Post by Alex Jones on May 1, 2016 3:36:18 GMT
I stepped into the house quietly, I had no idea if Harley was asleep or not, or if Ana was. I dropped my keys on the table and turned into the lounge area. Ana was there, standing and waiting. All tense and worried. I gave her a small smile and stepped in, my hands sliding up her forearms to her shoulders. She sighed and looked down resting her head on my chest.
I kissed the top of her head and held her close. After a few moments Ana looked up at me with a small smile of her own. “How did it go?”
I gave Ana a nod and a small sigh. “It wasn’t that bad but, it would have been better coming from you.” Ana slinked back and looked awkward and worried. She seemed to shift away from me and her eyes refused to meet mine. “What?” I tilted my head trying to understand the sudden change. “I couldn’t Alex….”
“But why? She’s your niece and family….you love her Ana.” She swallowed hard and clenched her fists, but not in anger at them more in anger at herself. She still didn’t look up, instead an uncomfortable silence came between us as she stared at the floor. I moved closer and slid next to her. “What couldn’t you do?”
Ana sighs again and looks sideways. “I couldn’t face her.”
“Eliza knows you love her Ana, she knows you do and she knows this isn’t personal….” Ana shakes her head and scoffs. “Not her, Kayla.” It hit me like a ton of bricks. The reason why Eliza and Ana where able to get close again. It was hard when they were first together. It was awkward and difficult given the past between them.
“It’s harder with her in Eliza’s life…I get that.” Ana sighed loudly and took a deep breath. “No you don’t. I tortured Kayla to get at her sister. Eliza loves me but never forgave me for it, when they split that past was gone. She didn’t have Kayla on her mind, she was different…”
“And now, I just can’t shake a feeling that it will return.” Ana seemed to melt into sadness
“Look, you have a past. Everyone does. Eliza fell for a girl you hated because of her last name. You can’t change that but you can shape the future….” Ana looked up at me and sighed with a small grin and a nod. “I guess you’re right. But I can’t stop Amber, she has to do what she has to do….”
I smiled and kissed her forehead. “And you can stay out of it……”
“So, where you at Gabriel Ellis?.....”
Alex steps forward, his long black and blonde hair down his shoulders, Alex looking rather dapper in a tailored black suit with the top buttons undone.
“For weeks all I kept hearing was Gabriel Ellis is a big bad zen warrior. Gabriel Ellis was going to do this and that. But where have you been Gabriel?. I’ve been all over twitter calling you out, I commented on you last week and ran your bitch ass down.”
“And you’ve said nothing….”
“And why is what Gabey? Is it because you need to ambush me from behind?. Slam your forearm into my chest?...real Zen their dickbag….or is it because you don’t have your manager to speak for you?”
“Hiding behind a woman huh?. You know a lot of people say that about me but I wasn’t hiding behind anyone when I took a baseball bat to you. I was right there, I was ready to take you out but you got lucky. You got lucky with those goody two shoes guys Avery Miles and Javen.”
Alex rolls his eyes.
“But that just added to my list of “failures” right?. I mean your little idiot manager said it herself and pointed it out., I have the “worst record” in VWS right now. Cause clearly winning is all you think matters. Kind of funny that even though I haven’t “won” matches I have always walked out with my arm in the air….”
“From kicking Javens ass and then yours and almost taking out Miles I have come out of every event looking like the bad ass I am….”
“Mainly because I am not concerned with mere wins and losses, I am concerned with imposing my will on you worthless pee-ons to prove a point.”
“I am the future VWS champion, I am hand picked by my wife and it’s not just because I’m her husband and because she loves me, it’s because she knows that I am the face of this company. I am the franchise player. I am the man to carry this new brand into the future and to make it a huge name in the professional wrestling world….”
“But who are you Gabriel?. You’re a seven foot tall monster who beat u fur other guys, this looks impressive until you look behind the scenes to see that you are nothing but a puppet…”
“A brainless shell lumbering around like lurch from the munsters. Sue says jump you say how high right?. And here I am being nice to you and helping you become a house hold name by allowing you to have a chance at MY world championship.”
Alex scoffs and rolls his eyes.
“Some thanks I get for my mercy and benevolence. But that will come to an end Gabriel. You want to talk about being undefeated and about my win loss record?. Then let me rectify that and take what is rightfully mine, by whopping your seven foot tall ass…..”
I had my back against the wall. My arms were folded and I could feel the tension in the room. It was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Ana sat there after the show, her desk cluttered as everyone left the room except for herself, me and Amber. I stared across at her. The arrogance was there that had always been but now there was this sharp edge, hardened by years of facing Ana in battle after battle, war after war.
Ana slid the paperwork towards Amber with a pen, Amber looked over it and sighed, before Ana could speak the door opened and she was called out. I grit my teeth at the prospect of being alone with Amber looking away as she picked up the pen and went to sign as I scoffed loudly.
“Problems Alex?”
Her shrill voice and British accent made my spine shake. My skin crawl and my throat gag. “You don’t have to do this you know?” Amber made a face and shook her head. Then pen still touching the paper. “Don’t have to do what exactly?” I laughed and folded my arms again.
“This, the match, the contract, all of it.”
Amber just sneered and signed her name sliding the contract back over to where Ana would see it. “And why is that Alex?. Hmmm?. My sister disrespected my family, and me. She turned her back on our values….” I couldn’t help by laugh and step forward. “She’s your blood Amber. Your sister. She is following her heart that’s all. I said I wouldn’t get involved and I won’t neither will Ana.”
“It’s just business for her.” The words sounded hollow but they were true.
Amber just shook her head and sat back with that arrogant grin. “I don’t care how you or Ana feel about this. It’s my family and I will defend our honour….and besides…you sold your wife for a fucking world title…I don’t want to hear advice from you….”
Amber pushes past me as Ana re-entered the room. “Contract is signed Ana….the problem will be solved at Uprising…” Amber looked over her shoulder at me with that sneer again, as the door closed behind her Ana looked over at me confused. “I can’t stand that bitch….”
“So not only did Gabriel Ellis seem to pack his testicles and leave but Javen has too fallen silent.”
“Kind of funny isn’t it?. The rainbow haired parrot who was so vocal and loud about my wife and the company but now he’s nowhere to be found. No interviews, no blogs, no tweets just silence. And why is that Javen?. Hmm? Could it be because even though you seem to be enjoying the spotlight and trolling my wife you know that when all the bullshit is put aside you still have to get in the ring with me?...”
Alex smirks and folds his arms.
“You have to enter that ring with Gabriel Ellis and myself in a triple threat match and try and win?. Now one on one with Ellis you may have had a shot but against me?.”
“I know the bullshit that people have been spewing Javen. That I only have my position in the company because of my wife. But you have been in the ring with me, you know that’s not true and you know I could have beaten you and how good I really am.”
“This match is for the Valentine Wrestling Syndicate World championship. To be the first, the one that people remember when they think of this company. The top title that means you are the best professional wrestler on this planet.”
“You want it, Gabriel wants it but unlike you two I have been out there promoting it. I want as many people to watch this as possible. I want them all to see me raise that title above my head and I want to hear and feel their anger and frustration at me being on top of the mountain….”
“While you and Gabriel end up as nothing but stains on the floor when I’m done stomping you into nothing….”
