It was Monday afternoon and everyone was meeting up at Joe's Cafe after school. Bayley was waiting for Dean to show up. She hadn't talked to him since yesterday and it was obvious that he was avoiding her. Alexa, Nikki, and Mandy were all at volleyball practice.

"So Mike has been leaving you alone?" Sasha asked.

"Yeah but I wouldn't say we are friends by any means." Finn said.

"And Paige? Have you hear from her Roman?" Becky asked.

"No." Roman said unfortunately.

"That's too bad, you two seemed to be having a lot of fun together." Becky said.

"Where the hell is Dean?" Seth asked.

"I haven't seen him all day." Roman said.

Sami Zayn and a group of his friends walked up to the cafe.

"I'll be right back." Bayley said. She walked outside and met Sami. "Can we talk?"

"Yeah." Sami said as he motioned his friends to go inside.

"I have been texting you since yesterday and you haven't replied. If everything okay?" Bayley asked as Seth watched the conversation from the window.

"Look Bayley, I like you, you know that. I guess I thought that after party and our kiss, that maybe you liked me." Sami said.

"I do like you." Bayley said.

"I think you want to like me Bayley." Sami said.

"I don't even know what that means." Bayley said.

"You don't like me and that's okay Bayley. But I would rather you be honest with me than string be along." Sami said.

"But I'm not." Bayley said in confusion.

"I will see you later Bayley, have a nice night." Sami said as he walked into the cafe, passing Seth on his way.

"Everything okay?" Seth asked.

"I'm so confused." Bayley said.

"Want to get out of here?" Seth asked as he grabbed the helmet from his bike.

Bayley smiled in approval. She grabbed his helmet and hopped on the back of his motorcycle.

"Where the hell are they going?" Sasha asked as she watched them leave. Roman nodded his head in disapproval.

After a few miles of driving Seth pulled up to a hill overlooking the town. Bayley and Seth got off the bike and took a seat on the ground.

"So what happened with Sami?" Seth asked.

"I don't know. He said something about me not liking him and stringing him along." Bayley said.

"He should be so luck to be strung along by you." Seth joked. Bayley laughed.

"How have things been with you?" Bayley asked.

"Fine. Have you talked to your father lately?" Seth asked.

"No. He canceled dinner last night. I won't see him until this weekend." Bayley said.

"Business has been kind of slow since Big Jon was killed. No one wants to get in the middle of a war between the cartels." Seth said.

"Seth." Bayley said.

"Yeah?" Seth asked.

"I know this is who you are and I am fine with it. I mean considering who my father is I would be rude not to. But I rather not know about anything involving the cartel." Bayley said.

"Right. Seth said in disappointment.

"It's just that my father and I have always made it a priority to keep my personal life separate from all of that." Bayley said.

"I get it." Seth said. "You are just the only person I can talk about this kind of stuff with."

"I know. And I wish I could be the person you talk to about all of that but I can't be, I just can't." Bayley said.

Seth and Bayley continued talking for a few hours while Sasha and Becky met with Finn at his house to study.

"I need to use the restroom." Finn said as he walked out of his room, leaving Becky and Sasha alone. 

"Carmella huh?" Becky asked.

"What?" Sasha asked.

"You and Carmella." Becky said.

"What about it?" Sasha asked.

"Are you guys hooking up?" Becky asked.

"What? No." Sasha shot back in defense. "I am with Finn."

"Are you?" Becky asked just before Finn reentered the room.

"What did I miss?" Finn asked.

"Nothing." Sasha said.

Back at Joe's Roman was just leaving. He made it to his jeep before Paige caught up with him.

"Hey." Paige said.

"Hi." Roman said.

"I had a great time the other night." Paige said.

"Me too." Roman said with a smile on his face.

"You didn't tell anyone though right?" Paige asked.

"Of course not." Roman said.

"Okay, because if Alberto found out-." Paige began to say.

"You're still with Del Rio?" Roman interrupted.

"Well yeah." Paige said.

"You know he treats you like crap." Roman said.

"Okay, I don't have time for this shit. I thought we had a good time this weekend. But that's all it was, a good time. Your not my boyfriend, I don't need you looking out for me." Paige said.

"I'm looking out for you because I thought we were friends." Roman said.

"I have to go." Paige said.

Roman watched her leave wondering what the hell he had gotten himself into. He wasn't usually the type to sleep with a girl just because he could. But with Paige, something was different. The short day they spent together made Roman feel freeing. Everyone knew that Paige was trouble but Roman was already too attached to get out now.

Bayley and Seth had been talking for a few hours. By now, the sun was about to set. As they got on Seth's bike Bayley heard something that sounded like footsteps.

"What was that?" Bayley asked.

"Stay here." Seth said as he pulled out a gun and walked towards the sound.

Bayley waited in silence as Seth disappeared into the woods. She couldn't see where Seth went but something didn't feel right. She grew anxious as she heard a gun shot.

"Seth!" Bayley yelled.

Seth ran out of the woods and hopped on his motorcycle.

"What's going on?" Bayley asked.

Seth didn't respond. He drove off as fast as he could as Bayley was tempted to look back. Seth could feel her breathing heavily on the back of his neck. Seth pulled into Bayley's house and she jumped off his bike in a hurry.

"What happened back there Seth?" Bayley asked.

"It was nothing." Seth said.

"I heard a gun shot!" Bayley said. "Did someone shoot at you? Did you shoot someone?"

"You said you didn't want to know about this kind of thing." Seth said.

"This has to do with the cartels?" Bayley said.

"Just get inside." Seth said.

"Was someone after you?" Bayley asked.

"Not me." Seth said.

Bayley began breathing heavily again. She looked at Seth with concern.

"Bayley, breathe." Seth said as he comforted her.

"Me? Were they there to kill me? Bayley asked.

"Of course not Bayley." Seth said. Bayley could tell her was lying.

"I may not want to be like my father but I am his daughter. I know how these kinds of things work. This is retaliation." Bayley said.

"You need to get inside Bayley." Seth said.

Bayley tried to fight back a tear as she looked to Seth. He leaned in and gave her a hug.

"Everything is going to be fine. Just go inside the house. Right now this is the safest place you can be." Seth said.

Bayley turned slowly and walked inside. Seth through his helmet on the ground.

"Fuck!" He yelled before driving away.

Inside the house Bayley walked up stairs and sat on her bed. She gripped onto her blankets and began cradling back and forth as tears began to fall down her face.

"Bayley?" Dean asked as he approached her room.

Bayley tried not to look at him but it was obvious something was wrong.

"Hey, what is it?" Dean asked as she knelt down by her bed and grabbed her hand.

"I can't tell you." Bayley said.

Dean watched the tears continue to fall from her face. He had never felt so helpless in his life.

"You can tell me anything." Dean said.

"Not this time." Bayley said.

"I know who your father is." Dean said.

"You do?" Bayley asked, surprising relieved.

"Yes. He told me when we talked the other day." Dean said.

"Someone tried to kill me." Bayley said.

"Oh my go Bayley." Dean said as he rushed to embrace her with a hug.

Dean himself fought back a few tears as he held Bayley.

"What happened?" Dean asked.

Bayley felt like she had trapped herself. Dean had just told her that he knew who her father was but he didn't know about Seth. She couldn't give Seth up like that.

"I don't want to talk about it." Bayley said as she continued to hug Dean.

At Finn's house they were just finishing up studying.

"You guys want to watch a movie?" Finn asked.

"Yeah. Sure." Becky said as they heard a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" Finn asked as Sasha and Becky followed him to the door. When Finn opened the door Mike was standing there.

"Mike?"Finn asked.

"Oh. I didn't realize you had company." Mike said. "I'll just talk to you another time."

Mike turned quickly and basically ran from Finn's front steps.

"Mike wait!" Finn yelled as he chased after him.

"I can come back." Mike said as Finn stopped him.

"What is it? What do you need?" Finn asked.

Mike just stared at him for a moment, contemplating his next move. Suddenly he leaned his and kissed Finn. Finn leaned in this time and kissed him back. Mike stopped and looked as Finn with a look of regret.

"Mike." Finn said as Mike walked away.

At Bayley's house Dean was downstairs grabbing a few snacks for him and Bayley.

"Dean is that you?' Maria asked.

"Yeah, I'm just taking a few things up stairs." Dean said.

"You talked to me earlier about Mandy coming over. Is she here now?" Maria asked.

"No, change of plans." Dean said as he headed up stairs.

Dean walked into Bayley's room as she was getting comfortable under the blankets.

"What movie did you pick?" Dean asked.

"Fred Bueler's Day Off." Bayley said as Dean handed her a drink.

"What is this?" Bayley asked. Dean joined Bayley on the bed.

"Root beer float." Dean said with a smile on his face. Bayley looked at him with curiosity before taking a sip. "Is that vodka?"

"Sure is." Dean said. "Like it?"

"I do actually." Bayley laughed.

Dean got himself comfortable as the movie was just about to start.

"Dean?" Bayley asked.

"What?" Dean asked.

"Last night-" Bayley began to say.

"Let's not talk about it okay? Dean said.

"Why not?' Bayley asked.

"Because you are the closest thing to family that I have right now Bayley. I don't want to lose that." Dean said.

"Okay." Bayley said with a smile on her face.

"So we are good then?" Dean asked.

"Always." Bayley said as she cuddle up next to him to watch the movie.

The next morning Bayley woke to find herself on Dean's chest. She looked around the room and took in the moment. She didn't know what is what was but something gave her a feeling of joy. That quickly ended when her phone buzzed.

"I'm at lunch, call me. I hope everything is okay."

                                               -Seth

Bayley jumped up at she saw the time.

"Dean wake up, we are late!" Bayley said.

"What the hell?" Dean asked.

"It's eleven thirty. I must have fallen asleep during the movie, I forgot to set my alarm." Bayley said.

Dean got up from her bed and whipped her eyes. Bayley threw on her shoes and a hoodie.

"Let's go." Bayley said as she rushed Dean out of the door.

Dean and Bayley pulled into school right after lunch. Bayley began to get out of the car before Dean stopped her.

"Dean what are you doing? We have to get to class." Bayley said.

"Do we?" Dean asked.

"Of course we do." Bayley said.

"Bayley we already missed half of the day." Dean said.

"But Dean-." Bayley prepared to argue.

"If you want to go, then by all means go to class." Dean said.

"You are really just going to skip class?" Bayley asked. "What else are we going to do?"

"Open the glove box." Dean said.

Bayley did what he said.

"Grab the gun." Dean said.

Bayley stared at it for a second before hesitantly grabbing the gun.

"You know how to shoot?" Dean asked.

"No." Bayley said.

"You want to learn?" Dean asked.

"To shoot a gun? No way." Bayley said.

"What is what happened last night happens again? Don't you want to be able to protect yourself?" Dean asked.

"And you can teach me?" Bayley asked.

"I can." Dean said.

"Let's do this." Bayley said as she looked at the gun.

Dean smiled at her and pulled out of the school parking lot.