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SATURDAY NIGHT
Trish plopped down on the hotel bed in complete exhaustion. She looked over at the clock on the desk and it was only 8:00 p.m. She had been to the gymnastics facility at 5:00 a.m. and they headed out to the facility where the state competition was being held at 7:00 a.m. that lasted until 5:00 p.m. then she went with for the team's celebratory dinner and now here she was.
She got up and sat down at the desk and called Melissa to check on how everything was going back home.
"Hello?" Missy answered quickly.
"Hey, how are things going?" Trish inquired.
"They're going ok. Jenni is pretty much back to normal. No baby yet, I'm still going to be pregnant forever. How was the first day of competition?" Melissa asked.
"It went really well, so far Aly's team is ranked second. There's a team from another country that is ahead of them by 5 points, so all of the team is bonding together to try and make their way up to first." Trish replied.
"So, did Angie show up" Melissa asked. She felt bad for Trish being stuck in the middle, but the story was great.
"Oh yeah did she show up." Trish replied. "And let me tell you, things are going to hit the fan, and I'm going to be the one to get stuck trying to glue all of the pieces back together again."
"What do you mean? I thought you guys got along ok?" Melissa asked.
"Well, Angie is medically cleared to return to work. Which means she is ok enough to take the girls back. Not just Jenni, but she wants both of the girls because she just got transferred back to Virginia." Trish replied.
"Oh no, and Dave."
"Dave has no clue, but I am to bring Angie to Raw with me, then home with me so she can tell Jenni the news." Trish said in a fake happy voice, "So my life gets to be just one big storm cell."
"Has Angie told Aly?" Melissa asked. She couldn't believe her ears.
"Oh yeah, she told Aly this morning. So Angie ran out to her car for something and Aly came to me crying because as angry as she is at Dave, she doesn't want to leave. But Angie doesn't feel that Dave is a fit parent, so she's taking him to court to change their custody arrangement." Trish began to explain when Melissa interrupted.
"Does Dave have any clue about this? He's going to flip out." Missy interjected.
"No clue whatsoever, but guess who gets to call and be the bearer of bad news? I'll give you one guess." Trish said exasperated.
"I'm not even done. Angie is thinking of calling social services on Dave regarding Natalie because he used drugs while being around her. He never did them in front of the kids, but he was under the influence around them. Missy, I'm going nuts! I don't know what to do!" Trish said almost in tears, "How do you make the call to tell someone that they're probably going to lose their kids?"
"Whoa Trish, take a deep breath, calm down. I want you to take a nice, long, hot bath with bubbles, and just relax. Worry about calling Dave later, right now you're driving yourself crazy." Melissa said to her. She was really starting to worry about what Trish's relationship was doing to Trish as a person.
"You know, that's a good idea. But I can't help it. All I can think about is Dave's situation, and if I stop myself from thinking about that, then I start to think about my situation with Brock. He's the only one who can calm me down, but I can't call him now." Trish said sadly.
"Why can't you call him? That's what friends are for." Missy argued.
"Because, I told him I would contact him when I had an answer for him, not when I had more problems I need his shoulder for. It wouldn't be fair to call him right now." Trish replied.
"For God sakes Trish, you guys are friends first and foremost. Friends are there for each other no matter what. But if you feel like you can't call him, then you don't. Go soak in the tub and call me in the morning. I have to go check on Jenni." Missy said to her.
"Alright, thanks. I'll talk to ya tomorrow." Trish said hanging up.
Trish brought her cell phone into the bathroom and ran herself a nice, hot, bubble bath just like Missy suggested. She ordered herself a piece of turtle cheesecake from room service and climbed in the tub. For the rest of the night, she was alone. Angie had wanted Aly to stay in her room so they could catch up on what's been going on with each other. She knew Aly didn't want to, but what could she do? There she was, surrounded by bubbles, eating her cheesecake and watching tv through the door of the bathroom when her phone rang. She grabbed it and noticed that it was Brock. "I'm going to kill her." Trish said under her breath. "Hello?"
"Open your door." He said in a deep voice.
"What?"
"Open your door. You have something waiting for you there." He said again trying not to laugh.
"Brock, I can't right now." Trish replied.
"Why? Do you have someone over?" He said to her. You could hear the smile in his voice.
"Because I'm sitting in a bubble bath eating chocolate chip cheesecake and watching Sex and the City." Trish said with a laugh. "I'm trying to soothe away my god awful day."
"If you open the door, you might find something that could help." He responded almost in a sing-song voice.
"Brock, what is at my door?" Trish finally just flat-out asked.
"ME. I'm at your door. I have the weekend off again so I decided to fly down here and surprise you. Vince is trying to get me healed up." Brock finally admitted. "I flew out from your house, but he said that he wanted me as healed up as possible, and to take the weekend off."
"Oh my god you're here?" Trish squealed. "Alright, I'm coming."
"Not yet." Brock muttered.
"What was that?" Trish said to him. She knew she caught his comment.
"Nothing honey." He replied.
Brock heard the door unlock and she quickly opened it and ran back to the bathroom. "Come sit in here." She called.
He laughed and shook his head. He walked in and kissed her on the cheek and sat down on the toilet. "So you had a bad day?"
"Brock, it was awful." She said pouting. "Let me tell you about it."
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Dave looked at his clock and noticed that it was 9:30 p.m. he figured he had better call and check in with Trish and see how Aly's meet went. He picked up the phone and called her.
Brock was feeding Trish bites of cheesecake in between sentences when her phone rang, she looked at the caller id and lit up was the one word she had been dreading: "DAVE". She showed Brock and swallowed hard, "Hello?"
"Hey, how's your day going?" Dave asked her.
"Dave, I have a lot to talk to you about, and it's not going to be easy." Trish said prepping him for what was going to come.
"Ok.what do you want to talk about?" He asked in a puzzled voice.
"Angie came to the meet today." Trish started.
"Was she giving you a hard time?" He asked. "Because I can call her and give her a piece of my mind if you need."
"No, no we get along fine. She just came bearing some news, and it's not the best news."
"Ok, what did she say?" Dave asked urging Trish to continue.
"Well, she's medically cleared to return to work. But she's getting transferred back to Virginia. So.she's taking the girls back with her." Trish said. She decided she wasn't going to beat around the bush.
"Did you say the "girls?" He asked emphasizing the pleural in the word.
"Yeah, she wants Jenni and Aly back home with her. She's making me the messenger between the two of you and I don't know if I feel comfortably relaying everything she told me." Trish started to ramble when Dave interrupted her.
"Just tell me what she said. It'll make it harder on you if you don't tell me." Dave replied.
"Ok, She's going to Raw with me and then coming to Toronto to pick up Jenni and the girls' stuff. She's taking the girls back with her, and enrolling them in their old schools. She's also taking you to court to revise the custody arrangement because of everything that is going on. She's also involving social services because of your custody of Natalie and the drugs." Trish spewed. She wasn't holding anything back.
"Fuck," Dave shouted angrily. Trish could hear that he threw something, "God damn that woman." He exclaimed.
"Dave please, don't let your anger get the best of you." Trish practically begged.
Dave was cursing and yelling and throwing things around. "Now you sound like my counselor." He said angrily to her.
"Don't take your anger out on me Dave. I understand you're mad, but she's doing this because she's concerned about the kids right now." Trish said standing her ground.
"Bullshit. She's doing it to get back at me. She finally found something to use against me and she's going to take it and run as far as she can with it." He argued back with her.
"Dave, how would you feel if you found out that Angie was addicted to drugs? That she was under the influence while driving them around and while taking care of them? Look at how you're temper was with Natalie, how would you feel if that's how Angie was? You know damn well that you would do the same thing." She fought back. Brock held her shoulder, he could tell that her temper was about to explode.
"Look, you don't know Angie like I do." He started to say when she cut him off.
"You're right I don't, but she took one look at Aly today and she was able to tell that she's not the same person. Dave, Angie is doing this because she's trying to protect the girls. At this point, it's not about you. For once something isn't only about you." She said angrily into the phone.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" He asked angrily.
"It means when was the last time you talked to me about me?" Trish's eyes filled with tears, "Me, the person that is trying to make everything better again. Me, the person that is taking care of two girls that are emotionally devastated along with a child that isn't even a year old yet, while checking in on my pregnant sister who could deliver any day? Me, the person that is trying to stand by your side only to get shot down again." Trish shouted at him through her sobs.
"You offered to take the girls, I NEVER ASKED YOU TO." He shouted back at her.
"Forget it, I don't know why I bother to try and make a point with you. Why don't you try thinking about what I said for awhile?" She said cooly into the phone and hung up crying.
Dave hung up his phone and threw it across the room. He sat down on his bed, he couldn't believe everything that was just said.
Trish held Brock and cried, "I didn't want to lose my temper on him. Not now, but I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't hold back my true feelings anymore. If that makes me selfish fine, but I had to tell him."
Brock rubbed her back not caring that she was getting his clothes all wet, "It's ok. Maybe it's a good thing that you told him how you truly feel? Maybe it'll help to get the news through to him."
Trish nodded and sniffled, "I'm going to get out of the tub and put on my pajamas. Would you want to watch a movie?"
"Sounds good to me." He said handing her a towel. "I'm going to go and find some dry clothes." And he walked out of the bathroom.
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SATURDAY NIGHT
Trish plopped down on the hotel bed in complete exhaustion. She looked over at the clock on the desk and it was only 8:00 p.m. She had been to the gymnastics facility at 5:00 a.m. and they headed out to the facility where the state competition was being held at 7:00 a.m. that lasted until 5:00 p.m. then she went with for the team's celebratory dinner and now here she was.
She got up and sat down at the desk and called Melissa to check on how everything was going back home.
"Hello?" Missy answered quickly.
"Hey, how are things going?" Trish inquired.
"They're going ok. Jenni is pretty much back to normal. No baby yet, I'm still going to be pregnant forever. How was the first day of competition?" Melissa asked.
"It went really well, so far Aly's team is ranked second. There's a team from another country that is ahead of them by 5 points, so all of the team is bonding together to try and make their way up to first." Trish replied.
"So, did Angie show up" Melissa asked. She felt bad for Trish being stuck in the middle, but the story was great.
"Oh yeah did she show up." Trish replied. "And let me tell you, things are going to hit the fan, and I'm going to be the one to get stuck trying to glue all of the pieces back together again."
"What do you mean? I thought you guys got along ok?" Melissa asked.
"Well, Angie is medically cleared to return to work. Which means she is ok enough to take the girls back. Not just Jenni, but she wants both of the girls because she just got transferred back to Virginia." Trish replied.
"Oh no, and Dave."
"Dave has no clue, but I am to bring Angie to Raw with me, then home with me so she can tell Jenni the news." Trish said in a fake happy voice, "So my life gets to be just one big storm cell."
"Has Angie told Aly?" Melissa asked. She couldn't believe her ears.
"Oh yeah, she told Aly this morning. So Angie ran out to her car for something and Aly came to me crying because as angry as she is at Dave, she doesn't want to leave. But Angie doesn't feel that Dave is a fit parent, so she's taking him to court to change their custody arrangement." Trish began to explain when Melissa interrupted.
"Does Dave have any clue about this? He's going to flip out." Missy interjected.
"No clue whatsoever, but guess who gets to call and be the bearer of bad news? I'll give you one guess." Trish said exasperated.
"I'm not even done. Angie is thinking of calling social services on Dave regarding Natalie because he used drugs while being around her. He never did them in front of the kids, but he was under the influence around them. Missy, I'm going nuts! I don't know what to do!" Trish said almost in tears, "How do you make the call to tell someone that they're probably going to lose their kids?"
"Whoa Trish, take a deep breath, calm down. I want you to take a nice, long, hot bath with bubbles, and just relax. Worry about calling Dave later, right now you're driving yourself crazy." Melissa said to her. She was really starting to worry about what Trish's relationship was doing to Trish as a person.
"You know, that's a good idea. But I can't help it. All I can think about is Dave's situation, and if I stop myself from thinking about that, then I start to think about my situation with Brock. He's the only one who can calm me down, but I can't call him now." Trish said sadly.
"Why can't you call him? That's what friends are for." Missy argued.
"Because, I told him I would contact him when I had an answer for him, not when I had more problems I need his shoulder for. It wouldn't be fair to call him right now." Trish replied.
"For God sakes Trish, you guys are friends first and foremost. Friends are there for each other no matter what. But if you feel like you can't call him, then you don't. Go soak in the tub and call me in the morning. I have to go check on Jenni." Missy said to her.
"Alright, thanks. I'll talk to ya tomorrow." Trish said hanging up.
Trish brought her cell phone into the bathroom and ran herself a nice, hot, bubble bath just like Missy suggested. She ordered herself a piece of turtle cheesecake from room service and climbed in the tub. For the rest of the night, she was alone. Angie had wanted Aly to stay in her room so they could catch up on what's been going on with each other. She knew Aly didn't want to, but what could she do? There she was, surrounded by bubbles, eating her cheesecake and watching tv through the door of the bathroom when her phone rang. She grabbed it and noticed that it was Brock. "I'm going to kill her." Trish said under her breath. "Hello?"
"Open your door." He said in a deep voice.
"What?"
"Open your door. You have something waiting for you there." He said again trying not to laugh.
"Brock, I can't right now." Trish replied.
"Why? Do you have someone over?" He said to her. You could hear the smile in his voice.
"Because I'm sitting in a bubble bath eating chocolate chip cheesecake and watching Sex and the City." Trish said with a laugh. "I'm trying to soothe away my god awful day."
"If you open the door, you might find something that could help." He responded almost in a sing-song voice.
"Brock, what is at my door?" Trish finally just flat-out asked.
"ME. I'm at your door. I have the weekend off again so I decided to fly down here and surprise you. Vince is trying to get me healed up." Brock finally admitted. "I flew out from your house, but he said that he wanted me as healed up as possible, and to take the weekend off."
"Oh my god you're here?" Trish squealed. "Alright, I'm coming."
"Not yet." Brock muttered.
"What was that?" Trish said to him. She knew she caught his comment.
"Nothing honey." He replied.
Brock heard the door unlock and she quickly opened it and ran back to the bathroom. "Come sit in here." She called.
He laughed and shook his head. He walked in and kissed her on the cheek and sat down on the toilet. "So you had a bad day?"
"Brock, it was awful." She said pouting. "Let me tell you about it."
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Dave looked at his clock and noticed that it was 9:30 p.m. he figured he had better call and check in with Trish and see how Aly's meet went. He picked up the phone and called her.
Brock was feeding Trish bites of cheesecake in between sentences when her phone rang, she looked at the caller id and lit up was the one word she had been dreading: "DAVE". She showed Brock and swallowed hard, "Hello?"
"Hey, how's your day going?" Dave asked her.
"Dave, I have a lot to talk to you about, and it's not going to be easy." Trish said prepping him for what was going to come.
"Ok.what do you want to talk about?" He asked in a puzzled voice.
"Angie came to the meet today." Trish started.
"Was she giving you a hard time?" He asked. "Because I can call her and give her a piece of my mind if you need."
"No, no we get along fine. She just came bearing some news, and it's not the best news."
"Ok, what did she say?" Dave asked urging Trish to continue.
"Well, she's medically cleared to return to work. But she's getting transferred back to Virginia. So.she's taking the girls back with her." Trish said. She decided she wasn't going to beat around the bush.
"Did you say the "girls?" He asked emphasizing the pleural in the word.
"Yeah, she wants Jenni and Aly back home with her. She's making me the messenger between the two of you and I don't know if I feel comfortably relaying everything she told me." Trish started to ramble when Dave interrupted her.
"Just tell me what she said. It'll make it harder on you if you don't tell me." Dave replied.
"Ok, She's going to Raw with me and then coming to Toronto to pick up Jenni and the girls' stuff. She's taking the girls back with her, and enrolling them in their old schools. She's also taking you to court to revise the custody arrangement because of everything that is going on. She's also involving social services because of your custody of Natalie and the drugs." Trish spewed. She wasn't holding anything back.
"Fuck," Dave shouted angrily. Trish could hear that he threw something, "God damn that woman." He exclaimed.
"Dave please, don't let your anger get the best of you." Trish practically begged.
Dave was cursing and yelling and throwing things around. "Now you sound like my counselor." He said angrily to her.
"Don't take your anger out on me Dave. I understand you're mad, but she's doing this because she's concerned about the kids right now." Trish said standing her ground.
"Bullshit. She's doing it to get back at me. She finally found something to use against me and she's going to take it and run as far as she can with it." He argued back with her.
"Dave, how would you feel if you found out that Angie was addicted to drugs? That she was under the influence while driving them around and while taking care of them? Look at how you're temper was with Natalie, how would you feel if that's how Angie was? You know damn well that you would do the same thing." She fought back. Brock held her shoulder, he could tell that her temper was about to explode.
"Look, you don't know Angie like I do." He started to say when she cut him off.
"You're right I don't, but she took one look at Aly today and she was able to tell that she's not the same person. Dave, Angie is doing this because she's trying to protect the girls. At this point, it's not about you. For once something isn't only about you." She said angrily into the phone.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" He asked angrily.
"It means when was the last time you talked to me about me?" Trish's eyes filled with tears, "Me, the person that is trying to make everything better again. Me, the person that is taking care of two girls that are emotionally devastated along with a child that isn't even a year old yet, while checking in on my pregnant sister who could deliver any day? Me, the person that is trying to stand by your side only to get shot down again." Trish shouted at him through her sobs.
"You offered to take the girls, I NEVER ASKED YOU TO." He shouted back at her.
"Forget it, I don't know why I bother to try and make a point with you. Why don't you try thinking about what I said for awhile?" She said cooly into the phone and hung up crying.
Dave hung up his phone and threw it across the room. He sat down on his bed, he couldn't believe everything that was just said.
Trish held Brock and cried, "I didn't want to lose my temper on him. Not now, but I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't hold back my true feelings anymore. If that makes me selfish fine, but I had to tell him."
Brock rubbed her back not caring that she was getting his clothes all wet, "It's ok. Maybe it's a good thing that you told him how you truly feel? Maybe it'll help to get the news through to him."
Trish nodded and sniffled, "I'm going to get out of the tub and put on my pajamas. Would you want to watch a movie?"
"Sounds good to me." He said handing her a towel. "I'm going to go and find some dry clothes." And he walked out of the bathroom.
**Let me know what you think will happen in the future!! The end is only a few chapters away!! Please continue to read and review!**