Quitters

Sometimes, it takes a relative to make you realize that you are wrong when it comes to certain things...

Daphne Anne Consuelos didn't know where she was headed, but she kept walking. She kept walking and she never turned back. It was safe to say that she was someone that she never intended to be—she was a quitter. She turned her back on the WWE and that left a dry taste in her mouth. However, her intentions were that she was going to return the work tomorrow and work on the new script that will be given to her. She walked through the streets of Los Angeles, before a black BMW parked a couple inches ahead of her. The headlights were still on as she could hear the sound of white high heels placing themselves on the street ground. The woman ahead of her seemed like a vision with the beaming street lights on her. Then, Daphne realized that it was not a vision, that it was a woman with red hair, green eyes and fair to pale skin. She could not place her finger on who the woman was—should could have been a random stranger that worried about her safety.

"Daphne," the redhead woman spoke in a soft way, "Connie is really concerned about you. She wants to see you to make sure that nothing bad happens to you." Daphne continued to look at the woman in front of her. It seemed like her cousin, Connie Mitchell knew her, and so she thought that she could trust the woman, even though she didn't know her name, "Come on, and take a few steps inside the car and we're going to be going to the studio."

"What studio?" Daphne wasn't processing what was on her mind. She quit the WWE. She turned her back on all of her friends that wanted her to stay and fight things. Worst of all, she turned her back on her boyfriend, Colby Lopez, who had no clue that she would pull something like this. She felt like the world's biggest asshole, but she felt like this was what she needed to do to scare the WWE like her friend, Phil Brooks, also known as CM Punk did. However, she was going to do things her own way and not play by his playbook.

"CBS Television City; Connie's on a live interactive singing competition show called Rising Star. She's an Expert on it. Now, come on." the redhead ordered Daphne as she stepped into the backseat of the car. Daphne landed face first on the leather cushions of the other seat, while she took the seat nearest from one of the windows. The redhead went back to her seat as placed her seat belt, looked into her mirrors and drive away. Daphne felt too depressed to put on her seatbelt, but she had to think about her safety, so she got up and placed her seatbelt on. She exchanged a look with the redhead and she knew exactly who it was.

It was Connie's manager, Rose Malone.

"Rose, you're Connie's manager?" Daphne asked in a confused way, just like Renee Paquette was Daphne's babysitter, Rose was once Connie's babysitter, before she made it big in Hollywood. She knew that Rose was trying to get a client, but somehow, she ended up scoring Connie as a client. This was a mystery to her.

Rose smirked intelligently, "Hello, Daphne."

Meanwhile, Connie Mitchell was not feeling in the best mental state, ever since she saw Daphne having a meltdown on live television. It made her upset that she would be receiving all of this attention, but not for something good, but for something that she could not control at all. Connie was eighteen years old with wavy brown hair, blue eyes and fair skin. From her choice of clothing, it was safe to say that Daphne was not the only one that liked leather because Connie wore a leather jacket, a white top and black skinny jeans as she waited for her cousin.

"I guess, she'll need some water. She might be dehydrated, but I would really like to keep her inside my dressing room until the show is over. I don't want her around other people, but Rose and I. Daphne can be very blunt and argue a lot. So, it would be best to do that." Connie informed Brad Paisley, who was her fellow Expert on the show as he went to ask some of the backstage hands to fill her dressing room with a bunch of water bottles.

Before she did that, she had informed that none of the remaining six contestants to not talk to Daphne, not wanting any of them to say something that could upset her. Also, they had to put away any social media that they had, so that no wrestling fans would know about Daphne's whereabouts. The last thing that she needed was for this place to be bombarded with wrestling fans. It's not like she didn't like wrestling fans, but they could get pretty rowdy for her and she did not need to stress or overwhelm anyone.

"Don't fucking touch me!" the whole room shook to its core as her Daphne Consuelos came storming into what they called the "Holding Room". The Holding Room was used to keep the contestants in before they performed out to raise the wall (which was the whole thing about the show Connie was a part of) or advance to the next round. Daphne had broken free from Rose's grasp. There was something that she hated and that was to be handled by a grown person and treated like a child.

"Crap," Connie muttered as each of the contestants saw the look of concern and irritation written in her face, placing a smile on her face, "Hey Daphne," she spoke softly, trying not to get on her cousin's bad side as Daphne looked carelessly in the Holding Room, "I'm glad that you can come here." she knew the timing was bad and that Daphne would rather be wrestling, but she had to try to make her cousin feel better.

There was no words to describe Daphne Consuelos—she was rude, blunt and very opinionated. She was someone that does not settle for anything less. Connie was the same way sometimes, but she had a nicer approach than her cousin, who was not afraid to speak her mind. It had been a while, since she and Daphne had been in the exact same room as each other due to their difficult travel schedules, "Connie, why the hell am I here?" Daphne asked, feeling confused about everything. She did not want to be in the same room with many people because she felt like her whole world was crashing down, "I seriously thought I was being kindly kidnapped at the parking lot, but when I saw that it was Rose in the car, I relaxed a bit, but I am super pissed that you brought me here."

"I saw what happened with you breaking down and crying—I knew something like this was bound to happen," Connie spoke up, trying to reason with Daphne, "You looked so distraught and I heard that you said a lot of things that should have not been said at all and I was so scared for you. Look, I know that you hate being brought into my world, but I feel like I need to keep a good look after you, before you are trusted to be by yourself." she was worried about Daphne—she was not her normal self; more like a meaner version of herself, but all she wanted to know was that Daphne was going to be okay and that it is nothing serious.

"I am not a baby," Daphne responded, "I am an adult and you're the child out of the two of us. I should be looking after you! I do not need to be looked after because I can handle myself quite well on my own. Just because I blew a gasket out there does not mean it is normally going to happen with me. When I go to work tomorrow, you'll see that I am fine." she put on a false smile, trying not to make Connie worry about her because she always hated to be brought into Connie's successful world and how she ran things. It almost made her sad that Connie was only eighteen and was able to reach this success that she dreamt of reaching.

"Here's the thing," Connie spoke up, "You're not going back to work tomorrow. I refuse to release you so you can go back to work and overstress yourself. Did you not realize that you breaking down in front of the whole world is a big, big deal? Daphne! You need a break! You need to sit down and unwind. Perhaps, go to Ajax and visit your family. They all have been so worried about you."

"Who are you to say that I need a break, Connie? You can have a break, whenever you want, but what I do: you take a break for about a month and the show continues. They don't stop with you until you are better and up on your feet again. All of my hard would be for nothing and that is something that you don't understand because you're not a wrestler." Daphne retorted back as Connie tried to keep her anger out of control; she refused to argue with her cousin because she was not being herself.

"You're right," Connie agreed, "But, you're not Wonder Woman, Daphne. Not even a little bit. I don't think that going back to work is going to get you whatever you have been asked for. You have been screwed over by the WWE multiple times. How many more heartbreaks can you go through until you understand the fact that these people are not going to change what they believe for you? People don't change! Men in power do not change for you; not even if you wish for it," Connie said as the whole room got silent—not even breathing was heard, "For example, do you remember Isaac?" she whispered as Daphne rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, the guy that almost beat me to death, but I almost felt sorry for what happened to you," Daphne said darkly as Connie knew what was going to come out of her mouth. It was something that she tried to avoid, "I mean, everyone in this room must have a vision that you're this perfect angel that came from this perfect life, but that is not Connie Colette Mitchell at all," she smirked as she looked at all the Rising Star Experts and contestants—weren't they all going to be in for a shock?

"Please Daphne, don't." Connie begged, tears almost stormed out of her eyes, but she wanted to be strong. Daphne smirked again—it must have been that she was not in a good mental state that was causing her to be so heartless, but still, she could not afford for Daphne to spill that dark secret about her. Daphne was not being herself; this was not the same woman that she grew up with. This Daphne was different from the Daphne that had been with Rose. Connie began to believe that this was not the Daphne she loved.

"Isaac molested you." Daphne admitted. The whole Holding Room went in silence as Connie tried to fight back to the tears. Why would Daphne admit this secret to everyone in the room? How could she be so heartless and not regret the things that she said? This was not the same Daphne that Connie once knew; this Daphne literally did not care anymore and that is what broke her heart.

"Connie," Daphne heard a soft-spoken male voice say her name. Her first impression of the guy was that he looked like Steven Tyler—only from the hair, but from appearance, he looked like Jim Morrison from The Doors, "Is that true?" he whispered to her as Daphne looked at Connie as her spirt was crushed completely. So instead of responding to the guy, she stormed out of the room.

Everyone exchanged nasty looks at Daphne—she thought that they were all just hating on her for no apparent reason, but she could not hold on to their stares for long as her phone vibrated and her iPhone 5c was pulled out from her pocket of her bodysuit. She noticed that it was a text from her boyfriend, Colby that read: "Daphne, where are you?" he texted to her as she then looked at another text from Renee Paquette that read, "Call me!" Then, there was another one from Brie Danielson that read, "We have the script to evaluate tomorrow!" Also, another one from Jonathan Good that read, "BITCH, PICK UP YOUR DAMN PHONE!"

"You know, you really upset her?" the same guy that had questioned Connie, if the molestation was true broke the silence in the Holding Room as Daphne sat up straight to look at him, "You just aired her dirty laundry in front of everyone and you did it in the most heartless way possible. Don't take out your frustrations out on her because she had been through a lot this week. She's confused over why you would do that and then, she is stressed out because she didn't want to do this show, but she had no other choice, but to do it. Honestly, Connie is the sweetest person and she was looking out for you. She really wants you to get better and you were not helping her at all. You were almost breaking her apart and just pointing out things that she did not want to be pointed out. How are you going to live your life knowing that you did this?"

Daphne stood up and walked out the room. She did not deserve to be lectured by someone that she didn't even know his name. Who the hell was he to tell her that she broke Connie and that Daphne was heartless? Daphne walked across the hall, the producers and backstage hands made sure to stay out of her way because who knew what this woman was capable of? She found the plaque that read "Connie Mitchell" and began to bang on the door.

"Who is it?" she heard Connie ask.

"Daphne, I really need to talk to you and explain, where I am at in a calm manner," Daphne moved a strand of her hair to the back of her hear as she saw the door open. Connie still looked pissed off and not wanting to see any company, but she had no other choice, but to do week nine of Rising Star tonight. She granted permission for Daphne to walk inside her room, "Look, I am the last person that you want to see right now, but, I really am so sorry about spilling your secret in front of everyone. I was not thinking straight and I feel awful that it had to come out the way it did. I will regret that for the rest of my life because molestation should not just be brought out in the open like that. It's a sensitive manner that should be taken seriously, especially in our family because it happened to you."

"Yeah, but I don't want people to feel pity for me because it happened. I got over eventually because I am successful in what I do and I know how much you want to be Divas Champion, but you have something that I don't: you have a guy that really likes you and I wish I had that. I am so envious of you Daphne because I want love like you have with Colby. He was there for you, when Isaac almost beat and raped you to death, but I had no one to have my back, when it came to that. You thought I was lying because I did not like the guy, but you didn't believe it until it happened to you. I felt so alone, when that happened to me because all of my innocence was taken away from me. It was such an ugly, ugly time for me and I hate to think about it."

Daphne could not believe it. Connie was jealous of her? Successful Connie was jealous of her! This had to be some wacky world because Connie had everything in the world, but she did have a point: Connie was not seeing anyone. She had no boyfriend to love like Daphne was able to have with her boyfriend Colby, "Why would you be jealous of me? I mean, you have people that are defending your honor for what I did. Just before I came here, I had some guy tell me that I really upset you and what I did was so horrible because you're this sweet girl. I felt like the biggest asshole in America."

Connie chuckled, knowing what she did with the guy that talked down Daphne, before she came here, earlier in the week and basically bashed his song choice would make what Daphne did to her seem like child's play, "Nah, I think that I might have you beat when it comes to being the biggest asshole in America. By the way, who was the guy that defended my honor like you claim he did?" she asked curiously, knowing that there was at least three guys that could have stuck up for her.

"It was the guy with the hair. The one that reminds me of Steven Tyler. The one that you stuck up for last week." Daphne couldn't put a finger to his name because the only name that she called him was the guy with the hair. Connie smiled as she knew, who had stuck up for her. It was Jesse Kinch, who had made Daphne realize what she did to her was wrong. She knew that she and Jesse were not in good terms, but the fact that he went out to make sure that Daphne felt bad for herself might have been one of the sweetest things that any guy had done for her. It got Daphne's head out of her ass.

"His name is Jesse and he is a sweet guy. I mean, he might seem a little intimidating at first, but he is just a soft-spoken soul, when you get to know him. I mean, you should try to have a conversation with him. Perhaps, you can thank him for giving you that motivation to talking to me. I feel like you will see what I have seen with him these past nine weeks." Connie advised as Daphne saw Connie's smile. It had been a smile that she hadn't seen in a while.

"I might have a chit-chat with the guy, before he goes on. Might need to ask him a couple things." Daphne formed a smirk on her face.

She was going to have a conversation with Jesse.

Disclaimer: I only own Daphne Consuelos, Connie Mitchell and Rose Malone. Anyone other people or show used in this chapter or even in this story, I do not own; they belong to themselves, ABC and or even the WWE.

Well, that was the first chapter. Daphne didn't exactly go home, but she was brought to her cousin, who felt like she needed to keep a good eye on Daphne, due to her breaking down in front of the WWE Universe. You saw that Daphne was not like herself and she admitted some things that should have never been admitted. Also, you say Daphne interact with people outside of the WWE, but there are more things that you are going to learn about her within this sequel. Who knows? There might be a straight edge quitter that might be in the next chapter that is willing to happen. Also, Daphne's group of friends find where she has been hanging around. So, be on the lookout for that.

How was the start of the chapter? I wanted to focus on Daphne and how she is with her family a little more. Thank you for your time and please, favorite, follow and review! :)