Celebrate Good Times

Subject: Celebrate Good Times Wed May 19, 2021 2:21 pm

[YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE SO FLY ZONE]

A Zoom call starts up as various members of the Jordan Family start popping up with their faces looking all lit up and happy as hell. Plenty of them cheering and giving congratulations. One of them including Mama Jordan. So Fly himself shows up in the meeting, still sweating from his workout and visibly in a gym in the moment as he nods and gives his reluctant thanks to everyone for coming and giving him props.

Mama Jordan: “Congratulations, baby! We’re so happy for you! You got the gold you were wanting and now you’re even going to the Arcade!”

Don rolls his eyes and tries to focus over his loudass siblings and relatives all trying to speak at once in the meeting.

“It’s Arcadia, Mama, not Arcade. I gotta deal with Coach saying that shit enough…”

Mama Jordan: “You better watch your mouth, boy! No swearing, especially not around the kids!”

So Fly surrenders, putting his hands up and giving up. He ain’t got any power in this situation. He had no choice but to attend this lameass Zoom party to celebrate winning the Hybrid Tag Titles as it is. Definitely ain’t the party he really wanted for finally taking the step of becoming a Champ, but it is what it is.

“Hey look, I appreciate yall for being here, but I can’t be too long. I got a lotta work to be putting in. I ain’t taking any of this lightly.”

Mama Jordan: “Boy, don’t play around. We know you ain’t got nowhere better to be. Heck, you spend most of the day stuffing your face, don’t try foolin me!”

Ouch. Between Mama Jordan and Coach Hecht, So Fly’s self-esteem is taking a helluva hit when it comes to how much food he eats, but fuck it, he likes food. Who doesn’t? So Fly just shrugs it off and tries to keep things moving.

“I ain’t playing, Mama. I’m serious about this sh… Stuff. I mean it. You know I’ve always meant it. I wouldn’t be here right now if I didn’t mean everything I’ve ever said since I was a kid. You know how I was. You’re the only one that ever really believed in me and I can’t ever repay that, but I can keep up with it and keep putting in work. Back in the day, all of this didn’t even seem possible, y’know? I’d have kids bullying me, trying to work me over, trying to put me down. Telling me that someone like me would never reach these heights. I never forgot them, Mama. Not for a second. I remember every single one of their faces vividly, down to the last detail. I could have their faces painted from memory with one of them Police sketch artists. I remember them so well and I remember every single word they said to me. I ain’t ever forgetting stuff like that. I keep it with me like I keep all the positive things and all the encouragement you ever told me. I needed that bullying and all those negatives as much as the positives. They were my motivation to get better every single day. Where’s those kids now? They got miserable lives, baby mamas that don’t love them, children that they can’t afford, and not a dime to their names.”

Shit just got real there for a second. Wasn’t expecting that. The rest of So Fly’s relatives in the zoom call stay celebrating and talking and looking blissfully ignorant as to what So Fly just said, but whatever. The only one that did pay attention is the only one that matters, and that’s Mama Jordan.

Mama Jordan: “I know, baby. I know how hard you worked for this and how hard you’re gonna work to keep it.”

Even on some stupid Zoom call, those words bring So Fly back to his childhood. Mama Jordan’s encouragement and unconditional love were the only thing he had to keep him honest and humble throughout every ounce of fighting to get here. All So Fly can even do is nod in response.

“I’m proud of myself, Mama. I’m proud of this, even if some people would say it ain’t much. It’s mine. I earned this Hybrid Tag Team Championship. Coach Hecht earned his half too. Ain’t neither of us taking this lightly. It wasn’t that long ago, Coach and I were bitter rivals that couldn’t really even stand each other. He brought me to my limit every single time I stepped into the ring. He’s been the one person that has been a thorn in my side since arriving in Wrestleworld. So I gotta thank him too for all the motivation. I ain’t beaten him yet. I gotta keep working and keep training and one day you better believe I’m gonna make that happen, cause there’s nothing that makes me madder than knowing someone’s got my number. One day, I’m gonna beat him and show him just how hard I worked to surpass him. But that’s in the future, and it sure ain’t right here in the present. Right here in the present, he and I came together, unlikely duo or not, and we captured the Hybrid Tag Titles when a lot of people doubted we could even coexist together to make it happen with all of our issues. Issues don’t mean nothing when you’re a real competitor. When you’re someone real who puts the work in and wants to win more than he wants to breathe. Coach may be a thorn in my side and a rival, but he’s a competitor just like I am. He’s got family he wants to make proud. He’s got people to encourage him and motivate him. He and I wanted the gold and he and I wanted the smoke and we took our opponents to their limits together and pulled it off. I ain’t ever been more proud of anything in my life, Mama. Some people don’t wanna put respect on these Titles, but that don’t bother me. Coach and I will make em put respect on them when it’s all said and done.”

The passion. The fire. So Fly’s got it all, and it’s enough to even captivate his own annoying family as they finally shut up and listen. Mama Jordan though, she gets it. She always has. Nobody has ever understood more than her. She’s even got tears welling up in her eyes as she nods in agreement with So Fly.

Mama Jordan: “I’m proud of you too, Baby. I know this means everything to you. You’ve got a big match at a big show. I wish it were closer to home though. You’ve been so far away for so long.

So Fly nods, knowing that shit is true, but he stays determined.

“I know, Mama. I wish I were home with you sometimes, but I can’t think like that if I wanna win. I bet Coach wishes he were home with Little Bobby right now. But we both know what we gotta do. We gotta keep putting in work and keep busting our as… Butts to keep succeeding. Neither of us are taking this lightly. We captured these Championships late in the game, but we punched our tickets to ARCADIA, the biggest show of em all. A show I had been fighting to make it to, no matter what. It doesn’t matter if I have to team up with a rival. Coach could be a man I hate more than anyone else and I’d still suck it up and do my job and win with him, cause that’s how much it means to me. We push each other to our limits, and you know that’s what it’s all about for me. Finding new limits. Reaching new heights. Getting to fly higher than ever before. That’s why Coach and I wanted this match. To prove to the entire world that we ain’t backing down from any kinda challenge. We could have chosen just one team to be our challengers, sure, but that ain’t a real challenge. We got people looking to dethrone us. We got people gunning for us. Coach and I got this collective target painted on our backs and we ain’t letting anyone hit the bullseye. Not Strader or Horror. Not Raab or Payne. Ain’t none of them taking this from us. Ain’t any of them matching our work ethic and our determination to win. It doesn’t matter if there’s two teams threatening our reign to me. There may as well be 40 teams looking to take us down at ARCADIA, and it still won’t be enough. They could send an army to take us out and they’d all get dropped, because there is nothing that’s stopping us from keeping this dream alive. There ain’t any competition we ain’t beating out. I fought tooth and nail to make these Championships a reality. Coach Hecht fought tooth and nail to make these Championships a reality. We may be hella different people inside and out. We may be hella different in mind, body, and spirit. But we are two people that refuse to let the other lose and keep making the other that much better, and that’s what’s gonna make us the best Hybrid Team this place has ever seen. That’s what’s gonna make us win at ARCADIA. That’s my motivation right now. I hope every one of our opponents has their own… And I appreciate all of this, but this ain’t no time to celebrate, everyone. That can wait after the show when we keep this gold. I gotta get back to work. Appreciate yall for being here.”

Mama Jordan nods and smiles like she always has for her son.

Mama Jordan: “Alright, baby. Work hard and keep winning. I believe in you. I always have. And I also wanna meet this Coach Hecht friend of yours sometime.”

“Alright, Mama. Love you. Love yall. I’m winning this one for you.”

So Fly exits out of the call to finally head back to work and not have to deal with his annoyingass family. But it was nice seeing his Mama again. That helped motivate him even more to make sure he wins this shit.

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