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Cradling the phone in her hands Hayley glanced at her watch. She couldnt believe she was actually in the arena for Raw, which would be taking place Live right before her eyes. Shed really had no idea Jim would want her to start this fast. She was just glad that it was happening in Fayetteville, which was pretty close to home. Pulling her attention back to the phone call, she waited for Amanda to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Manda, its Hayley, could you do me a favor?"

"Where the heck are you? You were supposed to be home to tell me about the job interview! I want to know if my girl got it or not!"

"Im working right now Manda, thats why Im calling. I got the job, and Im going to be writing on Raw. Im in Fayetteville right now, they needed me right away. Now can you do me a favor?"

"Oh my God!! You got the job?"

"Yes, can we get back to whats important here?"

"Yeah, what do you need me to do?"

"I need you to tape Raw for me. Im not writing anything tonight, but I want to get a feel for what I need to work on, and being here in the arena will help with the basics, but I wont be in the audience, so I wont see things firsthand."

"Sure, you know I always tape it anyway. So have you met any of the Raw superstars yet?"

"A couple of them yes. I met Jason Reso who I know wrestles as Christian, and yes Manda, his hair is ten times better now. Hes an absolute doll! I also met Eric Bischoff too, since hes the main guy running things."

"Oh what was he like?"

"Really uptight is how he comes across to me, but then again Im new and we dont know one another yet, so god only knows what hes like normally."

"So you havent met the Hurricane?"

"The what??"

"Nevermind. Just call me when you meet him and then things will all make sense."

"Stop doing that! I swear there is something that you know that I dont. I will call you when Im done alright? I just didnt want you to worry."

"Thats alright girlie. I know youre safe now. Plus Mike said he wanted to come over tonight, and I know you hate feeling like a third wheel when hes here. So enjoy your new job girl! I'll see you later."

"You will, have fun with Mike."

Placing the phone back in her purse she made her way down the hall to meet with Jim and Eric. They wanted to go over her contracts, and what she would need to get to them by the next weeks Raw. Making her way down the hall she heard some of the girls talking.

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"Theres a new writer Summer, I havent met her yet but Jay says shes cool, and shes from Carolina too. Maybe you should meet with her."

"Trish you know Im not a superstar anymore. She really has no reason to meet with me. Although Jeff likes meeting new people from Carolina. He thinks everyone is going to carry on the tradition that him and Matt started." Summer laughed and turned around when she saw the shadow behind her.

"Hi, my name is Hayley Carmichael, and Im the new head writer. Nice to meet you ladies."

"You're the new writer?"

"The one and only."

Placing her hand out for Hayley to shake Summer looked her up and down. This girl didnt seem like she deserved to be behind the scenes. She had the face of an angel.

"My name is Summer Hardy, and this here is Trish. Im sure you already know of her though. Shes going to be the next Womens Champ."

"Actually the one thing you should know about me, is I got this job purely on writing talent, not because I watch as a fan. The fan is my best friend Amanda. So I am not all that familiar with any of you."

"Well then we are just going to have to change that arent we?" Trish said with a big grin on her face.

"What she means in her own wacky way Hayley, is we would love to get to know you better. Trish tells me youre from Carolina as well?"

"Yeah, born and raised. I live in Raleigh primarily now."

"Oh our friend is from Wendell, you ever been there?"

"Yeah, tons of times. I think Ive been everywhere there is to be with Carolina. The north part anyway."

"Well we should definitely make plans and get together later then. Heres my number, feel free to call whenever you want. I have to go meet up with my husband though, so Ill leave you and Trish to get to know one another."

As Summer walked away to find Jeff, Hayley watched her and turned to Trish.

"She seems really outgoing. Shes not a wrestler?"

"Not anymore. A few years back she was one of the best women competitors we had here, but her love for her husband and her music took over. She visits a lot though, when Jeff comes down to see his friends."

"Oh well thats cool. I like her, and I will totally take her up on her idea of getting together. I better go meet with Jim now, thanks for the talk Trish. I hope I get to write for you soon."

"Me too. See you around girl."

Hayley shook her head as she walked down the hall to Jims office. She hadnt expected everyone to be so nice around here. Maybe it wouldnt be so bad after all. She still had a lot of people to meet though, so she knew she better keep her head on straight.

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"So what we want from you tonight is simply this Hayley, we want you to watch the show on the closed circuit monitors we have in the office, or in the locker rooms, whatever you feel is appropriate and comfortable, and then next week we will have our first writers meeting and you can put in your ideas. How does that work for you?" Eric said as she paced back and forth by the door.

"Sounds like a good idea to me. I need to get a better feel for what Im doing. Ive met a couple of the superstars, so I want to focus on some ideas for them, to make this show even better."

Jim watched how this girl handled herself. He was glad he had scooped her up before some of the competition did. She really was a diamond in the rough. He had been reading some of the scripts shed written and tried to sell, and they were absolutely astounding. He knew she was going to be a force in the Raw locker room.

"We will see what we can do about getting you to meet with the other superstars. You told me you met Christian already, so hes one of our champs right now. I think you should also meet with his opponent for tonight too, because that is one story line I want developed more. Have you met the Hurricane yet?" Jim asked.

"No, not as of yet, but according to my friend back home, Im going to want too."

"Well he is from your home town, so I can see why she would want you too. How about we go and do that now then?"

"Sure, anything you want Jim. Then I will just come back here and get to work on watching the show."

"Sounds like a plan. Lets go meet with him before his match. Eric you can handle anything in here for a few minutes right?"

"Of course. Do what you have to do."

Making their way out of the office and quickly down the hall towards the mens locker room, Hayley got a sick feeling in her stomach. It was almost a feeling of dread. She placed it out of her mind and followed behind Jim. It was now time to meet the famous Hurricane that Amanda couldnt shut up about.

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