I'm back! I had a great holiday and I'm nice and sunburnt! I'm so glad you enjoyed this story, Kiko33, and that I made your flight more fun. And A, I'm glad you're ok! Today we have a short chapter. Whilst I was away, I made some more plans for a potential sequel. What do you think? Shall I leave 'Child Swap' as it is, or expand on a story with Hermia as a main character?
Before she went to bed, Hermia knocked on the door of Mr. Camera Man's room. As it was late Tuesday evening, there were only two full days left before the end of the experiment, the end of the stay of the Montagues, and the end of the day of filming. But before the end, Hermia had to make sure this last thing was taken care of.
"Hello, Mr. Camera Man" she greeted.
"Hello Miss. Girl I Have To Film" replied Mr. Camera Man.
Hermia laughed "You can call me Hermia. What's your real name anyway?"
"My name is Dave" said Mr. Camera Man.
"Oh, that's nice. Dave. I came to ask you a small favour"
"Indeed?"
"Why yes. I mean, you must be tired and overworked from filming us constantly and such, and a little bird told me that Escalus is paying you absolutely pants for this"
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah. And that's where my favour comes into play. You may remember that on Friday night I hosted a party, and ended up in bed with Benvolio?"
"I filmed it"
"Well, yeah, there we go. I have a boyfriend already, you see"
"You're going to be in trouble when the program comes out"
"Not unless you help me out"
"By doing what?"
"Well" said Hermia "If you would be so kind as to destroy those bits of tape, then I will pay you two hundred pounds. I've got it here! Look"
"That would be very unprofessional" said Dave.
"Three hundred" added Hermia "You must understand, Mr. Cam – I mean, Dave. You're a guy. Wouldn't you just hate it if you found out your girlfriend had cheated on you, and it was broadcast to live TV?"
"It would be heartbreaking" said Dave.
"Yeah. So what do you say?"
"I'll take two hundred and fifty. And a couple of Lady Capulet's old jewellery for the wife"
"Help yourself, she won't want it" shrugged Hermia "Thanks Dave. You've made my day!"