Screaming Sopranos Girls Room

It was an hour before the elimination ceremony, and the girls of Screaming Sopranos for once did not have to go. They were so proud of themselves and their team, so they decided to just sleep in that day and hang out in their rooms. As they were beginning to get ready for the day, a knock came to the door, which made them confused - they weren't expecting anyone. Naomi came up to the door and answered it, and to her surprise, it was Zakk. He had a duffle bag with him. She opened the door a crack to see what he wanted.

"Are you moving in?" Naomi asked jokingly. Zakk let out a chuckle.

"I wouldn't come back to this hell-hole, even for my girl. Anyway, is Sami awake?" He asked her.

"Yeah, come on in." She opened the door further, revealing the rest of the girls, who were still in their PJs but decent enough to be seen by others. When he came over to her she was sitting on her bed, reading a book. She heard his footsteps and lifted her head to see who was here, and her neutral expression turned into a happy one as she jumped up onto her knees, surprised to see him.

"Zakk! You came for me." She wrapped her arms around her shoulders, so happy that he got to see her. She was also pretty certain he threatened someone to allow him to see her, but she didn't question it at that moment.

"Yeah, I told them I wouldn't leave till I could properly kiss my babydoll." Sami giggled as he took her hand, stepping off the bed She waved to the other girls, and as soon as they walked out and the coast was clear, Zakk flung himself onto her and kissed her, their poor mouths gasping for air as they didn't pause. Sami after nearly a minute of this came back up for air, and looked up at him, holding his hand as he stroked her fingers.

Seeing him again made her miss home, and miss having a summer for herself. She thought about how terrible of a start this competition was, and how he really wished he was here for a longer time. For the first time in this competition, she felt it coming. She felt her smile turn into a frown, a lump forming in her throat, tears coming down as she allowed herself to be vulnerable. She hadn't allowed herself to do that, not even in front of Shawn. She tried suppressing her cries, but there was just something about Zakk's presence and seeing him again that made her brain tell her that it's okay to cry. She tried to hide it and buried her head during a hug in Zakk's chest, but Zakk knew based on her body language throughout most of the show that she would probably cry when seeing him.

"Hey, what's wrong?" He asked, afraid to let out more tears. He held her head closer to his chest, stroking her long hair as she looked up at him, sniffling.

"I don't know. It's just been so hard being here again, and I haven't allowed myself to cry like this since the first night... I'm sorry, I'm ruining everything." Zakk let go of her and took her chin into his hand, watching her try to suppress the tears.

"You are doing a great job out there, babe. Your dances are good, your singing is amazing, and... your ass. Mmf. Looks great on HD TV." Sami let out a small laugh as he held her loosely by the waist, holding his hand on her butt and squeezing it. Sami smiled, feeling a little better being with Zakk, and snuggled closer to him. "Plus, you haven't hurt your ankle yet, so it's already going to a great start." Sami laughed, remembering how damaged she got last year from just one fall, how many physical therapy sessions she had to go to and how much work she put in after the competition just to get her ankle back to its original health.

"I'm spending what little time we have crying. Figures." She giggled as she wiped her eyes and locked eyes with him, and as he allowed himself to get lost in Sami's eyes, Zakk heard a disgruntled Chris yell at him to hurry up, and he let go of her. Their smiles quickly went away.

"That's me, I better go." She looked at him and kissed him, her arms reaching to his neck, and as they let go, they gave a few quick pecks, each one meaning to be "the last time", letting go a little bit each time, and as Zakk let go of Sami, she groaned. Neither of them wanted to leave each other.

"I know, babydoll, but I gotta catch my flight. Walk me down?" She smiled as she held onto his hand and walked him downstairs, Chris waiting to bring him into the car to go home. "Hey, I don't want to see you until the end of the summer when you win. You should have won the first season in the first place, but, y'know." She nodded. "I love you." Zakk looked at her and kissed her cheek, and as he started walking out, she looked at him as she began to say something.

"Wait! I forgot something." Before Zakk could look over at her, she went over to him and slapped his butt, then giggled as he turned around and smirked, pondering at what he did to that innocent, sweet girl.

"That ass is mine when I'm done here." She said, tip-toeing to his level and whispering to him.

They looked each other in the eyes one more time, smiling, then he turned back around and started heading to the car, and Chris closed the door as he left. As soon as Chris left the living room, Sami was alone, and as quickly as Zakk came, he was gone.

Library

Denzel looked over to Lila as they sat criss-cross across from each other, loosely holding her hand. The two of them were great together, but Denzel lacked the confidence, as always. Most of their time spent together was learning each other's language - Lila was somewhat fluent when she first came into the house, but she wanted to learn more. She was really enjoying her time so far, and didn't want to spend it trying to figure out what others were saying. Denzel looked down at his book, then looked over to her, but she stopped her.

"We should just talk. Let's just talk." She said to him. She was right. He put the book down, then she took his other hand and looked into his eyes. "What is it like in your home place?"

Denzel looked at her. He didn't know how to answer that positively.

"Honestly…" he began, "It's kind of rough. It's not in a very good neighborhood." Denzel hates talking about himself, and Lila could see it.

"Italy is beautiful, but America is beautiful-er." She said to him. "I wish we could explore."

"Maybe Chris will let us go out one night." Denzel laughed.

"You really don't know Chris, do you?" He asked, chuckling.

"I guess not." She said, smiling down at her lap. As the two of them looked into each other's eyes, Ivy walked into the room.

"Elimination time." She said to them as she ran out.

Auditorium

The Terrific Tenors hadn't been in here for an elimination since the first week when everyone had to put someone out. It felt weird to them, but hey, even Team Chris Is Really, Really, Really, Really hot once had to face elimination after a few weeks of victory. As people were still filing through, Lizzy looked over to Luke, not sure who to vote for. She was one of the songs that didn't receive a point, and she felt bad about it. She knew that Luke would know who to vote for.

"Hey," she said to him. "Who are you voting for?" Luke looked up at her, nervous. He really didn't know himself.

"I don't know, I felt like we all did a great job. It's hard to choose." He said to her. As she began to say something, the rest of the teens started to settle down as Chris came up to the stage.

"So, Terrific Tenors, or should I say, Terrible Tenors. You finally are facing elimination. Couldn't avoid it forever." He paused to let it sink it. "Anyway, in front of you there are screens where you can vote someone off from your team. Choose wisely!" He stepped to the side as the teens pondered on who to vote. After a few minutes of this, their screens went blank as their votes were totaled and given to Chris on his tablet.

"Wow!" He said, looking down at the results. It was clear nobody had talked to each other about who to vote off, because there was nearly a tie between 4 people. "Okay. Let's do this. Our first group of people safe, Ivy, Shawn, Lila and Luke." The four of them nodded, glad they had safety for another week.

"The rest of you all had a vote or more against you, so…" Mickey, Lizzy, Piper and Koda looked at each other. What was up with the inconsistency?

"Our first two safe are... Mickey and Piper! Which means it's down to you two." He looked over to Koda and Lizzy, who looked nervous. They both didn't win a point for their team, but on the other hand, Koda didn't win it for them in the tiebreaker.

"And our last person safe…." Koda was nervous and grabbed Lizzy's hand, but she was caught by surprise and let go of it dramatically. Then she felt back and noticed how nervous Koda was when he's usually so happy all the time, so she took his hand again in a friendly matter.

"Lizzy. Sorry, Koda, you're going home!" Lizzy and Koda let go and Koda looked over, disappointed. Lizzy tried not to show how happy she was, but a small smirk did crawl onto her. She was concerned about who would vote her off, and how many votes against her she had, but she decided she'd worry about that later. Koda looked around the room, he really didn't know a lot of his teammates that well. He wished Dustin was here, as he was the only one he cared to say goodbye to.

Finally, Ivy broke the tension and went up to Koda, giving him a hug.

"It was so great meeting you, Koda!" She said, not meaning it but sounding like she did. She was hoping to keep the feminine good-girl act for as long as she could. Koda looked sad to go, but appreciative of Ivy saying goodbye. Even though

"Bye, guys!" Even though he lost the challenge for the team, he was still confident in his ability, and proud of what he did accomplish. He waved them goodbye, and left the auditorium.

Chris looked over at the teens as he saw Screaming Sopranos walking in, ready to hear the announcement for next week's challenge.

"Now that we've got that out of the way, let's hear this week's challenge. This week theme is clichés. Show me the too-typical material you'd be caught dead seriously performing. The overplayed content." The teens looked intrigued, this was an interesting theme. Chris must not have thought of it. Chris looked over to the camera.

"Join us next time on Total Drama Arts!"

A/N: Hey y'all, it's been awhile. I'm SO sad that Koda is gone - when I made him the tiebreaker I didn't do it because I knew he'd fail, I didn't realize it was interpreted that way till some votes came in. So I'm sorry, Koda's OC creator!

Thanks for those who have been messaging me & reviewing every week, you rock! As always, send in a review and if you know of any extremely cliché songs, dances, or even monologue scenes (I have a few in mind), let me know and maybe I'll feature it! My school break starts this week, so I'm hoping I can get more chapters out for you all!

In case you haven't seen, I have a new fanfiction out! It's called "The New Noah", based on a headcanon I wrote a few months ago. If you decide to read it and want to help me confuse the people in the reviews, comment "Noah kissed a guy" somewhere in your review (an ode to TDI!). If you've read through this author's note, tell me your favorite TD character! Mine is Courtney!

~Sami