Such Is Life
Part 11
I sat in the car and waited, biting on my finger nails, willing him to any kind of success. Even the slightest good word would be better than nothing! It amazed me how he never let it get him down. Hell he hardly even mentioned wrestling, he just did what he had to do without bitching or complaining, maybe he always knew deep down that his chance would come again? All this time I thought he'd given up his dream when all he'd been doing was hiding it, that was plain to see from the look on his face when we saw that poster! I smiled to myself; he'd looked like a kid in a candy store at the mere sight of a billboard. I wondered would he have done the same if it had been a WWF show advertised? I didn't think he would have but then again with Chris you never could tell, that was what I loved about him, he was so deep that I didn't think I'd ever figure him out of we lived to be a hundred!
I was so tired sitting there and I wanted to walk around but I remembered what he'd said so instead I watched the stars from the window, curled up in his shitty car, no money, no food, none of it mattered if he could came out of that arena with some hope! My eyes wanted to close but I couldn't let them, I forced them to stay awake for the longest time and eventually I had to give in, I slept.
It felt like hours later when I heard the car door open when in reality it was probably only 30 minutes. I jumped and rubbed the sleep from my eyes as I sat up. He got into the driver's seat and it didn't look good, he looked disappointed. I touched his arm and waited fro him to speak, it was a long time coming and I felt like I was holding my breath.
"Well, I guess that's that then." He said quietly.
"Oh Chris I'm so..."
He turned to me and grinned, "I've only got a trial back here tomorrow!"
My jaw dropped, he'd done it! This was it! He laughed at the look on my face, I couldn't speak; I really thought he'd been knocked back. "Well? Aren't you gonna say anything? Hug me?" he held his arms out and I leaned into him.
"I....I don't believe it!" I said still in shock.
"Well believe it sweetheart! I told you! We're on the way up!" He shouted and held me tightly as he laughed like a child.
I started to laugh, it was that or burst into tears and we weren't exactly there yet, he still had the trial to get through.
"Oh God!" I looked at him and brushed his hair back as I held his face in my hands," Is this real?" I laughed.
"Yeah it's real!" he kissed me and pulled me onto his lap so I was facing him. "I love you!" He said as he kissed me. I was happy, truly happy, I didn't think it got much better than that! "Come on then!" he shoved me towards my seat and I slid over as he started the engine.
"Where are we going we don't have any money?"
"We're going to a hotel!"
"A...how.... we can't afford a hotel!" I stared at him in disbelief.
"No you're right we can't.... but Eric Bischoff can!" he grinned.
"You're kidding me?"
"Do I look like a joker?"
"Erm...."
"Ok ok!" he laughed, "But no I'm not kidding!"
"Jesus let's go! I'm freezing!" I laughed as he pulled the car away from the arena. I don't know how he did it, I never even asked, it wasn't important. All that was important was he was getting a try out for WcW and the fact that we would be sleeping in a clean bed for the first time in months sounded like heaven!
We must have looked ridiculous in that hotel lobby, our clothes all crumpled, dirty old sneakers on our feet and shivering, probably more from excitement than cold. Chris put his arm around me as we stood at the desk and the receptionist handed the key over, the key to a warm, clean room with hot water! We almost ran up the stairs, we couldn't even wait for the elevator!
We opened the door and peered inside, it was awesome! Like we had never seen a hotel room before! He grabbed me and threw me onto the bed and I screamed. "Awww man! Feel this bed!" he jumped up and down like an idiot then lay back and spread out.
"Screw the bed I want a bath!" I ran to the en suite and the sight of a purely white bath tub made me squeal in excitement!
"What is it?" He said from behind me
"Look!" I pointed at the bath and he burst out laughing and grabbed me from behind. I leaned my head back on his shoulder. "How come Eric is paying for all of this?"
"Well he asked where I was staying and..."
"Oh you didn't tell him we were sleeping in the car?" I put my hands to my mouth as I turned around.
"Wasn't it a bit obvious we weren't staying in the Ritz?" he held his arms out and looked down at his clothes.
"Oh Chris!" I playfully hit his chest. "You shouldn't have told him!"
"Hey if I hadn't then we wouldn't be here right now we'd be out in the parking lot looking up at these windows while the rain dripped on our heads!" he smiled. "What would you rather have?"
I hugged him, "I'm sorry I put you through all of this!"
"You didn't!" he held me at arms length, "I put me through this! Me ok? Not you! I wouldn't be here now if I didn't want to be!"
"I know." I smiled, "Now I have to be the first to try out this tub!" I giggled and went to turn on the hot water.
Part 11
I sat in the car and waited, biting on my finger nails, willing him to any kind of success. Even the slightest good word would be better than nothing! It amazed me how he never let it get him down. Hell he hardly even mentioned wrestling, he just did what he had to do without bitching or complaining, maybe he always knew deep down that his chance would come again? All this time I thought he'd given up his dream when all he'd been doing was hiding it, that was plain to see from the look on his face when we saw that poster! I smiled to myself; he'd looked like a kid in a candy store at the mere sight of a billboard. I wondered would he have done the same if it had been a WWF show advertised? I didn't think he would have but then again with Chris you never could tell, that was what I loved about him, he was so deep that I didn't think I'd ever figure him out of we lived to be a hundred!
I was so tired sitting there and I wanted to walk around but I remembered what he'd said so instead I watched the stars from the window, curled up in his shitty car, no money, no food, none of it mattered if he could came out of that arena with some hope! My eyes wanted to close but I couldn't let them, I forced them to stay awake for the longest time and eventually I had to give in, I slept.
It felt like hours later when I heard the car door open when in reality it was probably only 30 minutes. I jumped and rubbed the sleep from my eyes as I sat up. He got into the driver's seat and it didn't look good, he looked disappointed. I touched his arm and waited fro him to speak, it was a long time coming and I felt like I was holding my breath.
"Well, I guess that's that then." He said quietly.
"Oh Chris I'm so..."
He turned to me and grinned, "I've only got a trial back here tomorrow!"
My jaw dropped, he'd done it! This was it! He laughed at the look on my face, I couldn't speak; I really thought he'd been knocked back. "Well? Aren't you gonna say anything? Hug me?" he held his arms out and I leaned into him.
"I....I don't believe it!" I said still in shock.
"Well believe it sweetheart! I told you! We're on the way up!" He shouted and held me tightly as he laughed like a child.
I started to laugh, it was that or burst into tears and we weren't exactly there yet, he still had the trial to get through.
"Oh God!" I looked at him and brushed his hair back as I held his face in my hands," Is this real?" I laughed.
"Yeah it's real!" he kissed me and pulled me onto his lap so I was facing him. "I love you!" He said as he kissed me. I was happy, truly happy, I didn't think it got much better than that! "Come on then!" he shoved me towards my seat and I slid over as he started the engine.
"Where are we going we don't have any money?"
"We're going to a hotel!"
"A...how.... we can't afford a hotel!" I stared at him in disbelief.
"No you're right we can't.... but Eric Bischoff can!" he grinned.
"You're kidding me?"
"Do I look like a joker?"
"Erm...."
"Ok ok!" he laughed, "But no I'm not kidding!"
"Jesus let's go! I'm freezing!" I laughed as he pulled the car away from the arena. I don't know how he did it, I never even asked, it wasn't important. All that was important was he was getting a try out for WcW and the fact that we would be sleeping in a clean bed for the first time in months sounded like heaven!
We must have looked ridiculous in that hotel lobby, our clothes all crumpled, dirty old sneakers on our feet and shivering, probably more from excitement than cold. Chris put his arm around me as we stood at the desk and the receptionist handed the key over, the key to a warm, clean room with hot water! We almost ran up the stairs, we couldn't even wait for the elevator!
We opened the door and peered inside, it was awesome! Like we had never seen a hotel room before! He grabbed me and threw me onto the bed and I screamed. "Awww man! Feel this bed!" he jumped up and down like an idiot then lay back and spread out.
"Screw the bed I want a bath!" I ran to the en suite and the sight of a purely white bath tub made me squeal in excitement!
"What is it?" He said from behind me
"Look!" I pointed at the bath and he burst out laughing and grabbed me from behind. I leaned my head back on his shoulder. "How come Eric is paying for all of this?"
"Well he asked where I was staying and..."
"Oh you didn't tell him we were sleeping in the car?" I put my hands to my mouth as I turned around.
"Wasn't it a bit obvious we weren't staying in the Ritz?" he held his arms out and looked down at his clothes.
"Oh Chris!" I playfully hit his chest. "You shouldn't have told him!"
"Hey if I hadn't then we wouldn't be here right now we'd be out in the parking lot looking up at these windows while the rain dripped on our heads!" he smiled. "What would you rather have?"
I hugged him, "I'm sorry I put you through all of this!"
"You didn't!" he held me at arms length, "I put me through this! Me ok? Not you! I wouldn't be here now if I didn't want to be!"
"I know." I smiled, "Now I have to be the first to try out this tub!" I giggled and went to turn on the hot water.