Mikhaila: Why don't we wait til we get back to the hotel? I have a
feeling this isn't gonna be easy to tell.
Adam: No. Not really.
(The two ride back in silence to the hotel and head back to Mikhaila's room, Mikhaila laying down on the couch as Adam drapes himself across the other one)
Adam: Well, when I was a kid, I used to have this friend, Mike. God, we used to do everything together. He lived on this farm outside the city in Toronto, and my mom used to get home late from work, so I'd stay by him until she could come get me. We would play in the woods and go out riding all the time.
Mikhaila: So you have ridden before. I figured since you didn't fall off over the jump. Anyway, continue.
Adam: Right. So anyway, we couldn't do much once I started training with the wrestling and all, but we always stayed in contact. One weekend, when I was home, we decided to go for a ride through his dad's fields and on the trails through the woods. It was in the Spring I think. Anyway, we were on this trail that ran along the edge of the protected forest when my horse reared up and his froze. Right in front of us was one very pissed off looking moose, and neither horse wanted any part of it. We turned and ran full out. Well, during the storm that had happened a few nights earlier, a tree must've fallen, cause when we rounded the bend, we had about 5 seconds to ready for the jump. My horse cleared, but slipped and we went down. The last thing I remember his him rolling over me.
Mikhaila: (realization is dawning on her, she goes over to the couch he's on, sitting next to him, letting him lean his head on her shoulder) What.what happened to Mike?
Adam: (takes a deep breath) He.his horse.they caught a branch on the way over. He went flying off the horse, head first into a tree. (breathes deeply) He never had a chance. When I finally woke up a few days later, my mom was there. She told me that when they found him, he had died instantly. (sighs) I never went back to that house or those woods again. And I swore up and down that I'd never get back on a horse. (lets tears fall) God, I was terrified being back on a horse.
Mikhaila: (strokes his hair comfortingly, hugging him, letting him cry on her shoulder) God, I didn't know. I never would've asked you to go if I'd have known. Can you please promise me that next time you don't want to do something, you'll tell me?
Adam: Yeah. Only if you promise you won't tell anyone you saw me cry?
Mikhaila: You guys and your macho bullshit. But I promise I won't. Now, if you want something to eat, and judging by the sound of your stomach, you're hungry, we should go out and find food.
Adam: Sure. I want to change first though. How about I go shower and change and meet you back here?
Mikhaila: Sounds like a plan. Go on. I'm gonna change too.
(Mikhaila changes into a nice dress and Adam comes back in a pair of khakis and a nice dress shirt. They decide to eat in the hotel restaurant. Once they're seated, they start talking, avoiding the whole subject of what'd happened before.)
Vince: So, we finalized that from the last show. On to new bus.
Stephanie: (glances around, noticing Adam and Mikhaila walking in a sitting down at a table near them) Oh great. Dad, you're an asshole, you know that?
Vince: (confused) What in the hell are you talking about?
Shane: (noticing Stephanie's glance) What's she doing here? Did you set this up? You did, didn't you?
Vince: What in god's name are you two babbling about? We're talking business dammit.
Stephanie: Whatever. Consider this meeting closed until she leaves.
Vince: What? Who?! (follows their glares and notices Mikhaila and Adam) Oh. Look, this wasn't planned, but if you two are gonna be brats about everything, I'm gonna go say hi! (walks over to them) Hey you two.
Mikhaila: Dad?! What're you doing here?!
Adam: (nervous as hell) Uh.um.hello sir.
Vince: (beaming like an idiot) Mikhaila, how are you! I hope you don't mind if I sit down for a few minutes?
Mikhaila: (looks to Adam and both shrug) Sure, why not? I'm good. How's your day been?
Vince: Pretty good. Had a few meetings, relaxed for a while. I was in the middle of a meeting but.tensions ran high, shall we say? (nodding his head toward Stephanie and Shane)
Mikhaila: (looked over there and waves) Right. I get it. Sorry about that.
Vince: It's not your fault. They need to learn to deal. So how's your day been?
Mikhaila: Well, I spent the morning.well, taking care of a few issues, then Adam and I went out horseback riding for a while before the signing.
Vince: (wide eyed to Adam) You went riding?!
Adam: (nods) Yeah. I'm not saying it was the most enjoyable of experiences, but hell, it wasn't too bad either.
Vince: Damn. So Mikhaila, got any other tricks up those sleeves of yours?
Mikhaila: (shakes her head) Nope. That's it. I'm out. So about this whole traveling thing.
Vince: (looks surprised) You want to travel? With us?
Mikhaila: I think it'd be fun. I could at least learn more about what my dad does for a living, and possibly break down that iron wall those two have up and get to know my family.
Vince: Wow. Well, you'll have to meet Linda soon. She'll be wanting to meet you.
Mikhaila: Who's Linda?
Vince: She's my wife. She'll be wanting to.
Mikhaila: (terrified) Your what?! She knows?!
Vince: (nods) She knows. I told her about everything when I got back from Chicago. I didn't want to hide it from her. Hiding something like that just isn't right. She understood. So when do you want to meet her?
Mikhaila: Um.well.just.huh? (shakes her head) How about when she's around next?
Vince: She'll be at the next show. Wow. Guess you'll be traveling with us for a while. You sure you wanna do this?
Mikhaila: Dammit Dad, just yes! I just graduated, my mom just died, and I don't have a job. I think traveling around here wouldn't be too bad of an idea. And like I said, I want to get to know you better.
Vince: Well then, it's settled. We'll just make sure to add you to the list for rooms.
Mikhaila: About that. Can you put Kat in my room from now on?
Vince: Sure, but why?
Mikhaila: (quickly) Oh, we're just getting along so well and it's weird trying to hang out with Kevin and all.
Vince: (shrugs) Sure. I'm gonna go dear. See you tomorrow at the airport. We'll be in LA next. (leaves)
Adam: That was a bit close. Do you realize you just called him Dad through that whole conversation?
Mikhaila: Wow. I did. Weird huh?
Adam: Not so weird. Now can we please order? (pouts out his lip) Please?
Mikhaila: (laughing) Dammit. I hate when people use that look on me.
Adam: I'll have to remember that.
Mikhaila: (raises eyebrow) And that's supposed to mean?
Adam: Well, when I need something, I'm just gonna pout.
Mikhaila: (shakes her head) Mr. Copeland, don't try that on me again. I'll let it by this time. (chuckles)
Meanwhile.
Kat: So how did it go?
Matt: Oh fine, I signed a lot of Jeff and my book. God I'm such an idiot I can't believe I almost forgot I had a signing.
Kat: Well I'm not surprised about you signing a lot of your book, it's really good.
Matt: You read it.
Kat: Of course I did it was really sweet how you talked about Amy. And when you talked about your mom it almost made me cry.
Matt: Come on I wanna show you something.
Kat: I hope it involves food I'm pretty hungry.
Matt: We can do that. (takes out his cell phone calls information for Dominos) Yes I'll have a large pizza with pepperoni, bacon and ham. Ok Thanks.
Kat: Pizza?
Matt: Don't worry it will be worth it trust me, come on. (They pick up the pizza and Matt drives to the outskirts of the city and up into the mountains Matt pulls off into a turn out and parks the car and grabs the pizza and gets out motioning for Kat to come with him and he sits on the hood of the rental car. Kat gets out and sits next to him. She looks to see mountains on three sides of her and The Great Salt Lake in the distance with the lights of the city in the valley bellow.)
Kat: Oh Matt, It's beautiful.
Matt: I found this place the first time we traveled to Salt Lake and I've come back each time. It's so peaceful.
Kat: Amy must love this.
Matt: Actually I've never brought her hear. She's not really into stuff like this. It's kind of become my own little personal spot.
Kat: Then why did you bring me here?
Matt: I don't know. Here have some pizza.
Kat: I can't believe you remembered what I like on pizza.
Matt: Oh yeah I guess I did. (They finish the pizza and Matt lays back on the hood of the car and Kat does the same) Wow look at the stars. They are so amazing. Look there's the big dipper and there's Casiopia. (Kat laughs) What?
Kat: You have the cutest look on your face, it must be an I'm really into something look, it's the same look you have when you wrestle.
Matt: I've always liked astronomy. To look up there and think god made all that and still managed to make a little speck like me, it's kind of flattering really.
Kat: (slides closer to Matt) And I thought Jeff was the poetic one.
Matt: (laughs) I can't take credit for that one it's from the movie Tombstone. Come on, you've got an early morning tomorrow we better get you back. (they get back in the car and head back to the hotel. Matt walks Kat to her room) Have fun with your shoot. I'll see you in a few days kido.
Kat: Ok, bye. (she walks in the door and makes a disappointed face) Kido? (sighs)
Matt: (walks a few steps down the hall and leans up against the wall.) God damn it! What are you doing you stupid idiot, you're with Amy, Amy. (sighs and continues down the hall)
Kat: (walks in and notices the TV on) Good lord can't she turn off the TV at least? (bends over to turn it off) Honestly, I can't sleep.(turns her head as she hears breathing and notices Adam and Mikhaila sleeping on the couch together) Hm.to wake or not to wake.Nah. (goes to her room to sleep
Adam: No. Not really.
(The two ride back in silence to the hotel and head back to Mikhaila's room, Mikhaila laying down on the couch as Adam drapes himself across the other one)
Adam: Well, when I was a kid, I used to have this friend, Mike. God, we used to do everything together. He lived on this farm outside the city in Toronto, and my mom used to get home late from work, so I'd stay by him until she could come get me. We would play in the woods and go out riding all the time.
Mikhaila: So you have ridden before. I figured since you didn't fall off over the jump. Anyway, continue.
Adam: Right. So anyway, we couldn't do much once I started training with the wrestling and all, but we always stayed in contact. One weekend, when I was home, we decided to go for a ride through his dad's fields and on the trails through the woods. It was in the Spring I think. Anyway, we were on this trail that ran along the edge of the protected forest when my horse reared up and his froze. Right in front of us was one very pissed off looking moose, and neither horse wanted any part of it. We turned and ran full out. Well, during the storm that had happened a few nights earlier, a tree must've fallen, cause when we rounded the bend, we had about 5 seconds to ready for the jump. My horse cleared, but slipped and we went down. The last thing I remember his him rolling over me.
Mikhaila: (realization is dawning on her, she goes over to the couch he's on, sitting next to him, letting him lean his head on her shoulder) What.what happened to Mike?
Adam: (takes a deep breath) He.his horse.they caught a branch on the way over. He went flying off the horse, head first into a tree. (breathes deeply) He never had a chance. When I finally woke up a few days later, my mom was there. She told me that when they found him, he had died instantly. (sighs) I never went back to that house or those woods again. And I swore up and down that I'd never get back on a horse. (lets tears fall) God, I was terrified being back on a horse.
Mikhaila: (strokes his hair comfortingly, hugging him, letting him cry on her shoulder) God, I didn't know. I never would've asked you to go if I'd have known. Can you please promise me that next time you don't want to do something, you'll tell me?
Adam: Yeah. Only if you promise you won't tell anyone you saw me cry?
Mikhaila: You guys and your macho bullshit. But I promise I won't. Now, if you want something to eat, and judging by the sound of your stomach, you're hungry, we should go out and find food.
Adam: Sure. I want to change first though. How about I go shower and change and meet you back here?
Mikhaila: Sounds like a plan. Go on. I'm gonna change too.
(Mikhaila changes into a nice dress and Adam comes back in a pair of khakis and a nice dress shirt. They decide to eat in the hotel restaurant. Once they're seated, they start talking, avoiding the whole subject of what'd happened before.)
Vince: So, we finalized that from the last show. On to new bus.
Stephanie: (glances around, noticing Adam and Mikhaila walking in a sitting down at a table near them) Oh great. Dad, you're an asshole, you know that?
Vince: (confused) What in the hell are you talking about?
Shane: (noticing Stephanie's glance) What's she doing here? Did you set this up? You did, didn't you?
Vince: What in god's name are you two babbling about? We're talking business dammit.
Stephanie: Whatever. Consider this meeting closed until she leaves.
Vince: What? Who?! (follows their glares and notices Mikhaila and Adam) Oh. Look, this wasn't planned, but if you two are gonna be brats about everything, I'm gonna go say hi! (walks over to them) Hey you two.
Mikhaila: Dad?! What're you doing here?!
Adam: (nervous as hell) Uh.um.hello sir.
Vince: (beaming like an idiot) Mikhaila, how are you! I hope you don't mind if I sit down for a few minutes?
Mikhaila: (looks to Adam and both shrug) Sure, why not? I'm good. How's your day been?
Vince: Pretty good. Had a few meetings, relaxed for a while. I was in the middle of a meeting but.tensions ran high, shall we say? (nodding his head toward Stephanie and Shane)
Mikhaila: (looked over there and waves) Right. I get it. Sorry about that.
Vince: It's not your fault. They need to learn to deal. So how's your day been?
Mikhaila: Well, I spent the morning.well, taking care of a few issues, then Adam and I went out horseback riding for a while before the signing.
Vince: (wide eyed to Adam) You went riding?!
Adam: (nods) Yeah. I'm not saying it was the most enjoyable of experiences, but hell, it wasn't too bad either.
Vince: Damn. So Mikhaila, got any other tricks up those sleeves of yours?
Mikhaila: (shakes her head) Nope. That's it. I'm out. So about this whole traveling thing.
Vince: (looks surprised) You want to travel? With us?
Mikhaila: I think it'd be fun. I could at least learn more about what my dad does for a living, and possibly break down that iron wall those two have up and get to know my family.
Vince: Wow. Well, you'll have to meet Linda soon. She'll be wanting to meet you.
Mikhaila: Who's Linda?
Vince: She's my wife. She'll be wanting to.
Mikhaila: (terrified) Your what?! She knows?!
Vince: (nods) She knows. I told her about everything when I got back from Chicago. I didn't want to hide it from her. Hiding something like that just isn't right. She understood. So when do you want to meet her?
Mikhaila: Um.well.just.huh? (shakes her head) How about when she's around next?
Vince: She'll be at the next show. Wow. Guess you'll be traveling with us for a while. You sure you wanna do this?
Mikhaila: Dammit Dad, just yes! I just graduated, my mom just died, and I don't have a job. I think traveling around here wouldn't be too bad of an idea. And like I said, I want to get to know you better.
Vince: Well then, it's settled. We'll just make sure to add you to the list for rooms.
Mikhaila: About that. Can you put Kat in my room from now on?
Vince: Sure, but why?
Mikhaila: (quickly) Oh, we're just getting along so well and it's weird trying to hang out with Kevin and all.
Vince: (shrugs) Sure. I'm gonna go dear. See you tomorrow at the airport. We'll be in LA next. (leaves)
Adam: That was a bit close. Do you realize you just called him Dad through that whole conversation?
Mikhaila: Wow. I did. Weird huh?
Adam: Not so weird. Now can we please order? (pouts out his lip) Please?
Mikhaila: (laughing) Dammit. I hate when people use that look on me.
Adam: I'll have to remember that.
Mikhaila: (raises eyebrow) And that's supposed to mean?
Adam: Well, when I need something, I'm just gonna pout.
Mikhaila: (shakes her head) Mr. Copeland, don't try that on me again. I'll let it by this time. (chuckles)
Meanwhile.
Kat: So how did it go?
Matt: Oh fine, I signed a lot of Jeff and my book. God I'm such an idiot I can't believe I almost forgot I had a signing.
Kat: Well I'm not surprised about you signing a lot of your book, it's really good.
Matt: You read it.
Kat: Of course I did it was really sweet how you talked about Amy. And when you talked about your mom it almost made me cry.
Matt: Come on I wanna show you something.
Kat: I hope it involves food I'm pretty hungry.
Matt: We can do that. (takes out his cell phone calls information for Dominos) Yes I'll have a large pizza with pepperoni, bacon and ham. Ok Thanks.
Kat: Pizza?
Matt: Don't worry it will be worth it trust me, come on. (They pick up the pizza and Matt drives to the outskirts of the city and up into the mountains Matt pulls off into a turn out and parks the car and grabs the pizza and gets out motioning for Kat to come with him and he sits on the hood of the rental car. Kat gets out and sits next to him. She looks to see mountains on three sides of her and The Great Salt Lake in the distance with the lights of the city in the valley bellow.)
Kat: Oh Matt, It's beautiful.
Matt: I found this place the first time we traveled to Salt Lake and I've come back each time. It's so peaceful.
Kat: Amy must love this.
Matt: Actually I've never brought her hear. She's not really into stuff like this. It's kind of become my own little personal spot.
Kat: Then why did you bring me here?
Matt: I don't know. Here have some pizza.
Kat: I can't believe you remembered what I like on pizza.
Matt: Oh yeah I guess I did. (They finish the pizza and Matt lays back on the hood of the car and Kat does the same) Wow look at the stars. They are so amazing. Look there's the big dipper and there's Casiopia. (Kat laughs) What?
Kat: You have the cutest look on your face, it must be an I'm really into something look, it's the same look you have when you wrestle.
Matt: I've always liked astronomy. To look up there and think god made all that and still managed to make a little speck like me, it's kind of flattering really.
Kat: (slides closer to Matt) And I thought Jeff was the poetic one.
Matt: (laughs) I can't take credit for that one it's from the movie Tombstone. Come on, you've got an early morning tomorrow we better get you back. (they get back in the car and head back to the hotel. Matt walks Kat to her room) Have fun with your shoot. I'll see you in a few days kido.
Kat: Ok, bye. (she walks in the door and makes a disappointed face) Kido? (sighs)
Matt: (walks a few steps down the hall and leans up against the wall.) God damn it! What are you doing you stupid idiot, you're with Amy, Amy. (sighs and continues down the hall)
Kat: (walks in and notices the TV on) Good lord can't she turn off the TV at least? (bends over to turn it off) Honestly, I can't sleep.(turns her head as she hears breathing and notices Adam and Mikhaila sleeping on the couch together) Hm.to wake or not to wake.Nah. (goes to her room to sleep