Baily Bale (baily_bale) wrote in btvsal, @ 2010-11-13 23:49:00 |
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Where Baily Ruins 'The Pat Show'
Who: Baily and Ben
Where: Saints and Sinners
When: Saturday Night, 11/13
Walking into a place that she never thought that she'd have to show up in, Baily walked into Saints and Sinners and, after scanning the dark club for a moment, spotted the person she was looking for: Ben Bale. He was sitting at his favorite table in the place with Skylar, although she had just gotten up to head to the bar and grab some more drinks and chit chat with one of the newer bartenders. Without saying much of a hello, Baily sat down at Ben's table and said, "You have to put me on that show for Pat."
"Wha...huh?" Ben blinked and actually had to take a moment to process just what was going on. Baily? Here? In a titty bar? And... wait... WHAT did she just say? "You... you want to be on the dating show? What the fuck did *I* miss?" Ben was clueless here. He hadn't really heard about her... fling with Pat, nor had he even heard that she'd broken up with Derek. "What the FUCK, Baily? Are.... are you high?"
"Apparently you missed a good bit," Baily said bluntly. "OK, I'm just going to be upfront, since I'm going to be on this show whether you like it or not." Well, at least she was being honest. "Pat and I slept together...recently. It was after Patience left and it just kind of happened. I kind of broke up with Derek afterward because, well, if you don't feel too bad after cheating, then it isn't working. Well, Pat and I talked, and I told him to make sure that he wanted ME and not just another bed warmer because I didn't want to end up like Iris but now I'm realizing how STUPID of an idea this show thing is, and I'm worried that he might actually fall in love with some floozy you throw at him, so you're going to put me on this fucking show or I'm going to find a way to castrate you without having to see...well, little Ben. Got it?" Wow...was that a first time ever Baily!babble?
"....holy shit." Ben blurted out, before starting to laugh. HARD. "Oh my god... how can I *not* put you on it? Oh lord... I was hoping to be able to make this an even bigger train wreck... and now I know how! Oh my lord, Brandon's gonna shit his pants laughing when I tell him this..."
"You're a real piece of work, you know that Ben?" Baily asked. "I'm sitting here, worried that Pat might end up with some tracked out whore that you picked out for some fucking SHOW and you're hoping that this makes for better ratings?" Damn she wanted to slap the shit out of him right now. "Please tell me you at least give a shit about Pat outside of money or I'll kill you right now, and I don't care who's watching."
"Of course I care about Pat. But I also care about my own amusement, and watching you trying not to maim 19 other insane bitches is enough to make ME want to giggle, and I know how much more BRANDON enjoys mocking you." Hell, right NOW Ben was trying not to snicker.
She rolled her eyes, but her muscles visibly relaxed, so apparently that appeased her enough. "I'll do good to get through two days of stupid bitches fawning all over him," she admitted. "How long is this thing supposed to last, anyway?"
"About a month. The episodes will stretch out for a while, of course... but in real time it'll take about a month." He snickered, deciding to see JUST how much she seemed hung up on Pat now. "Of course... one of the girls we let on is a gorgeous redhead with TONS of tattoos.... and then we ALL know Faith by now..."
She sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. She knew exactly what he was trying to do with her. "Ben...do us both a favor and SHUT up." She flagged down a passing waitress and ordered a drink. "You would put a fucking redhead on, would you?"
"Hey. We're trying to make him happy in the end, ok? And well... Pat *does* love him some redheads." He smirked. "Do I have to remind you that Patience actually dyed her hair dark red just to rev him up?"
When the waitress arrived with her drink, she actually downed it in one shot, immediately ordering another one. She narrowed her eyes at Ben. "I would look ridiculous as a redhead. I'm trying to make sure he's happy. You want ratings. Dick."
"You've known me your entire life... and you're only NOW realizing I'm a dick?" Ben asked without a hint of sarcasm or irony. "And here I always thought you were the smart one."
"Always known, Ben. It just never affected my LIFE until now, so I didn't give a shit," Baily pointed out to him. "You're going to do good that I don't slit some bitch's throat in the middle of the night." She grabbed her next drink from the waitress and downed half of it, apparently trying to take it slower this time.
"Fine. Just don't kill Ally. Skylar adores the gold-digging tramp." Ben said with an odd bit of affection. "Also... don't harm Eve. Just her EXISTENCE makes me smile daily."
"Fine," Baily said with a sigh. "I somehow get the feeling that Eve would try and kill me after rising from the dead." Succubi scared the hell out of Baily for some reason. "I get the distinct feeling any gold-digging tramp wouldn't last long with Pat."
"I agree. Most of the girls on this thing... aren't exactly his type. I admit to mostly doing this so that he'll get out there and get some cheap ass like the goddamn rock star he IS for once..." Well... maybe in his own demented way, Ben WAS thinking of Pat, huh?
"You know, that's kind of what I told him to do...except in a less retarded way," Baily said, taking another sip of her drink. "Then Gwen of all people got me worried that he might actually, you know, meet someone decent on there, so I figured I should get on this show and make sure he doesn't fall in love with some gutter skank you found."
"In all fairness, JACK found the gutter skanks. I just approved them." Because that mattered, Ben. Sigh. "I might try to take a few of them home myself, actually... that redhead was seriously gorgeous." He remarked, shrugging. "You sure you don't want me to cancel this thing? Pat doesn't wanna do the damn thing anyway."
She tilted her head at him. "I thought you guys had like, contracts and shit pulled up for this," she reminded him. God, CAN he just cancel it like that, after all the planning and stuff that went into it?
"The network loves me, Baily. I can easily pull the damn thing and make something that focuses on someone in one of the other bands. It's not like we don't have enough interesting characters..." Well. He had an actual POINT there, huh?
Shit, she didn't even really THINK that was an option. "Let me talk to Pat, OK? For all I know, maybe he wants to do this shit now or something." She certainly hoped not, but she didn't want to start a relationship with demands, either, you know?
"You got it. I want this to happen.... but damn. You're family, Baily. If you want him... go get him." Ben gave her a sincere smile there, standing to give her a hug.
She stood up and gave him a hug back. "I'll talk to him, Ben. If nothing else, your label is full of bands. There's got to be someone who's single that you can do a fill in for, if it comes to that."