Complicated disarray
Can't escape the silence that's between us
I hear it in your voice
Left without a choice
A distant light, a falling star
Far from where you are
TrustTrust. It is something that in most cases is hard to earn, easy to lose, and then even harder to get back. If you are close to someone, and I mean the kind of closeness where you feel like you cannot live without them. Where you feel like they are your other half, a best friend, a sibling you happen to identify with, a partner in life.
Having them by your side and knowing that they have your back, that is one of the best feelings in the world.
But, what happens when that person betrays you? What happens when the person who has your back is only there to find a soft spot to stick the knife in and twist? How many times can something like that happened to you before you close yourself off and just stop trying?
Kayla had gone through it so many times, her own father, someone who should have protected her, loved her, helped her prepare for the future, he betrayed her. He betrayed her and her older sister and older brother.
It didn’t stop there, it never stops there.
Friends, partners, business associates. All of them at one time or another betrayed Kayla’s trust, they broke her down and made her numb. Time after time, relationship after relationship, people who she let in slammed the door in her face. All of it, every single one of the decisions that she made, and the people she let in were influenced by her father.
Daddy issues, how cliche right?
But that is where she found herself, a deep-seated emotional response. From a young age, Kayla realized that to survive in life she needed to close herself off. But even then the human reaction to try and get closer to other people and form those kinds of bonds let her down a path to get hurt again.
Throughout her teenage years she used to people. She used her looks, she used her sensual nature to get what she needed and wanted before slamming the door in people‘s faces before they could do it to her.
But then, and unexpected turn. Someone that she never thought she could trust came into her life. But, did she really trust him? Would she ever be able to completely let anyone inside? To let them see everything that was there?
Letting someone see your greatest fears, your insecurities, any paranoia that you might have or thought process that is considered to be extreme or different, that is hard for a regular person. But what about someone who does not trust? What about someone who closed off everything and put up a barrier after barrier?
How could anyone ever really love them?
Sometimes, you find someone who is too stubborn to simply walk away when pushed.
Chapter 18: Building a Bond.
The hot water hit her skin. She took a deep breath letting it all wash over her. Her long black hair sticking to her body as she ran her fingers along her arms and found her body. The scent of her honey and Armond body wash coming over her as it relaxed every muscle. She felt good. She felt at ease. As if all the stress that she had felt over the last few weeks had finally left her body. And it allowed her to finally breathe.
The steam clouded the screen of her shower, she turned around and stretched letting the hot water hit her back.
An amazing feeling. One that I think most people can relate to. Her mind started drifting towards her career, she had been away from professional wrestling for too long. New generation wrestling had closed, the relationship had fallen apart, and she had been forced to reconnect with her brother who had abandoned her and her sisters when they were all young and vulnerable. Things seemed to go from problem to problem.
But then Kayla met someone. It was someone that she had known for awhile but never really allowed herself to give a second thought to. Billy Danielson.
She needed to find a job. And now with her mind clear and her heart back in it she was going to start looking for a place to play her trade and become the best professional wrestler that she could be. She just needed to find a place, she just needed to know that that place would not screw her over and give her a chance. With a chance Kayla could do almost anything she put her mind to. She had the dedication, she had to drive, and she had the talent.
She stretched again, turning around to reach out and turn the hot water off.
As she stepped out of the shower she felt the cool air hit her body. Quickly drying herself off she threw a black silk robe around her body and moved out of her bathroom, moving through her bedroom she suddenly stopped. He was still there. Kayla tilted her head as Billy offered her a smirk, The same boyish smirk that he had given her when she opened the door the first time. The last few weeks they had seen each other, spending more time together and doing more than just the usual physical things. A meal here, a movie there, and even a little bit of talking.
This was new. Staying after sex was just strange. Normally he would leave, gather his things and walk out of her apartment. By the time she finished showering, he would be long gone and Kayla was fine with that.
What changed?
He moved over to her, reaching out moving his arms around her hips and the small of her back pulling Kayla close into a kiss. She blinked a few times not sure how to react as he stepped back with a smile on his face. “Hungry?” Her jaw dropped she gave a small nod before he turned around making his way to the kitchen.
She looked across her bedroom at the large full-sized mirror in the corner, looking herself up and down making sure her rope was tied tight around herself. Her hair was still wet, sliding down her back and shoulders she shook her head still in shock at what just happened. She moved out and into the kitchen where Billy had already pulled out a frying pan, one that had not even been used…..ever. “Uh, so, why are you still here?”
He offered a shrug, pulling eggs from the fridge and some bacon throwing them on the kitchen bench. Wait, bacon? Kayla didn’t buy bacon. “Figured I’d stick around a bit this time. Didn’t feel right just fuckin and runnin’.” He turned the burner on. Kayla stepped around the center bench, studying him. What did he really want?
“That was the arrangement Billy…” her voice was cold, there was no emotion whatsoever. Her emerald coloured eyes just stared a head as Billy turned back to her. “And when did you buy Bacon?”
He sighed and looked away. He reached over and grab the bacon putting it on the other side, forlorn look on his face. “Alright, I get it. I guess I’ll see you later then?” He grabbed the bacon, his wallet, and his keys moving towards the door. Kayla swallowed hard, her hands moving down to the cold black marble of the kitchen bench. She took a deep breath, unable to believe what she was about to do.
“Wait…..” he stopped, Kayla rolled her eyes and shook her head before turning around leaning her back against the bench. Folding her arms over her chest she tilted her head looking at him. “I mean….you did buy the fucking Bacon…”
Promo: By the numbers, Mason.
“I’m sure you all think its fucking hilarious don’t you?“
It was clear that Kayla is in an amazingly brilliant mood. Her heavily tattooed arms folded over her chest as she pushes her left leg forward, leaning back on her right with her shoulders pushed back and her chest out.
“There I was well on my way to winning my six person elimination match, well on my way to dumping Xaria over the top rope and going on to face Betsy. Then, her music hit, I was temporarily distracted and before I knew what I was on the floor. And when I approached management about this in justice do you know what I got? I got excuses. I got told it was a “production hiccup”. Are you fucking kidding me? A production hick up. I have a question for Charlie Jones and Ophelia Knight.”
“Do I look stupid to you?“
“Do I look gullible? Like someone who will turn around and believe everything that is force-fed to them by a management team that is clearly biased against me? And they are, it’s clear. I was put in that match and they knew from the beginning that I was going to run through every single one of my opponents until I got my hands on that excellence championship and instead of simply allowing nature to take its course, they allowed Betsy fucking Ranger to fuck with me.”
“So, I fucked with her right back.“
Kayla spits her words like venom, her eyes burning with anger as she steps forward.
“I watched as she got to that final, and to be honest with you Damien probably would’ve beaten her anyway. But, I had to make sure that it didn’t happen. Betsy made sure I didn’t get to that final. So I made sure, she didn’t walk away with that championship. I did it and I did it proudly, and I don’t care what anyone else thinks about it.“
“This entire company was going to be built on a lie and a joke. This entire company was going to start off its first show, its first huge event with me stamping my dominance. But she robbed me of that and robbed all of you of that. So I made sure that the night ended showing that dominance.”
“And if Betsy has a problem with that, I’m not hard to find. I’m not the type of person to run and hide. So if she wants to say anything to me, I’ll be at the staples centre.”
“Hell, everyone knows that I’ve been booked in my first one on one match for that show. And by the way, you’re all welcome. You are welcome that after the injustice I suffered on Victory One that I have agreed to stay in this company and make sure that all of you get food put on your fucking table. Because the truth is, after the inept showing from management and the bias against me I could have walked from this company and watch as it failed and fell in a heap.“
She turns her nose up, her top lip curls into an arrogant-looking sneer.
“With that being said I do not expect a thank you from my opponent. William Blake Mason. How are you doing Willie? How is your career going in pro wrestling excellence? See, while I got distracted and jumped out after I was about to show the entire world that I should be the first champion, you showed how inept you are. You were so busy trying to get that idiot Chelsea Skye out of the ring that you didn’t even see Tara coming up right behind you to take you both out.”
“And now you have an even bigger problem. You see William, you happen to be the first opponent that I’m going to face one on one in this company. That itself would be a problem for you. It’s my chance to remind everyone what I can do in that room. It’s the first time some people are going to see me in this kind of match. Every other place that I’ve gone to I have dominated and become a champion. And pro wrestling excellence is going to be no different. That is the kind of uphill battle you’re in.”
“But, with what happened at victory one? You have an even bigger problem on your hands William.“
She felt her arms back over her chest again. Her look shifting from arrogant to angry.
“Aee, now I have to make a statement. Now instead of just trying to win the match, I have to use you to send a message to the rest of the roster and in particular one time travelling pain in my ass. I have to walk down to that ring, I have to lower myself to wrestling in front of the unwashed masses of Los Angeles, and destroy you.”
“With that being said, you need to know that it is not personal. I have nothing personal against you William, because I don’t know enough about you to care. You’ve come into this company you’ve appeared once and done absolutely nothing. There are other people in this company that I have a past with, other people in this company that I have seen and have some respect for. But you are not one of those people.“
“You are a means to an end.“
“A warm body to get in the ring against to show what I can do and why everyone in that locker room needs to be terrified of getting in the ring with me. I’m certainly not big looking and intimidating. I’m not a physical specimen or some kind of beast. But, what I am, is ruthless. I will look for and take any advantage I can get over you with both hands and exploit any rules, any loophole, and I will cheat my way to victory and do it loudly and proudly. And it is on you and everyone else who wants to get in that ring with me to stop me.”
“So please William, tell me how you were gonna beat me, tell me how I’m just not on your level. Explain away how you got tossed on your ass. I’ll be waiting. And when we get in the ring, you’ll be leaving with a second loss.“
Kayla can’t help but smile, a sinister laugh escaping her lips.
