(Erica's POV)

I smiled at Ben, laughing as he stumbled over a rock. When we arrived at my trailer, he shoved his hands in his pockets awkwardly and gave me a small smile. "'Night," he said quietly. "Night," I answered. "See you tomorrow."

He turned away, and I smiled at his disappearing head. Ben was a lot of fun to be around, and he made me laugh. That fake date was way better than any real date I've had with Josh.

I smiled as I changed into pajamas and slipped under my covers.

XxXxXx

I stretched my hands above my head yawning and pulled myself out of my bed. I put my hair in a sloppy messy bun, and pulled on some sweats, knowing I would have to get hair, makeup, and costume done when I was there.

As I was walking to the studio, Ben sidled up next to me, flashing a quick grin. "Heyo! Beautiful weather isn't it?" he asked. I nodded and nearly had a heart attack when he took my hand in his. Sensing me jolt in surprise, he leaned down and whispered into my ear "We need to pretend to be a couple, and couple's hold hands." 

I relented and let him hold my hand, ignoring the electricity that seemed to spark between our fingers.

I walked into the studio unabashedly, ignoring the whispers that followed Ben and I. I kept our hands firmly intertwined, not bothered at all by the various extras and minor parts.

However, I was affected by our director, who grinned and said: "There are the lovebirds!" I groaned and hid my face in my hands, a red blush creeping up my face. Ben swung an arm around my shoulder and kissed my cheek. The place where his lips touched my cheeks tingled, and I had to stop myself from pressing my hand to the spot on my cheek.

"Alright, we've switched up the schedule some, we're filming all the love scenes today." the director informed us. I looked at Ben, and he nodded, having already come to the same conclusion. "Is this because you believe we're going to break up, so you're filming all the love scenes now so that it's not awkward if we break up later?" I asked calmly.

The director blinked, surprised we had figured her out but didn't deny it. As we walked away towards the makeup trailer, Ben whispered "Nice detective skills." His breath tickling my ear. "Ditto. I could tell you were thinking the same thing." Ben smiled modestly, and pressed a kiss to my cheek, headed for his dressing and makeup room."See ya!" he shouted, and I waved goodbye.

I walked into my trailer and was immediately bombarded with questions by my makeup and costume crew "Is he nice?" "Is he ya know, good?" "How was your date" "Are his eyes as dreamy up close as they are far away?"I blinked and started answering the questions. "Yes, he's very nice, um ick, we only started dating, my date was very nice, and yes, his eyes are very dreamy," I said in a collected tone.

They immediately went into fits of giggles, and I asked "What are you laughing at?" in a menacing tone. "You... you... Erica Hale, someone who once punched a reporter in the face for coming too close, called Ben's eyes dreamy!" Allison (My head makeup designer) said in between bouts of laughter.

"Oh she's far gone ladies!" she shouted. I wondered how bad Ben was getting the questions. Probably not as bad as I was. 

"Ayyyy! There's the man!" My crew shouted when I stepped into my costume room. I blinked in surprise. "Excuse me?" I asked. "Who woulda thunk, our little Benny with Erica freaking Hale!" they shouted at me. "Ummm, thanks for your lack of confidence in me guys," I answered dryly.

Then the questions started. "Is she pleasant?" "Is she, ya know, good?" "Is her smile as shiny and gorgeous close-up?" I started answering "Yes, she's very pleasant, um ew, we've only been on one date, and yes, her smile is perfect and gorgeous in every way."

They smiled at each other slyly, and my costume director, Fred shouted: "Ooooooh lads, he's far gone!" I slapped my forehead and allowed them to apply makeup, and then I slipped into my costume, a sleek black utility suit. I was playing Agent Ripley in Espionage Academy: All Grown Up. 

As soon as they were done painting a jagged scar that looked scarily realistic across my face, I hurried out of the dressing room, not missing Fred shouting "Lad's he's off to see his beauty!"

I rolled my eyes, and I kept on hurrying to set, not wanting to be late. I slammed into a tall figure and came to an abrupt stop. "Oh sorry-" I started, but was cut off by a hand grabbing the collar of my utility suit. "Where're you going, Benny Boo?" Josh sneered.

"To set to go kiss your ex, Joshy." He stopped sneering and lifted his fist to punch me. "Why you little-" He was cut off by me slamming my fist into his gut, and tackling his back. He fell over and got cut on his chin, blood trickling down his chin.

I hurried off to set and barely made it. Erica frowned in concern, and asked: "You ok?" I nodded, and a few seconds later, Josh walked onto the set, his cut bleeding by now, and hunched over. "Tell your crew they did a nice job with the makeup!" The director told him, nodding at the cut on his chin. "Yeah, tell them they did a lovely job. That cut is super realistic!" I told him. He glared, and Erica caught the sarcasm in my words, quickly deducing what had happened. 

"Ben, did you get in another fight with Josh?" She whispered in my ear. I nodded, and the director shouted "PLACES!" I quickly whipped out a prop gun and aimed it at Joshua who was in his place. "Drop to the ground," I growled. Erica had her gun out as well, and we kept our guns carefully trained on him.

"Never!" He sneered, whipping out his gun as well. "Fine, tell me all of ARACHNIDS plans!" I told him. "Nuh-uh! Make me!" He answered childishly. I swept my foot under his and pinned him to the ground facedown.  I twisted his arms behind his back and he whimpered in pain. "Tell me!" I threatened. He shook his head, and I twisted his arm harder. "Tell me!" I whispered dangerously quiet into his ear. He shook his head again, and I slammed my fist into his nose, spurts of blood that were all too real leaking out of his nose. 

"Now, your stomach will be next, understand?" I asked him. "Fine... they want too use all the missiles and aim them towards the Academy, wiping out all of the recruits!" I flipped him over, and he snatched his gun from the ground and shot me in the stomach. It wasn't real, the effects would be added in later to make it look like I was bleeding. I felt a burst of satisfaction when I remembered they wouldn't need effects to make it look like Joshua's nose was bleeding.

Erica knelt down beside me and pressed her lips to mine. It took all of my willpower not to kiss her harder, but when she pulled away, my lips were tingling and felt like they were on fire. I mean, we had kissed on set before, but this was the first time since we had become a 'couple' 

When the scene ended, the director whistled. "That was great! You can totally tell there's more passion now!" I blushed and thanked him. Erica got up too, and I offered her my hand and pulled her up. "Nice job." She whispered in my ear. "Not too bad yourself." I whispered into hers.

I could almost hear my crew shouting "Oooooh lads, he's far gone!"

"Next scene!" the director shouted. "Places!"

kk, I'm really proud because this chapter was 1330 words before the AN. Soooo yeah.

Awesome sauce. Also, while I'm writing this Fake it till you make it is #1 in Spyschool and #2 in Berica! You guys are awesome! And Spy School: Camp it's Complicated is #1 in Berica! Love you guys! Cheers!

-Agent Bot