"Hey, Danielle!" A couple friends called running up to her where she stood in front of her car.
"Yea? What's up guys?" Danielle asked unlocking her car door and then turning around to see what they wanted.
"Are you up for some Hockey tonight? We rented the arena out tonight and everybody's getting together for a game" her friend Todd asked her.
"Tonight?" Danielle replied sighing to herself, she didn't feel up to it, "I would love to hang out and play some hockey but I had other plans at home" Her other friend Kyle stood there a little disappointed.
"Come on Dani, we know what your gonna do. Just come out and have some fun with us, you haven't done that in ages" Kyle pleaded with her.
Danielle felt bad letting them down but she just needed to go home and work on some new wrestling moves, "Please don't make me feel bad guys"
"Why is that stupid ring more important then your friends" Todd exclaimed in an annoyed voice. Danielle felt like a bullet went through her as soon as she heard him shoot that comment at her. She quickly opened her car door and got in locking the doors.
"Why the hell did you have to say it like that?!" Kyle replied giving his friend a dirty look as he leaned down and tapped on the car window, "Danielle, talk to me. Please?" Danielle didn't look up she just put her keys in the ignition and started the car and drove off. Both of her friend's sighed as they walked away shaking their heads.
Why is that stupid ring more important then your friends. Danielle heard that line going through her head repeatly now as she drove back to her house. She shook her head as she concentrated on driving but as hard as she tried to hold back the tears they soon came flowing down. Not before long she pulled into a long driveway that lead up to a huge house she just had built. She turned off her car and looked into the car mirror as she wiped her tear stained eyes. She then grabbed her purse as she got out of the car and headed into the house. She first came into the kitchen setting her purse down on the counter. She looked over at her answering machine as saw she had some messages. She pushed play as she grabbed a glass out of the cupboard and got a drink of water as she was listening.
"Honey its mom; please call me back when you get the chance. Your father and I just got done reading your book about Andy" there was a pause as she could tell she was trying not to cry, "It was beautiful. Talk to you later, love you"
"Hey Danielle, how are you doing? This is your agent, just wanted to tell you the good news your book is a number one seller. You hit it big kid, give me a call later, bye"
"Danielle this is Rob Szatkowski, I called your parents house and they gave me your number. It's been a long time; I was in the store a couple weeks ago and saw a book with your name on it. Well I picked it up and bought it. I have to say it couldn't have been written better. I sure do miss Andy myself too, listen give me a call on my cell phone 467-####, bye Chickity"
Danielle stood there for a moment and then jumped as she heard the phone ring, "Hello?" she replied picking up the phone.
"Hey Dani, I see your home now. You ready for me to come over to practice in the ring for a couple hours?" Ethan asked. Ethan was a wrestling friend that came over and practiced with her a lot for the last couple of years.
"Umm...Yea come on over" Danielle replied back before hanging up the phone before he could say anything else. She pushed play on the answering machine again and grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down Rob's number.
"Bye Chickity" she smiled as she heard the last part of his message. Rob had always called her that when she was younger. He had been one of Andy's best friends. She hadn't heard from him since 2 years ago when the terrible tragedy happened with her brother. Rob was known as Rob Van Dam on WWE now; he had made it pretty big. Danielle made sure to try and watch the show to catch up on how he was doing, but other then that she was in the ring 24/7. She smiled a little as she hung the number up on her frig with a magnet. She then headed out to the garage. As she walked in she turned on the light and there in the middle was a wrestling ring. She stood there looking at it for a moment and then headed over to the corner. She pulled out a new tape and pushed it in the VCR and turned on the video camera getting ready to push record when she and Ethan started practicing. On the right side of that was a shelf with a tape of each of her practice sessions and new moves she had made up along the way. Every now and then her and Ethan would look back on them and see what they were doing wrong so they could improve themselves.
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"Rob?" Jeff Hardy called walking into the locker room, "You here?"
"Hey man" Rob replied as he looked up to give him a quick smile, "What's up?"
"I brought back your other copy of your book your friend wrote" Jeff answered as he handed him the book.
"You can keep it if you want since I already have one" Rob told him being nice.
Jeff laughed lightly, "No need for that I already picked up one. So this guy was a friend of yours huh?"
Rob took the book and put it away in his gym bag, "Actually, he was one of my best friends. I remember we would always get kicked out of places for jumping off things and shit. We had some good times, but not making it big just set him in a huge depression. Nobody could do anything for him that's the sad part"
Jeff's face became very serious. "Yea it is really sad that had to happen like that. This business sure has quite a lot of let downs it's a shame how many people that are so talented and never get in where we are. The way it was detailed so much about wrestling moves though; does Danielle know it that well?"
"Danielle knows so much about it because she has been in the ring since she was 17, she was really close to her brother, and going into wrestling gave her the chance to be on the road with him going all over to do different wrestling schools and shows even though it meant giving up her hockey career." Rob explained to him as he heard his cell phone ring from his gym bag. He reached over and picked it up answering it, "Hello? Danielle, how are you? I'm pretty good. Yea I really enjoyed it. We have a house show in Kalamazoo, Michigan Saturday and then Sunday off and RAW in Detroit on Monday. You think maybe a friend and I could come over and hang out with you. I haven't seen you in ages. Where are you at now? Oh ok, no problem being able to find that, I'll call ya before we leave and stuff. Ok good talking to you again Chickity, talk to you soon." Rob replied pushing his cell phone off and looked over at Jeff.
"Who's going with you?" Jeff asked curious hoping it was him; he was curious about this girl.
"You of course you gotta meet her, she is the sweetest girl ever" Rob told her as Jeff raised an eyebrow.
"How old is Danielle by the way?" Jeff smiled.
Rob laughed as he thought for a moment; "I'm pretty sure she is 24 by now" Jeff nodded in approval with a grin on his face.
"Well then I look forward to meeting her, but I should go over to Shawn's locker room and talk over our match for tonight so I will see you around" Jeff answered.
"Ok catch ya later" Rob laughed as Jeff left the locker room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Danielle sat in her Jacuzzi with Ethan soaking their aching bones as they watched RAW on the TV.
"So your brother knew Rob Van Dam huh?" Ethan asked referring to her conversation she just had on the phone with him a couple hours ago.
"Yea best friends. He's suppose to come over this weekend and visit with some friend of his. I wonder who he is bringing though" Danielle replied as she thought about it.
"Girl you better hook me up and let me meet Rob" Ethan smiled. Danielle laughed and rolled her eyes, "Yea yea" Her attention then was brought back over to the TV as she saw Jeff Hardy and Shawn Michaels had won their match. Danielle smiled as she watched how much Jeff was celebrating.
"You know it is about time they let him win a match, he's a wicked wrestler" Danielle told Ethan.
"You just think he is hot" Ethan laughed as Danielle slapped him playfully.
"That's because he's so unique and not like a lot of the other wrestlers. He really stands out" Danielle explained.
"Girl you are too deep" Ethan laughed again as he got out of the jacuzzi, "I think I'm gonna head back home now, call me whenever we're going to practice again, you had some great moves today"
"Ok will do, thanks" Danielle answered as she watched Ethan leave the room, "I'm too deep" Danielle mumbled to herself as she got out and headed upstairs. As she reached the top of the staircase she turned to the right and walked into her bedroom. She grabbed some pjs changing into them and let herself fall onto her bed exhausted.
"Andy, I wish you were still here, you were the only one who understood me. Everybody else thinks I'm too deep" Danielle said out loud as a single tear fell down her face and she drifted off to sleep.
"Yea? What's up guys?" Danielle asked unlocking her car door and then turning around to see what they wanted.
"Are you up for some Hockey tonight? We rented the arena out tonight and everybody's getting together for a game" her friend Todd asked her.
"Tonight?" Danielle replied sighing to herself, she didn't feel up to it, "I would love to hang out and play some hockey but I had other plans at home" Her other friend Kyle stood there a little disappointed.
"Come on Dani, we know what your gonna do. Just come out and have some fun with us, you haven't done that in ages" Kyle pleaded with her.
Danielle felt bad letting them down but she just needed to go home and work on some new wrestling moves, "Please don't make me feel bad guys"
"Why is that stupid ring more important then your friends" Todd exclaimed in an annoyed voice. Danielle felt like a bullet went through her as soon as she heard him shoot that comment at her. She quickly opened her car door and got in locking the doors.
"Why the hell did you have to say it like that?!" Kyle replied giving his friend a dirty look as he leaned down and tapped on the car window, "Danielle, talk to me. Please?" Danielle didn't look up she just put her keys in the ignition and started the car and drove off. Both of her friend's sighed as they walked away shaking their heads.
Why is that stupid ring more important then your friends. Danielle heard that line going through her head repeatly now as she drove back to her house. She shook her head as she concentrated on driving but as hard as she tried to hold back the tears they soon came flowing down. Not before long she pulled into a long driveway that lead up to a huge house she just had built. She turned off her car and looked into the car mirror as she wiped her tear stained eyes. She then grabbed her purse as she got out of the car and headed into the house. She first came into the kitchen setting her purse down on the counter. She looked over at her answering machine as saw she had some messages. She pushed play as she grabbed a glass out of the cupboard and got a drink of water as she was listening.
"Honey its mom; please call me back when you get the chance. Your father and I just got done reading your book about Andy" there was a pause as she could tell she was trying not to cry, "It was beautiful. Talk to you later, love you"
"Hey Danielle, how are you doing? This is your agent, just wanted to tell you the good news your book is a number one seller. You hit it big kid, give me a call later, bye"
"Danielle this is Rob Szatkowski, I called your parents house and they gave me your number. It's been a long time; I was in the store a couple weeks ago and saw a book with your name on it. Well I picked it up and bought it. I have to say it couldn't have been written better. I sure do miss Andy myself too, listen give me a call on my cell phone 467-####, bye Chickity"
Danielle stood there for a moment and then jumped as she heard the phone ring, "Hello?" she replied picking up the phone.
"Hey Dani, I see your home now. You ready for me to come over to practice in the ring for a couple hours?" Ethan asked. Ethan was a wrestling friend that came over and practiced with her a lot for the last couple of years.
"Umm...Yea come on over" Danielle replied back before hanging up the phone before he could say anything else. She pushed play on the answering machine again and grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down Rob's number.
"Bye Chickity" she smiled as she heard the last part of his message. Rob had always called her that when she was younger. He had been one of Andy's best friends. She hadn't heard from him since 2 years ago when the terrible tragedy happened with her brother. Rob was known as Rob Van Dam on WWE now; he had made it pretty big. Danielle made sure to try and watch the show to catch up on how he was doing, but other then that she was in the ring 24/7. She smiled a little as she hung the number up on her frig with a magnet. She then headed out to the garage. As she walked in she turned on the light and there in the middle was a wrestling ring. She stood there looking at it for a moment and then headed over to the corner. She pulled out a new tape and pushed it in the VCR and turned on the video camera getting ready to push record when she and Ethan started practicing. On the right side of that was a shelf with a tape of each of her practice sessions and new moves she had made up along the way. Every now and then her and Ethan would look back on them and see what they were doing wrong so they could improve themselves.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Rob?" Jeff Hardy called walking into the locker room, "You here?"
"Hey man" Rob replied as he looked up to give him a quick smile, "What's up?"
"I brought back your other copy of your book your friend wrote" Jeff answered as he handed him the book.
"You can keep it if you want since I already have one" Rob told him being nice.
Jeff laughed lightly, "No need for that I already picked up one. So this guy was a friend of yours huh?"
Rob took the book and put it away in his gym bag, "Actually, he was one of my best friends. I remember we would always get kicked out of places for jumping off things and shit. We had some good times, but not making it big just set him in a huge depression. Nobody could do anything for him that's the sad part"
Jeff's face became very serious. "Yea it is really sad that had to happen like that. This business sure has quite a lot of let downs it's a shame how many people that are so talented and never get in where we are. The way it was detailed so much about wrestling moves though; does Danielle know it that well?"
"Danielle knows so much about it because she has been in the ring since she was 17, she was really close to her brother, and going into wrestling gave her the chance to be on the road with him going all over to do different wrestling schools and shows even though it meant giving up her hockey career." Rob explained to him as he heard his cell phone ring from his gym bag. He reached over and picked it up answering it, "Hello? Danielle, how are you? I'm pretty good. Yea I really enjoyed it. We have a house show in Kalamazoo, Michigan Saturday and then Sunday off and RAW in Detroit on Monday. You think maybe a friend and I could come over and hang out with you. I haven't seen you in ages. Where are you at now? Oh ok, no problem being able to find that, I'll call ya before we leave and stuff. Ok good talking to you again Chickity, talk to you soon." Rob replied pushing his cell phone off and looked over at Jeff.
"Who's going with you?" Jeff asked curious hoping it was him; he was curious about this girl.
"You of course you gotta meet her, she is the sweetest girl ever" Rob told her as Jeff raised an eyebrow.
"How old is Danielle by the way?" Jeff smiled.
Rob laughed as he thought for a moment; "I'm pretty sure she is 24 by now" Jeff nodded in approval with a grin on his face.
"Well then I look forward to meeting her, but I should go over to Shawn's locker room and talk over our match for tonight so I will see you around" Jeff answered.
"Ok catch ya later" Rob laughed as Jeff left the locker room.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Danielle sat in her Jacuzzi with Ethan soaking their aching bones as they watched RAW on the TV.
"So your brother knew Rob Van Dam huh?" Ethan asked referring to her conversation she just had on the phone with him a couple hours ago.
"Yea best friends. He's suppose to come over this weekend and visit with some friend of his. I wonder who he is bringing though" Danielle replied as she thought about it.
"Girl you better hook me up and let me meet Rob" Ethan smiled. Danielle laughed and rolled her eyes, "Yea yea" Her attention then was brought back over to the TV as she saw Jeff Hardy and Shawn Michaels had won their match. Danielle smiled as she watched how much Jeff was celebrating.
"You know it is about time they let him win a match, he's a wicked wrestler" Danielle told Ethan.
"You just think he is hot" Ethan laughed as Danielle slapped him playfully.
"That's because he's so unique and not like a lot of the other wrestlers. He really stands out" Danielle explained.
"Girl you are too deep" Ethan laughed again as he got out of the jacuzzi, "I think I'm gonna head back home now, call me whenever we're going to practice again, you had some great moves today"
"Ok will do, thanks" Danielle answered as she watched Ethan leave the room, "I'm too deep" Danielle mumbled to herself as she got out and headed upstairs. As she reached the top of the staircase she turned to the right and walked into her bedroom. She grabbed some pjs changing into them and let herself fall onto her bed exhausted.
"Andy, I wish you were still here, you were the only one who understood me. Everybody else thinks I'm too deep" Danielle said out loud as a single tear fell down her face and she drifted off to sleep.
