Jerika: It's Complicated 🐐💙

Chapter 3

Miami
Saturday
10 AM

Narrator: Jake heard a loud bang and woke up to find Kade and Tony staring at him in the door way. That's when he realized Erika was sleeping next to him.
Kade: So how long has this been going on?
Jake: Nothing happened
Kade: Bro don't deny it
Tony: My boy smashed!
Jake: STOP IT! NO GET THE FUCK OUT
Narrator: The boys left and Jake was angry. His yelling woke Erika up
Erika: what's wrong?
Jake: Nothing
Erika: Jake what happened
Jake: Kade and Tony saw us together
Erika: It's my fault! I'm sorry
Jake: let's just go handle this now before it gets worse
Narrator: They go downstairs. Kade and Tony are playing Mario kart and Jake turns the game off.
Kade&Tony: WTF BRO
Jake: we need to talk. All of us
Kade: okay what
Jake: Nothing happened between Erika and I
I just wanted her to feel safe, last night some creep was all over her
Tony: wtf who is he! Do I need to kick his ass
Jake: No it doesn't matter, I got her out of there and we should put it behind us
Kade: Wow sorry that happened to you Erika. Did he hurt you
Erika: Thank you Kade, I'm fine. I don't think he did
Narrator: She looked at her wrist and realized Aiden had his grip on her wrists so hard he left her bruised. She looked up at Jake and he was angry. Tony demanded to know about Aiden to try and find him
Erika: GUYS!! Calm down like Jake said we should put this behind us
Tony: Easier said than done
Erika: I have a fun day planned and it involves jet skis
Kade: Yes! Let's go
Jake & Tony: Fine
Narrator: they get ready and drive to the location. They all get on the jet skis and enjoy their time together. They raced and played around until the sun started going down.

TEAM 10 House
Miami
7 PM

Narrator: Jake was in his office replying to emails. He gets a call from Nick and answers

Jake: Hey Nick
Nick: Hey Jake you need to get back to LA
Jake: What's going on?
Nick: Someone made a video claiming to expose you and you know who was in it. There's a lot of backlash and hate. We got reporters outside waiting for comments. We're doing our best but we need you here
Jake: What were the claims?
Nick: Drugs, sexual assault, and cheating
Jake: wtf bro you know it's not true right
Nick: I know. Kevin and I are working on what we can. I need you to get a flight out here in the next hour. I'll send Erika an email of what you need to know
Jake: no just send it to me
Nick: alright see you soon mate

Narrator: he booked his flight with Erika and told her to pack. He looked at her and said no questions please, I need you to just listen to me. She did as he told her and they left for the airport. They checked in and made their flight. He was on his phone trying to figure out what went wrong. He decided to watch the video and put his headphones on. Erika felt strange, Jake was ignoring her and she wasn't sure why. She turned to face the window and began to check her emails. One email had the subject as urgent. She couldn't believe what she was reading. It was an article of an interview that Alissa did. She talked about what it was like living jake and all the things he did to her. She implied that he was doing drugs. The last part of the interview she mentioned that Jake cheated on her with a friend. But did not mention who it was. She couldn't believe Alissa would be so low and make false claims. She turned her phone off and closed her eyes.

Los Angeles
1 AM
Narrator: they arrived to the house. Jake still didn't say a word. Erika goes to her room and shuts the door. Jake goes into the office to find Nick and Kevin

Nick: Jake we need you to make a comment
Jake: What they are saying is not true! She wants to make me a bad guy and everyone is believing it.
Kevin: I spoke to some of the reporters outside, we should have this fixed by tomorrow. Go get some rest
Narrator: Jake went to his room, he realized he hadn't spoken to Erika. He runs downstairs and knocks on her door. She doesn't answer. He pulls out his phone and sends her a text

iMessage
Jake: I'm sorry for today. Can you open up to talk
Erika: It's fine
Jake: no it's not. Let me in please
Erika: Goodnight Jake

Narrator: He frowns as he goes upstairs. He lays on his bed and just wishes his life wouldn't be so complicated for once

Sunday
8 AM
Narrator: Erika gets up and goes to the kitchen. She makes a smoothie and gets ready to go to the gym. As she is leaving she hears Jake coming down and quickly runs out. Jake knows he messed up, he knew he shouldn't have shut her out and just explained why he was not speaking to her. Now she's doing everything she can to avoid him.

As the week goes on everything seems to be calm again. Jake cleared his name as much as he could but it definitely wasn't over. His relationship with Erika was over. She would only speak to him about work related things and avoid what they really needed to talk about.
Erika just came back from grabbing some supplies and Jake had enough of her avoiding the obvious
Jake: Erika! I need you in the office
Erika: Jake I'm kinda busy right now, whatever it is can wait
Jake: I'm not asking you, I need you in the office NOW
Narrator: Erika was surprised, Jake had never raised his voice to her like that before. Everyone else in the house had heard him shout and looked worried. She goes in the office and he shuts the door
Erika: What is your deal? Look I do anything you ask, I respect you and you can't do the same for me. I do...
Narrator: He cuts her off with a kiss, which became more passionate. She let's go and looks at him
Jake: I'm sorry for shouting but I didn't know how else to get you here and listen
Erika: you should have just told me
Jake: You have been avoiding me every day, don't give me that
Erika: you're right..I'm sorry too. I guess it became easier to ignore what was going on
Jake: I've missed you, can we just forget it and go back to being happy
Erika: *sighs* Sure but anytime something big happens, I want to know. I do worry about you
Jake: *surprised* I promise, I won't hide anything from you because I care about you. More than you know
Narrator: Erika puts her arms around his neck and gives him a kiss. The kiss turns into a make out and he whispers under his breath
Jake: we should take this somewhere else, I'm sure nick and the rest would like to use the office
Erika: *giggles* yeah let's go
Narrator: they walk out separately and Jake goes to his room. While everyone was distracted in the kitchen Erika ran upstairs. She went to his room and and pushed him on the bed. She got on top of him and kissed his jaw going down to his neck. Emotions were high and their clothes fell to the floor. He kissed her again and fell asleep.

Wednesday
7 AM

Narrator: Jake woke up and got out of bed. He had to get ready for a meeting he and Erika needed to attend. As he was getting out of the bathroom he noticed how peaceful she looked and didn't want to wake her so he let her sleep and left alone.
Erika began to open her eyes and turned. She was sad to see Jake was gone. Her instinct kicked and she quickly got up and grabbed a shirt from the merch rack. She grabbed her clothes and quietly walked downstairs. She knew everyone in the house would be up soon and interrogate her. She got ready for the day and checked her phone, all of her daily reminders were on the screen and she panicked when she noticed she was late for the meeting. She frantically called jake but he didn't answer. She was in the middle of a second call when he sent her a text
iMessage
Jake: hey don't worry about today. Go ahead and rest I got it
Erika: why would you let me sleep in, I need to be there with you!
Jake: don't worry beautiful, everything's fine. I'll see you soon

Narrator: Although she was a little upset, she thought it was a sweet gesture. She decided she would go shopping to keep her busy and invited Tessa with her. Tessa had been so busy with a new movie role and this was a perfect chance for them to catch up.

Tessa: thanks for inviting me out, I really needed a little retail therapy
Erika: of course! We needed some girl time
Tessa: how was Miami? I heard some things

Narrator: Erika's face changed from happy to worried and her first thought was Tony and Kade had told her about her and Jake