Post by Gerald Dragon on May 25, 2019 18:51:39 GMT -6
(The scene takes place at this time on Saturday evening, May 25, outdoors at the parking lot of the Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. Standing outside the church is FSW Superstar Lexie Glass, still out on leave due to her pregnancy and belly getting noticeably bigger. With her is Alice, the young wife of FSW Superstar Gerald Dragon. The Gender Reveal Party held for Lexie has just wrapped up and the ladies are putting the gifts and some leftover food in the trunk of Lexie's 1972 Gran Torino.)
AD: Wow, that sure was some party. Wasn't it?
LG: It sure was. I wish my Mom could've made it. But she's going to have a baby shower for me next weekend. And then in about a month, the big day will be here. I will be getting married. June 22.
AD: I know. It is approaching fast. What do you think that Dad will think of when you tell him on what the baby's sex will be.
LG: We discussed it. But we both decided that we just will be happy that the baby will be healthy. But it will be nice for us to have a baby girl.
(Lexie shuts the trunk of the car.)
AD: Wow, another baby girl in the family. Someone for Caroline to grow up with and play with. And to think that she will be older than her Aunt. So, have you come up with a name?
LG: I have. Pete thinks that it is odd, but lots of famous people are giving their children unusual names.
AD: True. What is it gonna be?
LG: Chattanooga Lucille Dragon. I thought of Lucille as her first name, but some will think that it's too old fashioned. But I giving her the middle name of Lucille after my late grandmother. But Chattanooga will be for the place I grew up and lived most of my 22 years in. I have many fond memories there. Know what I mean?
AD: I do, and I think that Chattanooga Lucille is a beautiful name.
LG: You do?
AD: I really do.
LG: Look, let's call Gerald and tell him that I will give you a ride home.
AD: That's okay. He wants to pick me up so we can go out to dinner. And then we are going to see the new Aladdin movie. It is our Anniversary.
LG: I thought you were married in October.
AD: Yeah, but this is the two year Anniversary of the first time we met. I was outside of the building where the main office is sitting on top of a car. My Senior year of High School. 17 years old fixing to turn eighteen. I was there to meet with my father to discuss plans for after graduation. And I was smoking a cigarette.
LG: Sometimes, I miss smoking that cigarette.
AD: I do, too.
LG: What did you smoke?
AD: Marlboro Menthol.
LG: I loved Marlboro Reds before I quit.
AD: Then this tall, handsome hunk of a man walked by. He glanced at me at first, but I looked away. Didn't want to seem too obvious that I thought he was cute. A minute later, as I finished my cigarette, he walked up to me and introduced himself. He asked what my name was, and we started talking. By the time we were done, I gave him my phone number. And it seemed like we been together since.
By the way, go ahead and head home. I will be okay.
LG: No, I will stay and wait with you for Gerald.
AD: You sure?
LG: Yeah. Even in church parking lots, you can't be too sure on what can happen. Look, here he comes.
(Gerald's Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pulls into the parking lot and gets out.)
GD: Hey ladies. How was the party?
LG: It was great.
GD: Well, am I going to have a little brother or sister?
LG: A sister. And her name will be Chattanooga Lucille Dragon.
GD: What the fuck kinda name is that?
AD: GERALD!!!!!
GD: No, it's not a bad name. Just an unusual name. That just came out wrong. Sorry.
LG: It's okay. That was your Dad's reaction the first time I suggested it to him.
GD: So, you told him yet?
LG: Not yet. Going to tell him when I get home. Which is where I need to get to now.
(Lexie and Alice hug each other goodbye. Then she gives Gerald a hug goodbye as she gets into her car. She then rolls down the window as she cranks the car up.)
LG: So, are you two still coming to the Memorial Day Barbecue on Monday?
AD: Of course we are.
GD: Wouldn't miss it. I can't wait for Dad to make his World famous burgers with his "secret" sauce.
AD: For God's sake, the "secret" sauce is Teriyaki sauce.
GD: I know that. But let's not let him know that we know that. I also can't wait to see my wife in that new bikini she just bought.
AD: Gerald.
LG: Bye, guys.
AD: Bye. Love you.
GD: See you Monday, Lex. Let's get in the car and head to the Red Lobster.
(Gerald opens the passenger door for Alice and then he gets in the driver's side and shuts the door. He starts up his car and they drive out of the Church parking lot onto the highway.)
GD: I got an interview on Wednesday by the writer of Pro Wrestling Monthly magazine.
AD: You do?
GD: Yeah.
AD: You remember what today is, don't you?
GD: Of course. It was the first time I ever laid eyes on the most beautiful woman in the World.
(Alice blushes.)
GD: Yeah, Jennifer Lawrence was shooting a movie at the campus. She turned me down. Then I saw you a little while later.
(Alice angrily slaps Gerald across the face, causing them to almost wreck.)
GD: WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR? WE ALMOST WRECKED, GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!
AD: REALLY? JENNIFER LAWRENCE?
GD: I was kidding. Damn. She wasn't even there to shoot a movie. Shit, I figured you would know my type of sense of humor after being together for so long.
AD: Oh baby, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me.
GD: You know that there is no one more beautiful and sexy as you.
AD: Oh honey.
(Alice goes to kiss Gerald, but he reminds her that he is driving. He then proceeds to pull out his cell phone and goes to looking at it.)
AD: You better hope that a cop doesn't pull you over. What are you looking for?
GD: The card for the next episode of FSW. Look at it.
(Alice glances over it and hands the phone back to Gerald.)
AD: It's the card for your next show. So what?
(Gerald hands the phone back to his wife, telling her to look more closely. After doing so, she screams.)
AD: THE NEXT SHOW IS IN PARIS? REALLY? YOU'RE GOING TO PARIS?
GD: Nope, not me. Us, we are.
AD: OH MY GOD, BABE. OH WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. YOU AND I ARE GOING TO PARIS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I AM SO EXCITED. I AM GOING TO CALL MY MOM AND TELL HER.
GD: We will do it later. We are close to the restaurant.
AD: This is so cool. After two years of meeting one another, who would have thought we would be married to each other, having a baby together, you with a career that's making you plenty of money where I can still go to school, even though it is Vanderbilt instead of Stanford, just moved into a nice house, and now we get to travel to Paris? Is this how you pictured this?
GD: Honestly, not really. But I am glad that it turned out like it did. Life truly doesn't get any better than this.
AD: Aw babe. I love you.
(Alice leans over and gives Gerald a peck on the cheek.)
GD: I love you, too.
AD: By the way, this isn't my present. Is it?
GD: Of course not. I will give it to you later on tonight.
AD: Okay, good. I do love you.
GD: Ditto, honey. Ditto.
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AD: Wow, that sure was some party. Wasn't it?
LG: It sure was. I wish my Mom could've made it. But she's going to have a baby shower for me next weekend. And then in about a month, the big day will be here. I will be getting married. June 22.
AD: I know. It is approaching fast. What do you think that Dad will think of when you tell him on what the baby's sex will be.
LG: We discussed it. But we both decided that we just will be happy that the baby will be healthy. But it will be nice for us to have a baby girl.
(Lexie shuts the trunk of the car.)
AD: Wow, another baby girl in the family. Someone for Caroline to grow up with and play with. And to think that she will be older than her Aunt. So, have you come up with a name?
LG: I have. Pete thinks that it is odd, but lots of famous people are giving their children unusual names.
AD: True. What is it gonna be?
LG: Chattanooga Lucille Dragon. I thought of Lucille as her first name, but some will think that it's too old fashioned. But I giving her the middle name of Lucille after my late grandmother. But Chattanooga will be for the place I grew up and lived most of my 22 years in. I have many fond memories there. Know what I mean?
AD: I do, and I think that Chattanooga Lucille is a beautiful name.
LG: You do?
AD: I really do.
LG: Look, let's call Gerald and tell him that I will give you a ride home.
AD: That's okay. He wants to pick me up so we can go out to dinner. And then we are going to see the new Aladdin movie. It is our Anniversary.
LG: I thought you were married in October.
AD: Yeah, but this is the two year Anniversary of the first time we met. I was outside of the building where the main office is sitting on top of a car. My Senior year of High School. 17 years old fixing to turn eighteen. I was there to meet with my father to discuss plans for after graduation. And I was smoking a cigarette.
LG: Sometimes, I miss smoking that cigarette.
AD: I do, too.
LG: What did you smoke?
AD: Marlboro Menthol.
LG: I loved Marlboro Reds before I quit.
AD: Then this tall, handsome hunk of a man walked by. He glanced at me at first, but I looked away. Didn't want to seem too obvious that I thought he was cute. A minute later, as I finished my cigarette, he walked up to me and introduced himself. He asked what my name was, and we started talking. By the time we were done, I gave him my phone number. And it seemed like we been together since.
By the way, go ahead and head home. I will be okay.
LG: No, I will stay and wait with you for Gerald.
AD: You sure?
LG: Yeah. Even in church parking lots, you can't be too sure on what can happen. Look, here he comes.
(Gerald's Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pulls into the parking lot and gets out.)
GD: Hey ladies. How was the party?
LG: It was great.
GD: Well, am I going to have a little brother or sister?
LG: A sister. And her name will be Chattanooga Lucille Dragon.
GD: What the fuck kinda name is that?
AD: GERALD!!!!!
GD: No, it's not a bad name. Just an unusual name. That just came out wrong. Sorry.
LG: It's okay. That was your Dad's reaction the first time I suggested it to him.
GD: So, you told him yet?
LG: Not yet. Going to tell him when I get home. Which is where I need to get to now.
(Lexie and Alice hug each other goodbye. Then she gives Gerald a hug goodbye as she gets into her car. She then rolls down the window as she cranks the car up.)
LG: So, are you two still coming to the Memorial Day Barbecue on Monday?
AD: Of course we are.
GD: Wouldn't miss it. I can't wait for Dad to make his World famous burgers with his "secret" sauce.
AD: For God's sake, the "secret" sauce is Teriyaki sauce.
GD: I know that. But let's not let him know that we know that. I also can't wait to see my wife in that new bikini she just bought.
AD: Gerald.
LG: Bye, guys.
AD: Bye. Love you.
GD: See you Monday, Lex. Let's get in the car and head to the Red Lobster.
(Gerald opens the passenger door for Alice and then he gets in the driver's side and shuts the door. He starts up his car and they drive out of the Church parking lot onto the highway.)
GD: I got an interview on Wednesday by the writer of Pro Wrestling Monthly magazine.
AD: You do?
GD: Yeah.
AD: You remember what today is, don't you?
GD: Of course. It was the first time I ever laid eyes on the most beautiful woman in the World.
(Alice blushes.)
GD: Yeah, Jennifer Lawrence was shooting a movie at the campus. She turned me down. Then I saw you a little while later.
(Alice angrily slaps Gerald across the face, causing them to almost wreck.)
GD: WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR? WE ALMOST WRECKED, GOD DAMN IT!!!!!!
AD: REALLY? JENNIFER LAWRENCE?
GD: I was kidding. Damn. She wasn't even there to shoot a movie. Shit, I figured you would know my type of sense of humor after being together for so long.
AD: Oh baby, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me.
GD: You know that there is no one more beautiful and sexy as you.
AD: Oh honey.
(Alice goes to kiss Gerald, but he reminds her that he is driving. He then proceeds to pull out his cell phone and goes to looking at it.)
AD: You better hope that a cop doesn't pull you over. What are you looking for?
GD: The card for the next episode of FSW. Look at it.
(Alice glances over it and hands the phone back to Gerald.)
AD: It's the card for your next show. So what?
(Gerald hands the phone back to his wife, telling her to look more closely. After doing so, she screams.)
AD: THE NEXT SHOW IS IN PARIS? REALLY? YOU'RE GOING TO PARIS?
GD: Nope, not me. Us, we are.
AD: OH MY GOD, BABE. OH WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. YOU AND I ARE GOING TO PARIS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I AM SO EXCITED. I AM GOING TO CALL MY MOM AND TELL HER.
GD: We will do it later. We are close to the restaurant.
AD: This is so cool. After two years of meeting one another, who would have thought we would be married to each other, having a baby together, you with a career that's making you plenty of money where I can still go to school, even though it is Vanderbilt instead of Stanford, just moved into a nice house, and now we get to travel to Paris? Is this how you pictured this?
GD: Honestly, not really. But I am glad that it turned out like it did. Life truly doesn't get any better than this.
AD: Aw babe. I love you.
(Alice leans over and gives Gerald a peck on the cheek.)
GD: I love you, too.
AD: By the way, this isn't my present. Is it?
GD: Of course not. I will give it to you later on tonight.
AD: Okay, good. I do love you.
GD: Ditto, honey. Ditto.
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