“No risk needed”
After thanksgiving.
(After a fun yet emotional thanksgiving holiday for the family, they decided to go have some fun while they had some time to themselves, so they found themselves in Orlando Florida, at Seaworld! While Gracie has been to SeaWorld a few times in her life, mostly when her dad was an active wrestler, the rest of the family hasn’t. The ones who haven’t are Crystal and her brothers, and Madison. But after every fun adventure, there comes a time when reality starts to rear its ugly head and that’s what is going on with this family. They are on the last day of their 5-day vacation. It’s around 8 am and we see Gracie up and moving around while the others are slow-moving, but it didn’t take long before we saw Gracie’s sister, Crystal hanging around.)
Gracie: Hey kid, how was your first thanksgiving with this family?
Crystal: It felt good and it felt good to be with a real family instead of me trying to figure out how to make dinner for the 3 of us. I mean, look, my grandma didn’t do much for us, my mom is a failure at life, and everything was left up to me to figure out how to provide for my brothers...even on holidays. It shouldn’t be like that but it was. But, it’s one of many more holidays I’ll get to spend with this family. I have a return question for you, how was it being a mother for the first time on a holiday?!
Gracie: Fantastic! Manny had so much fun, She got to meet so much of the family and I think it wore her out. So much love in so little time, kinda wish grandpa was here but it’s addition by subtraction, you know?
Crystal: Not the kind of math that I wanted but it makes sense in a way…..
(Crystal shrugs her shoulders. She’s still has a broken heart over losing Jorge a grandfather she knew for a short time. There is a small hint of jealously there, that Gracie got to know Jorge for all these years, but Crystal only for 10 months. The jealously won’t boil over to too much trouble but it’s there.)
Crystal: Speaking of grandpa, did you go through his box of stuff he left you?
Gracie: Not yet. I don’t have it in me to go through it but I will at some point though. I know there’s a letter attached to it. If it’s anything like what my grandma wrote me before her passing, I’m sure it’ll be as emotional.
Crystal: I bet! Can I read it that letter sometime?
Gracie: Sure, it’s been a couple of years since I’ve read it myself.
Crystal: It’s been that long?
(Gracie nods her head, it was late 2019 when she lost her grandma, but she has since gotten over that heartbreak until this year. Tragic events like losing your family members would break a person into more problems but Gracie, she’s still hanging on, and with friends by her, they keep her sane.)
Gracie: Doesn’t feel like it, feels longer with all the shit that’s been going on in the world lately.
Crystal: I know! Between this endless Virus, being stuck indoors for a year couldn’t travel anywhere useful, just ugh! I want 2022 to be fun and filled with happiness for this family you know? You guys have had a hell of a time with stuff lately and I think it’s starting to get to dad too. But I know he won’t show it.
Gracie: Stubbornness runs in the family, you’re starting to understand it.
Crystal: I understood it the first day... trust me. Once you guys set your ways, that’s it there’s no changing it.
(Gracie nods her head with a slight smile on her face because it’s the truth! This is also one of the rare times these two siblings have talked one on one, both of them are always busy with something else, or they have the others around them, or in Gracie’s case, taking care of a baby. But, both of them are making this bonding thing work.)
Gracie: 100 percent!
Crystal: I think before the others get here, we should talk about the upcoming match you have. I know when they get up, they’re gonna chatter.
Gracie: I guess you’re right. I don’t really have much to say you know? I mean it’s the first match back since all of this went down and it’s the first match back since becoming a parent. I should have all kinds of emotions but in reality? I just want to beat someone, and I’m kinda glad it’s against two wannabe wrestlers who pretend to be something they’re not, it’s gonna feel good to crush their egos and rip their delusional dreams apart.
Crystal: Good.
Gracie: It’ll be good….
(Gracie stops for a second thinking about something before she starts to talk again.)
Gracie: See, at first I wanted to wait until the PPV to have my first match back because I wanted it to mean something but when I thought about it some more, I realized that I needed a warm-up match. I’ve been gone for a little bit longer than I expected to be and I may have a LITTLE bit of ring rust, and I want to make sure my timing is perfect as well. Now everyone else would think that I’ll be fine, everything will be crisp…. They may have mistaken me for someone else. See, I do things until I’m satisfied with them, It’s how I’m programmed. If something isn’t done to my liking, I won’t hesitate to undo hours of work and redo it. Sometimes it pisses people off that I do that, but I honestly don’t care.
Gracie: The other team that stands across from us, they’re in for a long night of being embarrassed, slapped around, and just being fed to the wolves basically. They have a bio from what I understand, but I can’t be bothered enough to know their history nor do I really care. I’d probably fall asleep halfway through like I do a Landerson match, but that’s grasping at straws.
(Crystal shakes her head)
Gracie: The Dream team are here for one reason and one reason only....to get the shit beat out of them. I have anger to take out on someone and Tonight is their lucky night. I won’t take it too far because….rules…. But they’re gonna suffer everything I’ve been through the last couple of months, and I’m not going to let them have any offense on me. Even if they do, I’m going to strike them back harder for making a stupid mistake. Nobody is watching the match because of them, and nobody would shed a tear if they left this company tomorrow, my suggestion is they better take this beating and remember it because i have no problem delivering it again.
Gracie: Now as far as Lexi goes? I’m not going to say much because I want to show my cards, but I’ll say this. I’ve had a lot of tag team partners so far in my career. From Madison to Jenn, to my dad to others from a different company as well. But this is one of the rare times that Lexi and I will team up. We’ve teamed up a couple of times before, but this match is a bit different. Why? Because we have a big match coming up and neither of us can afford an injury. I’m sure that either of us would protect each other…..
(Gracie lets out a slight chuckle, shrugging her shoulders as well. She knows she doesn’t need to be protected, but at the same time, she doesn’t want to injure herself either.)
Gracie: See, in this match…. I’m not going to give much away that she doesn’t already know. I’m not going to be stupid enough and show my cards before our big match. So, I’m going to keep it wise and keep myself grounded for this match and just throw strikes, no risk needed.
(As she tries to talk some more, her phone goes off with a strange number. She excuses herself for a moment to answer it. Crystal stays there waiting for her sister to return, she has this confused look on her face. As Gracie returns and she looks like she’s trying to process something she heard.)
Crystal: what’s up?
Gracie: Oh nothing…. Just…. Uh… it’s nothing. I’ll tell you later….
(As Gracie says that Madison walks into the conference room...she looks at the girls with a raised eyebrow...she knows something is wrong but the girls aren’t saying much about it.)
End.