Post by Spencer Adams on Jan 5, 2019 22:52:04 GMT -5
Part 1: 2018
(12/30/18)
(12/30/18)
Andre: You comin’ to Kyle’s shit tomorrow?
Spencer: I don’t know..
Andre: Shit, would probably do you some good, ya know?
Spencer: I guess I’m just not feeling real festive this year.
Andre: Ya boy can change that.
I lounged back across the loveseat in my hotel room, a brown bottle grasped in my left hand with a Dish tv remote in my right. My attention was split between AA’s voice coming from the other side of the phone and Action Bronson’s televised praise of a lobster roll he was scarfing down at a deli in Queens.
I took another drink from the bottle, glancing over at a boisterous Big Body Bes commenting on the neighborhood’s culture as it ran down my throat.
Andre: That means you finna try to come out for the party then?
Spencer: We’ll see..
I never was much of a drinker, partially because of a bad history related to booze and it just never clicking with me in the first place. Still, I was feeling the need to take the edge off and as an athlete in the position I’m in, there aren’t many options.
Spencer: Can it wait til this break ends?
Andre: If you insist.
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*
Andre: What’s up?-
I ended the call before bothering with a response. Naturally, my paranoia hadn’t completely gone away yet, so I crept up on the door and pressed my right eye against the peep hole. On the other side is a guy I’ve never seen before wearing a gray suit and black tie. I slide the lock over with hesitation and pull open the door.
Spencer: Can I help you?
?: I hope so!
Normally, I’d take this sort of thing as something sketchy, but I was a bit intrigued.
Spencer: I guess-
?: Terrific!
He moves to step inside the room, but I quickly pivot to block it.
Spencer: Okay..?
I turn and take a few steps back into the room, leaving the door hang open behind me. The visitor pushes it shut as I grab the remote to turn the TV off.
Spencer: Who is we? Actually, who are you?
?: Awh, I should’ve introduced myself sooner. My name’s Peter Stahlberger, I’m with Hulu and wanted to talk to you about..well, you!
Spencer: What about me?
Peter: Wrestling is growing and a lot of that is thanks to AW..and to you.
Spencer: So?
Peter: Well, we think that’s something special.
Spencer: This is about the incident I take it?..
Peter: It’s about what you’ve done before and after it. When you put on that mask and you let it be known why that was HUGE! You’re an inspiration to kids everywhere and our subscribers would get behind a story like yours.
Spencer: Let me guess, you’re planning to slot in Michael B. Jordan to play me in an eight parter?
Peter: We want YOU!
Spencer: Thanks, but I’m an athlete, not an actor. I’m not looking to open myself up for exploitation the way you’re probably thinking.
Peter: We don’t want you to act. We just want you to do what you do best.
Spencer: I don’t know…
Peter: Take as much time as you need to think it over. I’ll be in touch.
He nods and heads towards the door.
Peter: I have my sources!
I slump back down onto the couch as the door closes behind Peter, letting my eyes wander to the white of the ceiling above.