b e l l s - a johnny knoxville love story

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when everyone is ready again we meet in the lobby. we head to the van and jeff tells us the plan for the day.
"okay todays stunts are gonna be johnny with the cup test, steve-o for the bikini wax and arabella, johnny and bam for the fire hose," jeff explains.
"we're doing the cup test today?" johnny winces.
"yep. rick and spike set it up with the kids kicking, the tennis balls, the sledgehammer, croquet ball, pool ball and paint ball," jeff smiles.
"oh honey. it's just bully johnny day today huh," i laugh at him. he buries his head in his hands and laughs to himself.
"jeff?" i ask.
"yep?" he responds, looking through some papers.
"the fuck is the fire hose?" i ask.
"oh you, knoxville and bam are gonna be hit with the water from a fire hose," he says matter of factly, not even looking up from his work.
"great," i say, pursing my lips together.
"you'll be fine. we'll make bam go first," johnny says, putting his arm around me.
"what?!" bam says sadly. the first thing we're filming today is the cup test so we pull up to an alley where the crew already has set up. it starts obviously with johnny announcing the bit then a line of six 5 year old kick him in the crotch in a row.
"being kicked by the kids was the worst, because they can get right in there, in the perineum," johnny says to the camera.
"what like right here?" spike says, filming him before kicking him between the legs. honestly he should've seen that coming. he then films the bit where he gets shot with the tennis balls then hit with the sledgehammer before jeff comes over to me.
"hey arabella. want to shoot johnny with the paintball?" he asks, with the gun in hand. 
"how could i say no?" i smile. i'm not sure why but jeff always uses my full name, i don't mind it, though it kinda makes him feel like my dad sometimes. i take the gun from his hand and we go over to where jeff and rick want to shoot.
"what?! why does bells get to shoot me?!" johnny complains as he sees me coming.
"because i decided," jeff smiles.
"okay well don't hit me in the leg," he says shifting his weight to one foot.
"don't get sassy with me PJ, remember who's holding the gun," i smile, while rick directs me on where to stand. they ask my to do a practice shot to a mark on the wall and i hit it pretty dead on with ease.
"okay ready?" jeff asks. johnny sighs a yes while i just give a thumbs up. i lift the gun aiming at johnny and shoot, he crumples over in pain and i take this time to hit him once more in the leg.
"that's payback for you not protecting me from the water gun in the car," i reason with him.
"that's fair," he wheezes, taking a knee down to the floor.
"shoot him again! shoot him in the butt," spike shouts.
"no! shoot spike! spikes not been shot before," johnny says, standing. i immediately side with johnny and aim at spike who is now running away, hitting him just above the knee. the rest of the cast laughs at him while he clutches at it.
"don't know what you're laughing at knoxville you're still getting a pool ball dropped on your nuts," spike says angrily. johnny stops laughing and frowns. jeff, bam and ryan head to the roof while i stay down with johnny. they do a practice shot of jeff dropping the ball on a cantaloupe which goes pretty well so they make johnny sit with thigh armour, a helmet and two pillows taped to his head so he doesn't get hurt there. jeff misses the first drop, it hitting the thigh armour before bouncing off. johnny asks me to throw it back up which i do, but jeff misses the catch and the ball comes crashing back down the us, hitting johnnys shin hard. he winces in pain grabbing his shin.
"JEFF?! you missed the catch!" i shout, "you okay?"
"oh shit. that hurt. i'm okay though," johnny says, obviously in pain.
"oh shit rick come film. you're bleeding knox!" i say.
"yeah it broke the skin," he says pointing at the wound and showing ricks camera. the second shot goes better, hitting johnny in the cup. before he can react, the rest of the crew start throwing eggs at him from above. he tries to stumble away but with his pants around his ankles and pillows taped to his head, he ends up just hobbling away slowly. after they cut the on set nurse looks at johnny's shin and tapes a plaster over it.
"awh our solider. how are you honey?" i say, condescendingly at first but with real concern.
"i'm okay. it doesn't hurt too bad now," he smiles. i wrap my arm around him while we walk back to the van.
"sorry i shot you," i say, leaning into him.
"that's okay. you look hot when you're all angry," he laughs a little. oh yeah thanks knox, call me hot, doesn't help the crisis i'm having about you. it's true, i do like johnny but this is business, i don't want to start something that could jeopardise my career on jackass or with MTV. but how can i stop feeling this way? it's everything he does, the way he always swaps sides with me when walking next to a road so i'm further away, or how he hypes me up before a stunt, or how he gets jealous but isn't rude or mean about it.
"bells. did you hear me?" i hear him say.
"huh?" i ask confused. i had not been paying attention.
"me, you, jeff, bam, rick and ryan are gonna go film the fire hose now while everyone goes back to the hotel. then we're going out for dinner. that good for you?" johnny asks as we climb into the car.
"oh yeah that's fine," i smile, as johnny holds his hand out to help me into the car. ever the gentleman.
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chapter nine
chapter word count : 1043
total word count : 9697

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