Hey babes! Back with a new chapter for ya! This was a pretty fun one that I decided to include. Doesn't necessarily move the story along, per se, but it's just kind of fun. :)

Enjoy!

"Grant!"

Turning his head at hearing his name, Grant finds one of the crew members for the show moving quickly toward him, a manila envelope clutched tightly in one hand as he adjusts the radio clipped on his hip.

"Hey, Mikey, what's up?"

"This came to the studio, addressed to you. Note on the front said it's really important."

"Okay, thanks." He takes the envelope held out to him and gives the man a small smile and quick nod, watching as he leaves, muttering something into his headset as he goes.

Settling further into his chair, he tears open the top of the envelope and pulls out a folded sheet of paper. He's gotten a lot of fan letters over the course of his career, but none of them have ever been hand-delivered like this particular one was.

Letting his eyes scan over the words, he reads the note carefully to himself.

Hi

My name is Bethany and I'm a really big fan of 'Secret War: Fire and Earth' and have been loving what you guys are doing with the show so far, even though it's only just started airing. And I'm really excited to see what's going to happen as it goes on.
Anyways, recently, I started working on putting together a Breast Cancer support group/organization that was based on an Instagram caption you put out where you wrote "back at it", but some of the fans thought you had said "back a tit".
So I decided to take that on as the slogan and all-encompassing message for my organization. It's all in honor of my only auntie who's suffered twice from it and survived both times, thankfully.
I was hoping that you'd maybe consider signing a photo or something from the show for me to auction off as part of the start of the whole thing to raise money to donate to various cancer research groups.
I understand if you don't have the time to do so, but I'd really appreciate it if you would as this whole thing really means a lot to me.

Thanks,
Bethany Moore

"Hey, Skye, check this out," Grant calls out to his co-star, his eyes briefly looking up from the letter when he catches her out of the corner of his eye walking past him.

"What's up?" Skye asks as she walks over, swallowing the bit of bagel in her mouth and falling down into her chair next to him.

"I just got this letter from a fan. Apparently she started some kind of campaign from something I said on Instagram."

"Well you've said a lot of dumb stuff on there since I've known you, so what stupid thing did she pick?"

He rolls his eyes at her remark. "I'm not that dumb on Instagram."

"Grant, you're like the king of dumb captions."

He sighs. "I'm not going to argue with you about this anymore because I can already tell it's a losing battle for me."

"Glad you recognize that. So what exactly is this campaign?"

"Apparently, she started a Breast Cancer campaign from one of the hashtags I used. I wrote 'back at it' but I guess a lot of people thought I wrote 'back a tit'."

"Huh."

"Right?" He looks down at the letter again. "She asked if I could sign something to send to her so she can auction it off to raise money for the start of the campaign."

"So what are you gonna sign and send to her?" she asks, taking another bite of her food.

His brows furrow together. "I haven't decided that yet. At first, I was thinking of a photo or something, because that's what she asked for in her letter."

Skye rolls her eyes and grabs the paper out of his hand to skim over it with her own eyes. "Oh, come on, Grant. Literally everyone in this business does signed photos for this kind of stuff. You can totally do something better than that."

"I know. That's why I said it was my first thought. Not my final decision."

She swallows the last of her bagel, her eyes still on the paper. "Good. Because that idea sucked. Everyone does that kind of stuff." She looks up at him with a wide grin. "We can totally do them one better."

He smiles back at her. "That's exactly what I was thinking."

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Bethany,

This is Grant Ward, and I'm writing on behalf of myself and my co-star, Skye. We read your letter, and we would both be honored to send you something signed for your auction.
However, instead of just a regular old signed photograph, we wanted to up the ante a little. I talked with Skye, and we've come up with a few ideas for items that you could auction off that might get you more money than a simple autographed photo might have.
At the bottom of this letter is an email address that you can reach me at so that we can discuss details further for this and really hash everything out.
We both look forward to working with you.

-Grant Ward

"Alright, what do you think?" Grant asks, pushing the sheet of paper across the table so Skye can read through it and see if there's anything she wants to add to it. Or take out of it. It's a collaborative effort.

Her eyes scan over the page and then she nods, looking up at him. "It's good. But you should probably put that it was mainly my idea."

"Skye…"

She holds her hands up. "Fine, fine. It's good how it is." She slides the paper back over to him.

"Thank you. Now just to send it."

"Oh, I wish I could be a fly on the wall when she gets this letter," Skye remarks, leaning back in her chair and folding her arms across her chest. "I bet she's going to freak out when she gets it."

"Yeah?"

Skye nods. "Oh, yeah. If I was in her position I would freak out too. Getting a letter from one of your favorite celebrities would make any fan freak out. In a good way, of course."

"Well, then we better get this letter sent off." He stands from his chair and holds his arm out to her, a smile on his face. "Care to join me in the mailing process?"

She grins, standing and looping her arm through his. "Absolutely."

Now that certain things have been talked about and finalized, I can officially announce that *SkyesTheLimit and I have decided to become mascots of sorts for the BackATit campaign, raising money for various breast cancer, and other cancers, groups, support and otherwise.
This is some amazing work being done by one amazing individual. Hit up the link in my bio for your chance to win a FaceTime call with myself and Skye. We can talk about you, us, the show, whatever you want. Just no spoilers. ;)
Give a donation of at least five dollars through the official link and you're automatically entered to win. Even if you aren't the grand prize winner, a select few others will have their pick at some other neat items being modeled above by fellow cast members.
Winners will be chosen at random just after the start of the new year, so be sure to get your entries in as soon as possible.
#BackATit #charity #auction #SecretWar #SecretWarriors #fightcancer #cancersucks #fcancer

Skye smiles as she reads over the caption on Grant's latest Instagram post, making a mental note to repost it later to her own account.

As she continues scrolling, her screen shifts to an incoming call. Her best friend's face pops up on the screen, an old photo that they took forever ago before she became a famous actress. She hits the answer call button and holds the device up as she leans back against her pillow.

"Hey, pretty lady."

"You are a true hero, Skye."

She laughs quietly. "And what exactly am I a hero for?"

"For donating to that girl's charity auction."

Skye waves off her friend, even though she can't see her. "Oh, it was nothing. The letter was originally addressed to Grant, but I wanted to get in on it too. It seemed like fun."

"Well, I'm sure that girl was thrilled."

"And so will be the person who actually wins the auction," Skye says.

"Whose idea was it to make that the prize?"

She shrugs. "Mostly mine, but Grant contributed a little."

"Right."

"I'm serious."

"I know."

"Then why did you sound skeptical?" Skye asks.

"You always think I sound skeptical."

"Because you always do sound skeptical."

"Can you really blame me when I have you for a best friend?"

Skye tilts her head in thought. "No, I guess I can't."

"Seriously, though," Bobbi says, "it's a pretty cool auction prize. If I couldn't FaceTime you whenever I wanted to already then I'd most definitely enter it."

"You still can," Skye tells her. "I'll just make sure you don't win the grand prize."

"Now what kind of best friend does that make you?"

"The kind who wants a random fan out there to win and have the chance to feel special."

"Alright, alright, I see your point."

"I'm glad that you do."

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*agenthaywood: Dude. Are Grant and Skye really the faces of *BackATit? Because I am so down for that. True heroes, you guys.

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*AnnikaDavila: I wanna enter to win but knowing me and my luck I probably won't win. But it's for a good cause, so I guess I probably will anyway.

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Until next time,
Jellybean96 out!