I do not own Total Drama. If I did, then I would have some of the final-two battles be Noah vs Justin, Courtney vs Gwen, Izzy vs Sierra, and Alejandro vs Noah.
And thanks to all my lovely reviewers.
"Hey guys!" Izzy called as she ran from the stream with Owen struggling to keep up.
"Did ya catch something?" Darren asked as they saw Izzy and Owen come up to them.
Noah, Cody, Eva, Zeke, Harold, Darren and Sarah were amazed at the size of the fish that Izzy and Owen were able to catch.
"You may be a nut, but you sure can catch a fish." Darren complimented, causing Sarah to hit his arm over the nut comment.
"Thanks! Let's eat!" Izzy said, not offended by the nut comment.
"Uh, Izzy? We need to clean and gut the fish before we're able to cook it." Sarah said.
"Look, I love mutilation as much as the next neanderthal, but I'm going to sit this on out." Noah said, sitting down and picking up his book.
"Yeah, me too. I'm not really up for stabbing things." Cody said, sitting beside Noah.
"Wimps. I'll do it. Zeke, hand me that knife." Eva demanded, and Zeke quickly complied. Izzy stood there, amazed as Eva helped Darren and Sarah clean and gut the fish. Owen, Harold and Zeke looked ill while watching the sight. Noah stayed preoccupied with his book and Cody was playing in the dirt to keep his mind away from the fish.
"Ouch!" Cody exclaimed, causing Noah to look up from his book and at the brunette boy.
"What's wrong?" Noah asked, slightly concerned.
"Um, did I mention I'm deathly allergic to bug bites, too?" Cody said, holding up his thumb with a fire ant on it, and biting it.
Noah quickly brushed the ant off, but it was already too late. Cody's hand began swelling up and he began wheezing. "Epi...p-pen...in...b-backpack..." Cody managed to say. Panicking, Noah called the attention of the others, who immediately stopped what they were doing to help Noah save Cody. Owen, Izzy and Zeke stood there, paralyzed with fear about what might happen to Cody. Harold immediately found Cody's Epipen.
"In order for it to work, you'll need to inject it into his bare buttock." Harold casually said, causing Noah to blush.
"Um..." all Noah was able to say.
"I'll do it. I have some nurse training." Sarah said, taking the Epipen from Harold and administering the shot. Within a few minutes, Cody's breathing returned to normal and he opened his eyes. Everyone immediately sighed in relief, with Izzy and Owen grabbing Cody into a hug. She even grabbed Noah to hug Cody as well.
"Well, the geek's fine." Eva said, trying to hide her own concern.
"I'm sorry for not be able to help, I guess I froze up." Noah admitted.
"Don't worry, Noah. You all saved me. Now, I hate to be a killjoy, but can we leave? I don't have another shot with me." Cody said, smiling.
"Of course, let's pack up." Sarah said, as Harold, Darren, Owen, Zeke and Eva began packing things up. Izzy sat with Noah and Cody.
"Soo, how did it feel to almost die?" Izzy asked, back to her hyper self.
Cody let out a small laugh, "Not fun."
"Next time, let us know what will kill you, so we can be careful." Noah said. Cody nodded, smiling.
Once they were all packed up, Team E-Scope plus guests made their way back through the woods to Noah's house. Ezekiel had to get home, so he left. Harold had Owen help him carry his camping equipment back home, and Darren and Sarah went inside to do their own thing. Team E-Scope plus Cody remained in the backyard.
"Shouldn't you call your parents about your near-death experience?" Noah asked the brunette boy.
"Nah, my mom's still at work. My dad's probably working too. I won't hear from them until tonight." Cody replied.
"Speaking of, I should get going." Eva gruffly said before departing.
"E-Scope should leave too. Bye Codester and Noah-it-all!" Izzy exclaimed, leaving. The geek and the bookworm were alone.
"Hey, my older brothers gave me some of their old games, so you want to play?" Noah asked, breaking the silence.
"Sure! They'd be great!" Cody said, excited. The two went inside and up to Noah's room. As Cody sat on the bookworm's bed, Noah booted up his PlayStation 2 so they could play Time Splitters Future Perfect. They played for a few hours, exchanging banter and jokes about their playing ability. At around five pm, Noah's mom came up, disturbing the young teens.
"Sorry boys, but dinner time. You can stay for dinner, right, Cody?" Noah's mom asked. Cody nodded his head, as Noah paused the game. The two followed Noah's mother to the dinner table, which was cramped already. Cody made a face at the food on the table.
"Um, what is that?" Cody asked, hoping he didn't sound too offensive.
"It's a classic Indian dish, murgh makhani." Noah's mom answered.
"Also known as butter chicken." Noah's father added.
"Look, I'm all for embracing our culture, but we live so close to the United States that we can have cheeseburgers, or pizza." Noah said, not wanting his secret crush and best friend eating that.
Before Noah's parents could reprimand Noah, Cody smiled uneasily. "That's okay, Noah. I...I can eat that."
"You see, Noah. Even your friend will eat it." Noah's father said. Noah rolled his eyes, and swore vengeance on Cody for agreeing with his parents. He'd probably have to beat him at video games even harder than usual.
The dinner was rather boring, in Noah's eyes. His parents and siblings were concerned with Cody's near fetal allergic reaction earlier, but Cody had convinced them that he was fine, thanks to Noah and the others. After dinner, the boys returned to Noah's room to continue their round of Time Splitters Future Perfect, and living up to his silent vow of revenge, Noah won the rest of the matches, much to Cody's shock.
"How did you get so good? I was whopping you before." Cody said.
"Easy, I swore vengeance on you for siding with my parents." Noah said, smirking.
"I'll need to get you back, then." Cody stated, crossing his arms.
"Good luck. I'm a genius." Noah boasted. "The only one to successfully prank me was Izzy, and that was due to her unpredictability."
"I guess I know who I need to talk to then." Cody said, secure in the knowledge that Izzy can and will help him get Noah back.
"You wouldn't dare." Noah hadn't noticed himself inching closer to Cody.
"I think I would." Cody seemingly didn't notice either, despite Noah being literally inches from him. Once Noah finally realized how close he was, a voice that sounded unsurprisingly like Izzy tried talking him into leaning in the rest of the way to kiss Cody. Noah fought that voice, not wanting to jeopardize their friendship, and found an excuse to stand up and get some space between them.
"So...want to play something else?" Noah said, turning away from Cody to hide his blushing face.
"Got any board games? I'm feeling like Monopoly or The Game of Life." Cody asked, laying back onto Noah's bed.
"Wouldn't that involve more people? I really don't think the rest of Team E-Scope would like to come here at seven thirty pm."
"How about your siblings?" Cody asked.
"No." Noah simply said, offering no explanation.
"Why not?"
"Because, they refuse since I beat them at every board game we ever played."
"Well, then, we'll just have to make due with ourselves." Cody said, smiling. Noah sighed. That Izzy voice was telling him to kiss that smile off of Cody's face. Noah shook that thought from his head and grabbed the Game of Life from his closet. "I call the red car!" Cody quickly said, as if it mattered.
"Cody, the color doesn't matter..." Noah tried to explain.
"I don't care! I like the color red!" Cody protested in a very child-like manner. Noah rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Okay, you can be red. I'll be blue." Noah and Cody began the game, with Noah choosing the college path and Cody jumping straight into the career path.
Cody eventually reached the marriage stop sign and smirked. "I hope my wife is hot. Can't really tell with these pink plastic things."
"That's so you can use your imagination." Noah pointed out, can't help but feeling disappointed with Cody's interest in a wife.
"Awesome!" Cody smiled widely, "My dream girl would be smart, independent, hot, and an artist."
"Why an artist?"
"Why not?"
"Well, it seems a bit random with those other qualifications."
"I've always wished I could draw good, so I guess I just want a girl who could." Cody said, shrugging. "What about you, Noah? What would your dream girl be like?"
'You.' Noah immediately thought. "Probably smart as well. I wouldn't want to be stuck with someone with whom I couldn't have an intelligent conversation with. Also she has to find my sarcasm funny." Noah felt like he was lying with saying 'she.' He added, "Because, honey, if you get offended, then you're out." Cody laughed.
"Yeah, she would have to be pretty tolerant!" Cody exclaimed, while laughing. Noah rolled his eyes. "So what else? Any talents you want her to have?"
"Either the ability to appreciate the literature I read or the ability to keep up with me at video games." Noah said, knowing fully well that Cody is smart, laughs at Noah's sarcasm and can still beat him at video games if Noah doesn't one hundred percent focus.
"I don't know about the book thing, but a gamer girl does sound hot." Cody said, smirking.
"Anyway, let's get back to the game, we're wasting time." Noah quickly said, spinning the spinner. Both boys went back to playing, continuing their banter about girls. Noah felt bad about lying to Cody, but he felt it had to be done to remain friends. Eventually, Noah had won, which didn't surprise him. What did surprise him was that Cody took it well, since the rest of his family had short tempers when it came to losing.
"Well that was fun. Since it's so late, can I stay the night over?" Cody asked.
"Sure, though don't you want to ask your parents?" Noah asked, putting the game up.
"They probably won't notice. If they did, they would just assume I'm here anyway." Cody simply said. Noah felt bad that Cody's parents didn't really pay him any attention, despite him being an only child.
"Hey, you can have the bed, I'll take the floor." Noah said, getting an extra pillow and blanket from the closet.
"Come on, man, it's your house." Cody protested. Noah raised his hand up.
"Nope, I insist." Cody rolled his eyes and smiled.
"You're a great friend, Noah." Cody said, surprising Noah with a hug before laying down on Noah's bed. "Good night."
"Ditto, Codester." Noah softly said, settling on the floor beside the bed.
Sorry this is shorter than the others. And sorry this didn't come out right away. Blame procrastination. Anyway, get ready for another time skip, plus The Cool Guy, The Loner, The Obsessive Uber-Fan, The Type A, The Queen Bee, The Arch Villain and The Eye Candy getting some major plot relevance soon. I know the NoCo is kind of going a bit too slow, but it'll be worth it, I promise.
