Quitters
With friends and family surrounding the dinner table, things are meant to get out into the open...
The Consuelos-Mitchell clan were in Ajax, Canada for Canadian Thanksgiving. What was the difference between Thanksgiving in American and Canada? Well, nothing was really different about it. Thanksgiving in Canada was on a Monday, while American Thanksgiving was on a Thursday. They all had the same traditions and dinner with the fluffy mash potato, stuffing and most importantly, the turkey, but instead of a crappy Monday to worry about, they had the dinner to look forward to on Thanksgiving. As a tradition for Daphne Consuelos' family, they all participated with making the dinner. It was different this year because Daphne had brought along her boyfriend, Colby Lopez, Jonathan Good, Renee Paquette, Brie Danielson, Nikki Garcia-Colace and Phil Brooks. Daphne had went out her way to invite April to the dinner, but April was still not cool about the fact that Daphne attacked her from behind and she fell off the stage, so she declined the invitation. So, it was not only Daphne and her family that participated, but her buddies as well!
Jon was in the living room, decorating it with Thanksgiving decorations with Daphne's cousin, Connie Mitchell. Renee, Brie and Nikki helped in the kitchen cutting up the vegetables for the stuffing. Colby and Phil were outside with Daphne's dad Thomas and Connie's dad David, who was also Daphne's mom, Jocelyn's older brother, helping by putting the Halloween decorations. They were always the adults that didn't not like putting things up at the last minute, but prepare for the events beforehand. Also, Daphne was cleaning around the house with Connie's boyfriend, Jesse, but stopped doing what she doing, when she saw Colby up trying to put the lights up.
"Colby, be careful!" Daphne panicked every time that she saw Colby going off balance on the long ladder that he stood on. She could not afford Colby to hurt himself again because watching him get hurt, while on script was enough for her, she does not need to witness him getting hurt again—even though, it was his stupid ass that put himself in that type of danger, "I do not want you to get hurt again. So, be careful because I may be strong, but I am no Wonder Woman." she joked around as Colby tried to hold on to his balance as he put on some Halloween lights.
Phil glared at Daphne jokingly, "Daphne, I am basically hanging on for dear life. It so nice of you to care about me," he sarcastically said as he was putting on a pumpkin sticker on the window and his ladder was not as sturdy as Colby's. It was one of those rope ladders and the more Daphne looked at the ladder, the more she thought that Phil was more at risk for getting hurt than Colby, but on the other hand, Phil might deserve what will be coming to him because he is the that much of an asshole, "I mean, I would be worrying about you because in my heart, I really do care for you."
Daphne snorted as Colby kicked Phil's leg harshly, making him lose balance off the rope ladder and fall three feet to the floor. She began to laugh at his pain, knowing that it was not right to laugh at someone's pain, but the timing could not be any more perfect. Colby connected his eyes with Daphne as she gave him one of those sincere smiles, "Phil are you okay?" Colby asked, with a little sarcasm in his mouth.
The way that Colby asked him if he was alright, almost rubbed Phil the wrong way. What Colby did was so uncalled for because he had done nothing wrong to him. Well, there was that one escapade in the janitor's closet during an NXT taping, but other than that, he had done nothing that would have made Colby hate him. However, if Colby wanted an enemy out of Phil…
Phil will give him an enemy.
The Thanksgiving dinner was something to die for. It happened to be one of the most scrumptious things that Daphne had had in a while. Her mother and Connie's mother, Jolie had done a good job with giving them a traditional Thanksgiving feast, while also giving Brie a little variety, so she would be able to experience the dinner herself. She might had not ate the turkey, but she enjoyed the taste of the vegetables and along with what the gang called her version of Thanksgiving. Almost everyone in the table was too full to move, so instead of doing anything that required movement, until their dinner had digested, each of them told their own stories, which was full of laughter.
"So Daphne," Brie spoke up as she gave a little eye contact with Colby, knowing that it was her cue to talk to Daphne, "Have you read the Brie Mode and Bitchsuelos script yet? I mean, what creative has planned for our little team is so awesome. Down the road, they are thinking about making it Saraya and Nikki versus the two of us. I think that it might be a good way to promote Total Divas, I know that things might not be good with you and WWE, but creative is working hard with trying to get you into good storylines. I keep hearing that we might get our own t-shirts. You know that I have the red one that says "Brie Mode"? Well, you might get one in black that says "Bitchsuelos" I was thinking that we can wear each other's shirts, when the storyline comes?" she was hoping that Colby was right and that Daphne did not yell at her face.
Daphne smiled as she thought about it, "If that storyline ever gets greenlit, then I am all on board with it; however, I keep getting the feeling that the talk about our team will be exactly the talk with Big E, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston stable that we keep hearing all about, but have we got it? Nope! I feel like it is just something that they are giving us, so we don't bitch and complain about. I do want the storyline still, do not get me wrong, but us as a team? Will WWE allow it? If we tell them that you can learn so much more, when you're teaming with me, it might work. I mean, Eva has learned some things from me and I am protecting her with my entire life."
Brie smiled back, knowing that she might be having Daphne convinced, "Well, Eva is going to be out for a little while, so I think that we should take advantage of the opportunity, while she is out. What is going to happen at Hell in a Cell is that I'm going to lose to Nikki and be her "Cinderbella" for a while, you get sick of the treatment that I am being put through and attack her to save me and we exchange looks in the ring and do a Yes! Chant."
"I personally do not like that," Nikki added her voice to the conversation because she was going to be the heel that was going to be beaten up with Daphne, "But, if it makes you happy, I will let you have that heroic return, but I will get you back the next week on RAW or Smackdown."
Daphne laughed, seeing where Brie was going with this, "I will need to resign with the WWE, if I want this storyline to go along, but I am not quite sure if I want to renew my contact. You know about my issues with the WWE. All I want is the Divas Championship and for the storyline, we all need to remember that they constantly change." Daphne felt like she had all of her plans figured out, which made Phil smirk on the inside.
"I love that you're not having intentions with staying with the company, but I feel like you should stop trying to be like me. I do not want you to be another CM Punk, I want you to be Daphne Anne. I want you to be that controversial Annalise Romanoff that you were back in the day. I get the feeling that you are trying to be a female version of me and I want the WWE Universe to pay attention to you and not who you are trying to be. I feel like you need to know who Daphne Anne Consuelos is and bring her into the light." Phil advised her as Daphne raised a brow. Was he encouraging her to go back to the WWE?
"Wow Phil," Colby said as he drink out of his apple cider, "I am so glad that you are seeing things my way. I'm glad that you want Daphne back in the WWE and for her to fight for what she wants. I believe that she has so much that she needs to do, so why not do it? However, I'm a little offended about something: how dare you call my girlfriend a female version of you? I do not see CM Punk, when I look into her eyes. I see her as Daphne Anne, the future Divas Champion and it won't be because people connect her to you. It will be because she is herself and not a cheap knock off of Stone Cold Steve Austin."
Phil stood up from his chair with a little anger on his face. His eyes were directed towards Colby's, "What did you call me?" he questioned Colby, trying his best not to get angry in front of Daphne's family, "Don't ever call me a cheap knock off because I am the best wrestler in the world—"
"You were the best wrestler in the world. I looked up to you because I thought you were someone that I inspired to be, but that was until I learned that you're just a jerk that believes that he should have everything in the world. So Phil," Colby stood up, so he was looking at Phil from across the table, "Why do you feel the need to take away Daphne from the WWE? Why do you have the feeling to try to protect something that is not even yours?"
"Colby, that's enough." Daphne said, trying to move Colby into the living room, but he was not moving at all. She felt like this discussion was going to get way too intense and personal in a matter of seconds. She knew about Colby's dislike for Phil, but she did not know that it was this intense and that Colby thought those things about Phil.
"What are you talking about Colby?" Phil thought that Colby was a little off about what he was saying about him, "I have no intentions of taking Daphne away from you. I have a wife that I love to death and she is my little angel, but I can fully understand that you're with Daphne and that you are jealous because the guy that she loved before you could take her away from you again. I can totally understand that." he tried to calm Colby down, but the way that Phil stated those things had a hint of sarcasm that wanted to make Colby punch Phil.
Colby clutched his fist, trying to fight the urge to punch Phil across the face and knock him out cold, "I'm not jealous of you, Phil. Not even by a little bit. In the end of the day, I have Daphne as my girlfriend. You have April as a wife. Let's just leave it as it is." he said, trying to make peace between Phil and himself, but all Phil wanted to do was punch Colby across the face.
"Come on, Phil," Jon stood up from his chair with Renee, trying to take the straight-edge man outside, so they would be able to consult to him. Most importantly, if he had to unleash his anger it would be on Jon and not at Colby. Let's just say that Jon was going to take one for the team. Phil glared at Colby and then gave a sincere look to Daphne, who nodded, insisting that he go outside with Jon and Renee as he did that.
Colby wrapped his arms around Daphne and gave her a kiss on the head as they watched Phil walk away with the Lunatic Fringe and his girlfriend. Daphne knew where her heart lied. She did not even need to tell Colby because it seemed pretty clear who her heart wanted. It was in the arms of a man that she felt like she did not need to hide anything wrong. He wrapped his arm around her waist as he sat down; she sat down next to him as she tried to resume the conversation and possibly answer the question:
Does she renew her contract or not?
Will Daphne renew her contact? I think the answer should be obvious if she stays after Hell in a Cell or not. What about the confrontation with Colby and Phil? Is this the first of many or not? Do you think that Daphne will win the title or will something get in her way? If you like this chapter, give it a thumbs up...or wait, that's Youtube! lol Please favorite, follow and review you thoughts, reactions, opinions. :)