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Is He A Lover or A Fighter? (Part 4) WF+GF

"they are hoping for a bloody fight." She told him.

When she got back to her brother's Romero's music started. Adri ordered another drink. They would have dinner right after this and that would soak up all of the alcohol in her system. She would be fine. They were two really strong drinks though, so she wouldn't be her best during the fight.

Her brother's got excited and bounced around cheering Jake and booing Romero. It seemed like most of the crowd was in favor of Jake so that was in Jake's favor.
 
When the fight started, Jake extended his hand out of good sportsmanship but Romero hit it away. Jake just grinned. The two bounced around and the both got a few good punches in. He kept his distance from Romero to dodge any knees or kicks. Jake ended up shooting for a take down and got it. The rest of the first round was just Romero trying to fight off Jake getting him in a submission on the ground and tiring him out.

Luke talked to Jake between rounds, "You're doing good. Keep the distance. Watch for the knees. He's getting tired. Just keep wearing him out. Take shots when you see it. You have to keep being aggressive. You're doing good."

The first round was a bit boring but the second round was better. Jake got a few good punches in and even elbow cutting Romero's nose. Jake also got a few low kicks to Romero's thigh. The combos worked well too. Then Romero caught Jake with a knee but he recovered pretty well. Luke yelled at him to keep the distance. Romero also got a few good punches, cutting Jake's eye.
 
With a few drinks in her system, Adri was able to watch the first couple of rounds of Jake's fight. Her brothers were hyping him up which was getting her hyped up. She cheered when he made a hit and just watched him jab and dance around the cage.

She got nervous when she saw the cut above his eye. She didn't know if he would be able to see once it started dripping into his eye.

Romero got happy when he hit Jake and started to feel confident and cocky. he bounced around a little ore to show some flare and went for the attack again.
 
Jake blocked one hit and as he blocked, Romero caught his cheek and Jake backed up and had no where to go so his back went to the cage which was where he didn't want to be. Romero got him in a clench and kneed him right in the rib. The one that that was broken. He moved to try to block that rib. "Damn it Jake get off the fence. Take him down!" Luke called out but it didn't matter as he heard the ten second warning. Jake got a couple knees in of his own before the end of the round.

They went to their corners and Jake tried to steady his breathing as one of the guys put ice on his back. "You need to keep moving." Luke pressed guaze to his eye. "Can you see?" Jake shrugged. "Sometimes." Luke cursed. "Just keep moving. He got a few easy shots. That's it. Wear him out. Take him to the ground. Don't let him get easy shots." Jake nodded and got some water.

He got up for the third round. Romero has never went five rounds and honestly Jake didn't made it that far in his other fight either. If it went five rounds he was fine with it because he knew he had the cardio to make it through all five. Jake didn't want it to go to decision though. His cut did make it hard to see but he did exactly what Luke said, he took Romero down and made him tired the entire third round he was in control and got some good knees in to his side and punches while they were on the ground.

Going into the fourth round it was obvious that Romero was getting gassed. He moved around and kept his gloves down. Jake waited till a good moment and got a few punches in but Romero got him in clench before he could do too much damage. Jake was getting pissed but was trying to keep his patience. Jake pushed off of him and as they danced around, Romero found a hole and kneed Jake. Jake backed up again and Romero got a few punches in. In his head he knew he had to start doing blocking and punching back so the ref didn't call it. His gloves went up and he got a few good punches in. Both fighters would look awful tomorrow as they already had bruises and cuts on their faces. Romero got a punch in to his bad rib.

Amy knew Adri was probably freaking out.
 
As the fight went on it was getting harder for Adri to watch. She didn’t like watching Jake get hit. When the cameras panned over the crowd, her reaction shots were always either her smiling or her clenching like she was the one getting hit.

She knew he would come out bloody and bruised so she was mentally ready for that. It wasn’t anything she had seen before. She just hoped that a hospital visit wasn’t on the cards too. That’s what she didn’t like and she knew his mother would have a fit if Jake had to go to the hospital.
Adri ordered another drink and another round of beer for her brothers nd they continued watching.

Her brothers started placing bets on how the fight would end. Knock out or decision and decision was winning. She shut them up so they would keep watching.
 
Between the fourth and fifth rounds Luke looked at Jake, "His hands are down. He's tired. He's gassed out brother. Kick his ass. See an opening and go. Don't fight sloppy. This divides good fighters and champions. You can do this." He patted his back. Jake gave him a nod.

He kept his distance for a bit. Jake looked completely different then Romero. Jake kept his hands up and looked like he still had energy to keep fight. Romero had his hands down and was struggling to get air. Her brothers commented on it. The two danced a bit before Romero got Jake in a clench but Jake pushed him off. Romero got a good punch in, cutting his eye deeper before he went in for a knee and Jake duck down to try to get him with his signature kick. It didn't land hard like it did with Bisping but it still made contact and rocked him. Jake then hit him with a flying knee, which was Romero's signature move and he stumbled back and fell on the mat.

Jake took off for him and started punching him, right, then left, then right. Romero put his hands up to block but he was in a bad position with his back on the mat and Jake was in full mount, meaning he had control. He tried to get a few punches in but then Romero turned over to his stomach, which was a stupid move. "Get him Jake!" Luke yelled. Jake's arm tucked under Romero's chin and then his other went to the back of his head and the two tucked together and he leaned back and squeezed with everything he had. Romero fought to get loose and remove Jake's arm but he had the hold tight. His legs were tucked in a figure four around his body. Romero kept fighting to get free then was out. After a second Jake felt those three little taps on his arm and the ref stepped in to separate them as Jake let go.
 
"Holy shit. He won!" Adri laughed and shook Aidan's shoulder. Jake won and they all lost their best because hey thought it would be a draw. She also lost though because she said it would be a knockout. She knew that not every fight would be a knockout but she was hoping. She called John and Eileen and they were on their way. The hotel wasn't too far so they could make it before Jake left the cage.

Jake was declared the winner by tap out and the crowd roared their approval. That was a way to end a pay per view fight. Joe went up to Jake to get the post-fight interview. Jake was beaten up and his cut was still bleeding but they tried to wipe it off while Joe spoke to him. "That was a brutal fight. How do you feel man?" He asked.

Luke threw the title over his shoulder so he could have it on camera. "What was going through your head in those last rounds? You both put up a hell of a fight."
 
When Jake got up he ran a lap around the cage screaming with his arms flexed and his fists out in front of him. He was thrilled and wanted to rub it in Romero's face. No one has been able to make that man tap. That was part of the plan. He wasn't good on the ground.

His fist went up as the winner and still champion. Jake was catching his breath still had a smile on his face when Joe approached him. "Oh wow. I feel pretty good. The adrenaline is still pumping. It was intense."

He held onto the belt a moment. "I have to give it to Romero. I had a feeling he'd go into the fifth round but I knew he'd be gassed and I was right. I just worked to get him tired and tried to keep the distance to not get hit by a knee." He looked at Joe.

"Dude, you hit him with his own signature move then made him tap. No one has mad him tap. How does that make you feel?"

Jake smiled. "I feel great about it. I let me trash talking be said in this octagon. He ran his mouth. Ran his mouth about more than he knows about and I almost shut his ass up and sent him to the hospital. For future opponents, if you think I'm stepping into this cage and I'm not prepared and haven't trained to the best of my ability then you're a stupid fool who will end up going home with a loss."

Joe thanked him and congratulated him. Jake thanked him and raised his belt. Since he was the last fight, no one was kicking them out of the cage, in fact a security officer told Adri she could go join Jake if she wanted to.
 
Adri asked her brothers if they wanted to go in and they were all for it. Security walked them to the cage and let them in. They shook hands with Luke and tried to shake hands with Jake. They were all very excited for him. Adri stayed back to wait for his mother and father who walked in about ten minutes after he won.

Eileen was nervous about seeing Jake. She couldn't watch the whole fight but she did see bits and pieces. John gave Adri a hug and teased Adri about not really watching and the reaction shots that were being played on TV as b-roll. He walked into the cage to congratulate his son.

Adri put int he order for Jake's burrito and her brother's food. She knew Luke was going back to Amy and John and Eileen were going back to the hotel. So they were the only ones going to the after party. Adri was about to walk in when Nick made his appearance and spoke about how well Jake did and how nervous he was watching. They walked in together and congratulated Jake on his win as well.

It was wild but everyone was here to cheer him on and party with him.
 
Jake was happy and a lot of people were congratulating him. He saw Adri's brothers and he shook their hands and told them thank you for coming and rooting him on.

When he saw his parents he smiled. "Did you watch it?" He asked his mother, "Only some of it." That was good enough for him. "I'll take it." He gave both of his parents hugs. He had his shirt back on so that helped with the sweat plus Luke wiped a lot of it off. "Thanks for coming Pop." He told his dad.

Jake saw Adri and looked at Nick. He wanted to see his girl but was being polite to everyone else. When he saw Adri he motioned for her to come over. "Can I give you a hug?" He asked and looked her in the eyes.
 
Adri and Nick joked around and he had to go up fisrt because he dresss was a little too tight to do stairs on her own. She gave Luke a hug and kiss on the cheek. Jake fought but it was Luke who made sure he was ready.

Nick went to Jake and shook his hand and gave him a half hug. He called him a complete badass and was really excited for him.

When Jake gestured her over she ended her conversation with Luke and walked over to him. She didn’t want to get blood on her but she opened her arms for a hug. She didn’t squeeze him too tight to pat his back because she didn’t know how badly he was injured under his clothes.

“You okay? I can have Brian bring the food here if you want. Up to you.” He told him.
 
He chuckled at Nick and thanked him. It was nice he was there.

Jake could sense her hesitation to hug him so he just gave her a half hug. One that wasn't too tight or close. "Yeah I'm fine." He was actually going to apologize but the tension seemed there again. Maybe he was expecting too much. Maybe it was in his head or maybe something else was there. She didn't seem as excited as before. Maybe it was because he already did it or she was busy still being on top herself.

"I have a small interview I have to do from winning before I can leave. If you want to get out of here you can." He told her. "I'm going to go shower and go through mandatory medical check. " So much for marking the locker room off their bucket list. Especially MSG locker room. He thanked everyone again before heading back to the back. Security escorted him to the locker room.
 
"You took some really bad body blows. I told Brian to pick up some ice packs and icy hot for tomorrow and the flight home."She told him. Once the adrenaline wore off he would feel what she witnessed. And see why she was hesitant to touch him. She didn't want to put him in even more pain.

He would get to Jimmy again and that was always a fun time. Adri would probably stay at the hotel with Owen or go to the park to tire him out before the flight home. She was excited for him but the hard part was what came next.

Since they only had the one party bus they stuck around and chilled out while Jake got checked up. Adri and Nick had some fun on Snapchat. He sang her favorite Christmas song and she had to do the girl parts. Before it cut off completely said we should record that and Adri loved the idea. It was her favorite song and if she was truly given the opportunity she would do it in a heartbeat. "Could we?" She asked. "Tomorrow in the hotel? We can use my phone and record. It would be fun and quick. We can do it while he is at Jimmy." She told him. It was a deal there.

Once Jake was ready they were on the bus headed tot he party. Brian passed out everyone's food so they could eat while they rode. Adri wasn't too hungry so while everyone ate and sobered up a little, she was swaying happily to Baby it's Cold Outside in her head.
 
"Thank you." He told her. It was thoughtful but yet she still didn't say he did good or congratulations.

Jake had to get stitches above his eye but other than that he seemed okay. The medic told him he should get his ribs checked out back at home just from his previous injury to them but he didn't seem too concerned. Jake showered and was dressed and then had his interview. It was a pretty short one for a sports tv station on a satellite company.

On the bus he really wasn't hungry. Instead he watched every and noticed that Adri was all about hanging out with Nick but barely said two words to him. He only had a few bites before getting to the after party. He went in and straight to the bar. Tonight was about him and he wasn't worried about anything else. Once he got his drink he went around to talk to some other fighters. Since Adri acted like he wasn't there he started to do the same. With the win and being upset, he was pounding the drinks back and not caring.
 
When they got to the club Adri sat in a booth and sipped on her drink. She didn’t really do anything else. Her brothers pulled her onto the dance floor and she danced with them and she was back in her spot. She spoke to Nick because he was there for Jake and her and Jake was talking to some fighters so he stayed with Adri.

After her first drink at the club she was done so she was somewhat sober if Owen needdd her tonight. She noticed Jake was drinking and not really stopping which he deserved so she didn’t stop him.

“I can’t wait to get home and sleep.” She yawned and stretched her arms up over her head which almost made her boobs spill out of her top. She caught it and stuffed them back into place. She laughed and nick shook his head and draped his leather jacket over her shoulders for modesty so she did t spill out again.
 
After a little bit Jake went over to the table to spend time with everyone who was there to support him. Just because he and Adri weren't on the best of terms doesn't mean he'd be an ass to everyone else.

He sat down and ordered a round for everyone. Jake gave Adri a look when she spilled out of her top. He wanted to say something but her brothers gave her a stare themselves and gave her crap saying they didn't want to see their sister's chest. "Yeah Adri you are a mother now, you may want to keep that in mind while picking outfits." Aiden told her.

Jake downed a shot with the guys. A lot of people came up to talk to him. Some of the girlfriends and wives talked to Adri, especially about the VS show. Jake was started to get a little drunk and he didn't care.
 
“I’m also 24 years old and I will wear whatever I want. You didn’t see anything. I have on nipple covers.” She laughed.

When the ladies came over to talk about the show she went to the bar to get a drink with them so they could talk. Adri something really light to sip on while they spoke. Once that conversation was over she was alone. She looked around and sighed.

She was happy for Jake but she was exhausted after the traveling and working. She was ready to just sleep and be dead to the world but they still had this fight looming over them and she knew they would have to talk about it soon. And she didn’t want too. They always had fight and she had feeling they always would. It wasn’t a fight she wanted to have for the rest of her life.

She walked back to the table, “I’m taking Liam and heading to the hotel. Have a nice night guys.” The last thing she wanted to do was be surrounded by a bunch of men telling her what to do. Or what not to do. She gave Nick his jacket back and walked out with Liam.

“Can we go to Times Square one more time?” She asked Liam. It was a couple blocks away so they could walk it. But it was December in New York and she didn’t have a jacket. They got in the car and drove to the edge of Times Square before getting out and walking around to see the lights and see the window decorations. She stopped into Chanel to buy a jacket and then she was back on the street walking around again.
 
Jake shook his head as she left and didn't say anything to him. Instead she just told everyone and left. It just made him order another round of shots. It was bullshit. He stayed out late and organized going to Italy for her and she couldn't even say good bye to him and instead just addressed the entire table.

The guys spent the next few hours hanging out at the after party and drinking. He sort of wished Luke was there to talk to but instead he found Rich. He knew he could talk to him because they called Jake and Adri when they had problems. "Can I talk to you man? It's about Adri..." He said quietly.

Jake was beyond drunk by the time the party was wrapping up. The bus took them all back to the hotel. He stumbled into their room and into the bedroom.
 
Adri walked around Times Square for a little bit and treated Liam to some sushi from a bar. After that they went back to the hotel in a taxi.

Once Adri was at the hotel she tossed her coat on the couch and went to take a shower. She climbed in bed and she crashed. She slept through Jake coming into the room. She was exhausted. She got almost no sleep during the week of her show and the time change was kicking her ass. She was done with the day. And she had alcohol in her system there was no waking her.

Owen was still with Emma. Adri went her a text asking her to keep him for the night. They had been drinking and they needed to sleep it off before they took him in again. She didn’t want anything to happen beachside they were drink in bed.
 
Jake didn't want to talk to Rich about things at the party. He wanted privacy because he didn't want the wrong person twisting something around. He would talk to him later. Knowing he had a friend he could talk to meant a lot to him.

Once he was in the bedroom he stripped down to his underwear and got into bed. Drinking so much wasn't the best idea in the morning but while he did it, it made him feel better. He slept in but whIt en he would wake up his face would hurt as well as his head and entire body. He groaned a bit in his sleep, more from his fight injuries than anything.

It was hard for him to keep asleep from the pain.
 
Adri woke up around ten. She smiled to herself and stretched out her body. She wasn’t hungover. She actually felt pretty good. She could feel Jake next to her and when she looked and saw how swollen his face was she jumped a little bit. It was easily the worst she had seen his face. He had a lot of bruising and he would need a bit of make up for the Late show.

She got out of the bed and put on her robe since she was naked. She grabbed a bag of frozen peas from the freeze and the high persdription of pain killers. She set them on the night stand with a bottle of his favorite Gatorade and got back in bed.

She scrolled on her phone for a little bit and asked Emma how Owen’s as doing. She also said she could bring him up if she wanted. So Adri for deessed and closed the bedroom door so Owen wasn’t as loud and dissnt wake up Jake. They would probably have to go for a walk to keep the room quiet for him.

Before Owen got there she grabbed the present out of her suitcase and put it on her pillow. They had traditions before the fight and traditions after. She got him a new Rolex because they were in his colors and she thought he would like it.

She went back up front and said hello to Owen and gave him a kiss. She thanked Emma for taking care of him and sat with him on the floor and played with him.
 
Jake woke up and he felt almost worst then any other fight, mostly because it was his face that hurt. He groaned and sat up and noticed Adri was gone but then saw the box. He opened it and loved it. She had good taste that was for sure. He would wear the watch when he went on Jimmy.

He then saw the stash on the side of the bed she left. She could be thoughtful so it made his frustration that much harder. He felt a little guilty about it. Maybe he was overreacting a bit. He took the medicine and peas on his face before grabbing the Gatorade and going out to the living room.

"There's my big guy!" Jake said but hoped he didn't scare Owen.
 
Owen was used to black eyes and minimal swelling but this was different. When she heard Jake get up she turned Owen towards the TV and hoped Jake was going to get something and then going back to the room.

That wasn’t the case. She rubbed her lips together and let Owen go. She watched him run to Jake. He slowed down when he actually saw Jake. He was hesitant about going to him because he sounded like daddy but he didn’t look like daddy.

In the end he ran back to Adri and then back to Jake and squeezed his leg. He raised his arms to get Jake to pick him up.

If that was what his face looked like she didn’t want to know what his body looked like. He had to be hurting. And lifting Owen probably wasn’t a good idea in her mind. But she wasn’t going to tell him what to do.
 
Jake watched him run away then run back. "Hi baby." He rubbed his head. "Does daddy look different?" He smiled and looked at Adri.

"Why don't you just let me go sit down and you can sit with dad?" He didn't know if he could pick Owen up and not hurt himself so he wasn't going to risk it.

He sat on the couch and Owen climbed up on the couch to sit next to dad. "Did you have a good night with grandma and papa? And Aunt Amy?" He gave Jake a nod and said 'Papa.'

Jake looked at Adri. "Thanks for the watch. It's really nice. I love it."
 
She gave Owen’s butt a little push up onto the couch to help him out. She got off the floor and sat on the couch. Owen was between them laying on the cushion with his head in Jake’s lap. Adri rubbed the bottom of his foot and paid some bills.

“I’m glad you like it. The collection of those watches comes out next season.” She told him. She handed him the remote if he wanted to change the channel and she paid the mortgage with their joint account and she transferred her recent paycheck into her multiple savings account including the wedding account.

She didn’t really need to put money into that one anymore. They had more than enough. Now she just had to find the right designer to make something of her mother’s dress. And she wanted something of her own for the reception dress. Jake could buy a tux or have one designed.
 
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