A new girl in town
Chapter 44
Kayla/J.J./Kane
"Yeah," J.J. said. "I can't wait to see Mario, Mike and Ron."
"Yeah and all your other police friends, I'll never forget the look on their faces the first time they met me." Kane said.
Kayla nodded She'd completely forgotten about that.
Home sweet home. She thought bitterly. Fucking Cali. The only good thing about Oakland is their NBA team.
"I bet they'll be glad to see you." Kane said.
"I didn't even call them to tell them we were coming." J.J. said. "I'm looking to surprise them."
"Good luck. They must know the WWE is coming." Kane said.
Then he turned to Kayla.
"Do you know where you're going or do you want to follow us?" Kane asked.
"I'll follow," Kayla said.
"Ok, we're off then." J.J. said heading to the front of the SUV.
It didn't take long to reach the arena as they usually stayed pretty close.
Getting out of the SUV they waited for Kayla to dismount.
She sighed and joined Kane and J.J.
They walked Kayla to her office.
"Hey I think I had this room as a locker room once." Kane said when he saw where her office was.
"Oh yeah? Maybe some of its karma will rub off on me then," Kayla said.
"Yeah when I first started getting my own locker room I was always way back in this area." Kane said. "Half the time I didn't even have a shower in my locker room." He added laughing.
"Jeeze. Welcome to purgatory I guess," Kayla said.
Kane laughed. "Yeah but it has its benefits. No one will bother you way back here."
Kayla shrugged.
"Vince always knows where to find me," she said with a sigh.
"Yeah he does." J.J. said. "But you can't let him get to you. Like Hunter he's a bully."
"It's kind of hard not to when he's cutting my checks," Kayla said.
"You're not going anywhere. He probably loves your idea for the network." J.J. said.
Kayla shrugged.
"I should leave you guys to it," she said reluctantly.
"We should leave you to it." J.J. said. "You're the one who has work to do right now. We've got at least an hour before the first meeting."
They walked away after she had closed the door.
"We have got to snap her out of this. They haven't even been gone a whole day yet." J.J. said.
Kane smiled.
"I think she needs a couple of visitors." Kane said stopping at the communal locker room.
"What are you up to?" J.J. asked.
Kane knocked and asked for both Cena and Snow.
"You guys need to go cheer up Kayla." Kane said smiling.
"Oh yeah her friends left today huh." Cena said.
"Yeah." Kane replied.
"Head and I will help our new tag team partner." Al snow said.
Cena rolled his eyes.
Kane just laughed.
As the two headed down the hall Kane heard Al say. "How about Head's terrific twosome."
Kane laughed again as he and J.J. headed down the hall.
The first thing Kayla saw once the computer had booted was an email from Vince to her work account. She groaned and opened the message, then skimmed through it quickly while she waited for her editing programs to load.
He had called a meeting with the board to introduce the network. Everyone had given it the go ahead, not that they'd had a choice. He now wanted pitches for original content as well as the back catalogue of video content. He also wanted her to start whatever process she needed to ensure that the network would be available to TV subscribers in the US and eventually world-wide. He finished up the email with a request for her to add social media information to every wrestler's information page.
"I'm not a god damn TV writer!" She yelled to the empty room as she finished reading.
That's Cassie's department, not mine. I've never taken a media writing class in my life and I sure as hell don't intend to do so now. She thought.
Vince better hire someone for this shit. I have more than enough to do.
Then there was a knock on the door. She heard voices outside and they sounded like they were having an argument.
Oh my fuck, fuck my god damn life! She thought.
"Come in! But if you're DX, go and kill yourself," she said.
"We're not DX. We're Head's terrific twosome." Al said as he walked in the door with a smile and Cena right behind him.
"We're not using that name Al." Cena said entering the room.
"Oh my god, I can't today," Kayla said rolling her eyes.
"Ok we'll use Head's tag masters." Al said.
"NO AL" Cena said.
"Someone sane please tell me this isn't a thing," Kayla said looking up at the ceiling.
"Sure it is." Al said. "As soon as Cena will agree on a name."
"If you would come up with one I'd agree to it." Cena said.
"I know I got one Heads MOD.. as in Head's masters of destruction." Al said with a flourish.
"That is a terrible name. Do not approve," Kayla said.
"I hadn't planned on it." Cena said rolling his eyes. "For the last time Al I am not going to be managed by a mannequin head."
"Why not just put it out on Twitter or something? Let the fans help you decide. It's what I'd do," she added.
"That's a great idea." Al said. "Besides what's wrong with Head managing us. She's very smart."
"Eh. Time to think outside of the box, my friend. Your partner certainly is," Kayla said.
"That head belongs in a box. Al has never even seen the box." Cena said.
"Head is not going into a box. What box are you guys talking about?" Al asked.
"Oh my fuck I can't," Kayla groaned. "What are you guys doing here anyway? I've got Vince decreed shit to do, AKA work," she added.
"Oh." Al said "I totally forgot I was so excited about the name. We're here to cheer you up."
Kayla rolled her eyes.
"Great. That's not gonna happen unless you have a joint I don't know about," she said.
Al conferred with head a minute.
"Nope head says you shouldn't do that while you're working." Al said seriously.
"Sorry babe no can do." Cena said.
Kayla rolled her eyes again.
"Obviously. I meant after the show," she said.
"Fuck off, Cena," Kayla said.
"Oh yeah." Al said. "Head's got some good stuff back at the hotel room."
"Hey I didn't mean it like that." Cena said.
Kayla grinned for the first time all day.
"You may just grow on me, Al," she said.
Then she turned her attention to Cena.
"You offering to smoke up with us?" She asked him.
"No this body is a temple." Cena said smiling. "And he'll grow on you alright like a fungus."
"Whatever, Mr. Killjoy," Kayla said.
"Now get out of here. Mission accomplished; I have an actual job to do," Kayla said.
"Are we being kicked out head." Al asked.
"Yes we are you nut job." Cena said.
"Give Al my number. I'll die of boredom and shit if you people don't text me," Kayla said.
"OK." Cena said. "I think you'll regret it but ok."
"Did it work? Is she cheered up?" Al asked both head and Cena.
"Yea you moron." Cena said grabbing Al's arm and dragging him out of Kayla's office.
Oh my god, I think the world has officially gone crazy. Kayla thought as the door closed behind the strange duo.
She quickly resumed working from where she'd left off two days earlier and soon found herself caught up in the familiar rhythm.
Kane/J.J.
Sitting down Kane and J.J. waited for Taker and Sammy arrived.
It didn't take long before the four of them were sitting together just relaxing.
Then Kane's phone went off.
Wade to Kane:
Hey man. :) Being off the road is so fuckin weird. You guys are missed.
Wade: While you're here, can you give something a listen for me? It's not really in my wheelhouse but it's for Kayla. It's my apology for whatever the fuck I did this time. :'(
(File: Tyler Shaw - House of Cards (Wade Wilson Cover).MP3)
Music is how I think, man. I don't have much else TBH. And I really miss her. (U)
Kane had J.J. help him play the music and everyone listened.
Kane to Wade: I like I a lot. Taker, Sammy and J.J. do to.
Kayla will love it.
What makes you think you did something?
What it TBH
Why haven't you told her you miss her? She'd really like to hear that right now.
Wade to Kane:
Wade:
Sorry, TBH = to be honest.
Wade:
Eh, it's usually me. :Shrug:. She seemed weird before we left so IDK what's going on and she isn't answering anything. (U) Glad you guys like it though. :D
Kane to Wade:
I'll check her in a bit to be sure her phone is on.
She was missing you guys already this morning.
Kane stared at his phone for a moment. There was a new icon?
"J .J. what's this?" Kane asked.
"OH that means you have an email." J.J. said.
"I don't know how to do that yet." He said.
"No problem I'll show you." J.J. said.
Taker looked over at his little brother and smiled. "He's changed so much since he first arrived. It's amazing."
Just then his text tone went off again.
Wade to Kane:
Thanks a lot. She was? :O didn't seem that way from where I was standing.
Kane to Wade:
Well she did. Really badly. Thought you were all going back to your lives and feeling left behind.
J.J. showed Kane how to open the email and he read.
Email from Cassie to Kane:
From:
Cassie Williams
To:
Kane
Subject:
Sending you all of the things!
Hiiiii! :D
We just got home a little while ago and I realized that I didn't give you my email before we left. I know I could have just texted it to you or whatevs but I also wanted to send you things. Plus I'm old school anyway and like email haha.
It's so weird not being with you guys on the road right now. I have to work tomorrow but I'm tiiiiiired and don't really want to. :'( I'd much rather play hooky some more. :P Yes, I'm the worst adult and I'm not sorry. :P
Anyway, music! I'm sad that I didn't have a chance to talk to you about what you listen to. I love talking to people about that because I'm toats a music nerd haha. So what do you listen to anyway? Tell me everything, pleaseeeee? With puppy dog eyes pleaseeee? I can't actually make those in real life but I toats can on the interwebz so I'm making them at you right now haha.
Since I don't know what you like (Yet!) ;) I'm sending you an album that has been a favourite of mine for years. (Yes, C I did so spell favourite correctly. I'm Canadian - I grew up in Toronto.)
The album is "Make A Move" by Gavin Degraw. He's been my musical crush since I was in high school.
I toats want to do very bad things to his voice...
(Wait for it...)
(Keep waiting...)
IN BED!
Hahahaha ;) :D (It was toats worth the wait, am I right? Cassie knows. She always knows.) :D
You've probably heard at least one of his songs; he's rather radio friendly but I don't care because he's made of fucking awesome. 333333333
Here's the album on YouTube:
(Album link)
Let me know your thoughts, yes? :D I'll give you the eyes again through the magic of the interwebz if you don't haha.
I can't believe I'm doing this but I'm also sending you a few covers that I've done on my own. I'm like super nervous about it though so please don't let anyone else listen to them. I'm really shy about my solo attempts so I'm probably going to go and smoke a bowl after I send this to you and then hyperventilate. :(
Like the album, give me your thoughts on the covers, pleaseeeee? Even if you're like "Cassie, they were bad." or whatevs. My voice isn't as strong as Kayla's but I was feeling inspired. The rest of the band hasn't even heard these but you're my favourite so yeah, I don't know...
I guess that's about all I have for you at the moment. I hope all is well in Wwe land. :) Will you please ask Kayla to call me back? We've all tried to get a hold of her throughout the day but she hasn't been answering and she hasn't gotten back to any of us either. :'(
Miss youuuuuu! 333 Byeeee!
Oh wait! I can't leave just yet. I should probably give you instructions before I depart. (Silly Cassie!) :$
Feel free to skip the instructions if you don't need them; I figured I'd include them just in case. :) All of my social media information is right at the bottom of the message. You should toats add me and my crazy, crazy brain. :P By the way, how's the phone treating you? :)
YouTube Instructions:
-Don't let the way the YouTube link looks intimidate you. That's just how a website address looks but it's nothing to worry about. :)
-Tap on the link (I think it's in blue? I'm not too sure though. It's the part that starts with http
But read all of this first before you do that because you'll leave my message if you tap on it.)
-Once you've tapped on the link, you should see the YouTube app come on to the screen. That's what happens on my phone anyway. However, if it opens in Safari instead, look near the top right of the screen and there should be an option to open it in YouTube instead.
-Once you're in YouTube, you should see a list of songs since I sent you the playlist. There should also be information like the song lengths and another button next to each file that lets you share them, save them to your account, etc. That's not really important right now but I figured I'd mention it in case you're curious.
-The album should start playing from the first song but if it doesn't, just tap on any of the songs like you do if you're tapping on an app you want to open and it should start playing.
-There's a player on screen that lets you pause what you're playing, rewind, fast-forward, etc. I guess it's self explanatory but I want to be thorough.
I think that covers what you'll need for YouTube. If you're still lost, get at one of us and we'll sort it out for you. :) I don't think I give the best explanations but I tried Haha.
File Playing Instructions:
-Tap on any of the files I've sent you like you would if you were opening an app. (But finish reading this first because you'll leave me if you do it now.) :P
-The file should open up in ITunes which is your phone's app for playing music and video content.
-I'm not sure how visually similar ITunes looks to Youtube but the player works pretty much the same way. All of your controls are at the bottom of the screen, I believe, and they include volume, play (which doubles as pause if you tap on it while something is playing); stop, rewind and fast-forward.
-If the file that you've opened doesn't start playing right away, just tap on the play button and it will start up.
I think that's about it for ITunes. again, if you run in to issues, get at any of us and we'll help you out. :)
Alright, I really am leaving now haha. My apologies for how lengthy this is. My emails aren't usually this long, I promise. :)
Cassie Williams
(FaceBook Link)
(Twitter Link)
(Instagram Link)
(Snapchat ID)
(Remixology on YouTube Link)
Attachments:
Gavin Degraw - Heartbreak (Cassie Williams Cover).MP3
Gavin Degraw - Need (Cassie Williams Cover).MP3
Gavin Degraw - Best I've Ever Had (Cassie Williams Acoustic Cover).MP
"Wow that girl had a lot to say." Kane said. "Most of it I don't understand they are instructions on how to play something. Can you just show me J.J."
"Sure hun." J.J. said.