Quitters
The road to recovery is not easy, but it is not impossible to accomplish...
Daphne Consuelos was more invested in getting better after her talk with Steve Austin. There was something in her mind that could not wait for her appointment on Thursday because she felt like she was not going to need it for any longer, but she was going to continue doing the appointments because they have helped her in some way, after she was done with them. She woke up early in the morning from the guest bedroom that belonged to her friend/personal asshole, Jonathan Good, who was alright with her having the room for a little while and figured that he would go down to the bar and visit a few mutual friends that he and his girlfriend, Renee Paquette have. She was ready to talk about everything now because the sensitive topics that she had avoided talking for the past several years, were part of the cause for her horrible attitude and it might not be easy as it is talking about, but she hoped that she was able to get a push in the right direction.
"Now, Daphne—you have stated that you have had issues with Nattie Neidhart, your mother, April and Phil Brooks, Vince McMahon, Hunter Levesque, Kevin Dunn, your cousin and…" Jamie, her psychiatrist looked at her clipboard to see if she got the last name right, but she had many questions about this last person, "Jonathan Good, who is also the person you are rooming with?" she raised a brow as Daphne knew that Jamie would get confused, wondering why she decided to add Jon's name to the list of people that she has had issues with. In Daphne's defense, she wanted to take care even the littlest issues that could have been giving her a bad time.
"Yeah," Daphne said, not sure if she should have added Jon's name into the list, "It's a long story with Jon." she said as she bit her lip, but Jamie took off her librarian glasses and looked at Daphne, like she wanted to hear the story.
"Don't worry, we got all day." Jamie said with a tiny smile on her face.
"Well, Jon and I go back from the independent circuit. He was in Dragon Gate for a little period of time and that was where I met him for the first time. I was complimenting one of his matches and he thought that I was one of the ring rats and not one of the pretty ones, which I was a little hurt about, so I smashed his head with a beer bottle and left him lying on the floor. He's hated me ever since and he finds it a joy to piss me off, which is why he never seems to leave me alone. Sometimes, I question if I mean anything to him at all. I act the same way to him, but I feel like we respect each other, but that is never shown." Daphne explained as she wanted to know, why Jon liked to anger her so much. Why does he find so much joy in trying to piss her off?
"I feel like the two of you give each other a little challenge," Jamie explained, "I have had similar stories to yours before and some guys are easily amused, when a girl gets angry or upset about silly things. Jon likes to see you get angry because he wants a reaction out of you. When he called you a ring rat, he wanted you to laugh at his comment and not hit him with a beer bottle. He saw that you needed to be approached in a different way, so that is why he is mean to you. He thinks the only way you respond is by blunt and rudeness because that is his way by letting you know that the two of you have a friendship that is never going away. The two of you created your little language—which is talking like jerks to one another."
Daphne thought about her reasoning for a little bit. In some way, it did make sense to her and she never thought to think about it that way, "Jon is an asshole to me because that's the only way he knows how to interact with me. Don't get me wrong, Jamie, but we have had our moments, where we were nice with each other. I mean, he's letting me bunk with him for the time being and I am so thankful for that. I just wish he knew, how much I was thankful for that."
"How about just tell him thank you?" Jamie suggested, "He does not seem like the type of guy that wants anything extravagant. So, why not just be forward and tell him?"
"I'll thank Jon and he'll think that I am being a bitch about it," she looked bummed as she slid down her grey chair, before an idea popped up in her head, "Hey! Why don't I take him to NXT R Evolution? I mean, we are both NXT alumnus and it will give me time to talk to the NXT Womens Division! You know what? I'll try to invite him to that!" Daphne beamed as Jamie smiled.
"Just try to reach out to him, but let's move on to Nattie. What has caused your strain to your relationship with her?" Jamie asked as Daphne knew that they were getting into the personal stuff with her former friend, Nattie, who she considered a mentor and friend. She was the same person that stabbed her in the back after Daphne's career began to sky rocket.
Daphne looked down, before looking at her psychiatrist, "Nattie hurt me. She was one of my best friends in the WWE and when she betrayed me, I was shocked, confused and alone. I did not know how to respond to any of the things that she has done. It seems like she made it her life mission to ruin any great opportunity I get. I felt like I could not trust anyone, after she turned her back on me. I felt abandoned and alone. I hate feeling like that." she was speechless and she did not feel like responding at all; what Nattie did to her, tore her apart and she vowed that she would never trust someone again.
"Would you say what happened with Nattie has played a role with your other relationships? You said earlier in the session that you hate it when people leave you, do you think that you hate people leaving you because of what happened with Nattie? You said earlier in the session that you hate being apart from your friends. I think that being away from friends or love one makes you re-experience the feelings of being betrayed by Nattie. What you need to know that what Nattie did is not what your friends have done, whenever they need to be off the road for a little while. It has to do something about your personal lives and not you at any way, shape or form. They aren't leaving you high and dry because they always come back." Jamie explained as Daphne listened to everything that she said and nodded. She saw things from Jamie's perspective and she knew that Jamie was the professional and that she was supposed to be the student that is taking in all of the brand new information.
"I felt like such a big hypocrite at SummerSlam because I left my own friends high and dry. I did the one thing that I was afraid was going to happen to me. Look, I am not going to sit around this entire session and talk shit about Nattie because she did hurt me in the past and she put this mentality that people are always going to turn their backs on me, but it gives me not reason to be so angry at people that do not deserve to be treated like complete garbage. I left all of my friends high and dry and when I returned, I did not give them an explanation. I pretended like nothing happened at all, but I feel like my bonds are not the same with them anymore. I feel like they're going to leave me high and dry eventually because I have been nothing, but a bitch to them!" Daphne exclaimed, letting Jamie knew what was killing her deep inside. She could not help, but have that paranoid feeling.
"Calm down, Daphne," Jamie said as Daphne did her breathing exercising, trying to slow her heart rate down, "You are determined to change and the process is not going to be easy, but it can be done. If I were you, I would try to make amends with the people that have hurt you in certain ways in the past and work your way up with the difficult people. To inform you: some might not be forgiving, but at least, you can say that you put the effort at trying to repair some of your relationships. If I were you, I would start with Jon and Nattie, then April and Phil, after your cousin and mother and then…"
"Please don't tell me…" Daphne said, not wanting to complete the sentence.
"Then, have a conversation with Isaac…" Jamie said as Daphne groaned.
Monday Night RAW
One Week Until TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs
Greenville, South Carolina
Daphne Anne screamed as Emma had the Dil-Emma applied to the Divas Champion. This was a tough position to be in because there was no way out of the hold. The referee counted until four until Emma released Daphne as she exited out of the ring, where Brie and Nikki Bella, who was holding Daphne's Divas Championship, went and confronted her.
"Come on, Daphne!" Brie encouraged Daphne and she placed her hands on her shoulders, "You have this!" the referee began to count as Daphne nodded at what Brie said. Before the count to three, she entered the ring as Emma connected with an elbow to Daphne's face and then whipped her to one of the corners. Emma ran to the corner, but Daphne moved out of the way and connected with a victory roll, but Emma was able to kick out of it. Daphne stretched her arms, while kneeing Emma on her back as she began to cry out in pain.
"Let's go, Emma! Let's go, Daphne!" the WWE Universe was divided and it was a shock because Daphne had shown heel tactics in part of the match like using Nikki as a distraction or having Brie raised her title up in the air. Daphne let go of Emma and bounced off the rope and connected with a mini-dropkick behind her back, before going for another cover, but Emma kicked out. Daphne connected with a headlock as soon as Emma began to get up, hoping that she can slow down the Aussie's momentum, so that she would gain an opportunity to win the match.
"You got no chance, Emma! You will never be championship material!" Daphne yelled as she was able to wear down Emma, before delivering a harsh kick to her face. Daphne went for another cover, this time pressing Emma's face against the matt, but Emma was able to kick out again. Daphne grabbed Emma and connected with a northern lights suplex, before rolling herself on top of Emma and delivering a series of punches around her. The referee thought that Daphne was giving Emma a lot of punishment, so he decided to back her away.
With that distraction, Brie and Nikki each gave a cheap shot to Emma, before placing Emma between the first and third rope and stepping back to their respected side of the ring. Daphne noticed that she was in perfect position to apply on her of signature moves as she used her hands and began to pull Emma's mouth apart, while kneeing her on her back. The referee counted to five as Daphne released the hold and kicked Emma on her back. Daphne went for another cover as Emma was able to kick out at two again. She picked up Emma by the hair, but Emma was beginning to fight back by elbowing Daphne in the ribs and with Daphne's left hand, flipped her over her head as she connected with a few dropkicks, before Daphne landed in one of the corners. The WWE Universe began cheering loudly as Emma connected with the Emma-mite Sandwich on Daphne.
Emma pulled Daphne and took her to the top rope, where she had intentions of ending Daphne once and for all. She wanted to connect with a superplex. Emma was setting up Daphne for the move, before Brie and Nikki came on both sides of the corner, trying to knock her off, but Emma was able to grab Brie and throw her off the apron. Emma used Daphne's body to knock off Nikki from out of the ring as she knew that Daphne was out of the ring and the referee was beginning to count. Daphne was getting up around the count of three and on the count to six, she was able to get back to the ring. Emma and Daphne began exchanging punches to one another. When Emma threw one, there was cheers and when Daphne threw a punch, there was a mixed reactions, but mostly boos.
After Emma threw her last punch, Daphne delivered a harsh kick to Emma, who fell back first. Daphne now grabbed Emma's legs with the intentions of locking in the Bitch Lock and feeling happy that this match was going to be over, but Emma, who saw the opportunity, when Daphne was bent down connected with a quick roll up to win the match.
"#Emmalution" played throughout the arena as Emma raced out of the ring, before an angry Daphne and Bellas could be poor sports and take out their frustrations out of her. Daphne and The Bellas argued in the ring that Daphne kicked out before the referee counted three, but everyone could tell that they were being sore losers about her loss.
"And the winner of this match, Emma!" Eden exclaimed as Daphne screamed in anger, while grasping on to her Divas Championship, knowing that Emma could potentially be next on line for a shot at her Divas Championship.
So Emma is going to be the next Diva to get a shot at Daphne's title. Will Emma win the title or will Daphne find a way to retain? Also, what do you think about Jamie suggesting that Daphne make amends with people that have hurt her or she has hated? Will Daphne even consider making amends with someone like Isaac? Thank you for reading and please: favorite, follow and review! :)
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