It fired back.

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AJ noticed that Baron is avoiding him recently. After school, he followed Baron and was surprised that he didn't go home. Baron went into a secret bar, it looks like a hide-out than a bar.

He immediately took off his school's blazer as he hides it inside his bag. Then, he hides his bag near the trashcan.

"Sorry bud, underage can't go inside." A muscular man announces once he spotted AJ.

AJ kept glancing inside to find Baron.

"Who said I'm underage? I'm already 42!" He yelled hoping his little lie won't get caught.

The muscular man narrowed his eyes at him, examining him if he's lying. AJ glared back which makes the muscular man sighed.

"Oldman? You look young though. Alright." The muscular man stepped away and let AJ go inside.

AJ snickered once he was inside. It's really a bar, there are only a few customers. He immediately went to the counter once he spotted his bald friend.

Baron was about to ask him what's his mix when he got surprised to see AJ sitting on the stool.

"What's your order, SIR?" Baron emphasizing the word sir on him as he kept raising his eyebrow at him.

"Sazerac." He simply said as Baron rolled his eyes at him.

Once Baron gave him his drink, he leaned close to AJ.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Baron whispered quietly.

"Same question, man," AJ commented.

"I'm working as a bartender here. The pay's good. You?" Baron answered.

"I followed you," AJ replied honestly which makes the Lonewolf huffed.

"Wolf, two Paloma and five french seventy-five please." A familiar voice suddenly called out.

AJ immediately turned around to see the woman he has a crush on holding a tray. When she caught AJ staring at him, she also looked surprised.

AJ was about to speak when Baron lightly hit his head.

"Here ya go, tiger," Baron said as he handed her the orders. The woman just nodded at him as she simply took the orders and walked away from them.

"I'll explain later, mister customer. We're currently working so I hope your questions can wait." Baron formally said and AJ scowled at him.

~El Resto,~

"Are you for real?" Dolph exclaimed as he looked at his best friend seriously.

"Yeah. What about it? It's normal. Every person gets distracted, alright?" Mike sipped his strawberry milkshake.

"Yeah," Dolph suddenly blurted out.

Mike raised an eyebrow and smirked.

"Oh, that's why you lost the qualifying match too."

"Hey! That's not it! That's not what you think!" Dolph told him right away. "And shut up! I don't want to talk about it!"

"Chill, bestie." He snorted. "I'm not saying anything yet. I don't even know why you overly reacted unless you already have one in your mind."

"No! I was just thinking about something very important. And I'm not aware that I got distracted unlike what you did."

"Well, at least I am not an in denial person, bestie." Mike smiled smugly. "And also I'm not that depressed and bitter about the loss, unlike you and the nerd guy."

Dolph rolled his eyes and looked at the other table. The table composed of Roman, Dean, and Seth.

"I still can't believe that August Jeanette beat you!" Dean bitterly uttered while munching spicy chicken fillet.

"Dean, her name's April, not August." Roman corrected him.

Seth was depressed about his loss. He doesn't want to eat anything. It's a big loss for him. He caused himself to represent their school at other Universities. Seth's just afraid that his grades might get affected.

"Maybe the opportunity is not really meant for you, brother," Roman stated.

Seth took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to ease the depression.

"That was new. I never have seen you got distracted when you're competing in an academic match before." Roman suddenly said.

"Ro's right. What were you thinking during the match?" Dean added.

"I think it's because it was a Little Mix song. You know me, I'm a mixer since pre-school." Seth reasoned out.

"Eh, really? As far as I recalled, Blonde Rose played Secret Love Song on her phone during your quiz bee match against someone from Section B last year which you won." Dean furrowed his brows.

"Uh...it's because I don't like that song that much." The nerd guy lied.

Seth doesn't want Dean and Roman to know the truth. That he got distracted by Paige's amazing voice and not by the song. He just doesn't want to get teased.

"Why does everyone got distracted? First, our not so awesome escort. Next is the Show 'oof' Dolph Ziggler and now it was Seth." Roman reported.

Still on the El Resto, far away from the Shield's table,

Nikki is sitting by herself, drinking a spicy juice while stalking Brie's Instagram account.

"You're my sunshine after the rain. Psh!" Nikki mumbled as she read the caption of a photo of Brie and John.

"Hey, Cindebella! You're sitting on our spot."

Nikki raised her brows and looked up at the person with a familiar voice.

"The table is for anyone, Kevin 'Oven's." Nikki yelled.

The other guy with Kevin made an unbelievable look as he heard Nikki.

"What are you looking at, Slenderman?" Nikki glared at the guy.

The man was about to speak when Kevin dragged Nikki's arm to get off from the couch.

"Get lost, Booty Bella!" Kevin shouted as he and the guy sit their butts down.

Nikki whipped her hair on them as she grabbed her juice and walked away.

"HAHAHAHA!" The crazy laugh of Kevin filled the shop.

Kevin's friend groaned minutes afters.

"Kevin, let's go to the club. I'm bored. I missed having girls."

Kevin shook his head right away. "No, man. NO! I'm currently seeing a precious, gorgeous and breath-taking girl."

"So you're not courting the girl yet?" The friend curiously assured.

"Noppy! Not yet. But I'm planning to do it next month. You know, I'm just looking for a sway." Kevin proudly stated.

"Wow. I thought you will not fall in love with anyone."

"How could you not fall for her beauty!" Kevin showed a picture of his crush through his phone.

"Wow! You have an incredible taste, Kevin!"

"I know right!" Kevin exclaimed with a smirk on his face. "And I'm not gonna let him have her."

Nikki was sitting behind their table and raised her brows as she heard Kevin's deep statement. Nikki was too curious about who he was talking about. She shook her head as she thought it could be her childhood crush, John Cena.

Speaking of which, Nikki's favorite person entered the El Resto right to the counter to order a delicious shake. Nikki saw John and didn't doubt to approached him.

"Sup, Joooooooohn~"

John turned his head around and saw Nikki with an emotionless face.

"Hello, Nikki." He greeted in a robot tone.

"You looked so fine right now, Joooohn~" She seductively said as she put her hands on his shoulders.

"I always looked fine, Nikki." He removed her hands off his shoulders and turned around to the waiter. "Um, can I get my milkshake quickly? I'm in a rush. I'm going to meet my girlfriend in a minute."

Nikki pursed her lips and sighed in frustration.

"John," She started seriously. "There's something you need to know..."

"Spill the beans already, Nikki. As I said, I'm in a rush and I have no time for kiddy storytelling."

"Brie's cheating on you!"

John lowered his brows and remained silent.

"I didn't know when does it started but lately, Roman and I saw her and ex kissing in the projection room."

"This isn't a funny joke." He seriously stated.

"John, I'm not joking! Go ask the freshmen yourself! I ain't lying. Brie's cheating on you!" Nikki frustratingly said, trying not to deliver it loudly.

John didn't speak a single word while gazing on the milkshake in front of him. Nikki groaned in exasperation.

"What. Do you keep coming back for her? If you do that, I don't know what happens to do the John Cena I know."

John exhaled and gave her a death stared. "Why would I trust you? Everybody knows you're just making a drama to break Brie and me apart. You're such a terrible person. How could you mess your own sister's relationship?"

"But John----"

"If it's true or not, I don't care. I love Brie and I always will."

Nikk was dumbfounded and heartbroken at the same time after hearing John's a huge statement as the latter walked out of the resto.