Man the view from up here….its everything I dreamed it would be. I kick my legs out in front of me to admire my boots. It took everything I had to get to this point. My family's disapproval was everything… I look over at the other ring posts and see three other girls sitting on them as well. Jezabel, Sora, Callie, and I… were the reason for this meeting.
I look over the ring, to the spot where Vince is standing, waiting on the rest of the rosters to get out onto the ramp for this meeting. I've been in on these things before from behind the scenes. I never thought my family would let me out here, to be one of them. I've worked on storylines, I have helped make general managing decisions. And now at 18 I am finally going to be one of them.
"Listen up" Vince yells getting the noise to die down instantly. "You have all gotten your scripts for the next few weeks. And know we're introducing these four girls into your ranks tonight."
I glance over at Jezabel and know she's freaked.
"Three of these four girls are multiple generation superstars, and one is my blood" Vince sighs, "All three of the girls have fathers I wouldn't want to face in the ring. The thing is we are keeping who their fathers are secret for the time being"
As I look around at the roster and recognize several of them, from the times I have watched them wrestle from a front row seat or from when I sat in the office and watched. None of them have ever seen me. Except for my family. And Nolee. I glance over and see her snuggled up against Randy's arm.
"Some of you will work closely with these girls and other will not, but I ask that all of you give them a chance, try to get to know them, because they are sweet girls, and remember that even if their fathers cannot show who they are, they will be watching."
Jeff Hardy catches my eye, he has head phones in and is drumming on his brothers shoulder, not paying a lick of attention. This makes me laugh. Vince glances over at me.
"Something funny Nic?" he growls, but I can see the affection in his eyes.
"Not at all sir." I say soberly. I hate that name, I really do, my name is Kaia, but because I have a high profile family, I can't use my name because people will know me.
Phil Brooks raises his hand "Sir who are these girls?" he sees that Vince is about to answer "Sir I know it has their names in our scripts but it tells us nothing about which one is which. Sure the one with the purple boots and pink skirt is obviously Nicole, but who is Mari? Or Calli? Or even Sarah?"
I glance back at Jeff and meet eyes with him, I feel my cheeks flair, and I glance away
Vince sighs, "Cal is the one with the bright red hair, our carrot top." Across from me Calli gives a slight wave, not at all uncomfortable. "Mari is the black haired girl in the vest" Jezabel smiles and blows a kiss to her favorite superstar John Cena. "and the brunet girl with the gloves on is Sarah." I see Sora trying to hide a cringe at the name they decided she was using. "Show starts in four hours, People start arriving in two. Get ready, you know what to do."
I jump off the turnbuckle, and lean against the ropes, watching them leave. I feel someone standing behind me, and feel them place their hand on my shoulder, they lean down.
"Kid, I can't help you. I will treat you just like any other Diva, don't expect any differently. But I'm watching and as soon as we reveal who is who and you go back to your own name…Trust me Kai… Ill handle anything that needs handled." He kisses the top of my head, signaling everyone else is gone, I still don't turn. "I love you. Don't forget that."
I close my eyes and listen to his footsteps walk away, knowing if I see him walk away I will cry. This might be harder than I thought, giving up my family… my heritage, starting off with just my skills… I guess tonight we see.
