Amanda was standing in front of a full length mirror she had in her living room looking at how the outfit she was wearing looked when she heard a knock at her front door. She left the mirror and went over to the door to see her next door neighbor.
"Hey!" She smiled hugging him. "I didn't know you were home."
"Yeah the shows are nearby this week so I thought I'd just stay at home." He explained. "You look nice. Got a date?"
"Well thanks! But no. I just finished this and i wanted t see how it looked." She answered as she walked into the apartment.
"You know Mandy, I've been thinking about that." Fergal said as he came in and sat down on her couch. "Some of the guys at work are looking for new designs for a new gimmick. I thought maybe you could help them."
"I told you Devitt, I want to do this on my own."
"I know. I know. Just hear me out. It's not like I'm funding you or anything. I just mentioned to them that my neighbor is trying to get into the fashion business and I've seen some of the stuff she's done and she seems pretty good. So if they were interested in seeing what you had I'd give them your contact they want they'll get in touch with you and set up a meeting and you can go over stuff, and if they like it maybe they'll work with you. It'll be a real job. Think of what I did as marketing and that's all. They said they'd get in touch soon, but I told them to let me give you a heads up first"
"Are you serious? Oh my God! Thank you! Thank you!" She said excitedly as she jumped up and down. Then she ran over to the couch and jumped on him. "How can I ever repay you?"
He smiled and wrapped his arms around her midsection.
"Well I am pretty hungry. And a steak would sound great right about now."
"Hold up. Steak? I didn't get the job yet buddy. You're just gonna have to settle for pizza." She laughed.
"I can do pizza." He agreed.
They both got up off of the couch and Amanda grabbed her purse and they went out.
A few days later Amanda got a call from a tag team working with the WWE just as Fergal said. About a week later they set up a meeting. Amanda showed up with her sketchbook and tried to be as professional as she could even though she was all giddy on the inside. If this did work out, not only would it be her first real job but her work would be on TV where everyone could see it. She had tried not to get her hopes up too high just in case they were just being nice because she was one of Fergal's friends, but she couldn't help it.
"Yeah, this is really good. This is just what we've been looking for." One of the men said.
"Really? Great!" Amanda perked up. "Um, the only issue is as far as making them I've only really ever worked on clothes. I can do trunks, pants, robes, headbands, stuff like that. But I've never worked on any kind of pads."
"That's okay. We should just be able to still use the ones we use now. They'd match."
Amanda smiled. 'Okay then. All that's left to do now is i need to take measurements of everything. Then I'll give you a call when I have them done and we can get together again for you to try everything on and make sure it fits."
"Sounds good. What are we talking about money."
That question made her nervous. She had never done a financial transaction like this before. She wasn't even really sure of what to charge. But she knew she had to charge something because she did not have nearly enough money to buy everything she needed for this. But she didn't want them to think she was ripping the off.
"What if we do half up front so I can buy the materials, then we can do the other half upon receipt of the items." She suggested, trying to stop her voice from shaking.
"That sounds good. When can we expect them to be done? We'd like to have them by the next pay per view."
She smiled. "I can definitely have them done by then."
"Sounds like a deal then."
They shook hands and ended their meeting. Amanda gathered up all of her things and started walking back home. The first thing she did was call her mother on the walk to tell her the news. She was so happy. Things were finally falling into place.
I know I left people kind of vague, but I did that so that you could imagine them as being however you wanted them to be. I wanted it to be New Day, but with the skill level I gave her she wouldn't have been able to do the kick pads and all, so instead of choosing someone else I decided it'd be better to just leave it open to interpretation.