Meeting the Jokers

Part 29- Back On Track

"Are you sure?" Casey asked Q. Q nodded quickly. He was looking better.

The crew got their cameras from boxes and made sure they were on and working.

"Have you emailed the shops?" Sal asked Casey.

"Yeah, Pete's taken care of it."

Sal drove me, Q and Joe to the building to film their episode. Murr was still hidden with the producers.

We drove their in silence. Shock.

"Hey Q?" Sal asked, keeping all eyes on the roads.

"Yeah?" He drawled- louder than before.

"You feeling good?"

"Better."

"You look better," Joe said. It was true. Q's face was darker now- less pale. His eyes weren't bulging out so much and there were no bags beneath his eyes.

Arriving at the shops, it looked like the peak time. There were swarms of people just trying to get in like bees.

"Here we go," said Sal.

The producers got a section of the back room hidden for 3 Jokers to hide behind to face the monitors. The producers seriously don't get enough credit for all they do on such short notice.

"Right," Sal said to all 3 Jokers, "we just need to choose what we're doing in here."

"Uhh... send messages to people on our behalves, and see if they reply?" Joe suggested.

"That's not very active though..." Sal said.

"Just do do what you're told," Q said, his eyes wandering off. Then snapping back.

"Fine," Sal sighed, "rock paper scissors, who's going first."

I stood back and let the guys do their thing, Murr lost so he was first.

"We need an intro," Sal said.

The cameras pointed at the quieter end of the store, facing the cereals.

"Hey," the guys all said at the same time, after rehearsing for 2 minutes straight, "were here at the supermarket doing whatever the guys tell us." That part was Sal.

Then Q joined in, "and if you don't, you lose."

After freezing for a few seconds afterwards, Pete called out cut and they were off to the monitors. I followed suite.

"You ok, Olivia?" Sal asked me, nudging me with his arm.

I moved away, "I'm fine."

I wasn't fine. I was wandering what was going to happen when they go back home. Go to their tour. Will I go back home? Can I find a job here?

Murr was planted in the middle of an aisle. Joe was the first to speak:

"Murr, I want you to call someone's boyfriend or girlfriend on the phone."

"We have to use the phone right now?" Murr asked.

Joe sniggered and watched his idea plan out.

Murr approached a young girl, shopping in the bread aisle.

"Excuse me?" He asked, "Can I call your boyfriend?"

Sniggering, Murr excuses himself from the conversation to face the camera. "How do I approach this?"

"Do what you gotta do," Joe said.

Murr approached the girl again, "your boyfriend..."

"Tom," she finished his sentence.

"Yeah, Tom, I bumped into him last week, and I need to say sorry."