"Hey, there you are," Seth said, as Roman walked into the room. "I was wondering where you had gotten to…" He trailed off as noticed the goofy smile on Roman's face.

Roman felt Seth staring at him and looked up to meet his eyes, setting his drink and keycard on the small end table near the door.

"What? Sorry, I didn't hear what you said, I was kind of spaced out," Roman said, shaking his head, as if that could somehow wake him from his sudden haze.

"Yeah, I kind of picked up on that," Seth said, chuckling. "What's up, man?"

Roman walked over and sat down on the bed opposite of the one Seth was currently sitting on. He didn't know what to say without sounding like a lovestruck teenager. "I…um, I, just- kind of…met a girl."

Seth's eyes lit up and a huge grin spread across his face.

"Where, in the gym? What's her name? What's she like?" Seth was firing off questions and bouncing like a hyperactive puppy, his bed practically vibrating beneath him.

Roman just laughed at his excited little brother. He couldn't really blame him, though. Seth and Dean were always pestering Roman about his love life, or lack thereof. Ever since the three had met in FCW, Roman had been focused solely work and hadn't really put any effort into dating. The way he saw it, there wasn't enough time to be completely dedicated to both things, and he didn't want to get into a relationship if he couldn't commit the proper time to one.

"Easy there, dude. You're gonna pull something. To answer your first question, I met her in the vending machine area. Second, I don't know her name. And third, we've only known each other about ten minutes, but she seems…I don't know. Really cool. There's just something about her. Wow, do I sound crazy or what?" He shook his head again and lowered his face into his hands, resting his elbows on his lap.

Seth let out a small laugh at Roman's embarrassment, when the door to the room clicked and swung open. Both men looked up at the sound and watched Dean come in, balancing two pizza boxes on one hand and holding a few plastic grocery bags in the other. He nodded his head at both of them in silent greeting, being very careful not to drop anything as he walked past the beds to the table and chairs by the window.

"Oh, good, you're just in time!" Seth said gleefully "Roman's telling me about a girl he just met. He's in love!"

Oh, dear Lord, Roman thought to himself.

Dean nearly knocked the pizza boxes off of the table as he spun around to look at Roman, with a smile even bigger than Seth's on his face.

"Well, I'll be damned, the Tin Man has a heart after all," he said, almost skipping on his way over to sit next to Seth. "How hot is she?"

Roman rolled his eyes, but smiled nonetheless. Only Dean.

"First of all, Tin Man? Really? You hurt me, bro," Roman said, grabbing his heart in mock anguish. "And she's very pretty, as I was just about to explain to Seth. Who, by the way-" he continued, shifting his gaze to the smaller of the two men sitting across from him now, "is completely exaggerating. I'm not in love with anyone. We just met."

"You can say that all you want to, but when you walked in here," Seth said, pointing at the door, "you had stars in your eyes. You've got it bad," he finished, crossing his arms and giving Roman a smug smile.

Oh, look who thinks he knows everything. Again. Cocky little shit. Roman thought jokingly to himself. He had to admit it though, Seth wasn't entirely wrong. Well, no, he didn't have to admit that. Not out loud, anyway. It would give his friends too much satisfaction.

"C'mon man, spill. I want to know all about this girl that's making you walk around with heart eyes." Now Dean was the one making the bed vibrate.

"Well, I don't really know much about her. I don't even know her name. She's just really sweet, and funny. She's got to some spunk to her," he stopped for a second and smiled to himself, remembering her gentle teasing of him.

Seth and Dean shared a knowing look, and then turned their attention back to Roman.

"And…?" Dean said, waving his hand around wildly.

Roman got the hint, and continued, "She's got long, curly, brown hair, and a great smile. A cute laugh, too. She's short, but not like, little person short. Just a bit over five feet, if I had to guess."

"How'd you guys meet, again? By the soda machines?" Seth asked, remembering Roman mentioning that earlier before Dean walked in.

Roman nodded, "Yeah. I ran over there to grab drink after the gym, when I was on the phone talking to you about dinner," he nodded his head towards Dean, " and she was in there."

"Explains why you got off the phone so suddenly," Dean said, smirking and mimicking Roman's gesture of pain from earlier. "Choosing a woman over your own brother," he said, then his smile grew, "it's about damn time."

They all shared a laugh at that, and Roman filled them in on the rest of the encounter. When he was done, Seth bounced up and down even more excitedly then before, while Dean just stared at him.

"You mean to tell me-" Dean began, "that this girl, the first girl you have shown interest in, well, forever, is right across the hall, and you're sitting in a room with us?"

Roman just shrugged his shoulders. It's not like he had any idea what to do, he was out of practice at this stuff.

"Dean's right, Ro. Go talk to her, get to know her. At the very least, find out her name," Seth said.

Dean nodded his head in agreement, then suddenly jumped up and ran over to the table, where the pizza and drinks were still sitting, long since forgotten. He grabbed one of the boxes and brought it over, thrusting it at Roman.

"Take her a pizza, it'll be romantic, but relaxed. That way you guys don't have worry about going out anywhere there might be fans or anyone bothering you. You can just chill, eat and get to know each other," Dean said.

Roman considered this for a moment. It did sound appealing; a nice, quiet night in with no pressure. Then a thought came into his head.

"That's the thing, though. She is a fan. What if she's not even interested in me, the man? Hell, what if she's not interested in me, period?" Roman said, his voice getting higher in worry. "What if I just thought she was flirting, and I look like a total psycho stalker who's completely full of himself?" Roman was working himself up into a fit. Geez, what is with me? This cannot be a normal feeling, he thought, as he felt his heart start to pick up.

"Whoa, calm down," Seth said, putting his hand on Roman's shoulder, "it's just dinner and talking. If you feel too weird, you don't even have to bring over the pizza. Just go talk to her, see if she is interested, and take it from there."

"He's right," Dean said, returning the pizza to the table. "And as far her only liking you- which I'm sure she does, so stop being so insecure- for your in ring personality, it doesn't sound like she was that sort of girl. You said she didn't come off like a crazy fan girl or anything, right?" He asked, coming to sit back down.

Roman nodded, feeling a bit more relaxed. Chill and talk, that he could do. No big deal, right?

"Yeah," he said, " she seemed cool. You guys are right, I'm just…I'm nervous, you know? I didn't expect to feel like this so fast. Alright, I'll go talk to her. No pizza. Maybe I'll get her some candy from the vending machine," he said with a nervous laugh, walking into the bathroom to check his chair and straighten his clothes in the mirror.

When he looked back into the room, Seth and Dean were scrutinizing him, slightly amused looks on their faces.

Satisfied with his appearance, he walked out of the bathroom and pocketed his keycard, "I was kidding about the candy thing, guys…" He said, confused at the way they were looking at him.

They glanced at one another and stood up in unison, walking over to him.

"We know," said Seth, giving him a reassuring smile, "we just haven't seen you like this before. You look…different. Excited. We're happy for you, bud."

Dean reached up and pinched Roman's cheek, "Our little baby's grown up and fallen in love," he said, before Roman smacked his hand away, laughing.

"Seriously though, bro," he laughed, "it's cool to see you like this. Go get her, stud."

Roman held his fist out and bumped it with both men before walking out the door and closing it behind him. He took the few short steps to cross the hall, and stood outside the room.

He took a large breath, raised his fist and knocked.