Re: Shawn Cortez and Frank Duffy Present...Breaking Kayfabe - Part 2

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:12 am

Shawn: You say that...then talk to me now, Raquel. Right now. Tell me about you. Everything. Make me believe that the time I spent with you...trying to be your friend...or...something more....

...wasn't wasted.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:24 am

Raquel:"Heh...all those women in your past Shawn...those one night stands and groupies...did you ever once wonder, while you laid there, if they ever wondered about you. If they ever wondered what you thought about when you were just alone to your thoughts. What your favorite smell was, or how the sound of a light rainstorm in spring hitting the window made you feel...That maybe, even for some brief moment, you had a connection with that person that was more then sexual?...
My whole career...hell my whole damn life has been sexual. And empty. The only times I really feel whole...is when I'm with you. You are the one person on this planet that I can truly say I could see myself not having sex with...but actually making love with. Not sex, with no commitment, no promises, no connection...but love. With caring, passion, emotion, connection. I need to be loved. Not lusted."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:31 am

Shawn: But...why me? What did I ever do to earn that...love?

I can't...I could never deny...there was always a connection here with us. Something deep and....meaningful. I...find myself caring for you. I always have. I just....

Shawn laughs a bit to himself...

Shawn: and...just for information purposes...the sound of rain actually makes me think of you. That time in the Pheonix Lounge...when you started crying on my shoulder...

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:34 am

Raquel smiles warmly

Raquel:"I think you answered your own question Shawn."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:36 am

Shawn looks over...deep into her eyes...

Shawn: I need to hear your voice...saying it to me, Raquel...

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:43 am

Raquel:"Shawn...you look at me in a way that most men don't. And, don't take this the wrong way but from what everybody else says about you...that speaks volumes of how you think of me. That you feel the same connection I do. That...that you can and that...maybe...you want to be that shoulder I can cry on."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:49 am

Shawn wants to say something...but it catches in his throat. Finally after a few minutes, he grabs some napkins from his glove compartment. He gently holds Raquel's face and starts to wipe her makeup off...

Shawn: You don't need this.

He takes her hair down...

Shawn: ...or this...

He finishes...and looks at Raquel, complete and natural....the way he's always seen her...

Shawn: You're right. I see you differently. I see you like this. Just like this. It's one thing to dress up for men who don't care...but I'm asking you...to trust me...

...without all the makeup and attitude...you are more lovely then you've ever been. Stop hiding who you are...It's a crime.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:54 am

Raquel closes her eyes, resting her forehead oh his shoulder. Finally she says it.

Raquel:"I'm not the only piece in this equation..am I?"

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:03 am

Shawn sighs and runs his hands through her hair...

Shawn: No. Erin is coming to Chicago to see Ewan...and I asked to speak with her. It's...

Shawn sighs...

Shawn: I thought it was complicated...but it's pretty simple isn't it? It's just...difficult.

Shawn looks down at Raquel...

Shawn: I....I love you, Raquel. I always have...God help me....but I have to talk to her.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:09 am

She looks up at him

Raquel:"She is the mother of your children. You have a certain responsibility there. It is something you need to do. If you need me while you are talking to her, I'll be as close as you want me to be."

she leans up, kissing him tenderly on the cheek, then resting her head back on his shoulder

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:20 am

He looks down at her...and he smiles...

Shawn: Thank you.

More silence...but this is...comfortable...

Shawn: So you...thought about making love to me...eh?

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:25 am

Raquel:"And falling asleep in your arms while we enjoy that glow...and waking up to enjoy another day with you..."
she blushes

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:32 am

Shawn: It's a nice thought to have...I always imagined it while it was raining...just the sound of...

He chuckles...

Shawn: ...nevermind...

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:41 am

Arriving outside the bar, dressed all in black, herself finishing off the last of a cigarette is Erin Edwards. She looks.... tired.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:42 am

she laughs and playfully punches his arm

Raquel:"You remember that scene in 9 1/2 weeks where Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger make love in a stairwell while the rain pours down on them?...Think about it...future reference."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:45 am

Shawn looks outside and sees Erin. He looks to Raquel...

Shawn: She's here. Listen....stay in the car, alright? I need to sort this out by myself.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:48 am

She gives him a kiss on the cheek

Raquel:"Alright, I'm here."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:49 am

Shawn gets out of the car and closes the door. He takes a deep breath and approaches...

Shawn: Hello...Erin.

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:53 am

She turns and looks at him. Ewan was right she does look different. The joy and playfulness that one overflowed from her eyes are gone.

Erin: Shawn.

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:01 am

Erin can see that he's different as well. The...youth...that was there...has grown into maturity...weather he likes it or not...

Shawn: I have a room upstairs...away from everything...set up so we can talk in private.

He shoves his hands in his pockets and walks towards the bar...

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:03 am

Erin follows Shawn inside.

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:10 am

The upstairs area is unfinished but the future beauty is apparent. There is a table with two couches around it that is set up for this meeting. Shawn sits on one, Erin right across from him. Then there is silence...a long...long silence. Finally...

Shawn: I...I don't know where to begin. I want to apologize without it sounding contrived...but....

...Christ, I screwed up with you. I know I did...and I know how your family is when it comes to forgiving things...that really shouldn't be...so...I won't bother asking for it. I just....

...I had to see you.

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:12 am

Erin stares at him unblinkingly.

Erin: Why?

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:19 am

Shawn: Maybe there's still a piece of me that will always belong to you. That statement may piss you off, and if it does...sorry...but it's true. I've never been one to mince words so I won't now. If you want to slap me, never see me again after this...I get it.

Erin...You and I were great together. I screwed it up...because I didn't know what the hell I wanted. I'm not like you and Ewan. I wasn't all mature and shit by the time I was 16. I was a kid....perhaps a lot longer then I should have been...but I NEVER thought that being with you was something I shouldn't have done...and you wouldn't have come here...if you didn't still feel something for me that wasn't outright hatred.

So lay me out, slap the shit out of me...just...tell me. All of it.

Cruel Britannia Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:22 am

Erin's expression remains unchanged.

Erin: Of course I still love you, you fucking moron. I didn't leave you because I stopped loving you.... I left you because I couldn't stand you hurting me anymore.

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