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Noah stares sadly at Tessa and Mariah's engagement poster, wishing it was his and Tessa's engagement poster. He turns around quickly when he hears the melodic voice of the woman he loves coming from behind him.
"It's all for you," Tessa proclaims in a soft voice.
"What do you mean?" Noah asks with confusion.
"The words. The songs. Everything," Tessa says as she walks toward him, steps into his arms and kisses him.
"Tessa!! How could you?!?! I leave our engagement party for a few minutes to put the finishing touches on a surprise for you upstairs and come back to find you with your tongue down my brother's throat! What in the actual hell is going on here?!" Mariah screams at her fiancée as tears begin streaming down her face.
Cait pulled away from Rory as soon as she heard Cam start yelling. She looked at the redhead with confusion, then at Rory whose facial expression was that of someone who'd just been caught doing something they shouldn't. She was stunned because her script said this scene ended with the kiss.
"Are you just going to stand there or are you going to say something?" Cam asked angrily.
"Cam, what's happening here? Mariah isn't part of this dream sequence," Cait was really confused now as she addressed her work wife.
"Dream sequence?! Really Tessa, is that the best you can come up with? You used to be a much better liar. And, who the hell is Cam?! Are you cheating on me with him too?!" the redhead's waterworks resumed and she started shaking.
Cait decided there must have been a last minute rewrite of this scene that no one told her about so she attempted to wing it in order to salvage the scene. "Mariah baby, please don't be mad. Let me explain," Cait rushed over to Cam and tried to hold her hands but Cam swatted them away and crossed her arms over her chest, taking a defensive stance.
"Don't baby me Tessa. I saw the two of you with my own eyes. There's nothing you can say to erase that. We're through!" Cam pulled the engagement ring off her finger and slapped it into Cait's outstretched hand.
Cait looked down at the ring in her hand then back at Cam in stunned silence. She had no idea what to do next but was desperately searching for words she could have Tessa say in this moment. Just as she thought of something that might work, Cam burst into laughter, stunning her yet again. Moments later, everyone else in the room began laughing as well. Cait looked around the room, then back at Cam, confusion written all over her face.
"Gotcha," Cam said with a proud smile.
"Sooo, this was a prank? And everyone was in on it?" Cait asked Cam as realization dawned on her.
"Bingo. Pretty funny, huh?" Cam grinned at her friend. This was easily the best prank she had pulled on her scene partner and the fact that Cait tried to play along was the cherry on top.
"Hilarious," Cait said in a tone that directly contradicted her reply.
"C'mon Cait, don't be mad. It was just a joke," Cam said as she touched Cait lightly on the shoulder.
"I'm not mad but be advised, payback is a bitch," Cait told the shorter woman as a mischievous smile spread across her face.
"Oh fuck! What are you going to do to me?" Cam asked a little nervously.
"That's for me to know and you to worry about until it happens," Cait said cheekily before depositing the ring into Cam's hand. She spun around to face Rory, who had a scared look on his face. "Okay new guy, you get a pass this time because I'm sure Cam railroaded you into going along with this but all bets are off if there's a next time," Cait told the actor. "Do we need to reshoot this scene or were you all lying about needing to reshoot the first take?" Cait addressed the crew in the room.
"We were lying, the first take was perfect. So, we're done here," Owen, the director, answered Cait's question.
"Great. I'll be in my dressing room, plotting my revenge on Cam until we shoot the next scene," Cait said cheerily before exiting.
"Shit, I might have gone too far this time," Cam said as she approached Rory.
"Too late for sorries now. You'll just have to take your lumps," Rory told the redhead with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Thanks for the words of encouragement. You're a real pal," Cam said sarcastically.
"Oh, would you look at the time. I've got to shoot my next scene soon. See you later Cam," Rory said as he looked at his non existent watch then made a hasty exit.
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Cam looked all over the studio for Cait after she found she wasn't in her dressing room, but came up empty. She made her way to the apartment set to film her next scenes with Cait, nervous about what was waiting for her there. While she spent days plotting out her pranks, Cait tended to be a bit more off the cuff with her pranks so it was very possible she would receive her payback today, especially since it was their last day of filming before winter break. Alarm bells went off in her head when she arrived at the set to find Cait talking privately with Joshua. This did not bode well for her. Her fears were further cemented when Joshua took off as she approached the duo.
"Hi Cait. What were the two of you talking about?" Cam asked with a nod at her fellow actor's retreating form.
"Our holiday plans," Cait answered knowing Cam wouldn't buy that which would make the redhead more nervous than she already was.
"Okay," Cam knew that was a load of bull but then again, she hadn't expected Cait to confess to conspiring with Joshua. "Anything you want to go over before we start shooting our next scene?"
"Not especially. You?" Cait replied.
"No. I think we nailed everything during rehearsal," Cam responded. She was trying to read Cait but the woman was giving her nothing.
"Cam, Cait, we're ready for the two of you," Owen told the actors.
The women went to Cait's mark and Cam put Cait's blindfold on her before taking her own mark.
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Cam had almost completely forgotten about Cait's promised retribution as they were getting into position to shoot their third scene in the apartment. She was fully immersed in happy Teriah territory, very excited to shoot the next scene because she knew the fans would love it so much. She and Cait both picked up their martini glasses and turned toward one another on the couch when given their prompt by Owen.
"This has gotta be one of the best nights of my life," Mariah said happily as she turned her head toward her beautiful fiancée.
"Maybe the best night, I mean, so far," Tessa mused as she waved her almost empty martini glass around.
Mariah laughs softly. "Years from now, I am going to remember this exact moment, sitting here with you, so excited to be marrying you, and wondering how I got so lucky," Mariah put her hand on Tessa's knee and Tessa quickly covered it with her own hand.
Tessa shakes her head slightly, "I'm the lucky one," she says before tossing back the remainder of her cocktail then leaning forward to place the empty glass on the tray in front of her.
"Oh, do you uh, do you want another drink?" Mariah asks Tessa as her fiancée finishes her first one.
"No," Tessa says simply as she sets her glass down.
"Okay. Do, you want to watch a movie?" Mariah asks as anything more exciting than that is escaping her mind at the moment.
Tessa shakes her head slowly and says "No" softly as she looks at Mariah with a gleam in her eyes.
"Well," Mariah laughs and leans forward to put down her glass. "What do you want to do then?" she asks with a big smile as she turns back to face Tessa.
Tessa leans in, places her left hand behind Mariah's neck and kisses Mariah softly, letting her hand slide down Mariah's arm as she does so. She delivers two more juicy kisses before moving her right hand to the side of Mariah's face, then she moves to plant three open mouthed kisses on the right side of Mariah's neck.
Mariah places her hand on Tessa's arm as the dark haired woman kisses her neck hungrily. "Okay. Yeah. I think I, I think I know what you've got in mind," she says breathily, head lolled back from the pleasure she is feeling. Tessa moves in for more kisses and Mariah meets her lips with her own, touching the side of her fiancée's face lovingly.
Cait and Cam stop making out once Owen tells them this scene is in the can. Cait puts on her best innocent face as Cam looks at her.
"I can't believe you did that Cait," Cam says, still a bit in shock about it.
"Did what?" Cait asked, feigning ignorance.
"Did what? You know what you did Cait. You bit me on the neck," Cam said as she stared at Cait incredulously.
"Did I?" Cait tried to sound surprised at this news. "I'm sorry but it's not my fault Tessa is so into Mariah that she sometimes gets carried away."
Cam couldn't help but laugh at that. "Okay, you got me good. Kudos to you. Please tell me you didn't leave a mark," Cam said as she moved her hair away from her neck so Cait could inspect it.
"Oops," Cait said, a tiny smile dancing around her lips as she looked at Cam's neck.
"Cait! We still have scenes to shoot!" Cam said with exasperation.
"It isn't very noticeable. Just a tiny mark. I'm sure you can cover it up with the strategic placement of your hair," Cait assured her friend. She had already taken this into consideration before executing her plan. Their next scenes involved a wardrobe and hair change for Cam so she knew the redhead would be able to make it work.
"I'm sure I can because I'm a professional," Cam said jokingly. "So, was this Joshua's idea?"
"Nope, it was mine. I did ask him if he thought you'd roll with it or if you'd break character. He was adamant that you wouldn't break because you are such a pro. That's when I decided to go for it," Cait revealed. "And he was right, you kept going like it didn't happen."
"Yeah, well, I think we both know Mariah likes a little pain with her pleasure," Cam said with a laugh.
"So true," Cait chuckled. "I'm going to go change. Do you need any help with your hair?"
"No, I got it. See you back here in a bit," Cam told Cait as she rose from the couch, an idea taking shape in her head.
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Cam had done a great job with her hair placement, it didn't move at all during the next scene and only needed slight repositioning before they shot their final scene of the day. As Mariah leaned in to kiss Tessa, then pushed her back until they were out of frame, Cam caught Cait off guard by moving her lips to the singer's neck and sucking hard enough to leave a hickey behind.
"Dammit Cam!" Cait said as she pushed the redhead off of her. She shook her head as a smile cracked her lips. She wanted to be mad but, truth be told, it was funny.
"Guess we both have some explaining to do when we get home," Cam said before they both dissolved into laughter.