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Seth sat down at a table with his cup of iced tea in the middle of Wendy's with hopes that this dinner would be good. Looking behind him he saw Jake filling his cup of soda with Nikki waiting for the food. He checked the time to make sure he would get Jake there in time so he wasn't late. Jake sat down and put the lid on his soda, drinking some of the soda.
"So you excited for tonight?" Seth asked him.
Seth ran his hand through Jake's hair, who moved his hand out of his hair and shook his head, "Dad, I'm going to be the new kid at this Youth Group." Jake complains, "Why do I have to go?"
He sighed, have already explaining this for the millionth time to Jake. Playing with his cross necklace that was under his t-shirt, Seth looked at Jake, "I've already explained this to you many times, Jake. We just moved here from New York and we have no idea how the kids are in the neighborhood so I want you to be able to be around good kids and we've been going to the Vineyard for a while, so we know they are good people."
"Yeah but I don't want to be the new kid." Jake argued.
"Maybe someone else will be going there for the first time too and you won't be the new kid. And think about this: I'm going to be the new guy at my office tomorrow." Seth replies.
Jake rolled his eyes and Seth sighed, wishing that Jake would understand why they moved here. Nikki came towards the table and set the trays down, sitting down next to Seth, noticing he looked a bit upset but helped them figure out who's food was who's. Seth looked at Jake, then to Nikki, back to Jake and had a great big smile on his face because of how much he loved these two people. He hoped that maybe Jake would have fun at this Youth Group and despite him being the new kid, everyone would love him.
"So I was in line and I heard this woman telling this joke..." Nikki began.
Dean felt like he was going to go crazy if all of the guys in the kitchen kept complaining about the chef that Dean had already planned on firing for being rude to his daughter and kept burning people's food. He asked them to go back to their job and he'd take care of it after he got back, walking behind the counter and walked towards the end where he saw his daughter reading what looked to be a newspaper.
"You're reading the newspaper?" Dean asks. "Come on, we need to get ready and walk you to the church for Youth Group tonight."
She looks up at him, pulling her hair to one side, and nods her head. She puts her fork down and hands him the paper, pointing to the section at the top where it was offering pets for sales.
"These are pets, Bonnie. Why are you looking at pets?" Dean wonders. He gave her back the newspaper, turning around and trying to reorganize the sugar and the creamers while he was trying to get everything done before they had to leave.
"But dad, they are selling a basset hound puppy for only five hundred dollars!" Bonnie exclaims, "Can we buy the puppy? You know I've been wanting a pet."
Dean sighed, turning around and put his hand on her hand, her face lit up. He knew how much she was wanting a pet and he was going to get her a pet for Christmas, but he didn't want her to catch on.
"Look honey, I really would love to buy you that basset hound puppy because from the picture he looks adorable, but I just can't right now because we are still unpacking. But if you promise me not to get into trouble at school and you please get ready so we can leave, then I may consider getting us a dog." Dean promised.
The way Bonnie's eyes lit up made Dean smile, he still couldn't believe that she looked just like him - With the blonde hair and the blue eyes, but she definitely got her mother's looks. He called the co-owner of the store, Antonio Cesaro, to come and watch over the place for about two hours while he took Bonnie to a Youth Group and got something to eat. When he got back to where Bonnie was sitting her plate was empty and she was circling something in the newspaper with a pen, ripping the part off and handing it Dean, laughing when he saw it was the picture of the basset hound and the details.
"Ready to go?" She asks.
Bonnie was standing with her phone in her hand, Dean putting the newspaper clipping in his back pocket and walked with his daughter out of his restaurant, walking down the street. He knew his way to the place far too well, nights of when him and Paige would walk up and down the street when she was pregnant and him now walking with Bonnie to their new home.
"So you excited to be going to the Youth Group? I heard it is the first one they are having after a break." Dean says.
Bonnie shrugs her shoulder, "Fifty-fifty. On the one side I know that you are only making me do this because I punched that guy at school during the first week and you want me around good people but on the other side I'm excited because then I'll be meeting some new people... But I'm not excited about being the new kid."
Dean saw a car pass by them with a guy who had beach blonde hair and a woman with brown hair, then driving the same way Dean and Bonnie were walking.
"Don't worry about it, honey, okay? No matter if you are the new kid or not, people are going to love you. Hey, don't forget that Emma is one of the leaders so if you need to talk to anyone, she's there for you." Dean reminded her.
They walked down the hill, finding the church and Dean saw the same guy with bleach blonde hair and a beautiful woman with brown hair inside the building. Walking inside with Bonnie, Emma came up to him and hugged him.
"I'm so glad you guys could come!" Emma exclaimed, breaking the hug and messing with Bonnie's hair. She tried to fix her hair, putting it in a ponytail, and smiled at Emma.
While Emma said something to Bonnie, Dean looked around the place and saw the parents bringing in their children from outside or talking to another parents as the kids started to hug each other and begin to talk to one another. Glancing over to the guy with two colored hair, he noticed the brown haired woman standing next to him had a ring on her ring finger.
"I'm gonna go and try to meet some of the parents, I'll be back." Dean says.
He went to walk up to this couple that he felt drawn to when a guy with black hair with a bit of gray coming through who was wearing suit extended his hand.
"Hi there! I'm Tony Jones." Tony introduces himself, Dean shaking his hand. "I don't believe I've seen you here before, what brings you here?"
Dean clears his throat, "I'm Dean Ambrose. This is actually the first time I've been here, um, I heard about it from one of friends. My daughter got into some trouble and I thought she should be around some good kids and I know my friend is always talking about how much she loves these kids."
When Tony heard that, he smiled. "Yeah, these kids are great. What kind of trouble did your daughter get into? Hopefully it's nothing too serious."
"Oh no, it wasn't, luckily." Dean waved it off. How did he explain that his daughter punched a guy in school after making a sexual remark at her? Well, he wasn't mad at her for what she did, he was actually proud of her. He just didn't want her to think you could solve everything with violence, "She got into a fight at school and was suspended. The issue was something that the school did not handle right but I wanted to bring her into an environment that taught violence is not the right way to handle things... Plus we just moved into a house not far from here."
Out of the corner of his eyes he saw the guy with the bleach blonde hair eyes widen, going back to the conversation he was in. Dean could feel this guy staring at him and it was starting to bother him but he tried to pay attention to this Tony guy.
"That's good for you guys. Where do you guys live? I'm not that far from here either." Tony replies.
Dean shrugged his shoulders as he tried to think about it. "Um, it's near that newly opened restaurant a few streets over? It's called Midnight Special?" Dean could see Tony trying to think of where it could be located.
Then Tony snapped his fingers, "I think my wife has been in there with her co-workers! She said she loves it, she even liked the interior."
"Thank you, my daughter helped me with it.. And my awesome co-owner." Dean said with a nervous chuckle.
Someone called for Tony into one of the offices, excusing himself from the conversation and Dean waved it off. He turned around to see Bonnie talking to a girl who looked her age, running a hand through his hair and sighed. It seemed like all the parents were talking to each other but didn't bother to come up and meet him - Which, to an extent, he didn't mind, the only reason why he was here was to bring his daughter into a good environment.
"Please tell me your restaurant, in honor of it's name, has midnight specials." Someone says.
Dean looked to his left to see someone walking from behind the counter where the snacks were, the woman extending her hand. He shook her hand, after putting his hands in his pockets and watched her put hers behind her back.
"Sorry, it's only open until ten, but on special holidays it will be open at midnight." Dean says, "I'm Dean Ambrose..."
"Brie Bella." She introduces herself, "I see you are new. Shockingly my sister and her husband brought their son here tonight too!"
Brie points over to where her sister, who looked just like Brie, was standing with her husband. That was the guy he saw driving up the street when they were walking to the church.. And boy was Dean attracted to him. He looked the seemingly happy couple up and down, seeing them hold hands. Looking back to Brie, he smiles.
"You don't say, that's really weird."
Brie shrugs her shoulders, "Don't worry! The group leaders love when people decide to come into the group, we're like one big happy family... Except for when someone leaves the group," Brie explains.
"I'm glad to hear that, I hope my daughter likes it here."
Bonnie sat there during worship as people near her stood, singing along, their hands were in the air. She felt awkward. Of course Rachel had told her that it was totally okay if she didn't sing along when they started, no one would judge her, but seeing everyone getting into the music, she felt horrible. She said to almost everyone she spoke to at this meeting, she was new here and her dad wanted her to be around good people. So far she was having a good time here, everyone was making her feel welcome, but she wanted to be apart of worship.
She got up from one of the front row seats, leaving the room and went out to the entrance, getting a cup of water and finished the cup of water while out there. Bonnie took the last cookie on a plate, eating it slowly, walking back into the other room. Luckily no one saw her trip over an empty cup of water on the floor, catching herself on a chair in the back where it seemed no was sitting, then saw a boy who looked her age coming up towards her. Bonnie remembered seeing him during that ball game where it was girls vs. boys.
"Are you okay?" He asks.
Bonnie sat down and so did the guy, looking at her. "Yeah, I'm good, my stomach hurts because I hit it on the chair."
"I hope you feel better." He says, "I'm Jake Rollins."
"Bonnie Ambrose," She says, shaking Jake's hand. "I'm new here."
"So am I! Do you like it so far? I do, I know some of these guys from the services on Saturday that my dad and I go to." Jake explains.
"Yeah, everyone is nice here." Bonnie says, suddenly feeling that awkwardness again - Everyone here knew each other and she didn't, it was like she didn't belong here. "I've never been here before, my dad has never really gone to church before, except for on Easter and Christmas when Emma likes to invite us here."
"My dad is friends with Emma too! On the weekends she brings over dinner for us since my dad and I just moved into a new house down into Consohocken... And he's not that great of a cook when it doesn't come to those healthy meals."
Both of them laughed while the worship music stopped and they turned towards the stage. Jake looked back at Bonnie as she put her head down, closing her eyes for a minute before closing his eyes and putting his head down to as John began to lead the prayer.
Bonnie had found Dean arguing, in a nice tone, about whether or not Chyna deserved to go into the wrestling Hall of Fame outside. Both Dean and one of her group leaders, Shane, were sitting in the chairs quietly arguing about who was right - Of course Dean was, he believed Chyna rightfully deserved to be in the Hall of Fame whereas Shane agreed with him, but didn't think it would happen for many years to come. Despite them not yelling whenever Dean says "I understand everything even though I may not agree with you but..." and Bonnie started to giggle since she knew that was something her father says when he's very passionate about the thing he is arguing about. Shane and Dean turned towards Bonnie and Dean stood up, hugging Bonnie.
"Listen Shane, we'll talk more at Midnight Special?" Dean asks and Shane nods his head, "Okay, I'll see ya there during the week!"
They wave to each other before Bonnie and him start to walk back to the restaurant. Dean noticed Bonnie now walked with her head up.
"So how did you like the meeting, sweetie? Do you want to come here next week?" Dean asks.
Bonnie shrugged her shoulders. "It was really fun. We played some games, did some worship songs and we discussed a few verses from the Bible. It was um... Matthew?" Bonnie said, she looked at her dad but then forward, Midnight Special coming into view. "It was weird though... I met this kid there, Jake, he's new too... But he knows the kids. I felt weird because everyone knew each other but I didn't. I mean, even the guy I talked to in the beginning, Luke? He was really nice but I just... Felt like I didn't belong."
When Dean heard he could have sworn he felt his heart break into a million pieces, he stopped where he was. It was like time had been frozen and everything didn't even matter anymore. Bonnie continued walking until she realized he wasn't walking with her, walking back to him, Dean putting his hands into his jacket's pockets and making a fist.
"Was it someone who made you feel like you didn't belong? If so, tell me." Dean says.
Bonnie shakes her head, "No, dad! Nobody. It's just... Seeing all of the kids talking and playing with one another like it was just another day in their life was something that bothered me. They don't know me, I don't know them. Some people did try to get to know me but I just didn't feel like I belonged." She explained.
Dean let out a sigh of relief but he continued to feel heartbroken that his daughter didn't feel like she belonged in that group, all he wanted was for her to feel like she belonged there.
"... And I want to go next week." Bonnie says.
"Are you sure? I don't want you to go if you don't feel like you don't belong. Hell, I'll take you somewhere else, I want you to feel like that special person that you truly are."
"Yeah. And let's be honest, Shane was kind of cute." Bonnie shrugged her shoulders.
Dean's eyes widened. Oh shit, this was what everyone was warning him about - The crushes. Everyone warned him when Bonnie was born up until she was five that everything would change when she started noticing boys.
Bonnie and him walked to the restaurant while Dean kept going back to the fact that Bonnie had her first crush on a boy in the Youth Group. And he thought when she got her period the first time was going to be the worst.
Once Seth knew Jake was asleep after their car ride back to their home and Jake telling everything that had happened from when they dropped him off to the minute they picked him up, he went downstairs in his pajama bottoms and got out a bottle of beer and taking it to the going into the living room. He turned on his computer and checked his emails, sending a thank you email to his boss for sending him a welcome message. Looking behind his laptop screen he saw two boxes on the floor that were untouched, only waiting to be unpacked, Seth sighing and rubbing his forehead. He hated moving, yet, he's done it more times than he could count.
Should he unpack or do something else? He thought this over a few times before he went back to using the computer, telling himself he'd get to them next weekend. After all, he'll be busy all week so why not use the rest of his relaxation time to do some relaxing? He found himself on a porn site, scrolling through until he found himself watching a random porno at high volume.
During the film Seth found himself getting hard, his hand going into pants when he heard something on the stairs. His heart beating fast Seth turned the volume off but continued watching the film, seeing the guy on screen moan when he heard Jake say "dad?" which caused him to almost jumped off the couch. He exited out of the tab, shutting off and kept the laptop on his lap.
"Yeah, Jake?" Seth freaked out. Calming himself down, he looked at the time and saw it was close to midnight, "Do you know what time it is? You should be asleep."
Jake came into the living room and sat down on the couch, "I know but I wanted to tell you one last thing before I went to bed... There's this girl I met at the Group meeting, her name is Bonnie. She tripped and I made sure she was okay and we got to talking... I think I may have a crush on her? I mean, I think's pretty and I want to spend some more time with her..."
Seth's eyes widen. His son had his first crush, he wanted to call Nikki and tell him that their son had his first crush and it was another milestone they had reached. Shocked Seth moved closer to him and messed up Jake's hair, Jake pushing him away and laughed as he tried to fix his hair.
"I can't believe it. My son has his first crush!" Seth exclaims, "You know this means me and your mom have to bring up embarrassing stories."
Jake laughed, "Please don't! I don't want you to embarrass me."
"That's what I'm supposed to do, Jake! Telling people embarrassing stories of your childhood is something parents are supposed to do.." Seth says.
"Okay but please don't tell her! Until I get to know her a little more."
"I'll think about it... Now get some sleep, we've got to get an early start tomorrow."
Maybe Seth could meet Bonnie's father and set something up, he still couldn't believe that his son had a crush on someone. Seth knew this would happen one day but he didn't expect that day to be anytime soon, when there were still boxes in the living room needing to be unpacked or when Jake had his first day at a new school the next day. Everything was changing... And hopefully it was for the best.
Author's Note: Hey guys! Here is my new story which I've been working on the last few weeks, which was inspired by a post with au storylines people could use for their otp's. I've mixed in a little bit of my experiences from going to a Youth Group this past year (especially the Bonnie storyline)... So I hope you guys like the story!
Let me know you think and I want to thank y'all for reading!
Love you all, Lizzie (Ryan).
