Love Actually
Total Drama Island Fic
By Shimo Ino
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Duncan's always had a thing for Courtney. Let's say he showed it a little more.
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Courtney yawned happily, as she skipped to the communal bathrooms. No one else was up, and she could spend a decent amount of time in there! It was . . . her thoughts were stopped by Heather running right past her, covered in Harold's red ants, screaming.
The brunette beamed, and continued skipping off to the bathrooms.
What a great start to her day!
"What the hell?!" Geoff yelped as he was woken up by loud, painful screams. As he shot up, his head hit the top bunk and nearly knocked him out.
"Nice." Duncan growled from above him. He had been awake for an hour, trying to get back to sleep. It hadn't worked.
"It was Heather."
They both turned to Harold, who had gotten up. "How do you know that?"
He grinned, almost viciously. "Gwen asked me for my Fire Ants last night."
Duncan felt his eyes widen almost comically. "Dude." He started seriously. "You have risen more than one hundred points in my book."
The nerd just grinned and high-fived him.
"Man, look at her!"
They both turned to the window, where DJ was starting out of. The campers crowded around it, and watched as a red and bite-covered Heather banged rapidly on the girl's bathroom door. Courtesy opened the door with surprise, but from the distance, they couldn't hear what she was saying. But they could hear Heather.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN I CANT COME IN!?" The screech came quite loudly. They saw the brunette smirk and shake her head, almost sadly before slamming the door shut in the other girl's face.
"AGGGGGGHHHHHH!!"
"Dude," Geoff said to Duncan. "You have the best girl ever."
And Duncan grinned as Heather ran about like a chicken without a head.
Courtney was even happier if that could be possible. Heather was covered in tiny, itchy, ant bites and very likely in a lot of pain, what could go wrong?
"Hello Campers!!"
Chris looked happy as he burst into the Campfire circle, the usual smile on his face. He was happy, Courtney thought as she narrowed her eyes, too happy. Today was going to be painful, wasn't it?
"Campers! Today's challenge will test your outdoor survival skills. I'm not gonna lie to you, some of you may not come back alive!" He looked about as several people gasped. Duncan smirked. Outdoor survival? Piece of cake! "Just joking! All you have to do is spend one night in the woods."
Around the horrified cries of her fellow campers, 'I am COVERED in ant bites!!' and 'You CANNOT make me do this!!' she sighed.
And today started so well . . .
"Everything you need is at your team campsite in the forest. You just have to find it!" He tossed out a map and compass to each team. "Ohhh, and watch out for bears. Lost a couple of interns in pre-production. First team back for breakfast wins invincibility!" Chris yelled as he blew a small blow horn. "Well, off you go!"
Courtney snatched the map from Duncan's hand and opened it as that crazy girl on the Gophers Team talked about how a bear ate her neighbors cat or something. Strange.
"Hey," Eva's voice caused Courtney to lose focus on the map in her hands. They had been walking for around twenty minutes, and by her calculations, they should almost be there.
"What?" She asked irritably. The body-builder scowled and pointed a thumb behind them.
"Where are the twins?" The whole group stopped and looked around confused. The two girls were no where to be found. "Wasn't anyone watching them?" Harold questioned.
"Well, they should be able to find their way to the campsite, right?" Duncan asked as they neared the spot.
"Ooooh, I knew I should've known better than to listen to you!" Sadie exclaimed as they passed the same giant oak for the fourth time.
"What? You don't think I'm smart enough to find them?" Katie put her hands on her hips as she narrowed her eyes.
"Well, you're not exactly the best with, like, directions!" Sadie pulled on her sandal as little bits of rocks fell out.
"Cha-hun I am!"
"Nuh un! Apparently you're not, because we're L-O-S-T, lost!!" The larger of the girls retorted as she walked off into the woods.
" . . . well at least I know how to drive! You . . . you-have-to-walk-girl!! Now who's smarter?" Katie snapped as they continued walking.
"Trip to the beach last year ring a bell?"
"Oh, I cant believe you're bringing that up! I did have a totally fetch bikini on that day though . . . " Katie said with a slightly vain look on her face.
Sadie whirled around angrily. "You drove my mom's car into a freakin' Snack Shack!!"
"It was totally in my blind spot!! Whatever! If it wasn't for me, you'd be riding the bus to the mall!"
Sadie shot back angrily. "Well if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be able to find you're way to the mall!"
"OH, I know, my way, to the mall!! You, lean on me!"
"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't even be on this show!!" A gasp.
"You're just saying that, because, I'm prettier than you!!" Another gasp!
"I knew you thought that!!" Sadie shot out.
"It true. Everyone thinks so." Katie answered confidently.
"That's it!! As soon as we get back to camp, we are SO splitting up as BFFL's!!" She stomped off.
"Fine!!"
"Double-Fine!!"
"So woman," Duncan leered as Courtney finished putting up the front of the tent. Geoff and Bridgette were finishing the back, and the brunette knew now, that Geoff was an idiot.
. . . and maybe Duncan.
"What's for dinner? I'm starving."
"I hope you expect me to dignify that with a response." She scrunched up her nose and glared. Take that!
"Hey guys, look what we found!" DJ called as he and Eva walked to the campsite from the woods. They had been gone awhile, so they better had brought something good!
He was holding this bunny that Eva was glaring at. The thing coughed and sounded like it had a freakin' lung problem!
"Well," Duncan started eyeing the small animal. "I never had rabbit stew before, but what the heck! I'm game." Eva grinned evilly, but DJ gasped and held the thing closer to his chest. "This is my new pet!! I'm calling him Bunny!"
"You couldn't find any food?" Courtney asked in desperation, as Eva punched a tree in obvious frustration. Why was she doing that? "Then it looks like we're eating grubs and berries for dinner!"
"Hey," Duncan looked around. "Has anyone seen tweedle-dumb and tweedle-dumber?"
"Katie look!" Sadie whispered excitedly as she bent over to inspect the metal utensil. "The tree with the fork in it! That's good, right?"
"No! Its not good!!" Katie almost yelled out in frustration. "It's the same tree we saw, two hours ago!! We just walked in a gigantic circle!!" An owl hooted and caused the two outdoor-challenged girls to scream and run, run into a cave.
"We'll be safe here until morning," Katie gasped out as a bat began to attack Sadie's head. It flew away after a few seconds, and Sadie whimpered, and rocked back and forth. "We're going to die here! We're going to die here!!"
Duncan's head snapped up as he heard distantly in the forest a voice. "Great pyramid of Giza!" And then some screams. Great. He rubbed his head distractedly, as Bridgette muttered something about being afraid of the woods. Now this crazy show wants to teach him history! He teachers were bad enough!
Shaking the thoughts out of his head, he decided now was the time to tell that story. "This reminds me," He started. "Of this really scary story I heard once."
"Awesome!" Geoff said as he swallowed one of the marshmallow's that Duncan and Tyler had snuck out of Chef's kitchen. "Tell it man!"
"Are you sure?" He asked. "Because the story I'm thinking of is pretty hardcore."
"Oooh, we're so scared." Courtney remarked from right next to him, as she kept trying to brown her marshmallow, but completely igniting it.
"Alright," He replied as mildly as he could. "But don't say I didn't warn you!"
"One night, a lot like this one actually . . . "
" . . . so suddenly, they heard this tap, tap, tapping on the side of the car. The girl started to freak out, and by this time, even the guy was getting kinda scared! So he turned the car on, and stepped out. When they got back to the girl's house, she opened the door and screamed, because there, hanging from the door handle was the bloody hook!" He voice was a near whisper, as the campers shifted uncomfortably. Eva was looking bored as DJ clutched his pet, Courtney stared at him with wide eyes, and Geoff and Harold were both freaking out!
"They say, that this killer is still alive, to this day wandering these very woods he could be just about anywhere really. Maybe even, right, HERE!!" He bellowed as he brought his hook-hand up to his face and made a grim face.
As the other campers screamed, he began to laugh manically. "Bwahahahahahaha!!" Courtney was clutching on to his side, never mind that he was the one telling the story, Geoff was holding Bridgette, Harold and Tyler were still shaking, and DJ was hiding behind an annoyed Eva.
"Duncan!!" Courtney yelled as Eva growled at the onyx haired teen. She got to her feet, and tried to stare down the taller guy. Again. "That was so, not funny!!" She poked him in his chest for each word. Ow! He continued to look uninterested.
"Oh, yes it was!! I just wish it was all on camera!" He tapped his chin theatrically. "Oh wait!! It is!!" He laughed, seeing how mad she was getting. SO worth the ranting he'd have to endure later.
"You are so vile!! Do your parents even like you?!" Duncan paused. Wow, he must have really pissed her off, for her to bring in his parents of all things. She didn't even have the ashamed look that most 'nice' people have after saying something like that.
The teen grinned inwardly. He picked right, after all.
"I dunno darling, I haven't asked them lately." A wolf howled in the distance, and Courtney gravitated to his chest with an adorably scared look on her face. Duncan realized that he had the 'moron face' on, and inwardly swore to have it removed from existence.
Then Geoff gave him the traditional thumbs up for a job well done.
Courtney sighed lightly as the other Bass lay beside her in the tent. The only one who seemed to be sleeping was Duncan and–no wait. Eva was too, DJ and bunny cuddling next to her to keep warm.
But that was beside the point! Courtney had a tough decision to make! She was cold, the ground was hard and uncomfortable, and Chris didn't even leave them sleeping bags to lay in!!
Sooo . . .
Should she cuddle to Duncan or not?
Normally, she wouldn't even be having this inner conversation, but it is desperate times, and these desperate times call for desperate measures! In the background, she heard Bridgette softly get up and head out of the tent. Probably to go to the bathroom or something.
But, she cared. Courtney would never admit it to anyone, but Duncan made her feel . . . special. Like she was worth the extra effort.
She had boyfriends before, but nothing serious. The brunette blushed slightly when she though of all the times that she had shot him down, yelling at him and calling him names and vice-versa.
It was . . . endearing. Nice, even to have someone who cared enough to call you 'princess'.
She sighed deeply. Time to get over her pr–
Before she could finish her thoughts, Courtney heard a small scream come from outside the tent, and looking up with her teammates, saw a strange looking outline moving around.
"What the hell--"
The shadow disappeared, and in a flash of fire, their tent was gone.
Gone.
Bridgette was getting up from right beside the campfire and looking guiltily around. Courtney could hear her voice breaking. "Great. That's just, great, Bridgette! Now we have nowhere to sleep!!"
Duncan got up from his place on the ground, and held his hands up. "Drama Queen? Relax! It's cool!"
"Cool? It's cool? Things could not possibly get any worse!!" She yelled! Now there was no tent, no warmth, and her chances of cuddling were down the drain!!
Fate proved her wrong however. A drop of water fell on her head. Then, the rain started. Duncan smirked arrogantly, and she could feel her nose scrunching up. "Arrrggghh!!"
DJ had found a giant leaf somewhere, and the team huddled under it, in an attempt to keep warm. Ah, screw it!!
She pushed into Duncan's chest and wrapped his arms around her body. His eyebrows raised higher than she had ever seen, and so did the rest of the team's, but she ignored them, hugged him and tried to fall asleep. "Goodnight Duncan." She said in a voice that warned all to keep quiet.
"Night, Courtney." She could just feel the grin on his face. But hey, Courtney smirked to herself. She kinda liked it!
"Morning Sunshine." A voice woke Courtney out of her sleep. She mumbled a bit before deciding to firmly ignore it, and hugged whatever was under her harder, just out of spite.
Wait a minute.
Her mind went into overdrive, recalling the events of last night. "No." She whispered out in horror, and slight giddiness. No! Stop that! Her eyes snapped open, and she found herself looking into Duncan's very smug face.
"Ah!!" She jumped up quickly, as if on fire. The other campers were asleep save DJ, who was watching their skirmish with interest. "You-you were cuddling me!!"
He looked right at her, a bland look replacing the smug one. "Yes, yes I was."
Courtney stared at him, dumbstruck. He broke his blank face before grinning widely. "But you were first, darling."
She rolled her eyes, and smiled in endearment. Then to both Duncan and DJ's surprise, sat back down next to the delinquent and looked though the bag of marshmallows. Grabbing one, the mocha haired girl popped it into her mouth, and then offered one to him and DJ.
He grabbed the soft treat and ate it as well. "Hey," He suddenly said. When the other campers looked to him, he continued. "Aren't we supposed to be somewhere?"
Courtney looked struck before getting to her feet, and waking the other Bass.
Duncan chuckled to himself. Look what he started . . .
"Oh, you mean Katie and Sadie? Well, I'm pretty sure they got eaten by wolves last night."
"Darn shame." Duncan couldn't help but feel proud. Apparently he was rubbing off on Courtney if she'd throw away two of her fellow campers just to win. He wiped an imaginary tear off his face.
The two teams, and Chris, turned towards the forest where their extra campers came running out.
"We made it!"
"We're safe!!"
Sure they're safe . . . until tonight. Duncan grinned viciously.
"Oh my gosh guys! We got totally lost, and then got in this massive fight!"
The tanner one nodded. "There was this HUGE bear, and he was all, Rarw! You're in my crib so get out!" This was just . . . wow.
Then the two started to make up, which was pretty much made up of unsaid insults, BFFL-whatever, and lots of love.
Courtney cleared her throat. This will be good. "Are you two finished with you little 'love fest'?" They both nodded. "Good! Because thanks to you, we just lost the challenge!!"
"Alright Killer Bass!" Chris intervened with his usual homicidal grin. "One of you're fishy butt's is going home! Gophers!" The team perked up at their name. "You're going on an all expense paid tour trip to The Tux Shop!!" Duncan could have sworn he just heard a 'cha-ching' sound in the background. Nah!
The other team ran off to buy all sorts of snacks while the Bass were left in the dust. Duncan really didn't care, because he could just take something from the kitchens later, but the rest of the group? They were pissed.
"You've all cast you're votes. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately hit the Dock of Shame, grab the Boat of Losers, and get the heck outta here!" Chris narrated as they sat around the dreaded campfire. "And! You cant come back! Ever!!" Dramatic much? Courtney just wanted this over, either one of the 'twin's' gone.
"Now, I can see you're all tired, so tonight, I'll just throw them to you. Savvy?" He's sparing us? Oh, thank you Chris!
"Courtney!" Said girl grabbed the candy gratefully.
"Duncan!" He grabbed his with arrogance, and she rolled her eyes, yet again.
"Bridgette!" She caught the food, and ate it with a relieved look on her face.
"DJ!" The taller camper fed his confection to Bunny.
"Eva!" She gave her marshmallow to the big guy with a huff.
"Harold." The white sweet hit him in the face. Nice.
"Geoff!" His hat was off, and the dessert went right in.
"Tyler!" He missed the food, it flying and hitting Harold in the face, again.
"Ladies," Chris said, as the two girls hung onto each other for dear life. "This is the final marshmallow of the evening. Sadie." The treat went flying past the two girls, and Sadie began to bawl. "No! Why Katie?! Why her!?"
Katie put her face in her hands and muttered. "Its so unfair! Totally!!"
"I so cant do this!! I've never been anywhere without Katie!! We have to be together, or I'll totally die!!" She ended up hysterical, as Katie grabbed her shoulders and faced her.
"Sadie! Listen to me! You can do this!! You're strong and beautiful, and like, maybe even smarter than me, and plus, you're like the funnest girls I know!! You have to do this, for like, the both of us!!" Sadie had tears, Tears! In her eyes and began to bawl and sob loudly as Katie got on the ship.
Courtney sighed. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately. A bunch of bugs seemed to center around her, and she batted them away as Katie and Sadie had a yelling match over 'who missed each other more'. Duncan sat down on the seat next to her and wave some of the pests away. "Thanks."
"No prob, sweetheart," He leered.
Courtney stared off, knowing she'd regret asking, but did anyway. "What do you want?"
"What? Why would I want anything? I cant just want to sit around a campfire with me favorite girl?" One look from her made him spill. "Fine! I just wanted to say, that I'm sorry for scaring you."
She glared at him, version 9.0. "I was not scared!! It was completely circumstantial!"
"Oh princess, you know I don't understand big words like that!" He grinned. Too easy!
"Besides!" She continued as if he hadn't spoke. "There is no such thing as a hook monster!"
"Yeah, you're probably right." He looked off into the distance. "Or are you?!" He whipped out the hook again and made a deranged face to go with it.
"Ugh!! I hate you!! Ogre!!" Courtney yelled after her screams died down. She walked off, and Duncan sat back with a smug look on his face.
"She soo doesn't hate me!!" And then impaled the back of his neck with the hook.
"Argh!"
TBC
I'm really sorry how long this took guys!! I've been busy, I keep procrastinating with this book I have to read for Collage English (ahhh the horror's of Senior year. . .) And tennis starts on the twentieth. So, I'll be swamped, but have no fear!! I will NEVER give this story up!! Mwahahaha! I also drew some Killer Bass stuff, so if you wanna see it, just go to this link! I'm shamelessly advertising!! :D Check it out!!
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Oh, and some of you guys have gotten scared that I'm going to vote off all of the Gophers first (NeoChick is soooo smart like that!! XD), needless to say, that's something I won't be doing! It was very pro-Bass in the beginning, but that's because I changed key events, but left others alone.
A Shout Out to cartoonfire, SamuraiC, Pirate Slayer, anon goddess, Mew of Fire, UnderxGravity, lily-the-fox, NeoChick, ShadeKitty, bubbles968, Fairy Of Anime, Summer Ann, laughinghippolikesblueoranges, hiya couldn't find a name, nsomniacartist, Zebwa, Jordan, lion and Crystal Persian!!
Credit to the creator of the 'Moron Face', SushiChica. Thank you for brilliance, and amazing Duncan monologue. ;D
And the BIGGEST Shout Out to Crystal Persian!! My beta, I believe. WOO HOO!!