I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.

I finally was able to slip into a deep sleep until my alarm would to wake me up the next morning for a morning run with Jeff which should be interesting at its finest. I got up slipping into something I didn't mind sweating in as I pulled on my tennis shoes heading out of the room with a big yawn escaping my lips as I walked down the hall as Jeff was walking out of the kitchen drinking at a bottle of water.

"Do you want some before we head out?" Jeff asked as I had finished my yawn and nodded yes. Jeff went back into the kitchen coming back out with a full bottle this time handing it to me as I downed as much as I could before I had set it down.

"I'm ready to go." I said with another yawn.

"This run will wake you up." Jeff said as I chuckled.

"I hope so, between this run and a shower afterwards." I said as I followed him towards the front door as he pulled it open letting me slide out of the open door first as he was right behind me shutting the door behind us and locked it up. Jeff slid his keys into his pocket as we walked out to the dirt road where I did light stretches as Jeff was going hardcore on his stretches, I usually won't stretch before a run but maybe I did this whole running thing wrong and since he was doing it I just went along with it. After he had finished stretching he turned to me asking if I was ready to go and I simply nodded as I wasn't sure where we were headed, how far we were running and I just hoped that I wouldn't collapse and die during the distance because I was in shape and in-ring condition but I was never one to just 'go for a run,' so I just hoped that I can at least make it back to the house. What if I made it to the destination and it comes to running back and I can't make the trip back? I hope that he doesn't laugh if I start panting and becoming out of breath way quicker than him. I tried to keep up with him but it seemed like he was running slower than his full speed to make me feel better for not being able to run at the same speed as him which made me feel bad but at least I was truly going for this run and I can say I at least ran. I was able to make it the whole way back to his place, but by that time it was a very slow jog and I was panting strong trying to catch my breath. I stood in his yard bent over and stood up putting my hands to rest on my head feeling sweat dripping on my forehead. Jeff smiled and chuckled as I looked at him questionably, "Shut up, I know that I am not as in shape as you." I stated as he chuckled again.

"No…none of that, I know that you are in shape because I have seen you in the ring…you haven't ran in a while, have you?"

"Nah…I thought I was going to die." I said as he laughed even more.

"That is only a fourth of what I normally run."

"A fourth? You trying to kill me Jeff…no more." I said as I began to walk in a circle of sorts as he laughed more.

"None of that, you will work up to the full thing…kind of like wrestling, after a few reps you will get accustom to it then you can go a little longer and that is how you will work up to the full distance." Jeff said as I sighed as I began to follow him back into the house now that I was able to breathe better and relaxed some. I headed to my room grabbing a new outfit as I went to the guest bathroom that was to be mine but I tried my best to keep it as clean as possible considering Jeff may still have other guests come in and don't want them to see all of my things cluttered around here. I took a quick shower to wash off all the sweat, didn't really to wake up much more but it did help some. I stepped out getting dressed and dabbing at my hair trying to dry as much as I could before I headed back to my room where I put my sweaty clothes aside before I headed back out to the living room seeing Jeff setting up the camcorder, I had no idea that he had a camcorder much less why he had pulled it out.

"What are you doing?" I asked curiously as I picked up the bottle of water I was drinking from earlier drinking from it and finished it off before I carried it over to his recycling bin.

"I was setting this up to help you with your promo work, you are going to record one then we are going to do like three or four different ones and then we are going to play it through the television and give you tips and pointers and let you critique it. I think seeing it will help you see what you are doing wrong." Jeff said as I became instantly nervous of doing it, putting on a show in front of a camera and nervous that it was just me and him. I was just as nervous in class when we did, why am I just as nervous? There are less people here but I think that was just it, there were less people AND we were recording it. I grabbed a new water bottle heading back out to the living room as I sat on the arm of the couch as Jeff finished setting it up. "You ready?" Jeff asked as I shook my head no. "Why not? You were doing just fine last night."

"I'm oddly more nervous about doing it now."

"Why is that? Because I'm recording it? You should be more calm with recording because it could be edited."

"That is true…"

"And it is just practice….what have you decided as your character, if anything?"

"I haven't…I think I just wanted to do something like you guys, me but amplified." I said with a shrug.

"Who are you? Don't only tell me who you are, show it with your expressions and with actions." Jeff said. I sighed as I ran a hand through my still very damp hair unsure how to do this or what to say. What do you say in a promo? Who am I cutting a promo on? What am I cutting a promo for?

"But what do I say?" I asked curiously hoping that he could at least give me some kind of suggestion or starting point.

"It's simple, just tell me about you." Jeff said as I stared at him blankly unsure what he meant by that as I began to shuffle through what promos I had remembered by memory and how they did it, did I want to mock or mimic those? Why did I like them so much to where I remembered them this vividly? All these thoughts fulfilling my mind within minutes as Jeff stood behind the camera, "Let me know when you are ready." Jeff stated as I began to rehearse what I had wanted to say in my mind hoping that it doesn't sound stupid when it escape my lips or trying to figure out how stupid it truly sounds as I was reciting it in my head and didn't think it would come out as good when I verbalize it because I may state it differently.

"I think I am ready." I said as I bit at my bottom lip as my hands and fingers were intertwining and playing nervously with the other as Jeff nodded.

"5…4…3…2…" Jeff stated as he then pointed at me when I saw the red light come on the video recorder and he pointed at me as I tried to push the nerves aside so I can get through this in one piece and without vomiting on the camera. I began reciting as to what had come to my mind as I tried to use more expressions, using my hands and having my vocals go up and down making more words seem bolder than the other. My eye line was on the camera that was staring at me, I was trying not to look at Jeff that was standing behind the camera not looking through the view finder but he stood there with a goofy grin on his mouth and his arms crossed over his chest. I stopped when I had ran out what I had recited in my mind and I had no more to say as I bit at my bottom lip staring up at Jeff.

"I'm done…how was that?" I asked curiously as I was waiting for his honest opinion as he pushed the stop button on the camcorder as he was nothing but smiles as he walked around the tripod over to me pulling me into a big hug. I was unsure of the whole thing as I slowly wrapped my arms around him not sure why he was hugging me as he stepped back looking at me.

"That was great, that is what we need you to do in every promo…" Jeff said honestly as I nodded as I tried to think about what I just did.

"I don't remember what I just did though…" I said honestly as I shrugged.

"Well let's watch it back, shall we and I will tell you what I liked and what made it even better." Jeff said as he was able to slip the camcorder off the tripod carrying it with him as we both sat down mere inches apart, any closer we would have been on each other's laps. Jeff pulled out the side view finder screen so that we could both watch it over. "Let me go get some paper so we could write down some notes." Jeff said as he put the camcorder onto the coffee table before he got up and returned with lined paper and a pen as he pushed play on the camcorder watching it over, I was beyond embarrassed watching myself on the video because I was noticing all these flaws and seeing myself made it worse because I hated it. I was pointing out all these negative things as Jeff was pointing out what could be fixed to make the negative maybe a slight bit better or what I could do differently to improve the things I didn't like but yet Jeff didn't say anything about the things I was pointing out so that could be good though right? "Don't focus too much on the negative, you are your own worse critic and I know that this was your first time filming it so that was more nerves running on you but it was practice. You want to take a jab at a different one?" Jeff asked as he got up as I let out a sigh afraid to do another one but needed all the practice that I could get as I nodded yes.

"Yes, but don't know what to say this time."

"You didn't know what to say this time around so you will figure it out." Jeff said as he put the camera back onto the tripod, "This time no thinking about it, just go with the flow…here we go, 5…4…3…2…" Jeff counted down as I saw the red light come on and I just froze staring at him momentarily as I shook my head trying to get my mind out of it as I then just begun speaking and whatever found its way coming out of my mouth, I honestly had no idea what was coming out nor what I was talking about so I am sure it was jibber jabber but I know I brought up Heather's name a couple of times with no reason and I don't know why when I found myself wrapping it up and Jeff stopped it as he busted out laughing. "You have no idea what the hell you were talking about did you?"

"Absolutely not." I said as we both let out more chuckles as I was laughing at myself as he was laughing at me as well for how stupid the promo sounded I am sure.

"Well…that one was absolutely trash compared to your last one so we have learned you are not a go with the flow type person, you need plan it out before you attack it. I love how you included Heather into the promo, do you not like her?" Jeff asked curiously as I just stood there and all I could say was 'uh…' and he chuckled, "I take that as a yes, but I don't want to know why though." Jeff said as I smirked as I didn't want to explain to him anyway so I am happy he wasn't going to ask about it. "Okay, I will give you a couple minutes to relax and think about your next one." Jeff said as I shook off the last one and began to think of what I wanted to speak about with this new promo as I nodded.

"I'm ready…let's do this." I said as Jeff smirked as he counted down backwards and pointed at me in unison to the red light that had begun to shine on the front of the camera as I just began to speak rambling on about what I had planned in my head trying to remember the tips Jeff gave me and what he pointed out as to fixing but I didn't want that to consume me either because I would be too focused on that than what I was saying. After I had concluded this promo, Jeff turned off the camcorder allowing him to smirk.

"You were thinking too much in that one, you were thinking about what I told you weren't you?" Jeff asked I nodded.

"Don't…you could tell." Jeff said as I sighed as he chuckled, "You want to try again?" Jeff asked as I nodded. "Ready for another try at this?" Jeff asked I sighed.

"Sure, let's do this." I said as he counted down yet again pushing the button on the camcorder as I tried it yet again and this time I tried so hard not to think about what he had said to me before or anything, but rather than what I was saying in the promo itself. Jeff shut off the camcorder and smiled at me.

"Even better than your first one, I think with more practice like this you will get better and better."

"How do you do this without running out of things to talk about?" I asked curiously as Jeff chuckled.

"You won't say the same thing in every promo, there is some repetition but that builds your character because the more you say something or repeat what you want to establish, the more people know about you and who you are. You can do like five different promos and each promo say that your dog die in different wording, I know it's beating it to the ground but the more you repeat it, the better." Jeff said as I let out a sigh, but he had a point because in any classic feuds they always brought up the same thing over and over again. About someone's drug problem, injuries, etc. to make them even more of a heel or face or build the feud even more but felt like right now I was nothing but a broken record but I was trying to spice it up some but it was hard to do right about now. "One more time through and we will call it quits for the time being so we can eat some food." Jeff said as I was more excited about that than anything because I was getting tired of speaking and trying to figure out what the hell I was about to say and being on camera. He pushed record on the camcorder allowing me to recite a new promo as Jeff smiled and nodded in approval the more I spoke until I had come to an end and he stopped the camcorder as he said nothing but good things about that one and he then told me a couple of things that he would change about it personally but that was his personal opinion but he said that it would have been good with or without those changes but just that he would use different wording.