Night 12

"Good evening. I'm Julie Chen and welcome to Big Brother. Tonight is elimination night. Will it be Becky, the music major or Erik the financial services rep from New York who will be the second person evicted from the Big Brother house?

Let's check in with the House Guests... good evening, House Guests."

"Hey Julie," the tired house guests replied. It had been a very stressful couple of days.

"Erik, Becky... tonight, one of you will be the second person to lose their chance at the half a million dollars. What's going through your minds right now?"

"I'm currently planning my revenge on Nooks. She's a traitor. She says one thing but means another. If I stay in this house long enough, she'll be the next to go. You can count on it."

"And if you do get eliminated?" Julies asked.

"I doubt I'll be the one to go. I mean, Erik's a cocky bastard who thinks he has this game in the bag and that's his downfall. He's rude and an ass. I only have one enemy, while everyone hates Erik. But if I don't go, I won't be gone from this house. I have a friend in this house that I will go all the way to the end with and win!" Becky replied, smiling cockily.

Jeff snorted. "Oh yes, because your 'friend' is smart enough to stay in this house. If it wasn't for the fact he's the weakest player in the game, he would've been gone last week. I mean, Connor's even a better player than Chris."

Chris turned around and stuck his tongue out at Jeff. "Nuh uh!"

"Uh huh!"

"Connor is way stupider then I am, thank you very much!" that was it. One minute, Chris was sitting on the nice couch in big brother living room, and the next, slammed through the living room table after a body suplex then was in a wrestling hold of some kind, by Connor.

"0o0o0o0o0o0o! Where did ya learn that at?" Megan was clearly impressed.

"Uncle Marky! He likes wrestling and Daddy hates it. Marky and I were at home by ourselves once and he was nice to me and we pretend to fight and he taught me some good moves. If I's wins I gives him moneys cuz he nice…But shhh we can't tell Daddy or Coopy cause it would ruin his ego. We no want that. Nope Nope!"

"I gotta meet this Uncle Marky person." Nooks and Megan both nodded.

…

In the Lawson household, James, Cooper and Mark were all watching this week's elimination ceremony. At Connor's little announcement, both of the Lawsons heads turned and looked at Mark so fast, it caused whiplash.

James was the first to say something and he went ballistic. "YOU TAUGHT MY SON HOW TO WRESTLE? YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT! I MEAN, LOOK AT YOU, I DON'T WANT HIM TO END UP A CRIPPLE LIKE YOU!"

Mark was looking down, blushing. Connor was supposed to keep his mouth shut about that day. Sure they had fun and bonded, but if either James or Cooper knew, they wouldn't have let it down. Maybe he went too far by making Connor a big Sundae ice cream, topped with different types of sprinkles and chocolate syrup along with whipped cream. Connor did say that was the best ice cream Sundae he ever had which made it a memorable day in his life.

"It wasn't like I was inviting him to come join the business, Lawson, so get your panties out of a bunch. It was just horseplay. It mellowed him out afterward. He was easy to take care of being somewhat tired and only half as annoying as usual."

Cooper was trying to cover up his laughter.

"What so funny, asshole?" Mark yelled at him.

"You, being nice to Connor." Cooper grinned evilly, before quoting Connor. " 'Shhh we can't tell Daddy or Coopy cause it would ruin his ego.' Oh, I'm not going to let you live this down, Deadman! Are we getting soft at the heart?" Before Cooper could add one more thing, Mark growled and lunged at him.

…

"ANYWAYS," Erik shouted, getting everyone's attention back to him. "what's on my mind, Julie, is that I'm fine with whatever happens. I believe I have played a good game and have enjoyed my time here. If I'm the one going home, it just wasn't for me."

Most of the house guests nodded along with this. They felt the same way. If it was meant to be, it was meant to be. If it wasn't, you're going home.

"Thank-you house guests. We'll be back to check in with you later." Julie turned to face the in-studio camera. "The voting is done in secret in the diary room. Becky and Erik are not eligible to vote, nor will the Head of Household unless there is a tie. Let's check in with Connor and Megan as they prepare to vote

~Diary Room:~

Megan: You know, I liked Becky in the beginning, I really did, but when she tried to cheat and steal from Jess at that have/have not competition that was when I started distrusting her. She would do anything to get her way through this game. That even includes Lying, Cheating and Stealing. She is a snake in women's clothing! That's why she must go! So, in saying that, I vote to evict Becky.

Big brother Producer: You're going have to pay for that table, Connor.

Connor: Send the bill to my daddy! Becky mean to Nooksy. Nooksy takes care of me. Becky has to go cuz Nooksy good to me…I vote to kick Becky out on her tushie! Daddy, when I come home, I wants lots and lots of ice scream! ~Laughs crazily before running out.~

…

Everything at the Lawson compound calmed down after James pulled Mark off Cooper. He was now lying on the couch with said Lawson on top.

James smiled. "I miss him. He's never going away from me ever again. Why did I agree to this?"

"Because I told you he needs to gain experience and not count on us as much. It's part of him growing up, dad." Cooper reminded him.

"Personally, I think it's good for him to have a bit of freedom instead having you watching his every move. He needs to start figuring things out on his own." Mark smile and ran his hands through James' hair. "He's fine, Lawson."

James sighed. "Yeah I guess. "

Both Mark and Cooper could see that James was missing his youngest son and only hoped that Connor would be evicted soon so James would relax. Even though it would be amazing to see Connor actually win this thing.

…

The house guest sat around and waited as one by one everyone but the nominees and HOH went and cast their vote and came back.

"House guests, The votes have been counted. By a vote of eight to two, Becky, you have been evicted."

"Yes! Oh I mean, How sad." Nooks was excited and didn't care to hide it. Tommy laughed at Nooks' exclamation.

"Bitch." Becky called Nooks.

"Becky, you have two minutes to gather your bags, say good bye and leave the Big brother house." Becky stood up and hugged Chris before having a lip locking war with him. Bella and Shawn both o0o0oo0'ed while Nooks, Megan, and Jess both gagged. Becky smiled as they both pulled away. Chris had a smirk on his face. "Bye babe."

"Bye. Kick some ass, sweetie." Becky went and hugged Connor, Shawn and Bella before gathering her bag and leaving. Erik smirked, hoping the fact that he had misunderstood the house's true feelings toward Becky wasn't going to result in another week of being on a water diet.

...

"Hi Becky," Julie greeted evictee number two. "Take a seat."

Becky dropped her bag on the floor and sat down. A small part of her was sad that her game was over, but a larger part was happy that she wouldn't have to put up with Nooks any longer.

"You were in the house for twelve days... anything you would change?"

"Lots." Becky replied "I probably would've approached the power players right from the beginning about jumping ship before they had a chance to turn Nooks into a, y'know..."

"Give us some insight into the remaining house guests. We've heard it said that Tommy and Erik are controlling the game..."

"They think they're controlling the game, but I think they're gonna be in for a huge surprise once people start going into the jury house. Their alliance is tight now, but if I could say one thing to them, it would be watch out."

"Has anyone surprised you with their game play, or lack of it?" Julie asked.

"There are a lot of devious people still in that house." Becky answered "But I guess for half a million bucks, you gotta be. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out."

"Quite true. As you know, all the house guests recording messages for each nominee in case of eviction. Let's hear what they had to say."

Becky rolled her eyes. Having watched every other season, this was the one part she'd been dreading. She pretended to be paying attention, nodding where appropriate, but really not listening. Until she came to Tommy's message.

"Hiya, Becks. Since no one in the house will hear this, I want to say that you shouldn't be sitting there. Chris should."

Damn straight... hell, anyone else should be sitting here with the Chen-bot.

"It was all Nooks' and Tigger's idea to replace Chris and somehow they got Erik to go along with it." Tommy's eyes suddenly darkened. "I know that doesn't mean a whole lot right now, but if it's any consolation, I'm probably next. I don't think Nooks trusts me much. If that's the case, I'll see you on the outside real soon."

The screen faded.

"Any surprises?"

"That last one, although it's good to see that Tommy has finally taken the dark glasses off. Nooks has been scheming since minute one. She's just not as open about it as either Tommy or Erik. Bringing her into their alliance was a big mistake and I'm glad that he's realized it. A little late, but I'm still glad." Becky smiled

"Thank-you Becky. We will see you at the finale." Julie turned back to the camera. "Join us tomorrow night when we crown a new Head of Household. But we leave you with a live shot inside the Big Brother house. I'm Julie Chen, good night."

...

"Uh, Erik?" Shawn tentatively approached the smoking man. "I did vote for you."

"I know." Erik replied, blowing a series of smoke rings into the air. "The slop pass is all yours. I just can't believe I misread the house that badly."

"Me too." Shawn added "I thought it would be either six to four or dead even. Chris is going ape shit and not just because he got suplexed into the coffee table."

"I guess it's a good thing Big Brother buys crap from IKEA. He'll just have to go without sex like the rest of us." Erik finished his smoke. "Don't worry about them. I meant what I said. As long as I can, I'll protect you. But you gotta help us too."

Shawn nodded.

"I mean really help us. No more Diva fits during competitions, for one thing."

"You got it."

"Awesome." Erik answered "Now if you don't mind, I'd like to finish my smoke in peace."

Shawn returned inside just to get hit in the face with a pillow.

"Owie! My beautiful face." Shawn fell to the floor like he'd been shot.

"Pillow fight!" Connor jumped on Shawn and started swinging.

"Get him off me!" Shawn screamed

"Connor, be nice." Nooks shouted

"I's just having fun." Connor sulked

"But I don't think Shawn is." Nooks pointed out

"Damn right I'm not." Shawn retreated to his room.

"Meanie!" Connor pouted and jumped on the couch.

...

"I guess we're all screwed, right?" Bella said, looking at the bed Becky had occupied. "Although why you three voted for her, I don't know."

"How do you know that we voted for her?" Megan asked

"Erik only got two votes. I was one of them and I'm pretty sure Chris was the other. Any further questions?"

No one spoke.

"Good. I don't know what you were thinking, but if we don't do something soon, and by soon I mean right fucking now, only one of us is going to even make it to the jury." Bella shouted

"It's eight against four... what do you want us to do?" Jess asked

"We have to control HOH and veto for the next two rounds by any means necessary." Bella stated "Do what you hafta do... use all your womanly charms or whatever else you got, but do it."

Looking back, it might've been a good idea to make sure the bedroom door was closed.

TBC

(Sorry Becky!)