Post by K.I.S.S. on Jan 9, 2015 21:50:17 GMT -6
December 26, 2014
Ashley Kenyon sits in the front passenger seat of Jeszika Gautier’s yellow and black 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, enjoying riding shotgun in “Bumblebee” with her boyfriend Billy Hawkes in the back seat and Jeszika herself at the wheel. As they cruise on down the road, Ashley can’t contain herself and starts squealing like a schoolgirl. Thoroughly enjoying this, Billy just shakes his head.
Billy Hawkes: This is too cute, I've never seen you this excited.
Ashley shrugs, grinning huge.
Ashley Kenyon: It's actually happening…
Billy grins playfully.
Billy Hawkes: She could always turn this car around and make you wait til B comes back from doing... whatever it is she's doing with Brody…
Ashley's face drops.
Ashley Kenyon: That's not funny...
Jeszika smiles reassuringly, looking almost as motherly as Ashley’s older sister Bethany does at times.
Jeszika Gautier: He's just messing with you, Ash. I wouldn't do that.
Billy can’t help but grin playfully.
Billy Hawkes: Or would she?
Ashley crosses her arms, frowning.
Billy Hawkes: I love it when she pouts like this...
Jeszika laughs.
Jeszika Gautier: Just to see her pout more I should turn around and go home and make her wait, just for laughs.
Ashley's eyes go wide with fright.
Jeszika Gautier: I wouldn't, Ash, trust me. You've waited far too long for this already.
Ashley sighs with relief.
Ashley Kenyon: God, don’t scare me like that…
Billy grins.
Billy Hawkes: Didn’t know that was a possibility.
Ashley frowns with genuine confusion.
Ashley Kenyon: What’s that?
Billy nods knowingly.
Billy Hawkes: Scaring you.
Jeszika nods her agreement, seemingly with pride.
Jeszika Gautier: She IS a tough one, our Ash.
Pondering this, Ashley sits back in her seat, looking pensive.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ve been scared before…
Jeszika can’t believe what she’s hearing. This was not something she was used to hearing from Ashley at all.
Jeszika Gautier: You have?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Couple of times.
Billy looks on from the backseat.
Billy Hawkes: When?
Wishing she hadn’t said anything, Ashley prepares for what she knows has to come now.
Ashley Kenyon: The first time?
Billy nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Four years ago…
Jeszika can’t keep the shock from her voice.
Jeszika Gautier: Four years ago?
Ashley nods, looking mildly ashamed.
Ashley Kenyon: That first job you guys let me work. The one where I was bait for the first time, the drug dealer’s son that was embezzling money from his father’s legit business. You guys sent me to talk to him at a party and you told me specifically not to let him get me all fucked up. Even gave me a vial of fake coke I could use instead…
Jeszika nods, worry creeping into her vocal tone now as well.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... go on…
Unable to hide her shame, Ashley starts to flinch about in the seat.
Ashley Kenyon: And, you know, I went in and didn’t listen, thought I could handle it.
Billy shakes his head.
Billy Hawkes: What all did you do?
Ashley exhales heavily.
Ashley Kenyon: I snorted some real coke, wasn’t used to it at all and it was really fucking pure too.
Billy grimaces, gritting his teeth.
Billy Hawkes: Eesh…
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Let him talk me into a few drinks to try and even it out… got roofied...
Jeszika pulls over the car suddenly sending everyone jerking forward and back in their seats.
Jeszika Gautier: Did he hurt you?
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: No, you guys wandered in right before he was gonna take me upstairs.
Looking like she might just leap from the driver’s seat, Jeszika grips the wheel hard.
Jeszika Gautier: That bastard... if I see that guy around again... I swear to god…
Her hands tighten on the steering wheel.
Jeszika Gautier: I can see why that would have scared you, Ash. I would have been scared too.
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: That’s not what was scary. I knew you guys could hear and I knew you were probably going crazy listening to me doing all that shit. I knew you would come in and get me, which you did. I passed out in the car after and I’m pretty sure you guys just thought I’d overindulged.
Her anger dissipating rapidly, Jeszika looks over at Ashley, shock again filling her voice.
Jeszika Gautier: So you were scared we would look down on you for it?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: I was terrified you guys would tell me I’d blown my big chance to work with you and that you’d tell me I couldn’t do it anymore. Mama was gone, Daddy worked a job I couldn’t do, Khary was away on his own path…
She pauses and looks over at Jeszika.
Ashley Kenyon: You guys were all I had left.
Billy just stares at the back of the seat in front of him, letting it all sink in.
Billy Hawkes: And here you had gotten your chance and promptly done exactly what they told you not to do…
Ashley nods again.
Ashley Kenyon: Exactly… I had just proven myself to be everything you didn’t want me to be...
Jeszika Gautier: We would never do that to you Ash. We're a team forever and always.
Ashley nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: At the time, it was all new…
Jeszika smiles reassuringly.
Jeszika Gautier: We all make mistakes, Ash. Hell I've made my fair share believe me.
Billy nods his agreement.
Billy Hawkes: God knows I have too.
Ashley glances between them.
Ashley Kenyon: Have you almost gotten yourself raped twice because you didn’t listen to the rest of your team and went off-plan?
Jeszika doesn’t hesitate.
Jeszika Gautier: Worse, I almost got killed. Remember that one guy who I had to pretend to bed to get info from him. The one who was high up in some gang and we needed to play him to get to his boss. I screwed up and he figured out what I was up to and I ended up pinned to the bed with a blade to my throat? If not for Beth coming in and smacking him over the head with that wooden ornament she grabbed on her way in. I'd be dead.
She shakes her head
Jeszika Gautier: We all make mistakes, Ash. It's part of being human. Isn't that right Billy?
Billy shrugs his answer.
Billy Hawkes: I've still got a scar... and weird feelings in my hands to prove that one.
Jeszika nods, pointing to the rearview mirror and the image of Billy in the backseat.
Jeszika Gautier: There you go, Ash. You got nothing to be scared or ashamed of.
Ashley nods and then sighs heavily all over again.
Ashley Kenyon: It happened again with Vince Jones.
Billy nods knowingly.
Billy Hawkes: Same thing, right?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Yes.
Jeszika pats her arm.
Jeszika Gautier: What happened with him wasn't a failure in any way shape or form, Ash.
Ashley accepts the encouragement and pats Jeszika’s hand gratefully in return.
Ashley Kenyon: No, but it still scared me to think my body might just say, "no more." I was right back there in that place, like four years ago. I don't know how it didn't freak out Brody to have an injury like that…
Billy shrugs.
Billy Hawkes: Who says it didn't?
Ashley frowns.
Ashley Kenyon: Did he mention that during y'all's man talk?
Billy shakes his head.
Billy Hawkes: No.
Ashley swallows hard, not sure she really wants to hear the answer.
Ashley Kenyon: What did y'all talk about?
Billy nods to the front seat.
Billy Hawkes: You guys, mostly. He asked me about my heroin usage…
Ashley exhales forcefully.
Ashley Kenyon: That scared me too.
Billy nods, clearly ashamed.
Billy Hawkes: I know, I'm sorry.
Looking to change the subject, Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: But hey, we gotta look at it this way, we're all strong people because we're here today. We made it through all that shit to become the people we are now, stronger and very much still alive!
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: And somehow, all dead sober too…
Billy chuckles.
Billy Hawkes: Who’d have called that one, right?
Jeszika nods as she puts the car back into gear.
Jeszika Gautier: Proof we are all stronger than we think.
Ashley shakes her head but then pauses to look out front as they roll on down the road. She stares at the mailboxes going by and then shakes her head again.
Ashley Kenyon: You guys ever miss it?
Billy shrugs.
Billy Hawkes: Do I miss partying with friends… and you?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah…
Billy nods slowly.
Billy Hawkes: Some, yeah… can’t say I miss what happened with the smack but…
Concentrating on her driving, Jeszika manages to nod ever so slightly in agreement with Billy’s sentiments.
Jeszika Gautier: Can't say I actually miss it either. I mean the high was always good but the crash... yeah, don't miss that at all.
Billy nods.
Billy Hawkes: I think we miss the social part, not so much the actual…
As Billy trails off, Jeszika picks up the answer.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, the social is what I miss.
Ashley nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: I miss that like crazy…
Jeszika smiles like a proud big sister again.
Jeszika Gautier: We can be social without drinking and drugs you know.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: I know… we just… don’t seem to as much anymore without going to Prey to get… whatever we were gonna do that night...
Jeszika shrugs nonchalantly.
Jeszika Gautier: Well let's change that then.
Ashley nods before sighing heavily as she ponders their whole situation with the subject.
Ashley Kenyon: I feel bad for Carrie… how is she gonna keep working there with all that stuff around her all the time?
Jeszika shakes her head, looking like this thought had never struck her before.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't know but we'll help her any way we can.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: So where is this place?
Jeszika nods just up the road.
Jeszika Gautier: Just round the corner actually.
Ashley grins happily.
Ashley Kenyon: Oooh, so we're almost there?
Jeszika can’t help but beam as Ashley’s excitement returns in earnest.
Jeszika Gautier: We’re here, actually.
She says as she pulls the car to the curb.
Jeszika Gautier: Excited?
Ashley looks at the building and nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Absolutely!
Opening her door, Jeszika nods towards the building indicating they should follow her.
Jeszika Gautier: Then let’s go meet some puppies!
Ashley beams and follows Jeszika from the car into the building with Billy right behind them.
Ashley Kenyon: I can't believe this is real!
Jeszika pats her on the back.
Jeszika Gautier: Well you best get believing ‘cause there’s a puppy in there just waiting for you to be it’s mama.
Ashley squeals rather childlike as they all go inside.
January 9, 2015
Ashley Kenyon sets up her webcam and then steps back to her bed and picks up her new little black and white border collie puppy. She grins happily into the camera and sits down on the bed, the puppy quickly landing on her lap. Ashley almost immediately begins playfully rubbing the puppy’s belly, calming the small dog completely.
Ashley Kenyon: Everybody, this is Wolfie. Our very own UWA World Champion, Jeszika Gautier, and my boyfriend took me to get him from a shelter and the poor baby had been born there. He’s about twelve weeks old and was the last of his family to get a forever home.
She pauses and nods acknowledgingly.
Ashley Kenyon: His name is actually Airwolf because of the cute little noises he was making as we started to walk by him. He sounded just like the helicopter on the old TV show and I couldn’t stand leaving him there.
She leans down to nuzzle him and the small puppie gurgles back at her.
Ashley Kenyon: I know what you’re thinking, “Jesus, what a stupid name for a dog.”
She shrugs both playfully and defiantly.
Ashley Kenyon: Fuck you, he’s my dog and I’ll name him whatever I want to!
She smiles as she looks down to the little dog again.
Ashley Kenyon: Isn’t that right, Wolfie?
She nuzzles him again and then kisses his little head.
Ashley Kenyon: He wasn’t supposed to be here anymore. His mama got abandoned and picked by a kill shelter.
Pausing to take a deep breath, Ashley shakes her head at the shame of it all.
Ashley Kenyon: Well, technically, it wasn’t supposed to be a kill shelter but it was being closed so they started putting some of them down. His mama got lucky that another shelter happened to hire the woman that found her and brought her over. Two days later, she gave birth to a litter and they were all kinda sick cause nobody had been taking care of mama for that, right?
She looks down at the pup and watches him crawl off her lap towards the pillow.
Ashley Kenyon: But they nursed them all back to health and Wolfie was the last one left because he was the smallest and he made these noises that everybody found off-putting. I thought it was cute and he kind of picked me right there.
He pets him a little more as the dog curls up on the pillow and looks back at her longingly.
Ashley Kenyon: He was an underdog who’s managing to make it in this crazy world despite everything that was thrown at him to begin his life. He’s thriving now despite being born in a rescue shelter and being given a fifty/fifty shot at even living out the first night. He’s showing me things all the time and we’ve only known each other for two weeks now.
A sound in the next room catches her attention and she looks over towards the door.
Ashley Kenyon: if you want, you can come get Wolfie and play with him out there.
Within seconds, her boyfriend, Billy, walks in and picks up the pup from the bed. he walks back over to Ashley and kisses her before leaving the room. Ashley watches him leaving and her face suddenly falls.
Ashley Kenyon: And Billy just showed you why he’s an underdog too.
She moves her gaze from the doorway back to the camera and nods.
Ashley Kenyon: His hands still shake off and on from what Aerynn Donnelly and her new happy ending, Shonn Maguire, did to him. Billy had already put himself behind the eight ball with his drug use but he was starting to pull himself out of that hole thanks to a little intervention by Brody Montgomery and then, you fucking bitch, you decided to try and send him right back down in that hole just to fuck with Jezzy and try and keep that title belt you always loved so goddamn much!
Unable to contain herself any further, Ashley bolts up to her feet, rage radiating from her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Brody and my sister are gonna make you guys pay and when they’re done, I hope they leave a piece for me so I can have turn beating your asses too! For Billy, for Carrie, for Jayni, for Bethy, Brody, Jezzy and for me, I hope they knock the shit out of you until you beg them to stop and then I hope Brody will tell Bethy no and keep going! You gave no quarter without any kind of provocation or hesitation and so you deserve none in return!
Glancing back to the doorway, she spots Billy playing with the dog on her living room floor and just shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: I hope they break you both!
Bringing her gaze back to the camera, Ashley manages a nod.
Ashley Kenyon: I know what it’s like to be an underdog myself. Vince Jones was favored in all ways against me in every match. It didn’t matter that I came in as a champion just like him, he was bigger, he was stronger and he had way more experience. everyone who lookmed at those matches said not only would I lose but I should be worried about losing everything else I could possibly lose in the process.
She nods sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: Not a prayer they said…
Anger starts to seep in again.
Ashley Kenyon: He’ll smash you, they said...
The anger filters in even more.
Ashley Kenyon: He tried to make them all prophets of doom on that one in our very first match. he threw his normal level of effort and couldn’t break me. Threw some more at me and couldn’t keep me down and it scared the hell out of him. he can lie all he wants but mahfucka was scared shitless that the great Career Killer couldn’t put down some stupid little barbie bitch!
Her hands ball into tight fists as the rage threatens to consume her.
Ashley Kenyon: So then he cheated in our second match hoping that gloves loaded with metal would put me down for good…
She nods and picks up the UWA World Tag team Championship belt off the desk next to the computer.
Ashley Kenyon: But this right here, my first championship, shows you failed that one…
Stepping forward out of frame again, she comes back with the UWA North American Championship belt on the other shoulder.
Ashley Kenyon: And this one says in match three, you had nothing left and couldn’t keep this underdog down!
She nods and sets the belts down on the bed behind her.
Ashley Kenyon: So now, Amy Zing is the underdog and I’ve even heard her ask why she deserves this kind of chance despite a losing record that, if you listen to her, is actually way worse than it is.
Ashley shakes her head, all the anger and disgust she’d had earlier seemingly gone now.
Ashley Kenyon: Amy, you deserve anything and everything you can get a chance at! You were given one random shot here to prove you belonged and you did just that! You won the UWA Television Championship when no one thought you would and this was after you earned my sister’s respect in your first match here!
Her hands met and fold in front of her.
Ashley Kenyon: Amy, you deserve this shot as much as anyone else who can get one here in UWA and I’m proud that it’s you. There are so many guys who’ve come in and laughed at the very idea of somebody like us even getting in the ring, much less holding a championship and beating them, that I can’t wait for us to walk that aisle and show them all what a fucking championship match is supposed to look like! I know I can count on you to bring everything you’ve got and to go until you’ve got nothing left so that if i lose, i lost because you were better than me that night and if I win, I won beating a damn worthy opponent! Don’t you ever let anyone tell you that you’re not worthy or that you don’t deserve it! You’re shining example of what people should strive to be! You’re a talented, athletic competitor with skills and speed to spare and testing myself against you is gonna be just as big a challenge and honor as it was to get in the ring with Vince Fucking Jones! On Monday night, we’re gonna tear that house down do our damndest to steal the show…
Her hands split from each other and her right index finger points just off camera to pictures sitting there of other competitors.
Ashley Kenyon: Win or lose, we’re gonna show the Kyle Travis’s and Vince Jones’s of the world that not only do we belong here, but we can make them eat their misogynistic words without even putting any kind of sauce on it and make it taste so good they choke on it!
She nods and starts towards the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: See ya Monday, Amy, and good luck. It’s time to show the world what underdogs can really do when given the chance!
Ashley Kenyon sits in the front passenger seat of Jeszika Gautier’s yellow and black 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, enjoying riding shotgun in “Bumblebee” with her boyfriend Billy Hawkes in the back seat and Jeszika herself at the wheel. As they cruise on down the road, Ashley can’t contain herself and starts squealing like a schoolgirl. Thoroughly enjoying this, Billy just shakes his head.
Billy Hawkes: This is too cute, I've never seen you this excited.
Ashley shrugs, grinning huge.
Ashley Kenyon: It's actually happening…
Billy grins playfully.
Billy Hawkes: She could always turn this car around and make you wait til B comes back from doing... whatever it is she's doing with Brody…
Ashley's face drops.
Ashley Kenyon: That's not funny...
Jeszika smiles reassuringly, looking almost as motherly as Ashley’s older sister Bethany does at times.
Jeszika Gautier: He's just messing with you, Ash. I wouldn't do that.
Billy can’t help but grin playfully.
Billy Hawkes: Or would she?
Ashley crosses her arms, frowning.
Billy Hawkes: I love it when she pouts like this...
Jeszika laughs.
Jeszika Gautier: Just to see her pout more I should turn around and go home and make her wait, just for laughs.
Ashley's eyes go wide with fright.
Jeszika Gautier: I wouldn't, Ash, trust me. You've waited far too long for this already.
Ashley sighs with relief.
Ashley Kenyon: God, don’t scare me like that…
Billy grins.
Billy Hawkes: Didn’t know that was a possibility.
Ashley frowns with genuine confusion.
Ashley Kenyon: What’s that?
Billy nods knowingly.
Billy Hawkes: Scaring you.
Jeszika nods her agreement, seemingly with pride.
Jeszika Gautier: She IS a tough one, our Ash.
Pondering this, Ashley sits back in her seat, looking pensive.
Ashley Kenyon: I’ve been scared before…
Jeszika can’t believe what she’s hearing. This was not something she was used to hearing from Ashley at all.
Jeszika Gautier: You have?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Couple of times.
Billy looks on from the backseat.
Billy Hawkes: When?
Wishing she hadn’t said anything, Ashley prepares for what she knows has to come now.
Ashley Kenyon: The first time?
Billy nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Four years ago…
Jeszika can’t keep the shock from her voice.
Jeszika Gautier: Four years ago?
Ashley nods, looking mildly ashamed.
Ashley Kenyon: That first job you guys let me work. The one where I was bait for the first time, the drug dealer’s son that was embezzling money from his father’s legit business. You guys sent me to talk to him at a party and you told me specifically not to let him get me all fucked up. Even gave me a vial of fake coke I could use instead…
Jeszika nods, worry creeping into her vocal tone now as well.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah... go on…
Unable to hide her shame, Ashley starts to flinch about in the seat.
Ashley Kenyon: And, you know, I went in and didn’t listen, thought I could handle it.
Billy shakes his head.
Billy Hawkes: What all did you do?
Ashley exhales heavily.
Ashley Kenyon: I snorted some real coke, wasn’t used to it at all and it was really fucking pure too.
Billy grimaces, gritting his teeth.
Billy Hawkes: Eesh…
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Let him talk me into a few drinks to try and even it out… got roofied...
Jeszika pulls over the car suddenly sending everyone jerking forward and back in their seats.
Jeszika Gautier: Did he hurt you?
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: No, you guys wandered in right before he was gonna take me upstairs.
Looking like she might just leap from the driver’s seat, Jeszika grips the wheel hard.
Jeszika Gautier: That bastard... if I see that guy around again... I swear to god…
Her hands tighten on the steering wheel.
Jeszika Gautier: I can see why that would have scared you, Ash. I would have been scared too.
Ashley shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: That’s not what was scary. I knew you guys could hear and I knew you were probably going crazy listening to me doing all that shit. I knew you would come in and get me, which you did. I passed out in the car after and I’m pretty sure you guys just thought I’d overindulged.
Her anger dissipating rapidly, Jeszika looks over at Ashley, shock again filling her voice.
Jeszika Gautier: So you were scared we would look down on you for it?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: I was terrified you guys would tell me I’d blown my big chance to work with you and that you’d tell me I couldn’t do it anymore. Mama was gone, Daddy worked a job I couldn’t do, Khary was away on his own path…
She pauses and looks over at Jeszika.
Ashley Kenyon: You guys were all I had left.
Billy just stares at the back of the seat in front of him, letting it all sink in.
Billy Hawkes: And here you had gotten your chance and promptly done exactly what they told you not to do…
Ashley nods again.
Ashley Kenyon: Exactly… I had just proven myself to be everything you didn’t want me to be...
Jeszika Gautier: We would never do that to you Ash. We're a team forever and always.
Ashley nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: At the time, it was all new…
Jeszika smiles reassuringly.
Jeszika Gautier: We all make mistakes, Ash. Hell I've made my fair share believe me.
Billy nods his agreement.
Billy Hawkes: God knows I have too.
Ashley glances between them.
Ashley Kenyon: Have you almost gotten yourself raped twice because you didn’t listen to the rest of your team and went off-plan?
Jeszika doesn’t hesitate.
Jeszika Gautier: Worse, I almost got killed. Remember that one guy who I had to pretend to bed to get info from him. The one who was high up in some gang and we needed to play him to get to his boss. I screwed up and he figured out what I was up to and I ended up pinned to the bed with a blade to my throat? If not for Beth coming in and smacking him over the head with that wooden ornament she grabbed on her way in. I'd be dead.
She shakes her head
Jeszika Gautier: We all make mistakes, Ash. It's part of being human. Isn't that right Billy?
Billy shrugs his answer.
Billy Hawkes: I've still got a scar... and weird feelings in my hands to prove that one.
Jeszika nods, pointing to the rearview mirror and the image of Billy in the backseat.
Jeszika Gautier: There you go, Ash. You got nothing to be scared or ashamed of.
Ashley nods and then sighs heavily all over again.
Ashley Kenyon: It happened again with Vince Jones.
Billy nods knowingly.
Billy Hawkes: Same thing, right?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Yes.
Jeszika pats her arm.
Jeszika Gautier: What happened with him wasn't a failure in any way shape or form, Ash.
Ashley accepts the encouragement and pats Jeszika’s hand gratefully in return.
Ashley Kenyon: No, but it still scared me to think my body might just say, "no more." I was right back there in that place, like four years ago. I don't know how it didn't freak out Brody to have an injury like that…
Billy shrugs.
Billy Hawkes: Who says it didn't?
Ashley frowns.
Ashley Kenyon: Did he mention that during y'all's man talk?
Billy shakes his head.
Billy Hawkes: No.
Ashley swallows hard, not sure she really wants to hear the answer.
Ashley Kenyon: What did y'all talk about?
Billy nods to the front seat.
Billy Hawkes: You guys, mostly. He asked me about my heroin usage…
Ashley exhales forcefully.
Ashley Kenyon: That scared me too.
Billy nods, clearly ashamed.
Billy Hawkes: I know, I'm sorry.
Looking to change the subject, Jeszika shrugs.
Jeszika Gautier: But hey, we gotta look at it this way, we're all strong people because we're here today. We made it through all that shit to become the people we are now, stronger and very much still alive!
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: And somehow, all dead sober too…
Billy chuckles.
Billy Hawkes: Who’d have called that one, right?
Jeszika nods as she puts the car back into gear.
Jeszika Gautier: Proof we are all stronger than we think.
Ashley shakes her head but then pauses to look out front as they roll on down the road. She stares at the mailboxes going by and then shakes her head again.
Ashley Kenyon: You guys ever miss it?
Billy shrugs.
Billy Hawkes: Do I miss partying with friends… and you?
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Yeah…
Billy nods slowly.
Billy Hawkes: Some, yeah… can’t say I miss what happened with the smack but…
Concentrating on her driving, Jeszika manages to nod ever so slightly in agreement with Billy’s sentiments.
Jeszika Gautier: Can't say I actually miss it either. I mean the high was always good but the crash... yeah, don't miss that at all.
Billy nods.
Billy Hawkes: I think we miss the social part, not so much the actual…
As Billy trails off, Jeszika picks up the answer.
Jeszika Gautier: Yeah, the social is what I miss.
Ashley nods slowly.
Ashley Kenyon: I miss that like crazy…
Jeszika smiles like a proud big sister again.
Jeszika Gautier: We can be social without drinking and drugs you know.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: I know… we just… don’t seem to as much anymore without going to Prey to get… whatever we were gonna do that night...
Jeszika shrugs nonchalantly.
Jeszika Gautier: Well let's change that then.
Ashley nods before sighing heavily as she ponders their whole situation with the subject.
Ashley Kenyon: I feel bad for Carrie… how is she gonna keep working there with all that stuff around her all the time?
Jeszika shakes her head, looking like this thought had never struck her before.
Jeszika Gautier: I don't know but we'll help her any way we can.
Ashley nods.
Ashley Kenyon: So where is this place?
Jeszika nods just up the road.
Jeszika Gautier: Just round the corner actually.
Ashley grins happily.
Ashley Kenyon: Oooh, so we're almost there?
Jeszika can’t help but beam as Ashley’s excitement returns in earnest.
Jeszika Gautier: We’re here, actually.
She says as she pulls the car to the curb.
Jeszika Gautier: Excited?
Ashley looks at the building and nods.
Ashley Kenyon: Absolutely!
Opening her door, Jeszika nods towards the building indicating they should follow her.
Jeszika Gautier: Then let’s go meet some puppies!
Ashley beams and follows Jeszika from the car into the building with Billy right behind them.
Ashley Kenyon: I can't believe this is real!
Jeszika pats her on the back.
Jeszika Gautier: Well you best get believing ‘cause there’s a puppy in there just waiting for you to be it’s mama.
Ashley squeals rather childlike as they all go inside.
January 9, 2015
Ashley Kenyon sets up her webcam and then steps back to her bed and picks up her new little black and white border collie puppy. She grins happily into the camera and sits down on the bed, the puppy quickly landing on her lap. Ashley almost immediately begins playfully rubbing the puppy’s belly, calming the small dog completely.
Ashley Kenyon: Everybody, this is Wolfie. Our very own UWA World Champion, Jeszika Gautier, and my boyfriend took me to get him from a shelter and the poor baby had been born there. He’s about twelve weeks old and was the last of his family to get a forever home.
She pauses and nods acknowledgingly.
Ashley Kenyon: His name is actually Airwolf because of the cute little noises he was making as we started to walk by him. He sounded just like the helicopter on the old TV show and I couldn’t stand leaving him there.
She leans down to nuzzle him and the small puppie gurgles back at her.
Ashley Kenyon: I know what you’re thinking, “Jesus, what a stupid name for a dog.”
She shrugs both playfully and defiantly.
Ashley Kenyon: Fuck you, he’s my dog and I’ll name him whatever I want to!
She smiles as she looks down to the little dog again.
Ashley Kenyon: Isn’t that right, Wolfie?
She nuzzles him again and then kisses his little head.
Ashley Kenyon: He wasn’t supposed to be here anymore. His mama got abandoned and picked by a kill shelter.
Pausing to take a deep breath, Ashley shakes her head at the shame of it all.
Ashley Kenyon: Well, technically, it wasn’t supposed to be a kill shelter but it was being closed so they started putting some of them down. His mama got lucky that another shelter happened to hire the woman that found her and brought her over. Two days later, she gave birth to a litter and they were all kinda sick cause nobody had been taking care of mama for that, right?
She looks down at the pup and watches him crawl off her lap towards the pillow.
Ashley Kenyon: But they nursed them all back to health and Wolfie was the last one left because he was the smallest and he made these noises that everybody found off-putting. I thought it was cute and he kind of picked me right there.
He pets him a little more as the dog curls up on the pillow and looks back at her longingly.
Ashley Kenyon: He was an underdog who’s managing to make it in this crazy world despite everything that was thrown at him to begin his life. He’s thriving now despite being born in a rescue shelter and being given a fifty/fifty shot at even living out the first night. He’s showing me things all the time and we’ve only known each other for two weeks now.
A sound in the next room catches her attention and she looks over towards the door.
Ashley Kenyon: if you want, you can come get Wolfie and play with him out there.
Within seconds, her boyfriend, Billy, walks in and picks up the pup from the bed. he walks back over to Ashley and kisses her before leaving the room. Ashley watches him leaving and her face suddenly falls.
Ashley Kenyon: And Billy just showed you why he’s an underdog too.
She moves her gaze from the doorway back to the camera and nods.
Ashley Kenyon: His hands still shake off and on from what Aerynn Donnelly and her new happy ending, Shonn Maguire, did to him. Billy had already put himself behind the eight ball with his drug use but he was starting to pull himself out of that hole thanks to a little intervention by Brody Montgomery and then, you fucking bitch, you decided to try and send him right back down in that hole just to fuck with Jezzy and try and keep that title belt you always loved so goddamn much!
Unable to contain herself any further, Ashley bolts up to her feet, rage radiating from her eyes.
Ashley Kenyon: Brody and my sister are gonna make you guys pay and when they’re done, I hope they leave a piece for me so I can have turn beating your asses too! For Billy, for Carrie, for Jayni, for Bethy, Brody, Jezzy and for me, I hope they knock the shit out of you until you beg them to stop and then I hope Brody will tell Bethy no and keep going! You gave no quarter without any kind of provocation or hesitation and so you deserve none in return!
Glancing back to the doorway, she spots Billy playing with the dog on her living room floor and just shakes her head.
Ashley Kenyon: I hope they break you both!
Bringing her gaze back to the camera, Ashley manages a nod.
Ashley Kenyon: I know what it’s like to be an underdog myself. Vince Jones was favored in all ways against me in every match. It didn’t matter that I came in as a champion just like him, he was bigger, he was stronger and he had way more experience. everyone who lookmed at those matches said not only would I lose but I should be worried about losing everything else I could possibly lose in the process.
She nods sadly.
Ashley Kenyon: Not a prayer they said…
Anger starts to seep in again.
Ashley Kenyon: He’ll smash you, they said...
The anger filters in even more.
Ashley Kenyon: He tried to make them all prophets of doom on that one in our very first match. he threw his normal level of effort and couldn’t break me. Threw some more at me and couldn’t keep me down and it scared the hell out of him. he can lie all he wants but mahfucka was scared shitless that the great Career Killer couldn’t put down some stupid little barbie bitch!
Her hands ball into tight fists as the rage threatens to consume her.
Ashley Kenyon: So then he cheated in our second match hoping that gloves loaded with metal would put me down for good…
She nods and picks up the UWA World Tag team Championship belt off the desk next to the computer.
Ashley Kenyon: But this right here, my first championship, shows you failed that one…
Stepping forward out of frame again, she comes back with the UWA North American Championship belt on the other shoulder.
Ashley Kenyon: And this one says in match three, you had nothing left and couldn’t keep this underdog down!
She nods and sets the belts down on the bed behind her.
Ashley Kenyon: So now, Amy Zing is the underdog and I’ve even heard her ask why she deserves this kind of chance despite a losing record that, if you listen to her, is actually way worse than it is.
Ashley shakes her head, all the anger and disgust she’d had earlier seemingly gone now.
Ashley Kenyon: Amy, you deserve anything and everything you can get a chance at! You were given one random shot here to prove you belonged and you did just that! You won the UWA Television Championship when no one thought you would and this was after you earned my sister’s respect in your first match here!
Her hands met and fold in front of her.
Ashley Kenyon: Amy, you deserve this shot as much as anyone else who can get one here in UWA and I’m proud that it’s you. There are so many guys who’ve come in and laughed at the very idea of somebody like us even getting in the ring, much less holding a championship and beating them, that I can’t wait for us to walk that aisle and show them all what a fucking championship match is supposed to look like! I know I can count on you to bring everything you’ve got and to go until you’ve got nothing left so that if i lose, i lost because you were better than me that night and if I win, I won beating a damn worthy opponent! Don’t you ever let anyone tell you that you’re not worthy or that you don’t deserve it! You’re shining example of what people should strive to be! You’re a talented, athletic competitor with skills and speed to spare and testing myself against you is gonna be just as big a challenge and honor as it was to get in the ring with Vince Fucking Jones! On Monday night, we’re gonna tear that house down do our damndest to steal the show…
Her hands split from each other and her right index finger points just off camera to pictures sitting there of other competitors.
Ashley Kenyon: Win or lose, we’re gonna show the Kyle Travis’s and Vince Jones’s of the world that not only do we belong here, but we can make them eat their misogynistic words without even putting any kind of sauce on it and make it taste so good they choke on it!
She nods and starts towards the camera.
Ashley Kenyon: See ya Monday, Amy, and good luck. It’s time to show the world what underdogs can really do when given the chance!
