The Journey Begins

Chapter 1

As she walked into the arena, she sighed heavily. She knew this was it, that it was going to be the best day of her life.

“Excuse me, do you know where I could find Mr. Ross?” she said, her accent rather prominent.

“Yes, go through the doors, take a left and you’ll see his office” the gentleman said

“Thankyou” she said smiling as she pulled her luggage behind her.

When she got to the door, she knocked, waiting for a reply.

“Come in” the voice said as she opened the door nervously

“Ahhh Elizabeth, how are you?” said the stocky gentleman in the cowboy hat, standing up and shaking her hand.
”I’m good thankyou Mr. Ross”

“Oh, please, call me J.R” he said rather jolly. Elizabeth smiled “Thankyou sir”

“Please, take a seat” he said, pointing to the couch.

She put her luggage near the door and proceeded to sit down.

“Now, before anything, I’d like to welcome you to the World Wrestling Entertainment. On behalf of the whole locker room, I’d like to say welcome, and I hope to see you here for a very long time” he said, reaching for a clipboard

“Now, for procedure, I’m going to have to get a few details from you, something that Vince hadn’t gotten from you”

“No problems, fire away” she said, feeling a little bit calmer and relaxed.

As they proceeded with the questions, Liz felt more relaxed. Finally, they were finished.

“Ok, that should wrap things up now” he said, standing up

Liz stood up also and headed over to her luggage

“The Womens Locker Room is down the corridor and to the left, and if you need anything to eat, just go further down the corridor to your right, and there’s the kitchen” he said, extending his hand

“Thankyou very much sir” she said, immediately shaking his hand.

She left the office and headed down the corridor when her stomach started growling

“Ugh, I should get something to eat, it was a long flight” she said to herself

“Yeah, sounds like you need it” a females voice said behind her.

She turned around and saw Maria standing near her. Liz chuckled and extended her hand towards her “Hi, I’m Elizabeth, but I preferred to be called Liz”

Maria smiled “Hi” she said very cheerful “I’m Maria, but I’m sure you already knew that”

Liz smiled “Yes, I do. I’m a big fan of yours actually” she said, letting go of her hand “I’m off to get something to eat, care to join me? I don’t know anyone here, so it’s going to be hard for me to fit in”

“You’ll be fine, honest. I’ll tell you, when I first came here, I was scared out of my mind! But now, I’m loving being here”

“To be honest, I’m not scared of the superstars, I’m scared of the crowd!”

Maria laughed “Alright, I’ll come and get something to eat with you. I’ve got to wait for Carlito after all”

Liz looked baffled “So you and Carlito really ARE an item?”

Maria laughed again “Oh no! We’ve just got to go over our promo. As much as I wished we we’re...” she trailed off

They started walking to the kitchen “Ohh! Sounds like someone’s got a crush” Liz taunted

Maria laughed “Ha-ha yeah I do, but shhh” she said, holding a finger up to her lips

Liz smiled and went off into her own world. As they got to the kitchen, she snapped out of it, as she was surrounded by people that she’d only dreamed of meeting and working with.

As they opened the doors, numerous heads turned towards them, and whispers broke out. Liz froze in her spot “Um, what am I doing wrong?” she said, placing her luggage firmly on the ground

Maria pulled her towards the food “Nothing, you’re new, so they don’t know you yet” she said as she gave Liz a plate

“Thanks” she said, taking the plate and filing it with nachos and cheese. When they finished getting their food, they went and found an empty table near the windows. Liz grabbed her luggage with one hand and plate in the other and sat down.

She looked around the place, and pinched herself. She never imagined she’d be eating with all these superstars, let alone work with them.

She started eating and talking to Maria, answering all the questions she asked

“So where are you from? I’ve never heard your accent before?”

“Oh” Liz said between mouthfuls of food “I’m from Australia, I moved over here about 4 years ago to pursue wrestling”

Maria nodded “Very nice” and continued eating.

Liz finished eating and leaned back in her chair, when she bumped someone. She turned around and flinched

“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to bump you” she said nervous.

“No problems at all” the voice said, without looked at Liz “I’m used to it, believe me”

The person that the voice belonged to turned around as Liz went back to talking to Maria, who was now gawking at who Liz had bumped

TO BE CONTINUED