A/N: Thanks for the reviews. I told you I'd try to update by Friday. Anyway, about this interactive business, just because the question is asked doesn't mean that the results will appear in the next chapter necessarily. I mean, if my some case I write more than one chapter at a time that just wouldn't be possible. Anyway, thanks for voting and I hope you like the story.
Also, there's about to be a slight twist in this reality show.
Oh, and TKDScorpius, is what you were trying to say a vote because that is kind of along the lines of C.
Chapter Seven
The next morning, Lizzie and Gordo woke up to the sound of knocking on their door. Gordo looked over at Lizzie who just turned her head away and covered her head with her pillows. "You want to get that?" Gordo asked.
"No. I'm supposed to be a snob on this show, remember?"
"Ugh," Gordo said and he started to get up, "Fine. I'll get it!" He disappeared from their bedroom and answered the door to find some middle-aged woman with a headset on the other side.
The woman looked over Gordo, "Nice pajamas," she commented.
"Thanks," Gordo said, still tired, he opened the door even more to let her in and yawned, "What time is it?"
"Eight. You have a production meeting at nine," she said, "So you better hurry up." She let herself in.
"What? A production meeting?? Why? I thought this was supposed to be reality television. You know, where everything that happens isn't acting."
The lady shrugged as she looked at Gordo, "Yeah, well I hate to break it to you, but this isn't about reality, this is about ratings."
Gordo raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms, "You mean to tell me that I might have to act?"
The woman rolled her eyes, annoyed with the questions, "Yeah. You read the contract, didn't you?"
No, he didn't. His name also wasn't Daniel, but he wasn't about to tell her that, so he smiled politely and said, "Fine, I'll be there at nine."
"Good," the woman said, "and bring your partner if you can too, eh?"
"Yeah, okay," Gordo said and the woman left and Gordo shut the door. He was familiar with production meetings, as he was a director. He knew that real reality shows didn't have them because real reality shows were about surprise. Now, all he had to do was tell Lizzie. He smiled, "Oh, Tory, darling," he called as he walked into the bedroom to Lizzie sprawled all over the bed. He may have hated her, but he had to admit she was beautiful, as she lay there so peacefully.
Lizzie opened her eyes, to see Gordo standing there, "Oh, God, this isn't just a horrible nightmare!"
Gordo rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah. Well, time to get up. We have a production meeting in an hour."
"What's that?"
"A meeting to go over the day's plans," he said as he walked over to his suitcases to look for something.
"Wait," Lizzie said as she sat up, "I thought this was supposed to be reality."
Gordo shrugged, "Yeah, well apparently, it isn't as real as we thought it was going to be."
Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Great, Okay. Well, you go ahead and take a shower. I'm going to get something to eat."
"No, you can take the shower first," Gordo said as he pulled a folder from his suitcase.
Lizzie looked at him and then the folder, "What's that."
"The contract. I want to look it over and see if there is anything else we need to know about this little game before we get too far into it."
Lizzie shrugged, "Well, if you find anything, let me know."
"Okay," Gordo said. Lizzie walked past him and into the bathroom. Gordo started skimming the contract, and stopped when he found the following statement:
"The network holds the right to hold production meetings every day at a given time. There, the producers and contestants are to meet and discuss the day's upcoming events. The network holds the right to request certain acts of conduct, such as talking, fighting, kissing, and any other act that may come up. The network also holds the right to ask that you say certain things to particular persons. If you do not agree to do something the network asks you to do, we hold the right to dismiss you from the show and sue you for $100,000."
Of course, it was in small print, so Gordo never saw it before, and now he was furious. Basically, the networks were telling the contestants to act out everything. This wasn't reality, this was a sitcom. The producers of this show might as well hand them a script and give them props. Gordo was just about ready to pull out of the show when he came across another paragraph.
"The winner(s) at the end of the show will receive the sum of money that they were told they would be given. However, everyone else will also be given $50,000 for cooperating with the network, unless you break one of the codes of conduct or do not cooperate with the producer."
So despite this all being a scam, it was also an acting job? Gordo still wasn't crazy about this whole idea, but he decided he couldn't break the contract. Well, he could, but he knew he couldn't afford to break the contract.
~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Sorry it was so short, but the next question involves the production meeting. Are you all clear what is happening with this? This show is pretty much a set-up and everyone who participates is acting.
Anyway, Among other things, what should happen in today's production meeting?
a) The producers ask "Tory" to dress more provocatively to fit her image?
b) The producers ask that a couple stages a fight (not Tory and Daniel)
c) Or the producers ask that someone flirts with someone other than their chosen partner?
The next chapter should either be really long or there will be three coming at once or something. Please have patience as I will try to do something this weekend, but I can't make any promises. As always, if you have the time, review and tell me what you think by e-mail (tabbag7@yahoo.com) or review. Thanks!
Also, there's about to be a slight twist in this reality show.
Oh, and TKDScorpius, is what you were trying to say a vote because that is kind of along the lines of C.
Chapter Seven
The next morning, Lizzie and Gordo woke up to the sound of knocking on their door. Gordo looked over at Lizzie who just turned her head away and covered her head with her pillows. "You want to get that?" Gordo asked.
"No. I'm supposed to be a snob on this show, remember?"
"Ugh," Gordo said and he started to get up, "Fine. I'll get it!" He disappeared from their bedroom and answered the door to find some middle-aged woman with a headset on the other side.
The woman looked over Gordo, "Nice pajamas," she commented.
"Thanks," Gordo said, still tired, he opened the door even more to let her in and yawned, "What time is it?"
"Eight. You have a production meeting at nine," she said, "So you better hurry up." She let herself in.
"What? A production meeting?? Why? I thought this was supposed to be reality television. You know, where everything that happens isn't acting."
The lady shrugged as she looked at Gordo, "Yeah, well I hate to break it to you, but this isn't about reality, this is about ratings."
Gordo raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms, "You mean to tell me that I might have to act?"
The woman rolled her eyes, annoyed with the questions, "Yeah. You read the contract, didn't you?"
No, he didn't. His name also wasn't Daniel, but he wasn't about to tell her that, so he smiled politely and said, "Fine, I'll be there at nine."
"Good," the woman said, "and bring your partner if you can too, eh?"
"Yeah, okay," Gordo said and the woman left and Gordo shut the door. He was familiar with production meetings, as he was a director. He knew that real reality shows didn't have them because real reality shows were about surprise. Now, all he had to do was tell Lizzie. He smiled, "Oh, Tory, darling," he called as he walked into the bedroom to Lizzie sprawled all over the bed. He may have hated her, but he had to admit she was beautiful, as she lay there so peacefully.
Lizzie opened her eyes, to see Gordo standing there, "Oh, God, this isn't just a horrible nightmare!"
Gordo rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah. Well, time to get up. We have a production meeting in an hour."
"What's that?"
"A meeting to go over the day's plans," he said as he walked over to his suitcases to look for something.
"Wait," Lizzie said as she sat up, "I thought this was supposed to be reality."
Gordo shrugged, "Yeah, well apparently, it isn't as real as we thought it was going to be."
Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Great, Okay. Well, you go ahead and take a shower. I'm going to get something to eat."
"No, you can take the shower first," Gordo said as he pulled a folder from his suitcase.
Lizzie looked at him and then the folder, "What's that."
"The contract. I want to look it over and see if there is anything else we need to know about this little game before we get too far into it."
Lizzie shrugged, "Well, if you find anything, let me know."
"Okay," Gordo said. Lizzie walked past him and into the bathroom. Gordo started skimming the contract, and stopped when he found the following statement:
"The network holds the right to hold production meetings every day at a given time. There, the producers and contestants are to meet and discuss the day's upcoming events. The network holds the right to request certain acts of conduct, such as talking, fighting, kissing, and any other act that may come up. The network also holds the right to ask that you say certain things to particular persons. If you do not agree to do something the network asks you to do, we hold the right to dismiss you from the show and sue you for $100,000."
Of course, it was in small print, so Gordo never saw it before, and now he was furious. Basically, the networks were telling the contestants to act out everything. This wasn't reality, this was a sitcom. The producers of this show might as well hand them a script and give them props. Gordo was just about ready to pull out of the show when he came across another paragraph.
"The winner(s) at the end of the show will receive the sum of money that they were told they would be given. However, everyone else will also be given $50,000 for cooperating with the network, unless you break one of the codes of conduct or do not cooperate with the producer."
So despite this all being a scam, it was also an acting job? Gordo still wasn't crazy about this whole idea, but he decided he couldn't break the contract. Well, he could, but he knew he couldn't afford to break the contract.
~*~*~*~*~
A/N: Sorry it was so short, but the next question involves the production meeting. Are you all clear what is happening with this? This show is pretty much a set-up and everyone who participates is acting.
Anyway, Among other things, what should happen in today's production meeting?
a) The producers ask "Tory" to dress more provocatively to fit her image?
b) The producers ask that a couple stages a fight (not Tory and Daniel)
c) Or the producers ask that someone flirts with someone other than their chosen partner?
The next chapter should either be really long or there will be three coming at once or something. Please have patience as I will try to do something this weekend, but I can't make any promises. As always, if you have the time, review and tell me what you think by e-mail (tabbag7@yahoo.com) or review. Thanks!