Post by ♡☈ɑ√əη on Jun 25, 2015 4:11:34 GMT -5
Sitting at a table in a café as Ms. Jackson’s alluring voice was singing out of a speaker, Raven was alone..lowkey with her shades and her hair pulled back into a ponytail. Her demeanor was noticeably different than her norm..More calm and quiet than usual…..MUCH more. She seemed less energetic as well. Didn’t even have the energy to sing and bounce along to her fav’s new song playing out of the speakers. The bell rang as the café door opened and Raven began to light up a bit as she greeted the man walking in.
rae| Hey, dad!
Raven sprang up from her chair, pulling off her shades, and greeted her dad with a smile and a big hug.
rae| Happy Belated Father’s Da….
Raven froze as she began to give the stankest of looks to the person walking in behind him…..her step-mother.
rae| Daddy what the hell is that doing here?
alonzo| Katrena.
The bass and sternness in his voice let Raven know that he wasn’t gonna have yet another incident of her and his wife sharing verbal nor physical exchanges. Raven rolled her eyes and sat down close to her father, away from his wife. sitting in silence for a while, Denise decides to break the ice.
denise| So, Katrena. I trust everything is well with you?
Raven only stared daggers into her head still wondering why she’s even here. The cold, silent treatment was nothing new to her, but she kept on trying.
denise| Your father and I saw your match against Mariah. You two put on a hell of fight and no matter the outcome, we’re proud of you.
Denise managed to crack a genuine smile and Raven took a deep breathe in disgust and cut her eyes on the exhale looking towards her father.
rae| Seriously, why? I thought this was suppose to be daughter-daddy time. You know, lunch, shopping, you cracking jokes about mom and her having to call and cuss you out.
alonzo| Kat, please. for one, it’s only right as you did leave her out of your Mother’s Day plans.. Being that you didn’t make plans with her to begin with. And two-
rae| Oh, please. This home wrecking ho has never been ANY kind of mother to me.
denise| Excuse me?!
rae| D-d-d-d-d-did I stutter, Alicia Keys? Home. Wrecking. Ho!
Before Alzono could break up this potential fight, Denise immediately spoke up
denise| I’m tired of this. For over 10 years I’ve been trying to find some peace with you on some kind of common ground, but all you do is constantly attack me for my past mistake.
rae| Peace? MISTAKE??! Uh-uh! Drop this Mother Theresa act, heffa. You met my dad in a strip club while you were throwing your ass inna circle for bus fare. You WILLINGLY seduced my dad knowing he was happily married with a child leading to the breakup of MY home. MY loving parents. MY life. And you expect me to just welcome you with open arms? Like ‘hey girl, let’s get together and do lunch’? No, you don’t get that. You already got what you deserved and that was the beatdown my mom gave you when she caught your ass trying to run out the front door.
denise| and what about you? my ONE dirty deed that I’ve lived with and came to terms with, but you’re out here doing what I did tenfold. Tasha may have raised you, but you’re more like me than you care to admit.
rae| EXCUSE YOU?!
Raven’s eyes widened is genuine shock. Truly one of those moments where the mirror is held up to her face.
denise| I can honestly say I love your father with all my heart and I’ve made a life with him. Can you claim that result from any of the multiple homes YOU wrecked? My guess is that since you feel some kind of way about me ‘taking’ your father, instead of fully dealing with me to be close to him again, you hop around stealing men trying to fill some empty space in that black hole you call a heart. Hell, even objects like that title you just lost.
Low blow. Raven just clenched her teeth taking in deep breathes again. Losing that title to Mariah was the equivalent to losing a war. Sure she pulled out tricks to win and keep the title, but it was solely hers. Something that no one could touch….and this may be proving Denise’s point.
rae| No matter what you do, he is still MY father.
denise| Yeah, but sharing him with the ‘other woman’ is a bitch, ain’t it? I can only imagine how you’ll act when you only get a third of his time now.
Alonzo gave Denise and cold glare. That was NOT the way he wanted it to come out. And to even insist that he’s have less time for his baby girl was outrageous, but ‘baby girl’ IS a 26 year old grown woman. She SHOULD be able to take this news like an adult, shouldn’t she?
alonzo| Listen, the second reason I wanted Denise with us is to tell you that she’s expecting.
Raven’s eyes darted between them in confusion
rae| Expecting a pizza? Expecting a phone call? I don’t understand.
denise| I’m pregnant, Katrena.
Denise cut right through Raven’s sarcasm and blurted out the news. From there, Raven’s chest caved in as she focused her attention to her father. She wouldn’t be the only child anymore. Hell, she probably wouldn’t even be Daddy’s Girl in a couple months.
rae| You decided it was a good idea to drop this on me during what was suppose to be quality time for us? I have to share you again with some little brat as if It wasn’t bad enough that it’s DAYS after Father’s Day and you we’re spotty on making time for your only child?
denise| Other child.
Denise instantly and unapologetically came in with the correction.
rae| You know what, bitch? It’s not too late for you to mysteriously fall down some steps just before the due date. TRY me!
Damn. Dark.
alonzo| KATRENA!
rae| NO, dad! This was a time where I needed you! I just suffered quite possibly the biggest lost in my career and I don’t know where to go from here. I’m questioning if I even want to go on as a wrestler.
alonzo| Cut the dramatics. Almost ten years in this profession, with all you’ve accomplished and THIS is what you get worked up for?
rae| YES! Have you been watching the programs and have you been too busy to pay attention to what’s going on with your daughter? I put so much personal shit on the line with this match and I wasn’t able to deliver with a WIN. This is a blow to all the work I’ve put in over the years. A blow to my confidence. A blow to my skills and my career. But, heh, why should that matter to you? You guys are about to jump start a new family so who has time for the old, right? I mean that IS how you did mom.
Alonzo moved in closer to pull Raven in for a hug and attempt to calm her down, but Rae’s reflexes allowed her to slip out with the quickness before the hug could tighten. Raven snatched her belongings not even making eye contact with them as she began to storm away from the table heading for the door.
rae| Happy Damn Father’s Day. And don’t call me when the little bastard gets here.
