A/N: Alrighty, here is the third chapter. I had my sister read it (like every chapter. lol.) and she said it was good but... I don't know. I still don't think it's all that great. But I'm a fucking psycho. lol. Also, this chapter is dedicated to my friend CandleFire678. Her birthday was on the 9th and I figured this would a pretty rad belated present. So what do you think, Katie? Good present? lmao.

Disclaimer: I for sure don't own Total Drama Island.


"Okay, okay," Noah said after the previous fit of laughter had finally died down, "I think I've got a good one."

Everyone waited eagerly to hear what Noah had to say. Since they had pretty much exhausted every lame pick up line ever used, they wondered what he could have left to offer. Clearing his throat, he just let it fly.

"If you were words on a page, you'd be what they call fine print!"

There was an immediate chorus of groans and laughter from the others in the floating pool or sitting on the rim of it. Courtney was currently one of the ones on the edge, her feet and ankles submerged beneath the chlorinated water. While in the midst of her laughter, she was almost knocked fully into it when Bridgette leaned against her due to her own fit of giggles. A small shriek escaped her lips as Trent- who was one of the ones in the pool- took advantage of her lack of balance and pulled her by the ankles into the water. When she resurfaced, Courtney looked around wildly for the sly bastard and after locating him, quickly started a fierce splash war. This only served to elicit more hilarity from the other campers, even causing Lindsay and Beth to fall into the pool themselves, the resulting splash nearly drowning everyone in the pool and ending Courtney and Trent's battle.

Courtney broke through the surface of the water once again, but this time with a wide grin plastered across her face. Over the past two weeks, this kind of mirthful chaos had become an everyday thing. The little "family" they had at resort was something Courtney had always secretly wished her real family could be like, even more so now that Trent, Bridgette and Lindsay had joined it. Sure, they all had certain quirks about them that could get annoying, but Courtney knew that she had her own as well. That was what made it so great; everyone just accepted that fact and still managed to get along very well. What they endured on the island had forged a stronger bond than any of them had initially thought.

After shooting another quick splash in Trent's direction, Courtney scrambled up the pool ladder before he retaliated against her surprise attack.

"Taking the coward's way out, Courtney?" Noah asked dryly.

Courtney rolled her eyes at the return of his infamous sarcasm, but still chuckled. "Damn straight I am! Trent is vicious in that water and I don't feel like drowning today."

At that, Lindsay looked up from wringing the water out of her flaxen hair to stare at her with wide eyes. "Oh my gosh! I can't believe Trent would drown someone! I wonder if Gwen knows…"

Lindsay continued to babble on about Trent and Gwen and drowning as Courtney and Noah shook their heads in wonderment. Sure, Lindsay was nice a girl and all, but she was severely in need of a head that had a little less air. Of course, it wasn't likely to happen anytime soon; it was one of her quirks. Their wonderment quickly turned to amusement though as Lindsay suddenly stopped her senseless prattling to look at Noah with hope and a bit of suspicion.

"Oh, are you Tyler?"

The two smiled sympathetically at the valley girl, and Noah replied with a simple, "No."

Once Lindsay walked away, Courtney collapsed into a fit of giggles, leaning slightly against Noah for support. In the back of her mind, she couldn't help but marvel over how much she had laughed already today. Yet another reason she loved being a part of this extended family; she was always laughing and just well… just living. Something her goal oriented family back home had never given her the chance to do.

Courtney shook her head as her giggling finally came to a stop. She didn't really want to think about what would be awaiting her when the show was all over and she had to go back home. It's not that Winnipeg wasn't nice, but after the way she'd been living lately, she wouldn't be surprised if she quickly grew tired of her old monotonous everyday routine.

Finally righting herself and playfully pushing on Noah's shoulder in thanks for being her leaning post, Courtney strolled over to a lounge chair near the water bar and laid down on it. Stretching languorously, she sighed in pure contentment as the bright noontime sun warmed her tan skin.

She smiled faintly to herself as she heard Trent remark on how cat-like that stretch had been, and how her feline attributes must been the reason why she was so scared of continuing their water fight. "You wish, Trent," she said quietly, already drifting into a doze.

SPLASH!

Izzy, the crazy redhead that she is, had once again made a random and loud dive into the pool.

Courtney rocketed up off her lounge chair, as startled as everyone else was. There was only one critical difference concerning Courtney's reaction, though. Almost the second after she sprung up from her relaxed pose, she blanched and fainted. Almost the second after that, everyone started to freak.

"What the hell happened?!" Tyler exclaimed frantically, "Is she dead?"

Bridgette knelt down quickly, feeling for Courtney's pulse. She sighed in relief after a few moments, "No, there's definitely a pulse."

Everyone visibly relaxed, now confident that nobody was dying at the moment. There was still the matter of finding out what ailment Courtney could possibly have to make her faint like that. While the rest of them puzzled over it in their minds, Eva swiftly grew agitated and decided to address the problem out loud.

"Okay, what could possibly be wrong with her?" she asked gruffly, "None of us have been sick at all since we've been here. Not a single damn sniffle!"

All of them were silent for a moment, reassuming their previous trains of thought until Noah finally spoke up.

"I have a pretty good idea of what might be going on here, but I'd have to ask Courtney to be sure. Speaking of which, can someone please pick her up off of the floor. I'd do it, but all of us know I'm not that athletic."

Trent and Cody immediately lifted Courtney as gently as they could without dropping her and placed her back on the lounge chair. Bridgette sat down on the space she wasn't occupying, grasping at her wrist so as to be sure that she kept a steady pulse.

"Alright Noah," Cody said patiently, "What do you think is going on here?"

Courtney regained consciousness much too slowly for her liking. It was a little frustrating hearing people talking about her and talking to her as well without being able to respond.

"When do think she's going to wake up, Trent?" she heard Lindsay say nervously.

'I'm up right now!' Courtney's mind screamed in place of her mouth.

"I don't know," he replied uncertainly, unaware of her mental struggle, "It's got to be soon though; she's been out for two hours already."

"I've been out for two hours?!"

Courtney quickly covered her mouth when she realized that she had finally regained use of her vocal chords, and had just yelled that last incredulous question. The people occupying her room with her- which happened to be everyone- all looked extremely shocked before breaking out into relieved and genuinely happy smiles.

Bridgette suddenly leaped on the bed with Courtney, bunching up the grey comforter, and enfolding a good portion of her upper body in a tight bear hug.

"Courtney! You scared the hell out of everybody! Why would you do that to us?" she said almost too fast for Courtney to hear.

She laughed in response and hugged her friend in return. "Well Bridgette, I didn't exactly choose to pass out. It just sort of… happened, I guess."

Bridgette smiled at her own foolishness and leaned back to let everyone else get in with their own hugs and concerned questions. Looking at her friend, she could only smile wider; Courtney was practically glowing, you could tell she was touched to see how many people truly cared about her. Of course, she was likely to have an over abundance of care as long as they were all together, especially now that Noah had given his very plausible diagnosis. This extended family certainly wasn't about to break up anytime soon.

After about a half an hour of reassurance and relief to the extreme, almost everyone had cleared out of Courtney's room. Everyone that is, except for Trent, Bridgette, Noah, and Harold.

As soon as Katie and Sadie had walked out of the door babbling about something or other, the four had started staring at Courtney intently. Despite their efforts to be inconspicuous in their scrutiny, Courtney soon grew aware of it. Becoming more uncomfortable and curious by the second, she decided to drag to whatever it was they were hiding from her out into the open.

Clearing her throat, she questioned a little nervously, "Is there something going on here that you all aren't telling me?"

All of them visibly tensed for a moment until, out of all of them, Harold approached the bed and sat on the edge. Looking into her eyes curiously, he abruptly asked Courtney, "Do you have any idea what could've caused you to faint like that?"

Courtney thought for a minute before frowning and answering with, "No idea whatsoever."

Harold turned to Noah and mouthed something to him that Courtney couldn't make out. Getting up from his spot on the bed, Harold gestured for Noah to continue whatever point they trying to get to. Rubbing the back of his head, Noah took a few steps toward the bed before stopping and bluntly saying one of the last things Courtney had expected to hear.

"Courtney, I think you might be pregnant."

A/N: Love it? Hate it? Don't give a damn? Let me know if you want to. Tchau!