A/N: Hello. I don't own any characters that are mentioned in this story except for Marley Allen, her family, and anyone who is clearly not a part of the WWE.
The sound of ChaChaLaLa blared from Marley's phone from the bedside table next to her. She groaned as she rolled over on her side and reached for her phone. She didn't bother to look at the caller ID before she swiped her thumb across the screen before putting it up to her ear.
"Hello?" she answered groggily. She didn't know who could possibly be calling her this early in the morning. Everyone who knew her knew that she wasn't a morning person and they knew better to call her before she had her first cup of coffee.
"Good morning. May I speak with Marley Allen, please?" the young lady on the other end responded.
"I'm Marley Allen. Can I ask who's calling?" She sat up and tried to stifle the yawn that was close to coming out of her mouth. She rolled out of her bed and made her way into the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.
"Hi. This is Grace Thomas from World Wrestling Entertainment in Stamford, Connecticut and I wanted to call in regards to the internship you applied for a few months ago."
Marley had applied for an internship that she had found out through her adviser. She had just recently graduated from college with a broadcast journalism degree and she had been applying for jobs like crazy. No one was really looking to hire a college grad with no actual experience in broadcasting. "Can't get a job without experience, can't get experience without a job." Her adviser had pointed her in this direction because he thought that it would help her get on the track that she wanted to be on and he knew that wrestling was one of her favorite things. She applied at the beginning of the year and when she hadn't gotten a response from them, she just gave up on the idea all together.
She was definitely paying attention to the woman now, forgetting all about her coffee. She felt like she should probably sit down for this. "Um, yes? What about it?" She was beyond nervous and she felt like she might puke. She tried to calm herself down as she waited for whatever this woman was about to say and it wasn't working. There's a 50% chance this could be good new and there's a 50% chance this could be bad news. She could be closer to reaching her dream job or she could be back at square one.
"Well Miss Allen... I'm pleased to inform you that you're application has been reviewed and you've been accepted. We're sorry it took so long, but you will be joining the WWE family. If you still want to, that is."
"Wait. A-are you serious? Like this isn't some kind of prank? No one is going to jump out and yelled, "GOTCHA!" are they?" She couldn't believe what she had just heard. She figured her application had just been thrown into a pile with all the others and they were never touched again. She wasn't even sure they'd hire any new blood or that they'd be hiring interns.
Grace chuckled. "Yes ma'am. I'm very serious. No one is going to jump out and scream at you on our account. I've already emailed some additional information to you. You're going to need to be on the road with everyone as soon as possible. Can you arrange it so that you can get to a house show over the weekend? Stephanie would like to get you briefed on everything before Raw on Monday night." She explained.
"Um yeah. I can actually. I had already planned on taking my little sister to the show on Saturday." Marley tried to keep her cool and contain her excitement until she got off the phone. She didn't want to freak out and scare this poor girl.
"That's perfect. You can just bring your bags and whatever you'll need for the week. We'll work out who you'll be carpooling with and you'll know when you get there on Saturday." Grace paused for a minute, checking over her notes and making sure she didn't skip anything. "I think that's it. Anything I missed or left out will be in the email that I sent you. Anyway, I'm sure you have a lot to do between now and then, so I'll let you go. Welcome to the family, Miss Allen. We look forward to having you aboard."
"Okay. Thank you so much for your call. I can't wait." She quickly tapped the end button on her phone and proceeded to freak out. She excitedly jumped up and down like a spazz around her apartment. She knew that if anyone saw her right now, she'd be extremely embarrassed, but she didn't care. Her freak out had only lasted a few minutes before she realized that tomorrow was Saturday. She groaned at her realization and plopped down on her couch. Oh yeah, she definitely had a lot to do between now and then. The first thing she had to do was go see her parents.
Um hi. This is my first story. This idea just kinda popped in my head the other night and I've been trying to figure out how to write this out. This first chapter was just to introduce you guys to Marley. (Yes her ringtone is Fandango's theme music. I love it and it just sounds like it'd be a good ringtone tbh) I didn't wanna jump into anything without y'all knowing what's going on with this character. Please let me know if I should just scrap this idea or keep going. Thanks!