Mike and Zoey have spent the last few days exclusively with one another, as the rest of the cast told them and Anne Maria, that they were done with the drama that came with the three of them, and were essentially exiled. "So Zoey, are you excited to go back home in a few days?"
"A part of me is, since I miss my family, and won't have to worry about what toxic element will show up randomly," Zoey replied, as she laid her head on Mike's legs. "A part of me isn't, since I do not like where I live, and everyone either going to harass me, or pretend to be nice once they realize that I was on "Total Drama". After being able to live out for these last few months, I don't want to go back to my parents suppressing me, barely being allowed to watch TV, or really express myself. What about you?"
Mike was blank for a moment, and his eyes widened, before it turned into a smile, "Oh my gosh... I remember when Anne Maria and I were talking in the kitchen, she mentioned something about emancipation. While I don't have any parents, if I could figure out a way to emancipate myself, I can finally leave Winnipeg. Who would have thought that she could give me an idea."
Zoey smiled, and squeezed Mike's legs in a friendly matter, "That's great. Just from what I've heard about your childhood, and what that place has done to you, I don't blame you at all. Long distance is gonna be tough, but I'm so glad I got my license beforehand." She sat up, and cuddled him, "Now that I think about it, I could probably be homeschooled to divert any unwanted attention in my town of Black Diamond. And heck, maybe I could do that while visiting you."
"I wouldn't ask you to do all of that, especially since your parents would probably reject it," Mike replied in doubt. He started to grow worried, "Your parents... OH GOSH, they might not like me once they hear about the disorder. And they're going to hate me even more due to breaking your heart on TV. And I wouldn't want them to see me as the guy who caused you to be distracted with school. I didn't even think about your parents reacting to all of this."
"And there's another thing... the girls are planning a girly sleepover tonight, and all of us have to be there. I am really nervous," Zoey explained to her boyfriend. "I have always wanted to make at least one female friend through this experience, and maybe this will cause the tension to ease between everyone, and I can end cordially with some of them."
Mike squeezed her hands, and kissed the both of them, "I don't think it's the best idea, but hopefully the other four will give you a chance. Just be prepared for what Anne has up her sleeve. While we did overhear her a few days ago, you never know with her."
Zoey continued to speak, "I was told that there would be no drama, and Anne Maria promised to not start any drama, so I am somewhat optimistic. I don't even know what type of pajamas I'm supposed to wear."
Anne Maria was in the process of doing Sam's hair, as Brick was choosing outfits for Dakota and Anne Maria to wear, "Sam, when was the last time you washed your hair? And when was the last time you conditioned your hair? The lice makes the maggots on the island look AWFUL!"
All he could do was giggle sheepishly, "I... I don't... I don't remember. It's like a nest up there that's just untangled. Hey, why do you think I got you to handle my hair?"
Dakotazoid (who somehow managed to enter the room) was curling her hair, and putting on her makeup as she asked Brick, "What night outfits are you choosing for us? I don't trust your judgement."
The cadet was rummaging through both of their outfits, and was throwing things around, "I LOVE doing this, and I DO have good judgement. Why do you think Jo's been able to wear something that isn't grey tracksuits. She wouldn't allow me to choose her nightwear for your little slumber party tonight."
"Just choose something that shows off my curves and cleavage. The girls need to know what I'm working with," Anne Maria demanded, before she felt all of the lice on Sam's hair, and dumped his head into the sink to rinse it off. She ignored his screaming.
"Don't you think you're being a bit too harsh," Dakota questioned, as she watched her boyfriend get soaked.
The pipe of water was soon turned off, and she soon buried Sam's head in a towel, "No, his hair is a sty. He wanted to get a slight makeover, and he got one." She went to pour a bunch of conditioner on his hair.
Brick was able to settle down on a few choices, "So I narrowed it down to two options for each of you. I also added a long robe for you Dakota, since your choices have been... unfortunately limited. Anyways, are you both planning on making up with Zoey tonight?"
"I do want some... explanation about why she had to cut me like that," Dakota responded. "I never got the chance to really speak to her in depth before, and if she's open to it, I am fine with us being cool."
Anne Maria rolled her eyes, "After what she just did? There will be no more friendship, but I want to enjoy this night, and I want her to leave me the hell alone. It will be interesting."
Sam was drying his hair, "Well, you two managed to be in a good enough place, and the season started with the two of you fighting, and this was on the boat before we landed on the island. Anything can happen."
All 6 of the girls ended up in the lounge room, where Dawn and Staci would hold out on girls night, "Well, Dawn and I are thankful for everyone showing up to the Girls Night. The two of us wanted to have this moment, since it became clear that we ALL struggle with female relationships, and there hasn't been much time for us all to be together, since the season was not for women. And also, we don't have much time left to enjoy the season overall."
Dawn set the incents and candles, while preparing a body wrap in a few buckets, "Yes, we came up with the idea together. We wanted to enjoy some girl bonding, and the first activity that we decided was a clay body wrap. We put some of the product, all natural, in a body wrap. This one is for our feet."
The women all dumped their feet in the substance, and started feeling more relaxed. Jo was really soothing into it, "I am really enjoying this. My feet feel so gooey and stuff."
Dakotazoid tried to put as many cucumbers on her face, "Do you all remember when we wrote those lists before the season about the guys we liked? We were on the boat, and each of us wrote it in secrecy, before dumping it into a box."
"I do remember that, yah. An intern or something took it away," Staci responded, as she started putting cucumbers on her eyes. "Anyways, do any of you ladies have any regrets about anything that happened on the show? I regret talking too much of my family, and not getting to know anyone. Learning how to listen is something that I feel like I've worked on, but I need a lot of improvement as well."
The extremely tall woman just had to point to her body, "Well, I'm... trying to get used to this... freakish body. Sam really likes it, but he doesn't have to live like I do. A part of me wishes that I should have just listened to Dawn, and accepted my fate when I was voted out the first time. I wouldn't have spent as much time with Sam, but we might have still happened, since he would have been here sooner than later. I'm... so scared about going back home."
Dawn grabbed Dakota's hand, "I could only imagine all of the turmoil you're going through. At least your father will do everything he can to get justice. If anything, I regret just blurting out a lot of personal details about the cast, that they didn't want out there. I should have let them approach me, and have a built in conversation first. It was an invasion of privacy, and I just didn't get."
"Regrets... Hmph, do I have any?" Anne Maria pondered, which caused Jo to roll her eyes, and Zoey to sigh in annoyance, "Well, I gave up the game for a fake diamond, I regret that. I fell in love with someone who had a mental disorder and refused to tell anyone, and then he dumped me and humiliated me for weeks, so I regret that. Maybe not using all of my hairspray is one. I will say that the biggest regret is me making Playa des Losers uncomfortable for everyone due to the drama that has happened. I wanted to enjoy my time here, and be seen as the partier, fun girl that I am in real life, but never got the opportunity to do so. Whether it was due to me, or due to events that happened to me."
Jo turned her head, "I don't have mistakes. The only mistakes I MIGHT have made is trusting Cameron, and taking him for granted." All of the girls glared at her, "WAIT! I do have one, that doesn't involve Brick using me as a fashion doll for his pathetic clothes. My biggest regret is not pummeling Dullightning from the first moment he called me a girl."
They all shrugged, knowing that was the best they were going to get from her. Zoey ignored all of the peering eyes on her, "Well, I have a few. My main regret is that I wish I could balance being agreeable, and assertive. I did not make that balance all season, and it cost me not only the game, but the ability to make better decisions for myself in every avenue. Not running on emotion is something that I desperately need to work on. My biggest regret is not taking the initiative in working on having good relationships with any of the girls here. It was never my intention to be a "guys girl", and I also apologize for the events of my first night here."
Dawn smiled, "You see, that felt good to get off our chests. The foot clay should be drying up, so Staci and I will just get more barrels of water to wash them off."
Staci took charge after they got the clay off their feet, "Alright ladies. The next activity we are going to do is to create a campfire. And it will be a safe one, like we're at an actual camp."
"But we're in our night clothes. How can this lingerie last in the woods," Anne Maria complained, as she showed off her curvaceous outfit.
Dakota rolled her eyes, "You had no issue with it when you were trying to seduce Mike when he arrived after being booted. Get a grip." Anne Maria, Dawn and Staci glared at her, while Zoey choked on her drink, and Jo just laughed.
The redhead took a moment or two to recover from choking on her drink, "I'm okay... Let's... just go. Do you have the products?"
"Yes we do. Vegan marshmallows, vegan chocolate, and vegan graham crackers," the smaller blonde woman chipped, as they all started walking outside.
They went deeper in the woods, and Staci grabbed the plates to put the chocolate and graham crackers on, and the girls took their seats. Each of them took their set of marshmallows to get started, as Dawn started the fighter, "So yah,... I think this would be a good time to clear up some hatred and drama between the girls. Who wants to start?"
Dakota cleated her throat, and raised her hand, "I might as well start, and this will be towards Zoey."
All Zoey could do was sigh, as her nerves starting coming tenfold, "Alright, what do you need to be cleared up."
"I was going through my... transformation, and you told me that you would be supportive. Mike and Cameron were shockingly nice, supportive, and made sure that I was okay, when they were scared out of their minds. I come to find out that you talked badly about me with Scott, and then claimed I was "hazardous to your health" when I did nothing, and you didn't even tell me that?"
Anne Maria quickly quipped, "Because she's fake as hell."
"Shut up Anne Maria."
Dawn covered the tanned teen's mouth before she could reply to Zoey, "Please stop. It's not your turn. Zoey, just focus on Dakota please."
Zoey twiddled her fingers, "Fair enough. I did feel bad about what happened to you, but I didn't understand it either. You were going through so many emotions, your voice was changing, your body was changing, and it was something that I couldn't help you with. It was hazardous to me, and I felt like you wanted to hold you doing one nice act over my head. True friendship isn't using stuff for collateral. Look at this, you were able to make up with Anne Maria, who fought and sprayed you on the boat before we even got on the island, so I am sure you can get over this."
"There goes Miss. Goody-Goody misremembering events again. Dakota pushed me first unprovoked, so I sprayed her back. I didn't do shit to her, and she apologized to me. Stop blaming being a male-identity-fied pick me on me, and blame it on yourself."
Staci got fed up, "WAIT YOUR TURN ANNE MARIA!"
"Friendship is about doing good deeds to one another. I do a good deed to you, you do a good deed to me, and that circles around. You didn't even have the nerve to tell me any of this. I haven't had a chance to address this, but I am using that now. I get it that you and everyone else was scared about what happened. I just think that you should have been honest, and Anne Maria did have some points. While I don't think you're a devil or an evil person, I do think it was fucked up."
She got up, and knelt in front of Dakotazoid to hold her knees, "I will say it from the bottom of my heart. I am sorry for how I treated you, and I should have handled it better. Hopefully the two of us can start over, since we never got the best chances to get to know one another."
Dakota lightly patted Zoey on the back, trying her best not to be aggressive, "And that's all I wanted to hear. I'm sorry that I came off like I wanted to force you into being a friend, and not understanding that it was hard for you all to watch this too. Sooner or later, my father will fix this, and I will be back to normal."
After the two made up, Dawn wanted to open up more conversations, "Does anyone else have anything they need to clear up with someone here?"
"Yeah, I do Luna Lovegood," Jo harshly commented, before pointing at Anne Maria. "YOU, I haven't forgot about the crap you did when we were both on the show. I didn't have the time to address it since I got booted, since your drama with Mike took over, but now is the time. You want everyone to feel bad about Mike dumping water to wash on your makeup, and dissing your tan, but you've made fun of my looks from the beginning."
Anne Maria rolled her eyes, "Girl, you're still on that? I thought you didn't give a crap about all of that. Zoey and I would offer you help, but you refused, because that stuff didn't matter to you. Are you forgetting all of the stuff you did and said to me? You SLUTSHAMED me because I went for what I wanted with men, and you were TOO MUCH OF A COWARD TO DO SO."
The short-haired blonde woman could not believe what came out of her mouth, "A COWARD? ME? JUST because I do not want to hop from MAN TO MAN, and then CRY IN MY BEDROOM FOR A WEEK when they reject me doesn't mean that I am a coward. YOU are a coward. Instead of being mad at ZOEY, YOU should have been mad at Mike from the beginning. You had to WAIT until he DUMPED YOU to be mad at him."
"She makes a great point," Zoey added in.
"WHEN have I hopped from man-to-man? That's another case of you slutshaming me. I got with ONE PERSON the ENTIRE season, and that's what YOU AND ZOEY pushed." Anne Maria went out of her way to calm herself down, "I only said that you were a man as a defense, but I probably shouldn't have even gone that low. I appreciate you for checking on me, and I'm... I'm sorry for hurting you. At the same time, you need to be honest about your lust for Brick and Lightning."
"You are OUT OF YOUR MIND for that last sentence," Jo spat out defensively. She soon calmed down, before she continued speaking, "Maybe you aren't a slut, but just... desperate, yeah I'll go with that. All I wanted was some sort of acknowledgement about that. Lightning took that comment from you, which he ran with it the entire season, and it really pissed me off. I will ease on calling you a slut."
All of the guys (but Scott) are in the gym, but it was mainly Mike, Brick, and Sam who were engaging. The three of them were running on treadmills, and Sam's was on a painfully low level, "Come on Sam. If you want to lose the... excess, and get into shape for Dakota, you have to kick up the level to more than 2 higher than nothing."
Sam was wheezing on the treadmill, as he walked on it, "EEHHHHH. I agreed to work not, NOT to deal with your heinous boot camp routines. I... don't... know... how... people..." He soon flew off the treadmill.
"Are you okay Sam?" Mike asked. As he saw B carry Sam away, he turned to Brick, "I am really curious as to what the girls are doing at their slumber party. Are they actually getting along, or are they actually fighting? I don't want Zoey's last few days here to be full of strife. And don't you want to see what they're wearing?"
Brick shook his head, as he continued running, "I already know what two of them are wearing. Jo is gonna wear jogging pants again, Zoey, Dawn, and Staci aren't going to wear anything interesting anyways. Plus, it's unethical to peep on women. And don't you want to improve your shape for Zoey too?"
The scrawny man replied, "Yes, but..." He saw Brick move to the weights, and gallantly followed his movements, "I mean, I wonder what they're saying. This season wasn't nice to... women this season, so I'm curious. Zoey has wanted nothing but be friendly with the other girls, but never got a chance to."
"Well, it's kind of her fault why that didn't happen. Most of the drama you two got into was brought upon by yourselves," Sam mumbled.
Mike turned around to look at Sam, and Brick just groaned as he continued lifting weights, "What are you talking about Sam? How did Zoey and I bring everything to ourselves?"
Sam sighed, before responding, feeling Mike's energy, "I never said that you brought everything on yourselves, but a decent amount of it, yeah. The drama with Anne Maria, Zoey, and the triangle stuff, THAT DOES come from you not shutting it down earlier in the season. What is happening now is a result of that. You targeted Scott first, and while that was the correct move, he was going to retaliate, and use the dirtiest game move ever. And, you not spilling the beans about your disorder caused him to use it against you. If she feels like she needs to make amends, and get things off her chest, let her do that."
"Hey, I have another idea that the ladies will LOVE," Brick offered, trying to clear the tension.
Loud breathing came from Mike, as he tried to keep himself calm, "If I said that about Dakota and her transformation, how dumb would that sound? Would I say that you deserved to be bullied by Lightning, Scott, and Brick for not having washboard abs, pecs, and glutes for days? Come on. You and Dakota have a lot to deal with once we leave here as well."
"All I'm saying is that... maybe make amends with some people, let certain grievances go, stop paying attention to negativity, and stop running from your problems, and everything else. Since we're the only two guys in relationships, we can help each other. I know you're scared about leaving this place, and I am too. It's no disrespect."
Brick got up, and a glee in his eyes formed, as he grabbed their hands to drag them, "I have the PERFECT idea for what we should do next. It will involve some oil, tight clothing, and ABS LIKE STEEL. COME ON."
The 6 women were silent for a while, and everyone looked at the two teens who got into a physical altercation, "Okay, so I will start first. Anne Maria, I thought we were getting along fine in the first few weeks, and then we had the unfortunate situation of falling in love with two personalities who had the same body. We did not know this to be the case until weeks later, and when we found out, things only got worse. You attacked Mike for almost 3 weeks while I was still in the game, and still slandered me. And of course what happened yesterday was out of line. I don't know how things turned so sour."
Anne Maria rolled her eyes, and grunted before responding, "Things turned sour because you were not only cold to me after the Ice challenge, but when you saw us kissing a few days later, you yelled at ME. You then went on to tell people I was some sort of homewrecker, and started arguing with me in your passive-aggressive way. You then got under Jo's ass, and started talking about me. The beach challenge happened, where you were acting like a dolt, so I pushed you off the oxygen tank. Things got physical, and only got worse. I only started making fun of your looks, calling you Ami-Dorka, and making fun of your 60s tragic fashion afterwards. We hadn't really spoken, and then you arrived here. The FIRST thing you decide to do is run around the hallway like a lunatic, threaten me, and hit me. YOU started that, instead of hearing both sides, because you're a coward."
"I DID THAT because YOU ATTACKED MIKE THAT DAY, and YOU ALREADY put your HANDS ON ME in the beach challenge. You were ALSO more mad at me than you were at him. YOU were the one bragging about being a "CLASSY GIRL" unlike me. YOU were the one who used the fact that my parents locked me in the house against me, and you were the ones who used my vintage interests as a way to say I'm "out of touch", and WOULDN'T KEEP A MAN. I was the MOST comfortable with you out of the other girls, and you just proved why I found it hard to friends with people like you."
"YOU were the one that was calling me trashy, and saying A BUNCH of things that you thought that I never heard you say. YOU knew that I was adopted, and you ALSO said stuff about me not having an identity, and is a SHAPESHIFTA and some shit because I HAVE NO CULTURE. WHO ARE YOU to tell me that? It's BEYOND Mike at this point. You just remind me of those beckys that like to play victim, and poke the bear."
An hour after the cancelled elimination ceremony...
The now 5 Mutant Maggots walked over to the cabin, and Mike had a frown on his face. Zoey looked at him, but it only caused her to walk closer to the cabin. Anne Maria was behind him, and gave him a little goose, "Cheer up Vito. No one went home, and we can spend another week getting to know one another. Goodnight my lovely Guido."
Zoey turned around just to see Anne Maria give "Vito" a kiss on the cheek, which caused her to turn around to quickly enter her cabin. She turned around to see Anne Maria have the biggest grin on her face, "What a way to keep a promise."
"Mike, or should I say Vito was all over me at the challenge. You were captured or whatever, and he couldn't keep his hands, his lips, and his dick off me. I HAD to give in," Anne Maria bragged, as she changed into her nightwear. "All I will say is that he KNOWS how to put it down. He wants a REAL, EXPERIENCED woman, which you are not."
Jo is smirking and laughing her ass off, "I should have gotten my popcorn for this."
"You're SERIOUSLY bragging about being a harlot tramp who broke her promise? I thought you would have at least SOME sort of remorse. You complained about your mother, and some other women, but your actions show that some of their complaints are correct."
This did not sit well with the Jersey girl, who decided to walk to Zoey's bed, "LIKE I SAID EARLIER, he likes someone WITH CLASS. Bringing up MY MOTHER was NOT the way to go about that. ESPECIALLY when YOU are crying about how your parents LOCKED YOU IN THE HOUSE LIKE YOU WERE CINDERELLA, and made you wear OLD ASS CLOTHING. You are a CHILD AT-BEST, and it's why HE DIDN'T GIVE YOU ANY PLAY."
Zoey felt her personal space was being invaded, so she put her hand out to get some distance, as she tried to sit up, "Please back up. DO NOT mention my family situation. Just because I do not dress, carry myself, and am a professional escort doesn't mean I am NOT a woman. EVERYTHING about you is fake. Your hair, your tan, your eyelashes, and SO much more."
Anne Maria started twerking in Zoey's face, "THIS FAT ASS IS REAL, and YOU'RE MAD YOU JUST HAVE BACK OVER AN ASS." She turned around to shake her plump breasts, "THESE DOUBLE D BOOBS ARE REAL, AND NOT STUFFED IN TISSUE LIKE YOU. Vito is an ITALIAN MAN who wants to raise someone who understands the culture."
"BUT YOU'RE NOT EVEN ITALIAN. YOU'RE ADOPTED, AND YOU SAID YOU THINK YOU'RE BIOLOGICALLY SPANISH AND BLACK. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU HAVE NO CULTURE," Zoey yelled, and softly pushed Anne Maria from being in her face, "NOW BACK THE FUCK BACK BITCH."
She went to take out a bunch of vibrators she brought, and threw them at Zoey, "HERE BITCH. YOU CAN USE THEM HILE TOU HEAR VITO AND I FUCKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CABIN. DON'T BLAME ME FOR YOU BEING A BASIC ASS SNOW WHITE AND AURORA, WHEN I'M PRINCESS JASMINE AND ESMERALDA BITCH."
As she went to leave the cabin, Zoey threw a suitcase at her. She reacted by taking a chair on the porch, and threw it in the cabin. A bunch of people intervened before things got too bad.
Staci ran to the bonfire to interrupt, "Stop, stop, STOP FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING. This was supposed to be PEACEFUL, NOT a full-out argument."
Dawn had to agree, and felt herself getting riled up, "Staci is right. This pettiness is getting ridiculous. You both promised that there would be no drama." She took a few deep breaths, before coming up with a conclusion, "Do either of you have any regrets about what happened, and is there anything that you missed about being cordial with one another? What do you both hope to accomplish after we go back home?"
"All I want to know is Anne Maria, was it all fake? Did you just butter me up in order to stab you in the back?"
"I wonder and question the same thing Red. I personally have no reason to be fake at all."
"But you told me in the beginning that you liked Lightning."
"I said I liked his body. I never had a crush on him. Is that why you felt like you were entitled to Mike?"
"Everyone knew that Mike and I liked one another."
"Your version of flirting is standing next to one another for 2 seconds. That isn't indicativeish of anything. You ALSO said Scott was the best-looking, and you were the most similar to him in the beginning. You also mentioned Brick being cute."
Jo lost her top, "CAN YOU TWO STOP! NOTHING is coming out of this. Can you both just agree to NEVER speak to, or about one another again? For goodness sakes."
Anne Maria rolled her eyes, "Fine, I'm over the situation. Keep my name out of my mouth, and I'll keep your name out of my mouth. I never wanted all of this drama to happen, and I just want it to be over with."
Zoey just sighed in exhaustion, "I agree that we should leave one another alone. I do not want to fight with you anymore, and I will accept... your somewhat apology. I wish that things never had to get physical between us. But I think that you should apologize to Mike, and make peace with him."
"Absolutely NOT," she quickly shut down, as she took some more smores. "Being out here in this FINE lingerie is not it anymore. I'll be back inside, watching some crummy teen dramas. See y'all soon, or not."
As the curvy teen left, Zoey shrugged her shoulders, and sighed again, "At least I tried. Getting a resolution with her is impossible."
