The scene opens again a few minutes later with Trish still on her way for her interview with Maria. Better known as the ditz to anyone reading this, but that’s another story for a different matter all together. To say that Trish was looking was looking forward to this was nothing but a boldface lie. The truth of the matter was she hated it. The only reason she even agreed was to get it over with. You see she knew how things worked around there. If she said no then within minutes Maria would appear in her locker room giving her that blank expression of hers and pestering her to no end until she finally consented and gave the interview. This way she was saving herself at least a couple hours of a headache. God how that irritated Trish…that and her voice. Like pins and needles to the ears. All she wanted to do was sit in her locker room with Deacon enjoying a few moments of peace before she had to get ready for her match. Considering she now had to answer a bunch of pointless questions it wasn’t looking very promising which wasn’t leaving Trish in a very good mood. And poor Maria was going to be on the receiving end of it. Tough break for her, now wasn’t it? Not that Trish cared who was on the receiving end of the bad mood she was working on. In fact anyone who was within eye range would do just fine. It just happened that Maria was the lucky person for the day. Trish made her way around the corner with an annoyed expression on her face. As she made her way around the corner she saw Maria standing a few feet away chatting rather happily with the cameraman. If she was lucky Maria would be engrossed in her conversation and not even notice Trish was there. No such luck unfortunately. Out of the corner of her eye Maria saw Trish slowly walking towards her. She flashed her one of the widest grins Trish had ever seen, which made her stomach turn. It was too late to turn back now unfortunately. Trish let out a groan as she begrudgingly made her way to the makeshift area that had been set up for interviews. It was nice but nothing overly special. As she took her place beside the ever vacant Maria, Maria turned to face Trish batting her eyelashes as she starts to speak.
%Maria Kanellis%
Oh my god Trish…like how are you? I am so glad that you said yes to doing this interview. Everyone else I asked said no.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Gee I wonder why.
%Maria Kanellis%
Me too. (She pouts) It’s just rude, you know?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Yea sure Maria. Look I really don’t have all day to sit here and continue on with this little conversation with you but I have more important things to do so if you don’t mind get on with this interview already.
%Maria Kanellis%
Oh sure Trish.
She motions for the cameraman to get ready. A few moments pass and finally he gives her the signal that he’s ready. Maria raises her mic up to her lips and starts to speak.
%Maria Kanellis%
Hey everyone! Maria here and I’m standing here with WGEF Co- Owner and Raw General Manager Trish Stratus Copes, who will be defending her Inter…con…tinental Title, wow that was hard to say, against Chris Jericho and Mister Nyman. (She turns towards Trish) Trish, a few weeks ago Chris came out and said he wanted a shot at your…Inter�?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Inercontinental.
%Maria Kanellis%
Yea, that’s it. How did you know?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Lucky guess. Now get on with it.
%Maria Kanellis%
Well I was wondering since Chris came out and said he wanted a shot and you don’t like him anymore, why did you say yes?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
For the sheer enjoyment of it. He manages to defeat a few losers who would even manage to lose to you and suddenly that puts him in the running for a shot at my Intercontinental Title. If he wants his ass kicked that badly who am I to tell him no? If Chris wants me to destroy his dreams that badly I’m happy to oblige.
%Maria Kanellis%
Yea but I hear that Chris has been training extra hard and thinks he can beat you. Do you think he can?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Did you think of that one all by yourself? (Maria nods) I figured as much. To answer your question, no I don’t think Chris could beat me. The only chance he would have is in his dreams and even then he’d most likely still lose. He can tell himself all he wants to that he actually stands a chance but deep down he knows that fish have a better chance of learning to ride a bicycle then he does at walking out the Intercontinental Champion
%Maria Kanellis%
Trish I don’t mean to be rude but I’m pretty sure they don’t know how.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
That’s the point Maria.
%Maria Kanellis%
(She laughs) Oh I get it.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Somehow I highly doubt it, but never mind. Just ask your next mind numbing question.
%Maria Kanellis%
I think if he really tries Chris could beat you.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Do you now? Tell me something Maria has he convinced you that you actually have a brain or are you looking for a nice roll in the sheets? If it’s the latter honey buy yourself a vibrator, you’ll have a much better time…trust me. As for Chris, he couldn’t get off his ass and do anything that required effort when we were married and you think he’s going to show any now? Please! What’s going to happen is he’s going to go out there, give his usual mediocre performance, get knocked on his ass and pinned by yours truly. End of story.
%Maria Kanellis%
What about Mister Nyman? I know he didn’t ask for the shot but he’s pretty good. Do you think he could beat you?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Only if I suddenly become paralyzed and can’t compete. Unlike Chris, Nyman actually has some talent but unfortunately for him it isn’t going to help. If I were him I’d go after Randy Orton and challenge him for a shot at the Television Title because that’s going to be his only hope at becoming a champion.
%Maria Kanellis%
That was pretty mean.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
The truth hurts sometimes Maria.
%Maria Kanellis%
Well I think you should apologize.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Unless you wanted to be knocked on your ass, move on.
Not wasting any time Maria moved the mic back up to her lips and stared to speak once again.
%Maria Kanellis%
The other day Mister Nyman was in his locker room talking about this match tonight and he said that you and Chris hate each other but can’t let the other out of your life. If you hate each other why do want each other in your life?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Here’s a bit of advice for you Maria, Mister Nyman is full of shit.
%Maria Kanellis%
Why would he say it if it wasn’t true?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
To make himself look good of course. I can’t speak for Chris, but I for one, kicked him out of my life the day I left him for Deacon. You don’t see me running around saying his name in every other sentence do you? (She shakes her head) Of course you don’t. If it wasn’t for his misconception that he stood a chance at beating me I wouldn’t be having anything to do with him now.
%Maria Kanellis%
He also said that in your match, he’s going to stay back and let you and Chris beat each other up then come in at the last minute and get the easy win.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Is he now? Well thank you Maria, for once you have done something useful.
%Maria Kanellis%
I didn’t get him in trouble did I?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
Trouble? No. He’s far from being in trouble.
%Maria Kanellis%
Oh good, I hate getting people in trouble. They always get mad at me.
%Trish Stratus Copes%
I couldn’t imagine why.
%Maria Kanellis%
Me either. I don’t mean to�?it just happens.
Trish shoots her a look that tells her to cut the chit chat and move on.
%Maria Kanellis%
He also said that both you and Chris are worried about keeping your legacy up and aren’t worried about possibly losing to a rookie. Is that true?
%Trish Stratus Copes%
He really does have his head up his ass doesn’t he? First of all Maria my legacy isn’t a part of this match and even if it was I wouldn’t be worried about it being in jeopardy. Simply because it won’t be. My one and only focus is keeping my Intercontinental Championship around my waist where it belongs. If Nyman wants to believe that I’m more focused on my legacy than on the possibility of him sneaking in a win then by all means let him. It’s just going to make it that much more enjoyable when I beat him like the bitch he is. Now if you don’t mind I have much more important things to do than stand here and listen to you ramble on so this interview is now over.
Before Maria can so much as utter out a single syllable Serenity turns around almost smacking Maria in the face with her long blonde hair. She lets out a small snicker as she heads back down the hall in the direction of her office. Just before she rounds the corner she pauses turning back around to get one last look at Maria, who is standing there with the same blank look on her face that she had when Trish first arrived for the interview. She couldn’t help but let out a rather loud laugh as she turned back around and headed around the corner.