Hello again darlings. Done with OITNB3 and my life makes no sense anymore! Haha, I'll get over it.

Summertime and book-reading on my wharf is in store. If the fucking wind will still.

Thanks for all reviews! It's so fun seeing how you all react to the drama in here. The feedback is so varying I feel like I'm writing a soap.

Anyways, it's thursday and you know what that means...

Week 3, Day 4

When Freddie wakes up it is the first time in two days he does so with a girl beside him. Emily has seemed to escape him every chance she get, but yesterday she had nowhere to go seemingly. He doesn't much care, really. It's not like he won't get rid of her today anyway.

It's not that he's got anything against her, but it's more that he would much rather stand with someone else, namely Effy. Or her sister wouldn't be too bad.

He looks broodily to where she is lying, dead to the world. Not much woman to trust, that one. When she went ahead and divorced him. Though, he thinks with himself, that it's worst for her. She probably made the mistake of her life yesterday and is going to get sent home. He hopes the same faith isn't for Effy, would rather have her in his bed by the end of this day.

He walks out on the porch in only his undies, ignoring the greeting grin from Cook who is already there, and instead just leans on the railing, looking down towards the bungalows... If he's lucky, he sneaks a peek of Effy in the mornings. Thankfully she is already outside sunbathing ... and that without a bra. Freddie smiles to himself as he keeps damping on the stick he's holding. Nothing like a great perve in the morning to raise his spirit.

And then she looks up towards him and after a beat of sexy smirking, raises her hand to wave to him. To say he's shocked is an understatement. He's about to lift his hand to wave back when a voice from beside him startles him.

"Effikins! Looking smokin' hot this morning, babe!"

He turns to see Cook waving back to her and hooting, his tongue hanging out of his mouth as he ogles.

Of course.

And when Freddie looks back he notices that it is without a doubt Cook she was addressing before. Not him.

Like a humiliated little puppy he runs back into his room. If he had a tail it definitely would be tucked between his legs.

He sees Emily half awake in bed and decides to get her speed going.

"Chop chop, wouldn't want to be late knowing what all the divorcees has coming, would we?" he smiles cruelly as he raises his voice.

"Fuck off."


"Do you guys know if we're near the Bermuda triangle? What if we disappeared one night? That's some creepy shit." Schmidt says with the breakfast, clearly having been dreaming some crazy stuff that night.

"It might, I'm not sure, but I think it's around Mexico somewhere." Naomi muses.

"The fuck are you talking about?" Cook questions as he bites into a sandwich.

"You know, where all those ships went missing. Read about it when I was little. Scary, made goosebumps on my arms and stuff." Schmidt answers.

"Oh man, you mean Pentagon?" Cook asks.

"What? Pentagon? These are all crazy difficult names." Pandora's eyes widens.

"It's Bermuda, not Pentagon you tosser." Naomi says.

"No, I'm telling ya, know this stuff and shit. It's Pentagon."

"I thought Pentagon was something in America..." Emily muses, "you heard of that Felix?"

"You're asking me? I only know about different canvases, no missing person areas."

"It's Pentagon! It's like the zone where everyone goes missing yeah? Proper high classified and shit." Cook continues.

"It's high classified because it's military!" Naomi deadpans.

"Exactly! Haven't you heard about all those theories? You know, that three sided eye?"

"This sounds really mythical." Thomas says slowly, crunching on his cereal.

"Whatever, can't we talk about, like, nails and stuff?" Katie asks bored from the side.

"Are you being serious with me now? Illuminati?" Naomi looks indignantly at Cook, ignoring the others. "Pentagon is like the military headquarters of the states or something."

"Nah man, that's something else. My grandfather told me this. And what the fook is illuminati?"

"Was your grandfather also high?"

"Hmm," Cook ponders, "that's a possibility."

The bickering goes to and forth during the rest of the meal, Cook has to admit defeat in the end, though he's not fully convinced.


The party moves down into the lounge, awaiting today's twists. They collapses into the sofa while some sits on stools around them, and Cook, he goes around on the floor smoking and speculating about the truths he's heard throughout his life.

"I guess now you're going to say that El-Dorado ain't no fucking city where everyone shags all the time." he frowns.

"Try city built of gold." Naomi answers, crushing another one of his beliefs.

She looks sideways towards Emily which is sitting beside her innocently. They have been more touchy lately, and honestly, Naomi doesn't mind it so much she thought she would. She lays her hand between them, palm up, hinting, but not so openly, that it would be alright for Emily to maybe give her a few heavenly strokes today too.

Emily peers down on the hand, and then proceeds to look to Naomi as the discussion continues around them, but Naomi pretends to be clueless. Still, Emily takes the hint and moves her hand to Naomi's, their light touching creating a warm feeling between them.

Emily has been noticing Naomi's willingness lately too. Just yesterday on the party she got away with countless of touches and grazes of hands. Finally it seems like the blonde is slowly giving in to what Emily knew all along. There's electricity between them.

So just with a little more pushing now, she hopes Naomi will fall into her, completely. Because honestly, this is all making Emily a bit hot and bothered.

If she survives through the day that is...

Just then, a waiter comes into the room with a letter and a green envelope. The letter is given to Freddie and the green envelope, which turns out to be sealed, is given to Karma.

Freddie clears his throat as he begins to read.

"Tonight is the couple ceremony where you will find out if you can trust your partner. Those who didn't divorce yesterday are locked with your man, while Effy and Emily is not. However, Emily and Effy are safe under the ceremony tonight -"

Freddie gets interrupted as Emily jumps up from the sofa and laughs uncontrollably, pointing at Katie.

"You told me I was a fucking fool for doing that, and I'm fucking safe!" she grins, getting an eye roll from Katie, soon followed by a small smile as it is kind of a relief that Emily won't be going home today. One less thing to worry about.

Effy's reaction is a bit more calm, she's rather sitting in the sofa smirking to herself. Taking chances can pay off sometimes.

But Freddie isn't done reading, so he resumes the long letter.

"As I was saying.." he continues, "they are safe under the ceremony tonight and can freely choose themselves a partner, including everyone but the boy they divorced. The boys that they choose will be with them into the next week. But the boys that's not taken by them will get the choice to trade their partner for Karma and her green envelope. No one is to know what the green envelope contains before tonight."

"Woah." Pandora says, a bit dizzy of all the words.

"I'll explain." Thomas says patiently and does so silently in the background.

Katie, on the other hand, is not so calm.

"Are you fucking kidding me? Fucking queen of death here is safe into the next week while I need to trust my partner not to trade me out for what's probably an immunity or some other shit?"

"It may not be immunity." Emily says.

"Yeah, what else then? It's obviously something good for them since they would want to send out their fucking partner."

"Aww, babe, who says I'm going to send you out." Schmidt grins. Katie looks to him and calms down a few notches, but she can't quite relax. She have no idea what Effy is up to, and if she takes Schmidt back? What is Katie to do?

Karma sits on a stool, fidgeting with her green envelope, hoping that if she's not enough of a partner herself, at least the envelope will do it for her. Green has always been a good colour, right?

Naomi scowls at Cook until he promises three times that he won't send her out. Then he goes over to Schmidt, who is actually quite busy making out with Katie, but whispers in his ear, taking his attention away.

"We shouldn't offer any of the girls, yeah? The new girl ain't no fun."

"I agree, I wouldn't wanna chuck out Katie for her." Schmidt whispers back so Karma doesn't hear.

Suddenly Effy appears behind them. "That's actually a brilliant idea. You should spread it to all the boys, Cook, so whoever me and Emily don't choose is in on it."

"Speaking of, who are you choosing?" Katie scowls at her.

"Don't know yet. Who is Emily choosing?" Effy answers right back.

"I'll let you know when I've made my mind up." Katie says cruelly.

"When you've made your mind up? Thought this was Emily's choice."

"She's my sister."

"Still."

Effy shakes her head amusedly of the twin before stalking away to somewhere quiet to smoke a cigarette. She has no worries about herself now. It all just depends of if everyone gets in on the plan to chuck Karma out from there.


"What is love! Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more!" Schmidt sings as he dances around the sunbed Katie is tanning in.

"You tosser." she says amusingly to him. Even a bit tenderly.

"Fucking aygh, man!" Cook grins and comes up to Schmidt and they start to dance and fool around together. Having no worries in the world, while Katie is laying watching them, thinking that she is pretty safe with the dork Schmidt.

Emily stops what she's doing as she's looking over at the spectacle.

"Mmmm, don't stop." Naomi moans from beneath her.

Emily smirks to herself as she starts kneading on Naomi's back muscles again. She's straddling her buttocks again, marvelling in the feel of the girl under her.

Their both pretty relaxed for the night. Emily is safe either way and Naomi thinks that neither Emily nor Effy would steal Cook from her, and onwards, that Cook won't trade her out for Karma.

Felix sits down besides them, bringing mimosas. "Here you are, girls."

"God, you're a godsent," Naomi says as she reaches over to grab a glass.

Emily smiles as she looks down on Naomi sipping the drink, but even if she is in a very good position, in many ways, she can't help but feel like the clingy girl who does absolutely everything for the cool girl to like her. Oh well, Naomi is definitely worth it.


Soon the pool area is made ready for the couple ceremony and all the guests meet up in their nicest attire. Cherie arrives and smiles at the sitting boys, safe for the night.

The rest of the girls gathers in front of them, Karma holding her green envelope looking mildly anxious, and that with good reason.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the end of this honeymoon of a week." Cherie greets.

"Yeah." Emily mutters to herself, restraining from rolling her eyes.

"Let's start with the girls who is locked with their partners. Katie, Naomi and Pandora you may go to your partners now."

They stride over to their partner, holding their shoulders as like it will protect them from getting sent home. Emily and Effy stands back, along with Karma on the side, looking at them.

"Okay, as you all know, Emily and Effy is safe tonight no matter what. When you choose you cannot go to the man you divorced. Emily you can go first and can't choose Freddie as your partner."

Emily nods to Cherie as in thanks and shifts her gaze to the options before her. Naturally her eyes catch Naomi's first, as they are smokey and makes her icy blue irises stand out in contrast. Hot is all Emily thinks as she drink in her light blouse over a tight, black skirt. Hot indeed.

But then she catches herself and thinks about the task at hand. She knows Katie wants her to break up either Pandora and Thomas or Naomi and Cook, but she doesn't want that. Definitely not putting Naomi in danger, and she won't mess with a couple seemingly in love like Panda and Thomas. Katie and Schmidt is, without doubt, out of the question too. No, Emily don't want no drama at all. She can't go to Freddie so that's a no too (and honestly, it would have been either way) so it leaves Felix as the only man without a partner. That way she won't steal any partners, and anyways, she kind of likes him a bit. She hopes he won't switch her out again in the future.

She walks over, on her deadly sharp stiletto heals, zoning in her brown eyes on Felix as she walks, ending the stride with a light kiss to his cheek. To be honest, she even saw Naomi checking her out as she walked confidently over, taking it as a victory and that the short, black and tight dress she's wearing did the trick.

"Very well, Emily, you and Felix is now safe into the next week, and he won't get the chance to trade you for Karma and the envelope. Then it's Effy's turn to pick herself a partner."

Effy smirks as she walks to stand in front of everybody. Her hair is tousled, her make-up heavy and black, along with her ripped up dress. Or long t-shirt rather.

She looks intensely from one to the other, making almost everybody nervous. No one knows what she is thinking or what she has planned, so when she start walking everybody holds their breath.

The ideal would be that she went to Freddie, and with that not breaking up any pairs. But no, Effy is definitely not choosing Freddie. But she walks past him and almost stops though, just to give him the thrill of almost having her, but she walks on afterwards.

After walking in between the pairs two times, everybody eyeing her in a slight fear, she stops with an earlier partner, lightly laying her hand on his shoulder.

"I fucking knew it!" Katie exclaims angrily.

"Sorry Katiekins, nothing personal, but you should know he's my partner." Effy says cooly back.

"What the fuck happens now? Do I go home?" Katie addresses Cherie. On the stool beside her, Schmidt is slightly grimacing but can't really show it if he's going to stand safe with Effy in the future.

"No Katie, Freddie stands without partner so you can go to him."

"Oh right, Freddie." Katie nods to herself, breathing easily again. She steps over to him and slightly ruffles his hair. "Hi Fredster."

Both Schmidt and Emily breathes out in relief of this.

"Okay, now over to the last phase of the night. Karma, please step up here." Karma does so, still clutching the envelope in her hand as she looks pleadingly at three boys in particular. "If one of the guys chooses to trade their partner for Karma and the envelope, their partner will be sent home. If nobody chooses to trade, Karma will be the one to go home. So now, down to business. The first who will take the choice is... Thomas!"

Thomas looks adoringly up on Pandora before sitting straight, answering. "No thanks, I'm really set with Pandora, so I wish to continue to stand with her."

Cook is the next to choose for trading or not, and he looks up on a scowling Naomi before turning back to Cherie and Karma with a wolfish grin. "Nah, me and Naomi is great. Don't need no green envelope in our relationship."

"Alright, this leaves Freddie as your last resort. If he decides to not trade Katie for you, you will be going home tonight Karma," Cherie says apologetically to Karma who nods sadly, thinking that the game is definitely over for her.

Katie holds tight to Freddie's shoulders with both hands as he is about to choose. She does trust him, they've been partners from the start after all, and she's saved him before. She truly believes he will return the favour.

"Actually," Freddie says after he's eyed the green envelope for a few moments, "I'll make the trade."

"WHAT!" Katie exclaims as people around them do the same. Seems like the plan to get Karma chucked out didn't reach Freddie... Or maybe it did, and went by deaf ears.

Freddie smiles smugly after the revelation. He did it for the envelope, really. It's most certainly a benefit for him. And he really needs a benefit right now, he's so fed up with everyone. Karma smiles gratefully back at him, not actually knowing this.

"This is bullshit!" Katie yells, "absolutely fucking bullshit!"

"Fucking hell!" Emily exclaims from behind Felix, taking to her head as she watches it all being over for her sister. Almost everyone looks shocked and clueless around them.

"Karma and Katie, you can now change places." Cherie says.

Katie stomps over to Cherie, glaring down Karma on her way, before turning and looking at the lot of people she's been with for three weeks now. It's then she feels her underlip start to wobble, but she bites it in her. She won't cry.

Karma smiles to Freddie as she walks over and hands him his envelope before kissing him delicately on the cheek, taking her place behind him. Honestly she's a bit surprised, because she hasn't spent much time with him at all. Either way, she's thrilled.

Katie folds her hands and looks down as she kicks the gravel with her leopard print high heels. She's so pissed she doesn't even have words. She can't fathom how Freddie could do that to her. But then again, he probably had a deal with Effy.

"Fuck's sake Effy, you bloody knew this would happen, didn't you?" Katie spits.

"No, Katie.." Effy says, and actually being genuine. "I didn't want this to happen."

"Yeah right, if you went to Freddie it wouldn't, so really, it's your fault isn't it?"

"I honestly thought Freddie would choose you."

"Whatever." Katie says sharply. She looks defeated to Schmidt and finds him with a frown on his face, looking at his shoes. It's not really fun for him, loosing a partner he actually cared about, even how much he would argue it's only for the fun they had together. In the end, everyone in there has a reason to not want Katie to go. Who else would parade melodramatically around the hotel, bossing everyone around? There's only one of her.

"Freddie, you can open the envelope now." Cherie says to him, and he gratefully do. He reads the content and breaks out into a full grin. He turns it around for everyone to see.

One immunity that can be used anytime the next week.

It basically tells them that he will survive next week.

"Jackpot!" he says smugly.

"Oh shut up, will you!" Schmidt suddenly snaps, looking furious. Freddie only smirks back at him, still complacent.

"Well, I'm sorry Katie, you need to check out of the hotel now. You may go and say farewell to the contenders before you go." Cherie smiles sympathetically at Katie.

Katie smiles bittersweetly before going in among the remaining guests to say goodbye. Some she avoids by default because of recent developments, and she almost takes to tears when she kisses Schmidt goodbye but they come for real when she holds around Emily in a last embrace. Emily is trying to hold back tears herself in seeing Katie leaving the hotel, for a long time come. She's left to fend for herself, and she already feels a bit more lonely.

"Sis, I trust you to win this okay? Like we said, the Fitch-force will get on through. And get Freddie and Effy the fuck out of here for me, will you?" Katie whispers in her ear and Emily can only nod back at her, holding on a little tighter.

Katie lets go and wipes away the tears with a little laugh before looking back at Freddie and Effy with a death glare. It's the last thing she does before she leaves the hotel, also leaving Emily with a gruesome lump in her throat.


It's after the toast in honour of Katie Thomas and Pandora finds themselves back in their hotel room. Thomas has been worrying her lip since Katie wiped out and is now eyeing Pandora in thought.

"So flippin' sad Katie had to go, we were proper friends we were." Pandora mulls as she changes out of her rainbow dress. One should think that she was the gay one.

"Yeah..." Thomas agrees, still watching her thoughtfully.

"She was going to give me a make-over too, she had promised. I just hope we'll meet again on the outside." Pandora keeps talking.

"It was quite a shock her going today," Thomas frowns.

"Right!" Pandora agrees, "I thought she and Freddie were whizzer good friends, but he probably didn't think that!"

"That's true... It all can happen so fast, we can all just be sent home in a flash. Time is precious." Thomas realises.

"Exactly!" Pandora agrees, none the wiser of Thomas' revelation.

"Pandora. I don't want to waste anymore time." Thomas says as he stands up from the bed and walks over to her.

"Huh," she looks up to him as he circles her waist.

"I think we're ready." he whispers.

"Really?" Pandora exclaims a bit too loudly, but goes with it as he starts kissing her.

Soon clothes are being shredded, and they disappear under the sheets to not give the cameras an all visual. The passions grows between them until it explodes behind both of their eyelids. In the aftermath they crawl close to each other, collapsing with intertwined limbs. And to Pandora's great despair, there is still a tugging in her chest. If it's guilt or something missing, she doesn't know. Still, in those silent minutes afterwards, she catches herself thinking about Cook.


"I don't know what the fuck is wrong with Freddie, throwing Katie, someone he could trust, out for someone like Karma!" Schmidt says angrily. It's only him and Effy in their room.

"Yeah," Effy agrees and looks down.

"You should've gone to Freddie, that would've saved her! But as always you're only concerned about yourself. We could've still played together in here without actually being partners."

"I couldn't go to Freddie," Effy says, bracing her arms around herself, looking small.

"Of course you freaking could, Effy! It would've solved everything!"

"You don't understand, I can never stand with Freddie." Effy whispers.

"What the fuck Effy, stop being so fucking egoistic. I was fine with Katie before you come in and meddle and sends her home!"

"Look, I'm sorry because I didn't want this. I just.. I didn't mean to fuck it up."

"Oh really, everyone knows you wanted her out. Why didn't you stop to think about what I thought?" Schmidt frowns at her.

Effy's breath hitches of this. She's uncharacteristically uncertain in all this. It's what Freddie does, he takes her control away. And she needs to feel in control.

"Look, Schmidt, I'm sorry." Effy shakes her head sadly as she walks out of the room, wanting to regain her control once more.


"Who would've thought, twin bitch going home today." Cook says as he leans on the bed, hands behind his head.

"Yeah, it was a fucking shock that. Freddie is not to trust, that's for sure."

"Tell me about it." Cook sighs, thinking that maybe the goer between him and Effy has been in on stirring up Freddie.

Suddenly Effy comes in through the doors, her eyes conflicted.

"Hey Eff, what's up?" Naomi says from where she's standing in the doorway to the porch, smoking a cigarette.

"You should probably go check on Emily, she's proper teared up about all this." Effy says to Naomi. Her real reason is to just get her out of the room.

"Right, you just want to shag Cook in peace, is that it?" Naomi cocks an eyebrow at her, reading the situation.

"What if it is blondie, you go cheer up red, yeah?" Cook grins from the bed, hoping that what Naomi predicted is the truth.

"It isn't like her sister died exactly, how distressed can she be?" Naomi dismisses. It's not like she doesn't want to go check up on her, but she doesn't want everyone to expect her to do it, like Effy obviously thinks.

"She's in my neighbour room. And you saw her at the toast. I know." Effy says to her.

Naomi sighs and flicks out her stick before going out of the room, leaving them alone.

"Well," Cook grins to Effy, propping up on his elbows.

"You're going to be my toy for the night." Effy smiles back to him, taking off her t-shirt on her way to the bed.

Cook only grins wider, ready to take whatever she's going to throw his way.


When Naomi arrives Emily's and Felix's room, she sees how upset Emily is straight away. Felix is standing beside her trying to comfort her as best he can, but Emily is obviously lashing out.

"Why won't you just fuck off Felix? If you sent out Freddie last week instead of JJ this would've never happened." Emily says angrily at him.

"Emily, you don't mean that." he says hurt back.

"I do. Piss off." she frowns at him.

He sighs as he walks a few steps away from her. "No one can know the future Emily. This wasn't my plan."

Then he turns and leaves the room, nodding sadly to Naomi as he passes her. Naomi looks slightly shocked back at him before she steps into the room. Emily is sitting with the opening to the pool now, her feet soaking in the water. When she turns and sees Naomi standing there, she quickly tries to wipe her eyes.

"Fuck," she says to herself, not wanting Naomi to see her like this.

"Em no, it's going to be okay." Naomi says, sitting beside her, not helping the protective side that's showing itself when she sees Emily like this.

"I know I know, this is so embarrassing." Emily says as she keeps wiping her face.

Naomi lays an arm around Emily's shoulders, and the smaller girl leans into her.

"It's stupid really, I know it's not the end of the world or anything but... I dunno, it seems that emotions in here on the hotel tenfolds."

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Naomi smiles at her.

"And it's not like I'll never see her again, it's just stupid it's getting me so upset but.. we had this plan that we were going to stand in the finale together, and then, whoever won, would drop the ball and we would share the money. And we would play together all the way to the finale. And I just..." Emily says, her voice cracking again.

"It's going to be so lonely in here without her. It's pathetic, I know, I'm a grown woman and everything, but we were going to protect each other in here. And I feel like I just lost my greatest strength and reliance." Emily continues.

"Look, I can't say I understand how you're feeling, but you're definitely not alone, alright?" Naomi smiles kindly.

"Yeah," Emily agrees, sniffing and leaning her head on Naomi's shoulder, her senses overcoming with all Naomi. Her smell intoxicating. She feels Naomi burrowing her nose in her hair, and smiles faintly.

"I was such a bitch to Felix." she admits.

"Yeah you were," Naomi laughs, "better sort that out before he gets the chance to trade you out."

Emily laughs too, the sort of laughs after tears when you feel foolish for even crying in the first place. She lifts her head and sees her mascara streaks on Naomi's shirt. She looks up into the bluest pair of eyes she's ever seen.

"Hey," Naomi whispers as she looks back, "it's going to be fine, yeah. You got lots of allies in here, and no one wants you out."

Emily smiles faintly before it falls away of a more serious look as she looks into the beautiful eyes above her. Naomi seem to grow serious too, as they sit in the embrace.

And then Emily leans in as if to close the gap, slowly she closes her eyes awaiting a pair of lips she's sure will be the most heavenly she's ever kissed. But then the warmth beside her is gone, and when she opens her eyes Naomi isn't there anymore, but rather standing on the floor behind her, her eyes wide with shock and trepidation.

"L-look Emily, I'm not gay, yeah? I mean, I like you and all, but I just.." Naomi trails off as she looks to Emily. "I'm sorry." Naomi says in the end, walking out of the room, her mind screaming for a calming cigarette.

Emily sits back and watch in disbelief the blonde go. She was so sure Naomi was feeling the same as her. They were going so strong, and they were flirting, and shitting hell Emily were touching her in that way and Naomi didn't mind. She must be feeling it, it must be that she's not ready yet. Because the way Naomi looks at Emily sometimes...

"Shit," Emily mutters to herself and burry her face in her hands. She jinxed it too soon.


Oh darn, there goes Katie! But is it the last we've seen of her? Stay tuned, because anything can happen on Paradise Hotel...
I'm excitedly awaiting your reactions.