Gwen Aldridge was more than happy once Total Drama All Stars was officially over. She was officially done with Total Drama itself or just reality tv all together. She had it good during the first season but ever since Action things haven't been exactly the best for her. She did have friends but she hadn't been connected to them for a while.
Friend was such a peculiar word Gwen thought to herself as she was sitting on a park bench, writing down these thoughts. It had reminded her of when she and Courtney had made in amends in All Stars. The two did gain a connection in World Tour until Gwen and Duncan kissed behind Courtney's back, but that was something Gwen wanted to forget about and just their relationship all together.
"Gwen?" A familiar voice called. Gwen raised an eyebrow and turned around to who it was. She was fairly tall, had shoulder length mocha brown hair and dressed in a preppy fashion. It was none other than Courtney Aguero, she had it pretty bad herself - - if not worse than Gwen. However she hasn't had many friends except for Bridgette, her bossy and competitive nature had always gotten in the way of that and not to mention the better of her. Especially since her parents raised her to be the best and never give up. Even if Courtney had gained their respect and love with her excelling in academics and a genuine interest in pursuing a career in law but she felt that was never enough for them, henceforth never turning down a chance of returning to Total Drama whether or not if she had somebody, she always wanted to feel like a winner.
"Oh ... Courtney." Gwen put her journal aside and stood up as Courtney walked over to her.
"I'm so sorry about that list. Competition just gets the best of me." Courtney confessed. "Growing up my parents always said I had to be the best at everything and be a winner, not the opposite of that and - - ."
"Well ... To hell with the competition." Gwen said, Courtney's eyes widened.
"Gwen - -"
"No really. Things haven't been better for either of us every season we returned."
Courtney bit her lip as she thought about this.
"You do have a point there." Courtney admitted.
"See? And you are a winner to me." Gwen put a hand on Courtney's shoulder.
Courtney's eyes wandered over to Gwen's hand. "Really?"
"Absolutely. So what if you haven't won a season of Total Drama. You're successful in other ways."
"You know what? You're right."
"See?"
"Let's not let anything get in the way of us being friends anymore. Us being enemies is kinda stupid now." Courtney said as a genuine, warm smile started to form.
"Oh I can agree to that." Gwen started smirking. "I'm still sorry about Duncan - - not talking like when I kept trying to be blameless I mean it - - and telling you to vote yourself out."
Courtney scoffed as she hugged Gwen. "Duncan's so old news. And the latter's definitely water under the bridge."
Gwen laughed a bit as they walked off.
"Oh yeah."