b e l l s - a johnny knoxville love story

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the next day they let me out of hospital. my head still hurts all up the left side. i have a big gash from near the end of my eyebrow up to just behind my hair line, but it's now stitched up in my hair and just glued and taped together from my eyebrow - the doctor said it should heal without a massive scar. me and johnny are currently in the back of the van with jeff driving.
"you doing okay love?" johnny asks me gently.
"yeah. i'll be okay," i smile at him, laying my head on his chest.
"you have to tell me when it starts to hurt so i can give you some medications on time," he says. i nod. when i get back to the hotel me and johnny go up to my room. for the rest of the day johnny stays in bed with me while we watch some movies, all of the guys come in with snacks or drinks or just to see how i'm doing. i feel so safe with all these guys, like yes i got my shit fucking rocked while working for them but they're so nice like checking in making sure i'm okay. the next day i'm start to feel better and jeff visits.
"hey arabella how you feeling?" he asks, coming in and sitting on the end of my bed.
"better. not 100% but better," i smile, the swelling on my head has gone down and it just feels like a dull headache now.
"ah that's good. anyway, johnny we have the jai alai bit today," jeff says.
"oh yeah. bells do you want to come watch?" johnny asks.
"yeah. i'll watch," i smile gently. i get ready in a comfy outfit, some harem joggers and one of johnnys sweatshirts, and put on some light makeup, avoiding the cut on my head. i leave my hair down because tying it up makes me brain hurt. me, johnny, jeff, steve-o, rick and bam get into one of the vans and set off to where we're shooting.
"hey bella. how's your head?" bam asks.
"no complaints," i smile, that joke will never get old.
"don't be dirty bells," johnny smiles. i roll my eyes at him and lay my head on his shoulder. we arrive at a sports hall where johnny and steve-o are gonna be hit by some jai alai players. i'll be honest i've never heard of this game but apparently both the boys are gonna be aggressively hit by some oranges. me, bam and jeff are sat on the sidelines watching. basically a player uses a scoop looking piece of equipment to fling an orange as hard as they can at johnny and steve-o. by about 10 minutes in johnny has been hit twice while steve-o hasn't.
"hey! you guys know steve-o is here right?!" he shouts with a laugh.
"i know! i'm gonna get him now," one of the players shouts. he throws the orange and it misses, hitting near johnnys shoulder.
"this is steve-o. in the yellow," johnny says, pointing over to him. the next guys comes over and hits steve-o in the back. he stands up, jumping around in pain.
"how many points for a takedown?" one player laughs. he throws and hits O in the leg, knocking him down to the floor. he complains a lot before sitting down with us.
"that hurt so bad," he complains with a laugh.
"awh poor baby," i smile. he rests his head on my shoulder sadly.
"don't be mean to me bella. i'm hurt," he frowns.
"sorry O! i'm hurt too tho," i laugh. we watch a little longer until johnny takes a particularly bad hit to the back and calls it quits. we say goodbye to everyone then go back to the van.
"you hurting pj?" i ask gently, sitting next to him.
"so bad," he laughs a little.
"awh we should go back to the hotel and watch a movie," i smile.
"that sounds like a good plan," he agrees.
"what?! i wanna watch movies with y'all!" bam says upset.
"yeah me too. i'm very hurt," steve-o joins in.
"sleepover in my room?" i suggest. the boys almost cheer in excitement.
"jeff pull into a 7/11 so we can get snacks," bam says, drumming on the back of his seat.
"we're meant to be going out to dinner?" jeff says.
"nuts to that. i'm going to bells sleepover," steve-o says.
"hey. bella to you," johnny warns. he's so protective and jealous and it's so hot.
"well i think most of us are still going out," jeff explains.
"i don't care!!! pull in here!" bam shouts, pointing at a convenience store. jeff begrudgingly pulls in while bam and a magically now okay steve-o run inside to get food and drinks.
"you think you'll be okay for a sleepover?" he says, tapping the okay side of my head.
"yeah. it's just movies," i smile sweetly.
"okay. well you have to tell me if it's bad okay? and i'll kick everyone out and look after you," he says.
"okayokay. i will johnny," i agree.
"hey. that's pj to you. i prefer it, especially when we're not filming," johnny says.
"sorry pj," i whisper.
"can y'all stop flirting? feeling like a real third wheel right now!" jeff complains from the front seat.
"oh jeff shut up," i laugh. the boys come back with like 5 bags of snacks and we set off again. when we get back to the hotel bam and steve-o go get changed into pjs and well as asking everyone else if they want to join. only ryan wants to so they all come back together. in that time me and johnny got changed, i stole some of his clothes again. it's not my fault they're comfy, and smell like him and make me feel safe. once everyone is back in the room we all get set up, i go through movies on the tv, shouting them out as suggestions to the opinions of the boys while johnny gets some medication for me.
"here honey. take these," he says, handing me some pills and water and taking the remote. i do and he comes and sits next to me, letting me lay against his chest. we all finally settle on '10 things i hate about you' after i fight for it and get johnny to fight with me. i love that movie and it's one of my real comfort movies. we watch it while eating junk food and having some alcoholic drinks, except me - my medications say no alcohol so i'm on arizonas, and the boys end up getting into it. it gets to kats poem speech and i feel tears start to roll down my face.
"awh bells are you crying?" johnny asks. all the boys turn around and begin to coo.
"no god," i sigh, wiping the tears from my face.
"awh you were. bella that's so cute," bam laughs.
"oh shush. it's just so sad," i say, another tear falling. after a little more ridiculing they leave me alone and we finish the movie. we then decide to watch wayne's world, and the boys start falling asleep one by one. steve-o migrates to the couch and starts gently snoring, bam and ryan drag a few blankets on the floor and sleep at the end of the bed. soon it's just me and johnny awake with the movie quietly playing in the background. we're not watching much anymore though, we've continued our conversation of getting to know each other more. i'm currently laid on his chest, tracing over his arm tattoos, while he lays under me, playing with my hair.
"what did you want to be when you were a kid?" i ask.
"uhm i wanted to sell tires for a while, just like my dad. but i was going to be a professional baseball player, though acting came up and it seemed perfect," johnny explains.
"you have to show me some pictures of you playing baseball!" i say excitedly.
"i'll show you. when we go to knoxville i'll show you. anyway, what about you?" he says.
"i didn't know we were going to knoxville?" i say.
"yeah. it's kind of in passing when we go back to new york," he says.
"oh yeah. i think i read that in the contract jeff gave me," i say.
"go on then. what did you want to be?" he asks.
"oh a princess. until i was like 12 as well," i laugh.
"a princess. how fitting," he laughs gently.
"oh shush pj. i would have made a great princess," i smile.
"yeah. you would," he says, brushing some hair from my face.
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chapter fifteen
chapter word count : 1469
total word count : 16, 254

this chapter is kinda all over the place sorry. please comment and vote if you enjoy it. thank uuuu <3