The Intern

Chapter Eleven: This Means War

   "Hey, Ella!" Mari shouts, running up to me, as I walk back in the building from my lunch date with Mark. 
   "Hey, what's up?" I ask. She says nothing and drags me into the recording room. She pushes me gently into her chair at her desk. "What are you doing?" I look around the office, no one else is in here. That's odd. There's always people in here.
   "Shh! Just read!" I look at her monitor and see the comments from the last GTS video. All of them positive. 
    Ella is soooo hilarious! Put her in more vids pls!

   Ella is just like Lasercorn! Please make her be in more videos

   This was by far the best episode lately. I think Ella makes GTS even better

   "Why are you showing me this?" I ask. Mari smiles at me and the rest of Smosh Games walks in the room with balloons and a cake. 
   "We want you to join Smosh Games!"
   "Guys," I breathe out. "I don't know."
   "Ella, you made the fans so happy. I haven't seen so many positive comments on a video in a long time," Sohinki says walking over to me and handing me three balloons. 
   "Ella, what would be the downside to joining Smosh Games?" Wes asks. I shrug. 
   "Guys I don't-" Lasercorn walks into the room with something in his arms. He chucks it at me and it hits me square in the face. I take it off my face and see its a Smosh t-shirt. Everyone stares at him. 
   "Did she not agree yet?" he asks. They shake their heads. "Oh. Whoops!" He laughs.
   "Well, now you have to join," Joven says with a laugh. I nod. 
   "I guess I do," I say with a smile. Everyone cheers high fives. 
   "Cake!" Wes shouts happily, cutting the cake and putting slices on paper plates. I grab a piece and wipe the frosting off with my finger walking over to Lasercorn and wiping it on his face. 
   "Ugh! No!" he complains wiping it off his cheek, but the smear was still there. "You're gonna get it now, Ella-Bear!" 
   I scream and run out of the room. He grabs another slice of cake and runs down the hall after me. "No!" I scream once he catches me. He wraps an arm around my waist and picks me up. He shoves the piece of cake in my face. He takes off running down the hall again. "This means war, Sir Lasercorn!" I yell in a British accent.
   "Bring it, Lady Ella!" he yells continuing to run. I giggle and run to my office to set the next trap for Lasercorn. 

   That Friday afternoon at work, I hear a knock on the door of my office. "Ella, we've got to record," Lasercorn calls.
   "Like, I'm gonna fall for that, Lasercorn," I say picking up a squirt gun full of ice cold water that I've kept in my office. 
   "It's true. We're filming Game Bang," he says. I chuckle. 
   "I'm not dumb," I say trying to coax him into opening the door. 
   "Don't make me come in and drag you into the recording room." 
   "Go ahead," I smirk. He opens the door. I squirt him with the water. He falls to the ground, I stand over him and continue to soak him in ice cold water. 
   "Alright! Alright!" he says. "You win this round, Lady Ella," he says in a British accent. 
   "Thank you, Sir Lasercorn," I say holding my hand out to help him up. Instead of me helping him up, he pulls me down into the puddle of water and it get's my whole back wet. I shriek. 
   "That's friggin' cold," I say getting up immediately. Lasercorn gives me a dirty look and I realize I drenched him head to toe. "Oh, right." I say with a giggle. I actually help him up this time. He gives me an evil smile. 
   "I think you need a hug, El," he says holding out his arms. 
   "No!" I run down the hall and into the recording room. Mari, Wes, Joven, and Sohinki look at me. They're all standing in front of the big TV waiting for me and Lasercorn so we can film Game Bang. "Hide me." I duck behind Joven. 
   "Where is she?" Lasercorn says walking in the room. 
   "Where is who?" Joven plays it off. 
   "Why are you soaking wet?" Wes asks. 
   "Ella," he says answering both questions. I continue to stay hidden behind Joven, but I know I'll soon be spotted by Lasercorn. I smile to myself and try to hold back a laugh. I put my hands over my mouth, but Lasercorn hears it and moves Joven out of the way. I look up at him innocently. He smirks and looks down at me. 
   "Hi," I say. 
   "Hi," he says cocking his head to the side and giving me the Laser stare. He holds out his arms like he had earlier. "I still think someone needs a hug."
   "No, uh, I'm good. Thanks for the offer though," I say. 
   "No. No. I think you definitely need one," he says hugging me. 
   "You're so cold," I say. 
   "Yeah. And who's fault is that?" he asks rhetorically.  
   "Mine," I say in a soft voice. 
   "No kidding," he says sarcastically. 
   "Guys, we should get recording," Sohinki says. Lasercorn lets go of me and I step away from him, my clothes wet now too. 
   "Well, we should change first," Lasercorn says. I nod. 
   "Oh, well, uh, I don't have any extra clothes," I say. 
   "I think I've got a few extra shirts in my car. Come on," Lasercorn says walking out the door. I follow him out to his car. He unlocks the door and pulls out a couple t-shirts from the trunk.
   "Why do you have so many extra t-shirts and jeans in your trunk?" I ask curiously. 
   "You haven't been part of Smosh Games long enough to know that you should always keep extra clothes handy. Some things here can get pretty messy. So, I always keep extra clothes in my car," he explains. I nod and smile at him as he digs in his trunk. He hands me one of his t-shirts and grabs some clothes for himself. 
   "I don't have any extra jeans for you," he laughs. "But I don't think you got drenched like I did."
   "No, my jeans are fine, it's just my shirt that's wet," I say.
   "You ready to record now?" Mari asks as Lasercorn finally comes back into the room. He nods. 
   "What are we playing?" he asks. 
   "Just Dance," Mari says. 
   "Again? We've played it like a million times for Game Bang," Lasercorn whines. 
   "This time it's different. I promise," Mari says. "We're gonna make it more interesting."

   "Game Bang!" We shout in unison at the camera. 
   "So today for Game Bang we're playing everyone's favorite game. Just Dance!" Mari explains. Everyone collectively groans. "Oh shush, you're all going to play. Except today it has a twist. The top scorer and the loser have to do a duet."
   "But then everyone could just score super low and it would be boring," Joven says. Mari shakes her head. 
   "We are all going to be separated. Like, everyone is going to be out of the room when it's your turn. So, you don't know what anyone else scored. And Flitz volunteered to keep score so there isn't any cheating... I'm looking at you Lasercorn," Mari says. 
   "Me cheat? Neverrr," Lasercorn scoffs sarcastically. 
   "Dance bang!" Sohinki yells toward the camera. 

   "Ella, your turn!" Flitz calls into my office. I sigh and get up from my office chair. I walk into the recording room. "You're the last one to go, so, uh, no pressure."
   "Thanks," I say sarcastically, shooting him a smile. I pick my song and dance. I'm pretty good at the game and I don't really care if I have to do the duet with someone. 
   "So, uh, who won?" I ask once my song is over. Flitz looks down at his phone. 
   "You did," he says. I stand there shocked for a second. "Who lost?" 
   "Lasercorn."