Milkshake Hearts

Chapter 156: Bonus Points

Friday isn't meant to be a big filming day – only a few of the main cast are on call, and those that are there don't have a full day – but Shayne and Courtney both still have a relatively early 9am call time, to film another in their recent series of "who knows someone best" videos.

"This is going to be a total Shayne whitewash, isn't it?" Ian complains, sitting down at the chair closest to Courtney along the longer bench for the contestants. Shayne had tried to claim that spot, first, but Kiana had – everyone had – noticed they were more touchy and prone to distracting each other than usual today, already, and bumped him down to the middle, with Jackie on his other side.

"Hey, I think I can do pretty good, Court and I talk about things," Jackie argues, but Ian simply looks expectantly between Shayne and Courtney for a moment. Courtney rolls her eyes.

"I mean, the writers said a lot of this stuff isn't deep, but I guess we'll see," she muses, before turning to take the stack of cards Kiana hands her way just before someone else from the crew moves onto set to slate for the cameras, only a moment before Courtney is directed to start the intro as the others clap and cheer a little around her.

"Hellloooo Smosh people, today is going to be an interesting one because it's what would Courtney do- what would I do!" she introduces, glancing down the line of people just to her side, "so, gonna ask like questions or scenarios and these guys have gotta pick what they think I'd choose, and I'll award points however the fuck I feel like awarding them, if the rest of these episodes are anything to go by. Hey, you guys think you'll be any good? D'you listen to me, Ian?"

"I mean you talk a lot and I've known you for a while," Ian answers, pointedly, Courtney shrugging in response.

"I mean, yeah, I guess," she agrees, about to move on, before Ian quickly jumps in to interrupt her.

"But I'm up against HIM," he emphasises, dramatically pointing to Shayne sitting on his right. Shayne overstates his resulting jump in shock, eyes going wide and defensive as he mimes confusion before he relents.

"Yeah, yeah, okay, so we are married," he muses, looking over at Courtney, "but like, I don't listen to you ever, so..."

"Sure you don't," she shoots back, and his faux-annoyance quickly falls into a wide smile he sends her way.

"Yeah that's actually a horrible stereotype I listen to everything you say because your voice makes me happy and everything you say is important to me," he corrects, tone turning a little softer, "but, you probably wrote these questions to try and trip me up..."

"I didn't, actually, our writers wrote these," she answers, pointed, before turning to the third person down the line, "Jackie, we hang out a bit, you think you're going to be good at this?"

"Yeah these dudes better watch out!" she answers, enthusiastic, bringing the energy right up where it needs to be for Courtney to slide into asking the questions.

The first few questions don't give any idea of who might pull ahead in the points. For the first, what clothing trend she wishes would come back, she gives all three of them a point for writing down something that she'd be up for. She truly doesn't actually have an answer for the next – who she'd Freaky Friday-style swap bodies with for a day – but she hands a couple of points Jackie's way for explaining her answer in reference to being able to do the whole pop star thing for a day, just to see what it's like.

"Okay, okay, this will be interesting, because you might all know this..." she trails off, eyes scanning over the third question card, "if I could only watch one movie for the rest of my life, what would it be?"

"Psssh, easy," Ian answers, scrawling away two lines on his whiteboard. Courtney watches over them, waiting for Jackie to finish her slightly longer answer before she starts calling on them.