Till the end

Chapter VI

It's been a few days since prom night. Jacob spent all of his time the next few days training for his big boxing match against Luke JJ which was in 3 days. And it helped him keep his mind of other things.

The group occasionally came and have lunch with him, he had a 45 min lunch break. He trained, eat, slept and repeat. Every time him and Alix are together, it's kinda of awkward between them. Ever since what happened at the dance. They didn't talk about. On the outside they're are ignoring the feeling they had, but on the inside they feel it times 10. But Jacob can't think of anything else right now, he has to focus a 100% on this fight. If he beats Luke JJ we will go to the final and boxe Mr Rocky and if he wins this fight he will be the current champ of the country, the best boxer. That was his long life dream since he was a little boy.

The days are moving really quickly, it's the evening before the fight. The fight is at 4pm the next day, it was placed in one of the biggest stadium and boxing ring in the world. All the group came to his house for support and had diner with him, he was on a really strict diet. They could tell he was really excited but nervous at the same time. They didn't stay long because he had to do a last little workout and go to bed before 11pm, if he wanted to be ready for tomorrow and have enough sleep. While they were leaving, Alix said to Jacob:" I'll see you tomorrow, I'll be there shouting for you as hard as I can. You got this Jacob Mills, I believed in you since day one ". He held her in his big arms tightly and whispered in her ear :" Thank you, I needed to hear this " .  She left smiling at him.

He could always count on his grandma as well for support but she had Alzheimer and barely remembered who he was sometimes. And his dad, he could never count on him. He never told Jacob he was proud of him. Jacob became a boxer because of his dad, like that he could defend himself when his dad was hitting him. But even tho he could off defended himself from his dad after a few classes of boxing , he never had the courage to do it. 

Jacob was 30 mins in his workout when he heard the front door open, his dad was here. It was 10:30 pm. He came back early for once from the bar. His dad came into Jacobs room drunk and angry as fuck as usual. And said :"JACOB WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS FIGHT I'M HEARING ABOUT TOMORROW!!!", Jacob never told his dad he was a boxer or did boxing classes, otherwise his dad would off forced him to stop. Jacob kept quiet and didn't answer back to him. His dad then said :" OHH SO YOU DON'T TALK NOW ! FINE YOUR NOT GOING. YOUR GROUNDED!! ". Jacob who was pissed and mad, for once he defended himself by saying with a loud angry voice:"Dad you don't get to decide anymore, since mum died you've just been a piece of SHIT!! You never cared about what I did so don't start now, you have never been a good father and YOU WILL NEVER BE ONE, now get the fuck out of my room and leave me the fuck alone you ". 

In Jacobs head he knows he fucked up big time but doesn't want to show it. His dad doesn't say a word for a minute. And suddenly throws one of the hardest right hand punches he had thrown right in Jacobs left eye and leaves his room without saying a word, he then leaves the house. Jacob staid quiet as well and went to take a shower. His eye was hurting like mad. When he got out the shower and saw his eye, it was black, his dad have him a black eye. He even struggled to open it. He ended up going to bed at 12pm with a black eye who was really painful.

The next morning was the big day. He woke up at 8am and went for a one hour run. Once back he made his protein smoothie for his breakfast. He then got ready, put on some sunglasses to hide his black eye. His dad still didn't come back from yesterday. Jacob was kind of worried. Anyway he arrived at the Stadium at 10, he went to met up with his coach. His coach ask why the glasses. Jacob then took them off. The coat who has known Jacob since he was 12 knew it was his dad. He was really pissed, he said:"SON OF A BITCH, one day I will have to pay a little visit to your old man. Are you ok Jacob? ". Jacob answered:"Yes fine I just want to focus on the fight now", he then put his sunglasses back on.

They stated doing a little warm up. They then had lunch at 11am, and then did a medium warm up/ workout. Jacob then popped in his ice bath. On his chest we could see a few scares made by his dad from the age of 12 to  today. As he is freezing in his ice bath, the group arrived at the stadium. He was really happy to see them. Alix said :" There is the champ!", Jacob laughed. The whole group was laughing at him because he was suffering in the ice bath. Tim then said:"What's up with the sunglasses, we're indoor mate". Jacob replied while fake laughing:" I'm trying a new style mate" , his coach was next to them, Jacob looked at his coach while fake smiling, his coach was upset because he knew the real reason. 

Jacob after 30 min got out of the bath and went into the changing rooms to put some clothes on, it was 12pm. When he finished getting ready Usher came in the changing room just before Jacob got out and said :" Dude we have been best friends since for ever, I know when you're lying, so do the others. What is the real reason you have sunglasses on! ".  At that moment the others come in the changing room. Jacob then took his sunglasses off in front of everyone and said :" I lied for the sunglasses, I fell while running this morning ". He then looked at his coach who was pissed. Jacob then said:" Fine, my dad punched me yesterday night because I talked back to him, this is the real truth, are you guys HAPPY NOW!!, to know that MY FATHER HAS BEEN  beating me since I WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY ", he stated sobbing. They were all starting to cry. Alix rushed into his arms and hugged him tightly . The others joined in, they didn't move for a while. Jacob then said while sobbing and cleaning up his tears:"Thank you guys for always being here for me when I was alone". 

Authors note :

Well this story took and ugly turn, poor Jacob, next up is his big fight against the cutie Luke JJ.

See ya in the seventh part of this story.