Tuesday March 10th
Coal City, Illinois
Bobbie’s Breakdown
When we last saw Bobbie Dahl, she was being dragged away from the ring kicking and screaming. Christian Underwood had suspended her following her attack on SCW Referee Drew Patton. Enough was finally enough of her actions, and it was time the troublesome Bombshell be sent packing. For how long was unclear, but there wasn’t a single person around that wasn’t relieved to be rid of Bobbie Dahl, even if temporarily.
That was two days ago. Now, though? Bobbie is back home in Coal City, Illinois, “enjoying” her suspension. Her parents might not agree, and as tired as they were of her actions the last several months, they still couldn’t find it in themselves to kick her out of the house. She was officially at rock bottom, and they had to do whatever it took to build her back up.
It’s one o’clock in the afternoon. The time when most everyone should be up and enjoying the day by now. Even as the events in the world are quickly starting to go downhill with the coronavirus quickly spreading, Illinois as of yet was running business and life as usual. Well, except for Bobbie Dahl. She’s currently snoozing the day away in her room.
Barbie: Bobbie? Bobbie, wake up.
Nothing. Not so much as a peep from Bobbie. Her mother steps farther into her room, walking up to her bed.
Barbie: Bobbie, get up! It’s one in the afternoon! Wake up!
That manages to bring about an audible groan from the thirty-four year old Bombshell, but she still doesn’t move. Her mother sighs and walks over to the side of the bed, standing directly above Bobbie. She looks down at her troubled daughter and shakes her head. Her expression shows a mixture of disappointment and concern.
Barbie: Bobbie! GET UP GOD DAMN IT!
Barbie then takes hold of Bobbie’s blanket and yanks it away from the bed. Bobbie groans louder and she finally flips over to face her mother, droopy eyes and all.
Bobbie: What the hell, Ma?! Give me my blanket back and leave me alone!
Barbie shakes her head and refuses. Bobbie sits up in the bed and squints, trying to adjust her eyes to the light. Barbie rolls the blanket up and stares at her daughter, the concern taking over more than anything.
Barbie: Bobbie, what is going on with you?! You’re spiraling further and further out of control and I’m very worried about you! And so is your father.
Bobbie laughs. She stands up, takes the few steps towards her mother and snatches the blanket away from her.
Bobbie: Yeah, I’m sure he is. Just leave me alone, alright? I’m just fine, thanks. I just want to sleep, alright?
Barbie: That’s all you’ve BEEN doing the last two days! Why don’t we go for a walk? The sun is shining and I think it will do you some good?
Bobbie laughs again as she drops back down on her bed. She shakes her head and glares at her mother.
Bobbie: First off, Ma, I haven’t been sleeping at night so if I can manage to sleep during the day, I’d like to. Second, a walk will do me some good? Let me guess, you’re gonna jump on the same train as everyone else and try and get me to be more active so I can lose some weight, right? Because I’m a worthless fat bitch, right?!
Barbie’s jaw drops and she shakes her head.
Barbie: What? Of...Of course not! Don’t go putting words in my mouth! I just think you need some sunshine to help with your mood that’s all.
Bobbie: My mood is just fine, thanks! Now leave me alone so I can get some sleep! You’re giving me a damn headache!
Bobbie lays back down, pulling the blanket over her head. Barbie refuses to leave and stands there staring at the outline of her daughter under the blanket. She shakes her head yet again, but her eyes well up, nearing tears.
Barbie: I’m not leaving you alone. You need to get out of that damn bed!
Bobbie suddenly flings upright and glares at her mother angrily.
Bobbie: What I NEED, Ma, is for you to just leave me the hell alone! Dad might be fine with you nagging him all the damn time, but I’m not so just get the hell out of my room and LEAVE ME ALONE!
Silence falls between the two for a long while. As Barbie stares at the look on her daughter’s face, she lets out a sigh, clueless on how to help her. She drops her hands and turns around, heading for the door. Bobbie stands up and follows behind her.
Barbie: I just wish I knew how I could help you, Bobbie. You’re my daughter and something is clearly wrong. I just wish—
Bobbie: You can start by giving me some space and leaving me the hell alone. The only thing wrong with me is you people thinking there is something wrong with me.
Barbie: Bobbie, stop…
Bobbie doesn’t listen. She just glares at her mother and then slams the door in her face. Barbie lets out a sigh and looks to the floor before turning and walking away. She apparently can’t help her daughter but as she walks into the kitchen, she gets an idea. Bobbie’s father, Ken, is just walking inside from the backyard patio. Barbie is heading over to her phone and he looks at her curiously.
Ken: What’s wrong? Who are you calling?
Barbie: Someone who just might be able to snap her out of this.
Ken shakes his head disappointedly.
Ken: Hon, I know you don’t want to give up on her, but I think it’s time—
Barbie: No, Ken! Our daughter is in trouble and I’m NOT giving up on her. End of story…
As Barbie dials a number and waits for the other person to answer, Ken disappears into another room. A long while goes by before their doorbell rings. Barbie rushes to the front door, with Ken stopping in the doorway of the front living room. When Barbie opens the door, she’s greeted by none other than Bobbie’s ex-boyfriend, Artie! He looks hesitant to be there, but Barbie is relieved to see him.
Barbie: Artie! Thank you so much for coming.
She opens the door and allows him to step inside. He scratches his head and Barbie hugs him. He then waves to Ken.
Artie: I, uh...Sure. I mean, I don’t know what good it will do. She broke up with me. She doesn’t want to see me.
Barbie: I really don’t believe that, Artie. She’ll listen to you. You just have to try talking to her. She needs you. Now more than ever.
Ken: What she needs is—
Barbie turns and glares at her husband and he doesn’t even finish his sentence. She then looks back to Artie, pleading with him. Artie shrugs.
Artie: Alright. I’ll try, but I don’t think it will work.
Barbie hugs him again, a gesture of thanks more than anything. He takes in a deep breath and then makes the walk towards Bobbie’s bedroom. Once there he gently knocks on the door, but there is no response.
Artie: Bobbie? Bobbie, it’s me...Artie. Can...can we talk?
Still no response. He knocks again and almost wants to give up but he’s there for Bobbie’s mother so he decides not to give up yet. He puts his hand on the doorknob and slowly turns it. He pushes the door open and sees Bobbie laying in bed, sleeping. He sighs and shakes his head.
Artie: Bobbie…
Nothing. Not so much as a word from her. She must be ignoring him, he thought. He walks in further and sees her arm hanging over the edge of the bed. She’s really zonked out. So he walks up to her, to get her attention a little better.
Artie: Bobbie, c’mon. Wake up.
He shakes her a bit, but she doesn’t respond. Odd, even for her. He shakes her again, this time with a little more force but she still doesn’t respond.
Artie: Bobbie? C’mon quit messing around!
And that is when he sees it. The prescription bottle on her night stand.
Artie: BOBBIE!!
Bobbie’s parents come rushing into the room a few moments later, but her father rushes back out to call an ambulance as Barbie and Artie try to wake Bobbie up.
Bobbie’s eyes start to flutter open and she tries to get a good look at her surroundings. She hears hushed whispers and she turns her head to the right where she sees her mother talking to...a doctor? What the hell is this?! She slowly starts to become more aware of the fact that she is in a hospital room, hooked up to an IV and with a nasal cannula in her nose supporting her oxygen. She immediately freaks out and tries to remove some of the wires, when her mother and doctor notice she is awake.
Barbie: Bobbie! Bobbie, stop! STOP!
Bobbie: What...what the hell is all this?! Get away from me!
Doctor: Bobbie, you need to try and relax. Don’t remove your IVs or your monitors. If you don’t calm down I’ll be forced to give you a sedative.
Bobbie glares at him, but she tries her best to calm down. She still looks around, confused.
Bobbie: What the hell is going on? Why am I hooked up to all this crap?
Barbie: Bobbie, honey, what is the last thing you remember?
Bobbie looks back and forth from her mother to the doctor. She’s about to respond when she sees Artie standing with her father outside the room.
Bobbie: What the hell is Artie doing here?! Would someone just explain what the hell is going on?!
Doctor: You were brought in by ambulance several hours ago suffering from an overdose. Do you remember—
Bobbie: Overdose?! I don’t do drugs!
Bobbie is even more agitated at this point and her mother steps back, even more helpless to help her daughter. The doctor continues to explain the situation.
Doctor: Your boyfriend found—
Bobbie: He’s not my boyfriend!
Doctor: Ok. Your friend found a bottle of sleeping pills next to your bed. The bottle wasn’t empty, but there were more pills missing than should have been. Do you remember how many you took?
Bobbie rolls her eyes before dropping her head back on her pillow. She lets out a laugh before turning her attention back to the doctor.
Bobbie: This is just great. Now you people think I’m suicidal or something! I wasn’t trying to—
Barbie: Bobbie, please! Just stop this!
The doctor turns to face Bobbie’s mother.
Doctor: Mrs. Dahl, could you step outside for a moment? Please?
Barbie is almost appalled at the doctor asking her to leave. But one look at Bobbie, and she knows she needs to. Bobbie isn’t even looking at her. She has her arms folded and is looking away, an angry expression on her face. Barbie just nods and she turns and walks out, joining Artie and Bobbie’s father outside the room. The doctor then turns his attention back to Bobbie.
Doctor: So. Do you want to tell me what happened?
Bobbie lets out a snorting laugh and shakes her head.
Bobbie: What’s the point? You won’t believe me anyway. They already don’t apparently so there’s really no reason to talk to you.
The doctor lets out a sigh. He pulls up a chair next to Bobbie’s bedside and focuses on her.
Doctor: Look, you don’t have to worry about me not believing you. You seem to be struggling here, and we all want to understand what happened. You gave them all a scare. Especially your friend out there. If you won’t tell me what happened, we’ll have to treat this situation that you were intentionally trying to harm yourself. And if I do that, I’ll have to hold you for a minimum of three days.
Bobbie quickly turns her head and stares at the doctor with a shocked look on her face.
Bobbie: You’re not locking me up in this place for three damn days!
Doctor: I will if I have to. Although truth be told, with the growing concern of the coronavirus, I’d rather not have to keep you here. Now, we don’t have any cases as of yet, but—
Bobbie: I haven’t been sleeping well, alright! I must have taken more than I thought, but it wasn’t on purpose. I just wanted to sleep. And I wanted to be left alone. That’s all. Doesn’t it mean something that I didn’t take the whole damn bottle?!
The doctor nods.
Doctor: It does, yes. But from everything else I’ve been told you’ve been going through recently, I think there’s more to your struggle.
Bobbie: Yeah, what do you know about it? Just bullshit they’re telling you!
Doctor: And your outbursts I’m witnessing since you woke up. Look, Bobbie, I’m going to discharge you, but under two conditions.
Bobbie stares at the doctor. In her mind, she’d agree to the conditions, but when it all was said and done, she had no interest in doing what he says.
Bobbie: Well, what are they?!
Doctor: I’m going to refer you to a psychiatrist, and also give you a list of places for some group therapy sessions. I think both will do you a lot of good. I’d suggest scheduling an appointment soon with the psychiatrist and also going to one of the meetings soon as well. And just so you know, I follow up with my patients I refer to each of these, so I’ll know if you choose to skip out on them.
Bobbie: Yeah, so? Even if I do, you can’t hunt me down and readmit me!
The doctor stands up from his seat. He looks at Bobbie and smiles.
Doctor: That is true. But when you end up back here in the near future, I will admit you for a minimum of three days. The decision is yours. I’ll be back in a bit with your discharge paperwork.
The doctor pats Bobbie’s leg, turns and walks out. Bobbie watches as he talks to her parents, but Artie had his eyes locked on her. She looks away quickly and leans her head back against the pillow. And while she can’t make eye contact with Artie, he never takes his concerned gaze off of her.
Monday March 23rd
Saxon Hotel and Suites
Isolation Begins…
Less than twenty-four hours ago it was announced that the SCW Homecoming tour is being cancelled and going forward the shows would be held in three locations within Las Vegas. Due to the situation involving the spread of the coronavirus and the everything shutting down, Mark Ward, Christian Underwood and the owners of SCU and GRIME all felt it a necessary step to ensure the safety of those on the rosters.
Although Bobbie was still on suspension, her time on that list was running out. Dani Weston had also sent a message to Bobbie on the show last night, so Bobbie had felt it necessary to head to Las Vegas and return to take care of business. Much to the disappointment of her parents. Specifically her mother.
After checking into the hotel and ensuring she was properly tested, Bobbie is now getting settled into her suite. She’s looking around the luxury suite and lets out a sigh as she plops down on the edge of the bed. Just as she does so, her phone starts ringing. She growls and pulls her phone out of her pocket. Her mother is trying to facetime her. She considers ignoring it, but knowing her mother, she won’t give up.
Bobbie: Heyyyy, Ma.
Bobbie hits the video button to begin the facetime call with her mother. As has been the case recently, Barbie has a concerned look on her face, though she seems happy to see her daughter’s face.
Barbie: Bobbie, honey! How is everything going? Oh I wish you hadn’t decided to go back so soon. Especially with everything going on.
Bobbie rolls her eyes.
Bobbie: I’ll be fine, Ma. You just make sure you and Dad stay put in that house. Don’t worry about me.
Barbie: Well you know me. I’m your mother. It’s my job to worry. That company is a big reason you had that breakdown to begin with. Going back so soon? It’s not a good idea.
Bobbie: SCW is not the reason, Ma. And I have to go back. Dani Weston basically called me a coward last night and I’ve gotta respond. I’m not going to let people think I intentionally got myself suspended.
Barbie lets out a sigh.
Barbie: To hell with what everyone thinks, Bobbie. This is your mental health we’re talking about.
Bobbie: I’ll be fine! I just…I have to do this.
Barbie: You’re remembering to take your meds, too, right?
Bobbie lowers her head and brings her palm up to her forehead. Her mother just had to keep bringing that up. Bobbie understood it was her mother’s job to worry, but this was not helping. Bobbie takes in a deep breath and looks back into the phone.
Bobbie: Ma, please. Just...stop. I’ll be fine. Just quit worrying.
Barbie: I can’t help it. You’re all the way across the country and I’m stuck back here. Artie is worried about you, too, ya know.
Bobbie: If he’s so worried, he could easily call my phone. Not that I’d answer anyway. Just tell him and Dad that I’m fine. Look, I gotta go. I’m gonna go take a shower.
Her mother frowns quickly.
Barbie: Bobbie, honey, don’t—
Bobbie: I’ll talk to you later, Ma! Bye!
And before Barbie can object, Bobbie ends the call and puts her phone on silent. She puts her phone on the nightstand and thinks for a moment. She’d be spending the foreseeable future in this hotel and the room itself. Her mother had considered coming with her but due to her age, Bobbie had persuaded her to stay at home in Illinois and avoid the risk of travelling. She stands up from the edge of the bed and looks around the room.
Bobbie: Welp...this is going to be a long several weeks. At least…
She then heads towards the bathroom to take a long hot shower.
One month. That’s how long it’s been since I’ve wrestled inside an SCW ring. To some that might not be a long time. Hell, I’m sure most think it wasn’t long enough, but to me, it feels like it’s been ages. This last month has been one hell of a roller coaster ride mentally, but I won’t get into the full reason why.
This lockdown shit has been nothing short of insane. The threat of the coronavirus has turned our world upside down completely, and it’s made us all change our day to day lives to keep not only ourselves healthy, but our loved ones who are at a higher risk.
To be fair, I wasn’t completely ready to come back to SCW. I had planned on taking a little bit longer to “enjoy” my suspension and get some other shit figured out. But then Dani Weston had to go and speak her mind a few weeks back and, well, here I am. Holed up in a luxury hotel room just two days away from my Last Bombshell Standing match against her. Quite honestly, I’ve got mixed feelings about the whole thing.
I know Dani hates me. Hell, I know she’s not the only one. To be honest, I don’t care anymore. People are gonna hate me no matter what I do. The fact is, I came back and asked for my suspension to be lifted so I could be available for a fight. I laid out the challenge, and she went and upped the stakes. She just might have made a mistake in asking for the Last Bombshell Standing match, because I’ve clearly got the size and strength advantage over her.
But I get it. Dani wants to make me pay. She wants to make me hurt. She wants to injure me and put me out of action much like I did to her. That’s fine. Let her try. I just hope she’s not forgetting that there’s nothing illegal in this match. There’s nothing I can’t do to her that I could be punished for so she better not cry foul when I break that shoulder of hers again. I don’t want to hear her bitching and moaning when I hurt her worse than I did back in November.
Then again, that might not happen. She could do the same, or worse, to me. Right? I mean, I’m the fat chick. I’m overweight and don’t have the stamina that she does, so I’m at even more a disadvantage here. Not to mention, I’m sure she’s got her band of mobster friends plotting to get involved to help her out in any way they can. That’s fine. Let them. I’m not backing down from whatever punishment they feel they need to inflict on me.
Because regardless of what some might say, I’m not a coward. I’ve got my own shit I’m dealing with and if people have a problem with it, well they know where to find me. Well, anyone except Keira Fisher-Johnson because that bitch and her wife seem to want to place blame on me for her supposed neck injury, yet they don’t even have the lady balls to explain how I did it. I’m woman enough now to admit that yeah, I hurt Dani. Yeah I hurt Alicia and I tried to hurt Odette Stevens. Keira Fisher-Johnson wasn’t even on my radar and if you all are smart enough, you’ll be easily able to figure out why. Here’s a hint- Dani, Alicia and Odette all have something in common, that Keira doesn’t.
This shit with Dani...it all ends after Blaze of Glory. She can move on to do whatever the hell she wants and I’ll do the same. Whatever that may be remains to be seen, but once all is said and done? When the dust is settled? She’ll have to keep her mouth shut about me from here on out, and I’ll do the same for her. We might not be main eventing. We might not be fighting for a title. But what we are fighting for is something even more important.
To be the Last...Bombshell...Standing!
See ya Sunday, Dani!