I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Brittney's Point of View-
I got up going to the area to where the monitors were sitting down crossing my legs putting the contract that I was given onto my lap flipping it open reading it over as I watched the taping of Raw being perform in front of me but when I finished reading through the contract that seemed pretty basic and good with me but it was only a half hour later not seeing any of the guys yet emerge knowing that they must be getting ready soon as I got up heading out of the monitor room sliding past Kofi and CM Punk as they were going in, I tried not to bump into them or not to say much to them because I didn't know what to say to them. I walked out heading back to catering trying to find something to entertain me considering I still have another hour and half left of the taping until it was done seeing Layla heading towards me out of breath and sweaty. "Hey Layla." I said smirking afraid that was too much and I got nervous saying that to her.
"Hey Brit, is that okay if I call you Brit?" She asked.
"Not at all, I get called Brit by everyone…how was the match?"
"It went well…come on…you must be bored…" She said as I turned following her towards the locker room.
"Don't get me wrong, I love being here because this is what I want to do and be for my career but not having something to do makes it seem so boring."
"Trust me, I've been there…when you get comfortable with the talent and this process, it'll be a lot more fun and less boring…" Layla said.
"I hope so…everyone seems nice but just afraid that I'm going to get ignored or the cold shoulder, I mean you guys seem nice but you guys are such idols and I'm such a fan that I'm just looking from afar…hopefully that doesn't make me sound creepy…" I said afraid that I was going to make myself look worse off on my first day.
"Not at all, I was like that my first week or so here…you don't know how to fit in yet, just be yourself and relax, the more nervous and stiff you are around us the more stuck up we may seem…" Layla said as she pulled open the locker room door grasping the door holding the door open letting her walk in first and I walked in behind her seeing a few other Diva's in there, recognizing Natalya, Beth and Michelle McCool. "Hey girls, this is Brittney…" Layla said.
"Hi…" I said waving sheepishly.
"Hey, nice to meet you…" Natalya said as she stood up sticking her hand out shaking mine.
"I'm just a big fan of all of yours…" I said.
"Thank you…" They all said in unison almost.
"You need to stop saying that, it may make some of us awkward." Layla said grabbing her clothes she had left in there that was in a neat pile under her Ugg boots.
"Yet but it's flattering." Michelle said.
"When do you begin?" Beth asked.
"Next week, I am to interrupt Layla and Kelly's match next week." I answered.
"Oh…your that girl that is joining that Nexus group that is rumored to begin tonight…" Michelle said.
"Yeah, that's me…" I said feeling my cheeks turning red.
"Why are you dressed like that though?" Natalya asked.
"They want me to hide out as part of the crew…I guess they don't want fans to figure out that I'm joining Nexus, but how would fans figure that out just seeing me?" I asked shrugging.
"Well, if you come driving in with any of the Nexus they are going to assume, photos get around…fans do that, rumors spread like wild fire…you got to get used to having to kayfabe things around here." Michelle said.
"I've heard about that, never really have experience doing that…" I said.
"Welcome to the company…" Beth said as I heard the shower running in the other room knowing it must be Layla when the door opened behind me seeing Eve slipped in.
"Hey Eve…" Natalya said.
"Hey ladies…don't think we have met, I'm Eve." She said sticking her hand out to shake mine.
"Brittney." I said.
"The new bait…" Michelle joked.
"Yep…" I said nodding agreeing with her.
"Aw, welcome…" She said patting me on the shoulder before she went to grasp her things to go shower. I sat down on the corner of the bench chatting with the girls listening to the stories and tips from them about what to do now that I was on the road, I exchanged numbers with them so if I needed anything or wanted to go hang out with them I can contact them, especially if I need any advice or help with being new. Soon enough, they all headed out leaving me alone to wander along the arena with a half hour left of the show going to the monitor room seeing more stars there watching knowing something big is about to happen, probably the debut of Nexus, I leant against the wall due to the lack of empty seats that were in there watching the three monitors that were seeing John Cena in the ring doing a promo when I saw Justin, Wade, Heath and the other Nexus members climbing over the railings surrounding the ring where he was wearing the Nexus shirts knowing that I were to get one this weekend that was a woman fitting t-shirt that matched theirs.
"They are putting these mofo's against John?" I heard CM Punk say getting everyone to chuckle, including myself.
"Would you rather it be you?" I heard Adam, Edge, say to him.
"At least I'll get air time." Punk responded laughing.
"They may come after you next but I don't know what the writers have planned for them…I heard some girl is going to join them." Adam said.
"There is…" I said jumping into the conversation.
"How do you know?" Adam asked.
"Because I'm her." I said sheepishly.
"Your foot is in your mouth, isn't it?" Kofi asked.
"No…" He snickered.
"Why aren't you out there?" Evan asked.
"I don't go on until next week…" I answered.
"Week vacation and getting paid for it…alright, your one of us already…" Adam said walking over giving me a high five.
"What's that?" I asked.
"A slacker." Adam said smirking.
"Slackers club…it's the best one around…" Matt joined in as I smirked as I crossed my arms over my chest watching what was taking place in the ring slowly joining in the conversation that were taking place enjoying it not being as bored as earlier. I stood by the door as the show came to an end after the group of men surrounded John in the ring after they did all their signature moves onto him and Justin's 450 Splash was the second to last then the show ended with it fading to black.
"That was nicely executed…" Kofi said.
"You have a lot to live up to next week sweetie." Adam said smirking before he got up as he winked at me as he walked by me to leave the room.
"Don't worry about him, I'll worry more about Punk." Matt said as he headed towards me, "Good luck sweetie." Matt said patting me on the shoulder as he walked out and I stood there as the stars walked by smirking at me or would wish me luck or welcomed me to the company. I waited until it cleared out staring at the empty room as I slowly turned around walking out of the room going to the gorilla position seeing the men all hyped up and energized, as ones would be after performing.
"You guys did great!" I said excited for them and couldn't wait to get out there to perform the following week.
"Thanks…you weren't waiting long were you?" Justin asked as he wiped at his brow.
"Nah…it was worth it." I said.
"You enjoy the show?" Wade asked smirking as he ran his hand through his beautiful black hair.
"Always." I said nervously talking to him.
"Thanks beautiful…" Wade said.
"Why are you thanking her? We are the ones performing." Heath said as Wade nudged him as I smirked as I played with the tips of my hair, I followed the three of them to the male locker room listening to how they felt and the feelings of performing. I smirked knowing that I will have the same jittery feelings the next week and made me more excited about the next week. When we got to the male locker room, Heath and Wade walked inside to get changed and ready before they go to grab their bags from the designated area.
"We giving you a ride back to the hotel?" Justin asked stepping in front of me running a hand through his hair that had that blonde dye he had in there coming out finally.
"I can't, we have to kayfabe it and I'm still hiding out as crew." I said looking down at my outfit, I wasn't used to wearing all this black and didn't realize that I had that much black.
"Right…but you want to do dinner?" Justin asked.
"I would love to but got to see what Layla and Kelly want to do…."
"Whoa, you are already making friends…" He said smirking.
"They want to plan the match next week, so it won't be much fun…" I said putting my hands on my hips.
"We'll get dessert…and no Wade isn't on the list."
"I am thinking vending machine…"
"Duh, we can steal things from it again…you still remember those tricks?"
"Absolutely." I said smirking.
"Oh yeah, look who I'm asking, that would be the one thing you would remember."
"If only I could use this good for something other than for evil."
"Why would you want to do that? Evil is fun." He said winking before he turned around pulling the door opened, "Some other people, including British descendants, love evil or bad sides…" He said smirking.
"Just go!" I said pointing into the locker room.
"Make me." He said as I lunged towards the door and he jumped into the locker room shutting it fast behind him. I went to catering to grab a water bottle seeing McKenzie dumping water into the cooler of ice.
"Hey…" I said as I stepped beside her grasping one of the bottles that she just put in there.
"Hey, where have you been?" McKenzie asked.
"Around, trying to keep myself busy…" I said.
"I'm sure there wasn't much for you to do, huh?"
"Not really…not much goes on back here compared to FCW." I said.
"How's that?"
"There, it seemed like something ridiculous or someone was being so loud backstage…something was ALWAYS going on but here, I'm sure there is chaos if you're at the right spot but it's quiet and no one is out doing weird things." I said trying to compare the two.
"I can assure you, there are some weird shit that goes on back here…just wait…" McKenzie reassured me as she begun packing up things.
"Tearing down now?" I asked pulling out my phone to check the time.
"Yeah, shows done and everyone is pretty much gone or is getting ready to leave, that is a sign for us to get our butts in gear to start packing up."
"Don't you have crew staying here longer to load up the ring and such?" I asked curiously.
"We do, but my duty is to take care of most of this stuff…we leave a few things out, like water obviously and we leave a few snacks that will probably be gone by the time they finished…those guys barely have the time to blow their nose…they have crunch time after each show and before each show…" She explained as she begun closing the box of fruit she had.
"I bet…how long does it take to set everything up?" I asked.
"Longer than one would think…" She said as she closed another box of snacks before she put the fruits on top of that box picking both up, "You want to come with?" She asked.
"To where?" I asked watching her start walking in a direction I had yet explored.
"The truck, come on, you won't get in trouble…" She yelled back to me as I looked behind me and around me as I let out a sigh running after her.
"How long does it take?" I asked.
"Well, we travel up to six hours driving away from one town to the next, that is the maximum amount of distance WWE has yet to make us travel so it doesn't seem like much but the ring itself takes one to two hours alone to set up along with another hour to bring in the material from the trucks. Each arena is different, it all depends on where the loading decks are and how it's set up, majority of the time they just unload and unload and unload, you see all these crates?" She asked nodding to the side of the halls seeing the numerous different colored crates. "They each will contain all the equipment that we own, very rarely do we use the arena's equipment because a lot of time you can't really trust them."
"I can see, rely on your stuff than that of someone that you don't know much and this is a big company so they should have enough money to invest in the best products." I said shrugging.
"That we do, but we also got a lot of work to be done than to sit here and relax all the time….we put a lot of work into the product, even down to us the simple catering employees that just organize the food…without us, the talent won't be hydrated or won't be able to eat."
"A job is a job, we are all here to put the best foot forward and to put the best show we can on…I think a lot of people that watch forget about the smaller jobs like the one you do when they hear about this company or watch it home."
"Very true…how'd you know you wanted to wrestle?" McKenzie asked.
"I'll explain all that tonight…I doubt we are going right to bed when we get back to the hotel." I said smirking.
"You want to finish helping me load this thing up?" She asked as she set the boxes onto the back of the truck seeing a man already inside the truck stacking boxes and organizing it.
"Absolutely." I said following her back and helped her carry things to and from, including tables and chairs that were to be taken with us. I walked back wiping at my brow of sweat after the work out that we have done, I pulled out my phone seeing that Justin had tried to call me and didn't leave a message. I called him back as I followed near McKenzie out to the parking lot that had fewer cars in it, no fans were around and it was already darker than I had imagined, due to the darkness it had seemed to be at least 11 PM already. "You rang?" I asked.
"I was worried about you, where were you? Hell, where are you now?" Justin asked and I could tell he was worried sick about me.
"I was helping McKenzie with her work, it gave me something to do." I said as I climbed into the passenger seat.
"Thank God…you going out with Layla and Kelly?" Justin asked.
"Not that I know of, they haven't texted or called…why?" I asked curiously.
"You want to come eat with Heath, Wade and I?" Justin asked as I looked to McKenzie who was turning the steering wheel to do a U-Turn to go out the way we came.
"Um…I'll get back to you…" I said not sure what she had planned and if it'll be okay.
"You heading back now?" He asked.
"Yeah, McKenzie is driving us to the hotel now, that's where you are right?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm up in my room so text me when you get here."
"I will…" I said.
"Tell McKenzie to drive safe."
"Will do, bye J." I said.
"Bye Brit." He said as we hung up and I held my phone in my hand so it won't fall off my lap, I texted Layla asking if she wanted to do it that weekend instead of now because we had time to plan it.
"What are they up to?" McKenzie asked.
"They want to know if I want to go do dinner with them." I said shrugging.
"Why don't you go with them?"
"I wasn't sure what you had planned, don't want to leave you hanging." I said.
"You won't be leaving me hanging, I can't make you not hang with your friends and plus, I have plans of my own."
"You won't mind?"
"Not at all, just let me get the spare key to my room and you are free to venture." She said as I smirked knowing I can finally go hang with them but this time it was different, this time it was on the road with WWE, we had finally made it to where we all had wanted to be.