Well here is ths new chapter guys. I hope you like it. I also wanna thank everyone for their reviews they were awesome. Ok so the next chapter might be delayed some. I've got two papers due in the next week to do, and this story is confusing me. I know what i wanna do, but i'm afraid to. I want this story to be my own not accidentaly someone elses.
The next morning Jess woke up to someone poking her.
"Jess wake up we need to talk."
"What the hell, how'd the hell did you get in here?" She said sitting up instantly and seeing Melinda sitting on the side of her bed.
"You gave me a spare key remember? Anyway so guess what I got?"
"What?"
"Take a guess."
"No I'm not in the mood."
"I got a house right on the beach and guess where it's at."
"Where?"
"Right beside yours now I can live beside my best friend and live on the beach."
"That's great." She said hugging her best friend.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm not talking about it again."
"Please…" She said begging Jess.
"I was drunk and I made out with Stu, and he used me then we got into a fight. I ran four miles to Midtown Park and saw Stephen we talked about it I got mad at him and I ran the four miles back. Took a bath then cried myself to sleep."
"That's a new record eight miles in one day. Stu is an ass and why are you mad at Stephen?"
"Because I tried to get him to fix Stu's psycho ass hole problem and all he said was that he would talk to him. How the hell is talking to someone gonna fix them."
"With Stu it won't and you have every right to be angry he used you. That man needs psychiatric help."
"That's exactly what I said."
"Now hurry up we're going to the spa."
"The spa?"
"Yep it's a congrats for winning your match last night."
"Oh really so I can have anything I want done."
"Gasp no."
"Well then what kind of congrats is this?" She said making her way to the bathroom.
"I was kidding, but no tattoos or piercings."
"What are you my mom?"
"Those are too expensive."
"I don't need any more anyhow."
"Tattoos or piercings?"
"Piercings and I'm not ready to get another tattoo yet." Truth was she wished she hadn't have got the other tattoo and her ears were good enough since she hated and feared needles. When she was five she got really sick and was in the hospital for three weeks and they put an IV in her and she accidentally ripped it out. She was drunk when she got her tattoo which was on her left shoulder blade and the tattoo was of a Star Gazer Lillie.
"Oh shoot Mindy I totally forgot I've got a doctor's appointment this morning so you wanna go after it?"
"I guess since I have nothing better to do."
"How'd you get off of work by the way?"
"I have no clue."
Jess's doctor appointment went as usual the usual being a change of meds and the: I'll see you again in six months. Ever since she got sick they were worried that she'd get sick again.
The trip to the spa was a well-deserved trip Jess and Melinda got facials, manicures, pedicures, massages, and even a wax. After they got done at the spa Jess and Melinda decided to get dinner and smoothies afterward. They got dinner at Red Lobster or as Melinda liked to call it Red Loobster. They finished by getting smoothies at Captain Jims Smoothie Bar. When they were coming out of the smoothie bar Jess saw Stu.
"Shit shit shit. Mindy hide me."
"Why do you want me to hide you?"
"I forgot to call Stu he's supposed to start training me today and I just totally blew him off."
"Too late I think he saw you."
"Shit."
Stu came walking up wearing a blue polo shirt an under armour hat and sunglasses that covered his eyes.
"Ah Jessica we need to talk."
"Yeah about that."
"I've been trying to call you all day."
"My phone died."
"I was just worried something might have been wrong. We were supposed to train today." He said in an almost sneer.
"I totally forgot." Jess said lying.
"Shure be ready we train at six tomorrow morning."
"What the hell do you know how early that is?"
"I do but if you want to win you have to work your arse off."
"I'm not having this argument here and I don't feel like arguing with you right now." She said walking off.
"I'll see you tomorrow at my house then. Be ready to work your arse off."
"Whatever." Jess said continuing her walk off.
The next morning Jess dressed, all decked out in under armour, and drove her pink dodge challenger to Stu's. Stu opened the door with two cups of coffee in his hands.
"Here we've got lots to do." He said trusting a coffee cup into her face.
"Well good morning to you to Stuart."
"Yeah I'm just glad you're on time today." She said walking into his house. She felt weird being in Stu's house it was the first time she was alone in his house with him. She was hoping Stu would go easy on her, she knew he trained like a gladiator a very sexy gladiator.
"Jess." He said waving a hand in front of her face and breaking her out of her trance.
"Sorry I was just thinking."
"I know I'm handsome you don't have to stare."
"That's not what I was thinking about besides you're ugly." She said lying then she added. "Plus you've got a crooked nose."
"You're in for it now you."
"Ooo I'm shaking in my shoes."
Once in the gym Stu put Jess through a vigorous work out and for the next four hours she worked her ass off until she physically couldn't do anything else. The last thing he had her doing was leg weights and through all the griping and cussing from Stu about how she wasn't doing enough and how she wasn't giving it her best she gave up. Her muscles wouldn't allow her to do anything. When she tried to stand up she fell flat on her butt in the floor.
"Get up we've got more to do."
"I'm done if I can't walk tomorrow it's your damn fault. I have been working my ass off for you for the past four hours I can't physically do anything else. I fell on my butt just standing up." She said biting back tears of pain and anger.
"Like I care." Was all Stu said offering her a helping hand.
"Well you should since I'm your new ticket to The Great Barrett Uprising."
"Ah yes so you're going to help me."
"What choice do I have?"
"Ah you're right you don't have one."
"I do but I chose not to because I wanna be like my friends successful and powerful."
"Oh so now I'm your friend?"
"Yes and no were more like frienemies."
"Friends and enemies I would have to agree."
"Wow that's a first. Oh and if you're planning on training on Saturday I'm gonna have to decline."
"Do I even need to ask why?"
"I'm going to tell you anyway. I'm running a race to raise money for breast cancer research. It's a hundred dollars so for a ten k it would be a thousand dollars."
"So you want my money."
"It's for a good cause." She said getting all teary eyed.
"Someone close to you had cancer didn't they?" he said sitting down beside her.
"My granny did but she's ok now. Cancer just kinda runs in my family my grandpa has colon cancer, my aunt had ovarian cancer, and my cousin had leukemia."
"That's just horrible." Stu said.
"Yeah it is everyone in my family has had serious medical problems."
"And you. Yeah even me when I was five I lost a lot of weight I looked anorexic I had appendicitis and something was wrong with my gallbladder so they took them both out before I started school. I spent almost three months in the hospital during all that. I've really learned to appreciate life and go after what I want."
"I have to say you're a really strong person, and I respect you for that."
"I'm not strong I just act that way." She said not knowing if she should stare that with Stu.
"You really are."
"No I'm not. I'm insecure I cry myself to sleep most nights, and I worry about everything. When I was ten I was bullied and diagnosed with anxiety problems. When I was thirteen, my brother left to go into the army. I get to talk to him every day, but it's not the same. I got my degree in nursing at Ole Miss then decided that I wanted to be a WWE Diva so I left everything behind and moved here to Florida where I didn't know anyone."
"Things get better they always do."
"Not for me every time I say things can't get any worse they usually do."
"Well when you get so low all you can go is up right?"
"Ah I've spent so much time unhappy that I wouldn't know what to do if I was truly happy for more than a brief moment."
"You know what Stephen and I were going to get drinks tonight and you're gonna join us."
"Are you doing this just so you can kiss me again and act like nothing happened?"
"Yeah I'm sorry I did that. I should've told you I didn't know I felt about you but now I do."
"And how is that?" She said hoping it was for the best.
"Confused you're in my every thought when I close my eyes all I see is you."
"I feel the same way minus the confusion part."
"That's great." He said putting his hands on her face and kissing her passionately. It was a long overdue kiss for both of them.
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