Post by Kathleen Conway on Sept 21, 2012 16:37:34 GMT -6
The scene opens in the female locker-room of a gym, and Kathy is sat on the bench, a white towel draped around her neck as she mops the sweat from her brow with the end of it. She takes a few deep breaths to relax and steady her heart rate back down to normal, and sat beside her, also in her gym wear was her younger sister, Tiffany Jones.
Tiffany: Woooo....now that was a work out, we really kicked some butt out there sis....you've gotta feel pumped and ready to face Aly after that...
Kathy: I do like to keep myself in shape, but preparing for a match is a whole other animal, truth be told I'm a little worried I won't be able to match her in the ring, I feel a bit rusty, and Aly well she's wrestled on a far more consistent basis than I have in recent months...
Tiffany: Stop it Kay!
Kathy: Stop what?
Tiffany: You always do this to yourself, especially against Alysson, never thinking you're good enough to be on her level, that she's better than you, and that Jake has a thing for her...
Kathy gets up, throwing the towel on the bench and with her back to the camera, infront of her locker starts to change out of her sweaty t-shirt.
Kathy: He's always had a thing for red heads...
Tiffany: Maybe once upon a time that was true, but I don't think it is anymore, I've seen the way he looks at you Kay, trust me I know that look and what it means on a man's face...
Kathy: Well I suppose you ought to Tiff, Caleb's been eyeing you up enough...
At this point Tiffany grabs a fresh shirt from Kathy's duffel bag and throws it at her sister, who with cat like reflexes catches it just in time to obscure the camera's view of frontal nudity. Kathy laughs at her sister's obvious annoyance as she turns back and starts to put the fresh t-shirt on.
Tiffany: Annoying little gnome, did you know he tried to impress me with 'how great it is to be booked' recenty, he said it was a great honor to be competing as part of Battlegrounds...it's a damn web show match, and there he is trying to make out like he's Andrew Jacobsen in the main event. Andrew Jacobsen...mmmm, now THERE'S a man I could grow to like!
Kathy: I think Danielle Chase might have something to say about that...
Kathy slips out of her gym pants and quickly into her jeans as she watches her sister positively drooling over the thought of young Jacobsen.
Kathy: Besides you just think you like him now because he's finally a main eventer.
Tiffany: Maybe, but still, he's done a damn sight better for himself than Caleb...who let's face it would be nothing if he wasn't Jake's errand boy...
Kathy: I think its adorable that he has a crush on you...
Tiffany wrinkles her nose up at the idea.
Tiffany: Urgh, please...
Kathy: He's harmless...
Tiffany: Exactly my point, I need a man who excites me, thrills me, lives life on the edge, the safe option is just so boring! I need a man like Spike Kane used to be before marriage neutered him too...
Kathy: I'm so glad him dropping me on my head was such a turn on for you, sis...
Tiffany suddenly realises her faux pas.
Tiffany: Kay, that's not what I meant...
Kathy sighs.
Kathy: I know, I know...I'm sorry...it's just...nevermind...why didn't you stay with him then,Spike, I mean?
Tiffany: How could I? It was obvious after the novelty of the sex wore off, he was bored with me...and besides, if I had, you'd never have met Jake...
Kathy: I know...trust me sis, I didn't mean to steal him from you, you brought him home, we got talking, a couple glasses of wine, one thing lead to another and...
Tiffany sighs.
Tiffany: It's okay, I knew he wasn't into me, not really. I was rebounding from Spike and he was just there, I knew from the way he kept glancing at you from the dinner table, it wasn't going to work out....but hey, Mom and Dad were pretty freaked out when they saw him come out of YOUR bedroom...
Tiffany laughs.
Kathy: Oh I know, trust me, that trip home for Christmas and Dad's birthday is not one I'm ever going to forget...
Tiffany: Mom was all like, "Tiffany darling, where's your boyfriend this morning..."
Both sisters started laughing as they reminisced about that weird January six years ago.
Kathy: I'm so glad we got over that and that you've forgiven me...
Tiffany: It wasn't easy, but then living with you never has been.
Tiffany teased her sister as Kathy paused for a moment to reflect on the golden heart shaped locket she often wore around her neck, in her palm she flipped it open to reveal a small keepsake photograph of her husband smiling back at her, tucked within.
It instantly bought a smile to her face as she gently closed it and put it around her neck, securely fastening it into place where it belonged, suspended just above her heart.
Tiffany: Besides, we're sisters, bound by blood - that kind of bond can never be forgotten....never be broken....
Tiffany gets up and goes over to hug her sister and as they embrace, Tiffany whispers in her ear.
Tiffany: I'll always be here for you, Kay...you know that, right?
Kathy simply nods, suddenly and inexplicably overcome with the notion of just how lucky she was. Tiffany had supported her so much already, and she was still here now, doing it all over again. Kathy had always had rocks in her life that she could cling to, and utterly depend upon and her luck was such that very few had ever slipped away and abandoned her.
Tiffany, her baby sister, was the first mutual rock of her life, Tiffany had supported her when even the bedrock of her life threatened to give up on her, and for a while her parents almost had.
How dare she sleep with Jake under their roof and without protection? And now, she was pregnant? She wanted to keep the baby? Was she insane? Did she know how hard it would be to raise a child on her own?
Through all the insanity that followed that Christmas, Kathy never truly gave up the hope that one day she'd find Jake again, that one day he'd know of what happened that night, one day she'd present him with his child - his daughter. One night of unbelievable passion with her sister's boyfriend, a new life was conceived, and for a time, a long time the night only seemed to grow longer, darker and colder as she juggled chasing down the scum of her hometown, a respectable boyfriend that her parents finally approved of and the secret of being the mother to a beautiful young girl who had yet to know her father.
Steve Evans had been the only misstep in her life, a man she thought could be her rock, because he seemed so dependable under her command, so strong and forthright...but when she leaned on him, when she used him as a foothold in her life, he gave way, he crumbled, and she fell. Her eyes were opened to the smoke and mirrors of his burly muscles and attractive phsique There was no harness, no hope, she fell forever...
It had taken two years for a new dawn to finally break in her life. There was somebody waiting to catch her as she fell, straight back into the arms of the whirlwind that had swept her off her feet in the first place. There would be no more one night stands, no more false promises, no more endless nights.
Her next rock would be her last. An eternal harness around her heart, somebody she could call on forever...somebody who would be the source of all her strength when she thought she had no more left to give. In time, the memories of men left dead or dying under her command in violent altercations with criminal minds was left far behind...
Kathy then took her wedding band and slipped it back on her finger.
"Always and Forever, My Love...I do."
And he did.
As solid and eternal as the ring itself, the bond between Kathy and Jake was never forgotten. Never broken. That was the nature of having a family as great as her own.
She wasn't just lucky, she was blessed.
You know Alysson, for as much as I don't like the fact that you're part of some rehashed, wattered down, semi stable that had its day long before now, I can at least respect the bond between sisters. I can respect the bond you, Ayla, and Emma seem to have formed. I can respect the feeling of belonging, of being part of something that is significant, at least in theory if not in practice.
In the darkest of times, nobody wants to be alone, and nobody should be, everybody needs friends they can rely on, family they can depend on, and in lieu of having somebody whose supposed to love you forever to cling to, like your husband, you've latched on to a drunk and a caricature of male fantasy - because you're that damn desperate to fill the void.
Does that make you angry, Aly?
Good. It should.
Anger is often the side effect when you're stung by the truth.
That's what makes this so damn hard for me, Aly. I know I shouldn't be doing this, I shouldn't be trying to break the bonds of sisterhood, I shouldn't be trying to come between the friends who are trying to be there for you and get you through this - and believe me, Aly if I had my way I wouldn't be your opponent this week. I'd be your friend.
As your friend, its up to me to tell you when you're wrong, even when you don't want to hear it. You cannot use your campaign against Steve as a way to get back at all the men in your life who have exploited you to their own ends and then thrown you away. It isn't healthy.
Trust me, I know all too well what it's like to lose somebody you thought you could depend on, somebody you thought who would always be there to catch you when you fell. I've fallen in love with wrong men, I've given my heart away too quickly because I just wanted to fit in and be normal....but Thank God I never vowed my life away to the wrong man - I don't think I could handle that. The betrayal, the hurt of it all.
If you had trusted me earlier babe, I could have saved you from yourself. I would have told you all along that Spike Kane was a bad egg, and not just because he revelled in my pain and suffering four years ago. Everybody knows I have no love lost for that bastard who was the direct cause of my mental breakdown.
The worst part is, here you are, just another victim, he's done it again. He may not have dropped you on your head, but he's dropped your heart, and he's broken it and you down, mentally and emotionally. I can see why that makes you angry, it should, and I don't blame you, but targetting Steve and resenting him for taking advantage of you isn't going to change anything, it isn't going to make you feel any better, even if right now it seems your only recourse. If you want to get over all your problems Aly, hire a divorce lawyer - because beating me and costing a man his job just isn't going to cut it...
Tiffany: Woooo....now that was a work out, we really kicked some butt out there sis....you've gotta feel pumped and ready to face Aly after that...
Kathy: I do like to keep myself in shape, but preparing for a match is a whole other animal, truth be told I'm a little worried I won't be able to match her in the ring, I feel a bit rusty, and Aly well she's wrestled on a far more consistent basis than I have in recent months...
Tiffany: Stop it Kay!
Kathy: Stop what?
Tiffany: You always do this to yourself, especially against Alysson, never thinking you're good enough to be on her level, that she's better than you, and that Jake has a thing for her...
Kathy gets up, throwing the towel on the bench and with her back to the camera, infront of her locker starts to change out of her sweaty t-shirt.
Kathy: He's always had a thing for red heads...
Tiffany: Maybe once upon a time that was true, but I don't think it is anymore, I've seen the way he looks at you Kay, trust me I know that look and what it means on a man's face...
Kathy: Well I suppose you ought to Tiff, Caleb's been eyeing you up enough...
At this point Tiffany grabs a fresh shirt from Kathy's duffel bag and throws it at her sister, who with cat like reflexes catches it just in time to obscure the camera's view of frontal nudity. Kathy laughs at her sister's obvious annoyance as she turns back and starts to put the fresh t-shirt on.
Tiffany: Annoying little gnome, did you know he tried to impress me with 'how great it is to be booked' recenty, he said it was a great honor to be competing as part of Battlegrounds...it's a damn web show match, and there he is trying to make out like he's Andrew Jacobsen in the main event. Andrew Jacobsen...mmmm, now THERE'S a man I could grow to like!
Kathy: I think Danielle Chase might have something to say about that...
Kathy slips out of her gym pants and quickly into her jeans as she watches her sister positively drooling over the thought of young Jacobsen.
Kathy: Besides you just think you like him now because he's finally a main eventer.
Tiffany: Maybe, but still, he's done a damn sight better for himself than Caleb...who let's face it would be nothing if he wasn't Jake's errand boy...
Kathy: I think its adorable that he has a crush on you...
Tiffany wrinkles her nose up at the idea.
Tiffany: Urgh, please...
Kathy: He's harmless...
Tiffany: Exactly my point, I need a man who excites me, thrills me, lives life on the edge, the safe option is just so boring! I need a man like Spike Kane used to be before marriage neutered him too...
Kathy: I'm so glad him dropping me on my head was such a turn on for you, sis...
Tiffany suddenly realises her faux pas.
Tiffany: Kay, that's not what I meant...
Kathy sighs.
Kathy: I know, I know...I'm sorry...it's just...nevermind...why didn't you stay with him then,Spike, I mean?
Tiffany: How could I? It was obvious after the novelty of the sex wore off, he was bored with me...and besides, if I had, you'd never have met Jake...
Kathy: I know...trust me sis, I didn't mean to steal him from you, you brought him home, we got talking, a couple glasses of wine, one thing lead to another and...
Tiffany sighs.
Tiffany: It's okay, I knew he wasn't into me, not really. I was rebounding from Spike and he was just there, I knew from the way he kept glancing at you from the dinner table, it wasn't going to work out....but hey, Mom and Dad were pretty freaked out when they saw him come out of YOUR bedroom...
Tiffany laughs.
Kathy: Oh I know, trust me, that trip home for Christmas and Dad's birthday is not one I'm ever going to forget...
Tiffany: Mom was all like, "Tiffany darling, where's your boyfriend this morning..."
Both sisters started laughing as they reminisced about that weird January six years ago.
Kathy: I'm so glad we got over that and that you've forgiven me...
Tiffany: It wasn't easy, but then living with you never has been.
Tiffany teased her sister as Kathy paused for a moment to reflect on the golden heart shaped locket she often wore around her neck, in her palm she flipped it open to reveal a small keepsake photograph of her husband smiling back at her, tucked within.
It instantly bought a smile to her face as she gently closed it and put it around her neck, securely fastening it into place where it belonged, suspended just above her heart.
Tiffany: Besides, we're sisters, bound by blood - that kind of bond can never be forgotten....never be broken....
Tiffany gets up and goes over to hug her sister and as they embrace, Tiffany whispers in her ear.
Tiffany: I'll always be here for you, Kay...you know that, right?
Kathy simply nods, suddenly and inexplicably overcome with the notion of just how lucky she was. Tiffany had supported her so much already, and she was still here now, doing it all over again. Kathy had always had rocks in her life that she could cling to, and utterly depend upon and her luck was such that very few had ever slipped away and abandoned her.
Tiffany, her baby sister, was the first mutual rock of her life, Tiffany had supported her when even the bedrock of her life threatened to give up on her, and for a while her parents almost had.
How dare she sleep with Jake under their roof and without protection? And now, she was pregnant? She wanted to keep the baby? Was she insane? Did she know how hard it would be to raise a child on her own?
Through all the insanity that followed that Christmas, Kathy never truly gave up the hope that one day she'd find Jake again, that one day he'd know of what happened that night, one day she'd present him with his child - his daughter. One night of unbelievable passion with her sister's boyfriend, a new life was conceived, and for a time, a long time the night only seemed to grow longer, darker and colder as she juggled chasing down the scum of her hometown, a respectable boyfriend that her parents finally approved of and the secret of being the mother to a beautiful young girl who had yet to know her father.
Steve Evans had been the only misstep in her life, a man she thought could be her rock, because he seemed so dependable under her command, so strong and forthright...but when she leaned on him, when she used him as a foothold in her life, he gave way, he crumbled, and she fell. Her eyes were opened to the smoke and mirrors of his burly muscles and attractive phsique There was no harness, no hope, she fell forever...
It had taken two years for a new dawn to finally break in her life. There was somebody waiting to catch her as she fell, straight back into the arms of the whirlwind that had swept her off her feet in the first place. There would be no more one night stands, no more false promises, no more endless nights.
Her next rock would be her last. An eternal harness around her heart, somebody she could call on forever...somebody who would be the source of all her strength when she thought she had no more left to give. In time, the memories of men left dead or dying under her command in violent altercations with criminal minds was left far behind...
Kathy then took her wedding band and slipped it back on her finger.
"Always and Forever, My Love...I do."
And he did.
As solid and eternal as the ring itself, the bond between Kathy and Jake was never forgotten. Never broken. That was the nature of having a family as great as her own.
She wasn't just lucky, she was blessed.
You know Alysson, for as much as I don't like the fact that you're part of some rehashed, wattered down, semi stable that had its day long before now, I can at least respect the bond between sisters. I can respect the bond you, Ayla, and Emma seem to have formed. I can respect the feeling of belonging, of being part of something that is significant, at least in theory if not in practice.
In the darkest of times, nobody wants to be alone, and nobody should be, everybody needs friends they can rely on, family they can depend on, and in lieu of having somebody whose supposed to love you forever to cling to, like your husband, you've latched on to a drunk and a caricature of male fantasy - because you're that damn desperate to fill the void.
Does that make you angry, Aly?
Good. It should.
Anger is often the side effect when you're stung by the truth.
That's what makes this so damn hard for me, Aly. I know I shouldn't be doing this, I shouldn't be trying to break the bonds of sisterhood, I shouldn't be trying to come between the friends who are trying to be there for you and get you through this - and believe me, Aly if I had my way I wouldn't be your opponent this week. I'd be your friend.
As your friend, its up to me to tell you when you're wrong, even when you don't want to hear it. You cannot use your campaign against Steve as a way to get back at all the men in your life who have exploited you to their own ends and then thrown you away. It isn't healthy.
Trust me, I know all too well what it's like to lose somebody you thought you could depend on, somebody you thought who would always be there to catch you when you fell. I've fallen in love with wrong men, I've given my heart away too quickly because I just wanted to fit in and be normal....but Thank God I never vowed my life away to the wrong man - I don't think I could handle that. The betrayal, the hurt of it all.
If you had trusted me earlier babe, I could have saved you from yourself. I would have told you all along that Spike Kane was a bad egg, and not just because he revelled in my pain and suffering four years ago. Everybody knows I have no love lost for that bastard who was the direct cause of my mental breakdown.
The worst part is, here you are, just another victim, he's done it again. He may not have dropped you on your head, but he's dropped your heart, and he's broken it and you down, mentally and emotionally. I can see why that makes you angry, it should, and I don't blame you, but targetting Steve and resenting him for taking advantage of you isn't going to change anything, it isn't going to make you feel any better, even if right now it seems your only recourse. If you want to get over all your problems Aly, hire a divorce lawyer - because beating me and costing a man his job just isn't going to cut it...
