Post by Slither on Dec 12, 2005 3:41:23 GMT -5
A lite snow begins to fall from the sky as the crunch of foot steps breaking through the hard frozen snow that has been laying there sense the first snowfall of the year. walking down a trail that is seldom used is Slither followed by his girlfriend Brit who must be wearing at least nine layers of clothing on this cold Saturday afternoon. Slither is wearing a plaid jacket and a pair of wool snow pants in his right hand is an Axe. The two walk through some woods for quite a ways taking their time joking with each other as they move from tree to tree inspecting them before moving on to the next one and repeating the process every once in a while they tie a ribbon to a tree so they can find it later.
After almost a full day of walking around looking at trees and enjoying each others company from the looks of things, even having a few breaks for hot chocolate they start to make their way back to the truck that had brought them to this section of the woods stopping once again at the last tree they left a ribbon on Brit quickly untied the ribbon as Slither raises the Axe up and begins to chop at the sturdy trunk of the tree swinging over and over again until the tree finally topples over falling to the ground releasing the snow it held within its branches in a cloud of white as the tree crashes to the ground with a large crash and the sound of snapping limbs. Walking over to inspect it. Slither looks over to Brit and shakes his head to signal that this tree was no longer usable. it had lost too many branches to be used as a good Christmas tree.
With a look of disappointment from the failure of their first pick they move on to the second choice they made. Hoping to high heaven that this one wouldn't meet the same fate as their last choice. There was also the reason that do to his extreme laziness Slither really didn't want to chop down to many more trees. "Too Much work he thought." but Brit favorite part of Christmas was the whole tree from going and getting it. She suggested buying it but Slither like always trying to impress her has to open his big ass mouth and say real men don't buy trees they cut them down their selves. even though he has never had a Christmas tree let alone cut one down. But how had could it be, then he actually cut a tree down and was wishing that he would have brought a chain saw, cause cutting a tree down with an Axe was highly difficult and wore him right out. and was one of the hardest things he had ever down. hour long iron man matches where nothing compared, death matches a walk in the park, hell he would rather have to sit and have a full conversation with George W. Bush then cut down another tree. just then they came across the second ribbon, and his face sunk.
As once again he raised the Axe with his now sore and aching arms, and began to hack at the tree this time the swings had nearly half the impact and it took about three times as long for him to bring down his mighty opponent witch after a long war fell to the ground with an earth shacking thud. Slither looked as if he was about to be sick gasping for air. Even though he wouldn't admit it he was ready to give up. Witch
was something he wad troubles dealing with as that was the one thing he prided him self for was his will to survive and never give up no matter what he was facing but this was just too fucking much for him, and to make things worst the top of the tree shattered in to a million peaces. Standing there wishing he could be in a ring at that point getting many foreign objects smashed over his head, but as he knew love is a bitch, and this girl he did love with all his heart. For the first time in his life he felt that way about something that wasn't wrestling, and also had nothing at all to do with the world of wrestling. Something he was going to make sure she wasn't going to get mixed up in.
But this cutting down trees that shit is pushing it but for her he would try one last time. with the first tree they spotted and thankfully it was the last one that had any potential. not knowing if this would be another victory or an embarrassing defeat in front of his lady love Slither grabbed the Axe and for the final time went to work each chop into the tree looked like it was done with a butter knife rather then the Axe that was smashing ever so lightly against it. After what seemed like an eternity the tree fell at the ever so sore hands of Slither. the tree however met the same fate as the last two leaving him dejected and slightly angered knowing that he failed at something that meant something to him. A feeling that he wasn't use to as he always seemed to succeed at the things he truly wanted. the feeling would have been worst if it wasn't for the girls who came up and wrapped her arms around him and told him that it was OK and that it was the thought that counted.
Making their way back to the truck she carried the Axe knowing that he hardly had the strength to carry himself let alone any other weight, plus he didn't look to be in the best of moods anymore by the time they reached the truck he could barely even walk but he had to somehow crawl into the drivers seat before making their way out of the woods and back into the city.
After an hour of driving they pulled into town and over to the first Christmas tree stand they saw walking up to the owner. after talking for a few minutes Slither made his way back over to the truck with a big ass smile on his face. a minute later the owner and one of his helpers load a tree into the back of the truck as slither drives off giving a wave out the window.
Pulling in to the drive way Brit quickly jumps out and runs to open the front door of the house. She was getting more and more excited with every passing second as Slither slowly slid out of the truck not looking forwards to carrying that tree with his arms still feeling like he has a ton of bricks attached to each hand. The tree looked like it weighed as much as the Titanic. with much strain he hoisted the tree over his shoulder. Sadly it was heavier then he thought it could ever be. Fighting the battle of his life he hauled that damn tree up the walkway struggling to stay on his feet well not dropping the tree and by a miracle fit the tree through the doorway with out breaking any branches off.
Once inside he only had another ten feet to go witch seemed to do with ease setting the tree into the stand with the help of his lady. tightening up the bolts that hold the tree straight in the stand. After some not so friendly language on Slithers part having to deal with the old stand that didn't want to be nice and friendly with him. With the tree standing straight they decide it is time to take a break Slither heads to the couch to rest his tired and sore body well Brit heads to the kitchen to order some pizzas for dinner bringing him A beer and her a Pepsi they sit there motionless in the warming glow of their television enjoying a show when suddenly the the sound they had heard so many times that day came ringing in their ears jumping up and turning around they see the tree they had just spent so much time setting up had just come a crashing down scareing the shit out of the cat who's claws are now firmly embedded into Slithers legs.
In much more pain now then he was a few minutes ago with some blood trickling out of the holes that are now in his leg. limping back over to the tree clearly frustrated Slither once again struggles to puck the tree back up and set it back into the stand with much more trouble then the first time, on top of that he was sitting in the puddle of water that the stand spilled. pissing the normally short tempered wrestler off even more. After all he wasn't the biggest fan of Christmas. he never had a "real Christmas" in his life. most the time he spent Christmas on the street of in a bar depending on how late they stayed open. The Closest he ever had to a real Christmas was the year he passed out in a Church only to be woken up bright and early by the signing masses for the Christmas service witch meant he had to find something to plus his ears with so he could get the rest of his required sleep.
The best part of his old life he thought was never having to deal with these stupid ass trees. As he finished setting up the tree he made his way back to the couch laying across the entire thing quickly passing out from exhaustion and dreaming of trees, more of a night mare. Well he was snoring away on the couch Brit went to work on the tree stinging up the lights, placing strings of silver bells around it, along with some homemade ornament's, some bulbs and what ever else she through up on the tree. When Slither finally wakes up he is greeted to the most glorious sight his eyes have ever seen. The tree stood there shining brightly, shimmering in all its glory. his heart grew at the sight with all the love that went into it plus the big ass presents that where now under the tree all where for him. That was the part of his first real Christmas he was looking forward to the most. Just one thing kept running through his mind.
Slither - what if it falls over again?
Brit - i Tied it to the wall and weighed down the stand it's all good now.
The rest of the night they sat around watching the lights flicker on the tree as he held her within his arms
*Slowly fade to Black*
After almost a full day of walking around looking at trees and enjoying each others company from the looks of things, even having a few breaks for hot chocolate they start to make their way back to the truck that had brought them to this section of the woods stopping once again at the last tree they left a ribbon on Brit quickly untied the ribbon as Slither raises the Axe up and begins to chop at the sturdy trunk of the tree swinging over and over again until the tree finally topples over falling to the ground releasing the snow it held within its branches in a cloud of white as the tree crashes to the ground with a large crash and the sound of snapping limbs. Walking over to inspect it. Slither looks over to Brit and shakes his head to signal that this tree was no longer usable. it had lost too many branches to be used as a good Christmas tree.
With a look of disappointment from the failure of their first pick they move on to the second choice they made. Hoping to high heaven that this one wouldn't meet the same fate as their last choice. There was also the reason that do to his extreme laziness Slither really didn't want to chop down to many more trees. "Too Much work he thought." but Brit favorite part of Christmas was the whole tree from going and getting it. She suggested buying it but Slither like always trying to impress her has to open his big ass mouth and say real men don't buy trees they cut them down their selves. even though he has never had a Christmas tree let alone cut one down. But how had could it be, then he actually cut a tree down and was wishing that he would have brought a chain saw, cause cutting a tree down with an Axe was highly difficult and wore him right out. and was one of the hardest things he had ever down. hour long iron man matches where nothing compared, death matches a walk in the park, hell he would rather have to sit and have a full conversation with George W. Bush then cut down another tree. just then they came across the second ribbon, and his face sunk.
As once again he raised the Axe with his now sore and aching arms, and began to hack at the tree this time the swings had nearly half the impact and it took about three times as long for him to bring down his mighty opponent witch after a long war fell to the ground with an earth shacking thud. Slither looked as if he was about to be sick gasping for air. Even though he wouldn't admit it he was ready to give up. Witch
was something he wad troubles dealing with as that was the one thing he prided him self for was his will to survive and never give up no matter what he was facing but this was just too fucking much for him, and to make things worst the top of the tree shattered in to a million peaces. Standing there wishing he could be in a ring at that point getting many foreign objects smashed over his head, but as he knew love is a bitch, and this girl he did love with all his heart. For the first time in his life he felt that way about something that wasn't wrestling, and also had nothing at all to do with the world of wrestling. Something he was going to make sure she wasn't going to get mixed up in.
But this cutting down trees that shit is pushing it but for her he would try one last time. with the first tree they spotted and thankfully it was the last one that had any potential. not knowing if this would be another victory or an embarrassing defeat in front of his lady love Slither grabbed the Axe and for the final time went to work each chop into the tree looked like it was done with a butter knife rather then the Axe that was smashing ever so lightly against it. After what seemed like an eternity the tree fell at the ever so sore hands of Slither. the tree however met the same fate as the last two leaving him dejected and slightly angered knowing that he failed at something that meant something to him. A feeling that he wasn't use to as he always seemed to succeed at the things he truly wanted. the feeling would have been worst if it wasn't for the girls who came up and wrapped her arms around him and told him that it was OK and that it was the thought that counted.
Making their way back to the truck she carried the Axe knowing that he hardly had the strength to carry himself let alone any other weight, plus he didn't look to be in the best of moods anymore by the time they reached the truck he could barely even walk but he had to somehow crawl into the drivers seat before making their way out of the woods and back into the city.
* * *
After an hour of driving they pulled into town and over to the first Christmas tree stand they saw walking up to the owner. after talking for a few minutes Slither made his way back over to the truck with a big ass smile on his face. a minute later the owner and one of his helpers load a tree into the back of the truck as slither drives off giving a wave out the window.
Pulling in to the drive way Brit quickly jumps out and runs to open the front door of the house. She was getting more and more excited with every passing second as Slither slowly slid out of the truck not looking forwards to carrying that tree with his arms still feeling like he has a ton of bricks attached to each hand. The tree looked like it weighed as much as the Titanic. with much strain he hoisted the tree over his shoulder. Sadly it was heavier then he thought it could ever be. Fighting the battle of his life he hauled that damn tree up the walkway struggling to stay on his feet well not dropping the tree and by a miracle fit the tree through the doorway with out breaking any branches off.
Once inside he only had another ten feet to go witch seemed to do with ease setting the tree into the stand with the help of his lady. tightening up the bolts that hold the tree straight in the stand. After some not so friendly language on Slithers part having to deal with the old stand that didn't want to be nice and friendly with him. With the tree standing straight they decide it is time to take a break Slither heads to the couch to rest his tired and sore body well Brit heads to the kitchen to order some pizzas for dinner bringing him A beer and her a Pepsi they sit there motionless in the warming glow of their television enjoying a show when suddenly the the sound they had heard so many times that day came ringing in their ears jumping up and turning around they see the tree they had just spent so much time setting up had just come a crashing down scareing the shit out of the cat who's claws are now firmly embedded into Slithers legs.
In much more pain now then he was a few minutes ago with some blood trickling out of the holes that are now in his leg. limping back over to the tree clearly frustrated Slither once again struggles to puck the tree back up and set it back into the stand with much more trouble then the first time, on top of that he was sitting in the puddle of water that the stand spilled. pissing the normally short tempered wrestler off even more. After all he wasn't the biggest fan of Christmas. he never had a "real Christmas" in his life. most the time he spent Christmas on the street of in a bar depending on how late they stayed open. The Closest he ever had to a real Christmas was the year he passed out in a Church only to be woken up bright and early by the signing masses for the Christmas service witch meant he had to find something to plus his ears with so he could get the rest of his required sleep.
The best part of his old life he thought was never having to deal with these stupid ass trees. As he finished setting up the tree he made his way back to the couch laying across the entire thing quickly passing out from exhaustion and dreaming of trees, more of a night mare. Well he was snoring away on the couch Brit went to work on the tree stinging up the lights, placing strings of silver bells around it, along with some homemade ornament's, some bulbs and what ever else she through up on the tree. When Slither finally wakes up he is greeted to the most glorious sight his eyes have ever seen. The tree stood there shining brightly, shimmering in all its glory. his heart grew at the sight with all the love that went into it plus the big ass presents that where now under the tree all where for him. That was the part of his first real Christmas he was looking forward to the most. Just one thing kept running through his mind.
Slither - what if it falls over again?
Brit - i Tied it to the wall and weighed down the stand it's all good now.
The rest of the night they sat around watching the lights flicker on the tree as he held her within his arms
*Slowly fade to Black*
