AN: I only own Marley. I don't own anything WWE related.
Marley had only been in Florida for a few hours and she was already in love. It was going to be hard to get her to leave in a few weeks.
She pulled into the parking lot of the performance center. She was extremely nervous and excited. She was going to be meeting some very important people and the future of the WWE today. She was pretty familiar with everyone, since she always made time to watch NXT. She just hoped that she didn't end up embarrassing herself.
Marley checked herself out in her mirror, making sure her hair was good and that her makeup hadn't smudged. She was good to go. She stepped out of the car and adjusted her dress. She pulled it down after it had ridden up while she was in car.
She took a deep breathe before opening the door. "Here goes nothing." She opened the door and stepped inside, the door slamming behind her.
The building was huge. When you walked in, you were met with a three rings. Each of the rings were occupied. One had a couple of people working on submission moves, one had a few girls running the ropes and the other had two men who looked like they were running through a match. There were also locker rooms and a weight room nearby.
"Marley!" A voice boomed across the room. This made everyone stop and look over at where she was, which caused the trainers to yell at then to get back to work. Everyone wanted to know who this mystery girl that Triple H was calling over and if she was competition. Little did they know, she wasn't.
She made her way over to where Hunter was sitting down, observing the talent. The performance center and NXT were his babies and he wanted to make sure that they were the best.
"Hi, Hunter. I'm surprised to see you here. Shouldn't you be in Indianapolis?" He gestured for her to sit down next to him and she did.
"The perks of having a private jet. I flew in this morning and I'm leaving right after this. I had a couple of things to take care of down here and I wanted to make sure you got here safely." The two made small talk while they waited for everyone to finish up in the rings. Hunter wanted to introduce her to everyone at once.
"Hey guys, I want to introduce you all to someone." He was now standing in the middle ring and he waved Marley over. She stepped up on the steps and carefully entered the ring while Hunter held down the middle rope for her.
"Guys, this is Marley Allen and she's going to be working with you guys for the next few weeks. She's working on being a backstage interviewer and she's been on the road with us, interning for Renee. Something's are changing on the main roster soon, and we're looking to move her into a more permanent position." Hunter explained. "Marley, how about you let them know a little about you?"
"Sure." She turned her attention to the NXT roster. "Hi guys. I'm Marley. I'm 23 years old. I'm from Chicago. I just graduated from college, and like Hunter said, I've been interning for Renee Young. I've been around for a couple of months. I'm a regular NXT viewer, so I know how talented you guys are and I can't wait to start working with you guys." She said with a smile.
Hunter smiled and patted her on the back. "Alright guys, I've got a plane to catch. If someone wanted to show Marley around a give her the tour, that'd be great."
The both exited the ring and Hunter was out the door for his flight. Now she was left alone and she felt like she was going to be fed to a pack of wolves.
Luckily for her, that wasn't the case. As soon as she stepped down from the ring, she had everyone coming up to introduce themselves to her. She was very thankful that everyone seemed to be friendly towards her, even if it was just a charade.
Before she could register what was happening, Marley was engulfed into a hug. Normally, this would've freaked her our, but because she already knew all about these people, she knew exactly who the hugger was.
"Hey there, Bayley."
"Hi! Sorry about the hug, I just get excited when we get new people. It's like Christmas and you're the new shiny toy."
"Oh no. The hug was fine. I was expecting it. I wouldn't say that. There's literally no reason to get excited about me. I'm not a wrestler, I'm just here to interview wrestlers. I'm not important."
"Well I'm excited that we have a new face here and I'm here if you need anything."
The two girls talked for a little while longer and Bayley had invited her over to watch Raw with the roster. It was a thing they did every week where someone would host Raw on Monday and someone would host Smackdown on Friday. This week it was Bayley's turn to host Raw.
It was refreshing to see that most of the NXT roster got along really well. Just because their characters might not like each other, it was nice to see that they could all hang out together. You wouldn't see that on the main roster.
After going back to her hotel to change out of her dress and into shorts and a t-shirt, she made it Bayley's with fifteen minutes to spare.
When Marley arrived, she was pulled into another bone crushing hug from Bayley. "Guys! I invited Marley" she announced and Marley waved to everyone. She thought that she'd feel awkward around these people, but she felt right at home.
It was the Raw after Payback, and since Marley hadn't talked to any of her friends today, she didn't know what was happening tonight. It was going to be fun watching Raw as a fan for the first time in a few months.
As 8 o'clock rolled around, everyone piled into the living room. Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Tyler Breeze and Adrian Neville sat on the couch. Sasha Banks took the recliner and Marley, Charlotte and Sami Zayn on the floor. They didn't mind though.
The end of Raw was coming up and so far it had been a pretty good episode. The only thing left now was the main event, Roman Reigns vs Randy Orton.
Motörhead's Line in the Sand started playing and Hunter accompanied Randy to the ring. "Does he ever walk around the performance center, threatening you guys with that sledgehammer? I feel like he would." Marley joked and everyone laughed.
"In case you haven't figured it out yet, what I do better than anyone is adapt. Last night was plan A." Hunter brought the sledgehammer in front of his face and looked up at it. "Tonight. Plan B. There's always a plan B."
Roman and Dean stepped forward, but Seth didn't. Instead, he stepped back with his steel chair and swung at the back of Roman.
The room went silent. Everyone sat there with their mouths wide open and watched as Seth Rollins beat down his former partners. No one could believe what was happening.
The group sat there speechless until Raw had gone off the air.
"What the hell was that?" Sasha was the first to break the silence.
"I don't know, but I'm about to find out." Marley pulled out her phone and opened up a new text message to Seth.
"What the fuck dude?"
She figured she wouldn't get a reply until he probably got back to the hotel, so she'd have to wait. She considered sending a text to Dean and Roman, but she knew that they'd be in no mood to talk right now. So she texted one person she knew was still backstage.
"How are they doing?" She sent to Renee.
"It's rough stuff. I just interviewed Seth for Backstage Pass. He didn't say anything. just be glad that you're not here tonight. As soon as Dean and Roman got back here, they were super quiet. It was erie."
Marley couldn't imagine what that the atmosphere was backstage and she was thankful that she wasn't going to have to deal with it. She definitely didn't want to leave Florida now.
AN: This was a filler kinda. I've had a mental block and I just couldn't think of anything. I was finally able to churn this out. Now we can see where we're at in the story, timeline wise. So yay! Haha. I know it's kinda short, but I just wanted to get this out ASAP.
