Disclaimer: These characters belong to Stephanie Meyers
Chapter 7
Bella Pov
The next week Victoria set up the very first show and tell segment. Her challenge was to pretend to molest James openly and see how many people stop them at the mall.
Lauren is trying her hand at videography since James is in the shoot today.
"I'm James," James smiles and claps his hands together looking quite adorable and a little nervous, "..."And I'm Victoria." Victoria does a little wave and smiles at the camera before continuing. "We received a request on Twitter from Jaebluebaby with a perfect experiment for today to debut our new segment called Show N Tell. Meaning, we show how people react to a particular situation, much like we've done in the past." She takes a breath and James, ever the professional, jumps right in as if reading a teleprompter. They really are the perfect couple.
"One difference being that now we are live and in the feed, we are going to relay how the general public reacted and then tell how their reaction made us feel."
"Show the situation." Victoria jumps in when James pauses.
"Tell our personal reaction." James says, with a lopsided grin.
"If it is something you guys like, leave us a comment, and we'll continue."
James claps his hands together and turns to Victoria with his arms outstretched. "Now get ready to molest me, baby."
She laughs genuinely, probably not expecting him to say that, but the camera catches the brief and rare moment of a real smile.
Victoria takes a step back. "You should try first. I'm sure the reaction would be quite interesting."
"We have over two thousand viewers right now," Alice says with her face buried in the computer. I don't turn to look at her, but I nod in acknowledgment, because holy hell, that's a lot of people.
"Thumbs up for James to go first. Comments are flying in." Alice says to Lauren, and she quickly gives James a thumbs up.
He nods and they proceed with their social experiment.
Victoria walks away looking quite shaken up for a girl in no real danger. No wonder the girl is in film and production, she's also an amazing actress.
James follows after her first at a respectable distance, but he quickens his pace and begins to harass her.
Victoria walks in front of a group of middle-aged women, and she frantically pulls away from him as he grabs her hips and pushes up against her.
"I told you to stop! Leave me alone." She gains the attention of all the women and says, "Please help me! He's following me."
The women quickly step in between them and one of the women get in James' face.
"What's your problem? She said to leave her alone, so leave her alone."
James grins wickedly, shoving his hands deep into his pockets as he slowly backs away. He puckers his lips at Victoria and licks his lips, further upsetting the women.
"Get out of here!" One shouts and makes a move towards him, her shopping bag swinging in the air. His eyes widen, and he quickly turns the corner and out of sight.
I laugh so hard at the expression on his face I can barely catch my breath.
"They are eating this bullshit up," Alice says before sitting back in her seat. "Three thousand five hundred viewers and over one thousand shares on social media."
"This is big, Alice. What do you think about it so far?"
She shrugs with one shoulder and takes a swig of her water. "It's practically the same. I just wanted to make sure."
I nod, understanding where she's coming from. "Where's Rose?"
"She's taking her SATs today," Alice says and then sighs because I know she's having the same thought that I'm having.
Our grades aren't good enough for college, but of course, Rose's grades are. No matter how much fun the girl has, school takes priority. There's no doubt in my mind she's going to have great scores and make it into a top notch college.
In the midst of my thoughts, I hear someone behind me whisper in my ear. "Hey, Princess."