A/N: ok so I was sick today and I was watching TV like a bum and I had this idea. So I hope you guys like it! It will probably be around five or six chapters.
Disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue. I don't own Twilight and neither do you.
"Hi I'm Charlie and I'm a police officer."
"Cut!" the director walked over to my dad, "Say it with some 'OOHMP!'" he suggested. "You're not just and officer, you're chief of police!"
"Right, got it."
"And…action!"
"Hi! I'm Charlie and I'm chief of police."
"And I'm Renée, I'm an interior decorator." The director pointed to the camera my mom was to look at.
"Our daughter Bella is the apple of our eye." Charlie continued.
"She's sweet, she's smart, she's our beautiful baby girl." Renee glanced near where I was hiding. I can't believe I'm hiding out watching this. She definitely knows I'm spying.
"But there's one thing we hate."
Oh no, here we go.
"Her obnoxious boyfriend." Renee finished his sentence.
"And cut!" the director clapped, "Wonderful!"
"Now, we need to get some shots outside of Bella and Mike separately and then together."
I internally groaned and pulled Mike down the stairs with me.
"Let's get this over with."
…....
"This is Bella. She's dating Mike.
They've been together six months and Bella thinks she's found the man of her dreams.
But her parents think he's a total nightmare. So mom and dad are setting her up on two blind dates with guys they've each hand picked just for her.
If you think Bella might have a problem with this, just imagine how her boyfriend Mike is going to feel as he sits down with her parents and they watch the tapes together.
At the end of the day, Bella will have to decide who she wants to keep seeing. Her boyfriend Mike, or one of the new guys her parents have selected.
Bella is about to get a shot of: Parental control."
......
Here's the beloved daughter…and her loser boyfriend.
Her parents hate the boyfriend.
They're taking control.
PARENTAL CONTROL: Who will she choose?
…...
"Hi, my name is Bella." I said cooperatively into the camera. I've pretty much accepted and over the fact that this is really happening to me. "And I'm dating Mike. No matter what anyone else says, I think he's perfect and I love him. So there." I forced a smile as I said the lines I was instructed to say. Sure I guess I felt that way, just not with as much enthusiasm as was being forced out of me.
I couldn't believe my parents were putting me through this. They weren't exactly the people who would do this, I think they were only doing it as a favor because this was a new show and their friend was producing it. That added to the fact that they didn't really like Mike leads us here.
……
"Simply put, we can't stand Mike." I heard my mom say, they were sitting together on the couch again. "He doesn't treat Bella right. He's always flirting with other girls and he's addicted to text messaging! Every three seconds his phone goes off. It's rude and disrespectful."
"And," my dad added, "He doesn't even acknowledge us! He comes over and just walks straight into the house, doesn't even knock! I'm tempted to just show him this bat on the back of my belt." Charlie put his hand on top of his police uniform belt.
"CUT!" this director was really starting to get on my nerves. "Great, good one at the end Charlie." He winked.
…
Now it's time for Mom and Dad to meet the potential blind dates for Bella.
….
RenéePOV
My mind wandered as we watched the footage of all the boys Charlie and I had met today. It showed them all coming in and greeting us, then sitting down.
"What do you do for a living?" Charlie asked.
A stingy looking blond boy that I knew Bella would never like answered "I work at a retail store, greeting people."
"I'm an MC" another one said.
The camera flashed to each of them giving their answer.
"I work with a marketing department."
"I'm a film editor."
"I'm a biochemistry student."
"I'm a journalist student slash athlete."
Some hobo-looking boy answered "I'm a student, I don't do anything for a living." He was definitely out. "I sleep." He added. Yep, definitely out.
"What is the worst lie you ever told a girl while you were dating?" I asked, reading off the question card they had given us.
"I told this one young lady that my uncle was the actor Kevin Bacon and she called me out right on the spot."
"I told this girl that I was from Los Angeles when I'm really from Chicago." I remember that guy, on the first take he said he had never lied to a girl while they were dating. The director told him to make something up.
Maybe there was something special about him.
"That she was beautiful and she wasn't."
"Well I was dating this twin once, and I told her that I didn't love her twin and I loved her and I was actually talking to her twin."
"I told my girlfriend once that I couldn't spend the night with her because I had a curfew but she really just smelled bad and I didn't want to stay."
"Our daughter's boyfriend is always texting and never listening to a word anyone says. Prove to us you were listening to us and tell us our names."
"Oh…um….I know this one…"
"Ray and Clyde?"
"Renee and Charlie, right?" The one who didn't lie a least got our names, I was starting to like him.
"Mr. and Mrs. Wonderful." Some guy tried to be funny.
"Oh my gosh, I have no idea." Another one admitted.
One of the boys shot out of his chair and walked out. Charlie and I were kind of shocked and the director was just about to call 'cut' when he walked back in.
"Hello, it's nice to meet you. I'm Jacob, and, you are…?"
"Renee," I laughed and shook his hand.
"Charlie." I was glad he was having some fun with this too.
"Wait, didn't you guys ask me a question?" he asked.
"Our daughter's boyfriend is always texting and never listening to a word anyone says. Prove to us you were listening to us and tell us our names." I repeated.
"Oh, that's easy. Renee and Charlie." He smiled proudly.
"Why should we pick you to date our daughter?" It showed Charlie asking and then went to shot of each of the boys again.
"She'd always have a good friend." The same boy answered.
"I could show your daughter a good time." A different one answered.
"I'm motivating and young, fun to be around."
"I'm very energetic; handsome…I could list them all but I don't want to be here all night." The same one from before that tried to be funny was apparently trying again. I had laughed half-heartedly.
"I was raised right, so I would always treat your daughter with respect." This was the guy I was starting to like, and that answer helped.
"Because I'm me!" The last one answered.
"Ok," Charlie said to all of them. "It was nice meeting you." They had all got up to shake our hands again.
"Alright, so I'm going to go first." I said to Charlie when we were picking each person. I pointed to the one I definitely knew Bella would like. "I pick him, he's perfect."
"No, I think I pick this one." Charlie flipped the pages until he found the picture of the boy Jacob."
"Ok, well we'll see." I smiled at him. "Let's get out of here." I added in due to the cue card I saw the director holding up.
……
"The date Bella's mom picked is about to arrive. That means that Mike will have to watch Bella go out with another guy while he hangs out in the living room with her parents."
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BPOV
I know I had never done this before, but I thought some it not all of it would be scripted. So I had hoped that I would get to see who my parents picked before they actually came in on camera. But no, apparently not.
"Bellaa." Mike complained.
Since this was a new series, they didn't have tons of money and we were actually shooting in my house. So there were camera crew people everywhere and Mike and I were sitting in my room.
"I know, I know." I flopped down on my bed. "Let's just get through this and say what they tell us to. It's not like this actually means anything. All the guys were probably just actors anyways. And I'm sure they'll be fed lines from our wonderful director." I rolled my eyes.
I'm a relatively shy person, unless I'm around people I've known my whole life, so I wasn't looking forward to the awkwardness. I hoped these guys my parents picked were at least good actors so viewers couldn't tell that they didn't like me.
"Bella!" I heard Renee call. "We need you and Mike down here!"
"Coming!"
We shuffled downstairs and sat on the couch where Renee, Charlie and the cameras were waiting.
"Bella you're going to love this guy." Renee assured me once the cameras started rolling. I couldn't really tell if she was just saying her lines or if she really meant it.
I heard the doorbell ring. "Oh, he's here!" Renee got up to get the door and I rolled my eyes, I'm sure he had been on set for a while; I just wasn't able to see him. "Hi!" I heard Renee greet him.
"Hello Renee, it's nice to see you again." The guy who I still couldn't see replied politely. I heard them walking closer and suddenly got very nervous.
Renee walked in with the most gorgeous guy I had ever seen.
The first thing I noticed was his eyes, they were a dark green but they were very expressive. Next I saw his smile, perfect teeth and the cutest little dimples. His smile was some how perfectly crooked, and he knew it too. He also knew he could pull it off. His hair was the perfect length, looked like it had been professionally cut, and misbehaved at all of the perfect spots. It was a nice golden-auburn color.
I nearly fainted.
"Hi Charlie." He smiled at my dad.
"I'd like you to meet my daughter, Bella." She held out a hand in my direction.
"Hello Bella." He said, my heart melted hearing him say my name.
"And…CUT!"
Then I remembered this was all just a game. And for the first time since I'd heard about being forced to do this, I wished it wasn't just a game.
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A/N: So?! What do you guys think?!
So, in case you didn't get it, this is based off of MTV's 'Parental Control'
I don't really know how shows like this work, if (and I doubt this) there is anyone who has been on this show, feel free to fill me in. but until then it pretty much goes how I think it would, or how it works for the story. and i know there's a lot of switching back and forth but its going along with the switching of scenes of the show.
Next chapter, we find out who the mystery guy Renee picked is! I'm sure you guys could guess…
and the next chapter will definitely come faster with reviews! hopefully later today or possibly tomorrow.
Oh and for the rest of the story, in case you didn't get this either, the bold is the announcer on the show.
Reviews are love! :)
