- Candle in the Wind -
McGregor, TX
-[ It�s a somewhat warm and sunny day in McGregor, Texas, a day where most northerners would love anytime of the year. To Texans, it�s a bit cool out but it�s still better than the summer heat. Cori-Lynn Matthews loves these kind of days and today is no exception. But first, she has to do the dishes that she was too tired to do the night before. As she runs the sponge over a pan, she feels a slight tap on her tight blue jeans. She looks down and smiles at her daughter, Samantha. Samantha looks like the typical child you�d see in a Playschool Toy ad with her mother�s blonde hair and blue eyes. She speaks up in the usual 4-year old broken English with a proud Texas accent. ]-
Samantha: Momma, I go outside. Cori: You wanna go outside?
-[ Samantha clasps her hands together and strikes a cute pose, praying that her mother says yes. Cori nods of course and leaves the sink, walking towards the back screen door. As she opens the door, she yells some motherly advice as Samantha runs out the door into the backyard. ]-
Cori: You stay in the backyard, you hear? Samantha: Yes, mother!
-[ She walks back to the sink to continue washing the dishes as she watches her daughter out the back window. Samantha is outside throwing a Frisbee at the family�s beige Labrador dog. The dog excitedly plays even though Sam�s throws only go a foot or two. Cori is interrupted by her older sister, Caroline, who walks into the kitchen, and looks through the window. Caroline isn�t as attractive as Cori but she still has her fun at night. ]-
Caroline: Beautiful day out. Cori: Yep. Caroline: Need some help with them dishes? Cori: Nope, I�s nearly done.
-[ Caroline looks out the window again and watches Samantha play with the dog. She gets a feeling of regret over her again, just like every time she looks at Cori�s daughter. Being the ugly duckling out of the two always hurt her, even though she�s never told Cori before. When they go out to bars at night to have a good time, the men always hang with Cori because she�s so cute looking, while Caroline gets whatever�s left. Usually she needs to get a man real drunk or even get herself real drunk to appear easy so she can get some. But that�s just the reality of life and she knows it. While Cori has been eye candy for many men in her 23 years on this planet, Caroline has been the more successful one in getting work and earning money. That�s why Cori and her daughter live with Caroline. It�s hard to make ends meet when you work at the town liquor store and have to raise a daughter. ]-
Caroline: Should be a great night for partin�. Cori: Naw, not tonight. Robert and I�s got plans. Caroline: Oh, like you did last night?
-[ Caroline gets a smirk on her face and Cori knows why. ]-
Cori: You heard us? Caroline: Yep. Dis is my house and when I hear the front door open at 3 AM, I wake up. I wouldn�t have stayed asleep long anyway wit the way you two were going at it.
-[ Cori blushes. ]-
Cori: I�m sorry, Caroline. We didn�t mean to wake you. Caroline: It�s all right. I was wonderin�, when you two gonna shack up? Cori: Do you want Samantha and me to move out or something�? Caroline: Naw, it�s not that. It�s just, you�re 23 now, have a kid, and no man. Cori: I have a man! Caroline: Then why don�t you two get married? You could use the money. Cori: Caroline! I ain�t gonna marry Rob so I�m better off with money! Caroline: I know, but still. You can�t always live here. Cori: Well I�m working on somethin� to get some extra money for Sam and me.
-[ Caroline crosses her arms. ]-
Caroline: Oh yeah, what, cause the liquor store ain�t cutting� it.
-[ Just then, both Caroline and Cori hear a vehicle drive up the gravel driveway towards the house. Cori finishes with the last dish and wipes her hands dry with a towel. Caroline starts to walk towards the front of the house to see who it is. ]-
Cori: That�s probably Robert right now to pick me up.
-[ Caroline pushes the front window drapes away as she looks out into the drive way. She�s surprised to see a green Ford Ranger parked in her driveway instead of a black one. ]-
Caroline: Not unless Robert gone and bought himself a new green truck. Cori: What you talkin� about? You must color blind.
-[ Cori leaves the kitchen and walks into the living room to see what her sister is talking about. She looks through the window too and sees the same vehicle. They both look at each other, wondering who it is. They see two men sitting in the front seats but can�t make out their faces. ]-
Caroline: Should I get the gun? Cori: No! They could be lost or somethin�.
-[ Both the side doors open on the Ford Ranger simultaneously. Then following that, Cody and Tomorrow Man come from out of the doors, Cody on the driver�s side. He takes his sunglasses off and places them on the brim of his baseball cap as he looks at the house number one more time. Then Cody and Tomorrow Man start to make their way towards the front door. ]-
Caroline: Go grab Samantha and the gun while I see what these men want. Cori: Good idea.
-[ Cori runs towards the kitchen again, and then out the door to bring Sam in. While she does that, Cody and Tomorrow Man ring the door bell and knock on the front door. Caroline looks back into the kitchen to see if Cori and Samantha are in. As they come in, Cori puts Sam in a bedroom then opens a closet door and grabs a shotgun from behind a few clothes. She stands in the kitchen doorway with the shotgun, loaded and ready. Cody and Tomorrow Man knock again. Caroline doesn�t open the door, but speaks through it. ]-
Caroline: Who dare?
-[ Cody and Tomorrow Man look at each other as they try to make out the muffled voice coming from the other side of the door. ]-
Cody: Um�Cody Carmichael. I�m looking for a Cori-Lynn Matthews.
-[ Caroline looks back at Cori, who didn�t hears what he said. ]-
Cori: Well? Caroline: They be lookin� for you.
-[ Caroline looks towards the door again and speaks to Cody through the door once more. ]-
Caroline: What�s your business? Cody: I got this letter from the state saying I�m the father of her daughter. Caroline: What?! Cori: Who is it?
-[ Caroline can�t remember the name so she has to ask again. ]-
Caroline: What was your name?
-[ Cody and Tomorrow Man look at each other once again, knowing something isn�t adding up here. ]-
Cody: Cody Carmichael.
-[ Caroline looks back at Cori. ]-
Caroline: Cody Carmichael? He says he�s Sam�s dad? Cori: Oh God, let him in! Caroline: What? Why? Cori: Let �em in damn it!
-[ Caroline listens to her younger sister and opens the door. Cody and Tomorrow Man look back with a smile. Cody, being true to himself, notices Caroline isn�t the greatest looking thing so he�s barfing inside. ]-
Cody: Hi.
-[ Tomorrow Man looks into the house and see Cori standing maybe 10 feet away with a shotgun in her hands. ]-
Tomorrow Man: Gun!
-[ Instinctively, both Cody and Tomorrow Man run for their lives back to the truck to seek cover. Cori throws the gun on the floor and runs towards the door. ]-
Cori: No, wait! Nobody�s gonna shoot you!
-[ Cody and Tomorrow Man come out from behind the truck and look around to make sure everything�s safe. Again, being true to himself, Cody notices how attractive Cori-Lynn is, so he says to himself, �I hope that�s her.� Both Cody and Tomorrow Man make their way back towards the door. ]-
Cody: Hi. Cori: Hi. Sorry, for pointin� a gun at you two. Can never be too careful around these parts. Tomorrow Man: It�s all right.
-[ Cori extends her hand to Tomorrow Man and Tomorrow Man shakes it. Caroline comes out see get closer to the action. ]-
Cori: I�m Cori-Lynn by the way and that�s my sis, Caroline. Tomorrow Man: You can call me T-Man.
-[ Cori then looks at Cody. ]-
Cori: You still look the same, Cody.
-[ Cody doesn�t really recognize her at all seeing as it�s been 4 years since he�s last seen her and all she was only a one night stand. But still, he gives her a good look over and says to himself, �damn, I tapped that ass?�. ]-
Cody: I guess you look the same too seeing as I really don�t remember you. Cori: Well it has been 4 years. Caroline: Mr. T-Man and me should let you two talk alone. Tomorrow Man: Um, yeah, good idea. Caroline: I�ll show you around the house.
-[ Tomorrow Man looks at Cody as if he really doesn�t want to go, but he knows that Cody deserves some time to speak with this woman alone. So being the good friend that Tomorrow Man is, he follows Caroline into the house. Cody and Cori just stand there wondering what to say. ]-
Cori: So, you�ve come a long way if you came from San Francisco. Cody: Yeah, but I like to travel. You know, with my job and all. Cori: Wrestling, right? Cody: Yes.
-[ They both go silent again because this is an awkward moment. But soon enough, Cody grows tired of this and wants to get down to business. ]-
Cody: So where did we meet? Cori: You seriously don�t remember, do you? Cody: No, I don�t. Cori: In Dallas. Milestone�s Tap Room. We met on the dance floor. Cody: Milestone? Hmm, sounds familiar.
-[ Cody starts to remember back when it was 1999. He and Tomorrow Man were in Dallas for a Tuesday Night Backdraft event in the Global Fantasy Wrestling Alliance. They decided after the event to go around town to explore the night life a bit, well Cody did but Tomorrow Man really wasn�t interested. So they found this nice bar where there was a long line waiting to get inside because a hot local DJ was playing there. Cody and Tomorrow Man decided to use their pull in society and showed the bouncer their I.D.�s that they worked for the GFWA. Just like that, they were allowed to cut past the line and go inside. ]-
-[ Inside the bar is a crowded room, obviously those people waiting outside aren�t going to get in tonight. Cody and Tomorrow Man walk through the wall to wall crowded bar, attempting to make their way towards the actual bar to get something to drink. On the way there, Cody catches a glimpse of a great looking girl in a short skimpy red dress dancing on the dance floor. He taps Tomorrow Man on the shoulder. ]-
Cody: You know what, I think I�ll go over there a dance a bit. Tomorrow Man: All right. I�ll be at the bar.
-[ Cody then starts to make his way towards the dance floor while Tomorrow Man pushes his way towards the bar. Cody gets another glimpse of the girl in red and he knows that he�s going to bag her tonight. As he dances his way towards her, he comes up with a sly way of starting some conversation. Finally, he gets close enough to were he is dancing next to her. She turns around, he smiles, and she smiles back. ]-
Cody: Hey.
-[ Then she turns back around and starts to dance towards the other side of the room, ignoring him. Cody just stands there, dejected in the middle of the dance floor. Not every plan works apparently. Then from behind him he hears a female voice. ]-
Cori: Now that was smooth.
-[ Cody turns around and staring back at him, dancing, is a younger Cori-Lynn Matthews. Cody starts to dance with her a bit because he knows that he doesn�t have a shot with the other chick; besides, he�s too lazy to chase her all the way to the other side of the room. So he decides to introduce himself to Cori. ]-
Cody: Cody Carmichael. Professional wrestler. Cori: Cori-Lynn Matthews. Self-employed. Wrestler, eh? Cody: Yeah, I was in town doing a show. Cori: Sounds like fun. Cody: Self-employed? Cori: Yep. Cody: What do you do?
-[ Cori winks at him and starts to dance a little closer to him. ]-
Cori: Just my thang.
-[ Well, Cody and Cori hit it off pretty well on the dance floor due to them both having the same personality. As a matter of fact, they hit it off so well that they leave the dance floor together and head towards a restroom. Cori leads him into the men�s bathroom and then into one of the stalls. Cody pushes her against the concrete wall and starts to feel up her skirt while he kisses her. She then starts to unbutton and unzip his pants to feel around while they kiss. ]-
Cody: I haven�t had the pleasure of doing it in a bathroom before. Cori: Oh, the pleasure�s all mine, hun.
-[ Cody reaches into his back pocket and pulls out his wallet. He reaches into one of the compartments and pulls out a condom. He opens the package up and prepares to put it on. One problem though, as he was going to put it on, he accidentally drops it into the toilet! ]-
Cody: Shit! Cori: What? Cody: My condom fell in the toilet!
-[ A guy washing his hands by the sink hears the whole thing and laughs at Cody. ]-
Cody: Shut the fuck up!
-[ Cori looks down in the toilet and can�t help but laugh a little too. Sure enough, there it is, floating on top of the water. ]-
Cody: Crap, I can�t use it now and I don�t have another one! Cori: I don�t have one either.
-[ Cori pulls up her skirt a little and slides her sky blue silk panties off and Cody just looks at her. ]-
Cody: What are you doing? Cori: Come on, don�t tell me that�s going to stop you!
-[ Cody knows he has to pass because that would be breaking one of his own rules. Never do a lady without protection. Cody shakes his head to deny her. ]-
Cori: Come on! I�ll take care of it later.
-[ Cody can�t believe that he�s going to pass up the opportunity to have sex with this 19-year old cute Texan, so he decides that he can�t pass it up. He hoists her up, enough to where she can grab onto the top of the stall walls so she has something to hang on to. As he recalls giving her the business, he comes back to reality, comprehending what went wrong that night. ]-
Cody: You didn�t take care of it later, did you?
-[ Cori looks down at the gravel driveway, ashamed about what happened. ]-
Cori: I had a little too much to drink later that night and I forgot. The next day I took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. 9 months later, I had Samantha. Cody: How do you know she�s mine? Cori: Cause you were the only person I had sex with that month.
-[ Cody shakes his head in disbelief. ]-
Cody: I still want to have the paternity test done. Cori: Just come look at her, Cody, and you�ll know she�s yours! Cody: Fine, I�ll meet her but I still want the test done. Cori: Ok, you meet her then we�ll go into town to get the test done. Then you�ll know if you don�t all ready after you see her. She�s yours, Cody! Cody: Take me to her. Cori: Come on.
-[ Cori leads Cody into the house and into the living room. Caroline and Tomorrow Man are there and she�s showing him some family photos she has on the old fireplace. Tomorrow Man could care less. When he sees Cori leading Cody to the bedroom where Samantha is, he follows them. Cori opens the door and finds Samantha sitting in the middle of the room playing with some dolls. Cori turns back to Cody and whispers for him to wait. While Cody waits, Cori enters the room and smiles at her daughter. ]-
Cori: Samantha? Samantha: Yes, momma. Cori: Remember when you drew that picture of me, you, and Aunt Caroline? Samantha: Uh huh. Cori: And you asked why you didn�t have a daddy? Samantha: Uh huh. Cori: Well I�d like you to meet a very good friend of mine. His name is Cody. And he wants to be your daddy.
-[ Cody, still not positive that she�s his daughter, shakes his head to himself because Cori is jumping the gun. Cori waves for him to come in, and he does. When he enters the room he sees little Samantha sitting in the center of the room, watching him. He likes the fact that she�s a very cute little girl. Tomorrow Man quickly notices that she does have some of Cody�s features. Cody gets on his two knees and extends his hand to her. ]-
Cody: Nice to meet you Samantha. Samantha: Nice meet you Cody.
-[ Samantha then goes back to playing with her dolls again as Cody looks at Cori. ]-
Cori: It�s okay.
-[ Cody looks at Samantha again and tries to get her attention. ]-
Cody: What are you playing there? Samantha: Barbies.
-[ Samantha hands Cody a naked Ken doll and Tomorrow Man chuckles to himself. He wishes he had a camera for this because he�ll never get a chance to see Cody playing with a naked Ken doll ever again. Cody, not knowing what to do, walks the Ken doll over to Samantha�s Barbie. ]-
Cody: Hi, I�m Ken�
-[ Samantha laughs. ]-
Samantha: You not Ken! You Cody!
-[ Cori chuckles as Samantha brings her Barbie and another doll over to Cody�s Ken. ]-
Samantha: Me Samantha and dis my mommy. You marry so I have daddy.
-[ Cody looks at Cori and she looks back. Now she knows what she has to do. ]-
Cori: Samantha, go put your shoes on. We�re going into town. Samantha: Aw! But I was playin�. Cori: I know. You can bring your toys too. Samantha: Yay!
-[ Cody gives her the Ken doll back as she runs out the bedroom door to go get her shoes. Cody looks back at Tomorrow Man and then Cori. ]-
Cody: T-Man and I will wait outside while you get ready. Then we�ll follow you into town. Cori: We�ll be out shortly.
-[ Cody walks past Tomorrow Man and Caroline and heads towards the front door. Tomorrow Man follows a few feet behind. Cody walks out the door and heads towards his truck as he takes his sunglasses off his hat visor and back in front of his eyes. Tomorrow Man looks behind him to see if anybody is following him. Once he sees no one is, he says something to Cody. ]-
Tomorrow Man: You were great back there with her. Cody: Get in the truck.
-[ Cody gets in the truck and closes the door. Tomorrow Man walks around the truck, not really sure why Cody seems to be in a pissed off mood, he then gets into the truck. ]-
Tomorrow Man: What�s wrong with you? Cody: How dare she say I want to be that kid�s father! Shit, we haven�t even taken the test yet! Tomorrow Man: That�s what we�re going to do now, right? Cody: Damn right, then when the test prove I�m not the father we can leave! Tomorrow Man: What if the test comes back positive. Cody: Doesn�t matter, we�re still going to Buffalo! You�ve got a match! Tomorrow Man: Man, don�t worry about business right now. Cody: Subject changed. We�re talking about business now! Tomorrow Man: Fine. Cody: You better beat Sapphire or you aren�t a man anymore.
-[ Tomorrow Man laughs. ]-
Tomorrow Man: Oh yeah? Cody: Yeah. You lose to a girl, your manhood is stripped. And trust me, she likes to take away guys� manhood. Just ask that cracker jack Big Poppa.
-[ Tomorrow Man laughs again. ]-
Tomorrow Man: We about through? Cody: You going to win? Tomorrow Man: Well, Sapphire is pretty tough for a woman� Cody: �are you going to win?! Tomorrow Man: All right! Yes I�m going to win. There, happy?
-[ Just then, Cori, Samantha, and Caroline come out of the house and walk towards Caroline�s old beat up sky blue Oldsmobile. Cody starts the truck up and slowly follows the old junker as it leads them into town. ]-
Cody: I�m getting there.


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