L-O-V-E, Love - [Smosh] Courtmien / Courtamien

ch. 17 "Lunchtime with Olivia"

The clock struck one, and the meeting was going to start shortly. All cast mates, producers, and other staff headed to the meeting room (the one with the biiiiig desk and mythical sign I guess?).

A bit of the summer games had already been discussed with the cast, but a majority of the information such as events and the real team names would remain anonymous until the actual games begin. They would mainly pitch ideas.

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Courtney's POV

I checked the time on my phone, then realizing the meeting was about to start. I rushed to the meeting room alongside Keith.

Whew! I had made it just on time for the meeting. I quickly found a chair next to Kevin and sat down. Keith, being the last person, shut the door and took a seat.

"Alright, now that I assume that everyone is here, again, we may begin the meeting." Ian began.

"As you know, the annual Smosh Summer Games is coming up. This year, we will try to continue doing a social media blackout. Phone time will also be more limited. Furthermore, a majority of the core game information will remain anonymous until the actual game. Basically, you can pitch things you just won't be told the real names of everything until then."

"Understand?"

Everyone murmured a "Yes" or nodded.

"Great!" Ian and other higher staff members went on to talk about what they already had planned.

Afterward, a few people pitched ideas for team names, events, and more. The rest of the meeting was a blur, and the only thing I do remember was stare at Damien. I don't know if he or anyone else noticed, but I wouldn't be surprised if Olivia picked up on it. He looked astonishing, even with his messy brown hair, glasses, and a simple blue-tee.

The rest of the day went normally. Ian and I wrote scripts, we filmed a games video, and I helped direct a sketch for the main channel. Now it was time for lunch, and as usual, Olivia invited me to sit down with her.

"Hey, Courtney!" Olivia set her tray down and waved at me as I entered the lunch room.

"Hi, Olivia!" I sat down with my own lunch bag in hand, taking a seat opposite of Olivia.

"No Keith today?"

Olivia nodded. "Couldn't make it, needed to go to CVS and was just going to pick up something from Wawa. I would've invited Shayne but he wanted to write a script during his lunchtime."

"Oh. That's fine. So how's the new dog?"

"It's going just fine. A little hard to manage, but we make it work. Luckily, Sam's not filming today. Speaking of dogs, how's Jango been?"

"He's been doing fine. I haven't seen him in quite a bit, but the lady who currently is caring for him says that he's been a very good boy."

"Great to hear." Olivia said before taking a sip of her tea. "How's your Damien thing been?"

"It's been...better. Just fine at the moment, but-"

Olivia interrupted, "I noticed that you just couldn't take your eyes off him during the meeting. I'm assuming that you've been slowly progressing these past few days. Overheard a bit of the podcast too. Letting you know that I'm always here for you."

"Uh, thanks. Do you think anyone else picked up or noticed?"

"Probably, probably not. Even if they noticed, it happens all the time."

"Wait, really?"

"Mhm, you didn't notice? Trying not to make you panic, but I'm almost certain you started getting lovey-dovey-"falling for you quickly"-eyes. On that one episode of The Show With No Name a little bit too."

"Oh god. If I don't even realize when I do it, how obvious is it?!"

"Relax. I don't think anyone picks up as much. At most, fans are peeing their pants and everyone else thinks that you're just being caring to a friend, like you always do."

"Okay, okay. I've been thinking of telling someone like Shayne or maybe even Ian or Noah about it. I just don't know what'll happen. It's just that they're guys and I don't know if they can understand me. Not that all guys are unable to understand this, I'm sure many do. It's that- you probably get it by now."

"Mhm. Just never Keith. Never."

I laughed. "Never. Like, never ever, ever, EVER Keith." (Keith def seems like someone who would tell secrets, and im pretty sure they've kinda confirmed that he would be the one to do that, "noah fence" ahah, koah fore-)

"Anyway," I continued. "I've sort of been thinking of Mari as well, but we haven't talked that much lately."

"Mari would be a good idea, but have you ever been thinking about Damien?"

"All the time. Both thinking of him and thinking of telling him. It just doesn't feel right. What if it ruins things between us?"

"Maybe it won't. You'll just have to take risks. You'll never know unless you try risking it. Besides, he's your best friend. He's not the kind of guy to just leave you behind."

"You're right. I'll think about it more, but we need to finish up soon. Filming a Try Not to Laugh in thirty. I'm going to take the rest of the time I have after that to finish up a script. Don't forget about the Eat It or Yeet It tomorrow."

Olivia nodded while taking a bite of an egg roll. I soon finished my food and went to the lounge, passing Rhett and Link on the way.

I talked with Joven for a bit, who was here to film a few upcoming videos.

Eventually, I had to get going for the pit shoot.

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Hey! Sorry for the half-decent chapters and lack of chapters lately. School hasn't been too rough on me lately, so hopefully I can get some more chapters out and maybe more stories. The title was supposed to be like Lunchtime with Smosh but instead it's Olivia, so yeah. More chapters on the works, as well as story ideas w/ plots.

Would you guys rather for future stories that I write all the chapters beforehand and post it all at once, write all the chapters beforehand and let a few out everyday, or just go with the flow like I do with this?

How would you guys feel about a Shayne X OC coming out (all chapters) while I make this?

Anyways, thank you guys so much for the support that you guys give me. I promise that I'll try my hardest to get quality chapters out quickly.

Love you all so much!

- bowe