Chapter 5
Jake was in his bathroom taking the bandage off his head. Stitches hadn't been an option since it was a bunch of little wounds instead of one big one. "Wow there has to be at least twenty wounds in my head," Jake thought. Traci came in the bathroom. "How's your head?" She asked. "It hurts like hell, but then again I have had worse," Jake says being honest but not trying to stress her out.
"Are you going to be able to make it to the doctor's exam today?" Traci asked. "Nothing could make me miss it," Jake says. "You know how to get there right?" Traci asked. "For the last time yes I know where it is. It's in the same building as your normal physician," Jake says. "Is that why you got lost the last four times you drove me there?" Traci asked. "Yeah but now I know what I have done wrong," Jake says.
"I'm going to keep my cell phone on just in case. I can hear it now you're calling me up and you're on Bad Street with Michael Hayes," Traci says. "Look Traci if I'm on Bad Street we have a lot more problems," Jake says. "Just don't get lost," Traci says. "I won't. Besides you have no room to talk I remember the first time you took me to visit you parents and you couldn't the house you grew up in," Jake says. "It was dark," Traci says getting defensive.
Paul Heyman watched as his new client worked out. "I am going to have to wait and see who this situation between LAX and Jake Reed works out. Senshi certainly has the talent to win the title but now with those other three helping him he is all that more dangerous," Paul thought. "It doesn't matter the NWA title will soon be in my control," he said out loud.
Jake was in the last place he ever thought he would be again. In a high school gym. He was actually doing a lecture to a bunch of students about staying off drugs. One of the consolers had actually been one at Millard South the old high school that Jake went to in Omaha.
"Look boys and girls I wish that after this you would never drink or use drugs but I know that isn't happing. But what I am trying to say is all the things you here are true. I mean I can't stress this enough at one point I over dosed and was dead for two minutes. Look I don't want to brag but I am great wrestler. On drugs I never could live up to my skill level, once I got clean my life has never been better. I am top of my profession and now I am happily married and I have a baby on the way and those three things are better than any high you get," Jake says wrapping up.
The students start to clap. "Alright now were going to open it up to questions and it can be anything that is suitable for school," the principle Mrs. Lopez says. Hands go up and Jake points to one boy in a letter man jacket. "Is it true that you taught John Cena the FU?" the kid asked. "First it's called the Death Valley Driver. And to answer you question no because if I taught him how to do the DVD he would do it better. But he did steal it from me because I beat him with it three times," Jake says.
Jake points to a girl with short brown hair. "You mentioned that you had to nearly die before you went to rehab. Do you think your loved ones should have taken steps to force you to go to rehab?" The girl asks. "That is tricky because the way I was had my friends or family tried to force me to go I would have run. That said I know interventions do help so I would talk to consoler," Jake says.
"Alright we have to wrap this up. I want to thank Mr. Reed for coming," The principle says. The students clap again and then file out back to class. The principle comes up to Jake. "I want to thank again Mr. Reed," she says. "Call me Jake and I was happy to do it. If I can help one person not go though what I went through then it's worth it," Jake says. "I actually think a few of them really connected to what you said," Mrs. Lopez says. "I have to get going but how do I get out of here again?" Jake asks. "I can show out," Mrs. Lopez says.
Traci is in the doctor's office having a sonogram done. "Well Traci everything look great," the doctor says. "Wow," Traci says in awe. "Well we can get you a video and a still frame and you have your first baby pictures. Show Jake what he missed," The doctor says with a tone. "Look Gwen, Jake didn't mean to miss this. He just gets lost real easy and to be fair he was coming from a location he doesn't go to all that often," Traci says.
"Well he could have at least called," Gwen says. "He would have. If I hadn't been teasing him about this morning," Traci says. "So how long do you think it will be before he swallows his pride and calls?" Gwen asks. "Well Jake is a perfectly reasonable adult male so when he is either hungry or wants sex," Traci says joking.
A little later Traci is walking out when the phone rings. She answers it without looking at the caller id. "Jake how do you get lost every time?" Traci asks laughing because she finds it funny. "Ah Mrs. Reed this is Dr. Bonar. I'm calling because you are you husband's emergency contact," a male voice says on the line. "What happened?" Traci asks terrified. "He was beaten and dropped off. He is pretty bruised up but other wise fine," Dr. Bonar says.
Traci runs into the ER and right up to the desk. "I'm Traci Brooks Reed my husband Jake Reed was brought in," she says. "Traci," Jake yells out coming out from behind a curtain. They run up and hug. When she gets close she sees that Jake is face is bruised and swollen. "Oh my God," she says with tears in her eyes. "It just looks bad. You have seen me take a lot worse than I got today," Jake says holding her trying to calm her down. "Do you know who did this?" Traci asks. "Yeah I do it was…" Suddenly Traci collapses. Jake catches her. A doctor and a nurse rush over to help. "She is pregnant," is all Jake can say as they take her off.