BEARing it all for CAR
Jan 9, 2022 15:39:11 GMT -5
Mongo the Destroyer, Dave D-Flipz, and 2 more like this
Post by h2f on Jan 9, 2022 15:39:11 GMT -5
I looked at the circular black void. I know it stared at me, but I could see nothing back. I knew they were all watching every move I made. I knew they would all judge my actions… or inactions. There was nothing I could do but feel my heart rate rise. Feel myself starting to sweat. I was going to do badly. I don’t know what I was thinking, agreeing to this. The whole network would learn about my car phobia because my grandmother couldn’t not include that as one of her stupid quistions on this stupid publicity stunt.
“HEY! Britney, dear, focus on the sound of my voice. Come back to me. I just need a response.”
I looked over at Memaw. Dressed in the costume of a caring grandmother. She did this. She aimed that camera at me.
“There you are! As I was saying, how do you feel about being in CAR?”
The yell spewed from my belly. All the rage. The anxiety. The pent up frustration of knowing I wasn’t good enough, wasn’t calm enough, to have earned my spot in my family’s CAR crew came out.
There was a whistling in my ears. The room shook. I ran out of air and took a big breath.
“Fornicating fish fingers. Why is Forest setting off fireworks now?” Memaw glared at my friend, Forest, clearly standing behind the camera. He shrugged his shoulders.
My grandmother stood up with a sigh, went over to the window, raised it and hollered “we are TRY-ING to record a video in here. Stop setting off the fireworks until we finish.”
Her other blonde helper, who was dating my cousin Abby, and at this point I was too scared to ask his name, looked up. He sheepishly hid a candle behind his back. Then jumped as though burned and ran off.
Memaw turned her ire back on me. Then smiled. Oh crap. I pulled the sleeves of my bear outfit even more over my hands.
“Now, Brittney. Don’t pay any mind to the camera. I just want you to talk to me. Not scream. Just talk. Don’t worry about mistakes, we can fix it in post production.”
I nodded as she took her seat again, still smiling. I fidgeted and blurted “Super. Yep. This is the best I’ve felt in years.”
“Great. I’ll cover that yell with a question. Humm. What fuels your need for speed? Maybe not. That sounded weird. I’ll get one.”
I nodded again. I was stuck here until she released me or I could come up with a good enough excuse. I hope it was soon because I already needed to pee.
Memaw looked at the camera. “Let’s try the intro again. Don’t worry. You don’t need to look at the camera. Keep looking at me and I won’t lead into the questions so fast this time.”
She cleared her throat as I tried not to fidget.
“Welcome XHF Fans to our first CAR spotlight, Between Two Hubcaps. I’m here with a member of the CAR Crew known as Punch buggy no punch back!! I can BEARly believe it but I’m sitting with Britney!“
I internally sighed at the pun as she nodded to me. She paused. “Hey Forest, move the camera to over there for the next couple questions so we can spice the shots better. Maybe next time we should set up multiple cameras to get different views.”
Forest quickly adjusted the camera while I watched and Memaw fixed her hair.
“Great! Now Britney, the world wants to know. Why are you and your cousin dressed as bears if the CAR car is a tiger?”
I nodded. “A great question… that goes back to… my child-hood and is… a family tradition that continues in CAR... Thank you for asking me to join you here today. It’s an honor… to be in CAR. I love… CAR and… getting to work with you on… everything. I am very excited to be sitting here. So excited that I need to pee. I don’t want to get so excited I pee myself. Thank you, bye.”
I took off for the door before she could say a word. Made the turn and ran into my uncle.
“Ooof. Have you seen your granny?” I nodded and pointed towards that room before running towards the bathroom.
“HEY! Britney, dear, focus on the sound of my voice. Come back to me. I just need a response.”
I looked over at Memaw. Dressed in the costume of a caring grandmother. She did this. She aimed that camera at me.
“There you are! As I was saying, how do you feel about being in CAR?”
The yell spewed from my belly. All the rage. The anxiety. The pent up frustration of knowing I wasn’t good enough, wasn’t calm enough, to have earned my spot in my family’s CAR crew came out.
There was a whistling in my ears. The room shook. I ran out of air and took a big breath.
“Fornicating fish fingers. Why is Forest setting off fireworks now?” Memaw glared at my friend, Forest, clearly standing behind the camera. He shrugged his shoulders.
My grandmother stood up with a sigh, went over to the window, raised it and hollered “we are TRY-ING to record a video in here. Stop setting off the fireworks until we finish.”
Her other blonde helper, who was dating my cousin Abby, and at this point I was too scared to ask his name, looked up. He sheepishly hid a candle behind his back. Then jumped as though burned and ran off.
Memaw turned her ire back on me. Then smiled. Oh crap. I pulled the sleeves of my bear outfit even more over my hands.
“Now, Brittney. Don’t pay any mind to the camera. I just want you to talk to me. Not scream. Just talk. Don’t worry about mistakes, we can fix it in post production.”
I nodded as she took her seat again, still smiling. I fidgeted and blurted “Super. Yep. This is the best I’ve felt in years.”
“Great. I’ll cover that yell with a question. Humm. What fuels your need for speed? Maybe not. That sounded weird. I’ll get one.”
I nodded again. I was stuck here until she released me or I could come up with a good enough excuse. I hope it was soon because I already needed to pee.
Memaw looked at the camera. “Let’s try the intro again. Don’t worry. You don’t need to look at the camera. Keep looking at me and I won’t lead into the questions so fast this time.”
She cleared her throat as I tried not to fidget.
“Welcome XHF Fans to our first CAR spotlight, Between Two Hubcaps. I’m here with a member of the CAR Crew known as Punch buggy no punch back!! I can BEARly believe it but I’m sitting with Britney!“
I internally sighed at the pun as she nodded to me. She paused. “Hey Forest, move the camera to over there for the next couple questions so we can spice the shots better. Maybe next time we should set up multiple cameras to get different views.”
Forest quickly adjusted the camera while I watched and Memaw fixed her hair.
“Great! Now Britney, the world wants to know. Why are you and your cousin dressed as bears if the CAR car is a tiger?”
I nodded. “A great question… that goes back to… my child-hood and is… a family tradition that continues in CAR... Thank you for asking me to join you here today. It’s an honor… to be in CAR. I love… CAR and… getting to work with you on… everything. I am very excited to be sitting here. So excited that I need to pee. I don’t want to get so excited I pee myself. Thank you, bye.”
I took off for the door before she could say a word. Made the turn and ran into my uncle.
“Ooof. Have you seen your granny?” I nodded and pointed towards that room before running towards the bathroom.
