Chapter 11
Corinne eagerly took the keys offered to her by her friend Liam.
"Oh, thank you soo much Liam. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate
you letting me use your car to go to Michigan. I owe you one." It was
Tuesday morning and Corinne who had been upset about not being able to
go to the Chicago show was offered a shining opportunity by Liam.
"Hey, that's cool. You'll own the car by the end of the year anyways,
it'll be basically your mileage." He said, before giving her a hug and
helping her into the car. "You just make sure to bring me back a
shirt.
The car was a black wrangler that Liam had owned for three years and
which he was tired of. Corinne and him had worked out a deal that by
the end of the year, she would be able to own his car, and she had
been giving him down payments since. "Bye!"
She pulled up at the arena at almost 8:00 and ran in. She was almost
stopped by a guard, but she had her backstage id with her and so was
able to run from the parking lot into the backstage area quickly. She
arrived in the middle of a crisis. Vince was on the phone.
"Damn it! Listen Joe; you told me that Olivia was going to be here. We
need to start this story line today. She's pregnant? Well then...oh
forget it. Good bye!" He hung up the phone. "Goddamned bookers!" Vince
said.
"Oh relax dad, we'll just move it to next week." Steph said. "Oh my
god Cori!"
"Hi. How are you?" Corinne said, smiling as Stephanie pulled her into
a bear hug.
"Well, we were gonna start a storyline tonight, but that's out. Hey
Pat, can you tell Jeff that we won't be on for tonight." Stephanie
said. "What are you doing here?"
"Well I did all my work for school all last night and this morning so
I could make sure I would be able to come today. I wanted to surprise
Amy, Jeff and Matt."
"Yeah, Jeff will be surprised. He's in his locker room, actually...Oh
my god! Corinne!" Amy yelled, interrupting Stephanie.
"Hey girl," Corinne said.
"Oh, Jeff is going to be so surprised. Didn't you tell him last night
that you wouldn't be able to make it at all?"
"Yeah, but I just wanted to surprise everyone."
"Hey, girls. You mind if I interrupt?" Vince said, winking at Corinne
but keeping a firm voice for Amy and Steph.
"I don't have a person to go and knock on Jeff's door. You feel like
being an extra tonight Corinne? They're about to do a shot at Matt and
Jeff's locker room. They'll be talking. All you have to do is knock on
the door and tell them that they're up."
"Sure, this'll be fun. Are they still on that angle with Shannon and
Shane?" Corinne asked.
"Yep," replied Amy, and with that they ran to the locker room.
On Camera:
"I don't know bro. There's something different about them now." Matt
said.
"Well I don't know. They're still our friends." Jeff said.
Knock.
"Come in" Matt said.
"Hey guys, you're up." Corinne said peeking her head into the shot.
"Who the...oh, okay." Matt said.
The camera focused on Jeff's face that was in shock at this point, his
face frozen with his mouth hanging open. He realized what he was doing
and knew he couldn't say her name so he tried to act nonchalant but
couldn't quite hide the shock on his face.
"Cut!" Someone yelled.
Jeff got up and ran to her. "Corinne! When I heard your voice I was
just like, HOLY SHIT she's here, and I couldn't do anything."
Meanwhile back to Vince's office. Stephanie and Vince rewound the tape
of the shot from the guy's locker room.
"Dad, they've got a lot of chemistry going on there. I think that she
should play my assistant."
"I don't know Steph, she's still in school. She can't travel with us
and she isn't trained."
"No, I know dad. We'll just do the tapings on the weekend. Umm, like
the backstage stuff. It'll be a teaser, and we can get someone to
train her can't we?"
"Yeah, but don't get too excited about this Steph. She's still got
school and we don't know if she'll be willing to do this."
"Don't worry dad, I'll talk to her."
"Stephanie, don't force her."
"I won't Daddy, come on, this is me. Would I ever force anyone to do a
storyline just because I wanted him or her to?"
"You really want me to answer that one Steph?"
"Hey, when I had a crush on Andrew Martin, that was just a one time
thing, I swear! I'll talk to her. Besides, we have to see if the
audience catches on to the shot, then we'll see if I should even try.
See ya later!"
Corinne eagerly took the keys offered to her by her friend Liam.
"Oh, thank you soo much Liam. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate
you letting me use your car to go to Michigan. I owe you one." It was
Tuesday morning and Corinne who had been upset about not being able to
go to the Chicago show was offered a shining opportunity by Liam.
"Hey, that's cool. You'll own the car by the end of the year anyways,
it'll be basically your mileage." He said, before giving her a hug and
helping her into the car. "You just make sure to bring me back a
shirt.
The car was a black wrangler that Liam had owned for three years and
which he was tired of. Corinne and him had worked out a deal that by
the end of the year, she would be able to own his car, and she had
been giving him down payments since. "Bye!"
She pulled up at the arena at almost 8:00 and ran in. She was almost
stopped by a guard, but she had her backstage id with her and so was
able to run from the parking lot into the backstage area quickly. She
arrived in the middle of a crisis. Vince was on the phone.
"Damn it! Listen Joe; you told me that Olivia was going to be here. We
need to start this story line today. She's pregnant? Well then...oh
forget it. Good bye!" He hung up the phone. "Goddamned bookers!" Vince
said.
"Oh relax dad, we'll just move it to next week." Steph said. "Oh my
god Cori!"
"Hi. How are you?" Corinne said, smiling as Stephanie pulled her into
a bear hug.
"Well, we were gonna start a storyline tonight, but that's out. Hey
Pat, can you tell Jeff that we won't be on for tonight." Stephanie
said. "What are you doing here?"
"Well I did all my work for school all last night and this morning so
I could make sure I would be able to come today. I wanted to surprise
Amy, Jeff and Matt."
"Yeah, Jeff will be surprised. He's in his locker room, actually...Oh
my god! Corinne!" Amy yelled, interrupting Stephanie.
"Hey girl," Corinne said.
"Oh, Jeff is going to be so surprised. Didn't you tell him last night
that you wouldn't be able to make it at all?"
"Yeah, but I just wanted to surprise everyone."
"Hey, girls. You mind if I interrupt?" Vince said, winking at Corinne
but keeping a firm voice for Amy and Steph.
"I don't have a person to go and knock on Jeff's door. You feel like
being an extra tonight Corinne? They're about to do a shot at Matt and
Jeff's locker room. They'll be talking. All you have to do is knock on
the door and tell them that they're up."
"Sure, this'll be fun. Are they still on that angle with Shannon and
Shane?" Corinne asked.
"Yep," replied Amy, and with that they ran to the locker room.
On Camera:
"I don't know bro. There's something different about them now." Matt
said.
"Well I don't know. They're still our friends." Jeff said.
Knock.
"Come in" Matt said.
"Hey guys, you're up." Corinne said peeking her head into the shot.
"Who the...oh, okay." Matt said.
The camera focused on Jeff's face that was in shock at this point, his
face frozen with his mouth hanging open. He realized what he was doing
and knew he couldn't say her name so he tried to act nonchalant but
couldn't quite hide the shock on his face.
"Cut!" Someone yelled.
Jeff got up and ran to her. "Corinne! When I heard your voice I was
just like, HOLY SHIT she's here, and I couldn't do anything."
Meanwhile back to Vince's office. Stephanie and Vince rewound the tape
of the shot from the guy's locker room.
"Dad, they've got a lot of chemistry going on there. I think that she
should play my assistant."
"I don't know Steph, she's still in school. She can't travel with us
and she isn't trained."
"No, I know dad. We'll just do the tapings on the weekend. Umm, like
the backstage stuff. It'll be a teaser, and we can get someone to
train her can't we?"
"Yeah, but don't get too excited about this Steph. She's still got
school and we don't know if she'll be willing to do this."
"Don't worry dad, I'll talk to her."
"Stephanie, don't force her."
"I won't Daddy, come on, this is me. Would I ever force anyone to do a
storyline just because I wanted him or her to?"
"You really want me to answer that one Steph?"
"Hey, when I had a crush on Andrew Martin, that was just a one time
thing, I swear! I'll talk to her. Besides, we have to see if the
audience catches on to the shot, then we'll see if I should even try.
See ya later!"
