Don't own anything of the vampire diaries (obviously) and this is completely made up. Never happened. I can only hope it does some day.

Beautiful people who ship Jodice or you wouldn't have continued this far into the story, hi! I'm going to try to update this every Thursday to keep it rolling. Thank you for reading because you couldn't be reading this A/N if you quit the first chapter. I love you! Seriously!

Candice stretched her neck out as Melissa gave her a thirty second break from makeup. This was the day they were shooting yet another ball, and Caroline had to look like a fricken princess. She'd had her makeup done, been rejected by Julie, then had it completely redone at least four times now. "How long is this going to last?" Candice moaned with her eyes closed.

Melissa sighed. "You know I can't answer. However long it takes for Julie to think you're magical enough." She played around with different shades of blush on the back of her hand. "You guys start filming in three hours, so it could be that long…"

Candice moaned again in disapproval. "God, Melissa, get it right, for heaven's sake!" she teased, trying to lighten up the mood.

And it did work. Melissa turned back around and dabbed a hard brush on the tip of Candice's nose. Candice frowned at her and mumbled an 'ouch.' "Alright," Melissa started to say. "Look at me…" And they started the entire routine all over again.

Nearly half an hour later, they were interrupted by Andrew bursting through the door of the room. "Hey, where's Cand– Excuse me!" he sang as his eyes landed on the blonde. "You guys start shooting in two hours, and I still need to make touches on your outfit!" he complained.

Melissa didn't even look up at him, just leaned closer to carefully eye Candice's lips as she brushed random strokes of lip liner on them. "Calm down, Jackson," she said, calling him by his last name because she knew he hated it. "You've got two hours and a half, plenty of time."

Andrew scoffed. "You've got Klaus to complete, too. You think you can get him done within three hours?" he questioned with his sassy face.

"Um, yeah. Joseph doesn't take very much makeup at all," she replied to him, finally letting her eyes flicker to him for a moment.

Andrew huffed. "Candice, please tell her how serious this is!"

Candice tried to reply to Andrew without moving her lips. It didn't work very well. Her response ended up being something like, "Ell, e can get the dress done in just a cou-le 'inutes. I'll e out there in dirty 'inutes," she told him.

Andrew rolled his eyes and went to storm out, but stopped and turned back to them. "If I get fired for this, you're paying my rent," he informed Candice before slamming the door shut on them.

Melissa hissed in a fake 'oh no.' "Good going, Candice. Now you're going to have to pay his twenty dollars to the gas station he sleeps behind," she chuckled.

Candice smiled against her will. "That's not nice!"

"Then why are you laughing?" Melissa questioned as she went back to the makeup. "Alright, serious face. Gotta get this done."

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"You're comparing me to Damon, now?" Nina demanded Paul, putting hurt and anger into her words. They were at the ball, out on a balcony, surrounded by cameras and boom mikes, but acting like they were the only ones on the planet.

"I'm not comparing you, Elena, I'm just telling you how close you are to becoming like him," he said, getting right in her face like he always did when Stefan was angered.

Nina exhaled a nasty chuckle. "I'm better off being like him than being like you!" she retorted.

Her words were what broke the angry mood and changed it to awkward and heartbreaking. Nina shook her head. "Stefan, I didn't mean for it to come out like that–"

Paul held his hand up as he took a step back. "Save it, Elena. You meant what you said," he said in a low voice. He turned and walked away. "I hope you know what you're doing," he said an unscripted line as he continued walking. The camera was getting a perfect shot of his upset face and her regretful look.

"Cut! Excellent," the director called to them, taking off his headphones and hanging them around his neck. "We may need to voice over some words, but other than that, this was great," he congratulated Paul and Nina. He moved over and picked up his clipboard. "Alright. Nina, you're with me for the next scene. Paul, they need you in the Wardrobe to fix some tie issues," he said while poking Paul's tie, like he could fix it with his finger.

This was the director they liked, Timothy Carl. The bad one that no one liked had left the previous day after he finished up his episodes. His name was Matthew; Steven had found that out while snooping. Apparently he was supposed to be an anonymous director, but Steven hated secrets.

Nina followed Timothy out of the stage room and down the hall to the next room with someone's bed room set up in it. "What scene are we doing?" she asked, frowning. But she soon figured it out. "Oh, this is the awkward triangle scene, right," she answered herself.

Everywhere she looked, people were setting things up. Sound guys were adjusting their microphones above the bed and by the door, camera men were setting up the shots, and over in touch ups, Candice and Joseph were both talking, probably getting the "Awkward" conversation out of the way.

Candice nodded. "Alright, so…this scene is…" she trailed off.

Joseph smirked at her inability to speak. "Uncomfortable?" he asked. He chuckled. "Why? We've both done these scenes before. This is just show business," he waved off the problem.

Candice sighed a smile. "Okay, great," she exclaimed, glad that they were on the same page.

Nina walked over to them, holding up her giant skirt and doing her best not to step on the huge petticoat under her skirt. "You guys ready?" she asked the confident man and slightly blushing blonde.

Joseph looked at Candice. "I am, but I don't get the feeling that someone's quite ready to throw me on a bed yet…"

Candice looked up at him and frowned like he was crazy. "Ppth, are you kidding me?" she said, completely lying in order to save herself. "I'm so ready to just…jump you and rip your clothes off," she said with not so much confidence.

Joseph raised his eyebrows at her. "Is that so?" he questioned her.

Nina smirked at the two of them.

Candice took a deep breath. "Alright, so I'm a little not ready," she returned to Nina. "But only," she started, pointing at Joseph, "because my dad is watching this week's episode and I'm afraid he's going to ground me."

Nina and Joseph laughed at her. Joseph nodded. "Alright, I'll buy that," he said, patting her back. They both knew that he didn't really believe her, but that he was just humoring her to make her feel more comfortable.

"Hey, stars!" Timothy called out to them. "Get ready, we're going to go soon," he informed them.

The three of them made their way over to their set seats, looking at everyone go through the motions. Both Candice and Nina had a hard time sitting in their wooden seats and keeping their skirts under control. Joseph raised his eyebrows at the two of them while they fought "discreetly" with the fabric.

Candice caught his look and smacked his arm. "I'd like to see you wear one of these," she whispered at him while the camera men checked to make sure everything was in order.

Joseph leaned closer and smiled. "What makes you think I haven't?" he asked.

Candice gave him a disappointed look. "Oh my God. You are gay," she said like it was something she'd been afraid of. That had been a joke on set – informing random people that they were homosexual.

Joseph glared at her as they both leaned away and pretended to busy themselves with their fingernails, also a joke they had.

Nina had her phone out and was texting Kat, informing her what set she was at and when their scene together was. They all had to look to one another for the right times. Sometimes pranks were played by telling someone false information. So you always had to be cautious about who you believed. Once, Steven had walked right into the Salvatore's house as Elena and Stefan had a make out session. They got the entire blooper on camera and it was sure to end up on the special features for that season.

Joseph held his hand out to Candice, a small white bud sat in his hand. "Mint?"

Candice glared at him. "Now, is that just courtesy, or a message?" she questioned as she took it from him and popped it into her mouth.

Joseph raised his eyebrows, closed his eyes, turned his head, and coughed, lifting another mint out to her. Candice smacked him again and he laughed at her. "You're such a dick!" she whispered.

Joseph tossed the mint into his own mouth and winked at her.

Timothy turned to look at them with a questioning look. Candice nodded and Joseph gave him thumbs up as they both got out of their seats and walked onto the set. Joseph stood at the foot of the bed and looked around, getting his eyes used to the lights flashing at him. "How do you want this to work? The scene starting with us going at it, or her, like, attacking me?" he asked.

Candice pulled her gloves up higher on her arms, licking her lips as she waited for the answer.

"Um…" was what Timothy responded with. "I don't know… Try it both ways. Shove him onto the bed first, and we'll just go from there. Lights? Cameras? Stars?" he asked. Candice took that as her queue to get ready. She put her hands on Joseph's chest, getting ready to shove him. Joseph placed his feet one in front of the other. He was intending on launching himself backwards with her push, making it look like she really had vampire strength. "Aaand action!"

Candice took everything she had and shoved Joseph back, which he kicked off the ground and landed harshly on the bed behind him. Joseph looked up at her with bewilderment and anticipation. Candice gave him an evil smirk and followed after him, crashing on top of him gracefully. Their mouths immediately found one another and went into a dominance battle. Candice was sure to flip her hair over her head so the camera got the side shot it was going for. Her hands worked at his tie and buttons of his shirt. His hands were in her hair, pulling her closer.

Candice moaned when he moved his lips to her neck. She wasn't acting anymore. At first she'd felt self-conscious like she always did when being sexual in front of the entire crew, but she felt completely in ecstasy as Joseph flexed his fingers on her sides and pulled her into him, almost in an upward circular motion. Candice closed her eyes as she inhaled his hair's scent. Her hands clawed at his chest as she breathed audibly.

That was when the door opened, and Candice remembered she had lines. "Caroline!?" Nina exclaimed, wiping her face of tears. Candice snapped her head in Nina's direction, but Joseph continued to look at Candice with a longing look, also irritation for having been interrupted. "What the hell are you doing?" Nina went on.

Candice scrambled to roll off of Joseph and stood by the bed with a guilty look on her face. "Elena, calm down. Don't freak out–"

"Caroline, what is going on here?"

Joseph was on his feet now, standing literally right behind Candice. She felt his chest against her backless dress. "Exactly what it looks like, doppelganger," he snapped at her. "And may I point out how incredibly rude it is to ruin other people's fun," he sneered, "especially when you weren't invited."

Candice elbowed him in the gut. But he was Klaus, so he didn't budge at all. Nina gave them her 'I'm figuring it out' look and slowly frowned. "Are you two together?"

Candice was quick to set Nina's character straight. "No, we're–"

"You're sleeping with the enemy?" Nina continued, doing well to make Elena look annoying. "Caroline, how could you!?"

Candice tilted her head to the side. "I'm sorry, what?" she asked. She felt Joseph behind her also giving an angered vibe towards Nina. "Are you telling me that me being with Klaus isn't allowed?"

Nina shook her head. "He's Klaus! What the hell are you thinking?"

Candice's mouth opened in pure disbelief. "It's not okay for me to be with a killer, but by all means, why don't you go fall in love with three of them?" she snapped, crossing her arms.

"That's different," Nina tried to say.

"How?" Candice demanded. "God, Elena. I didn't realize how selfish you were."

"I'm not using them," she accused Candice. "You're going beyond what's okay to get answers out of him."

Candice laughed. "This isn't me trying to get answers." She turned slightly towards Joseph.

Nina raised her chin in the air. "Then what are you doing?"

Candice took Joseph's collar in her fist as she smirked at Nina. "Getting a new boyfriend." Joseph's hand was on her side, barely touching her, but just enough for her to recognize his touch.

Nina gawked at them for a good ten seconds. "Did he compel you?" she finally asked.

Candice scoffed and Joseph stepped forward before Candice could snap. "I think it would be best if you left now, sweetpea. Don't you?"

Nina stared wide-eyed at the two for a while before shaking her head and turning abruptly, leaving the room.

Candice sighed, keeping the scene going. Joseph looked at her with a serious expression. "Did you mean what you said?" he asked in a low tone.

Candice hesitated for a moment, then swallowed the regret and looked up at him, giving him a confident stare. "Yes, Klaus. I did," she said strongly. She breathed deeply and reached up to straighten out his tie, keeping her eyes off his. "Klaus… W–"

"Would you be my lady?" he asked, asking the question for her.

Candice looked up to his face, finally. She nodded. "Yeah," she agreed in a faint voice. "Yes, Klaus. I will."

Queue the dramatic stare….

And then Timothy called cut. "Good. Nina, excellent. Joseph, beautiful. Candice, wonderful mood swings," he complimented with a wink.

Joseph relaxed as he slowly slipped out of Klaus. But the director caught it. "Hold your horses, Klaus. You're not done. We're here, let's skip to the bed scene," he said loudly, letting everyone in the room know.

Candice panicked. "Actually, I was going to take a break and study those lines…"

Timothy shrugged with a frown. "So? You and Joseph can wing it. You know the gist of the conversation. Just go for it," he waved her off, looking at his clipboard and heading back to his high chair.

Candice turned to Joseph with the are you kidding me? look that they shared often. "Wing it?" she repeated to him. Joseph just shrugged his agreement and confusion as he made to crawl onto the bed they'd just made out on seconds ago.

Jeff passed Candice and leaned in close. "Don't worry. Julie's coming so she'll monitor lines," he reassured.

Candice nodded, thankful, and then followed Joseph onto the bed, lying down on one side while he laid down almost right next to her, their shoulder's touching. They now had to wait until all the cameras and boom mikes were positioned correctly above and beside them. Candice turned to look at Joseph, and he turned to return the look. "Who wrote this scene?" she asked.

Joseph shook his head. "I don't know. But it seems a tad random, if you ask me," he commented.

Timothy suddenly called to them. "Hey, can you guys do something to make it obvious you're touching?" he asked. He must have seen them through the cameras positioned straight above their heads. One close to Candice's face, one close to Joseph's, and then a third one hanging higher for the shot of both of them.

Joseph reached for Candice's hand. "That acceptable?" he asked loudly, staring at the camera dead on.

Timothy hummed his self-disagreement. "No…"

Joseph pulled her hand up onto his chest, holding it protectively. "Now?"

"Yeah! That's good." And then he went back to other preparations.

Candice laughed. "This episode just blows Klaus' affection up like three hundred sizes," she chuckled.

"Not at all," Joseph shook his head. But then he took Candice's wrist in his other hand and placed his fingers delicately over her elbow, pulling it out to stretch straight across his neck. He kissed her hand, then her wrist, then further up. "Oh, Morticia," he sighed against her in a very dramatic voice.

Candice laughed loudly and pulled her hand back. "They would totally do that!" she exclaimed.

"That's going on gag real, guys," a laughing Christopher called to them. Candice laughed even more and Joseph just smiled at the joke. Truth was, he was a tad embarrassed anyone had seen that. Somehow he'd just forgotten he wasn't alone with Candice.

"Alright, everyone," Timothy said suddenly. "We're ready. Stars?" he checked. Candice and Joseph both positively answered him as Joseph took Candice's hand again and put it over his chest, intertwining his fingers with hers.

"Lights, camera, action!"

The camera started at their feet and slowly scanned their bodies until it was lined above their awkward looking faces. Joseph's thumb gently rubbed over Candice's as he studied the ceiling.

Candice had her eyebrows knitted together in worry. "I just disowned my friend…" she said suddenly.

Joseph shook his head. "It was merely a spat, love. The two of you will be back on good terms before the week is through," he reassured her.

Candice chuckled. "I'm dating the bad guy. I don't think our fight is going to blow over that easily."

Joseph looked sideways at her. "Should we call off the idea, then? Go back to good vs. evil?"

Candice thought for a moment, then looked at him, noting how close he was to her. "No. I wasn't just saying all those things because I wanted to tick her off, Klaus," she said like she was upset he didn't know. "I really do want to be with you. Why do you keep refusing to believe that?"

Joseph had a thoughtful face on. He looked down at their hands and brought hers up to his lips, kissing the back of her hand as he thought. "Because no one has ever wanted me. When I was human, my father hated me, my mother was disgraced with me, and the woman I loved preferred Elijah. And even if Rebekah may act like she needs me to love her back, I know it's only because she loves family. I'm her brother – she wants me to act like it."

Candice frowned at his words. "I don't believe that."

Joseph nodded his head to the side. "You don't know my sister, now do you?"

Candice sighed and looked back up at the ceiling. "No, but I know me. And if you don't accept that I want to be with you, then I'm going to end up giving up on you."

Joseph's hands were now gently rubbing her skin, caressing her wrist and fingers. Candice was very aware of his fingers on her flesh, sending random, small tingles down her arm. Then she recalled the scene needing a kiss thrown into it at some point. Great, she thought. As if I wasn't nervous already.

"You have to give me time to trust you, love," Joseph said.

This was where they started making lines up. Candice knew that wasn't in the original script, but Timothy hadn't cut the scene yet, so it was still working for Julie this far. Candice rolled onto her side, allowing Joseph to continue holding her hand, playing up the romantic Klaus. "What can I do to speed up that process?" she asked.

Joseph looked at her in that adoring way he always managed to glue to his face when they acted. Actually, she'd seen him practice it even when they were just talking. He didn't really need the practice, though. The man was already a master at making hearts melt – especially when he looked at her like that.

"You cannot do anything… I just have to learn to trust you."

Candice shook her head. "That could take forever," she said in a disappointed whisper.

"Well, luckily, we have that time," he reminded.

Candice racked her brain for something cute or sassy to say back to him. But she couldn't think of anything but something incredibly romantic and cheesy – not very Caroline. But she'd just have to go with it. "You might. But I don't. I think I might go crazy if I have to wait even a year," she sighed, looking at their intertwined hands.

Joseph stroked her hand with his thumb. "I wish I could give you a more helpful answer," he said quietly. His accent made the scene – to Candice – even more sad and heartbreaking.

Candice looked at him with concerned eyes. She inhaled suddenly and leaned forward, softly and barely pressing her lips to his. His eyes instantly fluttered shut as he leaned closer to her, holding her hand tightly.

Candice had to be the one to pull back. Klaus needed to look like he wanted nothing more than to kiss her. She looked at him to see his eyes were still closed, still seeing fireworks. "Just promise not to leave until I've earned at least some of your trust," she requested.

Joseph rolled onto his side as well, wrapping his arm around her middle, pulling her closer, and burying his face under her neck, making Candice's stomach flutter. She closed her eyes as she hooked her arm up around his shoulder, holding him to her tightly. Joseph kissed her neck once and sighed. She didn't know why, though. There was no way the camera caught it. He was hidden by her hair. His hand still held hers as he tightened his arm around her.

That seemed to be good enough for Julie, because she called cut. "That was beautiful! You ignored the lines, but it worked," she started to ramble as Candice slowly untangled herself from a very content and peaceful Joseph. He remained still as she pulled herself away, her hand leaving his was the last thing to go. Candice didn't even notice his lameness as she got off the bed and walked off, Joseph watching for a few second. Then he reluctantly got himself off the bed as well and stretched.

The second he was off the bed, Andrew was at his side, fixing costume mishaps. Joseph raised his eyebrows at his blue hair and frowned. "Are you crying?"

Andrew threw his hands up in the air and stepped back. Then he planted one hand on his hip and looked at his feet while he tried to recover. He inhaled sharply and looked up at Joseph. "Just watched the very first episode of Supernatural again and… My poor Sammy!"

Joseph rolled his eyes and turned away. Andrew was obsessed with that show, and it was kind of ridiculous.

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Nearly an hour later, Candice finally was clean of make-up and dressed in her normal clothing. All she wanted to do now was get home and watch a nice chick-flick with some incredibly hot bastard.

But she didn't even get out of the door before someone stopped her.

"Candice," Paul said, jogging to keep up with her. "Hey, are you doing anything tonight?"

Candice smiled. "Depends. Why?"

"Torry's gone for the night and I'm feeling alone," he explained. "Want to get something to eat?"

Candice shook her head. "I'd love to hang out, but going out really isn't something I'm up to," she sighed.

"Then we could just hang out at my house," he offered.

That made her reconsider. "Actually, that sounds kinda nice," she smiled.

Paul smiled and reached into his pocket, checking his phone. "Great. You're off now, aren't you?"

Candice nodded and started to walk towards the door she'd been headed for moments before, now with a different destination. "So why are you inviting me?"

Paul shrugged. "I miss hanging out. I've been really busy lately and I just remembered yesterday about that time we robbed McDonalds, so I thought we should hang out."

Candice laughed. "So we can rob more fast food restaurants?"

Paul beamed and nodded, playing along with her. "So we can rob more fast food restaurants!"