Post by K.I.S.S. on Jul 11, 2014 22:45:54 GMT -6
July 10, 2014
Outside New Orleans, Louisiana
It's been another four of days since anyone has been to check on Jeszika Gautier here, in this cabin in the woods. Having had no contact with anybody again, Jeszika still sits before her computer with her files and paperwork strewn all over the floor looking even more frazzled than before. For the third time since her arrival here, there’s a knock at the door. This time, she staggers up and marches over to the door. She opens it to find Bethany Kenyon standing there looking shocked that the door opened this time of it’s own volition.
Bethany Kenyon: Hey…
Jeszika nods and steps aside. Bethany walks in but before she can say anything, her cell phone erupts. Bethany checks it and almost drops the phone. Jeszika picks it up and the two watch in horror at the video staring back at them. As the video ends, the phone is dropped a second time. Screams echo through the cabin as both woman stare in horror and disbelief at what they’ve just seen. Within seconds, things start flying around the room as Jeszika grabs everything small enough to grab with one hand that is not nailed down and fires it like a hand grenade with bad intentions on it. After a couple of minutes of mayhem, Bethany pulls herself together and catches Jeszika. rather than fight her off, Jeszika hugs her friend and the two share tears. Another couple of minutes go by and the two manage to release their grip on one another.
Bethany bites her bottom lip, still staring down at her phone.
Bethany Kenyon: I'm sorry I let him get to me, let him blind me to what was going on....we need to be smarter than we've been and work this like we usually would, not like a bunch of arrogant fools who think we can just walk in and fight fair and everything will be fine.
Jeszika nods as she too stares down at the phone.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm cool with that, I will do ANYTHING to get Melissa safe and make this bastard pay... And I mean, anything...
Bethany nods, her gaze remaining affixed to the phone on the floor.
Bethany Kenyon: How do you think we get Ash back on the team? She's still mad as a knocked down hornet's nest at me and still sporting that mark from you.
Jeszika nods thoughtfully.
Jeszika Gautier: I think... What we need to do here, is call a meeting, we all need to talk this out. But we do have a mutual enemy in this. I'm sure she hates Joshua more than she is mad at you.
Bethany nods and picks up her phone. Dialing a number, the answer comes quickly.
Bethany Kenyon: Nik? Yeah… you think you can get Ash to meet us out here? Tell her it’s a party and say whatever you want night…
She nods and hangs up.
Bethany Kenyon: They’ll be here in fifteen minutes.
Jeszika exhales forcefully.
Jeszika Gautier: Hope this goes well... Did I tell you she came here the other day?
Bethany shakes her head, clearly surprised.
Bethany Kenyon: No... she did?
Jeszika nods.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... It went surprisingly well considering how things went down.
Bethany’s eyes go wide.
Bethany Kenyon: You didn't beat each other senseless?
Jeszika Gautier: That’s what I meant by surprisingly...
Bethany nods in acknowledgement.
Bethany Kenyon: Did you apologize?
Jeszika looks down.
Jeszika Gautier: I didn't...
Bethany frowns in confusion.
Bethany Kenyon: How did... I don't understand... how did it go well if you never said you were sorry for anything?
Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't know... But Ash was somehow... Civil with me. Would you believe me if I told you she kinda talked me down for a change.
Bethany’s eyes go wide again.
Bethany Kenyon: She did WHAT?
Jeszika nods.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah I was ready to kick her out... Forcibly, but she stayed calm and talked me down... WHile she did bring up Brody a few times, in a bad way, for the most part she was calm, and helped me...
Bethany Kenyon: Wow...
She goes quiet, pondering things.
Bethany Kenyon: I always wondered... if Brody had just talked to her once... if she wouldn't turn around on thinking he was a bastard...
Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, who knows... It might have changed her mind...
Bethany almost laughs.
Bethany Kenyon: Is it bad if i almost hope they bring coke just so we can all stay up longer and drink more?
Jeszika shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: No, B... Thats not bad at all. I kinda hope the same.
Bethany takes a deep breath and then lets it out slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: Can’t say i’m looking forward to hashing it out. Ashley and I…
Jeszika nods, trying to force a helpful smile.
Jeszika Gautier: It needs to be done... We won't win this if we don't stand unified... None of us want to end up like we just saw with Brody... None of us want that to happen to anyone we love...
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Not again...
Jeszika agrees.
Jeszika Gautier: Exactly...
Just then, the door opens allowing Nikki Peltier and Ashley Kenyon to walk in. Ashley takes one look at Bethany and immediately crosses her arms.
Ashley Kenyon: What the fuck?
Jeszika raises her hands to try and slow Ashley down.
Jeszika Gautier: Ashley... You know as well as any of us in this room, that we all need to talk this through. We're giving Joshua what he wants and I'm sure you don't want him to win now do you?
Ashley remains unmoved.
Nikki Peltier: What do you wanna hear, Ash?
Again, Ashley is unmoved.
Bethany Kenyon: She doesn’t want to hear anything…
Jeszika Gautier: Ashley... Please...
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, go ahead… say whatever you want. Scream at me, yell, punch me if you need to, whatever you want! hell, you’ll get to do a lot of more of that in our match in a few days anyway. But at least, say… something…
Ashley just glares through her sister, saying nothing.
Jeszika Gautier: Maybe this was a bad idea...
Jeszika says quietly.
Jeszika Gautier: Ash... Tell B what you said to me...
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: She doesn’t need to and that’s what’s really driving her crazy. She’s not mad at me for not saving Mama as much as she is that nobody told her until I thought somebody else might do it before I did. She thinks that means I don’t trust her, that I don’t value her...
Trailing off, Bethany bites her bottom lip.
Bethany Kenyon: That I don’t love her enough to be straight with her unless somebody is holding a gun to my head and telling me to choose who is eating the bullet unless i tell some deep dark secret.
Jeszika Gautier: Well... Is anyone holding a gun to your head now?
She sighs.
Jeszika Gautier: Look, Ash, you don't need to forgive, B. You don't need to even like her anymore. But Ash, we do need to band together and at least be civil. We need to not fall apart. Joshua has us right where he wants us... Who's to say he won't target Billy next? Or Carrie? Or Richie? Or logan? Now more than ever, we at least need to coexist. Past gripes and present gripes be damned. If we let him, he's gonna be the ruin of us all. Look at us! He almost succeeded this week.
Bethany exhales forcefully.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about Mama. She swore me to secrecy and thought it would be easier. She was wrong but she was still Mama. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you when I knew you were ready to hear it and I’m sorry I waited until I thought Joshua McBride was gonna tell you. I love you, I trust you with my life…
Jeszika looks over at Nikki.
Jeszika Gautier: Shall we leave them to it?
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: No…
Bethany nods her agreement.
Bethany Kenyon: Let’s just have a drink together first and then see if we still wanna go to war…
The four friends spend the rest of the evening getting drunk on Jeszika’s secret stash, silence covering them until they all simply fall asleep where they sit.
Outside New Orleans, Louisiana
It's been another four of days since anyone has been to check on Jeszika Gautier here, in this cabin in the woods. Having had no contact with anybody again, Jeszika still sits before her computer with her files and paperwork strewn all over the floor looking even more frazzled than before. For the third time since her arrival here, there’s a knock at the door. This time, she staggers up and marches over to the door. She opens it to find Bethany Kenyon standing there looking shocked that the door opened this time of it’s own volition.
Bethany Kenyon: Hey…
Jeszika nods and steps aside. Bethany walks in but before she can say anything, her cell phone erupts. Bethany checks it and almost drops the phone. Jeszika picks it up and the two watch in horror at the video staring back at them. As the video ends, the phone is dropped a second time. Screams echo through the cabin as both woman stare in horror and disbelief at what they’ve just seen. Within seconds, things start flying around the room as Jeszika grabs everything small enough to grab with one hand that is not nailed down and fires it like a hand grenade with bad intentions on it. After a couple of minutes of mayhem, Bethany pulls herself together and catches Jeszika. rather than fight her off, Jeszika hugs her friend and the two share tears. Another couple of minutes go by and the two manage to release their grip on one another.
Bethany bites her bottom lip, still staring down at her phone.
Bethany Kenyon: I'm sorry I let him get to me, let him blind me to what was going on....we need to be smarter than we've been and work this like we usually would, not like a bunch of arrogant fools who think we can just walk in and fight fair and everything will be fine.
Jeszika nods as she too stares down at the phone.
Jeszika Gautier: I'm cool with that, I will do ANYTHING to get Melissa safe and make this bastard pay... And I mean, anything...
Bethany nods, her gaze remaining affixed to the phone on the floor.
Bethany Kenyon: How do you think we get Ash back on the team? She's still mad as a knocked down hornet's nest at me and still sporting that mark from you.
Jeszika nods thoughtfully.
Jeszika Gautier: I think... What we need to do here, is call a meeting, we all need to talk this out. But we do have a mutual enemy in this. I'm sure she hates Joshua more than she is mad at you.
Bethany nods and picks up her phone. Dialing a number, the answer comes quickly.
Bethany Kenyon: Nik? Yeah… you think you can get Ash to meet us out here? Tell her it’s a party and say whatever you want night…
She nods and hangs up.
Bethany Kenyon: They’ll be here in fifteen minutes.
Jeszika exhales forcefully.
Jeszika Gautier: Hope this goes well... Did I tell you she came here the other day?
Bethany shakes her head, clearly surprised.
Bethany Kenyon: No... she did?
Jeszika nods.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... It went surprisingly well considering how things went down.
Bethany’s eyes go wide.
Bethany Kenyon: You didn't beat each other senseless?
Jeszika Gautier: That’s what I meant by surprisingly...
Bethany nods in acknowledgement.
Bethany Kenyon: Did you apologize?
Jeszika looks down.
Jeszika Gautier: I didn't...
Bethany frowns in confusion.
Bethany Kenyon: How did... I don't understand... how did it go well if you never said you were sorry for anything?
Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't know... But Ash was somehow... Civil with me. Would you believe me if I told you she kinda talked me down for a change.
Bethany’s eyes go wide again.
Bethany Kenyon: She did WHAT?
Jeszika nods.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah I was ready to kick her out... Forcibly, but she stayed calm and talked me down... WHile she did bring up Brody a few times, in a bad way, for the most part she was calm, and helped me...
Bethany Kenyon: Wow...
She goes quiet, pondering things.
Bethany Kenyon: I always wondered... if Brody had just talked to her once... if she wouldn't turn around on thinking he was a bastard...
Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, who knows... It might have changed her mind...
Bethany almost laughs.
Bethany Kenyon: Is it bad if i almost hope they bring coke just so we can all stay up longer and drink more?
Jeszika shakes her head.
Jeszika Gautier: No, B... Thats not bad at all. I kinda hope the same.
Bethany takes a deep breath and then lets it out slowly.
Bethany Kenyon: Can’t say i’m looking forward to hashing it out. Ashley and I…
Jeszika nods, trying to force a helpful smile.
Jeszika Gautier: It needs to be done... We won't win this if we don't stand unified... None of us want to end up like we just saw with Brody... None of us want that to happen to anyone we love...
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: Not again...
Jeszika agrees.
Jeszika Gautier: Exactly...
Just then, the door opens allowing Nikki Peltier and Ashley Kenyon to walk in. Ashley takes one look at Bethany and immediately crosses her arms.
Ashley Kenyon: What the fuck?
Jeszika raises her hands to try and slow Ashley down.
Jeszika Gautier: Ashley... You know as well as any of us in this room, that we all need to talk this through. We're giving Joshua what he wants and I'm sure you don't want him to win now do you?
Ashley remains unmoved.
Nikki Peltier: What do you wanna hear, Ash?
Again, Ashley is unmoved.
Bethany Kenyon: She doesn’t want to hear anything…
Jeszika Gautier: Ashley... Please...
Bethany Kenyon: Ash, go ahead… say whatever you want. Scream at me, yell, punch me if you need to, whatever you want! hell, you’ll get to do a lot of more of that in our match in a few days anyway. But at least, say… something…
Ashley just glares through her sister, saying nothing.
Jeszika Gautier: Maybe this was a bad idea...
Jeszika says quietly.
Jeszika Gautier: Ash... Tell B what you said to me...
Bethany shakes her head.
Bethany Kenyon: She doesn’t need to and that’s what’s really driving her crazy. She’s not mad at me for not saving Mama as much as she is that nobody told her until I thought somebody else might do it before I did. She thinks that means I don’t trust her, that I don’t value her...
Trailing off, Bethany bites her bottom lip.
Bethany Kenyon: That I don’t love her enough to be straight with her unless somebody is holding a gun to my head and telling me to choose who is eating the bullet unless i tell some deep dark secret.
Jeszika Gautier: Well... Is anyone holding a gun to your head now?
She sighs.
Jeszika Gautier: Look, Ash, you don't need to forgive, B. You don't need to even like her anymore. But Ash, we do need to band together and at least be civil. We need to not fall apart. Joshua has us right where he wants us... Who's to say he won't target Billy next? Or Carrie? Or Richie? Or logan? Now more than ever, we at least need to coexist. Past gripes and present gripes be damned. If we let him, he's gonna be the ruin of us all. Look at us! He almost succeeded this week.
Bethany exhales forcefully.
Bethany Kenyon: I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about Mama. She swore me to secrecy and thought it would be easier. She was wrong but she was still Mama. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you when I knew you were ready to hear it and I’m sorry I waited until I thought Joshua McBride was gonna tell you. I love you, I trust you with my life…
Jeszika looks over at Nikki.
Jeszika Gautier: Shall we leave them to it?
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: No…
Bethany nods her agreement.
Bethany Kenyon: Let’s just have a drink together first and then see if we still wanna go to war…
The four friends spend the rest of the evening getting drunk on Jeszika’s secret stash, silence covering them until they all simply fall asleep where they sit.
