Chapter Ten: I don't trust you

Courtney's POV:

I watched Duncan climb back from my tree to his tree. He almost killed me because he scared me and made me lose my balance! Thank god he wasn't my trust partner because I don't trust him. Putting back on my blindfold, I securely wrapped my arms around the branch.

"Courtney! I've arrived!" Justin's voice boomed.

"Thank goodness! Why'd you take so long?" I asked, trying to hide the relief that he was here.

"The worst thing happened to me climbing up," he replied.

"What happened? Are you hurt?"

"No, but I got tree sap on my 300$ pair of pants! That's not going to wash off!" Justin exclaimed.

I sighed and shook my head. I don't know what's more shameful, the fact that Justin is just a pretty boy idiot, or the fact that he spent 300$ on a pair of pants, and was stupid enough to bring them to camp! Ugh! Right now I can't believe I'm saying this but I miss Duncan. Sure he nearly killed me, but at least he wouldn't be worked up on a pair of pants if he had to come save me. I hope he's having better luck with Eva…

Duncan's POV:

"Hey! You're supposed to have your blindfold on!" Eva yelled as she climbed through a heavy set of branches.

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, so what?"

"So I'll break your face in if we lose this challenge because you broke the rules," Eva threatened.

To be honest, Eva was pretty intimidating but I am never going to admit that. Princess was intimidating as well, but in a different way. When Princess threatens to hurt me I know the worst that could happen is her hitting my jewels… but with Eva threatening me… she'll probably hurt me much more. So with an eye roll I put my blindfold back. "There, happy man lady?" I asked.

She punched me in the gut which almost sent me off the tree and to the ground. "Shut up," she growled. "Now I've got to lead you down to the ground."

"Shit," I mumbled, getting my breath back. "Fine, lead me down there." Eva grunted and jerked my arm towards her, and threw me down from one level of branches to another! "Hey watch it!" I shouted. "You can't just throw me around!"

"Watch me," she answered, picking me up again and throwing my on the next level of branches. Okay this chick is seriously pissing me off. I don't hit girls because well… guys just don't hit girls… but in Eva's case I'm considering a punching her lights out. I was about to take my blindfold off to see where I was but Eva slapped my hand away from it. "Oh no you don't," she growled, "Watch out this fall will probably hurt." And after that she tossed me off the branches and I hit the hard ground with a thump!

"You're crazy!" I hissed, taking off my blindfold.

Eva jumped off the branches she was standing on and fell a good thirteen feet, landing on her feet. "And you're weak," she spat.

"Oh that's it I'm going to-"

"Duncan! Eva! You have completed the challenge!" Chris beamed, interrupting the threat I was about to give her. I growled and Eva crossed her arms smugly, her eyes saying 'just try it.' (A/N I actually like Eva, but I've never put her in any of my stories so that's why I've made her mean. I tried to make her as in character as she is. Just saying XD)

So I let it go- for now. "Who's left Chris?" I asked.

"That would be… Geoff and Noah, Justin and Courtney, and finally Harold and Leshawna," Chris answered. He pointed to the three remaining Oak Trees where I saw Noah struggling to guide Geoff down from the tree (and Izzy pressuring him to hurry) Leshawna making her way up the tree to Harold, and finally Justin leading a blindfolded Princess down the tree. Pretty boy was holding her hand with a sickening smile on his face.

"Hey Duncan, over here!" DJ called to me. His voice interrupted my thoughts of pushing Justin into a meat grinder, and I walked over to him.

"What's up?" I asked, my eyes still carefully watching pretty boy and how he handled Princess through the tree.

"When did you last check on Britney?" DJ asked me.

"Uh… this morning," I answered, "Why, something wrong?"

"No, nothing is wrong… well not exactly," he stammered.

"What's wrong DJ?"

"I heard gunshots off in the distance earlier," he answered. "And we are in the woods. What if it was a hunter or something?"

"I'm sure everything is fine. Plus don't hunters shoot like deer or something? They wouldn't necessarily shoot down raccoons, especially if they're babies," I told him.

"Yeah man, I guess you're right," he answered. DJ seemed to not mind I wasn't looking at him while we talked.

"On the contrary, hunters often mistake raccoons for squirrels, or hunt raccoons to take them to a taxidermy and use them to decorate their businesses or homes," Harold said. (A/N Okay, for the record I really don't know much about hunting, so some of this I just made up for the story. Just so we're clear. All I know about hunting is that it requires an animal, a man, and usually a gun XD)

My eyes widened. "Even then, that doesn't mean they're hunting near the clearing," I said.

"You never know," Harold shrugged. "And where's the clearing?"

"Never mind!" I exclaimed. Right as Harold asked that I saw Justin slip on one of the branches, and he grabbed the trunk while Princess plummeted out of the tree! So sprinting over as fast as I could I lunged out and caught her in my arms right before she fell to the ground, turning my body over so I hit the ground and she landed on top of me!

She took off her blindfold and her eyes were wide with shock. "Duncan! You saved me!" she exclaimed. "You- you broke my fall!"

"Jeez Princess it was no big deal," I huffed.

"No big deal? I could've broke a bone if I hit the ground! You saved my life!" she continued to say.

"Does this mean we can make out?" I asked, grinning.

She scrunched her nose up in anger, but I wasn't the one she was mad at. "Justin!" she roared, "You pushed me out of the tree! You were supposed to guide me! I don't trust you!"

"Hey I think I just tore my 75$ linen shirt!" Justin shouted back.

She rolled her eyes and growled. "Hey Princess?" I asked.

"What?"

"You're still on top of me," I answered. She looked down and noticed this as well. Blushing a shade of red she leaped up off of me. "I never said you had to get off," I teased.

Courtney crossed her arms. "Ogre."

"This ogre just saved your life."

"Whatever."

I grinned and stood up next to her. Then both of our eyes widened as we heard something very loud and close-

BANG!

A gunshot…

Author's Note: Well oh holy cow is Britney going to be alright? XD Not much of a cliffhanger, but still it is one to spice things up. Thank you for reading, please review! Till next time ;)