Saturday Morning, Shane's House, 10:22 A.M...

"Welp, it's time for me to take this like a man."

In about 35 minutes, Shane would have to face the two girls who were biding for his love and affection... And he was not looking forward to it at all. Like, not even a little bit. For the last week he had been dreading this very morning, but he kept telling himself that it would all be worth it. At least, he hoped so. He had already gone over what he was going to say multiple times in his head, and he had even gone as far as to cook breakfast for his guests. Anything to cushion the impact of the situation he thought. However, he knew that no matter how much he tried to smooth things over, at the end of the day, this wasn't going to be easy for him. The boy went to the bathroom and have himself a look. His blonde hair was a mess, and he just plain looked tired. In between dealing with the anxiety of the whole love triangle debacle, as well as the playoffs he and his team had worked so hard to make it to, saying Shane had a lot on his plate would be the understatement of the century. But, he refused to back down. As he stared at himself in the mirror, he let out a weak chuckle.

"Jesus Christ I need a haircut. But, seriously. Even if I tried to punk out on this, they would both be on my ass. Actually, now that I think about it, so would Paige. She would be absolutely pissed at me." He said to his reflection.

He jokingly saluted the mirror.

"Soldier. Today? You fight. You fight... For love... And also possibly for your life and or testicles still being attached to your body."

Before leaving the bathroom, he took a deep breath and ran his hand through his messy hair.

"Dude, I am soooo screwed."

The blonde boy decided to past the time by playing video games, specifically his basketball one. Selecting his favorite team, the Celtics, because as we've established already, he's really friggin Irish. Or as he'd like to describe it, IRISH AS FUCK! As he played, his mind slowly faded from worrying about the important moment he was about to experience, and transferred over to concentration for his game. It was like therapy almost. With every 3 pointer he made and every shot he blocked, he almost made himself forget how nervous he was. That feeling didn't last long however, because just as he was really getting into his session, his phone vibrated. He knew that only meant one thing. He looked at it, and saw it was a text from none other than Little Miss Bliss herself. It simply said, "We're outside." All those feelings of dread he'd been feeling all week? Well, they came back in full force. Dejectedly, he turned off his PS4 (Because fuck XBOX), and made his way from his room to the front door. Not wanting to keep the girls waiting, he quickly opened the door, and was shocked at what he saw.

"Hey, guys. Thanks for show- Oh my god."

Suffice to say, both girls looked amazing to Shane. Alexa was wearing a white crop top with pink short shorts, and her hair was freshly re-dyed, the pink streaks once again prominent in her long blonde hair. Bayley was not lacking in the looks department either, wearing a purple shirt with a giant yellow smiley face in the middle, along with a blue denim skirt with little rips in them. And to top it off, she wore that polka dot headband and had her hair tied back in a side ponytail. Just like that day when she boldly kissed Price. The day that, in a way, started this mess. Alexa had her hands on her hips with a stern, slightly annoyed look, while Bayley bashfully had her hands behind her back while looking down at her feet with a blush on her face.

"You, uh... You both look incredible." He choked out.

"Thanks, Shane." The hug enthusiast said nervously.

"Yeah, we know. Now move out of the way so we can come in. Hurry up, Price." Alexa demanded.

Shane backed away from the door, almost falling backwards after tripping over himself. Alexa rolled her eyes and led the way in, Bayley following close behind. Price attempted to regain his composure.

"Right. Like I was saying, thank you guys for deciding to show up."

"Yeah, you better be greatful. After the bullshit you pulled." Alexa snapped at Shane.

It hurt him to hear her be so cold to him, but he knew that he deserved all of it, so he took it in stride and continued.

"I, uh, I made you two some food.. If you're interested."

"Oh, thank you!" Bayley beamed, remembering how good Shane's cooking is. As much as Alexa wanted to refuse it, since she was pretty pissed off, but same as Bayley, she couldn't resist his cooking.

"Fine. Whatever." She agreed begrudgingly.

In his mind, Shane jumped for joy. If they refused his food, he knew would be in deep shit. However they did not, and he couldn't be more relieved. For that moment at least.

"Okay, I'll be back out in a second with the stuff. You ladies make yourselves comfortable, please."

Shane left for the kitchen, leaving the two teenage girls by themselves in his living room. It was pretty awkward to say the least. It was Bayley who decided to try and spark up a conversation.

"So... You decided to dress nice for this too?"

Alexa scoffed.

"As if. I always look like this. Why would I doll myself up for that jerk?"

"Oh okay. Look you great though... I'm sorry I did this."

Alexa looked at Bayley and saw her brown puppy dog eyes staring back at her. That made her even angrier at Shane.

"Bayley this isn't your fault. It's that idiot in the kitchen's fault. If he wasn't so stupid, then we wouldn't be in this crap."

That didn't really make the girl feel any better.

"He did mean well."

"Yeah, that might be true, but whatever the hell he was trying to do, didn't work at all, because now look at us."

"... When you guys kissed, how was it?"

That question caught Little Miss Bliss all the way off guard.

"Huh?"

"When me and Shane kissed the second time, it was like magic for me. Like I was lifted off my feet by a cloud from the sky. Was it the same for you?"

The petite princess tried to think back to the many times her and Shane had locked lips. Particularly the most intimate one right before he climaxed into her hand. The memory of him moaning into her mouth in pleasure drove her wild.

"I guess... I guess you could say that. He's... gentle I'd say."

Bayley nodded in agreement.

"You could tell he cares about us a lot. I just wish he didn't..."

"Act like a dumbass?"

"Yeah. I wish he wasn't such a dummy."

Their conversation was put on hold when the subject of it walked in with two plates of cheesed eggs and sausage.

"Sorry there's no juice. We ran out a few days ago." He apologized.

He handed them both their own respective dish and stood in front of them awkwardly, opting not to sit with them on the couch.

Bayley took a bite and she smiled with her eyes closed

"Mmmmm. This is so good Shane."

Alexa took a bite, and stubbornly refused to show any positive reaction to the grub, but on the inside, felt the exact same way as Bayley.

"Yeah. It's cool I guess."

Shane laughed nervously.

"I'll take what I can get... So... You wanna just start with this now or..."

Bayley and Alexa looked at each other before setting their plates down on the coffee table in front of them. Alexa crossed her arms and glared at Shane, and Bayley had a less than happy expression on her face.

"Yeah. We might as well." The petite princess said.

Shane sighed. He went into his room and came back out with a metal folding chair, set it up, and sat down in front of the two girls.

"Alright... First off. I just wanna say, I'm truly sorry for putting both of you through this. I know it seems like I was just using the both of you for my own personal gain, but I promise you, that's the farthest thing from the truth. I love... I love you both a lot."

Alexa shook her head.

"You moron. We know you weren't. We're mad, because you were too stupid to look ahead and think, "Hey, maybe these girls actually like me a lot, and wouldn't be too happy if they found out he was swapping spit with the other."

He hung his head in shame.

"I know, I know. I'm an idiot. I really did have good intentions though."

Bayley spoke up.

"Good intentions or not, you hurt me. And you hurt Alexa. Why didn't you tell me after we kissed the first time you and her had something going on? And why did you kiss me the second time if you knew?"

"Well... Because... Oh man. Alexa, for this to make sense, I'm gonna have to explain it all from the beginning. Are you okay with that?"

Little Miss Bliss looked awkward and really uncomfortable, shifting on the couch before meekly nodding the go ahead for him to do what he had to do.

"Ok. Here goes. So, Bayley, this all started basically when I first got here. Alexa didn't take too kindly to me at all, and I made a mission to befriend her, mainly because I could tell deep down inside, she was a good person and a nice girl. I could tell that the whole bitchy rich girl thing was an act. I think the moment me and her started to form some sort of psuedo relationship was the night when-"

Alexa cut him off.

"Wait! I wanna... I wanna tell her this part."

Shane nodded.

"One night, I went out for some fresh air because I couldn't go to sleep. I went pretty far from home and before I realized it, I had been gone for like an hour. I decided to just come home I wouldn't get in trouble with my mom and dad, and since I had time I thought, I basically strolled through the neighborhood. That wasn't a good idea at all. All of a sudden these three drunken idiots approached me and tried talking to me. I wasn't in the mood, so I kept on and ignored them. One of them got in my face, and told me to give him whatever I had. I said no and tried to go past the jerk, but then he pulled a gun on me."

Bayley's eyes bugged out.

"Oh my gosh! A gun?!"

Alexa took a shaky breath.

"Yeah. So, they all cornered me and I thought I was a goner. I thought I was going to be mugged or robbed... Or worse. Bayley I thought they were gonna... They were gonna... I thought I was going to be killed."

Bliss was softly shaking, remembering how helpless and scared she felt in that moment. Noticing this, Bayley wrapped her in a hug, but not a crushing one like normal. This one was a lot more gentle.

"It's okay Bayley. You don't have to. I'm fine, just a little shaken up."

She let go, and Alexa continued.

"Then, out of nowhere, three other guys ran in and beat the drunks to a pulp and told them to never show their faces in this neighborhood again. To my surprise... It turned out to be Seth, Big E and... This idiot right here." She said with a small smile of gratitude directed toward Shane.

"No way! You saved Alexa? Shane... You're a hero."

Shane chuckled.

"So are Seth and Big E. Think about that next time you call Rollins a meanie." He joked.

"Next time I see him, I'm giving him the biggest hug ever!" She proclaimed.

Alexa laughed.

"Oh no. I feel bad for Seth tomorrow."

"Yeah. At least wait until after the game, Smiles. I need my quarterback at 100 percent and not with cracked ribs."

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle with him... kinda." She responded with a smirk.

"I'll be praying for Seth then. Anyway, yeah. After that incident happened, I got into the habit of checking up on Alexa whenever I could. For a little stretch of time, I'd spend the night at her home every day, and from there, a relationship formed. But, we had to keep it under wraps because she didn't want anyone to know what happened that night. We would have so much fun together, and I'd convinced her to be a little nicer to people. Somewhere along the line, I think she, and correct me if I'm wrong, developed romantic feelings for me. That's when you came in. You didn't know this, but when you kissed me the first time, Alexa saw it. And she wasn't too happy about it. So basically, the reason I didn't say anything about me and her, was because as far as I was concerned, there was no romantic boyfriend girlfriend type feelings involved in what we had. Sure we teased each other a lot, but that was all in good fun. I didn't think there were any feelings like that until we talked about it after me and you kissed, cause she admitted she was jealous. Even then it wasn't solidified until SHE kissed me the same day she confessed her jealously."

Bayley tried to process all the information that poured out of Shane.

"Okay... I guess that makes sense. But I still don't get something. If you knew she liked you, and it was obvious you liked her back, when I asked you a few days ago if I could kiss you again, why did you not only say yes, but also start the kiss?"

"Honestly, I couldn't say no to you Smiles. You looked like it meant a lot to you, and I didn't want to hurt you, ironic I know. I don't know if you realize or not, but it's hard for people to say no to you."

"I second that. No one wants to make you sad, because you make everyone happy." Alexa interjected.

Bayley smiled at that before pouting.

"Hey, wait a minute. You're not just complementing me to get yourself off the hook are you?"

Her pouting caused Shane to lightly laugh.

"No, Bayley. I'm not. Everyone loves you. Including me."

"Oh, okay then. I believe you."

Shane wrapped up the explanation.

"So yeah, there ya have it. Everything's out in the open. That's how we got to this point. Now, II'm guessing you both know what I'm gonna have to do now to settle this."

Bayley and Alexa both nodded yes with anxious eyes.

"Just get it over with, Price." Alexa said, preparing for the worst.

"I'll understand whatever decision you make, Shane. It's okay."

Shane took a deep breath.

"... Alexa. I wanna be with you."

Little Miss Bliss was absolutely stunned.

"Sh- Shane? Really?"

"Yup. We've been through so much together, and I feel like I wanna see if we could make being a couple work."

She was so happy her eyes started to tear up.

"I think... I think I'd like that."

The two teenagers got up from their respective seats and embraced. Meanwhile, Bayley stayed seated and giggled to herself.

"You know? I figured you'd pick her. I'm happy for you guys. But, I feel kinda left out right now."

Shane turned around to her and grinned.

"Smiles. Come get in on this hug action."

"Gladly. Group hug!"

In the middle of Shane's living room, all three kids had their arms around each other. Suffice to say, this had gone a lot better than Price had imagined it would. They let go and sat back down on the couch together. Shane sat in between the two girls.

"Funny. I figured I'd be feeling like shit right about now. You have no idea how relieved I am dude."

"Don't worry. No one's angry and no one's sad. We're all happy. Although... Now that you and Alexa are a couple... I am a little bummed out that I won't be able to kiss you again." Bayley admitted.

Alexa rolled her eyes.

"Price. Kiss Bayley."

"Huh?" Shane and Bayley said at the same time.

"You heard me. This is the only time I'm gonna allow it."

"O- Okay." Shane said meekly.

"Well... I guess since this is the last one, we better make it good." Bayley said.

"Yeah you're right."

In a rare showing, Bayley didn't have a care in the world, shrugged her shoulders and said, "Fuck it." She jumped on top of the unsuspecting boy, and just flat out made out with him. Since this is a teenage boy we're dealing with, when he got over his shock, he reciprocated the smooch, even going as far as to grab her butt, which gained a little moan from normally innocent Bayley. Alexa just sat back and watched with a smirk on her face. After a little while longer, they broke apart, panting heavily. Shane couldn't believe what just happened.

"Bayley... What the hell was that?"

Still sitting on his lap she giggled.

"I made it good. Alexa, treat him well alright? He's a keeper."

Alexa was still smirking when she answered.

"Oh believe me. I'm gonna treat him just fine. He ain't going nowhere."

Shane gulped.

"This is gonna be interesting."

AN: The people have spoken! Although I will say I'm surprised with all the love for Paige. I'll keep that in mind for the future. I really appreciate all the feedback you guys gave. I had a blast reading the stuff you had to say. Arc 1 is now complete... And it only took like 10 months across nearly 50 chapters. Yeah, this story's not ending any time soon. I got another question for you guys. Which characters outside Shane and Alexa would you like to be focused on more? Dean, Seth, Big E? Sasha and Emma? Cody? Let me know what you want and I'll try my best to give you it. As always, peace out peeps, and I'll see you in the next chapter. Damn this was a long one.