Next Day, Gym Class, 1:10 P.M...

"So, Shane. Next week is Halloween. You gonna dress up as something?" Dean asked.

In his mind, Shane answered with a rather sarcastic answer.

"Yeah, I'll go as as a corpse, because after this weekend, I'm a dead man." But out loud he said, "I don't know, to be honest. Maybe."

"I'm going as a biker. My uncle used to be in an MC and gave me his old vest. All I need is some gloves and sunglasses and I'll be set."

Shane smirked.

"I could see that. You always have helmet hair anyway."

Dean rubbed his hair.

"Don't be jealous of my locks bro."

Shane did the same to his own hair.

"Jealous? Ha. I got way better hair than you."

The unkempt Ambrose rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. Alicia likes my hair."

Yeah, and she'll rip it out if you're not fuckin careful. Hold on, the barrier's down today. Doesn't she have gym class this period?" Shane asked with intentions of doing what he promised the day before. Dean seemed to realize what he planned to do.

"Price, I swear to god..."

"Dude, I don't care what you say. You are being abused, and I'm not gonna sit back and let it happen. This is for your own good."

Dean sighed.

"Fine. I'm coming with you though. Make sure you don't piss her off."

"If I don't, cool. If I do, oh well. I don't really care anymore." Shane said nonchalantly, angry about his friend being mistreated.

Him and Dean walked over to the girl's side of the gym in search of Alicia. They ended up running into Emma, who was looking for her boyfriend herself.

"Hey guys. Where's Xavier?" The Aussie asked them.

"Oh, he's sitting in Mr. Hardy's office. He scraped his knee 5 seconds into a race, so he gave him an ice pack and let him sit out for this class." Shane answered.

"Oh no! My poor baby. I gotta go see him." She said concerned.

Shane turned to Dean.

"See? That's the kind of girl you look for. The one who tries to alleviate whatever pain you're in. Not the one who's the cause of it, stupid."

Emma looked confused at Shane's words.

"What? Dean has a girlfriend?"

"Yeah, Alicia Fox." He responded.

"Oh... Oh no. Bad move bro."

Dean threw his hands in the air.

"Why does everyone think they know what's best for me?!"

"Because you don't!" Emma and Shane responded at the same time, which surprised them.

"He's driven you insane too?" She asked.

"Only took him two months."

"Aw, shut up ya crybabies. I know what I'm talking about." Dean proclaimed.

"Whatever. Hey, Emma? Before you go see Xavier, you know where Alicia is? We don't see her anywhere." Shane asked her.

"Yeah. She's over by the entrance talking to the Bellas."

"Oh, goddamnit. I hate those bitches." Dean groaned.

"Who are the Bellas?"

"You haven't met them yet? They're the daughters of Mr. Laurinaitis. Nicole and Brianna."

"Wait, the principal?"

"Yeah, Johnny's kids. They're stuck up as fuck. Like, Alexa was bad, but The Bella Twins make her look like the nicest person in the world. They think the whole fuckin world revolves around them. I don't know why the hell Alicia's friends with them."

Shane raised hiseyebrow at Dean.

"So, you wanna explain why you think you know what's best for her?" He asked sarcastically, throwing Dean's protest right back at him.

"Shut up."

"Also, one more thing. Have you seen Alexa anywhere?"

Emma put her hand to her chin in thought.

"Now that I think about it, no. I don't think she came to school today."

Shane's face fell a little.

"Oh, okay. Thanks for helping us."

"No problem. I'm gonna go see my baby."

"Tell him to grow a set and get tougher!" Dean called out, to which Emma flipped him off.

"Alright, let's go Ambrose. This is for your own good dude." Shane said.

"Bullshit man."

The two made their way to where Emma had instructed and sure enough, Alicia was standing right there, talking to the aforementioned Bella Twins.

"Honestly, I thought Jimmy and Jey were the only twins in the school." Shane stated.

"As much as I wish that were true, nah. They're here too. There's also Matt and Nick Jackson, but they're seniors so you won't see them that much." Ambrose informed.

"Oh, cool I guess."

In the midst of their impromptu conversation about siblings, Dean and Shane were spotted by the crazy chick. How did they know? Well...

"Hi, babe! Hi, Price- y!"

As always, Shane cringed hard when he heard that horrible nickname.

"I swear to god, if she calls me that one more time. You can't just... Whatever. It's whatever. Hey, Alicia."

They walked up to her and her identical friends, who had equally annoyed looks on their faces. One of them crossed her arms and the other looked Dean and Shane up and down, as if to say, "Who the fuck are you?" Meanwhile, Alicia erratically introduced everyone to each other, but just Price and The Bellas. As seen in Dean's harsh assessment of the twin sisters' personalities, they were fully aware of who they were respectively. All throughout the encounter, they glared at each other. Blissfully ignorant of the animosity between the two parties, Shane stuck out his hand for a handshake, with a big smile on his face, per the usual whenever he met a new person.

"Hey, I'm Shane Price. Nice to meet you two."

They looked at his hand, then at each other, before smugly laughing in his face.

"Nicole, do you see this nerd? He really went for a handshake. A handshake! What kind of backwards 1920s greeting is that? What a loser!" Brie said to her twin, showing a complete lack of respect for the boy, who had nothing but good intentions in mind. Dean was infuriated by this.

"Really, bitch?! You see, this is what I was talking about man! They think they're so better than every other fuckin kid in this school! News flash, dollface! No one cares who your dad is! I swear to god I got half a mind to-"

Shane lightly smacked Dean's chest to stop him in the middle of his rant.

"What?!" Ambrose yelled at his friend.

"Calm down, Dean. It's fine. I'm good. No need for the hostility."

"No need for the hostility my ass! They disrespected you!"

Shane have his best friend a stern look.

"Dude. I said to calm down, alright? We didn't come over here for them anyway."

Dean couldn't believe Shane's indifference to the blatant disrespect he was shown by the Bellas. In fact, he was getting flashbacks to when he flipped out on Alexa all that time ago.

"You're still insane, Price."

"Yeah, I know."

The sisters couldn't believe it either. Normally, whenever they talked down to someone or insulted them, they hung their head in shame and walked away. Nicole took a harder look at Shane, before making an observation.

"Hey, aren't you the new kid who made Alexa Bliss soft?"

"Huh? Soft? I don't understand." Shane answered truthfully.

"Yeah, soft. She had the entire school in the palm of her hand, except for us of course, and then you came along and ruined it. No one's afraid of her anymore."

That made him smile a bit, but he composed himself and gave a response without exposing the relationship he had with the pint sized princess.

"It's not my fault she mellowed out. Maybe she decided to change on her own. Who knows?"

Now it was Brie's turn to interrogate.

"So what about you going home with her? Kids have seen you two on the train talking and being friendly with each other a bunch. It's been the talk of the school for the last few weeks."

Shane was surprised.

"For real? I haven't noticed. How come no one said anything to me?"

Dean put his hands up.

"Don't look at me. I don't follow the high school bullshit."

"Well, whatever the talk may be, we live on the same street dude. That's why we always go home together. We're bound to talk to each other on the way home. I don't see what the big deal is."

"Because, bro. You forget, last year, no one outside of the cheer squad, Big E and Seth dared to say a word to her unless she spoke to them. And that included YOU, Bellas. Don't act like you're some kind of monarchs here. The only queen bee was Alexa, and you know it. As much as I hated her attitude, I could admit that she was running things. Plus, what the hell are you talking about? There are still kids here that are too afraid to even walk in her direction."

"Ugh, you know what? We don't have to take this. Come on, Brianna. Bye Alicia." Nicole said disgruntled.

"Wait! Don't go!" Alicia yelled.

They didn't listen to her plea and walked off anyway, which angered Fox. But, her anger wasn't directed at the Bellas.

"Dean! Why were you so rude to them?! Now they're gone! You drove them away!"

Dean looked at his girlfriend in disbelief.

"Woman... Did you not see how they treated Shane? What was I supposed to do? Just sit back and watch it happen? Hell no!"

"He didn't seem to have a problem with it! Neither should you then! Damn it, Dean!"

Alicia slapped Ambrose across the face. It was a mean one too. The sound was so loud, it echoed throughout the gym, and the other students students turned their attention to the scene. Dean had a red handprint on his right cheek.

"You're always messing something up! You know what?! No sex for a month!" She declared.

Sounds of "Oh damn", and "Jesus Christ", were from the audience comprised of their classmates. Jimmy Uso was standing by his girlfriend Naomi with a stank face on.

"A month? Man, I don't know what I would do if..."

He stopped his self dialogue when he realized Naomi watts glaring at him.

"Uhh... nevermind."

Back to the matter unfolding in front of everyone, Dean touched his cheek and looked at his girlfriend with sad eyes.

"I'm sorry, Alicia. You're right. I should've just been quiet."

In a surprising turn of events, Dean Ambrose, the unchained, borderline unstable rule breaker, was kowtowing to Alicia Fox. No one could believe what they were seeing. Shane couldn't either, but that shock quickly turned into anger.

"No! Fuck that! You don't just slap him like that! Who the hell do you think you are?! This is exactly why I came over here! Dean told me about how you've been abusing him and destroying his stuff! That shit isn't cool!"

"She killed Mitch." Dean muttered.

"Exactly! You killed Mitch, you bastard! That damn plant meant the world to Dean, and you destroyed it, for what? Cause he didn't want to do what you wanted? That's not how that works! You don't always get what you want in life! Deal with it! What the hell is wrong with you?! You hit him, you yell at him, and you manipulate him using sex. That's fucked up and you know it! Stop doing that shit!"

Alicia was speechless.

"Well? What do you have to say for yourself?" Shane asked with his arms crossed.

"I- I. I'm done!"

Dean froze.

"Done? What do you mean you're done?"

"I mean, you're a terrible boyfriend! You let Shane talk to me like that?! Really?! You deserve every slap I've given you! All I've tried to do is make you a better person, but noooo. Dean does what he wants. And he's such a pussy, that he has to have his friend speak for him! I need a real man!" Alicia callously stated.

"Babe, come on. Don't do this to me."

"Already doing it. Goodbye, Dean. Fuck you, Price."

She went to leave, when the gym teacher stopped her.

"Oh no you don't. You're staying in the office, and I'm calling the principal." Mr. Hardy proclaimed.

"For what?! Why?!"

"For assaulting another student. That's why."

Alicia threw her arms up in frustration.

"Goddamnit, Jeff! Fine!"

"Why does everyone call me by first name?" The laid back teacher asked aloud.

"Because you said we could on the first day, remember?" A student named Johnny Gargano called out from across the room.

"Oh yeah. I was really high that day. I mean... Ignore that! Everyone, get back to what you were doing! We still have 25 minutes of class left!"

So, needless to say, Dean was a mess. He wasn't crying, but he was trying really hard not to cry. Like really hard. Shane noticed, and felt bad.

"Yo, my bad man. I was just... I snapped when she hit you, ya know? I didn't mean to yell at her like that."

"No, bro. You were right about everything you said. That was an unhealthy ass relationship I was in, and her breaking up was probably the best thing for me. But... I'm honestly gonna miss her. I know I said it was mainly because of the sex stuff, but also, I don't know, it was the first ever real relationship I ever had with a chick. Every girl before that was just a booty call basically."

Shane put his hand on his shoulder.

"It's hard, I know. But, there's plenty of fish in the sea dude. You'll find a new girl in no time. And if not, you got your friends at least. Me and everyone else still have your back."

Dean smiled.

"Thanks brother. I'm glad we clicked. You always manage to dig me out of the bullshit I get myself into."

Shane chuckled.

"That's what I'm here for, Dean. That's what I'm here for."

In the back of his mind however, images of Alexa and Bayley popped up. He thought, "But how am I gonna dig myself outta my own bullshit? Time is running out."

He had 2 more days until the moment of truth. He knew that would be the day he had to make a decision. 2 more days... Bayley or Alexa?

AN: Yo, I'm back! I know it's been a while. Sorry, I just got my first job and it's working me to death. A lot of heavy lifting is involved. Seriously, my arms feel like Jello. Anyway, I got a few things to address. First off, Flame? Boobs McCheer might be the best thing anyone's called anyone else ever. I was laughing my damn head off when I read that. In regards to your point, I can understand your frustration 100%. I'm just sold on her character work. I look at her the same way I looked at Enzo when he was in the company. Great on the mic, great with the character, passable in ring. Not bad, but not remarkable. Also to the guest that asked why Mitch always dies, It's because I'm evil, MUAHAHAHAHA! So, that's about it. Have a good day, guys. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you in the next one. Peace!