A Crazy Thought
Notes: back to Danny's POV.
I didn't want to leave the cabin. But Eddy explained the situation that it was not safe for us to be up here because too many people up here might raise suspicions.
I hugged my dad before getting in the car. Tears started to go down my face. I think it's the first time I've cried since we got here. We hugged for the longest time before I had to get in the car. Athena and I both watched the cabin until we couldn't see it any more.
I was glad I was going back to Louisville. It would be hard to lie to my mother knowing what I now knew. I hated lying to her. But I didn't have much of a choice in the matter. I knew it was to help dad. It's not like it'll come up anyway.
I didn't say anything the ride back to Louisville. I let what I now knew sink in. But I also have a few questions about the WWE. I've never actually seen RAW or Smackdown because mom wouldn't let me watch them. Not counting wrestling at OVW I've never been to a wrestling show. My parents thought I was too young before dad 'died' and then mom didn't want me anywhere near it after. Not that I hadn't seen wrestling tapes growing up. I had access to some old ones when I went to my friends' houses.
I wonder how it is now. I wonder if there's something at the show that might give me an idea because I knew they weren't telling us everything. Hmm I wonder where RAW is next week.
***
This will probably go down as the worst idea I've ever had. I mean I've done some stupid things growing up but this has to be at the top of the list. I know that both of my parents would kill me if they found this out. Not to mention Athena when I mention it to her. But I need to know. I want to know.
I called my best friend from high school Stan who I knew was a big wrestling fan. That's how I was able to see some wrestling tapes. His dad was a huge fan in the 90s. He's going to college in Atlanta. I hope he's not in class. I call his cellphone. "Hello?"
"Stan it's Danny."
"Hey Danny! How's wrestling? You winning?"
"It's going pretty good. Hey I was wondering if you know where RAW is this week."
There was a long pause. "It's in Kemper. Why?"
"I'm thinking of going to it."
"Are you crazy? That arena killed Owen Hart. Where you going after that Phillips Arena?"
"I just wanted to check something out. And no I'm not going to Phillips Arena. My mother would kill me."
"Look I've got a class. Think before you go to RAW." We said goodbye.
Now I need to call Athena and see if she'll come with me to Kemper. I called her.
'Hello?' She asked.
"Athena it's Danny. I wanted to ask you something."
'Hi Danny. What is it?' She asked.
"Well I was thinking of going to RAW Monday just to check something out. And well I was wondering if you wanted to go." I was bracing myself for when I tell her where it is.
There was a long pause. 'Where is it?'
"Kansas City Misso..."
'Wait a second! You want me to go to Kansas City Missouri the same building Vince McMahon tried to kill my father in! Are you completely nuts?'
"That's what my friend said when he told me where it was. Anyway I'm planning to go and thought that maybe you'd want to go. There's a few things I want to check out. I'm going to be wearing sunglasses and a hat."
There was another long pause. I was sure she was going to say no. Well I could just go to the show by myself. Or I could call Stan. I'm sure he'd go. "I understand. I..."
'I'll go. I'm curious too.'
Notes: back to Danny's POV.
I didn't want to leave the cabin. But Eddy explained the situation that it was not safe for us to be up here because too many people up here might raise suspicions.
I hugged my dad before getting in the car. Tears started to go down my face. I think it's the first time I've cried since we got here. We hugged for the longest time before I had to get in the car. Athena and I both watched the cabin until we couldn't see it any more.
I was glad I was going back to Louisville. It would be hard to lie to my mother knowing what I now knew. I hated lying to her. But I didn't have much of a choice in the matter. I knew it was to help dad. It's not like it'll come up anyway.
I didn't say anything the ride back to Louisville. I let what I now knew sink in. But I also have a few questions about the WWE. I've never actually seen RAW or Smackdown because mom wouldn't let me watch them. Not counting wrestling at OVW I've never been to a wrestling show. My parents thought I was too young before dad 'died' and then mom didn't want me anywhere near it after. Not that I hadn't seen wrestling tapes growing up. I had access to some old ones when I went to my friends' houses.
I wonder how it is now. I wonder if there's something at the show that might give me an idea because I knew they weren't telling us everything. Hmm I wonder where RAW is next week.
***
This will probably go down as the worst idea I've ever had. I mean I've done some stupid things growing up but this has to be at the top of the list. I know that both of my parents would kill me if they found this out. Not to mention Athena when I mention it to her. But I need to know. I want to know.
I called my best friend from high school Stan who I knew was a big wrestling fan. That's how I was able to see some wrestling tapes. His dad was a huge fan in the 90s. He's going to college in Atlanta. I hope he's not in class. I call his cellphone. "Hello?"
"Stan it's Danny."
"Hey Danny! How's wrestling? You winning?"
"It's going pretty good. Hey I was wondering if you know where RAW is this week."
There was a long pause. "It's in Kemper. Why?"
"I'm thinking of going to it."
"Are you crazy? That arena killed Owen Hart. Where you going after that Phillips Arena?"
"I just wanted to check something out. And no I'm not going to Phillips Arena. My mother would kill me."
"Look I've got a class. Think before you go to RAW." We said goodbye.
Now I need to call Athena and see if she'll come with me to Kemper. I called her.
'Hello?' She asked.
"Athena it's Danny. I wanted to ask you something."
'Hi Danny. What is it?' She asked.
"Well I was thinking of going to RAW Monday just to check something out. And well I was wondering if you wanted to go." I was bracing myself for when I tell her where it is.
There was a long pause. 'Where is it?'
"Kansas City Misso..."
'Wait a second! You want me to go to Kansas City Missouri the same building Vince McMahon tried to kill my father in! Are you completely nuts?'
"That's what my friend said when he told me where it was. Anyway I'm planning to go and thought that maybe you'd want to go. There's a few things I want to check out. I'm going to be wearing sunglasses and a hat."
There was another long pause. I was sure she was going to say no. Well I could just go to the show by myself. Or I could call Stan. I'm sure he'd go. "I understand. I..."
'I'll go. I'm curious too.'