Hey so I know it hasn't been long since my last update, but I had some free time and no other stories, so I wrote Chapter 2. Hope you enjoy!
I was so upset that I was almost eliminated, I almost broke down into tears out of anger and fear. But I had to stay strong, so I held my composure. As we walked back to camp, the last person I wanted to talk to was right beside me, grinning. Duncan, that asshole, thought me almost getting eliminated was hilarious.
"So Princess, you still think you're in charge?"
I sighed, "Just leave me alone." I sped towards the girls cabin and got ready for bed. Just as I was about to go off and shower, Katie stopped me.
"Look. I'm not going to lie to you. I was going to vote you off if it weren't for Ezekiel, but it was our first challenge. We're probably going to better in the next one, and if we have to send someone home, you don't have my vote."
I smiled a little, "Thanks Katie. I won't vote for you either."
Bridgette joined us, "Yeah. I wasn't going to vote you off to be honest. Somebody had to take charge or we would've been even more of a train wreck. But Duncan's gunning for you for whatever reason. He just so happened to make up a decent excuse to do so. Just know that we've got your back."
I smiled, "Thank you Bridgette! And don't worry, I'll keep my eye out."
The next morning, Chris woke us all up with a loud, airhorn blast. We all groaned and got up, stretching out our stiff bodies. Those beds were super uncomfortable, plus it was freezing all night. I quickly got dressed, brushed my hair and teeth, and put on some lip balm before heading out to where Chris was. Unfortunately there was one other person already out there.
"Have a good night sleep Princess?"
I rolled my eyes and turned to him, "Didn't I tell you to leave me alone?"
"Yes, but do I look like a person that takes commands?"
"You will leave me alone," I snarled moving closer to him, "If you know whats good for you!"
He smirked and then I turned around and noticed Eva standing right there just staring at us. I knew I had to seem as cool, calm, and collected as possible so I rolled my eyes at Duncan and looked at Chris.
Eventually everyone was outside and Chris began to explain why we woke up this early.
"Morning. Hope you slept well."
"Hi Chris. You look really buff in those shorts." Heather said, clearly trying to kiss ass.
Chris winked at her, "I know. OK I hope you're all ready because your next challenge starts in exactly one minute."
"Oh, excuse me, I don't know if that's enough time for us to eat breakfast!" Owen said looking rather concerned.
"Oh you'll get breakfast Owen. Right after you complete your 20 kilometer run around the lake!"
Eva became furious, "Oh, so you're funny now. You know what I think would be funny-" Geoff and Duncan had to restrain her from going after Chris.
I walked up next to her and whispered, "Eva! Try to control your temper."
She turned back to Chris, "You're enjoying this aren't you?"
"A little. You have 30 seconds."
*cut to confessionals*
"OK. That girl Eva has got to get a handle on her temper. She's only been here one day and she's already thrown her suitcase out a window, and has broken a lock on one of the bathroom doors."
*cut to Chris with the other contestants*
"On your mark, get set," He hesitated for a moment, "GO!"
I ran for the entire time. If this was the challenge, I didn't want to risk losing because I was too slow. I was the second on my team to make it, and guess who made it before me. No really, guess. It was that ass Duncan again. Before he could say a word I ran out with the excuse of "going to see where the others are, and to find Bridgette."
I did come back in just before Noah, Owen, and Leshawna did, and saw that almost everyone else was back except Harold.
Just then he came walking in.
I looked at him in despair, "What took you so long? We just lost the challenge!"
"I think I'm having heart palpitations."
Gwen looked excited, "Hey wait a minute, if they lost, that means we won the challenge!"
The Gophers cheered, but alas they didn't win.
Yet.
But then we ate this incredible thanksgiving buffet. It was so good, but I knew something was up with Chris being nice to us after that run. And there was. He made us do that run to tire us out and then bloated all of us up on Turkey (except vegetarian Bridgette) to make it harder for us to stay awake.
My strategy was to run in place and focus on anything but falling asleep. It worked pretty well. After all I wasn't the first to fall asleep, and I made it pretty far.
Owen was the first one out at 12 hours. Then Noah soon went down as well. Katie and Sadie fell asleep at the same time, and Bridgette lost soon after. I had been jogging for almost 24 hours now and my entire body was exhausted. But I was afraid if I stopped moving, that I'd fall asleep. DJ tied himself to a tree, but that wasn't enough to stop him from falling asleep. At 40 hours, I was definitely feeling it. On the Bass we were down to 4. Me, Eva, Geoff, and Duncan were still awake, while the Gophers had 6 with Gwen, Trent, Heather, Cody, Lindsay and Beth. Though not too long after 40 hours we were tied at 4-4 because Lindsay and Beth fell asleep. I had to take a break at 45 hours, because I couldn't go on for much longer if I didn't. I sighed and sat next to Duncan, who I figured was my last hope to keep me up for much longer.
"Finally stopped ignoring me huh Princess?"
I sighed, "I'm just so tired. I mean I just ran for 45 hours!"
"Yeah, but you could have sat next to anyone else."
"I'm probably not going to stay awake much longer anyways. Your my last hope if I want to beat those guys," I said pointing at Gwen and Trent.
"Maybe we could prank Harold. That always keeps things interesting."
I laughed, "That's not really my thing Duncan. I'm not that type of person." I laid my head on his shoulder. He said something else, but I don't remember what.
I woke up over by the tree DJ tied himself to. Heather, Eva, Trent, Gwen, and Duncan were still in and everyone else had to shower and go back to camp.
After it was just Duncan and Gwen, and then it was just, well, Gwen. We lost. Again.
I knew I wasn't on the chopping block though. I was one of the last to fall asleep.
Eva freaked out when she found out her MP3 player was missing. She almost destroyed the cabin.
She was up for elimination, along with Harold for not being useful in the challenge. Though Eva was eliminated.
*cut to confessional*
"See I told you. You can't act like a total raging psychopath and expect people to just forgive you no matter how tough, and strong, and fast you are. She's never going to get a career if she doesn't get her act together."
*cut out of confessional*
As we walked back Duncan walked up next to me.
"Hey, did you mean to fall asleep on me?"
"What? I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Yeah you do. You-"
"That's probably just lack of sleep talking." I rolled my eyes and went back to my side of the cabin. Yes I fell asleep on him, but I wasn't going to admit that to him.
Eva:
Eliminated: 2nd
Reason: Temper
Strengths: Athletic ability, tough, fast, competitive
Weaknesses: Quick temper, rash, never uses brain
Would I align with?: Possibly if she gets that temper fixed.
Guess who got another review. It's me!
Great fan fiction! Is the man Duncan,Trent,Scott,Dave, Shawn, Harold,Cody, or Justin?-Guest
I will say once again it isn't Duncan. I have two male leads I am considering and one of them is on that list. I will also eliminate Justin from your possible leads because though he was my original inspiration, I don't really like Justiney. I'm still deciding on the male lead and whether or not I will use one or the other or both (in sequels of course.)
Anyhow, I'm out of here. I'll see you guys next chapter!