This never happened! I stole the names of the actors and placed them into a situation I MADE UP. Completely Fiction!

"Candice, what are you doing?" the director interrupted the scene.

Candice huffed and took her hands from Joseph's neck in annoyance. "My part," she informed him, irritated because nothing was going right that day, and she knew it was mainly her fault.

"No. You're just saying the words," he snapped. He, too, was losing his patience with this scene. "This is possibly the most important relationship right now for the show, alright? That means that both of you need to work for it!" he told Joseph as well. "No more of this timid crap. You're not real, you're in character. Now, love each other," he commanded, turning around and heading back for the chair behind the row of cameras.

Candice took a deep breath and looked back to Joseph. He raised an eyebrow at her, asking if she was ready. She gave him a look, one that said she was not in any way ready for it, but she needed to do it anyway.

They were inside the cave setting that had disappeared sometime after Katherine had escaped from it. Apparently they thought this would be the perfect place for Klaus and Caroline to finally make the stand that they loved one another. But the problem was, Candice was having the hardest time concentrating. It just felt too…real. Joseph was such a fantastic actor that it honestly felt like he was talking to her, and not just Caroline.

This, however, was just weird since he acted like her best friend most of the time. Now the table had turned and he was suddenly the love of her life… She didn't exactly like it.

"Let's take it from the line before. Klaus' mini serenade, right after the kiss," assigned the director.

Joseph stretched his neck and stared intently on Candice as he got ready for the speech he'd said about five times now. Five times too many. He placed his hands on her in the pose they had just left off with. His hands on her sides, keeping her back while holding her to him at the same time (something Candice had learned only Joseph could do), and her hands around his neck, trying to bring herself closer.

The director gave them about five seconds to prepare before he shouted, "Action!"

"Caroline…" Joseph said, leading the scene into a fast start. "Sweet Caroline. Yes, I am in love with you. But not like this." His hands flexed around her sides, and she knew it was involuntary, so she ignored it as best she could.

"Not like what?" she gave her line, in perfect pitch. Annoyed, slightly rejected, and confused.

"I've been around for centuries, darling, and I've seen just about everything a woman can do to destroy herself." He gave the pause that was not intended when they wrote the script, but brought the entire thing together. "But this is the worst possible way."

"What is? What are you talking about? This is what you wanted. You and I, together," Candice told him, beginning to actually feel the motions she was running through.

"But this was not what you want," he almost whispered, sending tingles down her arms. His eyes were so vulnerable. He was a master at this.

They both were locked onto each other's gaze, Joseph simply lost in the acting, and Candice simply lost. This was why she acted, so she could be the damsel in distress without the extra danger. But just doing this with Joseph was dangerous enough.

"I cannot love you," Joseph said slowly, "if you wish otherwise."

Candice stared into him, feeling she was actually talking to Klaus, an imaginary character. Her hands were sweaty against his neck, and there was no doubt Joseph could feel them. He was probably disgusted with her nervousness. Candice didn't say anything; she'd forgotten her line. She just stood there, staring at him in slight freight.

"Candice," the director reminded her of her unspoken line. But still she said nothing. The director huffed and rubbed his eyes. "Cut," he called in an irritated voice. "Take five, everyone."

Candice and Joseph calmed down from the scene, but Candice immediately became annoyed with herself. "I'm sorry, guys. I can't focus today," she apologized to everyone that would pay attention to her as they scurried away to their stations.

Joseph was paying attention to her, though. He took her arm and turned her to face him, gently. "Are you all right?" he asked, truly a little concerned.

Candice pouted. "I hate these scenes," she complained, hoping that could cover it all.

And it did. Joseph chuckled and rubbed her arm comfortingly. "I know. I know…" he agreed. "Are you just having trouble concentrating?" he asked.

Candice shook her head and shrugged. "I don't know. I always have trouble with acting with Caroline's love interests."

"You were fine with Zach. And Travy," he said, calling his cast mate by his nickname.

Candice shrugged. "Alright, but it's different with you," she confessed.

Joseph smirked. He always liked being different. "And how is that?" he teased her.

Candice chuckled at him. "We're close," she said with a smile on her face.

"You and Michael are practically brother and sister," he reminded her of how close she was with Caroline's other love interests.

Candice looked at his chest, avoiding his eyes. "Exactly," she said in a surprisingly strong voice.

Before she could continue, they were interrupted. "Candice!" the assistant director called. They both turned to look, even though only one name had been called. The assistant director was new, and she kept to herself a lot, so no one really knew her. "Hey," she said as she stopped beside the two stars. "Morgan, you too. Do we need to go over the emotions here?" she asked, her eyes shifting between them.

"The emotions?" Joseph repeated. "The emotional piece of this scene is perfect. It's the lines we're having trouble with." Candice mentally praised Joseph for saying that they were having problems with the lines, taking a bit of the spotlight off of her mistakes.

"The emotions are clashing," she told him, nodding her head to confirm her statement. "We're getting question marks and lust from you," she said to Candice, then turned back to Joseph, "and heartache and sorrow from you." She moved her finger between the two of them. "It isn't mixing well on camera."

"What are you saying?" Candice stepped in, already not liking the woman.

The woman, whatever her name was, crossed her arms. "I'm saying your lust needs to become desperation," she told Candice.

Joseph raised his eyebrows. "And me? What's Klaus doing wrong?"

"You're letting Caroline take over. Klaus is controlling; but right now he's acting like a little boy in front of his mother. You need to kick it up a no–"

Joseph cut her off sharply. "Klaus is a little boy when he's faced with Caroline," he told her strongly, holding his ground. "That was a point made by the writers: Caroline is Klaus' only weakness."

The woman nodded once. "Weakness, yes. Total makeover, no." She watched Joseph closely as he took a deep breath, trying not to argue. "I know what I'm talking about. Now," she pointed back and forth between them with both hands. "Make it happen!"

Joseph took another sigh as he turned back to Candice. "Since when did we have a sassy-as-hell perfectionist?" he asked.

Candice shook her head. "I don't know. Julie's just trying to make this show perfect, that's all."

"We are doing perfect," he corrected her. Then a small smile split his face. "You just need to start talking," he provoked.

Candice shoved his shoulder, letting a laugh escape her lips. Then they were barricaded by makeup artists, and they took up the rest of the five minute break.

"Everyone ready, now?" the director checked as he seated himself back on his highchair. When he got a few nods from random people, he decided that everyone should be ready. "The line before the kiss. Lights," he began giving out the jingle.

Candice shook her hands and went straight back into position. Joseph took a step back, putting the correct distance between them. "Camera!" Joseph cleared his throat and raised his eyebrows at Candice. She nodded quickly and he went straight back to looking at her with wonder, Klaus' face. "Action!"

Joseph took maybe five seconds to let Klaus' look at Caroline be captured on camera, then he began with his line. "I don't understand what you're telling me," he said flatly, showing perfectly the emotions Klaus was trying to hide.

Candice pursed her lips slightly at him, becoming irritated with Caroline at Klaus. "I don't know how to–" she sputtered out, but then clenched her jaw shut in annoyance. She gave herself three seconds to stare at him before marching up to him and grabbing him at the collar. There was half a second for the camera to catch Joseph's dismayed frowning face before Candice pulled him down to her, crashing her lips on his in a heated kiss.

Joseph sighed against her lips, slowly pushing a hand under her hair and wrapping his fingers around her neck. Candice pulled herself closer, pulling down on his collar. The kiss lasted maybe ten whole glorious seconds before Joseph continued on with the scene.

He pulled back, placing his hand from her neck onto her stomach to hold her back. "Caroline," he breathed out, looking just a tad flushed. "Sweet darling," he sighed, changing the words just a little, really feeling the moment. "I love you, yes, I do. But not like this."

Candice's hands fell to his shoulders. "Not like what?" she delivered perfectly again. That line was her favorite. It was the simplest of the entire episode.

He shifted his weight back and forth on his feet. "I've been around for centuries, darling, and I've seen just about everything a woman can do to destroy herself," he informed her quickly. "And this is perhaps the worst possible way."

"What are you talking about?" Candice demanded. "You and me together, that's what you wanted," she told him with control behind her voice.

Joseph shook his head. "But that's not what you want." He inhaled sharply and raised his eyebrows as he stared intensely at her. "I can't be with you if you wish otherwise."

"Can't love her!" someone off in the distance corrected.

Joseph held Candice's eyes, not letting them break the scene. "He's going to love her no matter what – keep going!" he called loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Keep it rolling," the director affirmed.

Candice luckily was able to stay in character as she stared wide eyed at Joseph. "You don't know what I wish, Klaus," she said in a snarky voice.

"No, but I know you don't care about me," he said seriously, visibly closing all open windows to his heart and standing up straight, taking his hands from her. "How could you? I'm a monster," he repeated Caroline's spoken words from the previous scene.

Candice shook her head. "I didn't mean that," she tried to tell him.

"Yes you did, love," Joseph said with an offended frown at her. "You meant every last word…" he said slowly, taking a step back from her, allowing her hands to slide down to her sides. "I told you before, you cannot lie to me."

Candice gritted her teeth together. "Klaus, don't just leave me," she instructed him instead of asking.

But Joseph continued backing up. "Come to me when you truly want me, not when you're just looking for sympathy for your petty problems. I've had enough of the games, sweetheart." And then he turned and walked away, off stage.

But Candice kept her gaze ahead of her as Joseph slipped out of her vision to the left. She stared at a fake wall, giving it a pleading, longing look that was directed at Klaus' gone presence. This would normally be where the dramatic music would flood the audio sound and then the audience would be taken to a different scene, so all Candice had left to do was hold her gaze for what seemed like eternity until–

"Cut! Perfect. I think that's it for this scene. Good job you guys, we only used half of the film we had to use on this entire episode," the director grumbled.

Candice just sighed to herself, glad the scene was over. She turned to see Joseph smiling at her, trying to walk back over, but someone caught his arm and rushed him away to the scene they were going to go over in five minutes. He gave her a silent apologetic look, and she returned it with a chuckle and nod. He smiled even brighter and turned to leave, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.

Oh yeah, he loved what he did so much more than she did.

"Candice! Come on! You've got your scene with Stefan, now," someone called to her.

She smiled. "Thank God."

I know you guys probably don't get the point of this. It's just an escape for me to imaging what the casts' lives are like when they're filming. I'll be back with random actors in different scenes. Next chapter is Stefan and Klaus - Or I guess Paul and Joseph, really.

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