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â€THIS IS THE LIFE."
LOCATION:CUBA.
DAYS UNTIL BLAZE OF GLORY: 13
EXCITEMENT LEVEL: MEDIUM.
SCENE i
REC•Mikah frowns a little bit as she shields her eyes with her right hand, looking out at the ocean as she stood out on the little deck area of the hotel suite that she was staying in with her husband. She leans against the railing a bit, dropping her hand down to do so. She pushes her hair out of her face the best she can before she turns and nearly jumps out of her skin as she sees her husband, Drake standing there.;;MIKAH “You walk too quietly.â€She offers him a small smile before pushing the shoulder of her robe back over her shoulder, covering up the strap of her bikini top. She walks over to him and stands in front of him, just wrinkling her nose a bit.;;MIKAH “What do you want to do today? The last time we were in Cuba was at another one of Ben’s infamous bashes and I believe we weren’t married yet…â€She grins at him before slipping her arms loosely around his waist, leaning into him just a bit as she looks up at him.;;MIKAH “We could go shopping…or we could go to the beach…or we could stay here and lounge about, maybe hang out poolside…â€She shrugs her shoulders, not really knowing too much about Cuba really. The time she’d been in the country was a blur and many months ago.::DRAKE GREEN “I don't really care. You?â€She shrugs her shoulders up and down a little bit, reaching up and pushing her hair out of her face once more as the wind blows it back in her face.;;MIKAH “I don’t know. We could go to the beach and swim in the ocean. But sharks.â€She scrunches up her nose and makes a face. Drake laughs a bit before shrugging his shoulders a bit.::DRAKE GREEN “Whatever you wanna do babe.â€Mikah gives him a look before leaning up and pecking his lips with a quick kiss before moving away from him and into the hotel suite that they were staying in. They would have stayed with Ben Jordan but Mikah really enjoyed privacy and it wasn’t like either of them was lacking in the money department.;;MIKAH Let’s just go sightseeing or something. Nothing too exerting because that flight sucked.â€Drake chuckles before nodding his head, agreeing with his wife. He was up to do whatever she wanted and she enjoyed that in the moment anyways. It was much better than his sulky moods. She winks at him as she disappears into the bathroom and Drake can hear her turning the shower on.::DRAKE GREEN “Don’t start without me.â€He fired off a cheeky grin as he takes his t-shirt off and tosses it on the floor before following his wife into the bathroom, shutting the door behind him.A FEW HOURS LATERMikah giggles as she walks back into the hotel room with her husband beside her, a huge smile on the both of their faces. She collapses onto the bed in a sitting position and looks up at her husband, a silly grin on her face.;;MIKAH “I didn’t know Cuba could be so beautiful.â€::DRAKE GREEN “Me either.â€She grins at him before laying back on the bed and staring up at the ceiling. He sits next to her before following her previous actions, lying down beside her.;;MIKAH “Do you think Ben’s party will be as fabulous as they always are?â€She turns her head to look at her husband, raising an eyebrow at him. He shrugs his shoulders as he looks at his wife.::DRAKE GREEN “It’s Ben; of course it will be just as wild as the one that we missed.â€Mikah grins before moving closer to her husband, snuggling into him just a little bit and resting her head on his chest/shoulder area. She slips an arm around him and lies there with him, thinking for a moment.;;MIKAH “We weren’t at his last party, baby. Somebody was being a stick in the mud.â€She was teasing him, of course. She didn’t really think he was a stick in the mud but she did like to tease him that he was.::DRAKE GREEN “I’m not a stick in the mud; I had other things to do that weekend.â€She laughs before leaning in and placing a soft kiss on his exposed collarbone. She settles back down as they both wind down, just lying there in each other’s company. She looks out the window that led to the little deck and watches the ocean as she lies there with her husband. She smiles to herself as she slowly drifts off to sleep, both of them taking a nap.FLASHBACK/DREAM SEQUENCE.Hawaii. It was the week that she spent a week with her best friend, Christian Othniel when she was still married to Gavin Stephens, the man she now acts as if she doesn't remember him or how he had even been in her life.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Yo Miks! Wake up!â€
Christian waltzed into the bedroom that the two of them were sharing in Jacob Mitchell’s house. Christian had been house sititng for him while he had been off doing whatever it was that Jacob Mitchell chose to do in his spare time.
;;MIKAH “Go away, Mase.â€
She swats at him as he ruffles her hair, messing it up a bit. She pulled the pillow over her head, trying to shield herself from Christian and his hands.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Let’s go surfing or something! Maybe get some food.â€
;:Mikah “Or we can stay in bed all day long! That flight sucked.â€[/color]
He literally jumps on top of her and she squeals and tries to cover herself as she lies there. He lies on top of her, moving a bit to get comfortable.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Get up, Miks! It’s nearly noon and we got a lot to do today! Like surf!â€
She shakes her head no at him as she tries to push him off of her but his weight compared to hers was too much for her to be able to move.
;;MIKAH “Nope. There be sharks in those oceans, Mase. I don’t want to be sharkbait and it’s a proven fact that sharks think surfers look like seals and I don’t wanna be some confused shark’s accidental lunch!â€
Christian chuckles before burying his face in the crook of her neck and pushing against her neck with his face.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Don’t you trust me to protect you?â€
;;MIKAH “Against a shark? Not likely.â€
Christian pouted, acting as if he had been offended by Mikah’s words. She rolls her eyes at him as she looks at him, keeping her eyes on him.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “I’m hurt, Miks!â€
He clutched his chest, holding a hand over his heart as he used the other one to keep himself from squishing his best friend.
;;MIKAH “I’m sure you’ll live.â€
She grins up at him and he scoffs before wiggling his body and she groans a bit as his weight bears down a bit on top of her.
;;MIKAH “Mase..â€
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Hmm?â€
He had tried to hide his grin from her as she tried to get him to move off of her. She giggled a bit but quickly tried to hide the giggle by burying her face in his shirt. He grins and moves off of her and swats her butt.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Time to get up, up, up!â€
;;MIKAH “Fi-ine! But only because you’re my best friend and I kind of like you.â€
He grinned at her as she got out of the bed and fixed her tank top and shorts and then he wrapped her in a hug, holding her body close to his.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Let’s go get some food before some surfing!â€
She shakes her head as she walks over to her suitcase, rummaging through it to find something to wear for the day. She didn’t care that she was married and that Christian wasn’t her husband as she tugs her tank top off, revealing a perfect image of her bra for him. He had seen her in less clothes than that and she wasn’t worried about it.
;;MIKAH “No surfing.â€
She grabs a simple crop top and pulls it on. She shimmies out of her pajama shorts and gives him a look as she grabs her neon pink short shorts and tugs them on as well.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Oh, we’re going surfing. Right after we get food.â€
Mikah laughed a bit as she walks into the bathroom, Christian followed her and leaned against the frame of the door. He watched her as she used his toothbrush to brush her teeth.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “There’s a bunch of things to do in Hawaii, Miks. And it’s like a right of passage to go surfing at least once in your life.â€
She finished brushing her teeth and rinses the toothbrush off before putting it back in its designated spot. She pulled her blonde locks up into a messy bun, getting it out of her face. She flashed him a small smile.
;;MIKAH “No surfing. But I’ll gladly watch you surf as long as you leave your shirt off.â€
She flashed him another grin as she quickly did her make up. He chuckles as she walks out of the bathroom and shoves her feet into flip flops.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Only if you try to surf at least once.â€
She looked at him and he gave her the puppy dog eyes and the only look she couldn’t say no to. She sighed and rolled her eyes, giving the clear sign she was giving into whatever he wanted out of her.
;;MIKAH “Fine, but only once. AND if I die from a shark bite, I’m going to come back and haunt your ass.â€
He grinned at her before hugging her again before kissing her full on the mouth. He pulled away after quickly realizing what he had done. She blushes a bit but says nothing about the kiss as they both get ready to go.
»»CHRISTIAN OTHNIEL “Food here we come!â€END FLASHBACK/DREAM SEQUENCE.Mikah’s eyes open and she breathes deeply and rapidly as the vivid flashback runs through her mind again. It was so vivid and she felt a small pang in her chest as she realized just how much she did miss Christian Othniel. It had been over a year since his death but she still missed him each and every day. She looks up at Drake, who was still sound asleep as if nothing was bothering him and she relaxes a bit.
She tried not to compare her relationship with Christian Othniel to her relationship to Drake because it wasn’t the same, not really. She had started out as friends with Christian before it ever grew into anything remotely romantic. But she still found similarities between him and Drake and how she was with each of them. She could just lay in bed with Drake and not say anything and be content and it had been the same way with Christian. They hadn’t always had to be doing something at every time. And she liked that.;;MIKAH “I miss you every day, Mase.â€She whispered to herself before snuggling closer to her husband and tried to push the memory out of her mind.<text align=right><p align=â€Rightâ€>
"NO BULLSHIT."
LOCATION: HAVANA, CUBA.
DAYS UNTIL BLAZE OF GLORY: 9
EXCITEMENT LEVEL: MEDIUM
SCENE ii
REC•Mikah was in a pair of shorts and a bikini top as she walked around Ben Jordan’s house, a camera man following her as if he had wanted to be there. In reality, it was just a fan that Mikah had coaxed into holding a camera to film her.;;MIKAH “Polly, Polly, Polly.â€She flashes a grin at the camera before grabbing a cup that had some sort of mixed drink in it. She glances into the cup before shrugging and taking a sip of the drink as she looks back at the camera, a grin on her face. She winks at it before taking another sip of her drink. Her bikini top was a simple turquoise one and was strapless. She didn’t care that she was walking around with a kid following her with a camera.;;MIKAH “How many days until we face off, Polly?â€She stops in the middle of a doorway in Ben’s home, tilting her head as she counts in her head for a moment or two. She fake counts on her fingers, as if it mattered. Because realistically, she knew how many days there were. She had a perfect memory.;;MIKAH “It’s nine, if you can’t count. But I’m assuming that you can count because well, it’s a simple thing. But maybe you’re not as bright as some people perceive you to be…â€She shrugs her shoulders before turning and walking into a different room of Ben’s house, the fan following her the best that he could. She giggles to herself, trying to keep a steady pace.;;MIKAH “I mean, if you were smart you would have changed your name from Polly Playtime to something else. Something that didn’t sound like a stripper’s name or a whore’s name. But hey, if the shoe fits maybe the name does too.â€Another shrug rolls off of her shoulders as she mingles among some of her SCW co-workers before she finds Drake. Drake smiles at her before she leans up and pecks him quickly on the lips.;;MIKAH “How are you preparing for our match, Polly Playtime? Are you at the gym? Or are you in the ring at odd hours trying to prepare yourself for the unknown?â€She smirks again as she walks backwards so that she can face the camera as she walks, wanting most of her attention on the camera man.;;MIKAH “Or perhaps you’re wondering just how oh how am I preparing for such a big match?â€She lets out a laugh before pushing her wavy locks away from her face. She spreads her arms out, looking around.;;MIKAH “This is how I’m preparing, Polly Polly. This is one huge party and that’s how I’m preparing for our match. There’s not much really to prepare for if you think about it, Polly. At least not for me.â€She turns and begins to walk once again, the fan trying his best to keep up with her pace. She walks out of the house and out onto the grass. She takes a long swallow of her drink before turning to face the camera again.;;MIKAH “You see Polly, this match isn’t as big as you think it is. Or what you want it to be. This isn’t in the main event and it’s not even anywhere close to the main events. Which I think is complete fucking bullshit. And no, I’m not sorry for my language because fuck you Hot Stuff Mark Ward. Why the fuck isn’t my match closer to the main event? Why does Crystal Millar get a better spot on the fucking card? Where the fuck has she been in the past couple of weeks!? I would think that the Internet Bombshell Championship match should be more important than a singles match that literally means nothing at all. AND I’m the fucking Bombshell that fucking broke the record with the Bombshell Championship so I should always have rank over Crystal fucking Millar.â€She scowls at the camera before finishing off her drink and then glaring at the cup, as if it was the cup’s fault that her match didn’t seem as important as Crystal Millar’s. She wasn’t sure why it bothered her that her match wasn’t better placed on the card but she felt that it should be.;;MIKAH “Whatever. Fuck them. I really think it’s bullshit that the Bombshell Internet Championship isn’t getting as much credit as it deserves but you fucking wait, it will get the credit it deserves. Once I win, I will fucking make sure of that. And do you want to know how I’m going to do that Polly?â€She tilts her head to the side, a smile playing on her pretty face.;;MIKAH “By making the title more important than the Bombshell Championship. But first, I have to beat you Polly. But it’s not like it’s going to be the hardest match of my career because it’s going to be fa from it.â€She makes a face at the thought of actually having to compete against Polly for the championship.;;MIKAH “You see, I’m not nervous for this match as one would think I would be. Because I’ve been in bigger matches; more important matches. This is nothing; Polly, you are nothing. You are a sad little girl that’s trying to make herself look like somebody important. Newsflash, you’re not as important as you think you are. You want people to believe that you’re one of the best in SCW but it’s a lie. The people you’ve faced before wasn’t a challenge; they were easy wins for you, Polly. I’m not an easy person to beat. I just don’t step aside because you think you deserve to keep that belt. Oh no, Polly.â€She shakes her head no at the camera, rolling her eyes.;;MIKAH “I’m going to be the biggest challenge you’ve ever met, Polly.â€She smirks, a slightly evil glint in her eyes. She really didn’t know much about Polly but she didn’t necessarily like her, either.;;MIKAH “You know, there’s a reason that most of the Bombshell roster practically went on strike in January of 2016. And while Celeste North, who is absolute trash, will want you to believe it’s because she thought it was unsafe working conditions because she believed that I was competing while drunk, it’s really because she and everybody else couldn’t beat me. It’s funny though, to think about that now because never ONCE did I drink before a match. After a match? Of course and of course, I drank during the shows where I wasn’t booked but that wouldn’t be considered a working hazard because I wasn’t hurting anybody but myself. But think about that Polly. Think about why practically the whole Bombshell locker room wanted to go on strike when I was the Bombshell Champion…let it sink in for a minute before I tell you why.â€She grins at the camera before looking around the packed place of Ben Jordan’s.;;MIKAH “I was unbeatable. For nine months, I was unbeatable. They were tired of person after person going up against me and failing miserably when it came to trying to take that Bombshell Championship away from me. It wasn’t because they thought I was creating an unsafe workplace as they do want you to believe. It was out of pure jealously and they had chose to act like immature little five year olds because they couldn’t handle the fact that they were second best when it came to measuring up to me.â€She smirks again as she walks backwards a bit before bumping into somebody. She apologizes quietly as she stops moving.;;MIKAH “So how do you think you’re going to measure up, Polly?â€She reaches up and tucks her hair behind her ears as she stands outside of Ben Jordan’s house in the semi-dark.;;MIKAH “Do you think that you compare to me in any way, Polly? Because I don’t. I don’t think you measure up to my accomplishments at all. What is it that you’ve done in SCW that is even remotely the same as what I’ve done? I was the best champion that SCW had for nine months; I was better than their Heavyweight Champion for nine fucking months. And people can try to dispute that all they want; it’s a fucking fact. I was consistent with in my reign and that’s exactly how I’m going to be when I take the championship away from you, Polly.â€She turns and walks back inside of the house, heading toward the kitchen. The fan who was acting as the cameraman has to jog to keep up with her. She grabs herself another drink before leaning against the counter.;;MIKAH “I’m going to break every record with the Bombshell Internet Championship, Polly. It’s my new goal for SCW…â€She jumps up so that she’s sitting on the counter. She takes a drink from her plastic cup, still looking at the camera. She waves at one of her co-workers that she may or may not get along with.;;MIKAH “I really don’t know much about you, Polly. You haven’t been on my radar until just recently. Maybe it’s a crazy thought but I want to make this something better than what it is. Because if I’m being honest, you’re just ruining the image of SCW by holding the Internet Championship. Because if I were a fan and didn’t know anything about SCW and was looking to get into a new company’s product, seeing the name ‘Polly Playtime’ as the company’s Bombshell Internet Championship would make me wonder what sort of show they’re running. Because to me, Polly Playtime sounds like a stripper or a whore or even a person who participates in dirty movies. It doesn’t scream championship worthy.â€Another shrug rolls off of her shoulders as she takes yet another drink from the plastic cup in her right hand.;;MIKAH “It’s not rocket science, Polly. My success outweighs yours and it’s inevitable that I take the title away from you in nine days time. But here’s the good news for you, Polly…â€She pauses as she sees her husband walk into the kitchen. Her eyes watch him for a moment before she focuses them back on the camera.;;MIKAH “You can slip back into nothingness, back where you belong. And maybe people will forget about the atrocity that is known as your Bombshell Championship reign.â€She giggles a bit before taking a few more drinks from her cup.;;MIKAH “And maybe the fans can forget that you tried to be better than me. And maybe they can forget how crappy of a champion you were. But I doubt it.â€She rolls her eyes and takes the last few sips from the cup.;;MIKAH “Nine more days, Polly. Nine. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine. That’s the remaining amount of days that you have left with that precious championship that you currently call yours. And I hope you cherish each moment that you have left with the belt because come next Sunday, your world is going to come crashing down.â€She hops down off of the counter to refill her cup.;;MIKAH “But until then, I’m going to enjoy this party and enjoy my husband. I hope you prepare yourself for what’s to come. But until then…â€She fills her cup again and toasts the camera.;;MIKAH “Ciao.â€