Here you go. Enjoy! I hope it hasn't been so long that you've lost interest. Sorry for the wait!
Also, just a side note: I know it was stated in episode 1 that Janae was already fifteen, but at that time this episode was not fully planned and I need Janae's birthday to be a big part of this episodes plot, so i went back and made her say that she's 14.9 in that first episode. Just to clear up some things. So sorry about that.
Birthday Quake
It's still night time. Janae and Vincent are talking.
"Maddie just backstabbed us." Janae said. "We have the numbers to send her packing next time we lose."
"I don't think she backstabbed us." Vincent said. "She just did what she thought was right."
"Vincent, you told me she was working with us." Janae said. "She tried to vote me out tonight."
"I know." Vincent said. "I didn't think she would do that."
"She turned on you, Vincent." Janae said. "And frankly, I'm over her. She's boring and useless to our team."
"Hey, at least the girl does more than Arin does." Vincent pointed out.
Janae nodded. "That's true. But I'll take loyalty over that any day, especially with the merge around the corner. Think about it. She'll get me out and then the other team will have the numbers. She'll turn on you so quick. I've studied these games."
Confession Cam:
(Vincent) "As much as I hate to admit it, Janae has a point. I've been carrying Maddie throughout this game, I'm not sure how much longer I can do it for."
(Janae) "I'm trying to not let paranoia set in because that's what messed Stephan's game up. I can't let that happen to me."
Vincent walked up to Colin, who just sat and thought.
"Hey bro." Vincent said. "I'm sorry about voting out your sister."
Colin looked up. "It's okay... It's just a game... I'm actually not even surprised she was voted out."
"Listen, I know Maddie promised this to your sister, but I'm being completely honest. You are not getting voted out if we lose. You can actually add to the team and I'll stand up for you if your name is somehow brought up."
"Thank you." Colin nodded.
"Plus, you're not even being talked about right now. I think it's Janae versus Maddie right now." Vincent said.
Colin nodded.
"It's great to be actually working with a guy again." Vincent smirked and roughly shook Colin's hand. Colin held his own hand after in a bit of pain.
Confession Cam:
(Colin) "Me easily forgiving Vincent was pure strategy." He points out. "If I don't seem threatening, I might actually be saved."
(Vincent) "This game is getting pretty rough for me and we haven't even hit the merge yet. I plan to keep all my allegiances in tact. I just need a way to convince Janae and Maddie to vote out... Arin."
The next morning, Janae woke up and went along with her usual morning routine. She brushed her teeth, showered, combed her hair, put it up in the usual ponytail, but then she did something different. Instead of putting on her glasses, she put on contacts. She headed out of the small washroom they had and towards the dining area.
The dining are for the Autumn Leaves was neatly decorated and Vincent held a small cake in his hands.
"Surprise!" Vincent and Arin yelled happily when she was in sight.
"Surprise." Colin and Maddie said less enthusiastically.
"Happy birthday!" Vincent smiled. "You're finally fifteen."
Janae frowned. "You told everyone it was my birthday."
"Of course." Vincent said.
"Birthday's should be celebrated." Arin smiled.
"Well, thanks." Janae said. "I appreciate it."
Arin hugged her. "You should not wear your glasses more often. You look... uh... nice."
"The cake is vanilla." Vincent said. "We hope you like it. Maddie made it." He said with in an extra tone.
"You did?" Janae looked at her.
"Vincent made me." Maddie got up.
"Where are you going, Maddie?" Vincent asked.
"Back to my tent." Maddie said. "I'm not feeling well right now."
Janae frowned, but then rolled her eyes.
"I'm sure she doesn't mean it." Vincent said.
"Whatever, I don't even care." Janae said. "Do you want to leave too?" She asked Colin.
"Me?" Colin asked. "No, I'm pretty happy for you that it's your birthday and all."
"Right." Janae said. She angrily sat down.
"Hey, come on, Janae." Vincent said. "Let's be happy. It's a great day for you."
"Yeah right." Janae crossed her arms.
"You should be smiling." Vincent shrugged. "What's wrong."
"Nothing." Janae said, cutting herself a small piece of cake.
Arin and Vincent looked at each other confused.
Confession Cam:
(Vincent) "Back at home, I probably wouldn't be friends with more girls than guys, but I see Janae as a friend to me. I'm actually feeling concerned about her right now. And I feel like me not talking to Maddie has made me a bad friend to her." He frowns. "I'll need to talk to her later."
(Janae) She scoffs. "What Ever."
Maddie was sad as she walked to her tent. "I need a river or something." She said to herself. "I haven't taken a swim in so long." She looked up ahead and noticed that Vincent's tent was wide open. She giggled. "I hope no raccoon's find their way in there... Are there raccoon's in China?"
As she passed Vincent's tent, a breeze came that made a few pieces of paper and a notebook fly out.
"Oh no." Maddie said and she quickly gathered everything together and went to put it back but something on the piece of paper caught her eye and she rose her eyebrow.
Confession Cam:
(Maddie) "Whoa."
"And she doesn't like the rain, opera, the smell of nail polish, and mean people." Gloria said to Eli as he handed her a bill after every fact.
"Tell me more about TJ." Eli said.
"She can't sing." Gloria said.
"Thank you." Eli smiled and handed her one final bill.
"Pleasure doing business with you." Gloria kissed the money and put it in her pocket.
"I'm actually surprised." Eli said. "That you would sell her info out like that."
"I have said before that I will do anything for the money." Gloria said.
"Would you vote her out for some?" Eli asked theoretically.
"How much is being offered?" Gloria asked.
"Wow." Eli said. "You really love money."
"And you really love getting information." Gloria smirked. "So I do say we make great team."
Eli nodded.
"I'm glad we are in an alliance together." Gloria said.
"Me too." Eli said. "But I feel like you and TJ are best friends and I'm just on the outs..."
"Nonsense." Gloria said. "TJ does not give me money like you do."
"And don't tell her I do." Eli said.
"For-" Gloria was interrupted by Eli holding a bill out to her.
"I already know you have a price for that as well." Eli smiled.
Confession Cam:
(Eli) "I like knowing what Gloria knows. It's like I have eyes behind my head or something." He laughs. "I just don't know how much longer I can keep paying Gloria to help me out... I'm running out of money fast."
TJ smiled as she headed towards a tent. She stood outside for a couple moments wondering how to go about it.
"Knock knock!" She said cheerfully.
"Who's there?" Nolan asked.
"TJ!" She said enthusiastically.
After a few seconds, Nolan responded. "You can come in."
"Yay! Thanks!" TJ smiled as she sat down in Nolan's tent. "Whatcha doin'?"
"I was thinking about how to approach this team here on out." Nolan said.
"That's what I thought you was doin'." TJ said. "Ever since Colin switched teams you've been quieter than a tree in the forest."
Nolan chuckled a little.
"That's why Ah came." TJ smiled. "Ah'm here to try an' break you out of yer shell again."
"How nice of you." Nolan said.
"Ah don't like when people ain't havin fun or gettin along." TJ said. "Ah'm always makin' sure that's not the case."
"You sure do love having fun." Nolan nodded.
"Of course Ah do!" TJ giggled. "Ah'm such a tomboy! Ah hate the stereotypes us southern girls get. I don't got one 'southern bell' bone in mah body."
"I could tell." Nolan said.
"Ah actually love sports and hunting too!" TJ smiled. "What about you?"
Nolan rolled his die. He nodded.
"I've never done any of those things." He said.
"Is the die roll really your strategy in this game?" TJ asked.
Nolan nodded. "Yes, and the one I just made is giving me permission to trust you."
"Oh what an honor!" TJ laughed.
"It can also tell me when the right time to blindside you is." Nolan stated.
"Oh my." TJ said. "What else can it tell you?"
"In this game, it can be anything." Nolan said. "Which path to take, who to trust, what to eat, et cetera."
"How different." TJ said. "It's so unique."
"Yeah, it sure is." Nolan said.
"Well Ah'm so happy it's letting you trust me!" TJ said. "You're actually pretty cool! I know I can trust you now too. Maybe you can join my alliance?"
"I'm afraid not." Nolan said. "As of right now, you're the only person on this team I can work with, but who you work with doesn't concern me... Yet."
TJ frowned. "Oh... Okay... Well just so you're aware, Ah have your back, friend. Ah'll protect you in this game." She smiled and got up and left the tent.
Confession Cam:
(TJ) "That Nolan's a pretty neat guy. His strategy is kind of different and it'll take some time to get use'ta it, but hopefully Ah can get him to have some fun with me instead of rolling the dice all day..."
(Nolan) "Perhaps rolling TJ as an ally wasn't a bad thing after all. She did seem to be very inquisitive since day one and I finally allowed her to gain some insight on my strategy."
Nick walked up to Katherine.
"Kat, can we talk?" He asked.
"Sure... What's up?" Katherine asked, getting the sense that something was wrong.
"Remember when Chris asked us to switch teams?" Nick asked.
"Yeah." Katherine nodded.
"And I like, volunteered myself. I wanted to go on the other team so bad." Nick said.
"Mhm." Katherine said.
"Okay, well every morning I blog about what happened the day before." Nick said. "For my fans. Our fans."
"How do you blog?" Katherine asked.
"Well, I just record. I'm going to post everything up and a summary once I get home." Nick said. "But that's besides the point. Today, while I was blogging, I realized that I wasn't looking out for our alliance when I volunteered myself, I was only thinking about me."
"Nick." Katherine stopped him. "I wasn't even thinking that."
"I know." Nick said. "But think about how our fans are going to react. I made such a dumb mistake by making it seem like I was just leaving you like that. It's just that, I was so paranoid because Delanie had just gotten blindsided and to be honest she did kind of run our alliance so I thought it was over but then I thought about us and how we aren't just two members of the same alliance we're friends and I'm just so sorry for turning on my friend like that I mean you're like the closest person I have in this game and I almost threw that away by-"
"Nick." Katherine stopped him. "I am nowhere near mad at you for anything you may have done." She shook her head. "I do consider you my friend in this game and I have no intentions of turning on you."
Nick pulled Katherine in for a hug. "Thank you so much Kat! I'm so so happy."
Kat smiled. Just then, Eli and Gloria passed by and Nick's face changed from happiness to a frown.
"Something wrong?" Eli asked.
"Yes." Nick said.
"Oh come on," Eli frowned. "I thought we were over me blindsiding Delanie."
"You blindsided me too." Nick said. "Delanie was my friend."
"Delanie wasn't a good friend to you or Kat." Eli said.
"You know, the funny thing is that I thought we were working together." Nick said.
"I'm really sorry about that." Eli repeated. "But it was my best move because I personally did not agree with Delanie's strategy."
Nick sighed. "Any alliance we had is done. You didn't even warn me and Kat."
"I didn't tell anyone." Eli said.
"Not a good game move." Nick said.
"All I can say is I'm sorry." Eli shrugged. "There's really nothing else I can do."
With that, Eli and Gloria walked away.
"He's mad." Eli said.
"Clearly." Gloria said.
Nick then tried not to freak out as he went to Kat.
"You're all I have left." He said to her.
"I can't help but feel the same towards you." Katherine said.
They hugged.
Confession Cam:
(Katherine) "It's really hard not having someone here to talk to besides Nick. I miss Colin, but he won't know that now. It's just not a good feeling being at the bottom of your team." She shakes her head. "Fame really isn't everything in this game."
(Nick) "Ever since Delanie left my games been going pretty south."
(Eli) "I hope Nick get's over this betrayal soon... I don't want another enemy here."
Chris gathered the two teams together near a large hot air balloon.
"Ooh!" TJ exclaimed. "Wowee!"
"Hot air balloons." Maddie smiled. "How cool is that?"
"That's pretty cool." Vincent smiled.
"Hey, isn't it your birthday today?" Eli asked Janae.
"...Yes!" Arin finally answered for her.
"Happy birthday!" Eli exclaimed all over-the-top.
Confession Cam:
(Eli) "I know she must be running the team if she's STILL here, so it's never too early to start working on allies for the merge."
"Okay, who cares?" Chris said. "Get on the hot air balloon. We're going somewhere else in China for our next challenge."
"Ooh, what's it gonna be?" Nick asked as they got on the ride.
"It's going to be a cooking challenge." Chris said.
"What does that have to do with the spring?" Gloria asked.
"I don't know." Chris said. "Make something up. I have a cooking challenge every season."
"But you didn't-" Nick was interrupted.
"Shut up." Chris said. "So we're going to a cafeteria in a countryside school. Not too far from here but nowhere near the big cities."
"Darn it." Janae said. "I was looking forward to visiting Beijing or Hong Kong."
"Nope. Nothing special for you. I don't care if it's your home country AND your birthday." Chris said.
Eventually Chris and the eleven contestants arrived to their new location. Waiting for them in the cafeteria was Chef Hatchet and Janet from Total Drama Adventure.
"Chef!" Nick exclaimed. "It's so awesome to see you!"
"Yeah, man." Vincent said. "Where have you been?"
"Where has JANET been is the real question." Janae said with her eyebrows raised. "What are you doing in China?"
"I'm here to judge your food!" Janet smiled. "I can't wait to try it!"
"Oh, she's lying." Elli (from Total Drama Adventure and Total Drama Holiday) said, stepping in.
"OMG it's Elli!" Nick exclaimed. "So good to see you!" He smiled.
"Thank you." Elli smiled.
"How have you been since Total Drama Holiday?" Colin asked.
"Good." Elli said.
"Even after your horrible loss to Taylor?" Gloria asked.
TJ gasped. "Don't say that!"
Gloria shrugged. "Sorry."
"Are you still with Liam?" Maddie asked.
Elli giggled. "Yes."
"Is Mandy still mad?"
"...Yeah. We haven't talked." Elli said.
"Wait, why isn't Janet judging our meals?" Nolan asked.
"Cuz." Chef said. "The girl will give ya all tens. She'll eat anything."
Nolan looked at Janet, who pulled out a hot dog from her pocket and chowed down. "Seems pretty accurate."
Confession Cam:
(Elli) "I'm so excited to be back! Now I can say I've appeared in three seasons! Take that, Mandy!"
(Janet) She is eating fried chicken. "When do they start cooking?"
Both teams were separated into two separate kitchens.
"Okay." Janae said, reading over the recipe. "We're making Yangzhou Fried Rice."
"Mmm, it sounds good." Vincent smirked and looked at Maddie, who didn't react to his smirk. Arin laughed rather loudly and just got weird looks from her team.
"Okay, what do we do?" Colin asked.
Janae shrugged. "Don't look at me. Just because I'm Chinese and have a higher IQ than all of you combined does not mean that I can cook."
Vincent sighed. "Ahhhh."
"I can read you the recipe though." Janae said.
"It's okay." Maddie said to Janae and looked at her own paper with the recipe. "It's not your fault you can't cook."
Even though Maddie said this nicely to Janae, Janae still got a little upset about it. She walked off.
Confession Cam:
(Janae) "Well I know when my presence isn't needed."
"Yangzhou Fried Rice actually sounds pretty darn good." TJ said looking over the recipe.
"You'd probably think anything's good." Gloria chuckled.
"Okay you guys!" Nick smiled as he walked in with several ingredients in his hand. "Let's do this!"
"Wow!" TJ smiled. "Nick got all the ingredients!"
"Not all of them." Nick blushed. "I couldn't carry everything, heh."
"What are you missing?" Katherine asked him.
"I'm just missing the eggs, carrots, and mushrooms. They should be in the cooler." Nick said.
"I'll go get them." Katherine said and she headed out.
"Way to take the initiative." Eli smiled at him.
"Thanks!" Nick smiled.
Confession Cam:
(Nick) "I think this could be my new strategy!"
(Eli) "Nick thinks he's clever." He giggles a little bit. "Little does he know that I'm the master of sucking up and I can see right through this 'new strategy' of his."
Arin had followed Janae to where she was at: a small closet filled with condiments.
"Hi!" Arin said, walking in and sitting across from her on the floor.
"Hey Arin." Janae said reluctantly.
"I... uh... Forgot what I was gonna say... yeah." Arin awkwardly said.
Janae shook her head. "Why are you here. I want to be alone right now."
"Are you sure?" Arin said. "It's uhh.. your birthday right? Don't you want .. to .. uh, celebrate?"
"With people who don't even care about me?" Janae asked. "No. Thank you."
"I care." Arin said after a bit of time. "And, uh, I think Vincent does... too."
Janae rolled her eyes. "I'd rather have a day of rest. All the strategy that's been going through my mind since day one sure is catching up to my nights without sleep."
Arin gasped. "You .. don't ... get your ... beauty sleep?"
"Barely, but what do you care?" Janae asked. "I'm sorry. I know you and Vincent are kind of my true allies here."
"Vincent is so hot." Arin said.
Janae looked at her weird now. "Are you seriously saying this now? Here?"
Arin stared at Janae with a blank face.
"Is he a .. uh .. good kisser?" Arin finally asked.
"Arin!" Janae exclaimed. "You are not allowed to make out with my ally! I'm disgusted right now."
"No fun." Arin frowned.
"Gross." Janae said. "You know, I wouldn't be surprised if they labeled you the detached model after we're done filming this."
"Oh." Arin said. She left after a few awkward minutes.
Janae sighed. "Look at me. It's my birthday and I'm sitting in a closet... Again."
Confession Cam:
(Arin) "I was just thinking off the top of my... uh... brain? Head."
Katherine stepped in the cooler to retrieve the ingredients that Nick did not get. There was a knock at the door moments before Colin stepped in.
"Hey." Colin slightly smiled.
"Oh hi..." Katherine did the same. "What are you here for?"
"I'm getting some drinks we can give to Chris, Chef, and Elli." Colin said.
"Not a bad idea." Katherine said. "I should do that too."
"Kat... Can we talk about what's been going on?" Colin shyly asked.
"I... Don't think it's a good time to talk right now." Katherine frowned at Colin as she headed out the cooler.
Colin sighed.
Confession Cam:
(Colin) He sighs.
Colin returned to Maddie, Vincent, and Arin, who were all laughing at how horribly Vincent was doing.
"Not good at all." Vincent laughed as he wiped his hands. He was very dirty with different ingredients on him.
"I think it's pretty much up to us." Maddie said to Colin.
"What about Arin?" Colin asked.
"Look at her." Maddie said.
Arin was looking at her nails. She was out of it.
"I would like her to help, but I don't think she's really into it." Maddie giggled.
Colin chuckled. "I see."
Vincent looked around. "Arin, have you checked on Janae again?"
Arin didn't look up from her nails.
"Arin?" Vincent asked.
"Oh! Uh... what?" Arin asked.
"Janae?" Vincent repeated.
Arin pointed to the closet where Janae was hiding.
Vincent looked at Maddie and Colin. "Can you guys do this? I want to go check on Janae."
"Sure." Maddie sighed.
Vincent nodded and walked away.
"You like him, don't you?" Colin asked. He then regretted asking. "Oh I'm sorry, I-"
"It's okay." Maddie said. "You just got here. Vincent and I have been close since day one... How else am I supposed to feel?" She frowned. "It just feels like he cares more about Janae. And I really need to talk to him about something."
"You can do that." Colin said. "If you want and I'll try to get as much of this done as possible."
"I'll do it when he comes back." Maddie smiled. "Thank you."
Confession Cam:
(Maddie) "I don't want Colin leaving any time soon. He gets me."
Vincent walked in the closet and Janae automatically turned her face away from him. As he sat down a small sob escaped from her throat and his eyes grew wide.
"Whoa there, are you crying?" Vincent asked.
"I thought I had locked that dumb door." Janae said.
"Okay, you are so not acting like yourself today." Vincent said.
"To tell you the truth, it's always like this on my birthday." Janae said, still not looking at him.
"Locking yourself away and not celebrating?" Vincent asked.
"Pretty much." Janae said. "I mean, my family does for me every year what you did for me today, but what you did this morning was like a deja vu moment."
"What do you mean?" Vincent asked.
"My older brother Stephan is pretty much not into it. Like Maddie wasn't." Janae said, this time looking up. "He doesn't care about me and it hurts me but I'd never say it. My birthdays are always lonely and I just wanted this time to be different but I just keep thinking about how I don't even have friends back home. I'm fifteen years old and I'm about to graduate high school because I skipped a couple grades. Nobody wants to be friends with the fourteen, now fifteen, year old Asian girl in their senior math class."
"Janae..." Vincent didn't know how to comfort her. He had never imagined her like this.
She chuckled a little. "I feel so idiotic right now. I can't believe I just said that. I can't believe I'm even opening up to you right now. It goes against what I stand for. What me and my parents stand for. I feel like I'm letting them down by doing this right now. I'm so idolized and that may be a good thing but it puts way more pressure on me."
"You know you can open up to me." Vincent said. "I'm your friend. I'll always have your back."
"Will you really?" Janae asked.
"Yeah." Vincent said. "And to be honest, when I decided to work with you, I was only in it for the numbers and the safety for me and Maddie. But after some time I did get to appreciate you as a competitor and person. Just because some people don't like what you do or who you are doesn't make you any less important... I wish I could take that advice."
"Another reason is that I don't let people in. I never have." Janae shrugged. "I did last year with some boy in my science class. He made me feel like I was his greatest friend in the world. He made me pretty happy. Kind of like how you... But you know what? He used me. For my brain. He just wanted the answers to every test and I gave it to him. I brought so much shame upon my own family. I had to eat only cereal for one week."
"I'm not using you." Vincent shook his head.
"I have a strange feeling that's telling me you aren't." Janae said. The look in her eye then suddenly changed. Back to how it was before. She pulled out her glasses from her pocket and put them on. "I apologize for your time."
Vincent shook his head. "No, no. It wasn't a waste! It's your birthday!"
"I know." Janae said. "So we have to win."
"That's the Janae I know." Vincent laughed.
Janae looked at Vincent in a very serious face. "Don't you EVER tell anyone what I just told you."
"No problem." Vincent said.
Confession Cam:
(Janae) "Yeah people, Vincent just came in and asked me nicely to come out to help." She shrugs. "Not sure how much I can do, but we'll see."
"Oh Ah can't wait to try this here fried rice!" TJ happily exclaimed as her, Nolan and Eli prepared the food.
"You can't try it." Katherine said. She was squeezing some lemons into a glass pitcher to make some fresh lemonade for the judges.
"Aw, why not?" TJ frowned.
"We're only making enough for those three." Nolan said.
"We better make a couple more for Janet, am I right?" Nick awkwardly laughed.
"He's been acting so strange lately, am I right?" Eli whispered to Nolan.
Nolan shrugged nonchalantly.
"Nolan, I'm sorry for doing whatever it is you think I did to you. I showed you that I ultimately wanted to work with you when I saved both you and Colin. I mean what I do and say." Eli said to him.
Nolan didn't look at Eli. "It's not that me personally, that I don't like you. My opinion in this game clearly does not matter." He held up his die, then looked at Eli.
"Time to finalize these meals!" Nick interrupted happily. "Yay!"
"It just finds you sneaky." Nolan concluded.
"I can say the same about you..." Eli said. "But we can talk about this another time. Let's win this now."
Confession Cam:
(Nolan) "Eli is a really threatening competitor. He seems to have the biggest shot at making it far in the game. I must get rid of him before he gets rid of me, but it all depends on how the die lands."
"We are a great team!" Maddie high-fived Colin as Janae and Vincent got back. Her attention turned to Vincent. "Hey, Vince, can I speak to you in private for a second?"
Vincent nodded and Janae watched as they walked off very close to one another.
"Time to judge the meals!" Chris called.
"Maddie! Vincent!" Colin called after them.
"No... Let them go." Janae said, watching.
Confession Cam:
(Janae) "I thought I was just getting sick before... But now I'm sure of what's wrong with me."
"Time for us to judge!" Chris smirked.
"Let the fried rice hit the tables!" Chef demanded.
"Ooh, I can't wait to try it!" Elli smiled.
Janet was practically drooling. "Can they come out already?!"
"They're coming!" Katherine smiled as her team came out with the meals.
"Here too." Colin said, walking out with one plate. Janae and Arin each had another.
"Where's the rest of your team?" Chris asked.
"They're having an important conversation." Colin said.
"One that's more important than MY challenge?" Chris asked.
"Apparently." Janae said.
Just then, Arin ran into Janae and dropped her plate on the dirty floor.
"...oops." She said.
Maddie pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket. "Vincent... I'm just going to ask..." She held up the paper and it had a bunch of musical notes on it.
Vincent's eyes grew wide, then he chilled out. "That's not mine.."
"I didn't say it was." Maddie said. "But we both know that these are musical notes. And I reckon you know a lot more than I think. Please say I'm right..."
"You're right." Vincent sighed. "You got me. I know something about music. I play an instrument."
"Oh thank goodness!" Maddie pulled him in for a hug. "I'm so happy and relieved that this is what you were hiding." She then giggled. "I knew you were a musician. You can play off that necklace as a 'hockey stick' with me!" She stuck out her tongue.
"You got me." Vincent blushed again.
"That's all I needed to hear." Maddie said. "But we're not done talking about this."
Confession Cam:
(Maddie) "I'm so shocked but happy to share something with Vincent! A love of music!"
(Vincent) "To look on the bright side... Maybe people knowing wouldn't be such a bad thing after all... Now they'll know why I have to win. And why they should root for me."
Vincent and Maddie were back just in time to catch the Summer Suns celebrating yet another victory.
"What happened?!" Maddie gasped.
"Your horrible cooking happened." Janae said. "...Just kidding. Arin dropped one of the plates so we only had two people judge us."
"We only needed three more points to beat them." Colin said in a defeated tone.
"That hurts." Maddie frowned.
"Those Autumn Leaves never learn." Chris shook his head at the camera.
"Hey!" Maddie exclaimed in the background.
Confession Cam:
(Gloria) "I'm getting so tired of winning!" She crosses her arms and smirks. "...What? How else am I gonna sell my vote?"
Vincent and Maddie headed to where Janae was at.
"She hasn't talked to me." Vincent said to Maddie.
"I don't want to get rid of Colin." Maddie said. "Please not Colin."
"I don't want to vote him out either." Vincent said. "We need to stop losing."
They reached Janae.
"Janae, I asked you twice who you think we should vote out." Vincent said. "Can you just answer me?"
Janae looked at Maddie then pulled him to the side.
"This is so complicated." Janae said.
Vincent shook his head. "How? What do you mean?"
"I just, all of a sudden feel... different." Janae said. "Towards you."
Vincent looked confused. "Janae, what are you trying to-"
"Guys, the elimination ceremony is about to start like, now." Maddie came in. "Sorry to interrupt but I'm just going to let you know that Colin, Vincent, and I are all voting for Arin. She hasn't helped at all ever since we got here and she lost it for us today."
Janae nodded.
"Don't be upset." Vincent said. "But we have given her a lot of chances."
"I'm not upset." Janae said. "I actually agree."
"You do?" Maddie asked.
"Yup." Janae smiled. "Vote out Arin tonight."
Confession Cam:
(Janae) For the first time ever, she looks stressed.
"Hello and welcome to today's elimination ceremony." Chris smirked. "You're all pretty much blood relatives with the concept, except for you Colin but I feel like you will be soon considering you already almost had a near-elimination."
"You did?" Maddie asked.
Colin nodded.
"Well you're facing it again." Chris said. "There was a vote against you."
Colin sighed.
"However, you are safe!" Chris smirked. "The real person going home tonight is-"
"Me." Janae said. "I'm leaving. I'm done."
"Actually, the most votes were for Arin." Chris scratched his head.
"Didn't you hear me?" Janae asked. "I'm leaving on my own terms."
"What?!" Vincent, Maddie, Arin, and Colin exclaimed all at once.
"Why!?" Vincent asked.
"How!?" Maddie asked.
"...whaat?" Arin scratched her head.
"I have to throw in the towel for the sake of my own integrity." Janae said.
"Doesn't this go against that?" Colin asked.
"Stephan is known as a disgrace in my family for letting a girl get in between him and the money. I will NOT make the same mistake."
"...Oh." Maddie realized what Janae was getting at.
"Janae, come on it's your birthday don't do this." Vincent said.
Janae shook her head. "It's already decided." She then turned to Chris. "Can I go to Hong Kong now."
"No." Chris said. He snapped his fingers, queuing two interns to come in, grab Janae, and throw her on the hot air balloon.
"Are you kidding me!?" Janae screamed.
"Find your way home." Chris smiled as he called out.
Confession Cam:
(Maddie) She is smiling. "I'm not trying to act too happy in front of Vincent, but this pretty much ensures us both the merge! I'm so happy about that! Just win the next few challenges and we'll be good."
(Vincent) He is still confused and shocked about what just happened.
(Colin) "I'm pretty shocked, but I'm glad it wasn't me..."
(Arin) She tilts her head in confusion. "...wait... but... uh..what now?"
"Well, Janae just QUIT." Chris laughed as he looked at the camera. "Pretty funny, eh? Anyway, the next time these losers wake up, we'll be en route to our final challenge in China. A spring race across a certain GREAT wall." He winks. "Tune in next time on total. Drama. SEASONS!"
Well what a way to wrap up Janae's character. She was always intended to be a pre-merge boot. I enjoyed pretty much destroying her Pre-planned strategy. By the way, I never consider Janae an antagonist.
PS I KNOW SO MUCH SCREENTIME FOR THE AUTUMN LEAVES BUT IT WAS NECESSARY.
NEXT TIME: Janae's withdrawal leaves Arin questioning her life (in the game) and Kat opens up to the person you'd least expect.