Disclaimer: don't own any of the names of the superstars mentioned, Candice and Amanda are creatively based on people in real life, the rest are owned by the WWE and Vince Mcmahon

"This'll be your first live WWE experience huh?" Amanda asked Candice as they walked back into the arena that night

"Yep, I could never get tickets to the UK events, they sell out so darn quickly, it would take a miracle"

"Well, you're here tonight"

"Behind the curtain though, we're here to learn tonight" reminded Candice

"Oh do we have to?" Amanda whined, mockingly pouting like a petulant child before breaking into a smile "I know, we gotta learn all we can about how Regal runs the show so we can use it against him later"

As she spoke, they reached the Commissioner's office and walked in, without bothering to knock this time. Regal was dressed in his wrestling tights, a towel around his neck as he sat his desk, hurriedly making notes. He looked up at their entrance

"Ah, good evening, ready for your first night of work?" he asked pleasantly

"Sure are" replied Candice cheerfully

"Jolly good, as you can tell I shall be wrestling tonight, against that little toerag Chris Jericho, needs a beating to learn a little respect that one does" he muttered under his breath

"What do you need us to do?" asked Amanda

"I have a little filing that needs to be done and the match lists need to be pinned up outside each locker room, apart from that you can enjoy the show by watching on my own personal monitor and make any decisions if needed in my absence"

He picked up a small stack of papers from his desk and handed them to Candice before going back to his notes. She flicked through them, a smile growing on her face. She turned to Amanda and motioned for her to read one of the papers

"He's used about half of our matches" she whispered softly

Amanda speedily read the paper and grinned

"Alright! Way to go!" she high-fived Candice and handed her the paper back

"I'll just go and pin these up Commissioner" Candice said loudly

"Splendid my dear splendid, Miss Amanda, there's some files on top of the filing cabinet in the corner, being an intelligent girl I'm sure you can work out the system yourself without my help, can you not?"

"Of course"

Candice slipped out the room, giving Amanda a thumbs up. Amanda picked up the files, reading them and yanking open the top file. This wouldn't be too hard, she had a feeling it would useful later on.

*

"Locker room 2" Candice muttered, carefully pinning a sheet of paper on the corkboard outside it

She'd found the locker rooms in the maze of corridors and was gradually making her way past each of them, leaving a sheet pinned outside each one. She was hoping she wouldn't come face to face with any of the superstars, she wouldn't know what to say, she had a feeling she'd probably stammer embarrassingly

"Divas locker room" she pinned the second to last paper up

As she was about to move away, the door suddenly swung open and a blonde head peeked out. Candice nearly gasped, it was Molly Holly peering nervously at her

"Oh I thought you were Spike!" she sounded disappointed "sorry if I startled you"

"That's ok" managed Candice, trying not to stare "I was just leaving the match listings outside your room for you all"

"Oh thanks, see you around"

Before Candice could reply, the head disappeared and the door shut. A little dazed, she moved onto the last locker room and pinned the last sheet of paper up before trying not to run all the way back to the Commissioner's office.

*

Amanda slammed the bottom drawer shut and stood up, satisfied. Regal hadn't moved from his chair, still writing notes and occasionally muttering to himself under his breath. She guessed he was having problems juggling the matches for the next few weeks. Before she could speak, Candice burst into the room, out of breath

"Guess who I met?" she said, trying not to raise her voice in excitement

"Who?" Amanda said, pulling her over to the chairs at the back of the room

"Molly Holly, I was pinning up a list outside the divas' room when she suddenly appeared out of the room"

"Cool, sure it won't be the last time we meet a superstar"

Suddenly, the driving sound of the Smackdown music filled the room; Regal had turned his monitor on. Amanda and Candice grabbed their chairs and scooted over so that they could see. It was weird watching the show live backstage. They watched as X Pac and Justin Credible emerged from behind the curtain and made their way to the ring to the overwhelming sound of boos. Regal was barely looking at the screen, rather still writing things down and scribbling things out

"Having problems Commissioner?" asked Candice

"Ah, you could say that, just a little problem arranging the matches the talent wants, it's hard keeping Mr Mcmahon happy"

"What about what keeps the talent happy? Or the fans?" hissed Amanda to Candice

Candice nudged her in the ribs, trying not to laugh before addressing Regal again

"We could take a look if you like"

"Would you? How kind, any suggestions would be helpful, I've written down all the requests I've received and all the active talent" he checked his watch suddenly and got to his feet "now if you'll excuse me, I have a backstage interview to conduct and a match to win, take care of any talent who come in with requests?"

"With pleasure" chipped in Amanda

Regal hurried out of the room and as soon as he was gone, they moved to his side of the desk

"I've always wanted to know how it feels to be Commissioner" giggled Candice "Now I know, how did the filing go?"

"Learnt a lot" replied Amanda "did you know he keeps immaculate records of all past matches he's made and who's found favour with him? He also keeps track of rivalries, title wins, all kinds of stats, could be very useful when it comes to making matches"

They began sorting through the mess of papers on his desk, trying to decipher his loopy handwriting that got worse the faster he wrote.

"Geez, no wonder he's got problems" groaned Amanda "he's trying way to hard to please Vince, look he was planning on trying to book Austin against Triple H to settle their differences in one match! Like that would happen, you'd need a four wheel drive to haul their rivalry away"

"Lets try and sort this out, how about Trish vs Lita? It would please Stephanie to see Trish get a pasting"

"Who wants to please the Princess? Besides that rivalry's been played to the limit"

"But the crowd always reacts to it"

In the midst of their arguing, Amanda suddenly stopped and held a finger to her lips

"Christian's coming! My Christian radar went off!"

"How many times, you don't have a Christian radar, it's all in your head" Candice rolled her eyes at her friend "C'mon lets get on with this, how about Benoit and Guerrero face each other? Of course that'll depend on No Way Out"

Mid sentence, the door was flung open and a very pissed-off Christian marched into the room. Amanda couldn't resist looking smugly at Candice

"Commissioner, I protest at this totally heinous idea that the Edgster and I have to....." he broke off, finally noticing that it was two young women and not Commissioner Regal who sat behind the desk "Where the hell's Regal? And who the hell are you?"

"I'm Shadow, she's Amanda, we're Regal's assistants" supplied Candice "sorry he can't be here at the moment but he'd preparing for a match, how can we help?"

"Oh..yeah, the Edgester and I totally refuse to face the Dudkeyz in a table match, it reeks" he folded his arms expectantly

"Why? Afraid?" taunted Amanda, smiling

"What?! No way, we can..um...er..just beat them too easily, that's all"

"You can prove that at No Way Out, but as for tonight, would you prefer a TLC match? It can be arranged," said Candice, slyly

"No, no! a table match is fine, we'll take it" Christian cut in, before stalking out as if it was what he meant to do all along

Amanda pretended to faint onto the floor

"I think I'm love!" she swooned

Candice kicked her lightly and began writing carefully on a fresh piece of paper

"I think you're a nut, he's a brat!

"I know but he's a..."

"Sexy blonde Canadian" they said together, before breaking into laughter

"Whatever works for you honey," said Candice, shaking her head

"Oh c'mon, you're the one who got all wobbly after meeting Molly Holly" teased Amanda defensively

"I'm a fan"

"And I'm a fan of Christian's!"

"Stalker more like"

"That's it"

Amanda pulled Candice to the floor and tried to get her to submit, soon they were playfully wrestling, amid gales of laughter

"Alright, that's it, I quit!" yelled Candice, scrambling back onto her chair

"Yes! My first win" Amanda got to her feet and began saying in a singsong voice "I win, I win, I win"

"Fine, you win, lets carry on with these matches, we've gotta finish them by the end of the night" Candice laughed.

Amanda sat down again and they were soon in the thick of work, only stopping occasionally to glance at the monitor before they continued.

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