| "YOU ARE SO FUCKING FIRED IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY!!!! GET YOUR SICK, TWISTED ASS AWAY FROM ME AND DON'T COME NEAR ME AGAIN!!" He made a move to come near me and I backed up. I gritted my teeth. "Get the fuck away from me Eric...right now or I swear to god I will rip your damn head right off your neck" I growled. Taylor and Jake were at either side of me in that instant. Eric took one more step toward me and I snapped again. I jumped as high as I could get and kicked Eric in the chest, with my sore leg, knocking him to the ground and the wind out of him. Then I dropped to the floor and screamed in pain. I had torn my hamstring again, but this time it was alot worse.Taylor was on top of Eric in that second and had him pinned to the floor by the throat. "Tay, NOOOO!" I yelled as I grabbed hold of my leg. It hurt so bad I felt as if someone was trying to rip it off my body, tears were streaming down my face. Zac and Ike were trying to help me up and Lacey was digging for the ice pack. Jake pulled Tay off of Eric, and was trying to calm him down. "Taylor, man, he's not worth hurting yourself too..LOOK at Jessie..man, go help her.." he told him. Taylor turned to me as I was sitting there holding my leg, tears of pain streaming down my face |
| He was on his knees at my side immediately. "Oh my god, Jessie...you tore it didn't you?" He ran his hand through my hair and laid his hand on my cheek. I nodded my head wincing in pain, "Ice, Tay..I need to ice it right now, before it swells anymore.." He got up to get some from the front desk. As I watched him walk away I saw a movement from the corner of my eye. "TAYLOR!!!" I screamed. He turned just in time to see Eric ready to take a swing at him. He ducked Eric's punch and went to swing back at him but I was up and running, despite the excruciating pain in the back of my leg. I grabbed Eric's cocked arm and twisted it, flipping him to the ground, almost enjoying the sound of the bones breaking. I pinned him to the floor with my knees. I had my good leg at his head, my knee on his throat, the other knee wedged into his sternum. I lifted my good leg so that my foot was on his neck. "I already broke you damn arm, you stupid moron, and I am strong enough to break your fucking sorry neck. Don't fuck with me, you know I can do it...go ahead, Eric give me a reason to..." I growled. Taylor shook himself out of shock and pulled me off of Eric. "Jessie! Calm down! Your leg dammit!" he yelled, dragging me backward. Eric was up in a flash and lunged at me, but Jake was quicker. He picked up Eric by the throat and slammed him against the wall. "I suggest you keep away from my sister and her friends or I will have to kill you myself." he said quietly. Eric's eyes widened along with mine. Jake let him down and Eric slowly backed out of the gym. Taylor had picked me up and the fire in my leg was enough to make me faint. |
| I woke up in the locker room a little bit later, to the sound of Jake and Taylor's voices above my head. I was lying on my stomach with a towel under my head and Lacey's hand was on my head. I could barely see Ike and Zac standing near Jake and Tay. Jake was closest to me, and I could feel him remove the ice pack from the back of my leg. I groaned with the effort of trying to wake up and with the pain that was still in my leg. "she's waking up, Tay.." I heard Lacey say. He knelt down and stroked my hair. "Hi.." he smiled at me and I thought my heart would burst. "Hi, baby...sorry I kept you waiting.." I whispered. He groaned. "Jessie.." was all he could say. Jake came up beside me. "Jess, I have to check your leg and I need you to help me ok?" he said and laid his hand on my head. "Yeah, ok.." He took a couple of steps back and touched the back of my thigh. "Does that hurt, Jess?" he asked. "No.." He did that a couple more times with no pain. Then he touched me again and the knife was back slicing through my muscle with white heat. I screamed. Taylor's hand squeezed mine and I could see that his eyes shone with unshed tears. "Shhh..baby..we'll get you something for it.." he looked at Jake pleadingly. Lacey was crying. Tears rolled down my face, "Come on, you guys..I've hurt myself before...I'll be fine." I tried to soothe them. "She'll be fine," Jake said. "But she can't do any kind of training for at least a week. That muscle's torn, Jess..alot worse than last time..you better do as I tell you, and rest it. Go home with Tay and relax, let it heal. You should be able to walk on it by morning. Here's some heavy duty ibuprofen for the pain." He handed them to me and a water bottle. I did as I was told. I just wanted the fire in my leg to stop. I rolled slowly onto my back and sat up carefully, I looked around the room. "What a freaking wimp I am, fainting like that! Damn!" I grouched. Lacey giggled, "She's feeling better already. Ike and I will go to your place and get your stuff, Jess. You're guys are not staying in that apartment tonight. You come to the hotel with us." she demanded. "You won't get an argument from me tonight, Lace." I told her. "Good!" she said. "C'mon Ike, let's go.." and they were gone. Zac was still standing at the doorway, a goofy grin on his face. "What are you grinning at, bud?" I teased him. Jake and Tay were off to one side still talking, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. |
| "I was just wondering how Tay feels to know he's dating a woman who could kick his ass in a heartbeat," he laughed. "You were awesome, Jess. I blushed. "Dammit Zac! I just couldn't stand the thought of that freaking moron laying a finger on him, that with all the other weird shit that went on while Tay was here, last weekend..when I saw my locket with his stuff..I KNEW..good thing Tay pulled me off him. I would have snapped his damn sorry neck.." I was angry all over again. "Whao, down girl! After the way you handled him, and Tay and Jake never wanting to leave your side, I don't think you'll have to worry about him again. Of course, Ike and I would be happy to hold him down while you skin him.." he grinned again. "Jake? Why wouldn't he...?" I stuttered. "You hired him to train you, right? There's another reason but you should ask him yourself. Here they come.." he nodded his head in their direction. I looked back at Zac with a questioning look but he wouldn't budge. He just kept grinning. "What is he talking about, Jake?" I asked. Taylor and Jake just looked at each other. "Tay?" I looked from one to the other. "Jake?" Jake walked over to me and knelt down in front of me. "I think this is yours." he said and handed me my locket, but it was open. "Yeah, it is. Thanks, Jake..but what..?" I started to ask but Tay held his finger to his lips. |