Post by K.I.S.S. on May 1, 2015 22:31:35 GMT -6
A couple of days after the job and the members of Arsenal gather at Jeszika Gautier’s home to have another business meeting. Jeszika sits on her couch looking a bit sullen, Ashley sitting just off to the left in a chair. Bethany sits next to Jeszika while Nikki, back to more reddish hair, sits in another chair.
Nikki Peltier: So we've gotten the payday from the other day and we've got a couple of small jobs to keep us going over the next few weeks...
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: Good.
Jeszika Gautier: That's good.
Ashley nods her agreement as well.
Ashley Kenyon: So we managed?
Nikki nods as Carrie Winter walks into the room looking for her shoes as she's getting ready for work.
Carrie Winter: Don't mind me, I'm just getting ready...
Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: So we've got two or three surveillance jobs, shouldn't be more than that. Just find the subject, follow and photograph.
Bethany Kenyon: Sounds good, we could use a few gimmes.
Nodding almost like she’s annoyed to be discussing work at all, Jeszika sort of rolls her eyes a bit.
Jeszika Gautier: Quick and easy... goodie.
Carrie starts to say something but stops herself even as bethany frowns.
Bethany Kenyon: Jez, are you....pissed at something?
Jeszika Gautier: More like what aren't I pissed at... you guys do not want me to open that can of worms...
Carrie noids knowingly, looking mildly worried as she does so.
Carrie Winter: I knew it wasn't just me...
Not liking the sound of this, Jeszika sits forward shaking her head.
Jeszika Gautier: That transparent am I? Great...
Carrie starts to move forward.
Carrie Winter: Jezzy...
Jeszika raises a hand to stop her where she is.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm sorry but... what happened the other night bugs me ok? Ashley... did you really have to kiss my girl? And the coke off the boobs? On top of the fact that I already didn't want Carrie there... I almost blew the entire job because of you!!!!
Ashley just stares at her incredulously.
Ashley Kenyon: You can't be serious.
Bethany starts to raise a hand but Ashley shoots her sister a look.
Ashley Kenyon: Bethy, just... don't...
Jeszika returns the look at Ashley.
Jeszika Gautier: Deadly serious.
Moving her gaze off her sister, Ashley turns back to Jeszika.
Ashley Kenyon: What did you want me to do, Jezzy, let her get forced to shoot up?
Jeszika shakes her head angrily.
Jeszika Gautier: No... what would have been better is if she wasn't pulled into this job to start with! There's enough risk to her with this stalker and then we go and put her in more danger... would you have let Billy in that position? How would you feel if I kissed him and did coke off his chest?
Ashley just sits there trying not to let her teeth grind in retaliatory anger.
Ashley Kenyon: I'd assume he was either hammered off his ass or in serious bind where you had to do things to get out because there was somebody literally holding a gun to y'all's heads!
Jeszika is unmoved, her voice almost becoming taunting in tone.
Jeszika Gautier: Besides... i thought you didn't like girls... didn't seem that way to me...
Ashley just stares at Jeszika, her mouth falling open in shock that Jeszika, of all people, would go there as an insult.
Ashley Kenyon: Seriously, Jezzy? I'm like the only one in this room you have nothing to worry about that way and you're honestly gonna sit there and accuse me of trying to steal Carrie from you because i kissed her to distract a bunch of guys by pretending to be a fellow porno chick? We were putting on a show for them and i figured better to do the drugs that way then watch what happens when we had to shoot it and ended up on the floor turning blue!
Jeszika closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.
Jeszika Gautier: Sorry... was just hard for me to see that's all. With the stalker stress and already not.liking her being there it was the straw that broke the camels back so speak…
She pauses.
Jeszika Gautier: I've never been so.protective of a girlfriend before... or boyfriend. I guess that shows how much kris and Care mean to me...
Carrie stares at them all, her bottom lip quivering and tears in her eyes.
Carrie Winter: I'm sorry...
Her voice trails off as she slowly falls to her knees, sobbing. Jeszika instantly rushes over and hugs her.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you, Care.
Carrie can’t even look up at her.
Carrie Winter: I thought i was helping...
Jeszika tries to soothe her.
Jeszika Gautier: You were... I just don't wanna see you get hurt, Care... I love you too much to risk losing you.
Carrie shakes her head, looking up into Jeszika's eyes.
Carrie Winter: I was so scared when they broke out the needle... I thought... I thought they would...
Overcome, she can't quite finish her thought.
Ashley Kenyon: Make us share it?
Carrie nods sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: Have you ever actually done it that way before?
Carrie shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: Always managed to snort it?
Carrie nods.
Ashley Kenyon: That needle probably would have killed us both.
Seemingly not really understanding exactly what Ashley just said, or just not wanting to face the truth of it, Jeszika nods blankly.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, needles are dangerous...
She shakes her head
Jeszika Gautier: Never liked them myself. They freak me out to honest.
Still crying and unable to look Jeszika in the eyes, Carrie tries, and fails, to get ahold of herself.
Carrie Winter: I didn't know what to do when the one guy recognized me.
Jeszika can’t stop herself from saying the words bouncing around her brain.
Jeszika Gautier: Which is one reason why I didn't want you there.
Carrie bites her lip, managing to look up slightly.
Carrie Winter: You thought they'd know me?
She looks right back down in shame.
Carrie Winter: Or you knew I'd crumble under pressure?
Realizing what she’s just said, Jeszika tries to soothe the hurt.
Jeszika Gautier: I thought you might be recognised.
Carrie almost bursts into uncontrollable sobs all over again.
Carrie Winter: I wish i'd never done those damn movies!
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: I don't know, that kinda came in handy.
Bethany can't believe her ears.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash!
Ashley is unmoved.
Ashley Kenyon: What? It did and you know it!
Jeszika glares at Ashley, clearly unamused by this train of thought.
Jeszika Gautier: I fail to see how they came in handy... they put her and us in danger...
Looking like she thinks everyone is being stupid about this, Ashley just shakes her head in utter disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: Because they basically let us do whatever we had to.
Jeszika can’t believe her ears.
Jeszika Gautier: Which you wouldn't have had to have done if the guy hadn't recognised her....
Ashley’s head falls slightly to the left.
Ashley Kenyon: Is that really what you're upset about or is that we didn't have any cover and so i had to save YOUR girlfriend by myself?
Gritting her teeth, Jeszika has to stop herself from lashing out.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm upset because she was put in that position. She should never have been there to begin with. I'm upset cause I constantly have be looking over my shoulder constantly for a stalker that may or may not be sentinel. I'm pissed cause I myself couldn't protect my own girl.... I'm pissed cos I blew the job all cause I couldn't handle seeing drugs and someone kissing my girl.... I froze Ash... I failed us all...
She shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: I never fail...
Ashley gives the same look back to Jeszika.
Ashley Kenyon: So how is any of that my fault?
Jeszika shakes her head hotly.
Jeszika Gautier: It’s not.... its all HIS fault...
Trying to calm things down, Bethany puts a hand on her sister’s arm.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, don't you see... she's just saying she's upset...
Ashley crosses her arms, shaking Bethany off in the process.
Ashley Kenyon: Oh fuck, is this gonna be one of those, "it's not about the nail" things?
Nikki tries to jump in.
Nikki Peltier: Ash...
But Ashley is having none of it.
Ashley Kenyon: It is... isn't it?
Jeszika frowns in confusion.
Jeszika Gautier: It’s not about the nail?
Bethany nods slightly.
Bethany Kenyon: It's a video somebody made about depression where a girl with a nail sticking out of her head tries to tell her boyfriend she just wants to be listened to instead of having somebody try to fix what's wrong with her.
Jeszika looks down, pondering things.
Jeszika Gautier: I... I suppose it is like that...
Ashley rolls her eyes while the others just nod.
Bethany Kenyon: Let it out, Jezzy.
Jeszika just sits there holding Carrie, looking just as lost and scared as the woman she’s holding.
Jeszika Gautier: I... I don't know how...
At a loss, she trails off, searching for the answer to make things better.
Jeszika Gautier: The only way I know is to fight... to get the job done...
Shaking her head, nothing seems to come to her.
Jeszika Gautier: And I can't even do that!
As everyone goes silent, Nikki asks a question she knows might start everything raging all over again.
Nikki Peltier: Have any of you used since the job?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: No.
Ashley grumbles.
Ashley Kenyon: I wish...
Jeszika looks away.
Jeszika Gautier: I've wanted to... so bad...
Carrie swallows hard.
Carrie Winter: I did...
Jeszika turns back to her in both shock and worry.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't blame you either sweetie.... me and B did the night of the job and gods I wanted more...
Carrie nods slowly, obviously ashamed.
Carrie Winter: I had a vial I'd forgotten about under the bar at work.
The feelings started to creep back in, Jeszika tries to swallow it back down.
Jeszika Gautier: I almost want to say... why didnt you share?
Carrie manages to glance up, looking like a little kid waiting to be spanked for being bad.
Carrie Winter: I did... with Stephanie.
Seeing this, Jeszika tries to be gentle.
Jeszika Gautier: I mean with me...
Carrie starts to answer but shrugs.
Carrie Winter: Didn't have any left when I came over here.
Exhaling heavily, she manages to look up.
Carrie Winter: Almost hoping she has some when I get there tonight.
Jeszika kisses Carrie’s head.
Jeszika Gautier: I won’t blame you if you do…
Carrie looks into Jeszika’s eyes.
Carrie Winter: Hope for more or actually do some more?
Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: Both?
Carrie nods and hugs Jeszika.
Carrie Winter: I love you!
Jeszika hugs back, kissing Carrie lovingly.
Jeszika Gautier: I love you, too.
Ashley shakes her head as everyone else smiles.
Ashley Kenyon: So, are we still arguing or are we done for the evening?
Bethany’s head snaps around like it’s on a swivel.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash!
Ashley stands up and looks at her sister.
Ashley Kenyon: What?
She nods expectantly.
Ashley Kenyon: What, goddammit, WHAT?
Bethany stands up, more shocked than upset.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, calm down…
Ashley glares back at her sister.
Ashley Kenyon: No, goddammit, I’m tired of calming down! I’m sick of always being the one who has to bite my tongue to save everybody else’s fucking feelings!
She points almost accusingly at Carrie.
Ashley Kenyon: I saved her ass the other day and nobody seems to notice that I had to basically eat a speedball and be willing to act like a complete whore to do it! I almost had to shoot up, which I’m sure all of you would have loved that and probably given me shit for that too if i'd done it, but no, I found a way out of that, ME!!!
She points to herself emphatically.
Ashley Kenyon: And when the bullets started flying, I’m the one that got her out.
She points at Nikki.
Ashley Kenyon: Not you…
She moves her finger to point at Bethany.
Ashley Kenyon: Not you…
Moving her finger it comes back to Jeszika and Carrie.
Ashley Kenyon: And damn sure not you!
Everyone just stares at her in shock, Jeszika looking like she might stand up and retort but Ashley cuts her off.
Ashley Kenyon: And before you scream at me about, “Well, what do you want, a fucking cookie for doing your job?” No, I just don’t want to be yelled at because you couldn’t do yours! I showed up, Jezzy! I walked in and did my damndest to make sure Carrie didn’t have anything happen to her, which I’ll bet money you put on somebody else, probably Bethy, even though you’re the one who was supposed to have her back from across the street while Bethy and Carrie had to work with their backs turned. Did they recognize Carrie? Yes, they did, but guess what, Jezzy? We’ve all done things they could have seen us in on the internet now! For fuck sake, we live in the damn south and we wrestle professionally, the odds are pretty good that somebody will recognize one of us once or twice so tell me… what was I supposed to do when it finally happened and they were literally holding guns to our heads?
Everybody just sits there while Jeszika tries to search for an answer.
Ashley Kenyon: Tell me, Jezzy, because I am fucking dying to know!
No answer is forthcoming and Ashley nods knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, that’s what i thought…
She turns and storms towards the door.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash…. Ash, wait!
Ashley keeps on going and everybody just stands there watching her go. As soon as she gets outside, Ashley pulls out her cell phone and dials up an old friend.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, Lis? What are you guys doing tonight?
Several hours later, Ashley stands in front of her webcam, surprisingly stone cold sober and looking like a storm cloud that’s about to unleash her fury upon the earth.
Ashley Kenyon: You know, just when you think it can’t worse…
She shakes her head in incredulous rage.
Ashley Kenyon: It was bad enough that I have to share MY championship with Tedman when he did NOT beat me and gee thanks, Boss, for that one…
She pauses, a new thought walking into her mind.
Ashley Kenyon: And before I go any further, Mister Oliver, who the fuck are you to say a goddamn thing about me being bad for your company when I've done more for this goddamn company than you ever have?!!!?
She moves in closer looking angry and expectant.
Ashley Kenyon: Where were you when Joshua McBride was running roughshod over everybody and anybody that dared to breathe the same air he did? Where the fuck were you when Brody Montgomery was getting tortured in the middle of nowhere? Where were you when Jeszika Gautier’s girlfriend was kidnapped and held long enough to cost her a job and her home?
She nods even more expectantly.
Ashley Kenyon: Did you pay her reparations for letting that happen with no repercussions on your watch? Did you bother to square things or did you just hope everyone forgot that we didn’t have a fucking owner for the better part of the first year here and people like the Children of Nephilim, Vince Jones and Kyle Travis were just allowed to do whatever they goddamn well pleased while you sat somewhere in the corner sucking your fucking thumb like a giant baby leaving the rest of us to fight for YOUR company?!!?!?
Stepping back, Ashley looks like she’s ready to detonate again.
Ashley Kenyon: Do I like to have a good time? You bet my sweet ass I do but that means nothing when it comes to what I can do in that ring because I have proved myself time and time again and you have the fucking balls to say I’m a bad example because I’m a “party girl?”
She looks around like there should be other people there for a second.
Ashley Kenyon: i don’t know if you’ve noticed or if you just let that slip your mind too, but most of your roster like to some partying including every champion you’ve ever had save Amy Zing, and half of them have been wasted either on television or your own broadcast so please, save the bullshit about me being a party girl and looking bad for your company when the guy I’m fighting this week just got arrested live on national television for being a fucking drunken, stoned idiot in Baltimore! Great PR, right?
She shakes her head in disgust.
Ashley Kenyon: Hell, the guy I have to share MY championship with spent the entire last pay-per-view running around on your air tripping balls with another member of your roster who used to be a champion and whose day job is selling sex in Las Vegas! Here all i did was help save your company from a southern death cult and then come back after being cheated by that fucking drunken, stone idiot to win the North American Champion! You should be trumpeting me as a great role model for girls of all ages based just on what happened with Vince Jones but no, I’m just a party girl who should be happy I’m employed, right?
She leans in again, rage radiating from her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Well fuck you! If it weren’t for me and the other party girls you wouldn’t have a fucking company to worry about so get off your high horse, take what you think is bad for the company and shove it up your uppity, ungrateful ass!
She steps back and mirthlessly laughs, shaking her head in more disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: And speaking of that drunken, stoned fucking idiot in Baltimore…
Her teeth grind as she tries not to get ahead of herself.
Ashley Kenyon: You know, I knew you thought very little of me, Vince, and I knew you’d blow me off and wait for the how to bother saying word one about me and even then it’d just be that I’m basically nothing but even I never thought you’d disrespect me this fucking bad!
She manages to part her teeth for a second, licking the back of them to try and hold it back without much success.
Ashley Kenyon: Here I am, the one who took YOUR belt and made it MINE, a chance to prove you should, at the very least, get another shot at it and best, prove that you should get a shot at the big oien and you…
She pauses, trailing off, gritting her teeth in anger.
Ashley Kenyon: Run off to Baltimore to play thug for the cameras and act like you give fuck number one about anything going on there and you can’t even do that without looking like a stoned wannabe on national television?
Her eyes go wide as she stares into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: What the fuck happened to you? Did your balls get swallowed up so far into Jasmine’s purse that you just can’t find them anymore so you had to try and borrow somebody else’s?
Stepping back, she stares out into the distance, shaking her head ever so slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: You walk around trying to act like you’re the baddest motherfucker on the planet and the best you can do to back it up is run to Baltimore after all the real violence has already happened and get arrested in what comes off as one of Reno’s shitty publicity stunts?
Her gaze falls back to the camera again.
Ashley Kenyon: For fuck sake, Man, you’re Vince Jones, the Violence, the King of the Streets, the goddamn career Killer, fucking act like it!
She moves in a little closer, glaring through the camera like it owes her money.
Ashley Kenyon: There was a time you made me nervous but that flew buy buy a long time ago and now I just can’t wait to walk down to the ring and make damn sure everybody sees how much of a gutless wonder you really are! I mean, shit, if Bubba Thompson can knock you on your ass on pay-per-view and the Silver Baron can bitch slap your ass in front of the world and nothing happens, we damn well know no matter what bullshit you sling about how V gonna walk dat walk, it’s all just empty talk that I, for one, am seriously sick of hearing!
Walking in further, she grabs the camera, glaring hatefully.
Ashley Kenyon: I’m gonna do everything to you that I did before and when I’m done, I’m gonna go find Jasmine, search her purse and see if maybe I can’t use a staple gun to put ‘em back on, at least then you’ll have some for show!
She starts to walk away but stops.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah… it’s like that…
Nikki Peltier: So we've gotten the payday from the other day and we've got a couple of small jobs to keep us going over the next few weeks...
Bethany nods.
Bethany Kenyon: Good.
Jeszika Gautier: That's good.
Ashley nods her agreement as well.
Ashley Kenyon: So we managed?
Nikki nods as Carrie Winter walks into the room looking for her shoes as she's getting ready for work.
Carrie Winter: Don't mind me, I'm just getting ready...
Nikki nods.
Nikki Peltier: So we've got two or three surveillance jobs, shouldn't be more than that. Just find the subject, follow and photograph.
Bethany Kenyon: Sounds good, we could use a few gimmes.
Nodding almost like she’s annoyed to be discussing work at all, Jeszika sort of rolls her eyes a bit.
Jeszika Gautier: Quick and easy... goodie.
Carrie starts to say something but stops herself even as bethany frowns.
Bethany Kenyon: Jez, are you....pissed at something?
Jeszika Gautier: More like what aren't I pissed at... you guys do not want me to open that can of worms...
Carrie noids knowingly, looking mildly worried as she does so.
Carrie Winter: I knew it wasn't just me...
Not liking the sound of this, Jeszika sits forward shaking her head.
Jeszika Gautier: That transparent am I? Great...
Carrie starts to move forward.
Carrie Winter: Jezzy...
Jeszika raises a hand to stop her where she is.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm sorry but... what happened the other night bugs me ok? Ashley... did you really have to kiss my girl? And the coke off the boobs? On top of the fact that I already didn't want Carrie there... I almost blew the entire job because of you!!!!
Ashley just stares at her incredulously.
Ashley Kenyon: You can't be serious.
Bethany starts to raise a hand but Ashley shoots her sister a look.
Ashley Kenyon: Bethy, just... don't...
Jeszika returns the look at Ashley.
Jeszika Gautier: Deadly serious.
Moving her gaze off her sister, Ashley turns back to Jeszika.
Ashley Kenyon: What did you want me to do, Jezzy, let her get forced to shoot up?
Jeszika shakes her head angrily.
Jeszika Gautier: No... what would have been better is if she wasn't pulled into this job to start with! There's enough risk to her with this stalker and then we go and put her in more danger... would you have let Billy in that position? How would you feel if I kissed him and did coke off his chest?
Ashley just sits there trying not to let her teeth grind in retaliatory anger.
Ashley Kenyon: I'd assume he was either hammered off his ass or in serious bind where you had to do things to get out because there was somebody literally holding a gun to y'all's heads!
Jeszika is unmoved, her voice almost becoming taunting in tone.
Jeszika Gautier: Besides... i thought you didn't like girls... didn't seem that way to me...
Ashley just stares at Jeszika, her mouth falling open in shock that Jeszika, of all people, would go there as an insult.
Ashley Kenyon: Seriously, Jezzy? I'm like the only one in this room you have nothing to worry about that way and you're honestly gonna sit there and accuse me of trying to steal Carrie from you because i kissed her to distract a bunch of guys by pretending to be a fellow porno chick? We were putting on a show for them and i figured better to do the drugs that way then watch what happens when we had to shoot it and ended up on the floor turning blue!
Jeszika closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.
Jeszika Gautier: Sorry... was just hard for me to see that's all. With the stalker stress and already not.liking her being there it was the straw that broke the camels back so speak…
She pauses.
Jeszika Gautier: I've never been so.protective of a girlfriend before... or boyfriend. I guess that shows how much kris and Care mean to me...
Carrie stares at them all, her bottom lip quivering and tears in her eyes.
Carrie Winter: I'm sorry...
Her voice trails off as she slowly falls to her knees, sobbing. Jeszika instantly rushes over and hugs her.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to you, Care.
Carrie can’t even look up at her.
Carrie Winter: I thought i was helping...
Jeszika tries to soothe her.
Jeszika Gautier: You were... I just don't wanna see you get hurt, Care... I love you too much to risk losing you.
Carrie shakes her head, looking up into Jeszika's eyes.
Carrie Winter: I was so scared when they broke out the needle... I thought... I thought they would...
Overcome, she can't quite finish her thought.
Ashley Kenyon: Make us share it?
Carrie nods sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: Have you ever actually done it that way before?
Carrie shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: Always managed to snort it?
Carrie nods.
Ashley Kenyon: That needle probably would have killed us both.
Seemingly not really understanding exactly what Ashley just said, or just not wanting to face the truth of it, Jeszika nods blankly.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, needles are dangerous...
She shakes her head
Jeszika Gautier: Never liked them myself. They freak me out to honest.
Still crying and unable to look Jeszika in the eyes, Carrie tries, and fails, to get ahold of herself.
Carrie Winter: I didn't know what to do when the one guy recognized me.
Jeszika can’t stop herself from saying the words bouncing around her brain.
Jeszika Gautier: Which is one reason why I didn't want you there.
Carrie bites her lip, managing to look up slightly.
Carrie Winter: You thought they'd know me?
She looks right back down in shame.
Carrie Winter: Or you knew I'd crumble under pressure?
Realizing what she’s just said, Jeszika tries to soothe the hurt.
Jeszika Gautier: I thought you might be recognised.
Carrie almost bursts into uncontrollable sobs all over again.
Carrie Winter: I wish i'd never done those damn movies!
Ashley shrugs.
Ashley Kenyon: I don't know, that kinda came in handy.
Bethany can't believe her ears.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash!
Ashley is unmoved.
Ashley Kenyon: What? It did and you know it!
Jeszika glares at Ashley, clearly unamused by this train of thought.
Jeszika Gautier: I fail to see how they came in handy... they put her and us in danger...
Looking like she thinks everyone is being stupid about this, Ashley just shakes her head in utter disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: Because they basically let us do whatever we had to.
Jeszika can’t believe her ears.
Jeszika Gautier: Which you wouldn't have had to have done if the guy hadn't recognised her....
Ashley’s head falls slightly to the left.
Ashley Kenyon: Is that really what you're upset about or is that we didn't have any cover and so i had to save YOUR girlfriend by myself?
Gritting her teeth, Jeszika has to stop herself from lashing out.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm upset because she was put in that position. She should never have been there to begin with. I'm upset cause I constantly have be looking over my shoulder constantly for a stalker that may or may not be sentinel. I'm pissed cause I myself couldn't protect my own girl.... I'm pissed cos I blew the job all cause I couldn't handle seeing drugs and someone kissing my girl.... I froze Ash... I failed us all...
She shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: I never fail...
Ashley gives the same look back to Jeszika.
Ashley Kenyon: So how is any of that my fault?
Jeszika shakes her head hotly.
Jeszika Gautier: It’s not.... its all HIS fault...
Trying to calm things down, Bethany puts a hand on her sister’s arm.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, don't you see... she's just saying she's upset...
Ashley crosses her arms, shaking Bethany off in the process.
Ashley Kenyon: Oh fuck, is this gonna be one of those, "it's not about the nail" things?
Nikki tries to jump in.
Nikki Peltier: Ash...
But Ashley is having none of it.
Ashley Kenyon: It is... isn't it?
Jeszika frowns in confusion.
Jeszika Gautier: It’s not about the nail?
Bethany nods slightly.
Bethany Kenyon: It's a video somebody made about depression where a girl with a nail sticking out of her head tries to tell her boyfriend she just wants to be listened to instead of having somebody try to fix what's wrong with her.
Jeszika looks down, pondering things.
Jeszika Gautier: I... I suppose it is like that...
Ashley rolls her eyes while the others just nod.
Bethany Kenyon: Let it out, Jezzy.
Jeszika just sits there holding Carrie, looking just as lost and scared as the woman she’s holding.
Jeszika Gautier: I... I don't know how...
At a loss, she trails off, searching for the answer to make things better.
Jeszika Gautier: The only way I know is to fight... to get the job done...
Shaking her head, nothing seems to come to her.
Jeszika Gautier: And I can't even do that!
As everyone goes silent, Nikki asks a question she knows might start everything raging all over again.
Nikki Peltier: Have any of you used since the job?
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: No.
Ashley grumbles.
Ashley Kenyon: I wish...
Jeszika looks away.
Jeszika Gautier: I've wanted to... so bad...
Carrie swallows hard.
Carrie Winter: I did...
Jeszika turns back to her in both shock and worry.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't blame you either sweetie.... me and B did the night of the job and gods I wanted more...
Carrie nods slowly, obviously ashamed.
Carrie Winter: I had a vial I'd forgotten about under the bar at work.
The feelings started to creep back in, Jeszika tries to swallow it back down.
Jeszika Gautier: I almost want to say... why didnt you share?
Carrie manages to glance up, looking like a little kid waiting to be spanked for being bad.
Carrie Winter: I did... with Stephanie.
Seeing this, Jeszika tries to be gentle.
Jeszika Gautier: I mean with me...
Carrie starts to answer but shrugs.
Carrie Winter: Didn't have any left when I came over here.
Exhaling heavily, she manages to look up.
Carrie Winter: Almost hoping she has some when I get there tonight.
Jeszika kisses Carrie’s head.
Jeszika Gautier: I won’t blame you if you do…
Carrie looks into Jeszika’s eyes.
Carrie Winter: Hope for more or actually do some more?
Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: Both?
Carrie nods and hugs Jeszika.
Carrie Winter: I love you!
Jeszika hugs back, kissing Carrie lovingly.
Jeszika Gautier: I love you, too.
Ashley shakes her head as everyone else smiles.
Ashley Kenyon: So, are we still arguing or are we done for the evening?
Bethany’s head snaps around like it’s on a swivel.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash!
Ashley stands up and looks at her sister.
Ashley Kenyon: What?
She nods expectantly.
Ashley Kenyon: What, goddammit, WHAT?
Bethany stands up, more shocked than upset.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, calm down…
Ashley glares back at her sister.
Ashley Kenyon: No, goddammit, I’m tired of calming down! I’m sick of always being the one who has to bite my tongue to save everybody else’s fucking feelings!
She points almost accusingly at Carrie.
Ashley Kenyon: I saved her ass the other day and nobody seems to notice that I had to basically eat a speedball and be willing to act like a complete whore to do it! I almost had to shoot up, which I’m sure all of you would have loved that and probably given me shit for that too if i'd done it, but no, I found a way out of that, ME!!!
She points to herself emphatically.
Ashley Kenyon: And when the bullets started flying, I’m the one that got her out.
She points at Nikki.
Ashley Kenyon: Not you…
She moves her finger to point at Bethany.
Ashley Kenyon: Not you…
Moving her finger it comes back to Jeszika and Carrie.
Ashley Kenyon: And damn sure not you!
Everyone just stares at her in shock, Jeszika looking like she might stand up and retort but Ashley cuts her off.
Ashley Kenyon: And before you scream at me about, “Well, what do you want, a fucking cookie for doing your job?” No, I just don’t want to be yelled at because you couldn’t do yours! I showed up, Jezzy! I walked in and did my damndest to make sure Carrie didn’t have anything happen to her, which I’ll bet money you put on somebody else, probably Bethy, even though you’re the one who was supposed to have her back from across the street while Bethy and Carrie had to work with their backs turned. Did they recognize Carrie? Yes, they did, but guess what, Jezzy? We’ve all done things they could have seen us in on the internet now! For fuck sake, we live in the damn south and we wrestle professionally, the odds are pretty good that somebody will recognize one of us once or twice so tell me… what was I supposed to do when it finally happened and they were literally holding guns to our heads?
Everybody just sits there while Jeszika tries to search for an answer.
Ashley Kenyon: Tell me, Jezzy, because I am fucking dying to know!
No answer is forthcoming and Ashley nods knowingly.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah, that’s what i thought…
She turns and storms towards the door.
Bethany Kenyon: Ash…. Ash, wait!
Ashley keeps on going and everybody just stands there watching her go. As soon as she gets outside, Ashley pulls out her cell phone and dials up an old friend.
Ashley Kenyon: Hey, Lis? What are you guys doing tonight?
Several hours later, Ashley stands in front of her webcam, surprisingly stone cold sober and looking like a storm cloud that’s about to unleash her fury upon the earth.
Ashley Kenyon: You know, just when you think it can’t worse…
She shakes her head in incredulous rage.
Ashley Kenyon: It was bad enough that I have to share MY championship with Tedman when he did NOT beat me and gee thanks, Boss, for that one…
She pauses, a new thought walking into her mind.
Ashley Kenyon: And before I go any further, Mister Oliver, who the fuck are you to say a goddamn thing about me being bad for your company when I've done more for this goddamn company than you ever have?!!!?
She moves in closer looking angry and expectant.
Ashley Kenyon: Where were you when Joshua McBride was running roughshod over everybody and anybody that dared to breathe the same air he did? Where the fuck were you when Brody Montgomery was getting tortured in the middle of nowhere? Where were you when Jeszika Gautier’s girlfriend was kidnapped and held long enough to cost her a job and her home?
She nods even more expectantly.
Ashley Kenyon: Did you pay her reparations for letting that happen with no repercussions on your watch? Did you bother to square things or did you just hope everyone forgot that we didn’t have a fucking owner for the better part of the first year here and people like the Children of Nephilim, Vince Jones and Kyle Travis were just allowed to do whatever they goddamn well pleased while you sat somewhere in the corner sucking your fucking thumb like a giant baby leaving the rest of us to fight for YOUR company?!!?!?
Stepping back, Ashley looks like she’s ready to detonate again.
Ashley Kenyon: Do I like to have a good time? You bet my sweet ass I do but that means nothing when it comes to what I can do in that ring because I have proved myself time and time again and you have the fucking balls to say I’m a bad example because I’m a “party girl?”
She looks around like there should be other people there for a second.
Ashley Kenyon: i don’t know if you’ve noticed or if you just let that slip your mind too, but most of your roster like to some partying including every champion you’ve ever had save Amy Zing, and half of them have been wasted either on television or your own broadcast so please, save the bullshit about me being a party girl and looking bad for your company when the guy I’m fighting this week just got arrested live on national television for being a fucking drunken, stoned idiot in Baltimore! Great PR, right?
She shakes her head in disgust.
Ashley Kenyon: Hell, the guy I have to share MY championship with spent the entire last pay-per-view running around on your air tripping balls with another member of your roster who used to be a champion and whose day job is selling sex in Las Vegas! Here all i did was help save your company from a southern death cult and then come back after being cheated by that fucking drunken, stone idiot to win the North American Champion! You should be trumpeting me as a great role model for girls of all ages based just on what happened with Vince Jones but no, I’m just a party girl who should be happy I’m employed, right?
She leans in again, rage radiating from her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Well fuck you! If it weren’t for me and the other party girls you wouldn’t have a fucking company to worry about so get off your high horse, take what you think is bad for the company and shove it up your uppity, ungrateful ass!
She steps back and mirthlessly laughs, shaking her head in more disbelief.
Ashley Kenyon: And speaking of that drunken, stoned fucking idiot in Baltimore…
Her teeth grind as she tries not to get ahead of herself.
Ashley Kenyon: You know, I knew you thought very little of me, Vince, and I knew you’d blow me off and wait for the how to bother saying word one about me and even then it’d just be that I’m basically nothing but even I never thought you’d disrespect me this fucking bad!
She manages to part her teeth for a second, licking the back of them to try and hold it back without much success.
Ashley Kenyon: Here I am, the one who took YOUR belt and made it MINE, a chance to prove you should, at the very least, get another shot at it and best, prove that you should get a shot at the big oien and you…
She pauses, trailing off, gritting her teeth in anger.
Ashley Kenyon: Run off to Baltimore to play thug for the cameras and act like you give fuck number one about anything going on there and you can’t even do that without looking like a stoned wannabe on national television?
Her eyes go wide as she stares into the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: What the fuck happened to you? Did your balls get swallowed up so far into Jasmine’s purse that you just can’t find them anymore so you had to try and borrow somebody else’s?
Stepping back, she stares out into the distance, shaking her head ever so slightly.
Ashley Kenyon: You walk around trying to act like you’re the baddest motherfucker on the planet and the best you can do to back it up is run to Baltimore after all the real violence has already happened and get arrested in what comes off as one of Reno’s shitty publicity stunts?
Her gaze falls back to the camera again.
Ashley Kenyon: For fuck sake, Man, you’re Vince Jones, the Violence, the King of the Streets, the goddamn career Killer, fucking act like it!
She moves in a little closer, glaring through the camera like it owes her money.
Ashley Kenyon: There was a time you made me nervous but that flew buy buy a long time ago and now I just can’t wait to walk down to the ring and make damn sure everybody sees how much of a gutless wonder you really are! I mean, shit, if Bubba Thompson can knock you on your ass on pay-per-view and the Silver Baron can bitch slap your ass in front of the world and nothing happens, we damn well know no matter what bullshit you sling about how V gonna walk dat walk, it’s all just empty talk that I, for one, am seriously sick of hearing!
Walking in further, she grabs the camera, glaring hatefully.
Ashley Kenyon: I’m gonna do everything to you that I did before and when I’m done, I’m gonna go find Jasmine, search her purse and see if maybe I can’t use a staple gun to put ‘em back on, at least then you’ll have some for show!
She starts to walk away but stops.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah… it’s like that…
