REYES UP!

[OrochiGeese]

*We're backstage in the Reyes locker room after HaLAWLoween 2010. (yeah...REALLY after, I know) Grace is sitting on a bench with her head lowered and a towel resting over it. Marie is stretching on the floor.*

[Grace:] "I blew it."

[Marie:] "Stop. Just calm down and we'll talk about it."

[Grace:] "What is there to talk about? I can't cut it as a wrestler if I lost to f'n Canada Meg."

[Marie:] "Grace, take a deep breath and just listen."

*Marie gets up and sits down next to Grace.*

[Marie:] "You're a former 1337 Champion and one of the best wrestlers here. Even though Canada Meg is better then she used to be, she's still not as good as you. And I don't think for one second she'd beat you one on one."

[Grace:] "So then what the hell happened?"

[Marie:] "This wasn't a one on one match."

[Grace:] "Damn straight, it was two on two."

[Marie:] "It's not two on two, it's tag team. Why do you think we call it a Tag team match? We could easily call it two on two but tag team means something else. It means the two things you lacked in that match."

*Grace takes a deep breath*

[Grace:] "...Yes?"

[Marie:] "Well that's good. I was expecting you to snap at me after I said that."

*Grace takes the towel off her head and looks Marie in her eyes*

[Grace:] "One thing I've learned over the last two years is I've done too much talking, especially snapping, and too little listening. You're here to help me and I owe it to you to hear you out. Plus, you were a former A/S/L Champion so I figure you have some idea what you're talking about. So which things did I do wrong?"

*Marie nods and smiles*

[Marie:] "First off, you thought you could handle both Meg and Anne. Even though they are each inferior to you, together they are a force stronger then you or myself individually. You can't go it alone, Grace. Not against any tag team on this roster: human or uh...product."

[Grace:] "I got in over my head, I get that."

[Marie:] "But the other, related, part of the equation is that you didn't ask for help once you got yourself in trouble against them. You didn't tag out, you didn't give me enough opportunities to help you. Even if I wasn't the fresher one, you still could legally get me in the ring to assist you for a few seconds. It helps change the momentum of the match and gets you some rest."

[Grace:] "I...just have trouble asking for help."

[Marie:] "I know. And that's why we're teaming together to begin with. You gotta be comfortable asking me for help in and out of the ring. We're a team and more importantly, we're sisters."

[Grace:] "I know."

*Marie pats Grace on the back.*

[Marie:] "Tag team wrestling is an art. And the best way to learn that art is by practicing it. LAWLiday is coming up and Gloria assured me that both of us would have spots on the show. Now we can try this tag team thing again, if you want."

[Grace:] "Yeah, I'm not giving up on us!"

[Marie:] "There you go. I'll tell Gloria to put us up against any tag team she wants."

[Grace:] "No, I want to choose them."

[Marie:] "Who do you have in mind?"

[Grace:] "I need to face my past, Marie. I want us to wrestle the LAWLunkaloompas. They were in LMAO and they said some bad things about you back then."

*Marie looks shocked.*

[Grace:] "It wasn't public so I know it's a surprise."

[Marie:] "Well uh...just the fact they could talk is a surprise."

[Grace:] "That too. They got filthy mouths. Always rhyming dirty limericks. Even made Martino blush one time."

[Marie:] "Hmm."

[Grace:] "Just between the two of us, she ain't as hard as she puts on, but whatever."

*Marie lets out a rare smirk*

[Marie:] "Yeah, I think I already proved that."

[Grace:] "Heh heh, yeah you did. Now, I want us to face the LAWLunkaloompas to show that I support you and that the LMAO period of my life is behind me."

[Marie:] "You already showed that when you came to Alicia's aid during the summer."

[Grace:] "Well I want to prove it even more. And plus, if it's a lesson in teamwork I need, I think they'll give it to me the hard way. Those two are like wired mentally or something. If we don't bring our best teamwork, we'll lose to them in five minutes."

[Marie:] "They are previous A/S/L Tag Champions."

[Grace:] "Exactly. So this will force me to be on your wavelength."

[Marie:] "No, not mine. Ours. We have to meet halfway on this: not force one of us to follow the other. That's what got you in trouble in LMAO with Lupe. I'm not gonna do the same to you. We practice the next few months in the ring together and we'll get to where we need to be as a team. Meanwhile, let's just enjoy the HoLAWLidays as a family."

[Grace:] "That sounds good, Marie. That sounds real good."

*The scene fades out*