Josephine had finally made it back to her home state. She was still miles away from home, but Panama City was a beautiful place to stop. The beaches with all the white sand, so much prettier than the beach at home. Maybe she would stay here for a few days, she thought, as she dug her feet in the sand.
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Keith stared at the woman as she sat on the beach. he hated when there were trespassers on private property. He once shot a dog that came into the yard, just because it peed on his tired. He took a sip of his beer, and decided to go tell the woman to be on her way.
The roar of the waves drowned out his first yell to her. The wind whipped through his hair, and made the woman's hair go into tangles. He stood in front of her, with his hands on his hips, blocking her view of the rough Gulf. She was beautiful, he thought. For a moment, he was lost for words.
"Hi." Josephine says, as she stares back at the man that was blocking her view. For some reason, he was vaguely familiar to her. She pulled her hair back into a pony tail, to get it out of her face. Where did she know him from, she thought?
"Did you know you are on private property?" Keith asked her. "Are you lost?" He asks, as he sits next to her.
"No, I'm on my way home. This seemed like a nice place to stop. I'll move on if you want me to. " Josephine said, as she started to stand.
"No, wait. It's OK." Keith said, as he held her hand to keep her sitting. He hadn't seen a woman this beautiful in a long time, and he sure wasn't about to let her get away so fast. "You are beautiful."
"What?" Josephine asks, as she looks at him instead of the waves.
"The water is beautiful." Keith says, realizing he had talked outloud. "What is your name, if you don't mind me asking."
"Josephine." She replies.
"Keith." He says, introducing himself.
Keith, she thinks. The name was familiar too, she thought. Did she read about him in the paper, she wondered?
"I'm on my way home to Tampa, but this place was so beautiful I had to stop." Josephine says as she snaps a picture of the sunset.
"Tampa? Well, if you are interested, you could stay with me a few days. I'm heading there myself. I have business to take care of down there." Keith says, not believing the nice words coming out of his mouth. He must really like this chick, he thought.
Josephine thinks it over for a few minutes. She hardly had any money to her name, and he seemed like a nice guy. "Thanks." She says, as she takes a picture of him with her camera.
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Where is Jeff, Beth wondered? She was supposed to be waiting for him after the show, but he was no where in site. She sat and watched the ring and the stage be taken apart. She hated not being able to be with Jeff as much as she wanted to be. She no longer wanted to be taking the classes at school. They were just in her way. She also hated all the rumors she was hearing on the Internet. Whoever heard of Ring Rats, she thought.
"HEY." Lily yelled to her. She walked up with camera attached to her.
"Have you seen Jeff?" Beth asked.
"I think I saw him talking to Chuck a few minutes ago. Check out these pictures, I should have used this kind of camera a long time ago." Lily says of her digital camera.
Jeff runs up behind Beth, and puts his hands on her eyes. "Hello, hello." He says, and kisses her cheek. "Sorry I am late, Chuck and I were discussing some moves he was going to try out." Jeff said, as he put an arm around Beth's waist.
"JEEEEEFFFF!!" A blond haired woman yells up to the three of them. She spots them, and starts to walk towards them.
"Jeff?" Beth asks Jeff. "Who is she?"
"Nobody." Jeff replies.
"Are you going to use my room key?" The woman says and giggles.
Beth and Lily look at Jeff. Jeff smiles at the woman and shakes his head no.
"I gave it to Bradshaw." He replies. "Oh you devil. I can atleast say I tried." She says. "Can I atleast get a kiss?"
"No!" Beth replies.
"Uh oh." Lily says, as she watches Beth and the ring rat.
"Oh, I want you to meet my girlfriend." Jeff says, as he tries hard not to laugh.
Beth smiles at the Ring Rat, and the girl turns and walks away quickly. Beth turns to Jeff as the woman walks away. She wanted answers, and she wanted them now. "Who was she?" Beth asked, as she thought about the rumors. What if they were true?! "The Ring Rats even show up at a house show?? Don't they have anything better to do?"
"Sally. Nobody really. She goes to every show. I've never given into her, not even before us. So don't worry. I've never given in to any of the Ring Rats." He says with a laugh. "And I never will."
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Michelle sat on a wall in the sun tanning, waiting for all the wrestlers to enter the building. A few fans had gathered in hopes of meeting a few of their favorite wrestlers. Dallas in November was still quite warm, and she was grateful for that.
"Has anyone shown up yet?" A young girl asks her.
"Just JR and Lawler." Michelle responds. "More should be coming soon." She said, as she pulled out her camera.
A few minutes later a car goes by with Stephen Richards and Crash in it. Crash waves at Michelle as they ride by. Crash could always bring out a smile from her, she thought.
Behind them, a green Mustang pulls up. Michelle turns her attention from Crash to Chris. Chris smiles and waves at her. She smiled at him as he drove away.
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Chris parks his car, and had decided to go find Michelle, when he is called over to the arena by Steven Richards. He had wanted to see how she was. The last time he had seen her, she was past out on Rachel's floor. He really missed talking to her too. It seemed when her and Kurt were together, Kurt kept her away from him. He always thought that that was odd.
Chris walked back outside, hoping to find Michelle still standing on the wall. Instead of her there, Jeff and Bradshaw were making the fans happy.
"Have you guys seen Michelle?" Chris asks the two men.
"She took off with Amy." Jeff says, as he takes a picture with a fan.
"Damn." Chris says, and walks back into the building. He pulled out his cell phone with intentions of calling her cell, but instead calls Tommy.
"What's up Chris?" Tommy says, happy to hear from Chris.
"I was thinking about visiting soon. I might have a small group coming, if that is OK. Do you have enough room?" Chris asks.
"I have all the room you need." Tommy replies. "Look, I gotta run. I have a cow convention I have to get to." Tommy says with a chuckle.
Chris laughs, and hangs up. He really needed to talk to Michelle. Maybe she would like to visit their place, he thought.
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Amy and Michelle rode in silence in Amy's rental car. The top pulled down, and the wind blowing through their hair, it was if they had no worries whatsoever.
"Kurt went back to his wife??" Amy asked, still finding it hard to believe.
"Yeah, it was so sudden too. One day we were fine, and then BOOM. Sorry babe, My wife and I want to try and work things out. Funny thing is, I thought he was divorced the whole time. I was too shocked to fight. What would be the point anyway?" Michelle laughed.
"Chris is pissed." Amy says to Michelle.
"Really? I saw him earlier, but all he did was wave. I haven't talked to him in a while. I think Kurt was afraid of him." Michelle said laughing. "Penis envy I suppose."
"Penis envy? Never would have thought it." Amy says laughing. "Men! I know Matt likes two women. Me and Lily. Lily isn't his type though. She's turned into a real bitch lately. She definitely doesn't like me anymore, I guess she figures me competition." Amy says, as the two women start to hear a car honking behind them.
driver passes, and they see Chuck, Scotty and Albert. They turn their turn signal on and Albert points for them to follow.
rlies." Albert says, as he puts an arm around the two ladies. "Michelle, I am sorry to hear about you and Kurt. It opens new windows though."
ybe a break from relationships." Michelle says laughing. "That's the only window I am looking through right now."
where's Matt?" Chuck asks.
"Find Lily, find Matt." Amy says, as she carries food to a table.
"Lily??" Albert asks.
"Lily doesn't seem Matt's type." Chuck says, as he sits across from Michelle.
"What, does she seem more your type?" Scotty asks, as he takes a bite of a greasy burger.
Chuck smiles at the thought. He had grown fond of her, from a far. "That's a thought, my type most definitely." He says, as Michelle gets an idea.
"Chuck and Lily, that sounds good to me too." Michelle says, as she looks at Amy.
"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" Amy asks, with her eyes lighting up.
"Chuck, I think I have a plan." Michelle says laughing.
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Lily walked into the arena searching for Matt. She was finally going to show him the poem that she had found. Then maybe he would make up his mind who he really wanted. She was tired of seeing him with Amy. Amy was just another obstacle she was willing to overcome.
"Hi Lily." Matt says with a smile, as he sees her walking up. He puts an arm around her shoulders as she starts to talk to him.
"I have something for you." She takes out the poem and hands it to him. "This comes straight from my heart." She says with a smile.
Jeff walks up behind him and stares over Matt's shoulder at the poem.
"Don't read it now!!" Lily says, as she folds down the paper, and looks back at Jeff. " I have to go, I'm going to be late....for something." She says, and runs off.
Matt puts the poem in his pocket for later, guessing she didn't want Jeff to read it. But curiosity took hold of him, and he took it back out. "She wrote a poem for me. I wonder if she would care if you read it too?" Matt says, as he and Jeff read the poem together.
"Nice poem." Matt says, as she finishes reading it.
"Mind if I borrow this?" Jeff asks, remembering Amy reciting almost the same poem not long before.
Matt hands him the poem, without any questions asked. Maybe he was going to write it in his poetry book, he thought. It was that good of a poem. He had to go find Lily. He was finally ready to make a decision between her and Amy.