Chapter 1
"He quit?"
"yes John, he quit! And stop smirking you know its your fault he quit"
John held up his hands, "hey its not my fault he has a big stick wedged up his butt!"
Joanne sighed and ran her hands through her shoulder length blonde hair, "I know he's difficult but this is the second PA you've been through in three months John"
"why do I need a PA anyway?" he moaned
"because one, your about to become champ, two you have an album coming out, three you also have a movie coming out and four your to much trouble for me!"
John laughed "Jo you know you love me!"
She snorted "yeah I love it when you leave"
"ouch! Well can you at least find me a PA that I'll like?"
"I think I've found someone, they've been interviewed twice over the phone and will be here in the next hour for a final interview"
"over the phone? Is that normal?"
"when they aren't able to get here yes!"
"I still say I don't need a PA"
"stop complaining all they do is sort out your travel and accommodation, what's the problem?"
"no one else has one!"
She sighed again "yes they do! I can't keep up with all of you! Your gonna be too busy and need someone who can concentrate on just you, or you can attempt to sort it all out for yourself"
"ok I give up! I ain't gonna win!"
"damn straight" she grinned
"Fine introduce me when you decide who the next victim is"
Becki gulped when she saw the car waiting for her. 'what am I doing' she thought.
"Miss Cross?" the driver asked
"yes, that's me" Becki smiled shyly
The driver gathered her bags and opened the door for her to get in, once she was seated he closed the door and placed her bags in the trunk.
"How was your flight?" he asked once he was back in the drivers seat and was pulling away from the airport
"um long. But otherwise ok"
He chuckled "well sit back and relax it will take awhile to get the arena. My names Anthony yell if ya need anything"
"thank you" she replied as he closed the screen between them.
Sitting back she tugged at the sleeves of her black hoodie. 'I can't believe I have to go to an interview looking like this'
Joanne had told her to travel in whatever she was comfortable in and come straight to the interview. Closing her eyes, she was tired, she was also pretty certain being tired would help her mess this up. She must have fallen asleep.
"Miss Cross we're here" Anthony called
"oh ok" she gulped she didn't know whether she was ready for this
Anthony opened the door to let her out, he watched as she slowly climbed out an looked around the parking lot. The poor kid looks terrified' he thought
He grabbed her bags and started carrying them to arena, slowly she followed.
"hey you'll be ok, Joanne don't bite" he reassured her before opening the door into the arena
All Becki could do was smile. She followed him down a couple of corridors until he stopped outside one of the many doors.
"good luck kid" he smiled at her before knocking on the door
She heard a familiar voice shout "come in"
"Joanne, Miss Cross has arrived" Anthony placed her bags in the corner of the room
"thanks Ant" he gave Becki one last smile and left the room
"Becki, nice to finally meet you" Joanne said crossing the room and holding her hand out to the terrified girl
Taking the offered hand Becki replied "you too"
"I hope you had a good flight" Joanne motioned for her to sit down
Becki moved over to the chair and slowly sat down.
"yes thank you"
Joanne had sat herself down at the other side of her make shift desk, she hated it when she had to work from the arenas, she much preferred her office in Stamford.
"can I get you anything?"
"no thank you I'm fine"
"ok then, lets gets started"
During the interview Joanne watched Becki, it was obvious she was nervous but there was something else she couldn't quite put her finger on. After she had asked all the questions she needed to Joanne smiled.
"well I'm pleased to say the job is yours if you want it?"
Becki sighed in relief "yes I want it, thank you"
"not a problem, if anything your over qualified to be a PA for a wrestler!"
Becki smiled in response, she didn't agree, she didn't feel like she was qualified for anything.
"well I best let you know who your gonna be working with and what you will need to do. First of all you will be working with John Cena, Your main jobs will be to organise his travel and accommodation, he is gonna be fairly busy, he's about to become wwe champion, he also has a album and movie due to come out so you will have your hands full. You get two days off a week which unfortunately for you will be his choice, but it shouldn't be too much of a problem as he's pretty laid back and insists he doesn't need a PA"
Becki frowned "then why is he getting one?"
Joanne laughed "don't get me wrong John is a smart guy but he's too laid back to organise himself, with the schedule he has coming his way he wouldn't last a day"
Becki nodded "ok"
"I will warn you though, John has gone through two assistants in the past three months" Joanne watched as Becki gulped
"may I ask why?"
"certainly! The first, Elaine, well lets just say she was a little to old to tolerate his lifestyle and Nick his assistant at the moment is ……" she searched for her choice of words "….rather conservative compared to John and they don't get along very well" Taking in her appearance, black slightly baggy trousers, a red vest top with a black hoodie jacket, black and silver sneakers and shoulder length brown hair with bright red streaks running through it.
"however I think you will be more his type"
"will you need to go back home before you can start?"
"No" Becki replied instantly " I can just get the rest of my things shipped over"
"I'll arrange for an apartment to be rented for you, anywhere in particular you would like it to be?"
"um anywhere that's quiet, I don't really know anywhere in America"
"Do you mind me asking why you wanted to leave England?"
Becki looked distant "Just time for a change"
Joanne decided to ask no more about it "Well I have all your details leave it to me I'll get your things shipped over"
Becki smiled "thank you"
"no problem, right for the rest of this week you can shadow Nick and he will show you the ropes so to speak, here is your key card for your hotel tonight, I'll introduce you to John and then Ant can take you over to the hotel so you can settle in."
John watched as Nick pulled paper after paper from his bag and tossed them on the table in front of John.
"what are these?" John asked
"sign them"
John sighed "ok" he hated the guy, he either spoke to him like he was stupid or as if he was a two year old, he was happy he quit.
"hey John, Nick!"
"Joanne" Nick replied
"hey Jo" john said looking up finding Joanne stood in the doorway
"I have someone for you to meet, this is Becki your new PA" she motioned for Becki to come in
John smiled as his eyes fell on a rather cute girl 'now this is more like it' he thought
"Nice to meet you Becki" John held out his hand as he took in her appearance, she was about 5'10 and had very beautiful blue eyes.
Taking his hand Becki replied "likewise"
His eyebrows shot up, Joanne caught his reaction "Becki is from England"
John laughed "Yes Joanne I could tell that"
Joanne suck her tongue out at him "smartass"
Becki smiled I may like it here' she thought
"Anyhow Becki this is your new boss, John Cena"
In the background Nick snorted.
"don't call me that! I'm not your boss" John looked at Becki
"well what are you John?" Joanne teased
Ignoring her John said to Becki again "I'm not your boss"
"okay" she replied
"can I leave you here a second while I find Ant" Joanne said to Becki
"sure"
"wont be long" Joanne called as she headed out the door.
John motioned for Becki to sit down as Nick thrust another wad of paper under his nose.
"look man I don't know what any of this is I'm not gonna sign any of it unless I know what it is"
"all you have to do is write your name on them" Nick snapped
Becki raised her eyebrows, no wonder they didn't get along.
John sighed he didn't want to argue with him in front of Becki, Joanne would kill him! He snatched the papers from Nicks hand and grabbed the rest from the table. Quickly he flipped through them, when he still didn't understand them he placed them back on the table.
"you do know how to write your name don't you?" Nick muttered
That did it he was gonna knock the guy out, just who did he think he was. Becki saw the look on Johns face, she couldn't say she blamed him, what Nick said was completely unreasonable. However she wasn't comfortable with witnessing a fight. She reached out to the papers looking at John,
"may I?"
Nick quickly left the room while he had his chance, he wasn't going to stick around and wait to get punched in the mouth, 'neanderthal' he thought as he left the room.
Becki looked over the papers and separated them into two piles as John sat down next to her, she handed him the first pile,
"These are for matches and these…" she held up the other pile "are for merchandise and photo shoots, you just need to sign to say you agree to do them"
Just then Anthony popped his head round the door
"Miss Cross are you ready to go to the hotel?"
Becki stood to leave, John stood with her and walked to the door still holding the papers in his hand. He liked her already 'maybe Jo has got it right at last'
Just as she was about to leave he gently grabbed her arm, he noticed she winced "thank you, for this" he held up the papers.
"your welcome" he let go of her arm as she smiled
"Bye, nice to meet you" she said as she walked away with Anthony
"see ya" John replied as he watched her leave.