Courtney meets the parents
Summary: Duncan's parents have invited Courtney to meet them for the first time at their home after Total Drama Action ended. Actually, his mother doesn't like Courtney because of her controlling, shrewish ways and hopes her son's relationship with the over-achieving, domineering girl will end quickly.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
6:15 pm
The Invitation
Having spent the entire summer competing on two reality shows, Courtney was elated to be finally home. She returned home four days before on Sunday 13. At this moment, she was completing the last question of her algebra homework at the desk in her bedroom. Afterwards, she only had one more homework assignment, in European History. After finishing the last algebra question, she was about to open the history book when her cell phone rang. Courtney noticed it was her boyfriend's home phone number. "I told him never call me before eight on a school night," she thought annoyed, but she answered it. "Hello," she said calmly. A pleasant feminine voice responded, "Hello, is this Courtney, This is Duncan's mom."
Suddenly, Courtney thought something happened to Duncan since his mom was calling. "This is Courtney," she answered, "Is Duncan okay?" His mom continued, "He's fine, I want to ask if you have plans this Saturday because I'm inviting you to have dinner with the family at four." Courtney answered, "Saturday will be fine." His mother continued, "Do you know the directions to get here?" Courtney replied, "Oh I have GPS in my car and I can find the directions on Mapquest." His mom said, "Alright, see you on Saturday," then hung up. Courtney then started on her History assignment.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
8:00 am
All was silent in the Scarpelli home as everyone was still asleep. Suddenly, the alarm clock sounded, waking Duncan's parents. His father had to go into work that morning. He turned off the alarm and told his wife good morning. "What time are we having dinner this afternoon with Courtney again?" he added. "At four this afternoon," she answered. "Personally, I don't like the girl because she's controlling, shrewish and not a gracious loser," his mother remarked, "but Duncan loves her for whatever reason I cannot figure out." His father responded, "At least she's ambitious; probably she might inspire Duncan to be the same." She said, "I hoped it would be that nice Goth girl Duncan made friends with," referring to Gwen. She took an instant dislike to Courtney when she told Chris in that smug way that she didn't think any of the Screaming Gophers were going to jump off the cliff for the first challenge on TDI and disliked her even more when she witnessed Courtney leaving Duncan with a sprained ankle on the beach to run after the million dollars on the last episode.
His father said, "Well, she's the one Duncan likes," then looked at the clock and said, "I'll see you later," and walked into their bathroom to get ready. Karen reset the clock for nine o'clock to go back to sleep because she was staying home to prepare dinner for Courtney's visit. Before dozing off, she started thinking about Courtney being a sore loser and suing her way onto Total Drama Action, being jealous of Duncan's friendship with Gwen and always bossing her son around. She wasn't able to watch many episodes of the Total Drama seasons because of her work schedule, but she caught a few of them, for instance, the paintball and the prehistoric movie challenges where she witnessed Courtney hitting Duncan between his legs. "I really hope their relationship doesn't last," she thought, then fell asleep.
*Karen and Lance are Duncan's parents