"bellaaaaa my head hurts," i hear johnny groan from my bed. i look at him through the mirror, and watch him clutch his head.
"there's painkillers on the bedside table," i say gently.
"oh thanks babe," he smiles, taking two and laying back down.
"jeff says we're filming the straightjacket bit and the department store boxing," i say, putting on some eyeliner.
"oh is it still bam in the straightjacket?" he asks.
"yeah and me you and ryan are gonna be workers. then you're fighting jeff?" i question if he knows.
"yeah yeah," he says.
"okay sounds good," i smile, finishing my eyeliner and curling my eyelashes.
"woah. what is that?" he asks, loudly.
"i thought your head hurt?" i question, as he comes and sits on the little stool with me.
"yeah but you're using medieval torture device?" he laughs.
"no. honey it's an eyelash curler," i laugh a little.
"ew no don't put that near your eye," he laughs.
"let me do yours!" i smile.
"no! you're gonna rip my eyelashes out," he complains.
"no just sit still!" i complain, as he bats my hand away.
"no you're gonna hurt me!" he pushes back.
"i'm not gonna hurt you," i say, moving and sitting on his legs so he can't get up, "let me do it?"
"fine. just don't pull my eyelashes out," he sighs.
"good boy," i smile, "just keep your eyes open okay."
i curl on eye and he blink a lot before i do the other.
"am i pretty now?" he asks.
"yes gorgeous," i smile, going to move. he grabs my hips and stops me.
"no you're warm. just sit still," he smiles.
"fine but i need to finish getting ready," i say, turning to the mirror and finishing while he pushes his head into my shoulder. when i'm ready i push johnny to go get ready and we head down to the lobby.
"first here," i smile.
"sit with me. i'm tired," he says, flopping on one of the sofas. he pulls me onto his lap and leans his head on my shoulder.
"someone shouldn't have got wasted last night," i laugh at him.
"don't be mean bells," he complains.
"ew PDA in the lobby," bam shouts coming down the corridor.
"bamela shut up," i complain.
"arabella stop being gross," he says mockingly.
"i hate you," i smile.
"me too," he laughs.
"bam! stop leaving without me!" ryan complains, running down the hall.
"ryan! stop taking so long to get ready," bam shouts.
"god yall are loud," johnny rolls his eyes.
"someone's hanging," ryan laughs.
"oh he's broken," i laugh. rick and jeff come down the hall cameras and some prop bags in hand.
"you guys ready?" jeff asks. we all agree and get up to go. i pull johnny up and to the van.
"we're doing the department store boxing first but it's like an hour away," jeff says as we get in the car.
"honey you can sleep in the car. i'll protect you," i smile. we get in and johnny immediately lays across the seats with his head on my legs and falls asleep.
"you have to prank him," bam says after we've been driving for like 10 minutes.
"no way man," i shake my head.
"but it's perfect," ryan says from the back.
"no pranks. just let the man sleep," i laugh.
"fine for now," bam sighs, sitting back. after 40 minutes we're at the place jeff wants to shoot and jeff gives johnny his 'costume'. him and jeff both come out the van dressed as boxers, johnny wearing pink and jeff wearing red.
"well you look great," i laugh going over to them.
"why thank you bells," he smiles wrapping an arm around my shoulder.
"okay johnny we're gonna intro the stunt then get ready so we can start straight away inside," jeff explains. i slip away next to bam and watch rick film while johnny intros.
"hi my name is johnny and today we're gonna go to a sporting goods store and do a little boxing. johnny knoxville vs jeff tremaine. let's keep it clean," he says before hitting jeff below the belt. jeff crumples over while we all laugh at him. once he composes himself he goes to the van and pulls out another prop bag.
"arabella. i have something for you," he says with a smile.
"oh god," i smile, this can't be good. i look in the bag and there's some very short red shorts and a tight pink crop top as well as a sign that says round one. i pull them out, and watch all the boys mouths drop open.
"i hate you," i say, hiding my head in my hands. the boys laugh at me.
"don't know what you think you're laughing at dunn - i have one for you too," jeff says, handing him a bag with the same outfit but with the colours swapped and a bell as his prop. i get into the van and change while ryan hides behind the van. when i get out, i see johnnys jaw drop.
"close your mouth sweetie, you're gonna catch flies," i smile, strutting over and pushing his jaw closed.
"god bella," he groans. "jeff you couldn't have picked something a little less..."
"mind out the gutter now knoxville," jeff smiles with a wink, he knows what he's doing. ryan comes round the corner, almost dancing.
"that's gotta get you going," i laugh.
"yeah knox. don't you think i'm sexy," ryan laughs, smoothing his shirt down.
"damn ry! looking sexy!" i shout and wolf whistle at him. i help johnny wrap his hands before putting some boxing gloves on him.
"is that okay?" i ask gently.
"yeah. that's good," he smiles, "i really do think you look good bells."
"good. because i'm not feeling it," i smile.
"woahhh. no girl will feel bad about herself near me. you need me to tell you you look hot again?" he asks.
"yeah. say it again," i say.
"bells. you look so beautiful," he says, looking in my eyes. i immediately feel my cheeks flush a dark red. i wasn't expecting beautiful, i was expecting a joking sexy. luckily for me rick says he wants to start filming so we all go inside. rick is filming from the get go, while we walk inside to near the back of the store in an open ish place.
"round 1 fight!" ryan says loudly, while i walk around the fake ring with the sign in the air, ryan then pulls me out of the way and jeff and johnny start hitting each other. pj is getting some good hits on jeff but neither of them seem too hurt, it's more performative then real fighting, though i do hear some hard hit and groans. they fight for around 45 seconds before a store manager comes over and breaks up the fight. he pulls each other their gloves off.
"what's the problem?" johnny asks.
"no! you can't fight in here. go to a ring if you want to fight!" the manager says loudly. another store employee comes over to escort us out.
"hey who do you think won?" johnny asks him.
"i don't know man. it was a pretty clean fight," the employee says with a smile. he clearly enjoyed this. we are ushered outside and once we're out rick gets bam to announce the winner. we (me, ryan and rick) discuss it for a while and then tell bam.
"and the winner is... south knoxville strong boy!" bam shoots, lifting johnnys arm. johnny dances around while rick throws his gloves on the floor.
"incredible fight knox," i smile, wrapping my arms around myself.
"yeah i bet you loved it," he smiles, handing me his hoodie. i slip it on and we get back in the van on route to the next location.
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b e l l s - a johnny knoxville love story
General Fictionwhen 21 year old arabella lawson (skater and stunt woman for big brother) gets a call from producer jeff tremaine about being the newest member of jackass, she couldn't possibly say no. after working for big brother for months this could be her big...