Same Day, Football Locker Room, 6:44 P.M...

Practice, practice, practice. They say it makes perfect, and that may be true, but by God, it's really hard. Proof of that is simply the tired expressions of the young boys as they left the field at end of it. Tyler Breeze was still laid out on the grass, due to not wanting to get up because of how exhausted he was. Bayley had seen this, and being the kind, nurturing girl she is, she rushed over to the resident pretty boy with a bottle of cold water. He wanted to say thank you, but he was too tired to even speak, so all he could do was look up at her with a pained smile. While Bayley tended to Breeze outside, the rest of the team were sitting around in the locker room, opting to rest for a bit before leaving for where they respectively resided. Coach Helmsley approved, but said that someone had to lock up because in his words, there was no way in hell he was going to wait around for them. Bray Wyatt ended up accepting the task, but not without protest from Cody, who thought he should be the one trusted with taking out the order.

"Come on Coach, let me do it. You know I'm the most responsible and trustworthy member of the team." He proclaimed.

Even in their thoroughly worn out states, the others all still had the wherewithal to hear what he said, which in turn made them stare at Mr. Rhodes with the most sideways looks possible. Cody looked around confused at all the irritated faces.

"What? You all know it's the truth."

He doubled down, dude. Here's a piece of advice. Never double down. Just like you never go full retard, you never double down. In response to this, the team continued to just stare at him. It was until one of The Uso Brothers, Jey to be exact, had this to say, that the silence had been broken.

"Man, Cody? I love you bro. You one of my bros for life, real talk. But, it's time you do us all a favor... AND SHUT YO DUMB ASS UP!"

His brother Jimmy nodded in agreement.

"Please, Uce. Pleeeeease, shut the fuck up. Please?"

Even the quietest guy on the team, Cedric Alexander, felt the need to chime in, at the surprise of the boys.

"He's right Cody. There are times where you need to just be quiet. This is one of those times."

"Damn dude", Dolph started, "When Cedric starts finding you annoying enough to actually say something about it, that's how you know you're being really annoying.

And finally, there was Coach Helmsley.

"Rhodes, tomorrow? You're running a mile before and after practice."

"WHAAT?! WHY?! FOR WHAT?!" Cody asked outraged.

"For being an insufferable prick and fucking up the team morale. Bray, be sure to lock up once everyone leaves. I'm out. See you guys tomorrow."

And with that, Coach left, and Cody sighed.

"Why does this always happen to me?" He asked aloud.

He noticed his teammates mouths start to open and quickly shut that down.

"Nobody answer that! You know what, screw you guys! I'm going home!" He stated angrily. Keep in my mind, he was still wearing his football uniform pants and knee pads, along with his cleats. Also he was bare chested. He gathered all of his things and stormed out while grumbling to himself.

Shane tried to call out to him.

"Dude! You can't take your uniform home except for on the day before a game remember?"

Cody waved him off and yelled back, "I don't care!"

Price in turn just shrugged. Seth walked behind him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Well, now you for sure. Cody is the biggest drama queen on the team."

"Jeez no kidding."

At this point, Tyler had been able to finally drag himself into the locker room.

"Hey, guys. What did I miss? Cody nearly knocked me over on his way out of here. Also he was wearing a shirt for some reason." He asked.

"Rhodes is being a bitch again. That's pretty much it." Bray answered while sitting in a corner far away from everyone else.

"Oh I see. He threw another temper tantrum?" He asked the boy with the heavy southern accent.

"Mmhmm." He simply replied.

"Why am I not surprised?"

While Tyler and Bray went back and forth in their own little conversation, and the other boys did the same among themselves, Shane remembered this morning, and the curiosity he had over his best friend Dean and his potential love interest, Becky Lynch. He turned his attention to Seth and spoke.

"Hey man. You said you'd tell me about the so called weird history you said Becky and Dean shared together."

"Oh, right. I almost forgot. I'd uh... I'd rather not talk about this stuff here. Let's leave and we'll speak on the way to the train station." Seth proposed.

"Sure, no problem." Shane agreed.

The captain and the new kid both gathered their things, said bye to their friends, and headed out. Big E wanted them to wait for him, but they said they couldn't and continued on anyway. Now, there was one problem. Or two problems I guess. Like normal, Bayley and Alexa we're waiting for Shane in the front of the school. Price knew that he had to come up with an excuse not to walk with them this time, and so, he did just that. As per the usual, Bayley hugged both boys, Seth blushing when she held onto him longer than normal. Alexa had a small smile on her face as she cooly greeted them.

"Hey Price, hey Seth. So, Price. Ready to get this show on the road?" The petite princess asked her secret boyfriend.

Shane nervously rubbed the back of his head and chuckled.

"Yeah, about that. Me and Seth kinda have to go now. We got orders from coach to go over the gameplan for Sunday's upcoming game, and we wanna start as soon as possible. Sorry guys. Tomorrow for sure though."

Admittedly, that caught the blonde girl by surprise, as well as disappoint her a bit, but she didn't let it show. She decided to play the nonchalant card, as to not do anything that might raise suspicion about how her feelings for the blonde newcomer actually were. Yeah, Bayley knew, but Seth didn't, and he was the last person she wanted to find out right now. So, she played it cool.

"Oh, okay. Well, I'll walk Bayley to the bus stop anyway. See you around guys."

Bayley slightly frowned, which Shane immediately took notice of.

"What's wrong, Bayley?" He asked.

"You always walk me to the bus stop." She explained, her eyes showing sadness as well.

Both Seth and Shane were looking at Bayley, and they knew they had to do something to cheer her up. Seeing her like this was like torture. In the end, it was Seth who managed to brainstorm up an idea.

"Bayley, Bayley. Don't be sad. Uh... Fuck it, here goes nothing."

Without thinking anymore about it, the two tone haired quarterback lunged forward and embraced her the best he could. Everyone's eyes went wide, including Bayley, who couldn't believe what was happening. Seth actually initiated the hug instead of just receiving it, which never ever happens. He let go after a little while, and started chuckling nervously.

"Yeah, so. Are you okay now? Don't be sad. We don't like it when you're sad."

Bayley's face slowly formed into a giant smile.

"How can I be sad, when- wen, THAT just happened?! You hugged me! Oh my gosh, I could just- I could just-"

With a display of quickness that caught the 3 other teens by total surprise, Bayley grabbed Seth's head, and much like the very moment that started the triangle between herself, Alexa, and Shane, she planted a wet one right on the boy's lips. Seth was totally frozen, Alexa had her hand to her mouth, and Shane, well... It's Shane, so you know he's laughing like crazy. Eventually, Bayley pulled away, breathing heavily, while Seth still hadn't moved a muscle. He had lipstick on the side of his mouth and everything.

"Sorry. I... Oh no, I did it again." Bayley said, realizing what she had just done.

Seth was starting to get a grip on reality again, and shook his head a few times to fully regain his composure. It was then, he knew exactly what to say.

" D-Don't apologize. Bayley... I've actually wanted that for... for a while now." He confessed.

She gasped.

"R- Really?"

It was at this time that Shane knew that he and Alexa had to leave. The Becky stuff could wait, this was taking precedence over whatever information he was looking for.

"You know what? I'm sure Coach wouldn't mind if we did this tomorrow instead. Come on Alexa. Let's go home and leave these two to themselves." Shane said while eyeing Bliss.

Alexa nodded, and the couple scurried away at the risk of feeling even more awkward. Seth and Bayley were still standing in front of the school, staring into each other's eyes.

"I'll... I'll walk you to the bus stop if you want." Rollins offered.

Bayley softly nodded.

"I think I'd like that. I'd like it a lot."

AN: One year, dude. It's officially been one year since this thing started. Some of you have been here from the beginning, and some have come along over time. But, regardless of time, I'm thankful for every single one of you. You're the best, I mean that. You make it fun to pump out chapters whenever I can. And, not to mention that I get tons of feedback from my audience thanks to you, which again, helps me out tremendously. Thank you! Also, unrelated, but I wanna recommend an author on this site that's crazy underrated. Person that has the username, Omelexa. He, or she, I'm not sure, writes Alexa Bliss x Kenny Omega stories. My favorites are Mouth Of The Town and Faith For A Happy Ending. Please, check them out. You won't be sorry. One more thing. If you're confused about who's on the football team, I understand. PM me and I'll send you the full roster. See you peeps in the next chapter