Bayley was feeling kind of anxious. She tapped Shane on the shoulder to get his attention.

"Uh, Shane? I know you guys said not to worry, but I can't help it. What if it's really scary?"

Shane already knew what to do.

"I'll tell you what, if you get really scared, I'll hold your hand. Normally it helps."

Bayley smiled and nodded.

"You're really nice."

"No I'm not. I'm a jerk that beats people up. Grrrr." He said while softly tapping Bayley in the stomach with his fists, pretending to punch her.

"Oh, no. I thought you were nice. I was so wrong." She said while giggling, playing along with the joke.

As the movie went on, it became clear that it was as bad as everyone said it was gonna be. The acting was terrible, the story made absolutely no sense whatsoever, the special effects were hokey as shit, and the villain wasn't intimidating at all. As expected, people laughed at how bad the scenes were. However, there was a scene that actually managed to scare a few people, Bayley included. One of the main characters was hiding in a locked room from the murderous villain. There was a noise that sounded like someone was tapping the window behind him, so he turned around to see what it was. There was nothing there, so he turned back around, only to see the killer right in front of him. Bayley squeaked and instinctively grabbed Shane into a hug, shielding her eyes from the screen by burying her face into his jacket. Shane chuckled.

"I thought I was gonna hold your hand."

"This helps more than that." She responded, scared out of her mind.

Without them noticing, Alexa was staring a hole through the pair. She was fuming on the inside.

"Oh, come on! That wasn't scary at all! You just want an excuse to touch him, you- you." She thought, not finishing the sentence.

She sighed.

"It's not that serious, Alexa. Again, that's just how she is. Plus, what am I getting angry about? He's not my boyfriend. Although... I wouldn't mind... No! Bad Alexa!"

While she was having a war of words in her own head, Seth was noticing her erratic movements. He nudged her.

"Yo, Alexa. You okay?" He whispered to her.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"You sure? Are you scared? It's okay if you are."

"Scared? Of this? Please."

"Okay, just making sure " He said before turning his attention back to the screen.

"Damn it." She said under her breath.

The movie ended and the group were going their separate ways for the day. Dean left to go to Alicia's house, Seth just went home, and Bayley was about to do the same.

"Shane, it was nice meeting you. Thanks for helping me out. It means a lot to me."

"No problem, kid. Hugs?" He offered while stretching out his arms.

"Hugs!" She responded, and she gave him another one.

"Okay, bye! See you later! See you at practice tomorrow, Alexa!"

With that, she walked away.

"Alright. Time to go short stuff. What are you we gonna do tonight?"

"I don't know, Price. Just... Meet me at 8 tonight."

"Alexa, are you okay?" He asked concerned.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Let's just go."

She walked away toward the train station, but he didn't follow her for a moment. Instead, he looked at her for a few seconds.

"I wonder what happened to her. Oh well, I guess I'll find out at 8."

He then headed to the train to go home to his and Alexa's neighborhood.