Post by Steve Sinclair on Jul 11, 2014 20:10:56 GMT
It had been awhile since Rayne had been in NYC but this was a special occasion . No it was nothing to celebrate , not in the least, Rayne had driven down to NYC to be at J.F.K airport to meet April Newton the recent widow of the infamous Heath.
Rayne had been shaken to the ground as much as Eddie had but she knew he had to grieve in his own way . Yes there would be the crying and the shouting and even the odd physical outburst and once he was through that she would be there. Heaths death had hit her hard she had grown to like him and even had a special if not odd relationship with him and his sister/wife.
It was the phone call from April that had surprised her most. In the short time they had seen each other a bond had developed and in her grief she had turned to Rayne. Rayne was torn at first , she knew the man she loved was in pain over the death of his friend and on the other hand she had Heaths widow who had to deal with not only the death of her husband and lover but the death of her brother as well.
Weighing her options she decided she couldn’t abandon April at this time. Phoning a fragile Eddie she quickly told him her plans to drive down and back within a day and if he really needed her she would be just a phone call away . Eddie understood but his voice seemed oddly distant , which left a hollow feeling with Rayne , but she knew that he was strong - he survived cancer - he could survive the loss of a friend and like it or not sometimes we just need to be alone.
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Rayne paced back and forth at the terminals waiting . She knew April’s flight was due any minute and quite frankly she had no idea how to react in this situation . She had her own grief but yet she wanted to be in a positive mood for April, but what does one say in a case like this ? I’m sorry sounds too shallow and life will go on sounds tasteless, but a friend in need sometimes doesn’t need words.
April looked like hell when Rayne finally spotted her through the crowd. And Rayne was right words were not needed as she quickly walked up to her , kissed her on the cheek and hugged her tight . They gathered up her luggage together in silence and then walked out to the parking lot .
It wasn’t until they were on the road for a good while before April spoke.
“Thank you .”
“For what ?”
“Coming all the way here and picking me up. I could have easily have taken a limo , but I guess I needed someone familiar . Someone who isn’t kissing my ass and fawning all over me like those damn leeches that have swarmed all over me after Heath passed.”
“ I know and I think its horrible.”
“It is , that’s why I’m glad you came to my rescue and offered me some solitude far away from the maddening crowd.”
“ I can’t exactly guarantee that its far from the maddening crowd , but it is someplace new , someplace with out memories.”
“Memories are what you make of them and I have only good memories. Heath thought a lot of you , he liked you a lot and said that Eddie was a lucky bloke to have you .”
“I think I’m the lucky one. He treats me like a princess and probably would eat glass every day if I told him too.”
“heath was like that too. Not to many people got to see the other side of him , they condemned him from the get go. that's why he liked you - you never pigeon holed him .”
“There was no way I could, you had to take him as he was . Far too many people felt intimidated by him , their hearts and minds were too closed and couldn’t see him for the real talent and the real man he was.”
April places her hand on Rayne's thigh “That's so true , he genius was lost to so many people because of their lack of understanding. Promise me one thing Rayne , don’t do what I did , I wasn’t there all the time for Heath and I missed out on so much . Missed out on precious time I could have spent with him . Don’t miss out on time with Eddie , your both involved with a violent sport where injuries happened everyday and god only knows what might happen from one day to the next. Either on of you could get hurt .Don’t live with regrets Rayne .”
Rayne dabs at the tears that are threatening to spill out and roll down her cheeks.” I honestly don’t know what I would do if something ever happened to him . I mean we’ve always joked about the numerous times we’ve gotten hurt and sat in the hospital , but I don't think we’ve ever dwelled on the what ifs.”
“Most people don’t dwell on them cause they don’t want to face the fact that we aren’t immortal . Life is fragile .”
They fell into a melancholy silence for the rest of the trip and by the time Rayne pulled into her snow covered driveway April was asleep. It was only after April had showered ,had a bit to eat and was firmly ensconced in the guest bedroom that Rayne ventured out again .
She didn't care that winter had reared its ugly head again and dumped 8 inches of snow on the ground . Rayne needed to run , to clear her head and running especially in this cold weather had a particularly numbing effect on her emotions. By the time she got back almost a hour later she knew what she had to do .
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The Amsterdam Mall was oddly silent . Not too many brave souls decided to brave the mounting snowflakes and venture out . Oh sure there were the odd trips to the grocery stores to grab last minute supplies in case the Nor’easter actually does dump 20 gazillion inches of snow and your stuck in the house like Jack Nicholson in the Shining . But on the whole most people decided to stay home where it was warm.
Rayne wasn’t one of them . She had a promo to cut and right now she was hunting down Lee Cyril . She had heaved a sigh of relief when she had noticed his car in the lot instead of Barry Burton’s.
Knocking on his office door she waited for a reply before gingerly opening the door.
“Lee?”
“Rayne , Hi there , come on in .”
“Hey Lee, I was wondering if you could help me . I’d like to cut a promo.”
“Sure give me a couple of minutes and I’ll meet you in the studio.”
“No problem.”
By the time Rayne had changed and checked her make up Lee was ready for her . Lights on and cameras rolling - the show or rather interview was about to begin.
“Hello folks , I’m Lee Cyril and gracing the stage with me today is none other than the ESW reigning Television Champ Rayne Pezzini .”
“Hi Lee , its great to be here today .In fact with this weather its great to be anywhere . One would think with all those satellites out there in space we could at least control the weather or even find Bin Laden but no some asshole has to use them to zoom in on the overly dramatic duo duking it out on a roof - I‘d rather watch Biddy Cam . What a fucking waste of technology, kinda makes one want to shun electricity and move in with the Amish . And I wanna know when the fuck The ESW got enough money to afford a satellite but not give any of its talent raises ? Eddie and I are making the money for this shit hole and what do we get ......rooftop feed of the bitch splitting her pants as she kicks the Al Gore of wrestling.”
“You are of course referring to Steve Sinclair's new team in the ESW.”
“Hell yeah , Im not talking about the Jamaican bobsled team here Lee. I’m talking about that trash talking cunt SunFeather and her moronic cohort Angus Slack er I mean Black. The new hemorrhoids on the block , always on your ass making you itch to burn them off. Just like the real hemorrhoids - hanging around looking like a bunch of grapes next to that asshole Steve, not really useful or serving any real purpose but they annoy the shit out of you.”
“Well from we all hear Steve has big plans for them .”
“Lee, who doesn’t Steve have plans for? Its been the same old predictable song and dance since day fucking one. OHHHHHHH so he knows her from way back..whoo fucking hooo...Lets give the lady a cigar so she can fuck herself with it .
So she's a chick on a mission ,but really lets take a good look at her - she's Ravens age or older which makes her ancient and the best credit she can give at this time in her life is a few shiny dime store trophies and some pictures on a damn wall. Isn’t it time you hung it up , strapped on the old feed bag and put yourself out to pasture ?
Now I’m not knocking Raven , we all know she can kick ass and hell for a woman approaching 30 she's one of the top in her field . But that old hag Sun Feather ...lets just say its kinda late for her to get in the game unless its shuffleboard or maybe Bingo - I hear they have free games at Wal-Mart every Tuesday and you get free coffee and donuts .”
“whoa kinda harsh there aren’t you Rayne.”
“Fuck no ! This whore comes out and accuses me of abandoning Eddie in his time of need . Which by the way is so far from the truth its laughable, just goes to show that “Sunny” knows jack diddly squat about my relationship or relationships in general for that matter . But then again is that anything new from Miss “I think I know it all” ?
Little mind games and subtle character slander , I do believe that's from the second chapter of “ So you know a few fancy moves and want to be a wrestler”. I do give you marks for creativity - that whole evil turn was sooooo unexpected . I know me personally ( Rayne places her hand upon her chest) I ...I was so shocked ..( Rayne laughs viciously ) Oh who am I kidding , she was so sickening sweet she made me want to vomit and everybody knew she was to good to be true.
Well “Sugah” lets see if you can put your or rather Sinclair's money where your mouth is . This ain’t no beauty contest this is a god damn sport where talent is key and professionalism is practiced- but you’ve shown you know nothing about that . So here's the deal chickie , u want to step up to the plate and do a better job than your partner then lets turn this baby up a notch and make this a LOSERS LEAVE MATCH !”
“You can’t be serious !?”
“Yes I am Lee more than you’ll ever know. The way I see it , its a win -win situation . I win , I get to keep my belt and the ESW will be a much quieter , slut free place , where Jin, Kat and myself can walk around knowing that the ESW has not been degraded into being a whore house. “
“But what if you loose , that could mean the end of your career here.”
“Wow! I see someone took their Gingko this morning. That’s right Lee , my career would be over , but I look at it this way if Eddie takes the deal Steve offered him and I loose my match - Sinclair will have lost the money makers of the fed. Where will he be then . Oh sure he can try to replace us with cheap knock offs but it won’t be the same. He’ll soon take his frustrations out on good ol Black Anus and Sun Feather . And me ......well I’ll be home snuggling up on the couch with Eddie watching them squirm and dance like the puppets they are . Besides I’m sure there's a lot more feds who’ll more than welcome me to their squared circle.”
“Seems you thought about this.”
“ No Lee I just pulled it out of my ass . Hell yeah I thought about this . I don’t spend my time sulking like someone would have you believe. I’m confident in myself and my abilities , and in the fact that I can beat another over zealous piece of shit hired by Steve. She wants to bring it on , well I’ll be there with bells on . And as soon as I’m done here I’m asking Raven to sign the match , cause if she doesn’t I know that bastard Steve will.”
“Well folks I can honestly say that this is not your typical day in ESW land. This is Lee Cyril saying Cyrilllllll out!!!!”
“Cyril out?”
“Yeah “
“Dude that is sooo gay .”
Cyril hangs his head down in shame.” F...f...f..ucking gay bastards and their catch phrases.
Rayne had been shaken to the ground as much as Eddie had but she knew he had to grieve in his own way . Yes there would be the crying and the shouting and even the odd physical outburst and once he was through that she would be there. Heaths death had hit her hard she had grown to like him and even had a special if not odd relationship with him and his sister/wife.
It was the phone call from April that had surprised her most. In the short time they had seen each other a bond had developed and in her grief she had turned to Rayne. Rayne was torn at first , she knew the man she loved was in pain over the death of his friend and on the other hand she had Heaths widow who had to deal with not only the death of her husband and lover but the death of her brother as well.
Weighing her options she decided she couldn’t abandon April at this time. Phoning a fragile Eddie she quickly told him her plans to drive down and back within a day and if he really needed her she would be just a phone call away . Eddie understood but his voice seemed oddly distant , which left a hollow feeling with Rayne , but she knew that he was strong - he survived cancer - he could survive the loss of a friend and like it or not sometimes we just need to be alone.
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Rayne paced back and forth at the terminals waiting . She knew April’s flight was due any minute and quite frankly she had no idea how to react in this situation . She had her own grief but yet she wanted to be in a positive mood for April, but what does one say in a case like this ? I’m sorry sounds too shallow and life will go on sounds tasteless, but a friend in need sometimes doesn’t need words.
April looked like hell when Rayne finally spotted her through the crowd. And Rayne was right words were not needed as she quickly walked up to her , kissed her on the cheek and hugged her tight . They gathered up her luggage together in silence and then walked out to the parking lot .
It wasn’t until they were on the road for a good while before April spoke.
“Thank you .”
“For what ?”
“Coming all the way here and picking me up. I could have easily have taken a limo , but I guess I needed someone familiar . Someone who isn’t kissing my ass and fawning all over me like those damn leeches that have swarmed all over me after Heath passed.”
“ I know and I think its horrible.”
“It is , that’s why I’m glad you came to my rescue and offered me some solitude far away from the maddening crowd.”
“ I can’t exactly guarantee that its far from the maddening crowd , but it is someplace new , someplace with out memories.”
“Memories are what you make of them and I have only good memories. Heath thought a lot of you , he liked you a lot and said that Eddie was a lucky bloke to have you .”
“I think I’m the lucky one. He treats me like a princess and probably would eat glass every day if I told him too.”
“heath was like that too. Not to many people got to see the other side of him , they condemned him from the get go. that's why he liked you - you never pigeon holed him .”
“There was no way I could, you had to take him as he was . Far too many people felt intimidated by him , their hearts and minds were too closed and couldn’t see him for the real talent and the real man he was.”
April places her hand on Rayne's thigh “That's so true , he genius was lost to so many people because of their lack of understanding. Promise me one thing Rayne , don’t do what I did , I wasn’t there all the time for Heath and I missed out on so much . Missed out on precious time I could have spent with him . Don’t miss out on time with Eddie , your both involved with a violent sport where injuries happened everyday and god only knows what might happen from one day to the next. Either on of you could get hurt .Don’t live with regrets Rayne .”
Rayne dabs at the tears that are threatening to spill out and roll down her cheeks.” I honestly don’t know what I would do if something ever happened to him . I mean we’ve always joked about the numerous times we’ve gotten hurt and sat in the hospital , but I don't think we’ve ever dwelled on the what ifs.”
“Most people don’t dwell on them cause they don’t want to face the fact that we aren’t immortal . Life is fragile .”
They fell into a melancholy silence for the rest of the trip and by the time Rayne pulled into her snow covered driveway April was asleep. It was only after April had showered ,had a bit to eat and was firmly ensconced in the guest bedroom that Rayne ventured out again .
She didn't care that winter had reared its ugly head again and dumped 8 inches of snow on the ground . Rayne needed to run , to clear her head and running especially in this cold weather had a particularly numbing effect on her emotions. By the time she got back almost a hour later she knew what she had to do .
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The Amsterdam Mall was oddly silent . Not too many brave souls decided to brave the mounting snowflakes and venture out . Oh sure there were the odd trips to the grocery stores to grab last minute supplies in case the Nor’easter actually does dump 20 gazillion inches of snow and your stuck in the house like Jack Nicholson in the Shining . But on the whole most people decided to stay home where it was warm.
Rayne wasn’t one of them . She had a promo to cut and right now she was hunting down Lee Cyril . She had heaved a sigh of relief when she had noticed his car in the lot instead of Barry Burton’s.
Knocking on his office door she waited for a reply before gingerly opening the door.
“Lee?”
“Rayne , Hi there , come on in .”
“Hey Lee, I was wondering if you could help me . I’d like to cut a promo.”
“Sure give me a couple of minutes and I’ll meet you in the studio.”
“No problem.”
By the time Rayne had changed and checked her make up Lee was ready for her . Lights on and cameras rolling - the show or rather interview was about to begin.
“Hello folks , I’m Lee Cyril and gracing the stage with me today is none other than the ESW reigning Television Champ Rayne Pezzini .”
“Hi Lee , its great to be here today .In fact with this weather its great to be anywhere . One would think with all those satellites out there in space we could at least control the weather or even find Bin Laden but no some asshole has to use them to zoom in on the overly dramatic duo duking it out on a roof - I‘d rather watch Biddy Cam . What a fucking waste of technology, kinda makes one want to shun electricity and move in with the Amish . And I wanna know when the fuck The ESW got enough money to afford a satellite but not give any of its talent raises ? Eddie and I are making the money for this shit hole and what do we get ......rooftop feed of the bitch splitting her pants as she kicks the Al Gore of wrestling.”
“You are of course referring to Steve Sinclair's new team in the ESW.”
“Hell yeah , Im not talking about the Jamaican bobsled team here Lee. I’m talking about that trash talking cunt SunFeather and her moronic cohort Angus Slack er I mean Black. The new hemorrhoids on the block , always on your ass making you itch to burn them off. Just like the real hemorrhoids - hanging around looking like a bunch of grapes next to that asshole Steve, not really useful or serving any real purpose but they annoy the shit out of you.”
“Well from we all hear Steve has big plans for them .”
“Lee, who doesn’t Steve have plans for? Its been the same old predictable song and dance since day fucking one. OHHHHHHH so he knows her from way back..whoo fucking hooo...Lets give the lady a cigar so she can fuck herself with it .
So she's a chick on a mission ,but really lets take a good look at her - she's Ravens age or older which makes her ancient and the best credit she can give at this time in her life is a few shiny dime store trophies and some pictures on a damn wall. Isn’t it time you hung it up , strapped on the old feed bag and put yourself out to pasture ?
Now I’m not knocking Raven , we all know she can kick ass and hell for a woman approaching 30 she's one of the top in her field . But that old hag Sun Feather ...lets just say its kinda late for her to get in the game unless its shuffleboard or maybe Bingo - I hear they have free games at Wal-Mart every Tuesday and you get free coffee and donuts .”
“whoa kinda harsh there aren’t you Rayne.”
“Fuck no ! This whore comes out and accuses me of abandoning Eddie in his time of need . Which by the way is so far from the truth its laughable, just goes to show that “Sunny” knows jack diddly squat about my relationship or relationships in general for that matter . But then again is that anything new from Miss “I think I know it all” ?
Little mind games and subtle character slander , I do believe that's from the second chapter of “ So you know a few fancy moves and want to be a wrestler”. I do give you marks for creativity - that whole evil turn was sooooo unexpected . I know me personally ( Rayne places her hand upon her chest) I ...I was so shocked ..( Rayne laughs viciously ) Oh who am I kidding , she was so sickening sweet she made me want to vomit and everybody knew she was to good to be true.
Well “Sugah” lets see if you can put your or rather Sinclair's money where your mouth is . This ain’t no beauty contest this is a god damn sport where talent is key and professionalism is practiced- but you’ve shown you know nothing about that . So here's the deal chickie , u want to step up to the plate and do a better job than your partner then lets turn this baby up a notch and make this a LOSERS LEAVE MATCH !”
“You can’t be serious !?”
“Yes I am Lee more than you’ll ever know. The way I see it , its a win -win situation . I win , I get to keep my belt and the ESW will be a much quieter , slut free place , where Jin, Kat and myself can walk around knowing that the ESW has not been degraded into being a whore house. “
“But what if you loose , that could mean the end of your career here.”
“Wow! I see someone took their Gingko this morning. That’s right Lee , my career would be over , but I look at it this way if Eddie takes the deal Steve offered him and I loose my match - Sinclair will have lost the money makers of the fed. Where will he be then . Oh sure he can try to replace us with cheap knock offs but it won’t be the same. He’ll soon take his frustrations out on good ol Black Anus and Sun Feather . And me ......well I’ll be home snuggling up on the couch with Eddie watching them squirm and dance like the puppets they are . Besides I’m sure there's a lot more feds who’ll more than welcome me to their squared circle.”
“Seems you thought about this.”
“ No Lee I just pulled it out of my ass . Hell yeah I thought about this . I don’t spend my time sulking like someone would have you believe. I’m confident in myself and my abilities , and in the fact that I can beat another over zealous piece of shit hired by Steve. She wants to bring it on , well I’ll be there with bells on . And as soon as I’m done here I’m asking Raven to sign the match , cause if she doesn’t I know that bastard Steve will.”
“Well folks I can honestly say that this is not your typical day in ESW land. This is Lee Cyril saying Cyrilllllll out!!!!”
“Cyril out?”
“Yeah “
“Dude that is sooo gay .”
Cyril hangs his head down in shame.” F...f...f..ucking gay bastards and their catch phrases.