Don't Doubt Me

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Off Camera

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We open in the uptown Charlotte area outside of Barrington’s restaurant.  People are coming and going but one couple that is heading down the sidewalk towards the front doors is a couple that is quickly become known in certain parts of the wrestling world and is already famous in Charlotte; North Carolina natives Aubrianna Powers, a wrestler by trade, and her boyfriend Dexter Russell, a journalist.  Dexter is wearing a nice button up silk shirt, Duke royal blue blazer, and matching blue pants.  Powers is dressed in a black sheath dress that certainly catches the eye with its seductive lace.  A wide neckline gently clings to her shoulders.  Her feet are encased in strappy high heeled shoes.

Dexter takes her by the hand and the couple makes their way forward and towards the door.  They push the door open and step inside.  The walls are gray and the floors are a cream color.  There are a mixture of tables and booths but mostly tables and the tablecloths are a cream color that matches the floors.  The entire restaurant looks extravagant.  Immediately upon entering the restaurant, Aubrianna and Dexter are met by a greeter, a female dressed mostly in black and with a pleasant grin on her face.

“Welcome to Barrington’s!” She says, beaming. “Party of two?”

“Correct,” Dexter nods his head, “we have reservations.  The name is Russell.”

“Oh yeah, Dexter and Aubrianna!  That’s right!” The young lady picks up two menus and motions for the young couple to follow her. “This way, please, we already have your table set up and everything.”

Aubrianna and Dexter follow the young female greeter as she leads them deeper into the restaurant.  Eventually they come to a table near the center of the room.  It is a two seater, one for Dexter and one for Aubrianna.  The greeter places the menus down but it is Dexter who continues playing the role of gentleman, pulling out the chair for Aubrianna to sit down before he sits down himself.

“Your server will be here shortly.”

The greeter turns and walks away.  Dexter smiles warmly at Aubrianna.

“Well here we are, but don’t you think it’s a bit much for a date, Aubrey?  If it was our anniversary that’d be one thing, but isn’t that September?”

“September is our anniversary of getting back together, but it was around this time last year that I finally got up the courage to answer your calls and e-mails and I finally agreed to meet you and talk.  This is more special to me than just an anniversary.”

“How come?” Dexter asks curiously.

“Do you have to ask?”

“Sorry, it’s the journalist coming out in me, babe.”

“Fine,” she rolls her eyes “if you must know, I felt terribly guilty about our break up years ago.  I thought I was doing right by you but I was wrong.  This time last year, I managed to correct that mistake.”

“Well then, I guess this is a good reason to celebrate.” Dexter says with a wink. 

As Aubrianna is about to speak, another woman, also dressed in black as the greeter was, approaches the table.

“Welcome to Barrington’s!” She says, sounding equally as pleasant as the greeter. “May I get you something to drink as you look over the menu?”

Dexter looks over at Aubrianna. “What do you suggest?”

“A bottle of Chardonnay.”

Dexter chuckles. “Excellent…Chardonnay it is then…”

The waitress nods. “I shall bring it right away.”

The waitress walks off to fill the order.  Dexter turns back to face Aubrianna.

“Chardonnay, Aubrey?  Seriously?”

“Why not?  I think we deserve it.”

“Well, maybe you’re right.  I mean, I have my job as a journalist back, working for Global Championship Wrestling, and I get to do it alongside the most beautiful woman in North Carolina.”

“Of course you…hey wait, just North Carolina?”

“In the world, babe.” He winks. “You know I like to tease you.”

“You better be teasing.” She snickers. “You know I’ve had my own bit of success lately.  I’m competing for GCW and the HKW Underground.  And I recently won the GCW International Championship.  So you’re right, we both deserve to celebrate.”

“Yeah, speaking of that…are you sure you did the right thing?”

“What do you mean?”

“I think you know what I mean, Aubrey.  You didn’t exactly do Timothy Myers right in how you won the International Championship from him.”

“Oh please, Dex!” She rolls her eyes. “Don’t bring that up.”

“I know you don’t like talking about it but it wasn’t exactly the most honorable way of winning a championship.”

“No but it was perfectly legal.” She retorts. “Besides, I don’t go around judging you for the job that you do in GCW.  I mean, I don’t like how you mock and ridicule my BFF Chantelle Chambers’ uh…friend…”

“You mean her personal interviewer?”

“…her FRIEND Janice King.  Granted, I’ll admit that it’s funny as hell, but I still don’t like it.”

Dexter nods his head, chuckling. “Yes, I am kind of mean, but she put herself in that situation.”

“Point is, you are a journalist and I let you have your fun at Janice King and, well, everyone else’s expense.  So don’t criticize me when I pull the wool over that idiot Tim Myers’s eyes and take his championship.”

The waitress returns with two wine glasses and a bottle of Chardonnay.  She pours both glasses full for Aubrianna and Dexter.  Dexter then picks up his glass and holds it up for a toast.

“To us…”

Aubrianna nods and clinks glasses with him “…to us…”

They take a sip of the wine and then set their glasses back down.

“You’re right, babe, it’s just really difficult at times separating business from pleasure when you are my girlfriend.  I really do care about you, you know?  I don’t want you to get hurt.”

“I won’t get hurt, babe.  I can hold my own.”

“Oh I know what you’re capable of.  I know you’re a worthy and deserving champion, but the way you went about winning it, well, you know it pissed Myers off and you know he won’t stop until he’s gained a measure of revenge.”

Powers grins knowingly. “Is that so?  He wants revenge; well my grandmother told me that you can want in one hand and shit in the other and see which one gets filled up first.”

“That’s somewhat disgusting.” Dexter remarks with a frown.

“Yeah, well my point is that he can want revenge but he isn’t going to get it.  I plan to go bell to bell with his stupid ass at For Glory & Gold in the Iron Man Match and when it’s all said and done he’ll be forced to respect me and what I can do in that ring.”

“That’s all well and good, and maybe you can earn his respect, but that’s not the only thing that worries me.  Lasiewicz…”

Aubrianna Powers laughs ever so slightly upon hearing that name.  It’s the name that belongs to someone she’s fought twice in GCW; Jessica Lasiewicz.  Both times Aubrianna won but under controversial circumstances.  It never stopped the beautiful blonde from taking victory laps over and over again every chance she got.

“Oh yeah, little Jessie. She seemed upset with me the other day.  I wonder if she’s still irked with me because I kicked her little ass from pillar to post?”

“Aubrey, I wouldn’t poke that bear any longer if I were you.”

“What do you mean by that?  I beat her twice I could easily beat her again.”

“Yes but you’re in Underground now.  You’re closer to other members of her family…her aunt, her father…both of whom are very dangerous competitors…”

“Barrabas whipped his Silver Eagled ass, last I recall.”

“He did,” Dexter nods his head “and right now you’re not on his radar screen, but if you keep poking that bear he might become interested in you and I ask you this, Aubrey; do you really think that Barrabas wil protect you from Jessica’s father if he decided to take it upon himself to shut you up?”

“Shut me up?”

Dexter sighs and shakes his head. “I didn’t mean it to come out like that, Aubrey.  I’m just trying to say that you do have a mouth on you, and it’s writing a lot of checks.  I want to know that you‘re prepared to face the potential consequences if they come.  That’s all.”

He reaches across the table and grabs her hands, squeezing them tightly.

“Aubrey Powers, I see myself spending the rest of my life with you.”

“Whoa, Dex,” Aubrey shakes her head “you’re not about to propose or some shit like that?”

“No,” he chuckles “we only got back together a little under a year ago, but I look at you and I see the love of my life.  Forgive me for worrying about you.”

“That’s why I love you too, Dex.  And you don’t have to worry about me.  I know what I’m doing.”

Hi there, losers.  Your GCW International Champion, the MVP of Monarchy, the MVP of the Underground, Simply the Best, The Sexiest of them All, The Most Valuable Powers herself Aubrianna Powers is here to bless you nimrods with some wisdom.  So sit down, shut up, put those video game controllers and that bag of dorritos down, you fat ass slobs, and listen to your goddess!

First of all, before I get onto the topic at hand, I want to mention SCW Presents Rise To Greatness.  This should really be Trinity Street Presents Rise To Greatness because we all know that this show should be centered around her return to the house that Trinity Street built!  This is a celebration of her return to the ring!  So Trinity Street, go out to that ring, and rip that damn dinosaur’s head off and use it as a paperweight!

People have questioned my judgment for as long as I’ve been alive.  My parents questioned my decision to date Dexter Russell, and even he admits he was a bit of a wiry little nerd once upon a time but look at him now.  He’s buff, he’s muscular, and he’s the best damn journalist in this business today.  Definitely worthy of being Senior Journalist for GCW if any of those losers are paying attention.

Sorry, Chantelle, but I gotta look out for my boo rather than your BFF Janice King.  Hope you understand, girl.  All Eyes are still on You!

My parents questioned my decision to learn under the guidance of my brothers Steve and Derek Powers.  My parents didn’t want me to get into wrestling.  Well I did anyway, I made my debut April of last year and in that time I became MCW World Tag Team Champion and GCW International Champion.  I even earned a shot at Underground’s Tapout Championship and I should have won that title had Edwards not cheated!

The investigation into how he cheated is still under way, folks.  As soon as I figure it out I’ll send the proper documentation to the wonder Mr. Barrabas and I’m sure he’ll rectify the situation immediately.

People questioned my decision in using the favor I earned from GCW Livewire General Manager Francis Taylor to cash in on a GCW International Championship Match against Timothy Myers immediately after he had fought a grueling match against Isabella Harker.  Well for starters, what I did was perfectly legal, bitches, so quit your whining.  Second, I am not afraid of Timothy Myers.  If I was afraid of Myers, would I have challenged him to an Iron Man Match at For Glory & Gold with my title on the line?

No; you see, I enjoy proving you idiots wrong.  I enjoy proving that you were wrong to question me and to doubt me and I prove it each and every time I set foot inside that ring.  I already beat Crystal Swift and Tyson Kenneth O’Reilly to retain my championship. I am going to retain my championship again by kicking Alan Monroe’s rejected ass at GCW Livewire presents Purgatory.  Do you think I’m worried about going bell to bell with Timmy Myers at For Glory & Gold?  And Brittany Kayl wants to mock me?  Go ahead, mock me.  Act tough.  Bring your ass to the ring anytime you want and I’ll whip your ass and retain MY championship, because that’s just what I do.

Just like in GCW, in Underground I am proving to be The MVP that I said I was.  I beat Diedrick Van Dael and I beat Lis Myers.  And I will keep winning until I am THE dominant force in that organization as well.

Funny, I have a thing for pissing off people named Myers…

To sum it all, losers, don’t doubt me.  Don’t question me.  When I tell you that I’m going to do something you can take it to the damn bank.