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okay but on a side note, i'm going to apologize for this chapter xD

it's a little boring and trust me when i say i'm literally working on another chapter as we speak, but i got writer's block cause i went on vacation for a week halfway through writing this.

this chapter is just to build up her relationship with other's for later purposes

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It was Calah's first night as a photographer and she was beyond nervous. Was she going to give up on the first day? Absolutely hate taking pictures? She had her bag in hand and she looked over towards her bed, Jack curled up. She smiled to herself, turning her head to make sure he had food and water in the small hotel room.

She then slung the bag over her shoulder, "Later, Jack." She sent-off, making her way down the hallway and to the elevator to get to the next arena.

She arrived there rather quickly, having a rental car making traveling much easier. She parked beside the back entrance, grabbed her camera and hiked her way inside. Holding her black bag on her shoulder, she walked into the arena, smiling at some of the familiar faces. She walked down the halls, following the signs that would lead her towards the other cameramen and women, needing to find out the schedule for the night.

"Calah, hey! You must be my new photographer." A voice called from behind her.

Whipping around, she looked towards the man walking towards her, headset in ear. How'd he know her name? And what she looked like? "That'd be me." She responded with a grin.

"Pleasure to meet you, Stephanie's told me about you. I'm Dan, I basically lead the camera crew." He held his hand out to her which she took and shook in return.

"Pleasure to meet you too, Dan. So..you're the one to go to, got it." She laughed.

"Exactly." He smiled, lifting his clipboard. "To start you out easy, you're gonna photograph Kaitlyn before her match against AJ and you're going to find The Great Khali and Natalya after that and photograph the two of them." He explained to her.

"Any..specific shots?" She asked, trying to pretend like she knew what she was doing.

"Just front angles, side and point of view if you'd like. They'll pose for you if you as them." He smiled.

"Great." She said, trying not to sound too sarcastic.

"So..relax, follow other cameramen around if you want to figure out what to do and wait until your time comes. Check the board for times and just make sure you're there when you need to be." He nodded.

"Alright, thanks, Dan." She smiled, he nodded in response, waving off to her before he turned his footsteps and walked away from her and all the other people.

Calah placed a hand to her stomach upon hearing it growl and she turned her head, looking for a sigh. She found one that read 'Catering →' and she followed it. Every girl loved free food, after all. She walked to Catering, gathering numerous amounts of pastas on her plate and finding a seat at the foldable table, bringing a foot up on her chair, beginning to eat.

Just as she bought a forkful of pasta to her lips, the two toned woman from last night walked in, grabbing her own plate. "Kaitlyn!" Calah called, waving her hand to her.

Kaitlyn smiled in response, got her food and walked over towards the strawberry blonde, taking a seat beside her. "Hey." She greeted.

"You're gonna be my first photograph in WWE." Calah told her proudly, taking a bite of her fettucini.

"Really?" Kaitlyn smiled, though Calah could see she was as enthusiastic as Calah had hoped.

"Yeah. Anyway..what's up with you? Sorry Seth and I kind of disappeared.." She apologized, hoping that wasn't the reason Kaitlyn was upset. They..didn't really know each other and she knew it was rude, but Jack was more important at the time.

"Nothing much. It's fine, the rest of us had a good time." She nodded, pushing her food around.

"Is something bothering you, Kaitlyn? I know we don't really know each other..but if there's anything you want to talk about.." Calah decided to let the sentence hang, leave the few next words up to the blonde beside her.

"I'm just homesick..for once." The two toned blonde shrugged. "I've never been so homesick before but I miss everyone. My brother, my parents, everyone. I'm beginning to think I wasn't cut out for this travel life." She vented.

Calah listened, letting the diva blow off steam to her. It was only when she stopped that Calah set her fork down and turned to look at her, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Kaitlyn, you've been doing this job for years, if you're just now getting homesick, you've been doing fine with traveling. Missing people you're close with happens all the time and it has been awhile since you had time off to go visit." The blonde pointed out. "If you miss them, why not talk to Vince to see if you could get a week off or see if they could come travel with you for a week." She shrugged, lifting more grains of pasta to her lips.

"That's..actually, probably, a good idea." Kaitlyn nodded, staring off to the front of her as she thought about it. "I'm gonna go see if Vince is in now to talk to him." She thought aloud, pushing her plate in front of her and standing up. "Thanks Calah, I'll see you around." She smiled, leaving Calah to herself in the catering area.

Calah watched for a moment before turning back to the filled plate of food, the fork coming to her mouth every few seconds. This was definitely her favorite perk of the job.

"'Ey, noodles." A familiar voice called.

Looking down to her plate, spotting noodles, she looked up to the source of the voice to find the three members of The Shield. Seemed they were hungry too with the amount of food on their plates.

"Hey." She smiled in return.

The three members walked to the table, plate in hand and sat down, Seth beside her.

"How's Jack?" He casually asked, nudging her in the side.

"He's good." She grinned, "He was sleeping when I left. He's so cute." She shook her head, pushing her empty pasta plate away.

"So..I get him tonight, right?" He asked hopefully, Calah nodding and laughing in response.

"I guess." She teased, pushing her seat away from the table to get up.

"So are you excited to start photographing tonight?" He asked her to start up another conversation.

Pulling her chair back in, Calah shrugged, "I'm more nervous, I think." Of course she didn't go into detail about why.

"Don't be nervous, Cal. You're going to love it. Just relax, take a few deep breaths, then take a few pictures and when the show's over, you can come out with us again. This time, we're going to a bar; play some darts, drink some booze and then head home to catch some shut eye." Seth smiled towards her, throwing a reassuring arm around her shoulder.

"Sounds good to me." She retorted with a nod. She did as he said and took deep breaths, in and out, to calm herself. At least she wasn't going out to capture action shots. She was merely backstage, snapping pictures of a few superstars getting ready. It couldn't be too hard.

And..it really wasn't. She had just finished photographing Kaitlyn before her match and she was glad to see that Kaitlyn was happier after being granted a week off to visit family. Calah walked through the halls as Kaitlyn's music hit, flipping through the photos. She had gotten pictures of the two toned blonde stretching, fixing gear, walking towards gorilla, and anything else she thought look good. Calah was surprised to find that she actually enjoyed it. It was interesting to capture the wrestlers in their natural element before they went on stage; seeing their nerves and the way they prepped for their matches.

After her night had ended, Calah was more than thrilled with her new job. It had been a good night, and even though she only photographed three wrestlers, she was excited to see how the photographs would come out after Dan downloaded and edited them to the computer.

She walked through the halls, trying to find the exit of the arena so she could get back to the hotel room. She wanted to wash up, change, and make sure Jack had enough food and water before she went out for the night with her co-workers. Her eyes glanced up as a group of people sped past her.

"See you tonight?!" Seth screamed down the hall towards her.

"Uh, yeah!" She retorted, watching the three members of the Shield turn right. Her head then looked up as their music blasted. That explained the rush they were in.

But she became curious so, instead of heading back to the hotel, she figured she'd wait until Seth was done in his match. She turned down a hall and entered the 'diva's locker room,' looking up at the TV that sat on top of a small table.

The Shield was making their way through the crowd, Dean in the middle and the other two members on either side of him. She sat down on the bench, her eyes focused on the wrestlers in the ring. The other trio, she didn't know yet. But, it looked like twins and then an older, but still beautiful man, with blonde hair. Her eyes had an intense stare at the TV as the match started.

She found herself highly intrigued at the wrestling in the ring. They were able to tell a story through..beating each other and she was amazed by it. Not to mention, the crowd's reaction was crazy. She mainly focused on the three men she knew, aghast at their skills in the ring. She felt more excited though each time Seth was tagged back in. The way he flew around the ring, literally, made her nearly jump from the bench. He was a risk-taker and she admired that about him.

Glancing around, Calah let herself get sucked into the vortex of a wrestling fan. Dean Ambrose was the last one to be tagged in after the trio did a triple tag move and he was pinning the older blonde man. She jumped out of the bench as the Shield's music hit and clapped her hands together quickly. "That's my boys!" She ecstatically cheered.

Realizing that the inner fan girl had just come from her, she cleared her throat and looked around once more; she was in the clear. She quickly slung her black bag over her shoulder and walked out of the locker room to actually leave the arena and finally go to the hotel.

alright, so, DON'T BE MAD AT ME

the next chapter is going to have her actually going out with them and there'll be more insight to calah's character and more development between her and seth

i promise it'll be tons better than this chapter. i just didn't want this one to be too long. uhm uhhhhm, i think that's it? YUP.

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