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Monday May 6th
France. What a gorgeous country. One I never thought I’d visit. It’s no secret that I used to have quite the aversion to flying, and that was just for short distances. Flying across the world was almost unheard of for me, so when the topic of touring with SCW came up, it was difficult to keep my anxiety at bay. If I couldn’t, then I couldn’t travel. If I couldn’t travel, then I how could I be in SCW? The tours are only twice a year, so it’s not like it’s a big thing, but it was to me. It was important that I work through this so that I could be the best that I could be in SCW.
And it worked.
So last night was our show in Normandy. I have to say, being in a place that holds such history for the entire world..it’s just a crazy feeling. I was in awe the entire time because it truly was a once in a lifetime experience. I didn’t have a match, but Artie and his partner Kallie Reznik did. It was their first round match against Konrad Raab and Bea Barnhardt, and let me tell you…I was a little worried for Artie going up against a guy like Konrad. He could have gotten seriously hurt, but thankfully he didn’t. And even better? He and Kallie advanced! They’re moving on to the next round!
As worried as I was about Artie the entire time, I have to admit, he held his own pretty well. He’s not experienced like most others, sure, but he sure is determined. And since last week he’s seemed slightly more determined than before. And a little more on edge. It’s like there’s something he’s not telling me after talking with his father, but he insists it’s nothing. But I know better than to believe words like that. I was the queen of spilling out the ‘I’m Fine’ words for a long time. Far be it from me to push Artie’s buttons and nag him to tell me what it is, but I know there is something. He’ll tell me in his own time, though. I have to believe that much anyway.
Until then, we’re taking a couple of days before moving on to Vimy Ridge and making a slight detour to the romance capital of the world…Paris! Man oh man, I’m so excited. I can’t wait to visit Paris with Artie and create these memories that we’ll no doubt one day share…with our own kids. Yes, I said it. Our kids. They won’t be biological kids, though, because Artie and I decided that we’re going to look into adoption. It wasn’t exactly an easy decision, but when it all boiled down to it, IVF would just be too costly and there are no guarantees it would even work. Plus, there are just so many kids out there in the system that deserve to have a loving home!
Thinking about the prospect of having kids has me a little emotional right now. More so because Mother’s Day is on Sunday and both Artie and I will be away from our mother’s for the first time on Mother’s Day. We’ve been so close to our mother’s our entire lives so I’m sure it is eating at Artie just as much as it is me. Oh my…that has to be it! That must be what is bothering him more than usual! It just makes sense. Poor honey must feel terribly guilty that he can’t be with his mom for Mother’s Day.
I have an idea. Or two ideas, anyway. I’m sure he’ll be happy I came up with them. Anything to make my sweet Artie happy. I’m not used to seeing him in such a downer mood like he has been. Or his father. But I shouldn’t worry. I will fix EVERYTHING! They are my family after all, and I will do anything for them.
I’m starting to feel a little better now. Things are starting to look up!
Paris, France. A beautifully historic and well known city that many couples dream to visit, yet never have the opportunity or chance to do so. Many would even love to visit just for the scenery and to get a glimpse of the Eiffel Tower. Who wouldn’t? Bobbie Dahl is certainly not one of those people who would accept just seeing such a city in pictures and on television or movies. She just HAD to see Paris.
Paris wasn’t a stop on SCW’s Battleground tour, but it was close enough that Bobbie persuaded Artie to take a detour so they could tour the city, even if only for one day. And Artie wasn’t one to tell her no, even if he wasn’t in the best of moods the last week. Bobbie was doing her best to give him some space to figure out whatever it was that was bothering him, and she had hoped that visiting Paris would put him in better spirits.
The pair are currently walking the streets in Paris, not far from the Eiffel Tower. They can see it off in the distance and Bobbie can’t hide her excitement as they walk hand in hand. But Artie is noticeably quiet. They’re approaching a local café with outdoor seating, so Bobbie takes this as her opportunity to get him to open up.
“Alright, I’m famished!” She says, slightly lying. She could use a drink, sure, but she was hardly famished. “Let’s take a break and get some refreshments.” She leads him over to one of the open tables outside the café, taking a seat first.
Artie stares at her for a moment, scratching his head. “We just ate a little while ago.” He says and shrugs. “But okay I guess. This place looks nice.” He sits in the chair next to her and they wait patiently for a waitress to come up to them. Artie looks around, people watching for the most part, clearly trying to hide any negative feelings he may have.
Bobbie takes his hand in hers, bringing his attention back to her. She smiles excitedly, hoping he will share in her excitement. “So…I think I know what has been bothering you this past week.” She says first, not wanting to get to the point right away.
His eyes widen a bit and he looks even more nervous. “You…you do?” He asks shakily. His father had made him promise he wouldn’t tell anyone about what has been going on. Especially Bobbie. So how could she have figured it out?
“Of course I do!” She replies quickly. “Mother’s Day is on Sunday and both of us are here in France while our mother’s are back home in the states without us. It is kind of a bummer, I know.”
Artie is about to respond when he realizes what she said. She had assumed that was the reason he was upset lately. It would have made sense. “So I have an idea.” Bobbie says before Artie can say another word. “Two actually and you can take your pick of which you would rather do.”
“Okay?” He says, still highly confused. But just the thought of his mother at the moment did not make him happy, and Bobbie was none the wiser.
“You don’t have a match this weekend, so you don’t technically need to be at the show. If it’s really important to you, you should go back home and see your Mom.” Bobbie smiles, expecting Artie to do the same. But she has another thought that she throws out there before Artie can say anything else. “Oooor. We can bring her AND my mom out here to France. I’m sure our Dad’s would be ok—“
“No. Absolutely not.” Artie quickly interrupts her. This takes her by surprise, but he continues. “To both ideas. I don’t need to fly home, and we don’t need to bring her out here.” His words were slightly angry, which she didn’t understand either. She was apparently very wrong about what was bothering him.
“Ok.” She replies slowly, and calmly as she can. “I guess we can wait until we get back home after the tour. I just thought we could tell them about our plans to adopt. They’ll both be so excited for us.” Artie shakes his head and looks around. He looks at all the loving couples walking around Paris hand in hand, much as he and Bobbie were doing a little while ago, and he’s hit with a flood of emotions. Bobbie wanted so badly to try and pry it out of him, but she didn’t want to upset him even further.
“We should wait.” Artie says sadly. What he meant, wasn’t quite clear and this seemed to now surprise Bobbie further.
“Wait?” She asks, growing upset. “You mean wait to start the adoption process or wait to tell them?” Both were legitimate questions. Now probably wasn’t the best time to have a possible argument about this, but something had happened to change his mind so quickly.
“I don’t know.” He shrugs, just as sad as he was before. “Maybe both? It’s just…a big step. And we still don’t know how this tournament is going to pan out. For either of us.” He was using the tournament as an excuse. That much was very clear.
Bobbie leaned back in her chair, staring at him with a bewildered look. She wouldn’t accept this. She couldn’t. “And your point being? If we want to adopt, we shouldn’t let anything stop us. We have plenty of people behind us who will vouch for us. I just don’t understand why you’ve suddenly changed your time. What happened between you and your Dad last week?”
The words came out before she could even stop herself. She wasn’t going to ask, but she couldn’t help it. No matter what he said, she knew that something was said or happened between the two of them to put Artie into such a mood. And to change his mind on such a huge decision they had made. It just wasn’t like him. Artie stared at her, feeling his eyes furrow angrily. He didn’t usually get angry with her, but stranger things happened, right?
“I told you. Nothing happened.” He snapped back at her. If that was a clear indication he was lying. “Why do you have to think something happened with my dad? Maybe I’m just stressed because I don’t want to make myself look like a fool in this tournament.”
Bobbie leans forward. She wants to believe him and when she reaches for his hands, he pulls them away. “Look, whatever has been bothering you, I get it. We’re allowed to have stuff bother us sometimes.” She says, doing her best to be the strong one. And given her anxiety issues over the last year, this was entirely different for her. For them together. “I wasn’t going to even bring it up, because I know what it’s like—“
“This isn’t like your anxiety, Bobbie.” He interrupts her yet again. She knew that if he was going to use the tournament as an excuse, it most definitely was like anxiety. “Can…can we just drop this, please? You wanted to have a good time in Paris, so let’s just do that. Then we can focus on your match this weekend so hopefully you can retain your title.”
He sounded apologetic for snapping at her. And maybe he was. But there was still tension there. And there was still something that Bobbie wanted to know, but couldn’t pressure him to tell her what it was. “Alright. I guess you’ll tell me when you’re ready.”
Artie nods and a waitress finally walks up to their table to assist them. She sets two glasses of water down, greeting them in French. Artie does his best to respond back in what little French he knows. Bobbie, meanwhile, just stares at her husband-her favorite person in the whole world- and can’t help but be worried about him. They had been through so much and they hadn’t even been married a full year yet. And it seems there was much more to come. Between whatever personal issue was bothering him, and the tournament.
But she told herself they would face it together. It was just part of marriage.
Welp, Peter and I made it paste the first round of the tournament, which means we’re one step closer to the finals and winning our guaranteed shots at the World titles. I gotta admit, I thought for sure our first round match was going to be a bit more of a challenge. At least where Matthew Knox was concerned. It is well known there is beef between him and Peter so to see him not really care? Pretty damn disappointing.
But let me give props where they are due. Kasey Vex, you put up a hell of a fight girl. You showed me what you were all about, so thank you for that. I’m just sorry you got stuck with a big disappointment for a partner because he should have done more. But he didn’t. Ah well. Maybe our paths will cross again in the future sometime. All depends on if you decide to stick around or not. That ball is in your court, though.
As for Peter and I? Onwards and upwards! We move on to Vimy Ridge, France and let me tell ya, being in France over the last week…it brings out something in a person. I never ever thought I’d visit France in my lifetime, but SCW has given me that opportunity, and what would make for an even better experience is if Peter and I blaze through our second round match and advance to the semi-finals! I just wish that Peter and I had a bit more interaction before we actually get to the ring for our match. Show some solidarity and unity, ya know?! There’s still time I suppose.
So our second round match is definitely more difficult than the first. Two people we are both very familiar with, and to make things even more interesting…both our titles are on the line! Okay, I knew this would be a possibility-no, probability, when I agreed to enter this tournament. I knew at some point, my title would be on the line and so would Peter’s. But…this one concerns me! Alexander Raven is a former Internet Champion himself, up until last year. And who and when did he lose that championship? To my Blast From The Past tournament partner last year, Jack Washington! And who was he teaming with last year? Alexandra Calaway!
I feel like I’m having a bit of deja vu, but only this year, I have a different partner and we are BOTH champions. One of us could potentially lose our championship, and I have a feeling Alexander Raven is going to fight like hell to get back what he lost last year and not only that, move on to try and win something even better! I’m no stranger to hoping history doesn’t repeat itself, but in this case, I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure that Peter and I advance to the semi finals! Then again, if I lose the match for us, the only thing Peter loses is his potential shot at the World Heavyweight title. What a crazy match this is going to be.
As for Alexandra Calaway? No doubt she will do everything she can to win back what she lost…what I defeated her for. And not only that, but she’ll want to get back to where she was on the roster, because from what I’ve seen, after I beat her for the Bombshell Roulette Championship, she hasn’t quite been herself. I believed she would move on and win either the Internet Championship or the World Bombshell Championship. And she did challenge for the World Bombshell Championship against Julianna Dimara. But…what happened?
I get it. We’ve all been there. We finally get an opportunity we’ve been fighting for and that we deserve and…crap happens. Wrenches get tossed into our plans and everything just falters. It’s not exactly a good feeling, so maybe that is what happened to Alexandra. I don’t know, but I do know this match and this tournament are her shots at getting both things back that she lost. Now her and Alexander Raven MAY advance in the tournament, but she has to pin me to win back the roulette championship. Just like Alexander would need to pin Peter. Only one title will be lost so the question is…which is more important to them?
Given their history as partners last year, I have to wonder how much they actually trust each other. Raven lost it for them last year, so can Alexandra really trust him not to do the same this year? And maybe Raven can’t trust Alexandra considering she’s been in a bit of a rut herself. I don’t know. I’m just spitballing here, because of how important this match is, and how much I really don’t want to let Peter down. I don’t want to let myself down. I’ve done too much of that over the last year or so, and I made a promise to myself when I came back that things would be different. That I would be different.
I’ve had a decent little run with the Bombshell Roulette Championship. But is decent good enough for me? Is the time I’ve held the Roulette Title enough for me? Am I really ready to possibly lose to the same woman I defeated? A part of me says yes, and another huge part of me says no, of course not. I respect Alexandra Calaway, I’m not going to lie. Even given our brief feud last year. Her reign as Bombshell Roulette Champion was great. Me defeating her was great. It just seems like our paths keep crossing during important matches within SCW. Are we always destined to have this back and forth battle of who is the bigger star?
I’m trying to wrap my head around it. I’ve faced Alexandra several times over the last year. I’ve done this whole promo thing against her numerous times, and what more is there to say about her? What else can I possibly throw out there to make myself look better or her weaker? Nothing. There is literally nothing else I can say, because it would probably just be made up at this point. I’d be grasping straws, when the truth is, we’ve both proven ourselves enough already. We’ve both won and lost against each other, so why does it matter? I don’t need to make myself look better against her, and she doesn’t need to make herself look better, either. We both deserve to be where we are. We both deserve to be the Bombshell Roulette Champion, or even the World Bombshell Champion.
But we each have our partners to think about right now. It’s not just about the two of us. It’s about Peter and Alexander. Ya know, I find it strange how the two of them were paired together again this year. Some might call that their chance to redeem themselves from last year. I guess so far they have since they made it past the first round, but what happens if they fail? When…they fail. What is next for the both of them? Going their separate ways, obviously. But can either get back to their singles matches the way they once were? Perhaps.
Well, we are about to find out. Because I told myself when I entered this tournament that it would be different this year. Jack and I came so close last year, but not close enough. This year, I have Peter as a partner. Jack is nowhere to be found. And I’ve been on a roll the last few months that I need to keep going. Regardless of these back and forth feelings I may have, I have to see this through. I owe it to myself and to Peter to give one hundred percent and nothing less.
Regardless of what happens, this tournament is going to get any easier. If Peter and I advance and then Artie and Kallie get through their second round match, there is a very good chance we could end up facing each other. Either in the third round or in the finals. So I don’t know what I prefer right now. I just have to do my best and hope that not only do I not lose my title, but that I don’t lose this match for our team…again. I only wish Jack was in the tournament and my partner this year so I could make it up to him for failing us last year.
I’m all over the place aren’t I? Torn between wanting to win, keeping my title and advancing. But unsure of how this will all play out. That is what this tournament does to you sometimes. Unless you have a partner you know and can fully trust, which is almost impossible. I guess that is what makes this Battleground Tour so appropriate with the Blast From the Past Tournament. Because each match is truly a battle.
And Peter and I versus Raven and Alexandra this weekend? It could stand out to be the best match of the tournament despite it not being the finals. Such a shame it was drawn this way. The four of us could have put on a hell of a match in the finals. But alas…luck of the draw. And regardless of what some might say-that many have said in the past- I choose to believe that all of the teams and the brackets are randomly chosen. It’s just what fate has decided for us all.
I’ve enjoyed my time as Bombshell Roulette Champion. I still have more planned for my reign, but if Alexandra gets the better of me? I’ll have no choice but to accept it. I will be disappointed, yes. But as with each win, I will say onwards and upwards and move on to whatever is next for me in SCW. I just hope in this case, it’s advancing in the tournament and securing myself a World Bombshell Championship opportunity.
Time will tell the tale! Two days time, in fact!
See ya Sunday, lovelies!