tw - mentions of abusive parents/homophobia
the cast made plans to go to a halloween event at a farm after filming on halloween, so bella was currently getting ready in her trailer. it was the second time that month she found herself wearing a blonde wig, and the more she looked at it in the mirror, the more she liked it. maybe she would actually go blonde after they finished filming the season. bella slipped on her blue dress, and began doing her makeup. as she was applying her foundation, there's a knock on her trailer and joe walks in.
"shit, are you trying to pull someone tonight or something?" he asks her, and she rolls her eyes.
"no."
"thought you had a thing for will."
"honestly, i don't think so. he's attractive, but whenever we talk i can only picture it as a friendly thing anyways. besides, i'm not really interested in a relationship right now," bella explains, beginning on her eye makeup now. "i see you went with sherlock?" she says, turning around briefly to look at joe.
"and bash is holmes. is that a problem with you?"
"oh, no. just predictable."
"shut up."
"what did the others go as? do you know?"
"i know will and kit were incredibly basic and went with the frat boy costumes. i know you and yaz are both doing scarface characters, and i think kizzy and rhea did mamma mia characters."
"what about tobie and corinna? are they not coming?"
"they're stuck here doing reshoots," joe says, and bella frowns.
"that sucks."
"yeah."
"does my makeup look okay?" bella asks after completing it, turning around in her chair to face joe. "or is it too much?"
"no, it looks really good," he replies. "you look really good, to be honest. if i were straight, like, i'd be very into this."
"oh my god, shut up," bella laughs, standing up. "i'll text the groupchat and see who's ready and we can just all meet in here since we're all getting a ride together?"
"works for me," joe says, taking a seat on the couch. after bella sends the message, she sets her phone back down on the counter and takes a seat next to joe on the couch after putting on the tv, knowing it would take a while before everyone would be ready. after about the minutes of the two watching survivor, the door opens to bella's trailer and kit walks in, carrying a case of buzz lite.
"hey," he says, setting the case down on the table. when he looks over at bella on the couch, he has to refrain from dropping his jaw. "you uh— you guys look good," he says quickly, looking away. bella, on the other hand, nearly had a similar reaction. she knew the costume was so basic and overdone, but for some reason, she found herself attracted to kit in it.
"so do you," she says, trying not to sound flustered. "we were watching survivor, if you want to join."
"yeah, sure. give me just a second to use the bathroom." after he disappears, joe turns his head.
"so you're trying to get with kit."
"what? no! you're insane," she exclaims.
"you quite literally could not have been more obvious about it. you could barely speak when he looked at you. and to be honest, he seemed quite interested as well."
"that's probably just because he can see my boobs," she murmurs. "and no, i don't have a thing for him. he just looks kind of good." she crosses her arms as joe shakes her head, but they can't continue the conversation any longer as kit wanders back from the bathroom to take a seat next to bella on the couch.
