Post by Justin Fischer on May 27, 2012 13:39:01 GMT -5
It was a mild concussion. I’ve had worse and I had been serious he would pay for it….but right now; I think Lexi had her hands full.
I smirked.
The Air has a surprising chill in it. I already have the dark hoody up over my head. Some people would ask me what I was thinking. Pissing off some of the big names on the roster. Fact of the matter is that I’m tired of keeping a reign on my true strength. I’ve had to do that for years. I had to do that for her because that’s what she wanted….the only way she’d stay with me, be my friend was if I stayed subdued little Justin. No more.
She didn’t want me and she wasn’t ever going to want me and that was fine. It was time that I got something. There were plenty of other women out there that I could have some fun with….I didn’t need Lexi. Sure I still wanted her and it drove me insane that she was all over that douche who called himself a champion. I had been there for her. I’d been the one to protect her whenever Ryan became super crazy. I’d been the one that had helped her hide her pregnancy. I’d been the one to help her get the apartment in Toronto. I’d even offered to help her with the rent so she could get a bigger apartment but she’d said no.
Part of me kicked myself for not falling into her arms 6 months ago when she had asked but then, I wouldn’t be any better off. She’d have woken up the next morning and told me what a mistake it had been and I’d been the one pinning for more that I couldn’t have.
When I’d met Drake briefly the first time, when I’d helped her move in, I hadn’t liked him then. He hadn’t stuck around long. He had a problem with that Rye guy.
I didn’t see any issues with Rye, although I had laughed when he’d said he was teaming up with Rage. That was a backstab waiting to happen. Lexi had told him that too. Well, he didn’t want to listen and now look at what had happened? He’d gotten backstabbed. He needed some real back up and not a roided out freak and a crazy sledgehammer psychopath. I didn’t align myself with anyone. I looked out for me and me alone but if I ever saw Rye Pain and Rage head to head and there was an opportunity for me to take the sledgehammer to his head…I would be there.
I crossed the street and headed toward the hotel.
To be honest, I hadn’t really found out much about him except some actions he’d done back in his homeland. Everything else was kind of blank but it reminded me of Rage’s past. There was more hidden there that was going to come out later down the line…like it had when Lexi had pried. It had gotten her in trouble. She wanted to help him and all it did was push him further away….I just hoped that if she pried in Drake’s past that he didn’t try and kill her with a bookshelf too.
I laughed. He’d tried to blame that mishap on me. Lexi had called me, asked me to help because Rage was going nuts. I’d gotten there just as he was accusing her of cheating on him with me….I’d laughed at him. Lexi was not that kind of girl. She’d never dream of cheating on anybody, it just wasn’t her style. She still had that old fashioned mentality where you had one person and that was it…. Lexi had mad the mistake of egging him on, lying and saying something along the lines of “yeah I slept with Justin and this is his baby….”
Maybe he did mean to throw it at me, but his aim was awful and I had a hard time believing that a man like Rage had bad aim. It had knocked her out. Caused her to have a couple stitches just under her hair line and she’d bled a little….which had given her the idea of faking the miscarriage…that was after Me and Chrissy convinced her that abortion wasn’t the answer. Of course the baby had been fine. They’d run ultrasounds and blood tests and all that medical stuff. It would take a lot more than a bookcase to hurt a Stevens offspring.
That whole six months where she’d stayed with Chrissy and Terry I’d visited her almost every day. I had really believed that maybe she’d finally divorce that dipshit and realize that I loved her…but no. She’d gone back to him….gave it another chance….but after only a couple months, he’d asked for a divorce and they’d moved into separate bedrooms.
It still pissed me off that Lexi had fallen for it. She’d looked past me like I was nothing. Everything I’d done for her and I got nothing….well I got a crappy offer of a one night stand. I didn’t want that…I wanted her….I wanted her to be my wife but that was never going to happen. She’d found another Ryan Stiles. Maybe not as bad…at least I had assumed that but after that stunt tonight….i had my doubts now. He was someone that was going to end up hurting her.
I nodded at the doorman as I entered the hotel and pulled the hood down as I passed concierge. The receptionist smiled at me and waved. She was cute but not my type. I smiled back at her before getting on the elevator.
My room was dark and quiet and the first thing I did was flick on all the lights. My laptop was blinking and I furrowed my brow…I could have sworn I turned it off before I left….. I moved the mouse and my screensaver came up. Pictures of me and my family. I also notice that there’s a new email from my soon to be sister in law.
I open it.
Hey Just,
Look I know how you feel about Lexi’s new guy but I did invite her to the wedding next month. She’s been a part of the family for years and I like her. Peter said you have to get over it and be civil or you’ll be asked to leave. I’ve sent Lexi an email as well to tell her that she has to tell Drake that he has to behave himself. If you do it for anyone, do it for Peter.
You know we love you but you just have to get over yourself and stop this foolishness,
All my love,
Sam
I hit delete.
Damn it. He’s going to my brother’s wedding. I smirk. I bet Lexi hasn’t even told him whose wedding it is…won’t he be shocked to find out I’m going to be there and in the wedding party as well…. That’s even if he’s come back from Lala land to even be able to go to the wedding.
I lean back in the chair and look out the window. The City that never sleeps is right. It’s so bright out there that you would think it was earlier in the evening and not nearly 3am.
I decide to take a look on the website and see if there are any updates for next week….I groan. I’m facing that new guy Taufik. This should be fairly easy. I’d have him packing his bags before the night was over. I may be new, but I wasn’t new at this. He was going to have an eye opening experience when I crippled him and give him a ‘lights out’ but not before I made him tap and win the match.
I close the laptop and stare at my phone for a few minutes. Lexi had sent me a text a few minutes ago to tell me I was an asshole. I laughed and sent her a text back to say thanks. She’d come back around. She never stayed mad at me for long.
Twitter was a buzz. With the screw job, with Drake’s mental break. Ha…Drake was even accusing his friend of being the paintball idiot. I watched and even added my own two cents in there. Telling her that this was the opportunity she needed to break away but did she listen….no? She tells the unbalanced screwball that she loves him….and he says it back. WTF! It took her a year to tell me she loved me. It took her 8 months to tell Ryan and she can tell that wack job in only a month? I was saner than him. I didn’t go around beating up my best friends thinking they’ve been screwing me over; I didn’t put my girlfriend in danger.
I continue to sit in silence. Watching as the sun starts to rise over the New York skyline. I can’t sleep…no, I have too much going on in my head right now. A plan forming.
When the shit actually hit the fan and that paintball weirdo finally revealed whatever his master plan was…Lexi would come running back to me for comfort. I had time to decide whether or not I would take her. I wasn’t going to be just her friend again. No. She wanted me in her life she’d have to really think about what kind of relationship she wanted because I wasn’t playing in this friend zone anymore. I’d been here way to long.
I know I said I wasn’t going to break them up….but maybe I’d changed my mind. Drake had pissed me off and I was in the mood to ruin someone, besides he was half way there all by himself. I wasn’t holding back my anger anymore; it’d been pacing around in my head like a feral Tiger ….it’s claws needed to be stretched. I needed fresh meat.
I would do what the company and little Will Turner wanted for now and beat up the little newbie boy and then, I better get my chance at Drake. And Lexi can watch from Ring side while I end his career. Maybe Hacker would even thank me. I smirked.
Not that needed nor cared if he approved. I did this for me and no body else. The only thing Drake deserved was a straight jacket and a padded room. Lexi had put herself in this predicament….she could get herself out of it.
Another message pops up. Lexi saying she’s found Drake and gotten him home. I smirk. Well….
I put my feet down off the table and grab a quick shower, thinking the whole time about my plans for NYCCW. At first I was here to get rid of Ryan but now that I think about it…there are more than enough people wanting to take a bite out of him that I can wait. Besides I’m not in the mood for his lame stupid comebacks that really show his lack of intelligence. No, I think I would start with Taufik. Show him just who it is he’s messing with. He doesn’t seem to get it….that he’s playing with the big boys now and usually when you played with them, you got hurt. I could care less about him; once I broke him I would move on to the next unworthy challenger that Turner threw at me. I’d keep going until I finally got my shot at Drake.
I get out and towel dry myself. There’s a loud sound coming from the other room. What the hell?
I go out and see that a you tube video is playing loudly on my laptop. I shut it off without seeing what it was. I really needed to take this thing in to be looked at. Maybe even invest in a new one. I just shut it down.
The sun is bright now, lighting my whole room up so I shut the curtains, plunging it in almost darkness again.
It had been a long night….only my beginning. I wasn’t some mastermind plotter like Hacker was. When I said I wanted to end Drake’s career…I just wanted to put him out with an injury, take his title, I think Hacker really wanted to kill him…..I’m not that sadistic. And the other thing, no matter how pissed I was at Lexi, I would never hurt her physically and I will kill anyone who does. I would never stop loving her.
I smiled a little as I climbed into the bed and under the thick down comforter. This had to be the most luxurious hotel room I’d ever stayed in. Nice. I sighed. On to another day.
I don’t remember falling asleep.
