In front of them was indeed a plane, but a small few-passengers one that had dropped off 4 people who were waving goodbye to their pilot.
At their head was a middle-aged man, about 50 years old or so, with graying hair and green eyes in a black business suit, white shirt and black tie.
Next to him was another man, somewhere in his 40s, black hair and eyes, also in a business suit but a marine blue one with light blue shirt underneath.
The two people behind them were a boy and a girl around their 20s, the boy was a brunette with honey-colored eyes wearing a grey shirt and blue jeans while the girl had dark blond hair and green eyes wearing a purple shirt and light gray jeans.
As the contestants examined the new arrivals, they had stopped waving and were talking to Chris who was already standing next to them. The new girl stopped taking part in the conversation and looked at the group in front of the hotel.
After a few seconds, her gaze got fixed on a point and her eyes grew a bit wider, but she then smiled and tugged on the boy's arm heading towards the group.
"Courtney! Courtney!" she called. At the sound of her name, the brunette girl shifted her attention from Chris and the eldest man's conversation to her caller.
"Yes, I- Melissa? Mel, is that really you?" she sounded uncharacteristically exited as she met the girl halfway and they hugged.
"Yeah, how many law-practicing 18-year-olds do you know?" the one now known as Melissa said jokingly.
"Man, I swear you're more into the lawsuit than the lawyers" Courtney replied chuckling.
"Hehe, you know me, I can't help it. I'm just waiting for the day I'll be able to officially practice it"
"I know, it's okay, don't think about it too much now, but I still can't believe you're here! How did you convince your parents?"
"They already knew that the case meant a lot to me, but knowing Uncle Fred was coming too got them to accept"
"Good, you need a break, and don't stress about your diploma, you'll be done before you know it." "Although not as fast as Michael did…" Courtney added.
"Hey Court" the boy said finally reaching them.
"Hi Mike" the tan girl responded with a smile.
"Is she still whining about getting her degree?" he asked Courtney who nodded, both looking at Melissa with a knowing smile.
"How did you do it? You're only 22 and you've already had it since last year" Melissa asked Michael.
"I guess I was always good at these things" he replied smugly.
"Right… like the way you took forever to finish your first case" Melissa teased.
"Which by the way was my lawsuit, thanks a lot" added Courtney sarcastically. "But I got better food in the end which was totally worth it." She looked at Chef and shuddered.
"Yes, yes, I'm great, hold the applause" the young lawyer joked, earning laughs from the two others.
"So how long will you be staying?" Courtney remembered to ask.
"A few of days, enough to evaluate the situation with Chris, and we'll most likely take the same plane back as you, not that Chris can object or anything" the other girl said with a smug smile.
The 3 then started making their way to the hotel, the new 2 politely saying "hello" when they saw the former competitors looking at them.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Guys," Courtney turned towards the newcomers "this is the cast."
"We know; we had to watch the episodes for information regarding the lawsuit" noted Michael.
Turning back to the cast, she introduced "These are Michael and Melissa, lawyer and law student. He was assigned my first lawsuit against the show and now this one. She's been helping with legal cases at her uncle's firm since she decided on becoming a lawyer more than two years ago."
"Hi, I'm Cody" the brunette said advancing cautiously. "Could you possibly help me in case I need a…restraining order?" the last two words were just low enough so only the ones close by could hear which, thankfully, did not include Sierra.
"Yeah, I guess…" Michael responded, looking hopefully towards Courtney who just shrugged.
"He has an obsessive stalker" she stated. "Oh!..." he and Melissa said in unison.
"I thought you said you watched the show" Heather questioned, standing next to Courtney.
"Only until we won the lawsuit" the law student explained.
"I'm Heather by the way" "Melissa, and I know from the show" "So you probably hate me, right?"
"Not really… Don't get me wrong, you were mean, but not to the point that the others have in mind. "I was kinda surprised at some of the things they fell for too."
"I know," Heather said chuckling, "sometimes it was so easy I wondered if they were kidding"
"You think taking my mp3 was funny, huh?" Eva threatened.
"Oh! You must be Eva" Melissa said smiling sweetly. "The short-tempered one."
That made Eva snap. "What did you say?" she shouted.
"EEE! I think we might be related because of that" Melissa squealed with a huge grin.
Eva raised half her unibrow at the girl before her and was about to retort when she noticed Courtney fighting a laugh from coming out.
"What?" she said, turning her attention to her.
"Hehe, I was just imagining everyone's reaction if…" she paused, laughed a bit then continued. "Let's just say you haven't seen sweet little Melissa when he gets mad."
"Nor should you wish to" continued Michael, looking a bit scared.
The strong girl found this explanation weird, looking back at overly-sweet-smiling girl.