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

Cryonix Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:01 pm

Shawn: 15, 14, 13.....5....4....

Pockets Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:08 pm

Alexis: Alright, we're going!

She grabs Alex hand and heads to the door.

Cryonix Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:09 pm

Shawn: Oh...Alexis...one more thing...

Alexis turns around to get seltzer in the face...just a squirt...

Shawn: ...Thanks for coming out. Smile

Enrich The Experience Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:08 pm

Gabrielle: Lexi..you're ever so...moist sweetie.

Jabberwocky Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:23 pm

Frank rolls his eyes as he polishes glasses behind the counter

Frank:"...buncha sappy mothefu..."

Cryonix Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:49 pm

Shawn: Now that THAT'S over....

Shawn goes back to inventory. The late afternoon, early evening rush starts to come in...and Shawn is thankful for it. It's easier for him to take his mind off things...

Jabberwocky Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:53 pm

Frank:"Shawn...a thought..."

Cryonix Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:54 pm

Shawn: Sure...shoot, Frank.

Jabberwocky Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:03 pm

Frank:"Well, when me and Ash made up, we talked about going into business with each other again at some point. Seeing as he can't exactly drink anymore, I doubt he is going to want to be part owner of a bar. At least not one that serves alcohol...So I was thinking, what if we helped him get back on his feet with something else. Something healthy like a juice bar. Blended drink, and a bar menu. Wings, burgers, the works. Hell, neither of his kids drink. Theres bound to be more people who don't. Theres a whole market of people who would go to something like that, I'm sure. Think it through and maybe we can talk to him about it when he's back on his feet."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:02 am

Shawn: Hmmm....kind of like a funky artist hang out...like an all night place where people can chill, grab a burger and a smoothie and just like...be creative, huh? That's not a bad idea at all....

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:09 am

Frank:"Didn't think of that...we could have tables set up for drawing and what not..."

he sighs, thoughts of his now passed on wifes love for art coming to mind

"Mikayla would have loved that..."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:19 am

Shawn: You don't...talk about her much, Frank. I've seen the pictures in your office. Amber does look a lot like her.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:29 am

Frank goes back to sorting bottles

Frank:"It was a shock. When the doctor told us, I refused to believe. I mean, Cancer...it felt like we had been dragged into some bad nitemare. You know those stages? denial Anger bargaining depression acceptance...she accepted it before I did. She made every damn day count Shawn...right til her last..."

theres the sound of bottles rattling as Frank leans against the rack,trying to hold back tears

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:32 am

Shawn: Yeah well...count your blessings, Frank. You lived the dream, man. You weren't young and stupid...and gave it away just for a couple...hundred pieces of ass. Now...I...

...dude, I don't know anymore. I still love Erin. I think I always will...but...Raquel and I have always had chemistry...a certain understanding between us. I just don't know what to do.

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:41 am

Frank wipes his eyes and puts a hand on Shawn's shoulder

Frank:"I can't make that decision, only you can. And you can't run from it forever. You find which one fills the greatest needs here...

he points a finger at Shawn's forehead

"and here"

he lowers the finger, pressing it against Shawn's chest around where his heart is

"Do that, and it will take care of everything below the belt. And be so much more meaningful. Believe me Shawn...at one point, I was yong and stupid. You are not the only player looking to change his ways. The biggest differences between my past and yours is you had a bigger bank account and a higher profile."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:50 am

Shawn: I know I have to make a decision...it's just...a decision I never thought I had to make, ya know? I mean Raquel was gone and she had never...

Shawn thinks back to all the times that Raquel had opened up to him...and him alone...

Shawn: ...ever...indicated that she was you know....in love with me. And Erin...God...She's so beautiful...and the mother of two of my children.

...heh, thank God Gabrielle is already married or this would have been a REALLY shitty day...

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:55 am

Frank:"I get this feeling that Raquel puts on this front because she doesn't want anybody to know that deep down, she feels alone. Its just a feeling but...maybe she has told you, and you just didn't hear it. Maybe she didn't say it. But maybe it's still there regardless.
I don't really know Erin that well, so I can't speak for her. It's not an easy choice. But...some of the best choices in life aren't easy to make. Right?"

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:03 am

Shawn: Yeah...I think actually, I was afraid of it...seeing as how I'm no....professional like that. With everything that happened to me and my sister when we were younger....I just...

He looks at his hands....like there's blood on them...

Shawn: I'm not the....Oh, Christ. Only really Ewan and Raquel know about me...from before Miami...and...oh Christ...Frank look, I...I need to go.

Shawn goes out the front of the bar, in front of Gabrielle, Raquel, Jenny....everyone. He sits in his car and...for the first time in 15 years...he lights up a cigarette...

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:10 am

Frank looks out with a sigh, talking to himself

Frank:"Seems like the lives that are driven the fastest always get the brakes slammed on them the hardest..."

he shakes his head and goes back to focusing on his work

Meanwhile in the parking lot, moments later, Raquel, taps on the glass of Shawn's passenger door

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:16 am

Shawn, who's leaned the seat back in his car, enjoying his first drags of a cigarette in 15 years looks up and sees Raquel. He sighs to himself and unlocks the passenger side door...

Shawn: Heya...

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:28 am

Raquel:"You know..."

she sits in the passenger seat

Raquel:"It's awfully odd for somebody who quit smoking to have a pack in their car..."

she reaches into her purse, pulling out a pack of black cherry flavored cigarillos. She raises the lighter to the tip then stops to look at Shawn

"You mind if I..."

she looks at the cigarette in his hand

"Right..."

she lights the cigarillo and takes a drag, exhaling to fill the car with a smoky and yet sweet cherry smell

"Whats bothering you Shawn? I know its something. A man like you doesn't just run out of a room to hide in his car and suck on a tar stick."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:36 am

Shawn: I'm not hiding...I'm just...contemplating...things...

He takes a drag off his cigarette...and the two sit in silence for a long time...when finally...

Shawn: Did I miss something with you? I mean, you said you didn't want me, you were with Christian...What about this did I miss? When did you tell me you loved me?

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:43 am

Raquel:"I...I always loved you Shawn. Christian was great, and we tried to make it work. But the connection we had only went so far. But...you were married. You were with Erin. You know how I felt about that. As much as it boiled inside me, as much as I wanted to say it....I couldn't try to come between you two. I wanted to say it so badly. But I couldn't... I couldn't say...

she looks at Shawn with longing eyes

"I love you."

Cryonix Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:57 am

Shawn knew....somehow he always knew. He sighs and looks back at her....

Shawn: Heh, I guess I always knew that. When I was traveling with Maddie, she said as much to me too. Quelly, I don't know what to do with you. I've...I tried so long to get you to open up to me...to talk to me...and you would always run. ALWAYS. How can I...how can we....?

...if...all you do is run and hide....?

Jabberwocky Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:02 am

Raquel takes a long thoughtful drag from her smoke

Raquel:"I know. I'm tired of hiding...tired of running Shawn. I'm tired of bottling it all away. But before I can stop, I need a place to run to."

she looks at him

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