The Zack Mercer Story

Chapter 16: I'm Ready

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 - Backlash: 11 Days Away - Somewhere in Texas

James sat in the driver side of his car driving with a frown on his face dressed in black jeans with rips in them with one of his sleeveless t-shirts and a pair of black Nike Huaraches. His hair was oily as it went down to his lower back. In the passenger side sat a smiling Alexis Kaufman dressed in a pair of blue jeans with a white blouse and brown leather boots.

James looked over at Lexi to see her staring at him before he looked back on the road focusing on their long drive.

"What?" He simply asked as he continued to focus on the road.

"Why do you look so cute when you're frown?" Lexi asked trying to get him to lighten up a bit but to little or no avail.

"What's wrong Drew?" Lexi asked now with concern as her smile changed into a look of concern for her boyfriend. James was never a guy who would just open up and tell you about his feelings, he was a guy who would hid them and shut everybody out whether than tell someone. He always felt that he had to take care of everyone else and no one could take care of him. The only person that could get him to talk was Lexi.

"Nothing." He lied. She sighed as she then grabbed his hand off the steering wheel and gave it a gentle squeeze. He looked back over at her with his frown before then focusing back on the road. Lexi knew her boyfriend and she knew that whenever he was like this then it was something serious.

Hours Later - Houston, Texas

James sat on the couch in the Aloft Houston Downtown hotel watching TV. He had his feet up on the table in the living room. He sighed as he looked down at the Elizabeth tattoo on his hand. The reason that he had been upset was because his story was starting to come out. The WWE wouldn't be the type of company to take the son of drug addicts and make him a superstar. He was worried that the Intercontinental Championship would be his only Championship opportunity in the WWE.

Even if it was or wasn't, the Intercontinental Championship reign he's having at the moment was going to be the greatest. It was the greatest moment in his career winning the Championship on his daughter's birthday. A daughter who he couldn't see but he knew that she would be proud of him.

"Drew?" Lexi said as she walked into the living room dressed in her clothes from earlier without her boots. He looked up at her to see that she had tears in her eyes. He knew that she had been crying about him. She always did that when he didn't tell her things. She wanted to be like a true couple that told eachother everything. But that was something that James couldn't do. He hated hiding secrets from her but that was something that he had to do to hide the horror of his past from her.

"Come here babe." James said as he stood up and held his arms out wide for Lexi. Lexi then walked towards him into his embrace. He gave her a kiss on the top of her head as she leaned her head into his chest.

"I'm worried about you Drew. I don't like secrets they tears us about. Just like they did with me and Matthew."

"I'm nothing like Matthew Lex. I love you Lex."

"I know you're not. I love you too Drew. I really do." Lexi said as she looked up at James. James leaned down and kissed Lexi on the lips. Their kiss soon grew into a kiss of passion with James eventually dropping down on the couch while their locks were still locked. Lexi broke the kiss and leaned her forehead into his while they both gasped for air. They eventually looked into each other eyes with emotions full of passion, love and lust while Lexi straddled him.

"I'm ready Drew. I want you." She said as seductively as possible. This triggered something in James that just sent him over the edge. He was ready now for Lexi. Ready to take it to the next level. Lexi and James resumed their lip battle while eventually trying to remove each other's clothing.

A/N: So this is just a quick little chapter that I felt like putting out. If you enjoyed please let me know with a review. If you have any suggestions for Zack's IC title reign please let me know.

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