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Rebirth-Chapter Three-Starting Over

Jason glanced back as he walked towards Shawn's car, Mara was saying goodbye to Rebecca and Cameron, all his stuff was packed in the back of Shawn's car. This was it, he was moving on, Shawn's house had been his home for the past four months, he and Mara had practically been part of the family, now it was over. He walked back to Rebecca and Cameron and leant down in front of the boy.

"OK buddy, you be good for Mommy and Daddy OK?"

"Kay".

"And remember what I told you".

"Playstation is better than X-Box?"

"That's the one, see ya kid". He stood up and hugged Rebecca. "Thanks for everything Rebecca".

"You're welcome Jason, feel free to visit when you can".

"I'll try". The teen put his arm round Mara and the two went to the car where Shawn was waiting, they got in, waved to Rebecca and Cameron one last time then Shawn drove towards the airport. No-one talked in the car allowing Jason's mind to drift to his upcoming debut match with Maverick Matt Bentley, he had made it back to San Antonio in time to catch Impact and see how things with Bentley played out, Cornette had told Bentley he'd be facing TNA's newest acquisition at Sacrifice, as Matt had started to reply the promo video Jason had shot with the camera crew with a voice over put in, it was mostly just shots of him standing with his back to the camera or his face covered but it came off nicely, although the voice over saying that he had been rejected by his family could have been a slight give away. Now it was in his hands, sink or swim, earn a title shot or struggle on the lower card, a lot of pressure to put on a teenager but he was willing to give his all. They arrived at the airport and Shawn helped them drop off their bags.

"Y'know what I just realised?" Said Jason suddenly. "How are we gonna get all this stuff to the apartment on our own with no car?"

"Terry's picking us up" replied Mara. "Under the conditions of you do not say the words Red Rooster".

"I'll try, but I can't make any promises".

After a while of waiting Mara went off to get some magasines for the flight leaving Shawn and Jason alone.

"By the way kid, here's your game back" he handed Jason Mara's blackmail material.

"Thanks".

"Now she has nothing on ya to make you do what she wants".

Jason laughed. "Oh yeah, it's payback time, where did you two hide it anyway?"

"The one place you'd never look".

"Mara's underwear drawer?"

Shawn just gave him a look that screamed 'BS!' Then he laughed. "Kid, I know for a fact that's the first place you looked, and that was before you even knew I took the game".

"Teenager" replied Jason quickly.

"That's your excuse for everything".

"... teenager".

Shawn laughed. "I'm gonna miss you kid".

Before Jason could reply the boarding call for his flight went out, the two stood up and hugged.

"Take care of yourself kid".

"You too Shawn".

"Stay in touch".

Jason put on a fake crying voice. "I'll call every day".

Shawn laughed then started copying him. "Don't forget to shower regularly and wear a sweater when it's cold and..."

"Shawn, people are staring".

The two went back to speaking normally.

"Seriously though, I'll see if I can get down for Christmas if it's OK with you?"

"No problem at all kid".

Mara came over and said her goodbyes to Shawn before Jason shook his hand one more time.

"Pity we never got that last match huh?"

"Yeah, another time perhaps?"

"Name a date and a place other than WWE and it's on".

"See ya around kid".

"So long Shawn".

Several hours later the plane landed in Orlando, sure enough Terry Taylor was waiting for them to give them a lift to their new home, it took all of Jason's effort not to call him Red Rooster, when they arrived at the apartment Terry helped them move some of the stuff in.

"The arena's only a couple of blocks down the road" he said. "And there's a gym a couple of blocks in the other direction".

"Within running distance" said Mara.

"Yipee" muttered Jason sarcastically. "Thanks Terry, that's the last of it".

"No problem kid, see ya at the arena tomorrow".

"Indeed you will" replied Jason before muttering. "Rooster" under his breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing" said the teen quickly running back upstairs to the apartment to get his first look around, there was already furniture in there, and the refridgerator was stocked probably paid for by TNA management and also likely to being taken out of his paycheck at the end of the month, it was a pretty big apartment, lounge, kitchen, bathroom with shower and bath, and two bedrooms, he'd put the stuff Terry had helped him bring in into the smaller bedroom then joined Mara in the room they'd be sharing. She was sitting on the bed staring at the ceiling.

"Hey" he sat down next to her. "You OK?"

"Yeah, just thinking".

"What about?"

"This is the first place we've ever had all to ourselves".

"Yeah, our own little place, just you and me now".

She sighed. "Yeah".

"Feel like celebrating our new independance?"

"What did you have in mind?"

"Some food, some drinks, just you and me sort of thing".

"Cool, can you cook?"

"No, can you?"

"Not really".

"Oh".

"... Take out?"

"Take out".

Later Jason was sitting in the bedroom trying to tune his playstation into the TV, his phone rang.

"Bonjour".

"Hey kid, how's it going?" Came Cornette's voice.

"I'm doing alright, what's up?"

"Just calling to check on ya and make sure you're OK".

"I'm eighteen years old, not a damn child!"

"Unfortunately TNA management doesn't agree with that, so you better get used to calls like this".

"Whatever happened to trust?"

"Trust has to be earned kid".

"Don't I know it" muttered Jason.

"Looking forward to tomorrow?" Asked Cornette.

"Yup, can't wait".

"That's just the mindset I need from you".

"Well I wanna enjoy it while I'm here".

"I think you will kid, don't worry about that".

Jason laughed. "Hey so long as ya don't make me face cross-dressers or a guy that eats worms I'll have the time of my life".

"Glad to hear it, see ya tomorrow night kid, although I'll probably have to call you before then to make sure you're OK".

"Management really don't like me do they?"

"Like I said, Dixie had to push really hard for you, anyway, see ya later kid".

"Bye".

Jason hung up the phone and went back to the TV. "C'mon... got it".

"You done?" Asked Mara as she entered the room.

"Finally" replied Jason dropping onto the bed, he grabbed one of the controls and offered her the other one. "Wanna play?"

"What game?"

He shrugged. "Any, I'll beat you at all of them" he remembered that Shawn had returned the other game and smirked as thoughts of payback for all the weeks of running went through his mind.

"Why are you smiling?" He quickly snapped out of it.

"Just thinking of all the games I'm gonna beat you at".

"Really?" She dropped down next to him and grabbed the offered control. "Bring it bitch!"

He laughed. "Yes ma'am".

It was several hours before the two finally decided to call it a night.

"It feels weird having our own place" commented Mara.

"Yeah, I'm still half expecting Shawn to come in that door making a joke or goofing around".

"I know" she snuggled up to him. "I'm gonna miss him and Rebecca".

"Me too, but it's not like we won't see them again, we could take some time off every now and then and go see them, and I'm pretty sure he could do the same".

"Maybe".

There was silence between the two for a few minutes before Mara spoke again.

"You ready for tomorrow night?"

"Trying not to think about it actually".

"Nervous?"

"Yup, it's the 'Great American Bash' all over again, only this time I'm against someone a lot more talented than JBL".

"You can handle it, you always do".

"Yeah" they lapsed into silence again before Jason smirked, in the darkness Mara couldn't see it. "Oh yeah, you'll never guess what I found".

"What?"

"A certain item that you've been using to blackmail me into going through Mara Daniels boot camp for the past two weeks".

Mara gulped. "You found the game?"

"Uh huh... payback time".

Mara quickly tried to jump out of the bed but Jason was able to grab her and pull her back down before starting to tickle her.

"OK! OK I'm sorry! I give!" She yelled between laughs.

"Sorry, but I ain't letting you off that easy" he smirked tickling her harder, she sreamed with laughter and rolled onto her stomach but he continued to tickle her before finally stopping and lying next to her.

"Y'know, if there's one good thing about moving out of Shawn's it's the privacy we're gonna get" he grinned as she caught her breath and slapped him on the chest.

"Asshole".

"You got it".

"So does this mean I have to sleep with one eye open now?"

"Nah, once you're asleep you look so beautiful I don't have the heart to wake you again".

"Thanks".

"That and if I do then I won't see my next birthday".

"What?"

"Mara, when someone wakes you up when you don't want to wake up, it just doesn't work out, remember what you did to Miz the night after that party at Judgement Day?"

"He deserved it!"

"He deserved it because he decided to let off an air horn and wake you up, and on that I think we should get some sleep" he kissed her forehead. "Night".

"Night Jason".

She drifted off to sleep pretty quickly but Jason just lay there staring up at the ceiling, when he was sure Mara was asleep he got out of bed and walked into the kitchen, he poured himself some orange juice then went and sat in the lounge. He hated it when he was like this, his nerves just never left him when he had a big match coming up.

"Just relax" he told himself. "It's just Matt Bentley, he's nowhere near as good as Shawn, and you've beaten Shawn, you can handle him" He spent ages telling himself that but the nerves just kept playing up, he was under intense pressure to show how what he had in TNA, and a match with the X Division champion was not something he needed, at least he didn't have any doubt in himself this time, it was just nerves, nerves which, just like Matt Bentley, he could beat.

When Jason woke up he was back in bed with Mara, he couldn't remember making his way back to bed so he guessed Mara must of helped him or he'd done it while half concious, it was still early but he couldn't get back to sleep, he felt the need to do something, he got out of bed, being careful not to wake Mara, got dressed and went for a run, he jogged through the quiet streets and soon found himself at the Impact Zone, he stopped opposite it and just stared at it, his new place of work, and he couldn't wait to wrestle in it as a TNA wrestler.

"See ya soon" he muttered before subconciously tapping his chest and pointing at it then contiued his run, when he got back to the apartment Mara wasn't in bed.

"Mara?"

"I'm in the shower, how was your run?"

"How'd you know I was out on a run?"

"Lucky guess".

Jason smirked to himself and flipped the TV and playstation on, before going into the kitchen, he made himself and bowl of cereal and went back to the playstation, when he finished eating and went to put the bowl away he noticed Mara was still in the shower, he smirked and turned the hot tap in the kitchen on hoping his little plot would work, he grinned as he heard Mara's scream as the water suddenly went from hot to cold, he quickly turned the tap back off and sprinted back to the bedroom and acted like he'd been playing his game the whole time while trying not to laugh. Seconds after he'd jumped onto the bed Mara stormed into the room with just a towel covering herself.

"What's wrong?" He asked, not looking up from the game.

"You know damn well what's wrong Jason!" This time he glanced up.

"Something wrong with the shower?" He asked casually as she advanced on him threateningly.

"Well seeing as how you did it..."

"How could I do anything if I'm in here?" He replied still trying to stop the laughter from escaping as well as avoid staring at Mara, he was failing miserably on both counts.

"You asshole!" She yelled as he gave in and burst out laughing, she then proceeded to begin ranting at him but it barely registered with him as he went back to playing his game although his eyes did stray to her every few seconds, eventually she was practically in his face with her rant and he had enough, he grabbed her arm, pulled her down, rolled on top of her and silenced her with a kiss, she was stunned for a few seconds before wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him back. After a while he stopped and the two blushed at the situation, they went to kiss again but Jason's phone went off.

"Damnit, I bet it's Shawn, no-one else has timing like him" he muttered while he went to answer it, Mara just laughed.

"Hello?"

"Right kid, here's the deal" said Cornette. "You change into your gear now and get to the arena ASAP".

"Why so early?"

"Cause I don't want anyone to see you, you can stay in my office until it's time for your match".

"Alright, see you soon" he hung up the phone.

"Shawn?" Asked Mara.

"Cornette" replied Jason. "We gotta get to the arena soon as possible, so I better get showered and changed".

"After I'm finished".

"Could you hurry up? He sounded pretty firm that we should get there quick".

She smirked. "Well, we could always share".

"Works for me".

After the teens arrived at the arena they were escorted to Cornett's office, his match was right in the middle of the Sacrifice card so he had a bit of a wait, after a while Jason's nerves returned and he was soon pacing the office back and forth as he waited for the match, Cornette refused to let him leave the office at all until it was time so he could be sure no-one would see the teen a put two and two together. There had been one close call when a furious Monty Brown had burst into the office to demand to know when he would get an NWA title match, fortunately Jason and Mara had the sense to duck into the office's private bathroom while 'The Alpha Male' vented his anger at Cornette, finally there was just one more match on the Sacrifice before Jason's and his pacing got more intense.

"Jeez kid slow down" said Cornette. "You're starting to make me nervous".

"Well if you'd allow me to walk around the arena instead of keeping me in here for hours at a time..."

"Look, I needed to make sure no-one knew you were here, as soon as you're done out there you can go to the locker room and meet the guys, you know anyone?"

"I only really know Chris Sabin, me and him had a bit of a friendly rivalry before I went to WWE".

"Is he the only one?"

"The only one I know, although I've wrestled Petey and Joe before".

"Joe? At your age? How'd ya do?"

"Match started at eight-thirty by eight forty I was on the way home".

"Ouch!"

"You're telling me?"

Before Cornette could reply Terry Taylor stuck his head in the door.

"Jim, it's time for the kid's match".

"Thanks Terry, OK kid, time to show if you're worth all the trouble of signing you".

Jason nodded and followed Terry out the door with Mara in tow, Terry managed to get them to the entrance tunnel without anyone seeing them.

"Right, before you go out there we're gonna play the video again OK?"

"No problem Terry".

Terry shook his hand. "Good luck kid".

Jason nodded his thanks and stood at the end of the tunnel, he could see out the other end into the arena. Maverick Matt's music was playing and he was making his way to the ring down the opposite entranceway with the X Division title in one arm and his manager Tracy Brooks wrapped round the other, Jason felt the adrenaline begin flowing and started hopping on the spot, he exchanged a smile with Mara who was almost as pumped as he was, she kissed him on the cheek for luck as Matt's music stopped and the lights in the arena went out, the same video from Impact began playing with the voice over.

"A lone warrior with a burning desire, formerly an amazing talent who overcame all the odds until his betrayal, rejection and exile by the hand of his own family, now, like a pheonix from the ashes, he is reborn and back on the path to glory, after all his sacrifices he now comes to TNA to prove he can stand alone and beat the odds once again, tonight is his debut, he is... Jason Cena!"

End Of Chapter

It's that time again, coming up: Jason makes his debut at Sacrifice, will he defeat Maverick Matt in his first TNA appearance? Find out next time.

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