The following morning, the two woke up beside each other on the dirt. Sierra and Cody were occupying themselves with something in the dirt. Probably trying to find Chris' other barrels of oil for fun. Neither really saw how it could be viewed as fun, but it was Sierra and Cody, the two could occupy themselves with nearly anything.
That was when Heather remembered the events of the previous day. How he tried to get her eliminated, then helped her out of a ditch, then she tried to get him eliminated and finally, he saved her. Well, if anything had actually happened then he would have saved her. The idea was that he was willing to protect her.
"Thank you…" she whispered, laying beside him and opening her eyes to look up at the clear blue sky,"You practically saved my life,"
"Nothing hit me, I was fine," he told her with a shrug, sitting up and rubbing his back.
"It's just the thought that matters," Heather glanced back towards him,"But I want to talk strategy...what will happen after the show,"
Alejandro was suddenly listening to her, interested in what she had to say,"Between us? I want there to be something with us afterwards,"
"But you live so far away…" she had a small frown, looking away again,"I want something to work. I really do...but how?"
"Before the show, my parents had been talking about moving to the Toronto area," he admitted,"And you said you live in White Pines...we'd be kinda close,"
Heather took a deep breath,"Something at the finale...we'll tell everyone at the finale. There is no way that Cody would beat us, so we will reveal our actual feelings for each other there, in front of possible everyone,"
"I like that idea, going out of the show with a bang," Alejandro chuckled,"But how are we going to get rid of the twerp?"
"Are you kidding? He is going to get rid of himself. There is no way that Cody could beat us, and the only reason that he made it this far was because of Sierra. He would've been killed in the Serengeti if it weren't for her saving him. Face it, there isn't a way that he could beat us, he hasn't even won a challenge,"
"That's true," he smirked,"Because Duncan and Courtney won at Niagara Falls, Sierra won in China and here, I won in Africa and you won on Easter Island. How could he win the finale?"
"It's literally impossible," Heather crossed her arms,"So before one of us is going to win, we'll confess our feelings...make it look like an accident. What I said yesterday is true, we are the greatest adversaries that this show has seen ever,"
"People would love it!" Alejandro exclaimed,"Because let's face it, I watched the show to get a good idea of it before. The finale for Island was made interesting by you trying to sabotage Gwen, then for Action, it was literally just Duncan and Beth trying to convince everyone that they weren't terrible,"
She sat up, stretching her body,"Which is why we need to be the two who change it up a bit, leave everyone on the edge of their seats,"
By the time that the night came along again, the former final four sat around another self made fire. The day had been extremely uneventful until Sierra had called the three over.
"Since this is probably our last night together, I thought we could spend it by talking about our experiences on the show, families, friends-"
"Why on Earth would I want to give all my personal information to all of you?" Heather raised an eyebrow, then pointed to Sierra,"You already have my dental records memorized by heart,"
"I didn't say personal information," Sierra mentioned,"I said we could talk about the show and our families,"
"I don't see a problem with it, but you already know everything about me," Cody shrugged,"And since Heather is the only one who is opposing of it-"
"Fine," she rolled her eyes and looked around at the three,"I have two siblings...Amanda is my older sister and Damien is my younger brother. I honestly don't care much for them,"
"Amanda Becky Smith," the fangirl mentioned,"She has been trying to steal your limelight since you starred in season one,"
Heather groaned,"Yeah, okay Alejandro just talk about your family or something,"
"I have one older brother, Carlos. He is a professional soccer player in Spain," he told them, lying about having another brother.
"The Carlos Burromuerto?" Cody asked in the slightest bit of disbelief,"He is your brother?"
Alejandro nodded, feeling confident due to people actually knowing his brother,"Yes, he is a few years older than me,"
As the four continued to talk amongst each other, they somehow got to the topic of fears. Similar to season 1, they went around sharing what scared them most.
"Okay, so Alejandro is actually afraid of the the dark and isolation, Cody is still scared of time bombs and I am afraid of a lack of internet," Sierra covered the three,"Are you still afraid of sumo wrestlers?"
Heather remembered the lie she made up when she was sixteen. She didn't want to share her actual worst fear back then, but this group made her feel a little bit more comfortable than the eighteen that she had confessed her "fear" to before.
"No…" she shook her head, looking back up at them,"I'm afraid of abandonment," she finally admitted.
"Abandonment?" Sierra raised an eyebrow,"You're usually the person who ends up abandoning people,"
"Don't question it, I shared my fear so it's done," Heather crossed her arms with a frown.
An awkward silence filled the group as they all focused on the fire. That was when Heather stood up and left,"The rescue team should be here, I'm sleeping,"
"Me too…" Alejandro stood up and followed after her.
Sierra and Cody allowed for the fire to continue burning as they went to sleep in the rubble of the plane. This left the other two alone.
"Why are you afraid of abandonment?" he finally asked her.
"I don't want to talk about it...I'll tell you some day...but not now," she answered, shaking her head as she turned away from him,"Just...get some sleep,"
The story is almost over! I'm so proud of how far I have come in my writing due to this fic. I have a schedule and I should be finished with this by the end of March! There will be no warning on when I post, so you won't know what to expect.