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September 5, 2011—First Day of Work
"Why must I wear these leather pants?"
"Because they go great with that top." Bianca yelled from the bathroom.
I rolled my eyes "And why are you here again?"
"To help you out. Now come in here so I can set the equipment on you."
I huffed and walked into the bathroom "So where is it?"
"It is right here." Bianca said as she held up a pendant diamond necklace.
"Wait the camera is in there?" I asked as I looked at the necklace.
"Yes, now turn around."
Bianca placed the necklace on me and I looked at it in the mirror "Wow. You guys sure spent a lot on this little thing."
"Well Mr. Robinson wanted to make sure that camera was well hidden."
"So how does this work?"
"You walk around and the camera will film everything and Mr. Robinson will be able to see everything from his laptop."
I turned around and leaned against the sink "I feel like Drew Barrymore in that movie Never Been Kissed."
"Yeah but unlike the movie you are doing a story on sexism, not a guy who likes you."
"I know, I just meant metaphorically speaking."
Bianca looked at her watch and stood up immediately "Oh crap it's 4:15!"
My eyes widened "I have to get to the arena by 4:40! Damn it!" I ran out of the bathroom and sat down on the edge of the bed as I hurried to put my shoes on.
"NO Leona!" Bianca yelled as she yanked my Nikes' off my feet. "You need to wear these!"
Bianca handed me pink pumps. I looked at the 5 inch heel and gave Bianca a dirty look. "Pink pumps, really?"
"Yes, now get going."
"Oh crap." I grabbed my bag and with my pumps in my hand I ran out of the room and jogged to the hotel garage.
Nationwide Arena—4:39 P.M
I entered the arena and rested against the wall as I tried to catch my breath. "Thank god I ran track in high school." I mumbled to myself as I put my pumps on.
After catching my breath, I walked down the hall until I came across a sign that read John Laurinaitis's office. I knocked once before hearing a voice from inside call "Come in."
I opened the door and Mr. Laurinaitis looked up and smiled at me. "Leona! There you are."
"Hello Mr. Laurinaitis. I'm not late am I?"
Laurinaitis shook his head "No you're not late at all." He then turned around and grabbed a packet of paper. Laurinaitis looked back at me "And here is your script for tonight."
I grabbed the script "Wait? I'm going to be in a match already?"
Laurinaitis laughed "Not on your first night. You just have a little part in a backstage segment."
I tried to hide my nervousness "Oh."
Laurinaitis chuckled and then there was another knock on the door. "Oh that must John. Come in."
I turned around and as the door opened, in came John Cena. He looked a lot bigger in person; John smiled at me "Are you the newest Diva?"
Finally I came out of my trance "Ye-yeah. I'm Leona Burke."
"I'm John Cena. Your tour guide for the rest of the night." He said as he shook my hands.
I looked at John "I thought that one of the Divas were going to show me around the arena."
"Well they had to go to a photo-shoot but I thought that John wouldn't mind showing a fellow Bostonian around." Laurinaitis stated.
"Wait. You're from Massachusetts? Which part?"
"Andover."
"Wow, I'm from We—"
"West Newbury, I know." I said as I completed his sentence.
John laughed "Yeah I am." John looked at me a little longer before saying "Let me show you around."
John and I left Mr. Laurinaitis's office and as we walked down the hall I couldn't help but get distracted by John's physique, he was so damn muscular. I mean was this how huge the other male superstars were? Walking next to him made me feel so freaking short, and I was wearing 5 inch heels!
It was fifteen minutes into our little tour when John asked "Are you hungry?"
"Yeah."
John and I walked into an area which I just called the food court, since there were just tables and tables of food. I stopped and looked at the food, I didn't know what to get.
"Is there a problem?" John asked as he walked over to me.
"I don't know what to pick, there are so many options."
John laughed "I know there are a lot, but I would recommend the shrimp Arrabbiata ."
I smiled "Okay. I'll get it."
I got the shrimp Arrabbiata and a bottle of water before sitting down at one of the tables with John. As we were eating I looked up at John and asked "Why is it that you are the one giving me the tour? I mean I would expect that you would be busy with interviews or promotions since you are so huge in this business."
John swallowed the piece of food he was eating "Yes I am normally busy doing that stuff but today was my day off, and since I wasn't busy Laurinaitis asked me if I could show you around and I told him that I wouldn't mind."
I placed my hand on my chest "Oh no! I'm sorry that I ruined your day-off."
John chuckled "You didn't ruin anything for me. Besides I'm relaxing now and eating."
I smiled slightly "Okay. And thank you for taking the time to show me around this arena. So where are the other Superstars?"
"They normally don't start showing up to the arena until an hour before the show."
"Now are there going to be some people who will be giving me the cold-shoulder since I'm new?"
John scratched the back of his head "Yeah some people will, it takes a while for them to warm up to the newbies."
I sighed "Wow, it's going to be high school all over again."
John laughed "A little bit, but there were a few people who gave me the shoulder in the beginning of my career too. But don't worry not everyone in this company is mean."
I drank some water before asking John "How long?"
John gave me a strange look "Excuse me?"
I pointed to his wedding ring "How long have you guys been married?"
John looked down at his ring before taking his hand and placing it on his lap. John cleared his throat "Two years but we have been together since I was fifteen."
"Wow, you have been together for 12 years. That's the longest relationship that I have heard."
John rubbed his nose "Yeah we've been together for awhile. So what about you, how long have you and your boyfriend been together?"
I scoffed at his question "I don't have a boyfriend; I haven't for a long time."
John leaned forward "Really?"
I nodded "Yeah, I sorta have trouble with men."
"I never would have known that a girl like you would have trouble with men. I thought that they would be crawling all over you."
I shook my head "Why? Because I have extensions, this make-up, really tight clothing and a push-up bra that helps make me look like this?" I drank some more water "This was just a transformation I had to undergo to meet the standards of women WWE wants to portr-" I soon shut up after knowing that I had said too much.
"What was the end of that sentence?"
I got up from my seat "Well thank you for showing me around the arena, but I outta get going." I walked a few feet before turning around "It was very nice to meet you John Cena." I then turned around and continued walking.
John sighed and leaned back in his seat "It was nice to meet you too."
Diva's Locker room
I took a deep breath as I stopped in front of the Diva's locker room door. "Here goes nothing."
I walked into the locker room and as soon as I did all of the conversations the Divas were having with each other ended and they stopped and looked me up and down before turning around and doing what they were doing before.
"Awkward." I thought before walking over to a locker.
As I was placing my stuff away, one of the Divas, AJ, walked over to me. "Hi, I'm AJ."
I smiled and shook her hand "Hello, I'm Leona."
"Leona, that's a pretty name."
"Thank you."
"Nice heels." Someone said behind me.
I turned around and saw that it was Eve Torres. "Thanks."
She smiled "Well welcome to the WWE."
I smiled again "Aw thanks. But is it always this unsettling in the locker room on your first day?"
AJ and Eve nodded "Yeah, some of the women here don't like it when new model girls come in."
I shook my head "But I have never modeled a day in my life."
"Seriously? You have never modeled." Eve asked
"Seriously."
AJ crossed her arms "Then what did you do before this?"
"I was a journalist in Chicago but it was a very lousy job so I quit, and went to audition down at FCW."
"Wow, I never would have guessed that." Alicia Fox said as she walked over to me and the other girls. "My ring name is Alicia Fox, but my real name is Victoria."
"Which name do you prefer?"
"It doesn't matter but everyone calls me Victoria."
"Okay Victoria it is."
Victoria smiled "So how are you enjoying it here so far?"
"It's alright. John actually showed me around the arena."
"John Cena?" AJ asked
I nodded "Yeah he had some fre—"
I was then interrupted when the door swung open. I turned around and in walked in Barbra Blank (aka Kelly Kelly), with her Diva's Championship on her shoulder.
"Oh my gosh!" Eve said as she scoffed.
"What?" I asked.
"Barbra she kind of is a prissy bitch." Eve said
I was actually shocked "Really? She seems like such a nice girl on TV."
"She used to be, but ever since she won that belt she thinks that she is better than everyone. " Victoria added.
"Great this is going to be like high school." I mumbled
AJ, Eve and Victoria laughed at my comment and I guess their laughter caught the attention of Barbra because she came over to us.
"Who are you?" She asked as she looked me up and down.
"I'm Leona, the newest Diva."
Barbra scoffed "Great WWE hired a hooker."
I pulled my head back "Excuse me?"
"Are you retarded?" She chuckled alittle "Man, were you naturally born with blonde hair?"
"No but neither were you. Nice roots, have you ever stepped foot in a hair salon?"
I heard the girls snickering behind me.
Barbra growled a bit before walking closer to me "Let me just clear one thing up for you, See this belt." She said as she pointed to the Diva's title, "I have it which means that I am the most important diva here. Unlike you I am somebody not a nobody."
I rolled by eyes at her arrogance, "Now let me tell you something little girl, during my time here people are going to know my name, and I promise you that. Now just remember that you aren't going to have that Championship forever." Before leaving the locker room, I walked right next to Barbra and said "Vous salope stupide."
I smirked and left the locker room, as I got ready to make my debut.
Monday Night Raw—10:13 PM
I walked back and forth as I tried not to sweat off all my makeup. "Pull it together Leona!" I said to myself.
"Leona you are on in five." One of the assistants called out.
"Oh god!" I was going to be acting in front of an audience of probably a million viewers. What if I messed up one of my lines?
"Are you alright?" Asked Eve after she just finished her match against Beth.
"Nervous."
She chuckled "Don't worry it is completely normal we have all been there before."
I laughed a little "Thanks and great match out there."
Eve rolled her eyes "Yeah well we have to do as much as we can in a two minute match."
I leaned against the wall behind me "How come the Diva's matches are so short?"
"So there is more camera time for the Superstars."
"Yeah but the Divas deserve the same amount of camera time as the other Superstars."
"I know."
"But why are they doing this to you guys?"
Eve shrugged "I don't know. But I gotta go take a shower." As she was walking away she turned around and faced me again "Do you want to go shopping tomorrow with me and some of the other girls?"
I nodded "Ye-yeah sure."
Eve smiled "Great we can get to know more about you. Here's my cell number." She said as she dialed it into my cellphone "Just text me later."
"Um okay."
She smiled once more "Okie dokie. And good luck with your segment."
"Thanks." I called as she walked away. Tomorrow was going to be a great way to seek out more information from the divas.
"Alright Leona, It is Showtime." The assistant said as she placed an arm around my shoulder "Just relax and try not to seem nervous."
I nodded and in the back of my head I was just like, 'Hey I'd like to see you do this then and see if you are nervous.'
"Alright we are rolling in 3.2.1"
The camera began to roll and showed Zack Ryder getting ready for his match. As he was that was when I came walking by but I stopped after Zack placed his hand up.
"Hey you are the new backstage interviewer right?"
I nodded "Yeah I'm Leona."
"Well I'm Zack Ryder."
I held my hand up and as I was fist pumping I said "WOOWOO! You know it."
Zack smiled and place his sunglasses on before walking away.
"And we're off. Nice job Leona."
I finally took a breath "Thank god that's over."
As I was walking down the hall I looked down at my cell phone to see if I had any new messages, but while walking I heard someone shout "Watch out!"
"Huh?" I said as I looked up but it was too late. My foot got stuck in a group of wires which caused me to fall flat on my ass. "Augh! Mother Fudger."
"Geez are you alright?"
I looked up and saw John. "Yeah I'm fine. My butt broke the fall."
John smirked "Let me help you up."
John extended his hand and in just one pull he was able to get me to my feet. "Thanks." I said as I looked up at him.
"You're welcome, and you did a really good job for your first segment."
"Thanks."
John smiled at me one more time before saying "Well I got to go get ready for my match, but I'll see ya around."
I nodded "Yeah and good luck tonight."
"Thanks." As he was half way down the hall he said "And try not to text and walk." He smirked.
I laughed "Okay I'll try not to."
John laughed once more before disappearing behind the corner.
I continued down the hall and I made some mental notes for myself.
1) Learn why Divas get mistreated
2) Get information from the girls tomorrow
3) Think about what I am going to say before saying it aloud
4) Most importantly, not text and walk in the arenas.
