Suntanned
Duncan couldn't help but admire Alejandro's perfectly tanned skin. From afar of course. And Alejandro himself was doing just that. Tanning. Duncan would rather die than admit his crush on the Latino. Especially not while surrounded by the other Total Drama contestants on a week long Total Drama reunion. Thankfully it was competition free, and for once Chris had just let them relax on the Playa de Losers. The only one here who knew was Gwen, who was also the only person who knew that he was gay.
He sighed. She was the only one he could trust to keep his secrets. He was filled with dread when he thought of what Courtney would say or do if she EVER found out. Right now she was off flirting and schmoozing with Alejandro. Still trying to use him to make Duncan jealous. He wasn't jealous of Alejandro (at least not where Courtney was concerned, he was a bit jealous of his body though), no, he was jealous of Courtney with her hands all over him. People didn't mind her doing it. It was just Courtney being Courtney. But if Duncan would try to do the same everyone would call him out, and to make things worse he'd probably get a black eye from the totally straight Alejandro.
Sighing again, he turned around and asked the pool bartender for another drink. "Moping around again?" Gwen said sarcastically, sitting beside him. Duncan snorted and took a sip from his drink. "You should go over there and actually talk to him for once. It wouldn't hurt." At an eyebrow raise from Duncan she rolls her eyes and adds "You don't have to tell him you have a crush, just go over there and hang out. Be friends."
Now it's Duncan's turn to roll his eyes, just as Gwen predicted. "Fine then, suit yourself." She said and raised her hands in mock defeat. She wasn't going to give up just yet. Duncan doubted Alejandro would ever go for him, but she was sure she had caught Alejandro sneaking a few glances the punk's way, and Gwen was sure he wasn't as straight as Duncan thought he was.
Speak of the devil, she spied Alejandro getting out of his beach chair and heading over towards the pool, the Goth, and the punk. Out of the corner of her eye, she also caught Courtney glaring at Duncan and Gwen. When the two had broken up (Duncan had finally admitted to Gwen that he was gay, and they had agreed to remain friends) Courtney tried to extend the olive branch to Gwen, if only to team up against him. Courtney only saw Duncan as a jerk and a player, and wanted Gwen to see him the same way. But Courtney didn't know the truth, and for Duncan's sake she hoped she wouldn't for a long time.
Lost in her thoughts, Alejandro almost scared Gwen when he appeared in the chair beside Duncan, and asked the bartender for a drink. "Hola amigos." He greeted the two with a little smile and a wave. After the end of Total Drama World Tour, he had made a point of being nicer, and being genuinely nice without an ulterior motive, so he wouldn't piss anyone off. Gwen had to admit it was a really nice change from the old Alejandro.
She almost rolled her eyes at Duncan, who only sipped his drink and gave a small grudging wave (she could catch a small blush on his face too). She nudged him and excused herself out of the pool. Now that she knew what he was REALLY like when he had a crush on someone, it was almost comical how someone usually so forceful, someone not afraid to tell it how it is, became all shy and bashful when their crush was near.
Gwen had grabbed her towel to begin the trip back to her room when Izzy rolled out of a nearby bush and stood in her path. "So who made the first move?" Gwen shrugged. "It's hard to say, Alejandro just got there and they've barely talked to each other." Izzy folded her arms and pouted. "They both take too long to make a move. They weren't like this when they were straight!" She said shaking her head. Somehow she had figured it out. Duncan did know that Izzy knew yet, he would be mortified so the Goth had told her to keep her mouth shut. The girl was crazy, but Gwen had to admit she had great intuition.
Suddenly, the redhead lit up and pulled Gwen behind a bush before she could object. "Come on! Let's watch and see what happens!" Izzy parted the bushes just enough to see the two sitting at the pool bar. They were talking now, and it looked like one of them had told a joke because they were smiling and laughing.
After about 15 minutes Gwen got up out of the bush. "What're you doing?" Izzy whispered loudly. "You'll blow our cover! Don't you want to see what happens?" Gwen shook her head, and smiled. "No. They're too distracted with each other to notice us. Besides, they're doing fine on their own." Izzy looked back at Duncan and Alejandro and shrugged, moving on to go follow Gwen. Or maybe find Owen for some romance of their own.