Summary: "All Ellie's brain thinks about is sugar, caffeine, and Jack," Merritt said. I gasped and said, "I am offended," I paused as everyone looked between me and Merritt, "I also think about chocolate and gummy bears." Jack/OC


Chapter 4- Act II

Jack POV

"I can't do this," I said as I paced around in my dressing room that I shared with Merritt and Daniel.

"You'll do fine," Merritt said as he put his hat on.

"I have never been more nervous in my life," I panicked.

Daniel sighed from his spot on the couch and said, "Jack, you'll do be fine."

"What if she doesn't like it? What if she says no? What do I do?" I started hyperventilating.

There was a knock on the door, and I froze when I heard Ellie said, "Boys, you ready yet!? I'm getting ancy and you know how I am when I'm ancy."

"You'll do great," Merritt said as he patted me on the shoulder.

Henley then walked in with Ellie on her tale. I wrapped my arms around Ellie trying not to seem nervous. But of course, Ellie just had to know me like the back of her hand and she noticed my uneasiness and said, "You okay, babe?"

I nodded and with a smile said, "I'm just a little nervous."

"…Okay," Ellie said after staring at me for a minute.

I was practically dragged out of the room by a bouncy Ellie, and as we were putting on our mics, Ellie could barely stand still.

"Alright, who gave her sugar?" I asked.

Everyone pointed at the buffet table which had empty gummy bear bags on it. Oh no.

I walked over to Ellie, and placed my hands on her shoulders and said, "Baby, I need you to look at me for a second; how many gummy bears did you eat?"

Ellie stopped and said, "Well there were around 35 gummy bears in each bag, and there were six bags so… 210."

I looked her in the eyes and said, "Can you stay as calm as possible for me?"

Ellie took a deep breath and said, "Only for you. You know how gummy bears make me."

I nodded and said, "More than anyone."

Ellie had the metabolism of a five year old- she could eat sugar, but the sugar made her super hyper, giddy, and practically uncontrollable.

Henley, Daniel, and Merritt, came over and Henley said, "What's wrong with Ellie?"

"Someone gave her gummy bears… six bags worth of gummy bears," I said to them quietly as I held Ellie in my arms, who was trying to contain her inner child.

"What a shame," Merritt said as he fixed his hat. I threw him a glare and he smirked.

I held Ellie's hand as we all walked discreetly out onto our platforms. I kissed her quickly, and I let her go even though I didn't want to. Now to calm my emotions.


Ellie POV

I stood on my platform in-between Merritt and Jack and I tried not bounce up and down. I stuck my hands behind me and kept popping my fingers; it would suffice for a bit.

"Arthur Tressler presents," The announcer started, "Jack Wilder; Henley Reeves; Ellie Wayland; Merritt McKinney; and Daniel Atlas- the Five Horsemen."

I looked over at Jack after looking at the crowd and he winked at me.

I took a deep breath telling him, "I'm trying really hard to stay calm; you don't know how hard it is."

"What is magic?" Daniel started, and I went and took my place with the others behind Daniel as he talked, "Our argument; nothing but targeted deception. So I want you to look, look as closely as possible because the tricks you are about to see may not seem connected, but we assure you they are. Is what follows one-hundred different tricks, or is it one giant illusion?"

The stage blacked out, and I stood behind the curtain and watched as Daniel and Henley went on stage.

Jack wrapped his arms around me, and I squeezed him saying, "It took everything in me not to bounce around."

"You did great-"

"-Little chipmunk," I heard Merritt call me.

I kissed Jack on the jaw, and I skipped over to Merritt.

"Yeah, Mer-Mer?" I asked Merritt. He scowled at the nickname but said, "Since you're… gummy-infested, we decided that you would do a segment with Jack instead."

I just smiled and said, "Sure, why not. So what are we going to do?"

"Jack has all of that handled," Merritt said with a wave of his hand. I raised my eyebrow but said, "Okay! Have fun on stage!"

I then continued to skip back to Jack who watched the encounter with a couple laughs.

I hugged him tightly and he said, "I forgot how emotional you are when you're hyper."

I glared at him, and he kissed me on the head and said, "Love you."

I grinned and said, "I love you too."


Jack kissed me on the head leaving me with his jacket as he went on stage to do his trick. Then Merritt went.

"Can you do something for me?" Jack asked me as we watched Merritt.

I nodded and said, "Anything."

"Put your hands over your ears," Jack said with a smile. I shrugged and placed my hands over my ears.


3rd POV

"Now, I need you to all listen to me closely," Merritt said to the crowd, "Jack is going to do something very special for Ellie, but she doesn't know what it is about to happen, so if she says something, don't say anything. Okay?"

"Okay," The crowd answered. Merritt smiled and said, "Thank you! They'll be here right after this intermission."

Merritt ran off the stage, and Jack was taking Ellie's hands off her ears.


Ellie POV

Jack and I were headed on stage and I was a bit nervous. Now given I don't know what we're doing, so I don't know what to expect. But I didn't expect to see Henley, Merritt, and Daniel out on the stage too.

Jack stood beside them, and I crossed my arms and said, "What have you planned?"

"Not what we've planned, what Jack has planned," Henley said with a smile.

When the crowd didn't say anything I turned to them and said, "So you all are in on it too? Okay, I see how it is. Leave the short person out of it."

There were chuckles at that.

Daniel, Henley, and Merritt walked off the stage, and I narrowed my eyes at Jack who just smiled, and said, "Can you go get me a pen?"

I sighed and as I walked towards backstage I said, "Men, always forgetting things."

There were loud laughs at that. I grabbed the pen, and I headed back out and I was looking at my feet (I always hated heels) and when I looked up, the pen fell out of my hand.

Jack was in the middle of the stage on one knee with a ring in his hand. He looked so nervous, it was adorable.

"Ellie Genevieve Wayland," Jack started, "I know we've only been going out for a year, but I do know that I love you more than life itself," There were awe's, "And I want to spend the rest of it with you. I know you hate being called Eleanor," I made a face at the name and Jack chuckled and said, "I know you love gummy bears, chocolate, and coffee. I know you believe in Smurfs and think that you are one at times. You hate giraffes because they scare you; you're a vegetarian because you can't stand the thought of killing something, which makes it hard at times because you're allergic to dairy products. You have a birthmark that you swear looks like Darth Vader; you wanted to be Spiderman when you were ten because you thought that being a princess was too overrated. You sing obnoxiously loud when one of your favorite songs come on the radio, and you can't live without your boots. There's plenty more, but all you need to know is that I love you. Ellie, will you marry me?"

I responded by pulling him up and kissing him. As we pulled away, Jack said, "I take that as a yes?"

"Yes, you dummy," I pulled him down and kissed him and there was clapping and cheering. Jack slipped the ring on my finger, and I hugged him.

I then pulled away quickly and said, "But I do not sing obnoxiously loud."

Jack burst out laughing and I just smiled and said, "I'm kidding."

Then I turned and said, "Maybe."

Jack just pulled me into his arms and I smiled and there were cheers. He pulled me off the stage, and we were both grinning as we headed backstage.


AN: Told you it was big ;)