AN: All right. You guys seem to really like these things, so I`m going to include another interlude chapter. For those of you who don`t know, this is kind of a break chapter where I just have the characters interact without there being a competition and they can just talk to each other without the threat of elimination. This takes place the day after the carnival challenge. If you just like reading elimination chapters, that`s totally fine you can go ahead and skip this chapter. I completely understand. However, if you love fluff and a chapter of just plain fun stuff, well then this chapter is for you. Enjoy!

It`s getting pretty late in the morning and the campers haven`t been interrupted yet by a door slam from Chris. Nate scratches his head. `Well, this is new. Not that i`m complaining, it`s just weird that Chris hasn`t busted in yet.` Gwen shrugs. `I`m not looking a gift horse in the mouth.`

As if he had been overhearing, that`s when Chef steps out of the kitchen. The campers go silent as they look over to him. Nate sighs. `Too good to be true I guess.` Chef turns to Nate. `Quiet maggot!` Nate immediately shuts up. Chef nods. `Right. So, it seems that our little Lisa caught herself a pretty nasty bug! She should be fine, but Chris flew with her to the doctor`s just in case!` He turns to Caden. `A LICENSED doctor`. Caden puts his head down dejectedly. Chef turns back. `Because of that, there will be no challenge today! Do whatever you want! However, while you`re all frolicking and lollygagging, there will be a card to sign for Lisa.` He points harshly at a large frilly heart card. He picks up a pen and squeezes it, a vein in his head. `I suggest you sign it!` He says as more of an order than a request.

Slamming the pen down, he turns around and walks out. There`s a few moments of silence before everyone goes back to talking. Danielle turns to her friends at the Raccoon table. `Oh my gosh! Lisa`s sick? I hope she`s okay!` Nate brushes that thought away. `She`ll be fine. That girl`s got energy to spare. I`m sure she`ll be back to herself by tomorrow. Still though…` Nate gets up and walks over to the card, as a little line has begun to form. The others at the table get up and head over to the card as well. Hands in her pockets, standing in the line, Gwen looks back at her friends.

`Man, I wasn`t sure that Lisa could GET sick. At least now I know she`s actually human.` Charlie`s about to say something before Nate puts his finger up. `Bro, it`s too early. Think about what you`re going to say first.` Hearing this, Charlie stops, thinks for a moment and then starts to speak again. `Yeah, but I hope she`ll get better soon.` Gwen let`s out a disappointed `aww`. She turns to Nate. `Aw Nate, you ruined a perfectly good Charlieism!` Charlie chuckles. `A Charlieism?` Gwen nods. `Yeah like `Funeral mime` or `South Park hat.` Charlie laughs again. `Yeah, or hot ghost.` Gwen freezes at this as she raises an eyebrow. `That`s.. a new one on me. Who was THAT about?` Realizing what he just said, Charlie freezes. A moment later he starts fumbling for words `Oh. Um.. that was… one I used back in high school for this girl I thought I liked. She was really into paranormal stuff.` Gwen looks back at him, confused. `Right Chuck, okay.`

*Confessional*
Charlie: (is banging his head on the inside wall of the confessional)
*End Confessional*

The one to interrupt the silence is Dawn. `I am so glad that Chris is taking proper care of her though. Lisa`s influence on him has done wonders.` Zeke looks over the three of them. `So uh, what are we doing today, eh?` The four look between each other and shrug. Gwen speaks up. `I`m sure we`ll think of something.`

Having just finished signing the card, Gerdie is heading to exit the cafeteria.

*Confessional*

Gerdie: Now that Ana`s gone there`s not exactly a whole lot of girls I can talk to on my team. There`s Katie, Izzy, and me. Katie seems to always be a little…preoccupied, and Izzy is….well Izzy. Hopefully I can make it to the merge. That Gwen seems like she`d be pretty cool to hang around.
*End Confessional*

Just then, Danielle snaps her fingers, having just signed the card with extremely large lettering. `I`ve got an idea!` She says this much louder than she intended as she looks back, slightly embarrassed. `Sorry. Since teams don`t matter tonight, why don`t we have a girls` night? We can hang, talk and do whatever?` Gerdie turns and smiles. `Eh, why not? I`ve got nothing better to do.` Izzy raises her hand. `Ooh! Count Izzy in!` The other girls including Katie, Dawn, Gwen, and even Alice after some coaxing decide to join. They all look expectantly at Eva. Izzy hops over to her. `Come on Eva! You know you want to come too!` Eva crosses her arms. `I really don`t. You can all have your-`

During this conversation, Alice has walked over to Eva and begins to stare at her. `You really SHOULD come Eva.` Eva cuts herself off as she looks back at Alice. Sighing, she looks away. `Fine. I`ll show up. But just for a bit.` The girls then begin to talk and make plans for that night.

Meanwhile, the boys are looking back between each other. Zeke brings a finger up to his chin. `What just happened, eh?` Charlie shrugs. ` I think we got dumped.` The Deer boys are looking at each other too as Caden looks to Geoff and they both shrug. Caden scratches his head. `Well, I suppose that means I have a free night to work on my studies.` Geoff stands up. `All right! Then tonight I can-` Caden shoots Geoff a sharp look. Seeing this, Geoff sadly sits back down. `Like, work on my studies too.` Caden crosses his arms and nods approvingly.

*Confessional*
Caden: Yes Geoff, we all know you can surf. But if you want to say, get this specific girl, you have to be good at more than that. Rome wasn`t built in a day. Although it IS amazing what the human body can do in a day. For example-
*End Confessional*.

Walter meanwhile is on his cell phone. `What do you mean the packages aren`t going to get there until next week? Those penguins need those sweaters!` Closing the phone he buries his head in his arms as he lays down on the table. Suddenly he feels a poke on his shoulder. Without looking up he starts to speak, muffled by his arms. `Yes Izzy, how can I help you?` Seeing him guess it was her, Izzy beams. `Wow! How`d you know it was me, Walt?` A muffled chuckle comes from beneath his arms. `Call me psychic.` She crosses her arms. `That`s strange. I thought your name was Walt.` Walter raises his head up, an amused smirk on his face. `Why is it so hard to stay annoyed when i`m around you?` She makes a giant shrug. `Maybe you just don`t like being annoyed!`

Walter shakes his head. `So I heard you girls are going to have a girl`s night out or something tonight?` She nods emphatically. `I know, right! It`s going to be a lot of fun! I would invite you, but you know, it`s girls only. And unless you`re hiding something from me, you can`t come.` Walter responds by leaning his chin on his arm. `Sorry, but I haven`t been keeping anything like that from you.` Izzy gasps. `So you`ve been keeping something ELSE from me?!` She asks loudly. Walter can`t help but laugh at her over the top reaction. `No Izzy, I don`t really keep anything too much of a secret. Besides, if I had one, I am certain you`d figure out what it was.` She beams as she nods. `You mean like how you`re really this super rich guy and you have planes and helicopters and pools?` Walter smiles. `Well, sort of, yeah.`

Izzy sits down, as she attentively rests her head in her hands. `So Walt, you gotta tell me. What are you doing here? Don`t you have more money than a lot of countries?` Walter puts up a finger. `My dad`s money. Not mine.` `Tomato Potato` Izzy responds. Walter looks at her funny. `I think the saying is Tomato Tomahto.` Izzy puts a finger to her chin. `Well that WOULD make a lot more sense.` `Besides` Walter continues. `The money`s not for me. If I win, the money`s all going to a charity. Not sure which one yet. Maybe a few charities.` Izzy loses her smile for a moment. `So you`re telling me, that you`re competing in a contest with potentially life threatening challenges, and you`re not even keeping any of the money for yourself?` Walter shrugs in response.

*Confessional*

Izzy: Wow. Walt just might be a little bit crazy. It`s a good thing for him that I happen to be fluent in crazy, otherwise he might not have anyone to talk to.

*End Confessional*

We cut to Simon signing the card.

*Confessional*
Simon: I certainly hope that Lisa will be all right soon. She really has such a bubbly personality. It`s weird to not see her first thing in the morning.
*End Confessional*

Seemingly preoccupied he accidentally bumps into Eva who immediately angrily spins around. Seeing it`s Simon however, her irritation falters slightly as she puts her fist down. Rolling her eyes she looks at Simon. `Watch where you`re going to Jacobs.` Simon nods quickly. `S-sorry Eva.` Nodding in satisfaction, she turns and keeps walking. Meanwhile, Friedrich sees this.

*Confessional*

Friedrich: What was that!? I would have gotten chewed out for that and all Mr. Nice boy gets is a `Watch where you`re going?` (he crosses his arms) Seriously?
*End Confessional*

Sitting at the table he angrily starts to talk out loud to himself. `What the hell is so great about that Simon guy anyway?` Unfortunately for him, Charlie heard this and begins to make a list. `He`s a nice guy, he cares about other people, if you`re into dudes he`s kind of cute, he doesn`t hit on gir-` However, he is cut off as Friedrich`s fist hits him in the gut knocking him off his chair and falling on the ground.

Ezekiel`s eyes go wide as he sees this. Immediately he hops down to check on Charlie. `Charlie! You okay there, eh?` Rolling his eyes, Friedrich sticks his hands in his pockets as he walks away.

*Confessional*

Danielle: You want to know why people like Simon? For one thing, he doesn`t DECK people you psycho! (she crosses her arms) it`s a good thing Gwen already left and didn`t see that. (there`s a slight pause before she smirks) come on, we all know what`s going on there. You`d have to be some kind of blind not to see it.
*End Confessional*

(we immediately cut to Ezekiel in the confessional)

*Confessional*
Ezekiel: (puts his finger up. Freezes, and puts it back down)…I forgot what I was going to say, eh

*End Confessional*

We cut to a while later after everyone has filed out of the cafeteria. Nate is walking along the edges of the island when he sees Alice staring blankly out to sea. Seeing this, a devious smile creeps across Nate`s face. Doing his best to stay completely quiet and out of sight, he sneaks up being her, only taking a few steps and then ducking behind something so she can`t see him. When he`s in jumping distance he stops, takes a deep breath, and leaps out. `BWAH!` As he holds his hands in a claw-like position. Unfortunately for him, this doesn`t even cause her to flinch. She simply begins to talk in her normal monotone voice. `Hello Nate.`

Still in his attack position, Nate lowers his hands as well as his eyelids to half. `Seriously? Nothing?` She continues to speak as if ignoring his inquiry. `What are you doing out here?` Realizing he wasn`t about to get an answer he shrugs. `Thought I`d take a walk. It`s weird just having a day off on the island. It`s kind of a nice place when you`re not being thrown off the side of its cliffs.`

For just a moment it almost seems that we can hear a tiny short giggle from Alice at this. However the moment soon passes and by the time the camera turns back to her, her face is stoic. `That is true. It can be quite…relaxing.` Nate decides to take a seat on the edge as he picks up a rock and tries to skip it on the ocean. He doesn't do very well. "So... gotta ask Alice. What are you even doing here? You don't seem like a real..." He throws a rock. "People person." She stays silent for a moment before responding. "That is something I was hoping I could change."

This causes Nate to stop at raise an eyebrow at her. He then snickers as he throws another rock. "Well if you're going for THAT first thing you should probably do is drop the creepy monotone." She turns to him. "Is there something wrong in the way I speak?" Nate shrugs. "Not really. I mean, if you want to creep people out. Not many people are used to, you know that kind of monotone." She shrugs in response. "That doesn't bother me so much." Nate stops. Alice shakes her head. "If people wish to judge me by how I look or sound, they are not truly people I wish to be friendly with anyway."

Nate throws a rock up in his hand and catches it. "Huh." He then throws the rock. "Well, before it gets all mushy here i'm gonna get going." He stands up and puts his hands in his pockets. Alice nods. As he starts to walk away he turns back to her. "Oh, have fun with the girls tonight." Alice nods once more as Nate takes off.

A while later, Ezekiel is walking around the woods, looking lost. "Now I know that Dawn is normally around here eh, At least I think she is." He begins to look back and forth between trees. "Oh geez there eh, I think i'm lost." Suddenly there's a giggle from near him. "No Zeke, you aren't lost. You found me." Ezekiel's attention is caught by this as he looks down and sees dawn in a meditative position, her eyes closed. Ezekiel breathes a sigh of relief. "Oh thank goodness! I thought maybe i'd have to live in the woods or something alone, eh" Dawn giggles again. "Zeke you know if you got lost we would come and find you." Hearing this, Ezekiel smiles. "Thanks, I really appreciate it, eh." Dawn opens her eyes and turns her head to him still smiling gently. "Of course Zeke, that's what friends are for." She looks at him standing. "You can join me if you'd like Zeke." Nodding he sits down next to her.

He crosses his legs and gets into a meditative stance. He smiles. "Wow. This hurts a lot less than the first time, eh!" She nods. "That will happen." Suddenly he covers his mouth. "Oh Sorry! I'm not supposed to talk, right?" Once again, Dawn giggles. "It's all right Zeke. Is there anything special on your mind?"

For a moment, Zeke looks to the side as if thinking. "Well, there is something I guess, eh." Dawn nods. "I thought as much. Please tell me." Ezekiel puts a finger to his chin. "Well, I just was thinking. when I first came here, I was kinda worried that I couldn't make friends eh. Especially after the first night." He looks away. "But you guys decided to give me a chance." He smiles goofily. "And I just want to say, thank you, eh"

*Confessional*
Dawn: (she has her hands over her heart, her eyes teary) I don't think I've ever seen an aura shine so warmly as I have just now.

*End Confessional*

Suddenly, Ezekiel feels an arm on his shoulder. He looks up. "Zeke, I have never regretted my decision that first day, and I will never regret being your friend." Hearing this, Ezekiel's eyes start to tear up as he moves himself forward and grabs Dawn in a hug. A bit shocked at first she smiles gently as she slowly moves her own arms around him. Ezekiel sniffs as his voice is muffled by her sweater. "Sorry eh" She reaches out her hand and removes his toque as begins to stroke his head gently. "Don't be."

We cut to Charlie who is climbing up the boy's cabin to get to the roof.

*Confessional*
Charlie: Well hey, it took THIS long to get hit by somebody for saying something stupid. (he puts his finger to his chin) Funny enough it's when Gwen wasn't there. Well, she HAS been really good with keeping me in check. I mean, I'm still in the show! Man, I thought I woulda been first off the island. Either way, this is the perfect opportunity to get some time to myself.
*End confessional*

As he hops on the roof we cut to Geoff and Caden talking. Caden has his hand over his face. "All right Geoff. So what does X equal?" Geoff takes off his hat as he scratches his head. "Uh...uh... 2..3?" Caden looks up and smirks. "Very good Geoff." Geoff lets out a sigh of relief. "Yeah bro, I think i'm gettin' it!" Caden nods as he closes the book. "All right Geoff. I think that's enough for now." Geoff's face lights up. "Does that mean-?" Caden rolls his eyes. "All right fine. Surf break." Geoff jumps up and cheers. "All right bro!" racing over he grabs his board and races towards the beach. "Let's catch some-" But as he's running, he passes by Gerdie who is standing on the pier, chatting with Gwen. Noticing Geoff, Gerdie turns to him. "Heya Geoff, using this free time to go surfing?"

Geoff immediately gets a shocked look on his face. "Well, yeah but..I was just...I... I was totally..." He lets out a deep sigh as he solemly drags the board towards the ocean.

*Confessional*
Geoff; (Bangs his head on his surfboard)
*End Confessional*

*Confessional*
Gerdie: (Snickers) I know Geoff was studying before. That was just way too good of an opportunity to pass up. If he can't deal with this side of me (she crosses her arms and legs and smirks) then he's got no business coming after me.
*End Confessional*

We cut to that night as the girls find themselves sitting at a campfire.

Katie puts her finger to her chin. "Umm..okay like... truth!" Danielle smiles widely. "Okay then Katie. Tell us, Do you like Vincent?" Immediately after she asks this, every single head turns to Katie, who is now blushing profusely. "Wh...why would you ask that?" She asks, not hiding it very well at all. Gerdie smirks. "Doesn't matter. You gotta answer it." Looking back and forth, Katie looks for a way out. Not seeing one she mumbles to herself incoherently.

Gwen leans over, her hand to her ear. "Eh, what was that Katie, we didn't quite hear you." If it was possibly for her to blush even deeper, she is doing it. "I...I... I" With her finger up, she proceeds to faint, falling backwards off of her seat. Basically confirming, the girls all laugh at this. "Oh my god, Katie you are so adorable!" Danielle laughs at Katie, who is still out, laying on her back.

Gerdie turns to Alice. "All right Eva, since Katie's out for the count, I guess you're up. Truth or dare?" Startled she was called, Eva crosses her arms and smirks. "Dare." Gerdie smirks back as she crosses her arms. "All right then Eva, I dare you say something nice about one of the male campers here."

Eva's eyes shoot open in shock before turning to Gerdie with a glare. "Say what now?" Gerdie shrugs. "That's the dare." Eva clenches her fists. "Ugh. This game is so stupid. Um... I uh.. I guess that it wasn't totally lame that Simon took a bullet for me." Gerdie snickers. "That look like it hurt Eva." Eva stands up and turns to Gerdie, fist raised. "It's GONNA hurt SOMEONE in a second!" Suddenly Danielle stands up to interrupt. "Hey! Eva, it's your turn. Why don't you pick someone?" Hearing her name this interrupts her train of thought as she turns. "Huh? All right... fine.. Dawn .Truth or dare?" Dawn, who up to this point was listening silently turns to her. "Oh, my turn? hmm. I suppose I will go with truth." Eva scratches her head. "All right uh... If you could deck anyone on the island, who would it be?"

Dawn seems taken aback by this question. "My word Eva! I don't want to "deck" anyone!" She puts a finger to her chin. "Oh dear, but I must answer this question mustn't I? Those are the rules. Well, I suppose the person who needs a good talking to might be Friedrich. I don't want to deck him mind you, I just think someone needs to talk with him." Eva smirks at this as she punches her fist. "Yeah, a talk with my fist." Dawn waves her hands. "No Eva! We can't think that way. Violence only will beget more violence. I am certain if we calmly tell our grievances to Friedrich it will help his growth into a wonderful person." Eva rolls her eyes at this.

Dawn looks around. "Oh dear, it's my turn isn't it? Um...I choose... Alice. Truth or dare?" With her usual unflinching face Alice looks at Dawn. "Dare." Dawn smiles gently. "Very well, Alice, I dare you...to try smiling." Alice raises an eyebrow. Shrugging, she starts to attempt a smile. The camera cuts to everyone's reactions. Katie had just woken up, only to see the face and pass out again. Everyone else looks a mixture of shocked and terrified. The camera cuts to her smile to show an incredibly unnerving creepy smile that rivals something out of a nightmare.

*Confessional*

Dawn:Oh my...I...I believe she may need more work on that.
*End Confessional*

*Confessional*
Alice: ...she didn't say what KIND of smile... (A small smirk slowly forms on her face)
*End Confessional*

Seeing everyone still in shock, she drops the horrifying smile. She turns to Izzy. "Izzy. Truth or dare?" Izzy smiles broadly. "Now, I know you all think Izzy is going to pick dare, so to blow your minds, I pick truth!" This actually does surprise everyone as they look at her shocked. Except for Alice who sits there as stoic as ever. "Okay then. Have you every kissed a boy before?"

Everyone, completely shocked at the directness of her question slowly turns their head to Izzy. However Izzy, completely unphased looks back and smiles. "Oh yeah! I have an ex-boyfriend! His name is Graham. He put out a restraining order against me. It was really funny."

Shockingly, nobody really finds this as surprising as they probably should considering it's Izzy. A few of them rub the back of their necks in awkwardness.

A few moments of silence goes by before Izzy turns to Gwen. `All right Gwen. Truth or dare?` Gwen rolls her eyes as she has a faint smirk on her face. `Well considering you guys are getting out of hand with the truths, I`m going to say dare.` Putting her finger to her chin, Izzy looks around. `Ooh! I know! Izzy dares you to climb to the top of the boy`s cabin!` She points to the Raccoon cabin a few hundred yards from where they currently are. Gwen shrugs. `Piece of cake.` As she gets up and heads towards the cabin, the girls all following her, excitedly talking to themselves while they are walking.

Upon reaching their destination, Gwen looks up. `All right, this should be easy.` Looking over to a pipe along the side, she hops up and grabs on. It makes a few creaks under her weight, but holds as she begins to climb. Slowly she makes her way up, coaxed on by the cheers of her friends.

Hearing this noise, Charlie sits up from spot on the roof he was laying on. As he looks up, he sees a head beginning to make its way over the edge of the roof. Confused, he raises an eyebrow.

At that moment however, there`s a loud creak as the pipe she was climbing gives way. Shocked, Gwen makes a jump for it and ends up grabbing onto the edge of the gutter. The other girls all gasp as they see this happen.

Standing up due to the loud crash, Charlie looks around the roof only to see Gwen hanging off the edge of the gutter. He immediately rushes over to her. `Gwen! What are you doing?!` Looking up in a mixture of relief and adrenaline, Gwen smiles at Charlie. `Oh Charlie! What are you- never mind. I could use some help!` Charlie nods as he immediately bends down and grabs one of her arms, pulling her up. He strains as he pulls her up. `Come on Gwen….` With one more massive tug, she ends up flying up, landing on Charlie, knocking him over.

A loud collection of applause can be heard from the ground as Izzy puts her fingers in her mouth and whistles. Gwen and Charlie meanwhile are recovering from their encounter. Charlie rubs his head. `You okay Gwen?` Breathing heavily, she smiles. `Yeah. Yeah i`m good.` Charlie scratches his chin. `Then uh…you could get off if you`d like`.

Realizing she`s still laying on top of Charlie, her eyes open wide as she stands up, blushing. `Right. Right. Sorry.` Changing the subject she turns to him, dusting herself off. `So Charlie, not that i`m not grateful, but what in the world are you doing on the roof anyway?` Charlie merely shrugs in response. `Waiting here, hoping to rescue somebody.` Gwen laughs at this. `Cute Chuck. Cute.`

A few moments later Gwen hears the thunk of a ladder hitting the side of the cabin. She turns to Charlie. `Well sounds like my ticket out of here just arrived. I think the girls are going to want me back. You going to be all right up here?` Charlie smirks. `I think I`ll manage.` Walking over to the edge of the building she steps on the ladder. Taking a few steps down she looks over the edge of the roof, her head still visible. Stopping, she smirks as he looks at him. `By the way. Chuck.` His head turns back to her. `I gotta say, I AM a pretty hot ghost.` And with that, she ducks her head below the roof`s edge. At first, Charlie has a shocked expression, but slowly, it turns into a smile.

AN: So I hoped you like this interlude! I write these chapters because I feel that within the craziness that are the challenges there isn` t really time to stop and smell the roses along the way. On a side note, in case you haven`t figured this out yet, I am a HUGE fan of fanfics where OC`s end up with canon characters (as well as crack pairings of canon characters), and my only rule is, you have to make it believable. If it`s a canon character that`s looking for love and never gets any in the actual series, it`s going to be far easier to have an OC pair up with them than a character who`s in a committed relationship. Not saying that you can`t do it, it just requires more work. If you`re going to write a fanfic where say, Inuyasha breaks up with Kagome and gets with your OC, fine, go for it. Just make me believe it. There`s an art in making an OC a living, breathing character and it not ending up being a Mary Sue. That`s one of the main reasons I actually decided to write this sequel story. I wanted to see if I had the chops to pair OC`s with canon characters and not make it seem forced or fake. I don`t know how well i`m succeeding, but according to the poll from earlier you guys seem to think the canon characters all acting IC, which is a relief. Thanks for all the support guys. I hoped you liked this free chapter because next time, it`s back to eliminations. If you have any questions or just want to talk about the story in general, feel free to PM me! See you all next time!

P.S. New Poll!