The Katie Project Ch.2
A/N: New Chapter! In it Katie starts to undergo some changes, while Sadie gets worried and Noah just finds it all amusing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama. I wish I did though. It would be awesome. But I digress.
On With the Story!
Day 2
Well, I don't know who I am anymore. I don't even know what to do. How do you give yourself a personality? Ugh, it's so aggravating! But nevertheless, I'll get out there make myself be my own person. I can do this. It shouldn't be that hard. Everyone else has one. Okay. Well I got new clothes. I packed some with me in case of an emergency. It's a pair of little black shorts with a button on them, and this cute little short red blouse with floral rims on the sleeves and collar, that I bought before the show started. I also undid my pigtails. It's just a ponytail now. Now I am going to get some breakfast and I am going to bring this book so that I can write everything down. Okay. I can do this.
As I walked to get my breakfast I could hear people having conversations. For instance, Harold was flirting with Leshawna, who was getting a little irritated. Justin was talking to Beth with his shirt off. He was obviously tricking her into doing something, that creep. And, as usual Duncan and Gwen were making out. Sadie was also there talking to DJ and Staci. I could see that she saved a spot for me and I knew that I couldn't sit there so I frowned, slightly.
I decided that I would sit next to Courtney, who was sitting alone. I thought that she could use a little comfort, and maybe I would be able to get some advice, since she is so smart and everything. So I sat down in front of Courtney, who looked pretty surprised to see me sitting there.
"Why are you sitting here?" She asked.
"I thought you could use the company." I said with a smile.
"Is Sadie coming to? Because if you two do that squealing thing I swear I'll-," Courtney said.
"No, she isn't." I said rolling my eyes.
"Oh, well speaking of Sadie, why aren't you wearing the same outfit?" Courtney asked raising an eyebrow.
"I don't have to wear the same thing as her. I have the right to choose my own outfit!" I said indignantly.
"Okay! Okay! It was just a question no need to get angry or something."
"Sorry. It's just that-," I started.
"You guys are fighting again?" Courtney asked concerned.
"Well, sort of…" I started, but then I paused and said, "Why are you concerned. Shouldn't you be calling your lawyers on Duncan or something?" I asked.
"Hey, you were the one who sat down with me. We aren't even friends! If you are just going to start wildly accusing me of things I think it might be in your best interests to leave. Or else you could end up like Harold did in season one." Courtney said irritated.
"I guess you have a point. Sorry, I'm just dealing with a bit of a problem right now." I said looking at the ground and rubbing my arm.
"That's okay. I suppose I can forgive you—,"Courtney started.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" I yelled hugging her.
"Don't do that again." Courtney yelled pulling me off of her.
"Sorry!" I said ashamed. We then continued our breakfast with polite small talk with ourselves and some of the other campers.
Meanwhile:
Sadie was staring at Katie. She had a worried look on her face and was on the verge of trembling with fear. Staci was chattering away with tales of famous relatives but no one was listening to her. DJ was looking at Sadie, who he was sitting next to and was worried that she was sick.
"Sadie, are you okay?" DJ asked concerned.
"No." Sadie said quietly.
"What did you say?" DJ asked again.
"I said No! Why would I be okay! My Best Female Friend for Life is turning on me!" Sadie yelled.
"What? Is it because she isn't wearing your matching outfit? Because that would be ridiculous since you don't have to wear the same clothes to be friends." DJ said.
"Yeah, I mean we're friends, and we aren't wearing the same outfit." Bridgette, who was sitting nearby, said.
"But that's not how Katie and I work! We wear the same thing! We like the same things! And we do EVERYTHING together! Why isn't she doing that! I mean look at her! She is sitting with Courtney! We HATE Courtney!" Sadie screamed.
"I can hear you, you know!" Courtney said angrily, raising a fist. Katie quickly put her hand on Courtney's shoulder and shook her head to try and get Courtney to not destroy Sadie.
"Sadie. You're having a breakdown. Let's take you to your room so that you can get some rest. It looks like you may need it." Staci said, puzzling everyone.
"But Katie! I should talk to her!" Sadie yelled again.
"Katie needs some space. And you should give her some. And besides, we can have fun like we did yesterday!" Staci said surprisingly calm.
"I guess." Sadie said and she left with Staci.
Back with Katie:
After that nightmare, there was an awkward silence. I wondered what Staci was up to, since she isn't exactly the most compassionate person in the world, but it is good that I don't have to worry about Sadie for a while. Anyway, before Sadie's meltdown, Courtney and I were having a nice conversation on how overrated Duncan is. It was clear that Courtney needed to someone to rage with, and I'll admit it was kind of fun, even if it doesn't fit my sweet girl persona. But alas, good times come to an end and it was clear that I would get questioned soon enough.
"So Katie, what happened between you and Sadie? People are dying to know!" Sierra said typing away on her computer.
"And who exactly are these 'people?'" I asked, using air quotes.
"I'm live blogging! You are the hottest topic right now, which is impressive due to the fact that a good deal of the fan base either hates you or doesn't know that you exist. But the only really hate you since you were Sadie's clone and a lot of people don't like Sadie. So they just want to know if you are 'rebelling against the cloning process' so to speak." Sierra said happily.
"Wow, you went a whole minute without mentioning Cody. Congratulations!" Justin said smugly.
"Justin, shut up. To answer your question Sierra, it has recently come to my attention that people only see me as another Sadie, which bothers me because I don't want to be a clone of her. I want people to see me as Katie, a separate person who wishes that she could still be friends with Sadie even though we would never be friends the same way again." I said seriously.
"Interesting. My readers are sure to love your answer. Keep me posted if anything new happens okay?" Sierra said.
"Sure?" I answered unsure.
"And now it's been two minutes! Unbelievable!" Justin said grinning.
"Oh shut up Justin. You're just jealous that Sierra isn't fangirling over you." Heather said shocking everyone. Though she was then shocked herself when Sierra started hugging her.
"Heather? Did you just stand up for Sierra?" I asked astonished.
"Well, I'm not totally evil." Heather said and then muttered, "Unfortunately."
Nothing outrageously interesting happened after that, since we just kept aimlessly talking and then we went swimming, though some like Heather and Lindsay preferred tanning to swimming. But something came that no one was really seeing coming. And before you guess, it wasn't a new season. Revenge of the Island is still going on, which is why you've only really seen Staci.
After swimming we were once again engaging in small talk when all of a sudden Blaineley walked towards us.
"Why are you here?" Geoff asked rudely, glaring at her.
"I was just walking around. I just got through with surgery and I need to keep walking around as part of learning how to walk again. Not that any of you care, since you all laughed at my critical state and none of you even tried to help me as I almost died in the ocean!" Blaineley yelled angrily.
"I would have thought that being critically injured would make you nicer, seems that I was wrong." Bridgette said irritated.
"Ooh, it did. But I have no reason to show any kindness to your little group of passive aggressive psychopaths who practically wished for my death by finding humor in my condition. So I was a little bit fame hungry. I didn't want anyone dead. I didn't try to put anyone in intensive care that was Chris! I certainly wouldn't find it funny like you physcopaths!" Blaineley yelled. I felt really bad. Blaineley did have a point.
"Did you say psychopath? I know a psychopath! I could get him for you, but explosive is too busy with making a boom boom!" Izzy said cackling.
"Later." Blaineley said and then she turned and walked away.
But Blaineley wasn't the only surprise of the day. Next, a certain Latin heartthrob strutted into the room, looking roughly the same except for the fact that he had shorter hair and a few scars on his arms and legs. As he walked by he winked at Heather and waved. She scoffed and looked away, but still blushed as she turned. Then he sat down on Heather's chair and spoke.
"Hello everyone. Glad to see me?" He smirked.
"Get bent." Heather said glaring at him.
"For once, I agree with Heather." Leshawna said. Bridgette nodded.
"Well, okay…" Alejandro said slightly frowning. He regained his composure and then said:
"Hello Katie. How are you and Sadie doing today?"
"Well I'm fine I suppose. I don't really know how Sadie is doing, but I don't care that much." I said nonchalantly.
Alejandro seemed visibly confused by this and moved on to say
"What about you Courtney. How are you doing?" he asked.
"Fine, thanks for asking. You seem to be doing better. Are you sure you don't want me to sue on your behalf?" She said almost beaming.
Alejandro seemed happy with this and responded saying, "No thanks, but I'll tell you if I need anything." And then he winked, causing Heather to roll her eyes.
"Why hello Al," Noah said.
"Noah, the competition is over. Can't we put the past behind us? I really don't want my stay here to be ruined by everyone's ill will towards me. Okay?" Alejandro asked
"Honestly Al, I thought you would know better. This crowd doesn't let you forget. So don't think that you'll be everyone's new best friend." Heather said.
"Well you didn't ask for forgiveness. Granted, neither did Al." Gwen said.
"You really think I wanted everyone to hate me? So I didn't want to beg, you wouldn't have forgiven me anyway. I didn't want to make a fool out of myself." Heather said.
"You don't like anyone, eh." Ezekiel said surprising everyone because it was the first thing he had said in days.
"So I don't like most of you. That doesn't mean I wanted you to hate me. It just meant that I was fine with the fact that you did." Heather said. I smiled a little because though I am sure no one caught it; Heather said most, not all. Which would mean that Heather didn't hate everyone, even thought that shouldn't matter to me since I am sure that I'm not one of the few, it still makes me happy that Heather isn't completely heartless.
"Well, I'm thinking I should probably see if Sadie's okay. See you guys later!" I said, receiving a few goodbyes before walking away.
Meanwhile:
Noah was sitting with Cody and Owen, who were watching Izzy and Sierra race for some reason. The boys decided to set bets on who would win.
"Definitely Izzy. She's so fast no one sees her coming!" Owen said
"I bet Sierra could move twice as fast!" Cody said
"News flash Cody: the only way that would even be possible is if you were on the other side or if you offered to do something for her. Izzy is going to win." Noah said.
"If you're so sure, how about twenty bucks," Cody said grinning.
"Fine then. You're going down." Noah said.
"Hey Sierra! I'll take you out on a date if you beat Izzy in the race!" Cody yelled. Noah and Owen looked at Cody as if he were crazy.
"Outta my way Izzy, I have a race to win!" Sierra said running so fast she looked like a blur. Sure enough she won.
As Noah and Owen handed the money over Cody said triumphantly, "I was going to ask her later anyway. Thanks for the cash guys!"
Noah shook his head as he said, "Cody my friend, Today you are officially insane. The number of sane people seems to be shrinking by the day."
"Weird day, huh buddy?" Owen asked Noah.
"Well Sadie had a meltdown; Blaineley became sane but angry, Al was less sane than usual, Cody is going out with Sierra, Justin can actually be worse than he usually was, and Katie isn't a clone anymore. Weird day might be the understatement of the year." Noah said.
"Do you think they'll still be friends?" Owen asked.
"Who?" Noah asked back.
"Katie and Sadie." Owen replied.
"They won't be BFFFLs anymore, that's for sure. But that means no more squealing, so maybe today was for the best."
"But what if Sadie becomes BFFFLs with Staci?" Owen asked again.
"Then God help us all." Noah said frowning.
Cody came back with a pack of cards. Grinning he asked "want to play?"
"Sure. Let's play. But you aren't winning this time." Noah said.
"That's for sure." Owen said looking determined. And with that they began to play.
Back with Katie:
I was sitting in Sadie's room. We were talking about how we weren't wearing matching outfits anymore (Shallow I know). But the argument was heating up.
"So we aren't BFFFLs anymore?" Sadie said.
"Not if we have to match all the time, no. We can still be Best friends or BFFs or BFFLs, though!" I said. I'd never want to leave Sadie as a friend.
"If we can't be BFFFLs, than what's the point of even being friends?" Sadie asked starting to cry.
"We're still alike Sadie! I still want to be your friend! Your best friend, even! I just don't want to be your clone." I said almost crying as well.
"We've been friends for so long Katie. If we stopped being twins, it would through off our entire friendship. The universe would collapse. We complete each other, why can't you see that?" Sadie cried struggling with her tears.
"The universe wouldn't collapse!" I said exasperated.
"My universe would. Katie if we can't be twins then we can't be friends." Sadie cried.
"But- But, why?" I asked completely confused as to why clothes could be destroying the longest friendship that I ever had.
"Don't you see Katie? First, we stop matching. Then our tastes start to change. We'll stop liking the same music, and then you'll hate all of my favorite shows, and then all of a sudden you'll be one of the most popular kids in school and you'll absolutely hate me, because let's face it: the fat friend is never the popular one! If this is how our friendship is going to be than we should end it now before it causes anymore pain. " She said, crying harder than ever.
We stopped talking for a minute; the room was silent, apart from the sad weeping noises that we were making. But after the silence had passed I said a bit angrily, "This is ridiculous. None of that stuff is going to happen to us."
"It's starting already. You're mad at me. Katie, please go away. Come back when you see that you shouldn't have bothered with this change yourself project that you're doing. You were perfect the way you were and I wish you could see that. But I don't even know who you are anymore. So get out." Sadie said still crying.
I tried a few attempts to speak, but failed, so I left the room and fled to my room sobbing.
Meanwhile:
Staci was in Sadie's room the whole time and she was comforting Sadie, who was bawling like a baby. In an attempt to cheer Sadie up Staci said, "You didn't need that meanie anyway. I know what would make you feel better!"
"What?" Sadie said sniffling.
"Slumber Party!" Staci replied happily.
"I don't know…" Sadie said unsure.
"We can have a pillow fight!" Staci said smiling.
"Okay!" Sadie agreed.
Staci quickly left to get her bags but first she had this to say:
"You know my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great great uncle invented the pillow. True story, before that everyone had to sleep on bare mattresses!"
Back to Katie:
As soon I got to my room I collapsed on my bed, crying my eyes out. I stayed there for hours just crying and crying. How could Sadie do that to me? I wasn't going to turn on her. I'd never do that! But she ended up turning on me. Why did it matter that I wore what she wore anyway? I wish she just saw that if we stayed this way forever, it would crash on me. Now I wonder if Sadie just wanted a clone. Were we really BFFLs in the first place? Do I even have any more friends? Wait, yes I do. There's DJ, even though he's friends with everyone including Sadie, and then there's Leshawna, but we don't talk much. Oh, and Noah! I have friends!
But was I right to start changing myself? I know that you have to be yourself and that it's important to be proud of myself. But how can I feel like myself when I've been acting like Sadie for my entire life? Stupid crisis, everything's so confusing. Am I ever going to be friends with her again? I guess my pity party is going to have to wait, because I hear a knock at the door. Ugh, I probably look terrible. Maybe it's Sadie coming to say she was wrong and we should be friends again. I opened the door.
"Hello, Katie?" Courtney said.
"Courtney, what are you doing here?" I asked puzzled.
"Well… wait, is this a bad time?" She asked.
"Nope, not a bad time at all." I said
"But you're crying." She said confused.
"Never mind that, what did you need?" I said. I figured that I could get back to my pity party if I answered Courtney's question.
"Well, I just wanted to talk to someone. And you seemed sane enough this morning. I mean seriously there are not enough sane people here." She said.
I looked at Courtney as if to find if she was lying or not she wasn't so I let her in. We talked about how we both wish that we could just go home, to the poor suckers Chris are torturing, to another hate on Duncan session. Soon I got a little too tired and told Courtney good night since I wanted to go to bed. She told me good night back and left.
Of all the people that I thought I could be friends with, I'm surprised that it's Courtney. I'm not even sure if we are really friends, we're just two people who had our friends desert us. Maybe that's we seem to be getting along better. Nevertheless, there's no going back now. I know that I am not a clone anymore, but I don't know who I am. And I'm determined to find out.
End of Day 2
A/N: Well Katie's made some changes. Sadie's paranoia led to her kicking Katie out of the friendship. Staci seems to be up to something. Courtney and Katie are getting along? Gasp!
Will Sadie and Katie ever be friends again? What on earth is Staci planning? Where are the other ROTI contestants? Is Noah going to be important? And why are Courtney and Katie hanging out in the first place? Find out the answers to some of these questions in chapter 3 of The Katie Project!
