"I don't think I can make her any angrier than she already is." Troian said, completely frustrated.
"This isn't forever, Spence. Once we figure out who A is, all will be forgiven." Hanna added comfortingly as she took in her friend's really strung out and fidgety mannerisms.
"And cut! That was good, ladies! Just a few more minutes and we'll go again." The director said as the two girls nodded.
"Look at you, just thinking about fighting with Shannon and you're twitching like crazy." The blonde said as she still noticed Troian's apparent uncomfortableness.
"I can't help it, you made me nervous!" The brunette replied.
"About what?"
"The whole blind-date project thing." The brunette said as the blonde's eyes widened.
"You still haven't told her! Troian!" Ashley scolded as the brunette looked guilty.
"It's only been like 4 days since I told you about it!" The brunette tried to fight back.
"You need to tell her before it gets announced online and she finds out that way." The blonde said honestly as Troian nodded knowingly.
"Hey, babe." Shay said when Troian walked into her kitchen that night after a full day on set.
"Hi honey." She said with a smile, wrapping her arms around her fiancée's neck before leaning in to give her a kiss.
"How was your day?"
"Good, thanks. Ashley and I always manage to get more laughing takes than serious ones." Troian said with a smirk and a chuckle.
"Yeah, I think any Ashley scene generally ends up in more laughs than usable takes." Shay said fondly.
"So I have some cool news." Troian said, unsure of how to start out her story.
"Yeah? Do share." Shay said, handing her fiancée a glass of wine before sitting down at the kitchen island with her.
"I got approached to volunteer for this acting play in a few weeks. It's at this bar in LA. So it's called the blind-date project and basically this girl comes out and sees this person that she's on this date for the first time, so then it just commences like an actual date. Ad-libbing is happening and it's supposed to be hilarious." Troian said quickly as Shay's eyebrows creased.
"So basically, you'd be going out with this girl?" The raven-haired girl asked sharply as Troian sat up straighter.
"Not at all, it would be like for 2 hours one night and it's all completely acted out." Troian explained.
"Well it still sounds like a date to me! What, now that we're engaged you're just bored?" The tanned girl asked angrily as she stood up and walked to the fridge.
"Of course not! That's preposterous! You know how much I love you! I don't even look at anyone other than you and you know that!" Troian said, standing up from her seat as she watched Shay turn around with a smile on her face.
"I know, babe. Ashley actually told me about this the other day." Shay said with a slight grin as Troian's jaw dropped.
"She did what?"
"Yeah, she told me all about your conversation and I decided to have a tiny bit of fun with this." The tanned girl replied as Troian shook her head, disbelievingly.
"You guys are both so mean! That was not cool."
"I'm sorry, babe. Honestly though, I think you should do it. It sounds like it has the potential to be hilarious." She said sincerely as Troian glared at her slightly.
"Was Ashley serious though when she said you get jealous easily? Because I feel like that's something I should know as your fiancée."
"Honestly, I used to. I haven't really gotten jealous since we got engaged because I realized how concrete we are."
"I don't want you to be jealous or uncomfortable with anything I do." Troian said seriously.
"I know, babe. And I really don't get jealous often because I know you and how serious you are about us. But at the same time, you're so incredibly beautiful and you constantly walk around like you don't know that and you're so friendly. So when people do hit on you and make you laugh or something, it does make me a little jealous." She admitted as Troian looked at her with a small smile.
"As long as you know that I don't care about those people who make me laugh nearly as much as I do about you. You mean everything to me."
"I know. And I love you for that because you mean everything to me, too." She said, bringing her fiancée into a hug.
"And for the record, I get insanely jealous when I know what you have a kissing scene coming up on the show." Troian added as she looked down at her feet.
"You're adorable. And I can definitely relate, I can barely handle watching you kiss Keegan." Shay replied as Troian looked up and met her eyes.
"Well I won't even watch when you're kissing another girl." Troian added as Shay's face got suddenly serious again.
"Is that why you always get up to go to the bathroom when you know I have a kissing scene coming up when we watch episodes together? And you're not kissing this blind date, are you?"
"Of course not! I reserve all of my off screen kisses just for you! And yes, I reread the script to see when you have a kiss and then I go to the bathroom before that happens when we watch the show together."
"Well I should hope so. And you're adorable."
The next day at work, Troian was grabbing something from her car before she walked back on stage.
"I'm really sorry. Oh, wow. Hi." The brunette said as she almost ran into someone as she walked around the corner of the building.
"That's alright! Hi. You're Troian Bellisario, right?" The older lady asked as Troian's jaw dropped.
"That's right. I'm a huge fan of yours, Ellen." Troian said as Ellen smiled happily, the two shook hands before Ellen started talking again.
"Thank you. I've seen your show a few times and it's really good. Portia absolutely loves it." The blonde said sincerely.
"Are you serious? That's incredible, thank you so much."
"Okay, so it's actually perfect that I ran into you. I'm in a bit of a bind at the moment. My guest who was supposed to be on the show today is really sick and can't make it in. Is there any way you could step in today?" She asked as Troian started nodding slowly.
"That would be amazing, of course. I don't start filming for another two and a half hours, so if it's sometime soon I can do it."
"Well you look like you're just fresh out of the makeup trailer." Ellen noticed as Troian smiled.
"I am, and these are my character's clothes." She said, gesturing to the dark blue jeans, her crisp, white dress shirt, and dark blue blazer with white piping.
"Well they'll be just perfect. We normally start filming in about half an hour?" Ellen said as Troian's eyes widened.
"That's perfect!"
"Oh, yes. Thank you so much! You're a lifesaver! I'll have one of my producers come talk to you in a few minutes."
"I'm honored to do it, thanks so much." Troian said sincerely as Ellen was about to walk away when they heard a voice call out for Troian.
"T? Where are you?" Shay's voice wafted from around the corner as she went in search of her fiancée.
"Right here, Shan." Troian called out, giving Ellen a nervous smile.
"Oh, great. Can I grab your car keys from you, babe? I think I left my charger in there." She asked as she walked around the corner, stopping firmly once she saw Ellen, who chuckled at the surprised look on her face.
"Shan, this is Ellen. Ellen, this is my fiancée, Shay Mitchell." Troian introduced as Shay walked forward and shook Ellen's hand happily.
"It's great to finally meet you." Shay said with a huge smile on her face.
"It's nice to meet you, too. You're both great on PLL." Ellen said as Shay looked at Troian disbelievingly.
"Thank you so much." The raven-haired girl responded.
"Why don't you bring your fiancée on today, Troian?" Ellen suggested with a grin.
"That would be amazing." The brunette said honestly with a huge smile.
"Perfect, I have to run, but I'll see you both in a little bit." Ellen said with a smile, heading in the direction of her stage.
"What was all that about, babe?" Shay asked with a smile on her face.
"Uh, we're Ellen's guests on the show today."
"Oh, you're funny, Bellisario." She said with a smile before she noticed Troian's unchanging face. "Are you serious?"
"Yeah. Her guest is sick and couldn't come and then we literally almost ran into each other and everything fell into place."
"That's crazy. And she wants me on the show with you?"
"I guess. So we should go get our makeup touched up and talk about what we should say. And maybe let Marlene know really fast before we just disappear for a while." Troian spouted off as her fiancée just nodded, still somewhat in shock.