Friday

18 year old Brianna sat in the middle of her bed watching the latest taped episode of Monday night RAW. She had grown up in a wrestling house, even though neither of her parents were actually wrestlers. She walked over to her mini fridge and grabbed a Pepsi before plopping down on her bed waiting for the commercial to end.

"Next week we will be at the Trask Coliseum in Wilmington, North Carolina for RAW is WAR." JR announced.

Brianna was excited for the show to finally make it to Wilmington this year. She was actually going to be able to spend time with her dad. Her parents had gotten divorced when she was 12 and although she would have rather lived with her dad, the courts said that she had to live with her mom so she could stay in school. They gave her mom full custody and her dad got to see her once a month (if he was lucky), except during the summer when she got to spend 2 months on the road with him. She looked forward to those months the entire year and she talked about her trip until she was getting ready for the next year. She made so many friends when she stayed with her dad. She knew that they were all older and most of them were married, but she didn't care. They treated her with respect and she knew they all cared for her. Unlike her wrestling "family", she hated being around her mom. She had learned at an early age to take care of herself because her mom and her mom's boyfriend of the month were always either drinking or doing drugs. The courts never saw how bad Brianna's life was because her mom had gotten money from her parents and her mom knew how to hide things. Brianna had figured that when she turned 18 she could just leave, but her mom had told her that she wouldn't help with college if she didn't go to Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington. Brianna had graduated from high school a couple days earlier and already had most of the credits for her business degree completed. That was one thing that her mother could not control and she took it in stride. She was shaken from her thoughts when her bedroom door opened.

"Hey Brianna…how are you?"

"Jack…" Brianna smiled at her boyfriend. She was happy to see the 5'10" boy. She had had a crush on him since her freshman year of high school, but she had never expected to be in a year long relationship with him. They had their problems and of course they had their differences, but Brianna liked him.

"Why are you watching this crap?" Jack asked as he grabbed the remote and turned the TV off. "So, how are you?"

"Well, I'm good except for the fact that I was watching that."

"You aren't anymore, besides that is crap and fake. So, now that you aren't watching that shitty wrestling, what do you say we just…you know." He said winking.

Brianna looked at him. She couldn't believe he was pushing her again. He started creeping towards her, but she pushed him away.

"How about NO! Jack, we've talked about this before. I don't want to rush things; I am waiting until I get married to have sex. Can't we just talk?"

"God Brianna, don't be such a bitch. I have given you so much! Why can't you give me what I want?" He started yelling. He didn't know how she could keep turning him down every single time.

"Yea…you've given me everything except love and respect."

"What are you talking about?" It took a lot to piss Brianna off and Jack had just crossed that line.

"Don't lie to me Jack. I saw you with that one girl…what's her name? Bambie or Barbie or something like that." Jack looked at her with a blank stare.

"Yea, you thought I wouldn't find out? Wilmington isn't that big there bud." She couldn't help crying even though she told herself not to. "I told myself that it wasn't true, but I can't lie to myself anymore. Why would you…"

"Do you really have to ask? I thought you were smarter than that." He looked at Brianna with an expressionless stare.

"I need to get some from somewhere until I could get it from you. But you are just too stupid and selfish. What do I have to do for you? Damn."

"Get out…we're over!"

"No shit…I can't believe you actually thought we had something. We didn't…it was all a bet!" He yelled as he slammed the door.

She ran out to her car and started driving. She needed to talk to someone and there was only one person she felt she could trust. She walked up to the door and knocked softly. She waited for what seemed like forever, but as she started to turn around and head to her car the door opened.

"Bri, what's wrong?" The kid asked stepping aside letting Brianna walk in. He noticed that she had been crying, which put his brotherly/best friend instincts in overdrive.

"Brianna? Are you okay?" That was when Brianna noticed that they were not alone.

"I'm so sorry Bobby. I didn't know Rachel was here. I'll come back later." She started walking out but Rachel stopped her.

"Don't go Brianna, I was just leaving. I will call you tomorrow Bob." She walked over and gave him a little kiss on the cheek.

"All right." He said kissing her back. Rachel walked over to Brianna and hugged her.

"If you need to talk to anyone else, you know my number." Brianna liked Rachel a lot. She had met her for the first time 6 months ago when Bobby and Rachel had gotten together and they had become close friends.

"Thanks Rach…I might take you up on that offer eventually." Rachel left and Bobby led Brianna into the living room.

"So, what's wrong Bri?"

"Um, Jack and I just broke up."

"What? Why?" He wanted to smile, but he knew how much Brianna cared for him.

"Yea, um…I told him that I knew that he was cheating on me. And he said that he had to because I wasn't giving him any and I was just a bet."

"I can't believe that guy! What an ass! I think I'm gonna kick…"

"Bobby, you aren't going to kick anyone's ass. I don't want you to get in trouble."

"Yea, well I guess it is the thought that counts. But, personally, I am glad. It is about time." He said smiling. Brianna weakly smiled back at him. She knew it was true, but it still hurt.

"I'm sorry I know how much you liked him."

"Yea, I liked him, but I guess I was even fooling myself. It was obviously going to be over soon."

She relayed the entire conversation to Bobby. She always felt comfortable talking to him. They had met when Brianna and her mom moved to Wilmington when she was 14. They both had a passion for music and that was how their friendship had started.

"So, is there any good news for you?"

"Yea, actually there is, my dad is going to be here on Monday for RAW!" She said sounding excited and forgetting everything for a brief moment.

"That is awesome Bri. You haven't seen him for a really long time."

"I know, I am going to be going with him for the summer, so I won't be around. Not being around is probably good because mom and Greg are really starting to piss me off."

"Yea, you need some time away from Wilmington and your mom. Maybe you can start over with everything. Plus, you need to spend some time with your dad and friends."