Author's Note :
This chapter contains very violent scenes which can be sensitive for some readers. This contains mentions of sexual assault, stalking, blood and other violence.
Please don't proceed if you are sensitive topic. Here's the gist of this chapter in case you are curious but you wanted to skip the rest.
Summary of the chapter : Jon and Aria at some point in their professional and personal careers, were feuding. Jon left her which gave some people in the backstage idea that she's available again. She got harassed and stalked by Justine when she rejected him. He basically can't say no. He went a little too far which made Jon furious. They had one last match and in that match, there was a part where they would bleed from a weapon. Instead of using the fake weapon, he used a real one which caused harm and trauma to Aria that even until now she was carrying. After that match, they all went separate ways. Justine was having a lot of problems and he wasn't able to take all of it in so he took his own life. People blamed Aria for it, because he was obsessed with her and she didn't tolerate any of his advances.
"Hey kid, you okay?" Jon asked as we were entering our hotel room.
"Yeah I'm fine. I just remembered Justine. during Drake's party"
"Kid, forget about that night okay? Its all in the past. You have me and beside he's already gone."
"I know that and I'm forever thankful for having you. I love you so much Jon."
"I love you too Aria Trinity."
"I wanted to forget everything but I cant"
"I know its hard kid but were always here for you. His death is not your fault, that guy has problems that existed way before he even met you."
I nodded while I bury my head in Jon's chest.
Justine was a good guy. Key word, WAS. We started as friends when Jon was not travelling with us. When Jon returned to CZW that was when we started to drift apart. He distanced himself from me until he eventually turned his back on me by helping Daisy attack me until I was swimming in my own blood. After that brutal attack I had from them, He started to creep me out by stalking me and staring at me. Jon and I was still in a feud on screen and off screen. The stalking and attacks continued until one day he stopped. Our next interaction was during Drake's party. He claimed he wanted to be friends with me and I was a fool to believe he wasn't planning anything. I gave him the benefit of a doubt but he just destroyed it. He drugged my drink and almost took advantage of me until Jon came and rescued me. After that night, he tormented me an tortured me mentally.
After weeks of enduring, Jon challenged him in a match. It was a brutal match in which I was on Jon's corner and her was with Daisy. Everything was going the way it was supposed to be until he started pulling out a saw from under the ring. I knew this was planned but I had this weird gut feeling that something will go wrong.
He started putting the saw near Jon's forehead which caused some blood to pour out to his face. I was about to run towards jon when i tripped over something. I looked down and saw another saw, a plastic saw to be exact. My guess was that, this should've been the one they can use during the match. I looked at him and saw that he was smirking at me enjoying how everything is slowly killing me.
"Jon" I cried out helplessly
"Don't come near me. Go back" he whimpered
"You see this? Is this the man you'll rather have than me?" He shouted
"Please let Jon go" I was still pleading with him when daisy yanked my hair and throw me in a table.
The small crowd was going insane as Jon was battling out against Marvin an I was facing off with Daisy outside the ring. At that moment, I could care less on who won the match. I just wanted Jon to be safe.
That was the last time that we heard from him. Jon was called up to NXT and I was wrestling for TNA. We were already together when we found out that he took his own life. He was under the influence of multiple drugs for the past couple of years but people still blamed me for his death. They believed that I lead him on. They thought I gave him hope that we can be together. I did nothing but befriend him and this was all I got. After finding out about his death, I had a hard time coming back to CZW. It's hard to see people look at you like you murder somebody. I paid my respect in his wake but Daisy (his valet) threw me out of the place before I even reached his family.
Up until this day, His memory still haunts me. I knew deep down in my heart the man who wants to hurt me isn't the same guy who treated me like a queen and was always there for me when I needed a friend. I know that there is an explanation about everything he did to me.
I woke up the next day with the smell of bacon and eggs. I was about to get up when I felt an arm dragged me back.
"Babe? Who's cooking?" I asked
"Sami. He dropped by last night. He needs a place to crash in so I let him stay"
"Okay. Lets get up sleepy head. Colby will be here any moment to ask us to work out with him."
We both got up and went to the kitchen.
"Hey Sami make sure you have enough to feed hungry hounds" i joked
"I've been cooking since early morning so I think were good" he joked back
"How was NXT treating you so far?" I asked
"Been there for more than a year but I only made my debut a couple of months back. It sucks I'm not used to being sidelined. It's nothing like the indies but I'm hoping to get the push like you guys did"
"I know, It must've been hard. But remember, you just got out from an injury. Take things slowly okay? You have a lot more time ahead of you"
"That's easy for you to say Tri. You didn't have to go to NXT."
"Unlike men, divas has an expiration date. When all this curves are out and the face is not as beautiful anymore, were done. You guys can still wrestle but we cant anymore."
"Okay, I'll step in and stop the two of you before you kill each other. I swore its as if you guys are old married couple" Jon whined
Sami and I looked at each other and we both said 'Ewww'
Me and Sami, despite fighting like cat and dog, are like bestfriends. Jon often called us twins since we are alike in so many ways.
Colby picked us up careful not to let fans see the shield together while they were supposed to be hating each other.
CrossFit was hell and I know Jon will agree with me. While working out, I cant help but think about what Sami told me earlier. I did skip NXT. Yes I'm more than qualified to be a diva but I was unfair to all the NXT girls who works twice as hard just to get to the main roster.
"Hey Steph, this is Aria. I want to set a meeting with you. Would that be okay?... Yeah... Sure but Ill ask Joe, Colby and Jon if they are available... I'll tell them that... Okay, thank you so much Steph"
The boys looked at me when I hang up.
"What will you ask Jon, Joe and Colby?" It never fail to make me laugh when Colby starts talking in third person.
"Nothing too serious. I just asked for a meeting with Steph about something. She asked me if you guys can tag along since she has something to say to you guys as well"
"I guess we can go to the meeting. It's not like we have a choice" Colby joked.
