Second Place, Always
by Pala-and-Papipa
Chapter 1
Chris laughed as he watched the clip over and over and over again. "I did not see that coming!" he said as he called Chef over to watch.
Chef reluctantly walked over, scared to see what Chris had found this time. As he watched it, he muttered, "Oh my Lord..."
Gwen woke up, feeling unusually tired because of last night's events. But she felt unusually happy because of last night's events. "I still can't believe Duncan has that picture of Courtney under his pillow," she giggled, getting out of her bunk, changing her clothes. As soon as she finished, she headed to the mess hall to get breakfast.
Duncan and Gwen avoided each other as much as possible which was hard to do since they were on the same team and they sat directly across from each other. They both felt uncomfortable, wincing every time one tried to talk to the other. Luckily, Trent was there to keep the awkwardness at a stable level. Unfortunately, he kept asking both Gwen and Duncan what was going on, noticing that their usual constant chattering wasn't present.
"Um... what's going on between you two?" he asked, and got no reply. He shrugged, saying, "OK then." He savored the fact that they weren't talking to each other, mostly because he was scared. Scared that Gwen would choose Duncan over him. But not today!
Leshawna also noticed the silence. She sat by Gwen and asked, "Gwen, what's wrong between you and that delinquent? You two are usually talking."
Gwen sighed, "I know. It's just that something happened."
Leshawna pushed, "What?"
Duncan glared at Gwen. She stuttered, staring at the floor, "N-nothing. Nothing happened."
Chris burst into the mess hall, and yelled through his unnecessary megaphone, "ALRIGHT, CASTMATES! THERE WILL BE NO CHALLENGE TODAY!"
Many castmates sighed in relief while others screamed in delight. "Thank you, whoever's up there," Heather said, surprisingly.
Chris smiled his evil smile and yelled, "BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WE'D LIKE YOU ALL TO WATCH!" Whispering, he said to Duncan and Gwen, "You might want to run away for this one."
Duncan and Gwen exchanged worried glances, and quietly slipped away into the kitchen, unnoticed. "Oh crap, he's probably going to show them!" Gwen fretted.
Duncan put a hand on her shoulder. "Gwen, just calm down, OK? It's not going to be the end of the world," he soothed, trying to make Gwen calm down.
Gwen started to sweat, moist beads starting to roll down her face. "But Trent will see and Leshawna will see and if Courtney's watching, she'll see!" she yelled, hyperventilating.
Duncan thought for a moment, and came up with a plan. "Gwen," he said, putting both hands on her shoulders. Gwen continued to hyperventilate and stared off into the distance. "Gwen!" Duncan yelled, shaking his friend fiercely until he got her attention, "listen, I got a plan!"
Gwen breathed rapidly, looking at Duncan. "Yeah, what?" she asked, her voice shaky.
Duncan smiled, and whispered the plan to her.
Chris stood in front of the castmates minus Gwen and Duncan, smiling. In just a few minutes, the video would play on the 150-inch TV he bought, and will create havoc among the castmates, especially Trent and, if she was watching, Courtney. He laughed to himself, causing eight teens to stare at him weird.
Still smiling, Chris yelled into his megaphone, "ALRIGHTY THEN! YOUR FEATURE PRESENTATION WILL START IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE... NOW!"
The 150-inch TV screen showed Duncan and Gwen, but not what they were doing last night. In fact, it was a video previously recorded a few minutes earlier.
Laughing, the two people on the screen taunted Chris. "We just totally switched the videos!" Duncan yelled from the speakers.
"Sorry Chris, but we couldn't let that be seen," Gwen said, innocently smiling.
The video stopped. Many castmates were confused, Chris was enraged. He ran over to the main control where the video was projected. What he saw was horrifying.
"What are you doing?!" Chris yelled, his eyes narrowing as he watched the two unravel the original video's tape. "I was supposed to show that video to boost ratings! Don't you care about the ratings?!"
Duncan, laughing, struggled to say, "Y-you... are... so... pathetic!"
Gwen accidentally stated, "At least I didn't tell him about that picture of Courtney under your pillow."
Duncan's laughing stopped, and Chris' eyes widened. "Dude, you have a picture of Courtney under your pillow?" he asked, amused. "Who's pathetic now?!"
Duncan grabbed Chris by the collar of his shirt, yelling, "If you tell anyone, I will gut you like a fish!"
Chris laughed, gasping, "OK, dude! I-I won't!"
Gwen squeaked, "Sorry."
Duncan sighed, "No, no. It's OK."
They returned to the mess hall, Gwen looking ashamed, Duncan probably depressed and Chris' face red from laughing, which he was still doing. "I still can't believe it!" he yelled. "You should show me!"
Duncan scoffed, "No dude!"
Trent asked, confused, "Show him what?"
"Nothing," Duncan said, crossing his arms and looking at the floor.
End of chapter 1!!! Now, this is the first of either five or ten chapters in this sequel, so be patient!!! And on the very last one, you'll find out why I chose the title.
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