Head down, books held close to her chest, she walked through the hallways as if she didnt hear anything. Faster and faster she walked but could not ignore what was being said.
Shes fat.
Look at her walk, shes so weird.
Weirdo!
Chunky Warren
Chunky Warren
Chunky Warren...
Tears ran down her face. This time, she ran. She ran as if her life depended on it. Her arms would flail around because of her weird running pattern which only caused a few other kids she passed by to laugh even more at her. Her pudgy legs didnt do her any favors and almost gave out on her. She raced through the hallway, breathing heavily, making lefts and rights to finally reach her destination; the exit. She bursts through the door and looks out to the sea of people. What she saw was just like any other school whether it was parents picking up their kids or other kids playing on the playground. She looked through the sea of people and finally spotted someone she could run to, her brother, Nate.
You okay Amber? What happened?
Nate pulled his sister in, giving her a big hug. He took her by the hand and took her bag as they made their way to the car. As soon as the car door closed, you could hear Amber sigh a sigh of relief.
Sis, talk to me, what happened back there?
Nate tried his best to get his younger sister to talk but she wouldnt say anything. After a long while, they finally reached their house. Nate attempts once more to talk to his sister.
Sis, I know middle school is tough, but you gotta tell me what happened back there so I know whats wrong.
Just as Amber clicked her seatbelt to go off, she just sat there, silent, with Nate having a concerned look on his face. Her lips began to quiver before blurting out whats been bothering her.
Im fat Nate, thats whats wrong!
This prompted Nate to remove his seatbelt as well but before he could say anything in return, Amber opened the car door, and ran with her face buried in her hands with tears, making her way inside the house. Nate got out of the car as well and followed suit.
In the house, Nate was already too late as Amber was inside her room with the doors locked. Nate noticed that their parents werent around
.again, which made Nate upset. He tried opening the door leading to Ambers room but had no luck in opening it.
Amber, let me in! Let me talk to you.
No! You wouldnt understand, just leave me alone!
Nate realized that Amber really wouldnt budge so he hurried over to the living room and approached a drawer. He rifled through the drawer, throwing out various things in his way such as pieces of paper, a stapler, and envelopes. Nate was getting frustrated as he couldnt find the keys. He began banging on the door again, pleading with Amber to open the door. Nate didnt know what else to do so he went back to the drawer again and finally found what he was looking for and picked up a set of master keys with each key being labeled to what they open. He quickly got the key that was labled Ambers Room.
Amber! Let me in, open the door right now!
The scene goes to the inside of Ambers room, it looks just like any teenage girls room. Its purple with a ton of stuffed toys around, along with a huge mirror in her room. Nates persistent banging on the door could be heard but Amber pays no attention to it. She gets off the bed, still in tears, but her crying seems to have died down a little. She approaches the mirror and takes a moment to look at herself. Her big brown eyes are covered by her long, dark brown hair as she parts her bangs to see her face. She looks at herself once again and begins feeling the sides of her waist which are big for a girl her age. Ambers loud cry returns but this time, we hear Nate throwing himself at the door, trying to barge in as the keys seemingly dont work for some reason.
Amber! If you dont open this door, Im just gonna have to knock it down, do you want that?!
Nates plea falls on deaf ears as you can just hear the pain and anguish in Ambers loud crying wails. Amber continues on crying before she cant take it anymore, she punches the mirror! The sound of glass shattering mixed in with Ambers crying was the final straw for Nate as he finally knocked down the door to enter Ambers room. Blood trickles down from Ambers hand, clearly a big wound. Nate quickly picked his sister up and brought her outside of the room to get her away from the glass before talking to her.
Amber, whyd you do that?!
Nate is completely frustrated but knows that getting mad won't fix anything. He fixes Ambers hair so that he can see her face. He gets her a cup of water and some bandages to treat the wound that Amber caused to herself.
Why Nate, why do I look like this?
Look like what? You look great Amber, dont matter what anyone thinks. I know youre going through a rough time in school, but you cant punish yourself every time, now can you?
Amber calms down a little as she gulps down the water Nate got for her.
Calm down sis, calm down. Its all over.
The scene ends with Nate hugging his little sister before fading out.
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We are backstage as the cameras enter a locker room and is revealed to be occupied by Amber Warren. Leon Kensworth barges in with his camera crew who seems to be disturbing Warren as she is doing some shadow boxing.
Amber, can we bother you for just a moment?
Amber looks intense which makes Leon back off a little but stops her shadow boxing and calls over Leon for the interview.
After winning your first match in your WZCW career at Aftershock 24, your next opponent is no slouch, hes been a gifted athlete it seems his entire life. What will you do against Jimmy Flynn to ensure you get your second win in your WZCW career?
Easy Leon, just go out there and wrestle my ass off. I know that may sound cliché but what else can you do? Every superstars job on WZCW is to go out there and work their butt off to pull out the win. You cant take it easy on anyone because anything can happen, an upset can occurr, thats why you always have to be on top of your game.
Thats true. Also, people have been saying that you and Jimmy Flynn are a lot alike because you both were high school athletes, care to comment on that?
A thought comes to Amber and she just simply smirks.
People say were a lot alike huh? Well those people cant be more wrong. You see, Jimmy Flynn had it easy. He was a gifted athlete, he was praised for it. His life in school was a cake walk. Now thats not me undermining Jimmy, but when people say were a lot alike, that is absolutely, one hundred percent WRONG.
How so?
Heres a history lesson for all of you who dont really know me, pay attention WZCW universe. In my teenage years, I was one fat kid, like really fat, I dont even know how I got that big. But yeah, I went through a lot, I went through hell if you will. I was made fun of, I was called all kinds of names, and I broke down, that was the low point in my life. However, I turned it around.
Ambers attitude gets intense as if telling all her haters out there to look at how much shes grown.
Not sure if this was a blessing in disguise, but I learned a lot from it. One of those things is to stay hungry, and not the hungry that involves food, but the kind of hungry that makes you wanna be the best at what you do. I couldve done something else other than wrestling, but I chose wrestling despite my parents not approving of it. Hell, to this day, they still dont approve, but Im working on it. But back to wrestling, I chosewrestling because I love doing this and because its been a passion of mine that helped me in the rough times in my life. Wrestling played a very big part of my life. And hey, why stop what you love doing right?
Fair enough. Any last words before we end the interview?
Amber then looks right into the camera.
To all of you who dont know me yet, thats fine. My quest of getting to WZCW has happened and it has only just begun. I came here to wrestle, to fight, to be the best this company has to offer. And Jimmy, youre in the way of that, youre simply a stepping stone on my quest to the top. Im here to show you all that Im not just a pretty face, but a pretty fierce competitor.
With that, Amber begins shadow boxing once again and winks at the camera. The cameras face down, but is brought back up by Amber, as she throws a right hand punch to the camera, shattering its lense. Because of this, the feed gives out and the scene fades.