Chapter 20: Abandoned

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Chapter 20: Abandoned

Teusday [why couldn’t I spell this word?] came and went. Chris was halfway around the world, and Angel was lonely. First Bobby, then Madusa, now Chris. And if things weren’t bad enough, her other friends, Sting, 2 Cold Scorpio, Ricky Steamboat, and even Dustin seemed to be avoiding her. She would greet Sting in the hall and receive no more than a nod. Her conversations with Ricky were brisk and abrupt, and Scorpio simply ignored her. [anyone here blame them? anyone?]

She did not want to mention any of this to Chris for fear of bringing him down. He was having a great time in Japan, and she wouldn’t want to spoil it for the world.

There was a pretty big card tonight. Sting versus Sid Vicious, Dustin Rhodes versus Rick Rude, and numerous others.

In Sting’s match, he sustained a broken finger. She gave him a splint and wrapped it painstakingly. He muttered a thanks and left quickly.

Through the rest of the night wrestlers who were supposedly her friends continued to avoid her and even give her nasty looks at times.

She was very upset by now. All of her friends were either gone or mad at her for some unknown reason. She couldn’t think of why any of them – much less all of them –could be angry at her. She needed someone to talk to – the only problem was that there was noone she could talk to.

The card ended, and Angel was still clueless as to why the world had it in for her. Figuring she still might have a friend in Dustin, she knocked on his dressing room door.

He opened his door and his expressioned [sic] darkened when he saw her.

“Angel, I’m busy, come back later, OK?”

“Please, Dustin, I need to talk to you.” Tears were close.

He made no reply, only looked away.

“Why is everyone doing this to me?” she cried. Tears slid down her cheeks and she turned away from him. “Why won’t anyone talk to me?” she proceeded to leave but Dustin grabbed her shoulder.

“You really don’t know, do you?”

She shook her head.

“Angel, Marcus told us why you two broke up.”

“What do you mean? You already know how we broke up.” She was confused.

Dustin paused to think.

“What did Marcus tell you?”

“He said that … Oh, Angel, I’m so sorry for believing him.”

“What did he say?” her voice was less kind now, Anger boiled insider of her. She didn’t think she’d ever felt more hate in her life for anyone than she did right now for Marcus [wow].

“Marcus told us that you had broken up with him because you were tired of him and wanted Chris.” [seriously? That was it? Seriously?!?]

“Angel had a feeling that Dustin was softening Marcus’ words.

“Please forgive me, Angel. I never should have believed that you would do something like that. [like what???] Angel, Angel. You Okay?”

“I’m just fine.” She said through clenched teeth. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply. “I’m not angry with you, Dustin.” She said noticing Dustin’s look of worry. He eased at her words. “It’s that … that … poor excuse for a human being, Marcus.” [ouch!]

“Calm down, Angel.”

“Calm down!!?!! CALM DOWN! You expect me to calm down after the hell that jerk has put me through?” [Angel said the H word! She must be mad!]

“What’re you doing to do about Marcus?”

“Nothing.”

“What!?!”

“Once Marcus sees that all of my friends and I are together, he’ll know that his plan failed, and anyway, revenge is useless.”

Dustin shook his head. “You’re an incredible lady, Angelica Kerris.” [gak]

Angel smiled faintly. “Thanks, Dustin. But I’ve still got a problem.”

“What?”

“You’re my only friend left in this world.” [overdramatize much?]

“Don’t worry. I’ll fix that. I’ll broadcast your innocence over the radio if I have to.”

In a few hours, Dustin reclaimed all of Angel’s friends for her. She wanted to repay him in some way, but he insisted that she could just call it even for all of the times she had helped him.

NOTES:

1) Oh wow. Wow wow wow wowwity wow wow. WOW.

2) Sid Vicious! Before he was Sid Justice and Sycho Sid. Good times. I remember reading that in his WM 13 match against the Undertaker he crapped his pants. I googled it and found this website. Sooo awesome: http://sidcrapspants.ytmnd.com/

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