Next Day, School Cafeteria, 8:00 A.M...
"Bitch, sing the song!" Big E yelled happily.
"Do it, do it!" Cody followed, agreeing with his teammate.
"No, I'm not a human jukebox. You wanna hear someone sing so bad, go to the damn music department. I'm tired of this shit." Shane refused.
Then Bayley spoke up, and we all know how that song and dance goes.
"Shane, please? I've never heard you sing before. I really really want to."
The boy tried to resist her, but all she had to do was give him a warm smile, and flash those pleading puppy dog eyes of hers, and he was broken. He sighed and groaned.
"Fine. I'm only doing this for you. Goddamnit. I hate this fuckin song!"
Shane, reluctantly, did his thing.
"I CHIME IN WITH A HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF, CLOSING THE GODDAMN DOOR, NO, IT'S MUCH BETTER TO FACE THESE KINDS OF THINGS, WITH A SENSE OF POISE AND RATIONALITY! I CHIME IN, HAVEN'T YOU PEOPLE EVER HEARD OF, CLOSING A GODDAMN DOOR, NO, IT'S MUCH BETTER TO FACE THESE KINDS OF THINGS, WITH A SENSE OOOH! There, I did it. Jesus Christ, why did I do that?"
Surprisingly to him, a smattering of applause swept throughout the caf from the other students inside of it, which caused him to blush a bit and get all shy.
"Thanks guys."
Bayley wrapped her arms around him for a hug in a show of gratitude for following through.
"Thank you! That was even better than I thought it was gonna be. You're really good."
"Yeah thanks. I don't really like singing that much though. It's embarrassing. I don't like the attention."
Cody chimed in.
"Don't like the attention? Bro, you have any idea how many chicks you could pull with that voice of yours? The ladies love a guy who can sing."
Shane smirked.
"Yeah, I bet they did. I'm not exactly worried about that at the moment."
Bayley gave him a knowing smile while Cody shook his head in disagreement.
"Man you're crazy. You're wasting a chick magnet, I'm telling you. If I could sing, I'm telling you. I wouldn't be able to get away from all the tail coming my way. I mean, not that, that doesn't happen now, I'm just saying."
Big E added his two cents.
"Hey ladies man. What happen to that one girl you were trying to get? The cheerleader."
"Oh, Dakota? She.. uh... She's not worth it. Yeah, not worth it."
Shane narrowed his eyes at him.
"She rejected you didn't she."
"What?! No, of course not! I don't get rejected! That just doesn't happen!"
"... Yup. He totally got rejected."
"I didn't get rejected goddamnit!"
Being the good person she was, Bayley attempted to make Cody feel a little better about it.
"It's okay Cody. People get turned down all the time. You'll find somebody. You're a great guy."
However, all that did was make Rhodes even angrier. Angry to the point where he grabbed his bag, and left the table.
"Screw you guys! Cody Rhodes does not get rejected by any girl! You hear me?!"
And with that, he stormed off. Bayley just shrugged her shoulders as if to say, "Hey, I tried my best with that", and the guys were struggling not to burst out laughing.
"Jeez, looks like I hit a nerve." Shane acknowledged.
Big E waved it off.
"Ah, don't worry about it. Cody's a big boy, he'll get over it. Speaking of get over it, have you seen Dean at all?"
Shane again smirked.
"Nah, but I have a feeling we're gonna be seeing him today."
"What makes you so sure?" Bayley asked.
"Oh, just a hunch. Dean's a tough guy. He probably just needed a little break after what happened. I don't blame him. He'll be here today."
As he said that, someone else approached the table, that person being another member of the crew, Seth. He was looking pretty awkward at the moment. He tried to sit next to Shane to keep distance between himself and Bayley, but that didn't work out that well. Why? Well, you know what Bayley does. As soon as she saw him, she didn't even hesitate to hop out of her seat and hug the shit out of the poor bastard.
"Seth, hi! How are you?!"
Rollins chuckled nervously before answering.
"I'm, uh, I'm great Bayley. Say, can you let go? It's starting to hurt."
"Sure thing!"
She did as she was asked, and returned to her seat, which relieved him... Until she took her chair and planted it right next to him. Then, to make matters even worse, she grabbed his arm and leaned her head on it while giggling. Basically, only one thing was going through Seth's head.
"Fuck! She's so cute! Noooo!"
His attention, thankfully for his sake, was switched to Big E when he spoke up.
"Yo, Cap. What was it you needed to talk about yesterday? You said you needed to get something off your chest?" The swole teen asked.
Seth looked down at Bayley, and she looked back up at him with a smile so bright, it could've blinded him. He then looked at Ettore.
"Uh... It was nothing. Just stuff about... football."
Big E rolled his eyes.
"I knew it. Seriously, man. You gotta focus on other things besides playing ball. It's consuming your entire existence."
Thanking his lucky stars that lie actually worked, Rollins went along with it.
"Yeah, man. Whatever you say. I just don't plan on losing."
"Neither do I, but I still have time for other stuff. Like for example, everyone? I have an announcement. Me and Sasha? Yeah, we're a thing now."
Both Shane and Seth's eyes went with surprise, while Bayley gasped and then squealed in excitement.
"Oh my gosh, what?! Really?!"
"Yup. Went on our first date yesterday." E clarified with a grin.
"I'm so happy for you two! You are gonna be so cute together!"
"Ettore, I gotta say, good for you. Sasha's a great looking girl, and she's cool too. Congratulations." Shane said to his friend.
"Totally. I can't believe it. But, I've known both of you my whole life pretty much, and I know you're both great people. You deserve each other."
"Thanks bro. I appreciate the support from all of you guys."
"Support for what?" A voice asked from behind them.
They all turned around to see none other than the kid who had gone completely AWOL for the past few days.
"No, seriously. Support for what? You come out the closet or something, E?" Dean asked again.
"Dean!" All the kids at the table, save for Shane, yelled at once.
He covered his ears and winced.
"Yeah, that's my name. Don't make me not able to hear it. Jesus that was loud."
"We missed you, you prick! Why didn't you answer your fuckin phone?" Seth asked, slightly annoyed.
"I know, I know. I was being a dumbass loser. I just didn't wanna talk to anyone cause I thought you guys would, you know. Laugh at me over... what happened with Alicia."
"Aww, poor baby." Bayley said with remorse.
She walked up to him and gave him a hug, hoping that it would make him feel better. Normally, Dean would just stand there and take it, but this time, he returned the hug.
"Thanks Martinez. I kinda needed that."
"No problem, Deano. Anytime." She responded.
"Alright, now. Onto business... Which one of you sent her?"
The rest of the group all had confused looks on their faces.
"Huh? Sent who?" Seth asked for them.
"Oh don't give me that crap. One of you sent Alexa over to my apartment yesterday. I know you friggin did. There's no way she did that on her own. Now tell me who it was."
They all just shrugged their shoulders at him.
"Bullshit!"
"Hey, Ambrose."
This time, it was a feminine voice that came out of nowhere, and they all knew exactly who it belonged to. Yup, it was the petite princess herself. She walked up to Dean, and nodded in approval.
"I'm glad. You decided to show up like I said. Good."
It was taking everything Shane had to not crack a smile from seeing that, as the thought of, "That's my girl", ran through his head.
"Yes I did", Dean responded, "Now, you mind telling me who got you to come over yesterday, cause nobody's talking, and it's pissing me off.
Alexa raised an eyebrow at him.
"And what makes you think someone got me to do anything? I do what I want to do. No one tells to do shit."
The tone of her voice alone convinced Dean that she had actually done it on her own power, which led him to ask her one question.
"Dude... Why?"
"Because, I already told you. Your friends were worried about you. And, for me personally, it made me sick to know that you were all torn up over a some chick who doesn't deserve to be cried over. We may have never been close, and to be honest up until recently, I didn't like you that much, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna let you drown in a pathetic state of self pity. That's not the Ambrose I know."
Dean was surprised that she'd had any type of concern for him at all.
"You know what, Bliss? You're not as bad as I thought."
"I know. Also, between you and me", She said while leaning over to whisper in his ear, "I'm pretty sure you've been missing work. You should get back to that before your ass gets fired."
Dean facepalmed.
"Oh shit. I completely forgot about that. And I forgot you knew. You haven't told anyone right?"
"No I haven't. Calm down."
"Oh thank God."
Shane spoke up.
"Well Dean. I've got something to tell you. While you were gone, a girl came up to me and told me she was interested in you."
Dean was surprised.
"Really? Who?"
"Becky Lynch."
The boy with the unkempt dirty blonde hair did a double take when he heard that name.
"Did... Did you say Becky Lynch?"
"Yup, the lacrosse team captain herself."
"I, uh... I gotta go. See you in homeroom."
And with that, Dean made a break for it, fast walking out of the cafeteria. Shane didn't understand that reaction from his best friend.
"Jeez what's up with him?"
Seth sighed.
"Dean has a... weird history with Rebecca."
"Weird? How so?"
"I'll explain later. We have to go anyway. It's 8:25. 5 minutes till homeroom."
"Oh, okay then. See you guys around. Come on Alexa. We don't wanna be late."
They all went about their business and made their last minute preparations for the day ahead of them. All the while, Shane was trying to comprehend what Seth had said to him.
"Weird history? What the hell does that mean, and why didn't Becky tell me? As far as she's told me, they've never really interacted. What's going on here?" He thought to himself.
"I'm gonna find out sooner or later. That's for damn sure."
"What?" Alexa asked.
Shane didn't realize he said that out loud.
"Oh nothing. I'm just tryna found out how I got such a beautiful girlfriend." He said, covering his tracks.
"Aw babe. You're sweet."
She looked around to make sure no one saw her, before giving him a quick peck on the lips. She went inside the room, leaving Shane by himself in the hallway. He sighed.
"I gotta stop saying shit out of out. Damn it I'm doing again. Shit!"
AN: SEPTEMBER, FUCK! I don't wanna go back to school. This is some bullshit. Aw whatever. I'm still gonna be writing this whenever I can. Shout out to all of you guys. Flame, I hear you loud and clear my friend. To the one person who wrote in the reviews about Xavier, I also hear you. Remember, if you have any ideas, thoughts, or suggestions, just leave a review, or PM me. See you peeps in the next chapter.
