b e l l s - a johnny knoxville love story

𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕪 𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

i wake up to a loud pat in my ear. sitting up i feel powder falling out my face and hear the laughter of bam and ryan. i realise i've been antiqued as i look down to a now awake and very angry johnny knoxville - who only got the dusting falling off me.
"good morning bella!!" bam sings happily.
"yeah morning bam," i sigh, shaking my head, a large cloud of flour falling off me. he turns the camera to himself laughing before zooming in on knoxville's angry face.
"pj get him. he just disrespected you're girl. aren't you meant to like - fight?" i ask.
"no not at this time in the morning," he says wiping some flour off him.
"wow chivalry is dead," i sigh with a laugh. i get up and try to catch all the flour while i walk to the bathroom. i shake it out of my hair and off my face and clean up, then brush my teeth. when i go back out pj is now awake and in the kitchen staring daggers at ryan and bam who are watching back the footage giggling to themselves. i go to pj and cuddle into his shoulder while feeling him relax.
"we'll get them back babe," i smile gently.
"soon," he smiles.
"what are we doing today?" i ask.
"i think we're doing the rent-a-car crash up derby," he responds. i know this stunt and i begged him not to do it. a lot of the stuff we do can get you hurt but this one is so dangerous and a bit of a dick move but i couldn't convince him. so i bite my tongue.
"great can't wait to see you die," i say in a jokey tone.
"it'll be fine. there's first aiders on set. i promise," he replies, knowing how much i hate this one.
"i know," i smile, leaning into his chest. i don't want to stop him doing stuff and it does help to know there's professionals on set. i help pj make breakfast, pancakes and syrup before eating and getting ready. it's looking like a cold day so i wear some low waisted flares, a tight cropped long sleeve top and a cropped puffy jacket. as well as my converse. pj looks slightly ridiculous as he tries on the sunglasses with a camera in them to be able to film the renting of the car. when we're ready to go we all pile into the van and drive over, once there pj and rick get out, pj with the glasses camera and rick with a smaller camera, hidden in his jacket. while the rest of us, me, spike, tripp and jeff stay in the van with a good view of the outside. jeff sets up a camera pointing at the place and turns on the screen that lets us see ricks camera. it's quite simple and they're done in around 15 minutes. they come outside with one of the workers who shows them around the car and then hands them the keys. they both get in and drive off, we set off too and both meet at a car garage about 10 minutes away. jeff and rick get out to talk to the mechanics while pj comes over to me.
"you look like an idiot," i say, pointing at his glasses.
"i think i look great," he smiles proudly. i wrap my arms around him snuggling into him to take his body heat. "you cold?"
"no i'm fine," i say, as he wraps his jacket around the both of us. jeff then calls pj over. they get him to stand on the car a draw some big 3's over parts of it and then the mechanics start working. starting by smashing the windows.
"you want a go?" a mechanic asks, holding a crowbar out to me. i of course say yes and then jeff says to wait so he can film it. once he says go i swing the crowbar as hard as i can into the window and it smashes straight through. pj also has a go before the mechanic says it'll be about 3 hours. jeff suggests that rick and tripp stay to film it but me pj and him can go to a diner and get food and bring back coffee. we agree and our group heads off in the van. we go to a local diner and get a booth. the waitress comes over and takes our orders. we order a set of food for us and then a set for rick and tripp to takeaway in around 40 minutes. i get myself a stack of pancakes with berries and syrup while pj gets a full english breakfast and jeff gets an omelette. we also get a pot of coffee for the table. the waitress was kind and a breath of fresh air compared to the fancy waitress that thrust her chest in johnnys face. at first the boys just talk about the stunt that'll be done today, i half listen as i have nothing to contribute. while they're chatting my phone starts to buzz:

sagey baby
home

accept decline

i excuse myself from the table and answer.
"bella how's it going?" sage starts as soon as i pick up.
"hey sage. it's okay. did have a terrible time at the club the other night but i'm fine," i smile gently.
"oh bella. trust you to get in trouble. what happened?" she asks. we catch up on everything, the club, pj asking me out, and she updates me on the office.
"what you doing today?" she asks.
"we're just getting breakfast before pj does a stunt," i say looking back to the table where coffee has just been brought over.
"i'm scared to hear it," she says.
"it's awful," i say explaining the stunt. we laugh about it for a while before she stops.
"bella. how bruised are you?" she asks.
"uh i only have the one on my face," i explain, "why?"
"alt press wants you to do a piece about being on jackass and wants it to be you all. i've already sent the info over this morning," she says. i'm about to complain that no one told me yet until i realise no one has been in the office yet.
"we'll pj is kinda broken right now. with a few broken fingers and he's about to do that stunt," i say.
"we'll that's kind of good because they wanna see that you've been shooting," she says.
"we'll i'm down but i'll talk to pj and jeff once we're back in the offices," i say.
"sounds good. i'll let you get going so you can have breakfast," she says.
"byeee!" i smile coming back to the table where the food has just arrived. we eat pretty quickly before picking up the rest of our coffees and paying. When we get back to the garages the car is pretty much done so we distribute coffees and wait for them to finish, while I explain to johnny and jeff what sage said. jeff says he'll look over the contracts once were at the office and get everyones opinions. not long later the car is finished and it gets towed to the rally area where they'll be filming while we drive over. the fear settles into me as i see all the cars lining up but to be the cool girlfriend i say how awesome it looks. it's difficult knowing that he will get hurt but i gotta deal with it this is his job, and my job now. 

"hi my names johnny knoxville and this is the rent-a-car crash up derby," he shouts into the camera as tripp films from outside the window. everyone gets off the course and then they start. theres a lot of crashing, honking and skidding happening but after about 10 minutes we hear a cars wheels screech against metal and look down to see a car, almost entirely on top of pjs, leaking. a bunch of professionals rush forward to the wreck to assess the situation before deeming it safe (to the point where it won't blow up if we go near it) and the cameras head over. i see knoxville laughing loudly explaining how the wheel came right for him but that ultimately he's okay and the anxiety seeps out of my body. when he gets out of the car he bounds over to me happily. 

"did you see how cool that looked?" he asks smiling.

"oh yeah it was rad," i say.

"and i didn't die so you were wrong," he beams.

"i'm sorry for caring about your safety," i say sarcastically as he wraps an arm around me.

"come on we just have to go back to the dealership and then we can go home," he smirks. we head out and back to the dealership. i don't think i've ever seen someone so angry and confused, i think, as the man chases johnny out of the building and watches as he disappears down the street. once the cameras are off the jeff heads over and talks business, i'm sure someone probably knew this was going to happen and was getting their pay but I can't be sure. we head back to bams to get lunch, cooked by april, and to tell them all about the stunt and to talk about what were filming next before me and johnny head home.

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chapter thirty eight
chapter word count : 1575
total word count : 43, 613

apologies i think its been like 4 months since I've updated this. I'm very busy with work and uni so have like no time but hope you enjoyed this longer chapter to make up for it.

((also sorry if the formatting is weird i wrote this on my laptop))