#30 Dave Marcis

This week Billy didn’t fly home, climb in the hauler and drive to Florida, Georgia or even Texas for some DIRT action. In fact since he was nearby, Billy went home for the first time in a long time has he made his way over to his Uncle Ned’s farm in Hickory North Carolina. There he went back to work on the farm. Throwing hay bales and tossing bags of feed around to help out with the milking for the week. The best kind of workout one can get.


Thursday morning after the cleaning out the milk house Billy climbed up on the old Farmall and dragged the shit spreader out to the field to spread it haul out and fertilize the field for planting coming up soon. After a couple of passes Billy stops the tractor and kills the engine. His phone is buzzing and he reaches in his shirt pocket and retrieved his phone. Hoping that it’s Jessica but to his surprise...


NASCAR Billy "Joe?”


The last person he imagine would call him.


Holding the phone up to his ear. "Hello? I’m doing okay. Just taking in some downtime at home this week you know. Huh? Yeah I know where dat is. Now? Well okay. Let me get cleaned up and I’ll see you there. Alright. Bye.”


Billy looks at his phone as he hangs up. Billy disconnects the shit spreader and climbs up on the old Farmall and heads back towards the barn…..





Downtown in a small dinner Billy walks through the door and sitting at a table with a tea cup in front of him and dunking his tea bag is Double J Joe Jones.


Joe Billy! Long time no see man! How ya been?


Joe stands and greets Billy with a hug. Billy removes his Dale JR hat and sits down.


Billy Oh Ima doin’ good Joe. You?


Joe Oh you know. I couldn’t have been better. It’s so nice to see you.


Joe glances out the front window of the dinner and it’s snowing today.


Joe Can you believe that it is snowing? I swear everywhere I go nowadays it’s freaking snowing! I’m so sick and tired of seeing that crap falling from the sky.


Billy Yeah I reckon dat you would be sick of seein’ it huh? I heard dat up der in New York you’ve been gettin’ a ton of dat stuff.


Joe Hmm! Before I forget! I watched your match from Japan!


Billy huh? Which one? Da ones I lost?


Joe Well yeah I saw them too. No silly! The ladder match! That was bad ass man! You should be proud of that win and listen. From the bottom of my heart.


Joe reaches out takes Billy hand, Billy looks at Joe’s hand and looks up at Joe and finds this, odd.


Joe Thank you man. I can’t tell you how much it meant to me that you made my Uncle leave the UWL. Just remember. I owe you one.


Billy huh…..okay?


Billy slowly draws back his hand.


Joe No William I mean that. I owe you one. SO! How have you been this week?


Billy shrugs.


Billy Okay I guess.


Joe Okay you guess? The snow and the cold getting to you too?


Billy No...not really.


Joe takes a sip of his tea.


Billy The loss to Josh still on your mind huh?


Billy Yeah…..I didn’t think it would be dis hard gettin’ over a loss you know. I think I know what dey mean when I’ll feel da sting of dat loss fer a while you know.


Joe Can’t let it get you down kid. You have a match against Cory this week.


Billy sighs.


Billy Yeah I know.


Joe Saying I know is different that doing William. If you thought Josh Eagles was a tough opponent then I’m afraid I have some bad news for you. Cory Chevelle is right up there. He is no slouch. It’s Thursday kid. Time to get going or just no show the match.


Billy No show?


Joe No show. Pack your vagina in your pretty pink bag and head on home if that is how you are going to carry yourself.


Billy I don’t have….no lady parts.


Joe takes a sip of his tea and sets the cup back on it’s saucer and smiles as he looks at Billy.


Joe You sure about that? From where I’m sitting all I see is a softee. I see someone who has no confidence in himself at all. Cory isn’t going have to break a sweat if you keep that up. You might as well give Josh Eagles one more feather in his cap and hang it up with that puss on your face. I’m sure Eagles would love to stand in that ring and say he forced NASCAR Billy to retire. Is that how bad he beat you? The heat he would get.


Billy I ain’t retiring!


Joe You say that but your body language say otherwise.


Billy Well what do you want from me? I put everything I had into dat match and it wasn’t good enough! I feel like Ima startin’ over again! Ima at da bottom of da ladder! I worked so hard fer dat…


Joe No you didn’t.


Billy Didn’t what?


Joe Work hard for that match. You got that match because you ran your mouth and Josh had enough and wanted to shut you up. And let’s face it William. You weren’t very far up on the ladder to begin with. You remember when we had those tag titles?


Billy Yeah.


Joe And then I finally defeated Caleb Hart after like, seven shots at him.


Billy Yeah….


Joe I had the Heritage title and Karma beat me for it in my first and only title defense.


Billy Yeah I remember dat.


Joe How was I the next day?


Billy looks down at his empty coffee cup. This dinner really has bad service. He doesn’t answer.


Joe I was in the gym the very next day busting it out to get better. I couldn’t let that loss bring me down. Was I disappointed? Hell yeah I was. It was a huge blow for me to finally, after trying so many times to defeat Caleb Hart, to save the Heritage title, only a couple of weeks later just lose it the way I lost it to Karma. I couldn’t stew about it, mop about going “Oh pity me I lost!”. I...we still had the tag titles. I was getting fed up with Steve’s shit and I wanted to work at getting my rematch against Karma. Getting down on myself wasn’t going to make that happen. I lost! Oh well have a drink to numb the pain and drag your ass back in the gym and bust it out and start all over again. Your spot in this sport is never secured William and if you think that once you worked your way half way up that ladder and that no one can take it away from you….well I dunna what to tell you. I know it’s been a while but I remember that we still were holding onto those tag titles when I got hurt.


Billy nods his head.


Joe I mean take me for example. Here I am returning to the UWL after what? A little more than a year off and I’m not picking up where I left off. I’m not in line for a TV title shot. Hell I’m not even in line for the Young Lions title. I am at the ground floor. I’m in the lobby standing at the elevator door looking up at all of the floors I can go to wondering which button to press. I am…..on the same level as you.


Billy looks at Joe.


Joe I’m on the same level as Ashley. I’m on the same level as Cory Chevelle. I’m on the same level as…..The Rodent.


Joe picks up his tea cup.


Billy Man I hate dat guy! Did you see what he did to Jessica! He took a cat litter box and dumped it on her head! I wanted….man I wanted to rip his head off right den and der but Nanook said I better not because I had my match against Eagles comin’ up! Dat guy is such a jerk….a…….a…..I swear to god if I could just get my hands on him! Just lock me in a room with him fer ten minutes! I betcha only one of us will come walkin’ out of dat room! Jessica is such a nice person. Such a lovely girl to have a…...a…..rat bastard like him do dat to her is unspeakable! He needs to have his ass kicked! Jay need to fine and suspend him! Man!!! I just! I just!!!!”


Billy is clenching his fists so hard he starts to shake uncontrollably.


Joe Then that is what you need to do. That is what you should do.


Billy Beat dat rat bastard down?


Joe No! Channel that anger into Cory Chevelle. You want to get your hands on The Rodent yeah?


Billy OH! I HATE JUST HEARIN’ HIS STUPID NAME!


Joe Well...listen Jay, the UWL won’t allow you to get your hands on him.


Billy WHAT!!!!!!


Joe Nope. I’m telling you they are forbidding it.


Billy leans forward slamming his fists on the top of the table


Billy THEY CAN’T DO THAT!!!!


Joe Well they are. I heard them talking the other day. Since you lost to Josh Eagle there is no way they are going to let you have a match against the Rodent.


Billy WHAT??? WHAT?? WHAT??


Billy’s face is turning red and he is yelling at the top of his lungs.


Joe The Rodent is going to get away with dumping cat crap on sweet little innocent Jessica all because you gave up. You threw in the towel and you’re going to just lay down and play dead to Cory Chevelle. Maybe if you were a real man….if you had a set of balls in your wranglers….


Billy stands up and as he does he tosses the table away and he takes a step towards Billy and is jabbing Joe in the chest.


Billy DON’T YOU EVER SUGGEST I’M NOT A REAL MAN! I’M ONE OF THE BADDEST MOTHER F*CKERS IN THE UWL!!! I’LL SHOW YOU!!!! I’LL SHOW CORY!!! I’LL SHOW F*CKING JAY AND DAT LITTLE F*CKER JOSH JUST WHO I AM!!!! I’M GOING TO KICK CORY CHEVELLE’S ASS AND WHEN I AM DONE WITH HIM….I’M HUNTING DOWN THE RODENT AND TEACHING HIM A LESSON!!!! MARK MY WORDS JOE!!! NO ONE IS GETTING AWAY WITH WHAT THEY DID TO JESSICA!!!!


Billy storms out of the dinner and Joe slowly cracks a smiles. He stands up and pulls out his phone. As he walks over to counter and pulls up a stool he dials a number on his phone. After a couple of rings Angelo Valour picks up.


AV Yeah?


Joe Angie!


AV How did it go?


Joe He’s all fired up. I don’t know if he’ll win but Cory has a fight on his hands now. The kid is all worked up and ready to tear someone’s head off.



AV NICE!


Joe chuckles as he motions for another cup of tea.

Fade out.