AJ sat in his cab with a smile. Soon he'd be home, where his wife and son where. As much as he loved wrestling, AJ loved them more. There were days he wondered about what he was doing.
As a father and husband, AJ knew he was falling just a little short. He wanted to be a better father, to be the man he knew he should be. A man would be home every night to tuck his son into bed. A man would be there when his wife was feeling stressed about there son. Or anything else that was going on in her life.
AJ frowned a little, somehow his wife was still holding on. In his heart he sometimes feared that someone would take the opening he left wide open. Each time he was gone, AJ feared that it would end with him in divorce court.
His wife was one heck of a woman, and he knew that many a man would love to be there for her. Be there for her, while her husband was off running around hanging form cables. Pulling X's off chains and flying threw the air like a human dart. AJ wondered for the hundreth time if it was really all worth it.
Sure the pay was good and TNA was growing. His pay checks were getting bigger, which meant money could be put away. However, the nights were getting longer, the road a little harder.
He was reminded of the Garth Brooks song. He was way too young to feel this damn old. Yet for AJ things were just now getting really great. He was moving back up the ranks fast.
He and Daniels were going to hold the tag gold. AJ sighed, if only there was a way to both be in TNA and home every night. He'd said the same thing he'd been thinking to Daniles just before they parted ways. Start flash back:
"Styles. Every wrestler who has children and a wife thinks about that. You can't have it both ways, the sad truth is that we want it all. We want the dream job we love to do. We want to be home every night to put the kids to bed. We want to be the husbands our wives should have. But it's really one or the other, this business doesn't really give us normal. Some people are bless to be able to have a home close to work. Most people in this business don't. I understand how you feel...there are days I wonder if I won't find divorce papers waiting for me...but I still want to be in this business. At least for now anyway, I've got too much more I need to get done. Money that's got to get put a side, and the only way to get that is to get gold. Highlights to make, wars to be had. You need to make a choice, don't answer me now. Think about it long and hard, then call me and tell me what you want."
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AJ smiled as the cab pulled up in front of his home. AJ pulled his bag over his shoulder and handed the driver his money with a nice tip. The cab driver smiled back as AJ shut the door and head up to his front door. He would have to make a choice soon. But for now it was just good to be home.