life for rent
a total drama island story
a/n: hehe, bunnyboo, i didn't really make the connection to janice or regina but i guess they do have the same names as two of the girls in 'mean girls', so...ya, just a coincidence. oh and i switched back to wordpad...sorry if its getting annoying...
disclaimer: NEVER!
courtneys pov:
as soon as regina opens the door to her car, i remember the study session.
"shoot i forgot the tutoring session" i say, taking out my phone.
"date you mean?" janice smirks
"no!" i exclaim "not a date. its not a date."
"whatever" they both say. i roll my eyes and dial duncan.
"princess?" is his automatic answer.
"will it kill you not to call me that?" i ask completely annoyed.
"probably."
i decide to let it go. "um i have to cancel the tutoring for today"
"why?" he seems disappointed. aw.
"well regina and janice want to go on a triple date."
i can just hear his satisfied smirk over the phone. "so you finally decided to give in to me."
"no!" i snap. "so untrue. it was their idea. trust me i could not be more against it."
"yeah yeah princess. so where is it?"
"janices house. be there by six."
"im not missing this" he says. we both hang up.
janice and regina were both watching me, satisfied.
"he so digs you, court," regina says.
i just blush. shit.
"see? i told you" janice says. "well see you at six courtney."
"hold up," regina says, putting out her hand to stop janice just has her foot started on the pedal. "its courtneys first date"
"so?" i say, trying to sidle my way into the house.
"well, i hate to say it court but you just look normal."
"and thats a problem?"
"welll yeah" regina says.
"guys please" i say. "triple date. he'll probably be talking to aaron and eric"
"nah" they both say, positive. then they get out of the car and invite themselves into my house.
"ew" janice says on the way up to my room. "what happened to your hair?"
"what?" i say defensively, touching a piece. "i just took a shower this morning."
"no, it has no volume" janice says, taking a piece of my hair and trying to 'volumize' it with her hands.
"do you have a hair curler?" regina asks.
"well, yes, but its my moms not mine" i say.
"then its settled." they both drag me to the bathroom.
"no...guys listen!" im ignored.
an hour later, after much poking, prodding, and general torture, i emerge from the bathroom, coughing through a cloud of hairspray.
"one--more--spray!" janice coughs, waving away at the air.
"no! guys it will--ugh--hold!" i cough back, batting her away and slapping the lid on the hairspray can.
after the cloud clears, janice and regina guide me to the mirror.
my hair, which i had grown out after the island, now is a few inches shorter, because there are big rings of curls framing my face, shortening the length.
"i didn't know you had blond in your hair courtney" regina says after critically examining my reflection.
"i guess didnt know either" i say, taking a small curl that had acutally turned blond.
"your face is fine," janice says. "wow you have such a good complexion. my pores are he-uuge."
"um thanks guys" i say after peering at my reflection. "but this is temporary. only for a night, right?"
"right" they say in unison.
"so what are we doing tonight janice?" i say getting up.
"watching a movie."
"not horror?" i clarify.
"it's horror," janice says. "but were not really going to be watching. more important stuff to do, right?"
"like?" i say, completely clueless. then i catch janice's expression.
"oh no i am not" i declare. "when you said date i didnt know you meant...date?!"
they both smirk.
"what do you think we meant?" they both say at the same time.
"well--not a, you know--well...date??" i say indignantly. "i mean not a real date." i say it like an expletive.
"what did you suppose you were going to do?"
"guys im not SEDUCING HIM or anything close," i say.
"he'll probably want you to after he sees you"
"you guys are insane" i say shaking my head.
"sane or not, he's going to be looking at more than the movie screen..."
i just sigh heavily.
janice checks her watch. "five thirty, we better head over."
then, before i can do anything, she whips out the hairspray can and does one quick spray.
duncan's pov:
both aaron and eric are staring at me.
"youre going on a date with that chick?" aaron says. "the one that i saw in the hallway coming towards you?"
"yes," i say. "the one you walked away from."
"i had my reasons," aaron says. "first shes a prep"
"i think shes hot," eric says.
"dont let regina hear that" aaron smirks.
"guys guys" i say. "really princess is not a big deal"
they both sigh as if they were thinking the opposite, but then they both just get in eric's car and drive off.
coutney's pov:
"guys im really nervous" i say. not that i care what duncan thinks. i dont. seriously.
"why? you look incredible" regina says, opening the cupboard beneath janice's tv and taking out a stack of dvd cases.
"what are we watching, by the way?" i ask, moving behind regina.
"the exorcism of emily rose" regina says coolly.
"WHAT!?" i exclaim. "but that movies insanely scary."
"youve watched it?" janice says.
"well--er--yeah. my friend took me. we both had to leave early. we got all freaked out" i say.
"like i said court were not really going to be watching the movie."
"ya because someone who shall remain unnamed invited aaron whos going to be trying to make a move on me all night" janice glares. regina smiles innocently.
the doorbell rings.
janice goes to get it.
the three guys are standing there. obviously i can tell who duncan is, but two boys, one with brown hair and the other blond, are strangers. the dark haired one looks at me like i have a disease. the blond one smiles and sticks out his arm. "hi im eric"
"hello" i say politely shaking his hand.
duncan smirks and puts his hand around my waist. i push him off.
"quit it" i demand. he just brushes my hair off my face. he is incorrigible.
the dark haired boy, who i assume is aaron, walks over to janice.
"hey janice babe" he said.
"i hate you regina" janice says pointedly ignoring aaron.
"well i know where you live now" aaron says winking. janice slaps him away and huffily folds hier arms.
before the doorbell had rung (rang? um) janice had put in the movie. which was why i was terrified to enter the room without someone there.
stupid, stupid. as i reach the couch, my toe catches on one of the loose strings' on janice's carpet. i trip onto the couch, pulling duncan down with me, who had insisted on putting his arm around my waist. i couldn't shake him.
"let me up" i say, pushing against his chest and thankful that both other couples are watching the movie.
"nah, i don't think i will" duncan says suggestively, lowering his mouth and pressing it against my neck.
shit. he knows my weaknesses.
"please duncan" i say "really stop it" my voice is rather unconvincing.
he raises his mouth from my neck to my mouth, his tongue pressing against my lower lip. i can feel his piercing poking at my skin, but i really dont care.
after a long while of remaining uncomfortably still, stuck between the two descisions to either kiss back or get him away while, i push him off. "will you ever stop?"
"let me think" he says. "no"
"ugh" i lie. i raise myself into sitting position. "havent you ever heard of the first date rules?"
"rules? me? i think not princess" he says
"well, youre not supposed to kiss me on a first date" i say, brushing myself off and patting down my hair.
"i dont follow the rules" he says. "you dont have to kiss back sweetheart"
with that he leans over and presses his mouth to the base of my neck.
janice's pov:
i was so right. regina is dead.
"scared, jan?" aaron asks, using the old 'arm-around-yawn' move.
"get your arm off me or get pepper sprayed," i warn, threateningly taking a small white spray can from beneath my seat. he quickly backs off but not for long.
"well if you get scared im here" he says.
i scoff. "haha funny. youre scarier than the movie. i'll pass."
theres a long pause, the only soudns are the screams from the movie.
"so why did regina invite me then?" he smirks.
"i told her not to" i say defiantly. "if you think this was my idea youre even more deluded than i thought."
"oh come on" he says. im too upset to even notice that hes coming closer. and in a surprise 'attack' he quickly ducks his head and presses his lips against mine.
i shove him off, hard.
"had your fun?" i ask sweetly.
"definitely" he says smugly.
"oh, goody," i say. then i take out the pepper spray and shoot it into his face.
"ah the burn" he cries, stumbling for the bathroom.
what a loser.
aaron's pov:
that chick pepper sprayed me! i thought that only happened in cartoons!
regina's pov:
while the others are having all the drama, i think eric and i are the only ones watching.
"this movie is pretty weird" eric says, watching avidly as the girl on the screen makes a horrible face. (a/n: lol i didnt watch the movie, just heard about it)
"i guess" i say.
the thing about eric, he's sweet and funny, but really, he always says the wrong thing.
"that chick on the screen is hot" he says.
see?
eric's pov:
i dont get why regina's so pissed. i speak only the truth.
duncan's pov:
man i so have princess all over me.
courtney's pov
in a moment of obvious insanity, i actually ask duncan a sincere question.
"how did you get out of the house?" i ask. "isnt your parole officer, like, all over your butt?"
he gives me a funny look. i guess that was a bit weird for me to say, like that. 'all over your butt?' hmm. not me at all. "i told john i was going to the pet store to get him a kitten for his birthday."
i look at him. "funny. youre kidding."
"no sadly" he says, laughing. "he didnt even question. he just told me to make sure the kitty is orange. hes naming it 'marmalade'."
"wow he must be really attatched to his job" i say sarcastically.
duncan's hand trails up my neck to the back of it, near my hairline. im shivering, im not cold either.
"duncan stop it please" i squeak, my voice cracking near the end.
meh, sorry i ended it so abruptly. saving the rest for the next chapter. mwahaha. not sure how i should end the triple date. any ideas? review meh!