The Zack Mercer Story
Chapter 30: Personal Time
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 - Survivor Series: 39 Days - Los Angeles, California
For the first time in a long time, Andrew McGrady was a single man. In most cases if he was a single man it was because he ended the relationship on good terms but this wasn't the case. He wanted Lexi in his life. No. He NEEDED Lexi in his life and it turns out that she just got tired of him having to be the one in the relationship that screwed everything up. And he admitted that he did screw everything up. He screwed up the minute he even let his guard down around a woman like Cassie and it cost. It cost him the one good thing going in his life. He lost his parents, he lost his sister momentarily, he lost his baby girl and to cap it all off, he lost the love of his life. Life wasn't to great for James.
Currently James laid in his bed in his hotel room in downtown LA. His hair was sprawled all over his face while a half-full bottle of whiskey sat on the nightstand next to the bed. He laid there shirtless in his grey sweatpants. Just then his door opened making him groan.
"Wakey, Wakey James." said a voice that James recognized. It was none other than Matthew O'Donovan, his former Tag partner and road buddy.
"Screw you." James groaned as Matt chuckled while he walked towards the window and pulled the curtian wide letting the bright LA sunlight hit James in the face. James groaned even louder as he took his pillow and threw it at Matt causing him to chuckle even more.
"Look here mate, We're going to have an entire day out on the town. Me and You. And a couple of girls we pick up along the way." Matt said with a smile on his face as James slowly sat up and looked at Matt with a fake face of disdain. A smart person would think that if you were just coming off a break-up, it would be smart to not get you back in the dating scene but not Matt.
"I'm not really in the mood Matt, I just broke up with my girl dude."
"What happened to the James that I knew? The James who didn't get tied down. The James who had every girl in whatever city we were in begging for a chance to be with him. The James who-" Matt was saying but James cut him off.
"I get it man. I get it." James said as he got up and walked towards the bathroom to get dressed and shower. Matt smiled as he knew that he was going to get James in a better mood and get him to spend some time with his former tag team partner and close friend.
Hours Later - Streets of LA
James walked down the street dressed in his "Wheat" Timbs with his black skinny jeans with a black t-shirt and his blue jean jacket. James had his hair up in man bun with his black aviators and his necklace that had his daughter's name on it. Matt stood beside him dressed in blue jeans with black boots with a white v-neck and a black leather jacket. Matt had blue eyes and dirty blonde hair with light stubble on his chin. He was 5'10 and weighed 205 last time he teamed up with James.
"Hey how you doin ladies." Matt said to a few girls that looked at the two. Matt send them his usual flirtatious smile while James looked on with a frown on his face focused on the way ahead instead of focusing on the females.
Matt looked at James and sighed as he then grabbed the guy by his arm and made James look at him.
"Hey James man, You gotta smile for these girls."
"Look man I don't want any of these girls or need any of these girls."
"Oh lies you tell dear brother. James you always need one of these girls. For moments like this when you are stressed and single to take the pressure off."
James frowned as he sighed while he took off his shades. Part of him wanted to get his mind off of Lexi but the other part of him didn't want to. The guy before he met Lexi would have done it no doubt but the moments he shared with Lexi changed him. It changed him from that rolling stone of a man to a sensible man who wanted to start a family. Unfortunately the other side was starting to take effect.
"Fine." James said as he turned and started to walk back towards the women.
"So ladies how you doin?" James said as he flashed them his flirtatious smile making them giggle.
Hours Later - Local Bar
James sat the counter at the Bar in one of the stools while Matt and the girls they met earlier were over at the table where they were supposed to be sitting. The amount of women present had grew over a matter of 2 hours and was almost 4 times the size it started out.
"Damn groupies." James said as he looked back and took a sip of his beer now. He was going on his 4th beer tonight after too many shots of Jack Daniels
"Hey Dave give me another scotch and another beer."
"Sure thing but my name is Eddie."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah whatever." James said rudely. Eddie sighed before he then went on to fix James drink. James was kind of a usual at this bar every time he went to LA and out of all his times there he was never a rude person.
"Here you go."
"Thanks bud." James said as he quickly downed the drink of scotch making him sigh afterwards.
"Andrew McGrady?" said a female voice that James recognized. He turned around only to see that it was Jamie Szantyr AKA Velvet Sky.
"In the flesh." James replied with a genuine smile as Jamie walked towards him and took a sit in the stool next to him.
"What are you doing here?"
"I could be asking you the same."
"Well, I'm in town to see a few friends. Now it's your turn?"
"Well, I had a show San Jose yesterday and I came here planning to enjoy the city along but Matt met up with me and dragged me here with a couple of ladies."
"Why are you not with Lexi?" Jamie asked making James take a sip of his beer.
"You two broke up didn't you?"
"Yeah we did."
"What happened?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"You know I came here to see my boyfriend and I caught him in bed with my former best friend."
"Lauren?"
"No not Lauren. Lacey."
"That's terrible."
"Very. And I was gonna come here and drink to my sorrows all alone but looks like I found a drinking partner."
"Oh please you can't keep with me."
"Oh really. Wanna bet?"
"As a matter of fact, I do. Hey, Eddie can you get this woman a beer?" James said he motioned for Eddie to get Jamie a beer. Jamie smiled as she looked over at James who was smiling for what seemed like the first real time tonight.
1 Hour Later
Jamie was well-over drunk with her drinking partner, James who was drunk as well. Matt was still over in the corner with his party of women who at this point paid James no mind.
"You ready to tap out?" James asked Jamie who took the final swig of her third beer of the night and then nodded. James chuckled as he put a Franklin down on the counter.
"Hey Eddie, I'm tapping out."
"James man that's too much."
"No it's not bro. I disrespected you earlier so you keep the change to make up for that." Eddie nodded while James turned to Jamie who started to stand up only for her to stumble a bit before James caught her chuckling.
"You alright there Jamie."
"Yeah, I think I had too much." James chuckled at her statement as he looked her up and down and for the first time ever he didn't see her as a close friend but something more. But once he looked her in the eyes, it wasn't Jamie's eyes he was seeing it was Lexi's baby blue's.
"So do you have a place or a room nearby?" James asked as he looked away from her and kept on walking.
"Yeah."
"Okay I'm gonna drop you off there." James said as he began to start walking with her but she stopped him and looked him up in his eyes. Once again it was Lexi's eyes he was seeing making him frown.
"I'm not ready for Mercermania to end." Jamie said as she bit her lip and looked at him with Lust filling her eyes.
"Sorry Jamie, I-I-I can't. I'm in love with someone that I plan to get back. And I'm sorry if I was sending your wrong signals but I still love her." James said as Jamie looked down at the ground while James talked.
"Well that sucks. I was into you but I hope this girl knows that she's lucky to have an amazing guy. Make sure she knows that." Jamie said.
"I just hope she feels the same way."
A/N: So I changed few things and I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.
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Peace!