"The Sensation" Danny Starr


	Good Day, Better Night
	How could he? A man I’m supposed to respect… to consider a colleague… exposing me as other enemies. It just goes to show how the blood begins to boil when it comes to that Title belt… just the knowledge of having it makes you do things differently; see things differently. It’s a poison that gets into your consciousness and doesn’t let you grasp reality… it brings out the selfishness in you, the malice; the disrespect and desperation. The desperation of ones need to retain that status; how low that 15 pound piece of leather can bring a person… How could Conner stoop as low as he did on Survival when he replayed the vicious footage of my past: Killing Heather. How could he even justify that? Let alone on Sett’s own show.. How disrespectful and disgusting Kevin Conner has become because of this World Title… I knew Kevin Conner as a man that was cocky, but honorable. I never thought he would fall to the level of so many I have seen, including myself. I guess I just hoped things would be different for Conner. There will no longer be respect in this upcoming match… because my respect for Conner has perished… it will now be strictly hostility. I am not going into this match for the Title, I am going in it to win… period. I am doing so to prove to myself, and everyone that the changed Danny Starr is just as glorified as the old Danny. I will regain the World Title and when I do so… Kevin Conner’s unrealistic lifestyle will be that of a comic book character: Just a story. In the mean time, I was way too busy to be thinking about Kevin Conner right now. I had to meet the parents! I suppose this is when heavy, deep piano and strings begin playing to just the thought of meeting the parents of your girlfriend… After 5 years, this will be the first opportunity to meet my beloved Jenn Copelin’s Mother and Father. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not as negative about this as I make myself out to be, simply poking fun at the reputation of most ‘Meet the Parents’ situations. We all have our own bad stories. None-the-less, if I truly wanted this girl as my wife in the future, which I have been considering a lot lately, I would have to take this leap of faith and show some initiative. Jenn met up with me at my home, dressed in skin-tight jeans and green sweater. I saw her threw the window and opened the door as she approached, immediately seeing she had her hair down, just how I liked. She let on a beautiful smile as she first saw me, and I did the same when we locked eyes. Jenn Copelin: Hey baby! Danny Starr: If it isn’t the love of my life… We hugged tightly and affectionately, and locked lips. Jenn Copelin: Did you miss me?? Danny Starr: If you missed me! Jenn Copelin: Well, you know I did! Danny Starr: Then I missed you too! Don’t ask… It was our cutsie-couple trademark. We released our hold on each other and she grabbed my arms, looking me in the eyes. Jenn Copelin: Are you ready? Danny Starr: I gotta say… uhhh… hmm.. Uhmmm Hell yeah?!? Jenn Copelin: Good! They’re going to LOVE you! Danny Starr: Are they familiar with… anything I do? Jenn Copelin: Oh yeah, they’re huge fans of the HWA… I got them into it when I was like 20 when I came home from college. Danny Starr: Oh, boy… so they know about… Jenn Copelin: Relax… they think it’s all scripted. Danny Starr:…You want me to LIE to your parents? Jenn Copelin: Do you want them thinking I’m seeing a murderer? Ouch… Jenn Copelin: I’m sorry, Danny… I didn’t mean it like that, I just don’t want your past to interfere with what we are now… plus they won’t ask anyway. Danny Starr: Well, nothing can overtake Kevin Conner’s actions on Survival… Jenn Copelin: Don’t even sweat that, Ryan told you a while ago not to kick your ass about it anymore. You know damn well it wasn’t meant to be like that, you didn’t purposely kill her… Even on the tape you can tell it was an accident. Danny Starr: Are you ready to go? Jenn Copelin: Are you mad at me? Danny Starr: No, babe… But it IS getting late. Aren’t they expecting us soon? I look down to my platinum watch to indicate our apparent lateness approaching. Jenn Copelin: All right… you sure you’re not mad at me… Danny Starr: Baby, stop… We walk outside of my house, I turn to stick my key into the deadlock and twist until I hear it’s in place. I can still smell the burnt wood in the air. Jenn Copelin: Oooh! Let me drive your car! Danny Starr: I don’t think so… Jenn Copelin: Oh, come on! Don’t you trust me? Danny Starr: I don’t trust my car… Jenn Copelin: It’s STILL acting up? Danny, just get it fixed! Like Mark said, if you don’t it could end up being a bad accident when you least expect. Danny Starr: I’ve been meaning to have it looked at, just have been busy lately. Jenn Copelin: Oh yeah, because Kevin Conner is worth more than 3 minutes of time… believe me, just ask Erin Wallace! Haha! We both laugh at her sexual metaphor as we climb inside of my old Plymouth Prowler that she now owns. After coming back from Peru, it had been sitting here unmentioned. Luckily, Jenn needed a new car and I was looking to get a new one anyway, so I simply gave it to her for having her business build my mansion. We made flirtatious talk as couples do on the way to her parents house. Her driving was not as good as mine, but I trusted her… hell, it wasn’t my car anyway. She knew where she was going, so I took my eyes off of the road and watched her… beautiful facial expressions she made as she continuously hit the brake, being precautious of everything around her. She’s so beautiful. Jenn Copelin: Are you… looking at me? Danny Starr: How could I not? This is probably the closest I’m going to get to heaven… a glimpse of an angel so beautiful, I almost feel as if I have died already. To go back and change this moment, I wouldn’t… just being in this car right now is all I want out of life. Just then I’m interrupted by the quick jolt of the car coming to a devastating halt. I grab the glove compartment and look ahead to see nothing in front of us… I look back to Jenn who is in the process of ripping her seat belt off and then leaps towards me grabbing my head for a make-out session in the middle of an intersection. Jenn Copelin: Next time you talk like that when I’m driving, we’re parking and getting in the back seat. Danny Starr: …Okay… I’ll keep that in mind for the next time we get in a traffic jam. Jenn smiled while biting her lip, I could tell she was… erm… excited, but she knew we were already going to be late… so I guess we’d have a rain date for that one. Some 10 minutes later, we approached a large white and green house. It was a rather large estate sitting on top of a small hill. No gate, but a beautiful garden surrounded the home. Danny Starr: Is this it? Jenn Copelin: Yes sir… Jenn turned into the drive-way and parked behind a yellow mustang with the top down. In front of the Mustang was a Jaguar, looked like an older model… but right off of the sales floor. Danny Starr: Beautiful house… you grew up here you said? Jenn Copelin: That’s right… oh god… I bet you they’re looking out the window right now. Danny Starr: So what? Jenn Copelin: Nothing… I just hate when someone is watching you; they could be talking about you while you walk up… get their first impressions just by the way you walk! Danny Starr: Oh yeah, this is a real good idea… let’s get Danny all self-conscious before meeting your parents! Real good! Jenn Copelin: You ready? Danny Starr: I’m going in… In unison, we jumped out of the vehicle and shut the doors behind us… combining side by side as we walk towards her front door. I wasn’t sure if I was to put my arm on her waist or not, as it would seem disrespectful, but afterall… we ARE in a long term relationship. For now, I’ll keep my hands to myself. Just as Jenn expected, the door opened before we even got to it… A short older woman came out first, hugging Jenn. Mother: Hello Jenn! Jenn Copelin: Hey Mom, how are you? Mother: I’m fine… and you must be Danny! Danny Starr: Guilty as charged… How are you, madam? She hugged me. Mother: Madam? I like him already! Please, call me Estella. Danny Starr: Hello Estella, you have a beautiful house, I must say. Estella looks to Jenn as she replies back to me. Estella Copelin: Why, thank you! Most people who visit never even notice it, boy, I really like him, Jenn! I chuckled; her mom is sweet… it was then a large, taller man walked out and hugged Jenn… obviously her father. Jenn Copelin: Hello, Daddy!!! Father: Hello, Sugar… They broke their hug and the father immediately looked at me. Jenn Copelin: Daddy, I want you to meet my boyfriend… Danny… Father: I know who he is! I only watch him on television every day for the last 5 years! I smile politely as her father approaches me for a handshake. Danny Starr: How do you do, Mr. Copelin? Father: I do well! Jenn Copelin: Oh, Dad… you’re so corny,.. I chuckle again at her father’s sense of humor as we release hand shakes. He turns his body to face the way I’m facing next to me as he puts his arm on my back. Father: Please, call me Bob! All my friends call me Bob… Mr. Copelin just sounds too official, I like to be known as a simple man! Or you could just call me what everyone around here calls me: Pain in the neck! Danny Starr: Well, I’ll call you Bob for now, but when I feel I’ve been accepted.. I’ll be sure to call you pain in the neck as well! Bob: Sounds like a plan! Now please, tell me… how do you do that Hall of Sensation move… some of my coworkers have been giving me some lip and I want to teach them a lesson! Jenn Copelin: Oh, Daddy, don’t start! Danny’s here to visit… not sign autographs! Danny Starr: It’s quite all right, Jenn… I’ll be more than happy to show ‘Bob’ here some sensational moves. Bob: You hear that, Estelle? He’s gonna do it! Estella: Oh, Bob… you’re such a pain in the neck! Bob: See? What did I tell ya? We all laugh at Bob’s witty remarks… I was feeling completely comfortable in the company of Jenn’s parents… they had a down to earth type of personality. I’m not used to that down at the country club… nor HWA for that matter. Today would be a breeze… no pun intended… We all proceeded to the living room… where I observed their taste in luxury. It’s okay. Estella: Please! Sit! We do so… Estella: So Danny… please tell me… Bob: No! Please tell me… that you’re going to beat the living hell out of that idiot, Conner… Estella: Boy, I cannot stand him. Danny Starr: I can’t BELIEVE he played that footage! Bob: I know! I know! Way to go, Conner… let’s show footage of the president’s girlfriend getting killed on his OWN SHOW! I mean, come on! How stupid can someone be… Estella: Oh, it’s because he’s Kevin Conner! Isn’t that what he said? Bob: Danny, listen… Make sure you beat his ass for me, okay? Jenn Copelin: Dad! Danny Starr: Listen… Kevin Conner is just full of himself. Nobody who knows Kevin takes him seriously… He’s like one of those little tiny Puppies that bark at everything they see. He thinks if he talks a big game people won’t mess with him… Bob: How the hell does he even have that title… Danny Starr: Well, I know whenever Conner EVER wins a title belt, there’s never any competition. Estella: I cannot stand that man! Danny Starr: Estell… not many people can. People make fun of him all of the time… he’s impossible to work with. Bob: I guess so! I could probably beat him up myself! Danny Starr: I think so… look at those biceps… Bob pulls his sleeve up and shows off what muscle is inside of his arm. Estella: You should have stuck your tongue out, that’s about the biggest muscle on your body… Jenn Copelin: Must you guys do this?? Bob: Oh! Did you hear about Hurts? Danny Starr: What about him? I never talked to him a day in my life… Bob: Well, apparently you ‘can’t beat him’ he was on HWATV last night saying that… and not only that, Bigg Money was talking about you again. Danny Starr: I never even heard of it… just goes to show that I only hear about the important people that mention me. Bob: So how did you hear about Kevin Conner? Hahaha Danny Starr: Look, let me just tell you something… the day Kevin Hurts even stands up to face me, he’s going to be in a WORLD of hurts, okay? Estella and Bob begin laughing hysterically, now that I’ve adapted to their sense of humor. I look over at Jenn who is laughing behind her hand which is placed over her forehead. Danny Starr: And as for Bigg Money, and Pocket Change… they need to invest some of that into a contract for the new Woman’s Division… because if they think they can even AMOUNT to something capable of facing me… all bets are off. I could probably buy their endorsements with the change in my piggy bank let alone what their merchandise is selling. Bob gets up while laughing and heads towards what looks like a kitchen. Bob: You’re too much, Danny… Can I offer you a McFlurry? Danny Starr: …I’m sorry? Bob: A McFlurry… I’m just kidding! Bob continues to walk into the kitchen as he continues laughing… I let out a sigh of relief. Danny Starr: You had me worried there… Estella: So, Danny… I hear you are from Hartford? Is that right? Danny Starr: Yes, ma’am… My whole life. Estella: Are your parents still in Hartford as well? Danny Starr: No, ma’am… they passed on. Estella: Oh my goodness, I’m SO sorry… I had no ide… my goodness… Danny Starr: It’s fine… you didn’t know. It was some-time ago. Just then Bob walks in with a beer in his hand. Bob: So Danny, do your parents live around here? I couldn’t help but laugh… how ironic it was that they asked the same question… twice, inadvertedly. I’m sorry, I just found humor in that… Bob: What? Something I said? Estella got his attention and whispered into his ear what I had told her. And a look of surprise and guilty came across his face. Danny Starr: Don’t worry about it, seriously… you didn’t know… Bob: Boy, that’s a real shame… I remember losing my parents; it’s a terrible feeling… Danny Starr: It sure is, sir… Bob: Hey! What did I tell you about that? Danny Starr: Oh! Sorry Pain in the neck! And just like that we rekindled the awkward situation and were laughing again. I looked over at Jenn to see her reaction to all this and nothing but a smile on her face showed me that this mission was a success. We stayed for some time later, and went out to dinner together… overall, it was a great time and it was a privilege to meet Jenn’s parents. She was happy about the outcome as they had accepted me, and treated me as their own son Jenn said. Considering their only son died at birth… ironically, they were going to name him Daniel… if it was a girl, Danielle. Jenn and I made our way back to my mansion and just like any good job… it was paid. Not to mention the words of endearment I spoke on the car-ride over to her parents… let’s just say, it was a good day and a better night…. However, at Pride… there will be no good night for Kevin Conner. There won’t be a better or best night coming after this match… New Generation of Wrestling; preposterous. If this is what the New Generation of Wrestling has come too… the wrestling world is in certain trouble, I must admit. He can bring glass and thumb-tacs, fire and the other members of his circus clowns… but he acts as if I have never been in matches such as this. I am the one who stepped inside of a Dante’s Inferno match… the one who has bled, cried, and sweat the pain of the Old Generation of Wrestling… I’m a legend in my own right, and Kevin Conner is, and always will be a rookie in my eyes. A rookie I helped give a name… a rookie I helped get a job in the HWA to begin with… but of course, like any ego brained specimen, he thinks through his pride… that belt is doing the thinking for him, and if that’s your reason for being, Conner… then you will cease to Exist after Pride. It’s people like you who bring out the old me. But this time, the NEW Danny Starr will leave this New Generation Wrestler in a trail of his own false confidence… Your pride has gotten the best of you, Kevin… but now, your time on top of this federation has ended… just like your time as the HWA World Champion. I’ll see you, soon. (Just then the camera man that was hiding in Danny Starr’s brain ran to Conner with a brand new tape)