Here we are! Sorry for the wait but like I said I had a hard time writing this but anyway here we go!
A major thanks to everyone that suggested a song for me, they were all great suggestions but the winner was Rafael Pereira for suggesting Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional, thank you so much!
Chapter Three Abused, Harmed, Vindicated.
"Right I'm sure it all can't be bad" Trent said, he had gotten hold of the latest episode of Total Drama World Tour on disc so they could see all that had happened in the episode.
Justin sighed, "What's the point? Geoff's already at the airport trying to get on that plane to get Bridgette off, why do we have to watch this again?"
"Because I want to see what happens? Plus the elimination has been, we'll get to see who left" Trent explained putting the disc in.
They watched the whole episode and saw several little things to do with Alejandro when soon Bridgette fell onto Alejandro, sure enough they saw the kiss, this was as far as they had seen it since Geoff had stormed off. They saw Bridgette slip and tumble onto of Alejandro, and her lips moving onto his, by accident.
"Did you see that?" Trent asked Justin.
"Yes! They kissed accidentally it's obvious can we go now?" Justin asked.
"So you saw it too?" Trent said, "it was an accident".
"Of course it was" Harold said, "Bridgette's not that cruel to kiss someone else when she knew Geoff would be watching".
"That's what I tried to say" Trent murmured, then something hit him, "Where's Ezekiel?"
"I don't know, he randomly disappeared the other night, a bit like Geoff" Harold explained.
Trent thought about it but shook his head and carried on watching.
Meanwhile Ezekiel had thought ahead of them all, he had managed to sneak back on the plane while it was docked in Japan, now he was hiding in the baggage compartment, the same place where he had heard Bridgette and Alejandro's antics from the other night.
He had hoped that staying her he could find something else out, or get back on the show, but so far all he had seen were several suicidal mice trying to get away from Chef's crazy flying.
Meanwhile, where Bridgette was the episode had started, they had gotten off the plane and promptly slipped over on the ice, Chris gathered them all together and started to explain their challenge, but no one could get over how cold it was.
"Maybe we should…huddle together for warmth?" Courtney suggested.
Cody immediately made a beeline for Gwen, however she pushed him straight into the arms of an excited Sierra, Izzy had her hands on Alejandro's warm arm, and soon after that Leshawna and Lindsay had hurried over and hugged him too.
Bridgette didn't know how longer she would last without a coat, she wished she had Geoff close by to hold her close.
Then again, maybe it was best he wasn't there, so much that was meant to be a secret would come out.
Noah was also trying to find someone to keep warm with, he surely didn't want a guy because then all those 'gay' rumours would start up again, he saw Bridgette shivering and decided that two would be better than one.
He made his way over and hugged her close, sure he was fairly small and his body didn't compare to Geoff's but Bridgette needed someone now.
Bridgette felt Noah hugging her, she flinched, normally she wouldn't of cared if one of her friends hugged her, but ever since the other night, she had been very careful of who touched her.
Not feeling at all comfortable with this she immediately pushed Noah off her, "I…have a boyfriend" She quickly said.
"You can cuddle me buddy!" Owen cried out, pulling Noah into a bone crushing hug.
Bridgette sighed, she didn't mean it, she really didn't. But since the whole incident with Alejandro she just didn't feel comfortable. Alejandro was looking over at her, Bridgette begun to shake in nerves.
Knowing full well that his eyes were on her, all Bridgette could do was respond with a fake smile. Then that feeling came back, the feeling of excitement for the 'next time'.
'No, stop it' Bridgette told herself, 'he raped you; you can't like someone that raped you'.
"Don't bother honey" Came a voice.
Bridgette turned around and saw Noah had managed to get away from Owen and was standing next to her, "You want to stay faithful to Geoff the keep away from him".
"I am faithful" Bridgette protested.
"Then why are you lusting over another man?" Noah asked, "If I remember correctly you and Geoff had a massive fall out because he looked at another girl, how do you think he's feeling now?"
"Noah, just shut up!" Bridgette snapped, "There's more to it then you think".
"Oh I know" Noah said, Bridgette's eyes widened, there was no way he could of found out about it.
"How did-."
Noah shushed her, "Look I know you don't want to talk about it, but if you want it to go away then you stay away from him, I mean it".
Bridgette sighed again, she wanted to stay away from him but it was so hard. He had her wrapped around his finger and she knew it, but the thing was, he hadn't done anything bad to yet…well accept for the whole incident but that was to be forgotten about.
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in and winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye…
Once the challenge had started, Bridgette ran as fast as she could to the edge of the snow, leading out towards the icy waters ahead, she had to win this, her team and lost the past few challenges so this was her finest hour to win.
She carefully took one step onto the ice and balanced carefully, she was about to make another when a voice came behind her.
"I've never done it on the snow before, how about we have some fun later Bridge?"
Bridgette spun around to see Alejandro; he was smirking at her, that same smirk that he wore the other night.
"No!" Bridgette cried out, even though her head was screaming 'yes'!
Alejandro raised an eyebrow seductively, "Come on Bridgette, I said wait for next time, don't tell me your not the slightest bit excited about it?"
"I am…well I'm not, no I'm not! You…did things and…I have to win" Bridgette stammered not making any sense, she turned on her heel and went to climb off the ice block when she slipped, she sped towards the river when Alejandro reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"Oh!" Bridgette cried out, she turned to see Alejandro smiling at her, she sighed, maybe he was just trying to help her.
"Thanks" Bridgette mumbled, "You…know we're on different teams right?"
"My mother raised a gentleman" Alejandro explained.
'Gentleman…right' Bridgette thought, but she didn't say anything, any words could cost her now.
"Teams are irrelevant" Alejandro murmured.
Bridgette gave a little gasp and frowned, she knew she couldn't fall for him, she had Geoff.
And roped me in
So mesmerizing, so hypnotizing
I am captivated…
As Alejandro helped Bridgette across the ice, Bridgette couldn't help but think of Geoff, if he was here now, well he would be punching Alejandro until he was black and blue, but better he would be kissing her.
Bridgette just had to remember that she had Geoff and no matter what had happened in the past with Alejandro she would get help for it, it had obviously made an impact on her mind.
'I miss Geoff' she told herself.
'I miss Geoff'.
'I miss Geoff'.
'I miss…Geoff'?
I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself…
As Alejandro guided Bridgette across he jumped ahead slightly, making Bridgette stop. It was too far for her to jump, she froze up and backed away from the edge.
"It's too far!" Bridgette cried out to Alejandro who had his hand stretched out.
"You can do it, just jump!" He called back, "quick!"
Bridgette closed her eyes and took a deep breath, the water surely isn't that cold right? She let go of her fear and jumped.
Alejandro had his arms stretched out, Bridgette stumbled straight into them and the two fell over into the small, Bridgette's eyes were slammed shut so she couldn't see a thing, instead she could taste something, something familiar.
It was Alejandro's lips, they were planted securely on hers, Bridgette opened her eyes and saw the sight in front of her, she gasped, everything was happening again, only this time there was a camera watching them.
'Shit…Geoff!' Bridgette thought, she quickly stopped the kiss and sat up.
"Thanks…for…catching me" She quickly said.
"Mm" Alejandro moaned, "Thank you for kissing me".
Bridgette froze again; she started shaking her head in denial, "That was an accident!" She protested.
"One man's accident is another man's treasure" Alejandro whispered romantically.
Bridgette let out a loud sigh, thankfully Alejandro wouldn't try anything more than a kiss while the cameras were around, she was safe.
"I kind of have a boyfriend" Bridgette told Alejandro again.
Alejandro raised an eyebrow, he was getting somewhere, her precious boyfriend had gone to 'kind of' in two days.
"You have a boyfriend or kind of have a boyfriend" Alejandro said, he was starting to manipulate her again.
"No Bridgette!" Trent shouted at the TV, "You HAVE a boyfriend; you HAVE one that loves you!"
"She can't hear you, you know that right?" Justin mumbled.
"Yes I know!" Trent snapped, "It's just stressful".
"Think of Geoff" Harold said, "Think of what he must be going through!"
Geoff, meanwhile had made his way straight to the studios, he skidded in and grabbed hold of the first camera crew member he saw.
"You! I need to talk to Chris McClean now!" He snapped grabbing the crew member by the scruff of his neck.
"O-ok!" He stammered and got hold of his number as fast as he could. He handed a small piece of paper to Geoff who immediately dialled it on his phone. It rang several times before Chris finally answered.
"Whoever this is, you should know I'm filming now".
"Chris you need to get me on that show now" Geoff snapped down the phone.
"Who is this?"
"Geoff" He quickly replied, "Please get me to Yukon, I need to get there now".
"Why? Geoff you know the rules, unless you have a pretty good lawsuit you're not going back on the show unless I say so" Chris told him sternly.
"But Bridgette's kissing another man!" Geoff cried out, "You're telling me that you're not going to let me go on that show to stop her from doing anything else, you know it will make good TV".
"As much as that applies to me…no I'm not letting you, I think we'll save that until the aftermath, well talk soon Geoff, time for Bridgette's big solo" Chris said cheerily down the phone before hanging up.
Geoff growled in frustration as Chris hung up, now what to do? He couldn't go on the plane…but he could meet her if she got voted out of this show…
Geoff begun to think again, if Bridgette was voted off in this show then he could find where they land after the drop of shame, he could meet her and do the deed then.
He spun around to see the crew member he had harmed earlier, he pointed at him again and called out "HEY YOU?"
The crew member jumped out of his skin, "Please don't hurt me sir!" He panicked.
"You're good" Geoff told him, "But tell me, where to the contestants land after the drop if shame?"…
After the kissing incident, Bridgette knew she was in hot water, how many people would be watching this? Her family, her friends…Geoff?
She knew she had to redeem herself, so she started to jump across the ice, trying to get as far away from Alejandro as she could, however he was fast, he skated across the ice blocks as easy as anything, no matter how hard Bridgette tried to move away, he was always a few paces behind her.
So clear
Like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intentions
Soon they were both on the same ice block, one more jump and they would be off the ice and back onto snow, a small glimmer of hope flew through Bridgette, she would soon be on that sledge off to win this challenge with her failing team.
Suddenly, Bridgette was lifted off the ground, by Alejandro, he cradled her, frightened she was going to fall out and into the cold ice water, she quickly wrapped her arms around Alejandro's warm soft neck. He carried her off the ice and onto safety.
Bridgette could only give Alejandro a friendly smile, then it slowly clicked in her mind, Alejandro was like a male version of Heather…mean…manipulative…attractive…
'Stop it!' Bridgette's head cried out, she wasn't going to fall for him; he was just using her for an alliance, something that she had hated the idea of since it got her booted out in the first season.
"Wait" Bridgette said quickly, she moved away from Alejandro and put her hands on her hips confidently, "Are you trying to make a secret alliance with me?"
"Alliance?" Alejandro repeated, sounding hurt. "Oh Bridgette, for me this is so much bigger than a game".
"Ohuh" Bridgette murmured sinking deep into Alejandro's warm sea blue eyes, she could feel herself melting like the snow beneath her feet.
Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me so isolated, so motivated
I am certain now that…
"Come on Bridge!" Trent called at the TV again, "You can't do that! You have Geoff, GEOFF!"
"Trent I can't hear the TV" Justin argued.
"Well she shouldn't be doing this with another guy" Trent argued back, "This is my friend so I can do what I like!"
Justin bit his lower lip, "You know it was this kind of anger that broke up the band" he mumbled, his voice was quivering.
Meanwhile the cameras had shut off where Alejandro and Bridgette were now, Bridgette felt like she was going to be sick, without the cameras around who knows what was going to happen, Alejandro knew exactly however…
"I still hold to what I said earlier" He murmured, "I haven't done it in the snow yet".
"It's not going to happen" Bridgette snapped through chattering teeth.
"I beg to differ" Alejandro sneered, he reached out and grabbed Bridgette by the arm, a bizarre sensation bubbled inside of Bridgette, the same feeling that she got on the plane, however Bridgette was stronger this time, she angrily struggled until Alejandro's guard was down and she pushed him off her.
"Don't do that ever again" Bridgette warned, "I'm serious, go away".
"I can't do that, I made a promise to myself, I'll follow you until you get voted off or until you follow me" Alejandro smiled.
"That doesn't make sense!" Bridgette shouted angrily, "Just go away Alejandro".
"Bridge?" He called back.
"And stop calling me that!" She growled, "Only Geoff can call me that".
"Sorry" He said hurrying over to her, "Look I didn't mean to startle you, I just thought you liked it".
"Liked what? Being raped, yes Alejandro it was great for me" Bridgette snapped sarcastically.
"Sorry, it's just, every other girl I tried that with loved it, I guess I was wrong about you, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to hurt you, I really do care about you Bridgette" Alejandro mumbled bowing his head in shame.
Bridgette softened slightly, "Right…ok…well fine then".
She began to walk off again until Alejandro called her name again, "I don't really like the idea of you walking in the snow alone, allow me to join you, at least until we find a meeting point".
Bridgette sighed, "Ok, fine, but no funny business".
Alejandro shook his head, "Of course not", 'Sucker' Alejandro's mind was squealing in delight.
I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along…
Soon after several minutes of walking Alejandro piped up again, "Look a meeting point, let's wait here".
Bridgette nervously stopped by the pole feeling slightly uneasy again, even thought Alejandro had apologized and told her nothing else would happen then why did she have this horrible feeling that he was going to trick her.
"I should keep going to the finish line" Bridgette stammered.
"Our teams will find us here, save your strength" He said kindly, "Cold?"
Bridgette nodded slightly, "Take my shirt" Alejandro replied, pulling off her maroon top.
Bridgette averted her gaze, she didn't even want to see his gorgeous body again, not after that last time, however she couldn't keep her eyes away for too long.
There it was, once again that gorgeous toned body was before her, tanned, chiselled and…perfect. A loud gasp escaped Bridgette's mouth, she felt strange, never in her life had Geoff ever made her feel this way before, and especially not his body.
"I won't freeze" Alejandro explained handing his shirt over, "My Latin blood won't allow it, and if you get sick and your team votes you off I won't get to know you better".
Bridgette tossed the shirt over her shoulders, and once that was done Alejandro pulled her in, "Which would make me very, very sad" He whispered darkly.
"…I don't want to make anyone sad" Bridgette mumbled.
So turn
Up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my finger tips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now to ever swim against the current
Bridgette suddenly had second thoughts again, she knew that maybe he wasn't all that bad, he gave his shirt to her in the artic, no one she knew would do that, he was the perfect gentleman.
'BOYFRIEND!' Bridgette's head screamed out, Bridgette's mind was suddenly filled with thoughts of Geoff, but why was his head replaced with Alejandro's?
Bridgette then knew that her head was messed up.
The two kept their eyes out of their teams; suddenly the sound of a sledge pulling up filled the silent air, Bridgette's heart sank when she realized she could see Tyler pulling Izzy and Noah along with him.
"Well, this is my ride" Alejandro said, Bridgette nodded and took off his shirt to give back to him.
"But I can't leave you here all alone" Alejandro said to Bridgette.
"Go on!" Bridgette said to him handing him the shirt back, "I'll race you" She said.
"I think we've got enough time for another accident" Alejandro said seductively.
Bridgette's eyes widened, weirdly enough no feelings of being scared came up, should she be scared? She didn't know what to think anymore.
Alejandro turned to her, 'what harm could it do?' Bridgette asked herself, she slowly leant in, this was an all too familiar scenario for her, she had done this with Geoff before, this close to getting something you wanted and then something ruins it.
But maybe nothing would ruin this, Bridgette closed her eyes and waited for the kiss, she leant further in until something cold met her lips.
Cold? Alejandro's lips were warm, hot in fact, why could she taste cold ice? She opened her eyes and squeaked at the sight in front of her.
There, in front of her eyes was a pole, and her tongue stuck to the pole.
'Oh, My, God'!
Bridgette started freaking out; she looked out for Alejandro and saw him jump on the sledge and ride away.
"Oh…Cwap!" Bridgette cried out.
Noah looked back to the sight of Bridgette stuck to the pole, then he looked back at Alejandro, "Are you going to leave her like that?"
"It's all strategy my friend" Alejandro said pulling his shirt back on.
Noah sighed, 'I tried to warn you Bridgette' he mumbled, "You didn't listen to me did you?"
'Shit, shit, shit' Bridgette thought as she tried to yank her tongue off the pole but every time she tried a sharp pain shot through her mouth.
'Stupid Alejandro' Bridgette cursed herself, 'Stupid sexy Mexican man'.
So let me slip away
So let me slip against the current
So let me slip away
Then, a jet ski pulled up, from the corner of her eye Bridgette saw Chris pull up.
"Oh dear" He said bluntly, "How did this happen?"
"I wazz Kifihing Alewandwo, an' Fthomhow the pole go' in the way" Bridgette slurred through the metal pole.
"This all sounds very heartfelt" Chris mumbled, "I bet it would be an amazing song!"
Bridgette's eyes widened as the familiar ding came, telling her that she must sing now or leave.
"WHA? No!"
Bridgette then heard a sledge pull up, "Whoa! Hello Backup singers!" Chris greeted.
Bridgette could hear the angry sighs of Courtney, Heather, Gwen and Sierra behind her. 'Great!' Bridgette thought, 'Bring more people into this why don't you?'
"Crap!" Cursed Heather, "I thought you forgotten the music challenge this time".
"As if!" Chris shouted, "It's my favourite part".
A musical beat started up Bridgette looked at the pole in front of her, 'time to use this for my advantage!' she thought.
"The strings of my heart are a tangled mess…"
Bridgette wasn't sure what happened next, everything happened so fast, she was soon lifted from the icy Yukon and taken back on the plane, there she was informed that her team lost, Bridgette knew then she would be leaving.
She sat on the plane still attached to the pole, still no one had poured water down her face, so she remained stuck to the pole.
"Victory" Chris greeted, "I have peanut filled barf bags for the three of you who get to stay, Lindsay and Leshawna" They both caught their peanut bags and smiled happily.
"So now its down to DJ and Bridgette" Chris said.
Bridgette's heart started thumping, Chris words were just a blur now, the pole had left an indent on her tongue and she was sure that it would never be the same again.
"The final Barf bag goes to…DJ" Chris said throwing the barf bag at DJ who missed it due to his eyes being frozen shut.
"I'm NOT CURSED!" He cried out, "I mean…sorry Bridge".
Bridgette saw this coming she got up to leave when it hit her, she was right by the door when she had to warn the rest of her team about her experience.
"Any final words?" Chris asked.
"Yefh! Alewandwo, he ewil! He juft pretending to be-."
"Oh! Would you look at the time!" Chris called out throwing the parachute at Bridgette.
Bridgette fell out of the plane and begun spiralling towards the ground, she quickly tugged at the parachute cord making it open up, however it got stuck around the pole and didn't stop her from falling.
This was all Alejandro's fault! If Bridgette never followed him she never would be in this mess, she begun shouting back up at the playing, praying someone would hear her.
"ALEWANDWO! HE EWIL! EWWWWILLLLL!" She screeched, tears falling down her face.
That was the best she could do while falling, that and hoped she didn't die.
I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself
Ezekiel had heard Bridgette's frantic screams and he scrambled out of his hiding place, there he positioned himself under the bathroom where the camera was, there he heard a familiar voice…
"Bridgette was expendable, they all are. Some will prove to be more…challenging then others but one by one…they'll all go down!"
It was Alejandro! Ezekiel felt furious, he was going to pay for hurting Bridgette, if Geoff didn't do anything then he would.
Bridgette carried on falling, thankfully the pole seemed to loosen as she fell and it soon slipped off and crashed down to the floor, the parachute spread out and managed to stop Bridgette from falling, she hitched herself onto it and safely landed on the floor.
She looked around and saw that she had landed in an airfield close by the studio, crew members hurried around her to check for any injuries and to strip her of the parachute.
Once safe Bridgette walked inside of the studio to come face to face with someone all to familiar, someone that made Bridgette feel slightly sick…
Geoff.
"I think we need to have a talk" Geoff said sternly, "Now!"
Slight hope
It dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption...
And we will end it there shall we? My theory for this episode was that Geoff was going to get on the plane and push Bridgette out! But that didn't happen, so I had to change this slightly to make it work but it stays as my original idea.
Oh, and a big thanks to Rafael Pereira for suggesting the song, it really worked with this I thought, expect your Izzy/Own fic and a new chapter soon!