7th Floor West | JF

Chapter 14

I heard a knock on my door, and I knew it was Jimmy. "Megan, can I come in?" His voice confirmed my assumption to be true. "Sure." I said, kinda quietly. The door opened, and I saw Jimmy in sweatpants and a tee shirt, with just socks on. "Can we talk?" He asked, and I nodded. We both sat down on my bed, and Jimmy began.

"I'm sorry I was being really rude and protective over the whole thing with Seth... I was just scared that he was trying to use you and John to help their show and help write for them. I didn't want you guys to get pulled into working for him instead of me." Jimmy looked down, and I laughed. "You honestly think that Haskell and I would leave the Tonight Show? There's no way we would do that..." I paused, and added, "I'm also allowed to tell you what we're doing with Seth." Jimmy perked up and looked at me excitedly. "They're doing a bit with 'Team Fallon', which is John and me, versus 'Team Meyers', which is Seth and one of his writers, Michelle Wolf. We're facing off in different games, and apparently Seth already talked to Lorne about using I think 3 of the Tonight Show skits." Jimmy looked interested, but I couldn't tell if it was positive or negative. "Which skits are you using?" He asked, and I smiled. "John and I chose Lip Sync, Battleshots, and Flip Cup." Jimmy smiled. "Okay... Well you'd better win." I laughed and he smiled wider. "I'm sorry for being such a jerk about it." I smiled and replied, "It's okay. I understand where you're coming from, and you had a right to be mad. I understand." Jimmy and I hugged it out, and before I knew it, he was carrying me fireman style into the living room. As soon as Nancy saw us, she laughed. "You two are too much." She said, laughing as Jimmy twirled me around.

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"Places everyone!" Lorne yelled, and I sat next to John near the writers. Seth began his monologue, and they did the first part of the show. The cameras stopped rolling, and the crew began setting things up for the games. They set up Flip Cup and Battleshots first. A few minutes want by, and John and I grabbed our jackets that wardrobe had made. They were navy blue, full zip jackets with our last name written on the back, and the Tonight Show logo on the front left side. They were really nice, and I couldn't wait until I got to show Jimmy. The producer began counting down, and Seth began to start a small monologue and explain what we were doing. "So, please welcome, all the way from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, Megan and John!" The audience applauded as John and I took our places on the stage. "Now, competing for Studio 8G, please welcome our own writer, Michelle!" The audience clapped as Michelle came out and stood next to Seth. They had gray, full zip jackets with the Late Night logo on the front left side, and they had their last names on the back. Seth explained the rest of the challenge, and we took our places. This should be interesting.

Seth grabbed a name out of a cup. "Michelle Wolf..." He trailed off, picking another slip of paper from a different cup. "And Flip Cup." Michelle walked over to the Flip Cup table, and Seth pulled another name. "Megan Fallon..." I took a deep breath. I hated Battleshots. Just like Jimmy, I hated tequila. Seth smirked widely and said, "Battleshots." I sighed and muttered, "Dammit." John headed over to the Flip Cup table, and Seth came over to the Battleshots table with me. John and Michelle were competing first. "C'mon John, just like college." I chided him, and everyone laughed. Flip Cup began, and John ended up beating Michelle by one cup. Now it was my turn to face off against Seth.

"A1." He said, and I laughed. "Miss." He marked his side of the board, and I said, "C3." He scowled and mumbled, "Hit." I saw him pick up a tiny, red solo cup, and he took a shot of beer. That meant it was on the end of the ship. Seth pondered for a moment and said, "B4." Wow, he really stinks at this. "Miss." I said, and he marked his board again. "D3." I said, and I saw Seth pick up a tin cup. "Tequila!" I exclaimed, and he took the shot. He rubbed his hands together and said, "F3." Shit.

"Hit..." I said, hanging my head as I picked up the cup of tequila. "I'm guessing you and Jimmy share a hatred of tequila?" Seth asked me, and I nodded. "I hate tequila. A lot." I said, and I quickly scarfed down the shot. I coughed a little bit and pursed my lips, and Seth laughed. "B3." I said, and Seth drank another shot. I had sank one of his boats, and I just had to find one more shot to win it...

So far we were winning against Seth and Michelle, 2-1. We had won both Flip Cup and Battleshots, but we played one of Seth's games, and he won. Next was Lip Sync Battles. As we stopped taping to move equipment away, I saw the side door to the studio open, and lo and behold, my brother and Higgins were standing side stage. Seth greeted them, and invited them to sit front row with the writers. As the camera began rolling again, I smiled as Jimmy smirked. He had no clue which songs I was doing for Lip Sync, and I knew that he would start cracking up. Each of us was doing two songs, and the order we were going in was Michelle, John, Seth, and me...

I finally got up to sing my last song. We had some good songs in the mix- Seth did some Led Zeppelin, Michelle had the Spice Girls, and John sang a Beatles song. I grabbed the mic and looked straight at Jimmy, and I smiled widely. "My last song is a little bit less popular, but it's a very unique song... This is Idiot Boyfriend by Jimmy Fallon." As soon as I said that and the music started playing, Higgins and Jimmy were gone. Jimmy was holding on to Higgins as he silently laughed, and I began lip syncing.

"I know what you want, and I know what you need, But I'm goin' screw it up, yeah, Cause I'm an idiot, and I'm your boyfriend, yes I am. I'm goin' take you out, and leave my wallet home, Then I use your cell phone, baby, Long distance, and I'm your boyfriend. Baby I know I'm a man who's made mistakes, I still got some learning to do, I made out with your best friend the other day, and Now we're best friends too, Yeah Yeah..."

The cameras panned to Jimmy and Higgins, who were in absolute hysterics. I was laughing too, and Seth linked us out to a break. He thanked us for coming on the show and helping out, and he gave John and I free Late Night mugs. I walked back to Studio 6B with Jimmy, and he couldn't stop laughing. "Of all the songs in the world, you had to..." He couldn't even finish his sentence because of how hard he was laughing. "Yup." I replied simply.

We drove home, and Jimmy and I were jamming out to the new song by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, Uptown Funk. We were jamming so hard, and we pulled into our driveway.

Before we got out of the car, Jimmy turned to me. "I love you, squirt." I smiled back and replied, "Love you too, James." He smiled and suddenly began chasing me around the yard, and I made my way inside the house and ran upstairs to hide. As I climbed in a hamper that was in the hallway, I heard Jimmy taunt me. "Come out, come out, wherever you are... I'm gonna get you Meg..." I heard Nancy remark, "I'm not even gonna ask... Just nobody get hurt."

Let the hunt begin.