ACT 5- A Back Alley
In the back of a building, a fire escape leads all the way to the top where a window is almost not seen. Ric Flair sighs, he looks for where Joy's hotel room was, hoping to see her again. She appears at the window, opening it to let some air in.
"Joy, Joy…" Flair sang to himself, not noticing.
"Sh!"
"Joy!"
"Quiet!"
"Come down."
"No."
"Joy…"
"Please, if JBL…"
"He's at the dance, come on down."
"But he'll soon come here to drop off Amy."
"Just for a minute."
Joy smiles, "A minute is not enough."
Flair smiles at her cattiness, "An hour then."
"I can't."
"For, forever!"
"Hush!"
"Then I'm coming up."
"Joy?" There's a voice heard as there's a knock on her door.
"Just a moment!"
Flair is climbing up, "Joy, oh joy."
"Be quiet." She reaches our her hand to stop him.
He grabs it, "Sh, shh."
"It's dangerous."
"But I'm not, one of them."
"Yes you are. But to me, you aren't. Just as I'm, one of them."
"To me, you are all the." She covers his mouth with her hand.
She smiles, "Talk about, it's like Romeo and Juliet."
"Joy?" Flair's smile faded at the call of her name.
"Yes, I'm coming."
"Who is it, is it one of them or a stranger who might accept you and me?" Flair asked about the voice at the door.
"No, he's one of the SmackDown, he'll be afraid of you." She suddenly laughs. "Imagine, being afraid of you."
"Hey." He pouts a lip.
"I'm only kidding."
"You see?"
She gets close to his face, "I see you."
"See only me."
"Only you… you're the one and only that I'll see forever. My eyes will be the only eyes that you see, all that I do will be for you, forever and ever."
Flair likes the poetry of words, "And there's no one for me by you Joy, and the only one for you is the Nature Boy."
She laughs, "Ric Flair…"
"Always you, always me." He begins to sing with his words. "Wherever I go, there you will be."
"Anywhere and everywhere, together you and me." Joy begins to sing along with him as the world to them fades away, leaving their love in suspension:
Tonight, tonight
I found what I was searching for
Our eyes met and the world went away
Tonight, tonight
There is only us that's for sure
We only see us and only hear what we say
Today I had that feeling
The one I have every lonely night again
And when our eyes met I could feel it
Like a miracle was going to happen
Tonight
Tonight, tonight
We howl to the moon
And bask in its light
Tonight, tonight
Even though the stars don't shine
Our love is bright as day tonight
Tonight, tonight
"Joy!" The rapping once again stops the singing
"Wait a sec!" She turns to Flair with an apologetic look.
"Tonight, tonight…" Flair sings quietly.
Joy comes back, "I can't say, please leave, and quick!"
"I'm not afraid."
"But I am, please, they're hard on me."
Flair kisses her hand, "Good night then."
"Good night."
"I love you."
"Yes, yes, hurry now." She watches him climb down. "Wait! When will I see you again?"
He stares back up, "Tomorrow."
"I'll be at that bridal shop most likely, come there."
"At sundown?"
"No…" She stops and smiles. "Yes, good night."
"Good night." He starts off.
"Ric?"
"Sh."
"Come to the back door."
"Ok." He starts again.
"Ric!" He stops again, pausing as she speaks in song again. "Good night, good night. Sleep well and dream of me, tonight." She goes inside and he rushes off into the shadows just as JBL and Amy come into the hotel room from the door. Paul London and Kurt Angle follow behind with their dates Jackie and Torrie Willson."
"Joy?" JBL notices her by the window.
"Mommy and daddy are home." Amy jokes, half drunk.
"Yes indeed." JBL rolls his eyes. "So we know better."
"We don't know everything." Amy can relate. "Girls just want to have fun."
"So do boys." JBL frowns.
Amy hits him with the back of her hand, "Hey."
"It's true."
"Come on now."
JBL chooses to end their discussion and turns to Orlando who comes in, "Jordan, how was she when you brought her back?"
"She was alright. Come on Bradshaw, she was only dancing."
"With a Raw punk whose old enough to be her own father!"
"Says the fun lover."
"You know, you're not that cute."
"Flair is."
"He was a 16 time world champ." Jackie adds.
"Was." Orlando emphasizes.
"What does that have to do with anything?" Joy asked.
"JBL is the champ." Orlando motions to JBL and his swelled ego.
"Yes. And Orlando here is a better wrestler than that old man. He's retired and yet he continues to be allied with Raw, unlike you."
"That insect is different than me." Orlando growled.
"Well, it's true. You remember when you first came here? I remember when I did, I was on Raw and I hated it there, I have things much better as SmackDown, don't you?"
"Yes, we were ready and willing to jump brands."
"And are glad we did." Amy joined in with Orlando.
"We came to this company with our hearts on our sleeves to arms wide open." Torrie beamed.
"You came with your legs open." Paul joked.
"No, that was you." She shoved him. "You shouldn't even be wearing that watch right now, it should be a fitted handcuff."
"Oh, kinky."
"That's not what I mean!"
"I mean look at all we've got." JBL looks out to the large hotel room. "Mini bar, large television, fancy bathroom, air condition and heat, long distance phone service, and a king sized bed." He grabs Amy's hand. "Come on."
She looks at him, "Come on?"
"Well, are you or aren't you?"
"Don't you remember? You have your little declaration of war. So war or me."
"First one, then the other."
Amy pulls away, "Hey don't treat me like that! That's how Raw treated me and so I left for the better promised land! I don't wait."
"On either brand, a diva knows her place."
"On either brand, little boys play with bottle rockets and not war games."
"So, I'm a little boy? Then you can forget tonight, cause that'd make you a petifile, and like hell I'd sleep in the same bed doing it with a pervert." JBL leaves with Orlando.
Jackie turns to Torrie, "That was pretty harsh."
"He means well."
"Well, I guess we should settle down for the night." Amy sits down on the bed next to Joy, who remained quiet for the most part. "Why don't you guys go to your rooms?"
"Well…" Jackie looks over at the boys, then turns to Torrie.
"Maybe we should bunk with the other divas tonight." Torrie finishes her sentence, Jackie nods and they leave.
Paul looks over at Kurt, "Now what was that all about?" He just shrugs.
BLACKOUT!