Chapter 14
Reviewers- I want to thank everyone that has reviewed this. This chapters shows what Jake is doing to get ready for his match meanwhile Traci fights her feelings and a bit of a twist at the end.
Traci was lying in her bed wide awake at 3:00 A.M. Matt was beside her out like a light. She had agreed to let him back in there bed after he had apologized non stop and swore it would never happen again. She believed it she should have been honest about her past but it was just so humiliating to have the man she loved cheat on her. She changed her position for about the hundredth time that night trying to fall asleep. It didn't matter what she tried he mind wouldn't let her sleep.
She kept thinking about Jake. She was terrified about what Joe could do to him. She also had this bad feeling like someone was trying to hurt him. Then there was the old fear that he would fall off the wagon.
A strange thought entered her mind, "Why can you forgive Matt. Yet you can't do the same for the man you truly love." She tried to shake the thought from her mind but it wouldn't leave. Traci continued to toss and turn the rest of the night.
The alarm sounded in Jake's bedroom. It was 4:00 A.M. Jake rose from his slumber and quickly pulled on a pair of sweets. He headed to the kitchen and made himself a small breakfast. After eating he began to stretch. He put on his shoes and started his daily jog. He normal retune was two miles but since finding out he was facing Joe he had upped it to four most days and six on others.
After the jog he didn't stop. He went home and did one hundred sit-ups followed by one hundred pushups. After that he took a shower. After getting dressed he headed to his living room and put in a DVD. Skipping a head the match he wanted. It was Joe vs. Austin Aries from final battle 2004. The only time Joe had been cleanly beat in a one on one ROH world title match. Since he had found he was facing Joe he been studying every piece of footage he could get on Joe.
He had seen what worked and what didn't against the Samoan Submission Machine. He paused replayed and slow-mode the match. He not only looked at how Joe did his movies but what he did that may act as a tip off. He then did the same with Joe's TNA match against Chris Sabin.
After he got up and was heading to the gym to lift weights. Before he left he picked the ROH title on his mantle. He took time to run his finger over it he knew he may not have it for long. He had already agreed to make his match with a Joe a title match. It would mark the first time the ROH title was defended on PPV. After that Bryan Danielson was scheduled to get his rematch. Also names like Homicide and Jimmy Rave were in the title picture.
He hit the gym and was there for over three hours. He came home. He was done working out for the day. Tomorrow he would travel down to the old NWA Wildside promotion school and work with there students to get ready then he would head to Orlando for the tapings.
Jake was defiantly in the best shape of his life. His mind was in good shape to. He had made it a point to talk to Trinity before he left the UK telling her to leave him alone that he wasn't going to sleep with her again. He flat out told her she had been a fling nothing more and he was done with that part of his life.
The phone rang and he went to pick it up. "Hello," Jake said into the receiver. "Hey Jake its AJ. I just wanted to know how your training is going," AJ said. "Or did you just call to make sure I was home," Jake said he grown to accept that AJ would worried about him no matter what Jake said. "How's the training going?" AJ asked again ignoring Jake's comment. "Pretty good. I think I am as ready as anyone can be to fight a guy like Joe," Jake said sitting down on his sofa.
"That's good. No visits from the past I hope," AJ said, Jake had told him about Trinity's attempts to seduce him. "Well one," Jake said. "Who?" AJ asked worried. "Rick Michaels, he wanted to see how I was doing and offer the old school to help me train before my match with Joe." Jake said enjoying getting a rise out of AJ. "You think you are funny. Don't you Reed." AJ said.
"It's not my fault you are such an easy mark Styles," Jake said ripping him. "Yeah well I happen to care about you. Why? I don't know," AJ said. "Well who said I want you to care?" Jake said laughing. They talked a while longer before AJ had to go eat dinner with his wife. Jake headed to the kitchen to make his own. Even though he was in a good mood that feeling that his past was about to come out remained with him the whole day.
Alex Shelly was in Nashville he knocked on the door of a nice home. A woman answered the door and said, "They are waiting for you downstairs." "Thanks Jill," He said walking in and heading to the room he had been in a few times. They entire Jarrett army was in the basement of Jeff's home.
"Well Alex we are all here what's so important that we all had to be here?" Chris Harris asked before taking another swig of his beer. "Well I have a new movie to debut and it's so good I wanted to give you all a preview of it," Shelly said taking the video out of his bag. "This had better be good. Tonight is nickel beer night at my favorite bar," A very drunk James Strom yelled.
"Oh it's not just good it's better than the footage I go of Jackie and you all know how good that was," Alex said placing the tape in the VCR. "Who the hell is this about," Scott D'Amore asked. "Oh the new golden boy of TNA, Jake Reed. It's a story of love, loss, drugs, sex and near death. My I present "An Affair to Dismember,"" Shelly said pressing play.
The tape played it started with a still shot of Jake with Shelly narrating it. Then it turned into an expose reveling that Jake been a long time drug user and had already overdosed once. Numerous Indy wresters told stories about Jake none of them positive. It then moved into revel why Jake used and reveled his past with Traci. Mike the agent for the shows they meet at reveled all that he knew.
The movie than turned into the story of how there relationship ended. Shelly showed how persist he was as he track the woman Jake had slept with had her tell her story and basically claim Jake wasn't as drunk as he says he was. Finally shifting into how far Jake fell after the break up. Even having a promoter say that Jake was the most addicted man he had ever dealt since Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
The final part made it seem like wasn't clean as he claimed. It used edited footage to paint Jake in a bad light. For example if used the call he made to AJ needing help seem like he was calling a drug dealer than showed the recent footage of Jake and Trinity but stooping just before Jake ran out. Making it appear like they had sex. With that the video ended.
That Jarrett army clapped. James Storm stood up and spoke, "Alex that was beautiful. I laughed, I cried, I got a hard on when I saw that blonde," he joked. Shelly was proud of himself for once again finding the dirt.
Coach D'Amore just sat in his chair deep in thought then an evil smile came across his face. He stood up and patted Alex on the back. "Alex my boy great job as usual. But I have a great idea of how to use this before the debut," He said. "What ever you want Coach," Shelly replied.
D'Amore approached Jarrett. "Champ I have an idea of how to take care of Jake Reed once and for all. I think it's time for IT." He said with emphases on it. "What ever you want Scott. And Alex that was Oscar worthy," Jarrett said wanting to see what the evil mind of his partner in crime came up with.