AN: Yah, sorry to leave you at that cliffie! And it took me long to update 'cause the new computer had to be set up. Anyways, it'll be a little while before the competition heats up. I need to put in this stuff and I think it's better than just jumping into the story. Anyways, enjoy!
Disclaimer: (in Al Bhed) E tuh'd ufh TTN. (I don't own DDR). Oh yah, and I know in real life a competition would never in their right mind put guys and girls in the same room to stay in but this is my story so I'm doing it my way!
Chapter Six: Getting Started
"Alright, the final person in Room 4 is..." This is it, Shawn thought. Say Shawn! Say Shawn! "Sssssshawn!" Shawn just stood there. "I said Shawn. Shawn Paltrow!" Shawn came back into focus as he heard Kaeli exclaiming loudly.
"R-right here!" He said, running to the front. He gave Kaeli a big hug and Jake a big smile. She's my girl now, he thought.
"We're roommates! Yay!" Kaeli yelled. The host called off the rest of the names, then showed everyone where to go and the schedule for the week. The hotel was big and beautiful and it really lived up to its name. Gilderton Hotels were nothing but the finest. Before everyone got settled in, the five teens sat down to talk and get to know each other better.
"I just have one thing to say first." Vivica began. "I'm glad that we're amid teens. I definitely don't want to be around a bunch of little kids. It would be like babysitting!"
"You're right. So everyone tell us your name and age." Kaeli began. She found out that Jake was 17, Vivica was 17, and Rinoa was 15. Of course Kaeli and Shawn were both 16. After finding out some things about each other, they put their things away. The rooms were pretty big. It was sweet.
"Shawn, I'm so excited! She said. The five contestants noticed that there were 2 bedrooms. In one of them there was a double bed. In the other bedroom there were 3 single beds.
"I call a double bed!" Jake called out. "Ooh, can we pick sleeping buddies?" he asked, turning his attention to Kaeli.
Shawn saw the look and stepped in. "Uh, no." he said quickly.
"Well I want a double bed." Kaeli said, not realizing that it sounded like she wanted to sleep with Jake.
"I want it too." Rinoa said. Vivica didn't mind sleeping on a single bed.
"Well, I think that the two girls should take the double bed. A guy and a girl would be, uh, inappropriate." Shawn muttered.
Jake looked at Shawn, then back at Rinoa and Kaeli. "Fine. I'm cool with that. Sko!" he said, taking his stuff into the other bedroom.
Shawn took in a deep breath and went into the room with Jake. He put away his clothes in the dresser next to the bed. If it was me I wouldn't have deemed it inappropriate, he thought. Great, now I'm in a room with mister thinks-he's-so-cool. Oh well, just learn to deal with it, Shawn thought.
"What time do we have to wake up tomorrow?" Vivica asked. She was still unpacking as she talked.
"At 9 Viv. 'Member what Joe said? First the beach then the carnival! It's gonna be sweet. Tell you what, I'll even win you a prize at the carnival." Jake smooth-talked.
"Yah, cool!" Vivica said excitedly, now renamed "Viv".
Even though Shawn wasn't done unpacking, he went to Kaeli to talk to her. She was already done. Same with Rinoa, and they were both talking on the bed. Kaeli looked up as Shawn walked in.
"Hey Shawn! Guess what? For the audition, Rinoa danced to Tsugaru just like you! Cool, huh?!"
"Yah! Hey, um, Kaeli, if you're not too busy, I was wondering if you wanted to go take a walk around the hotel. It's 9:00, and the curfew is 10:00. What do you say?" Shawn asked. He tried to hide his nervousness. He had a million thoughts going around in his head. Should I tell her now? Maybe later? Is it too soon? Will it be too late? By the time he pushed those questions aside he found himself walking out the door with Kaeli. Score!!! he thought.
"Man, I am SO excited!! This is it! And we're roommates! How cool is that?!" Kaeli exclaimed.
"Very!" They walked down into the lobby where there was a water fountain and plants. "The best part is that I can share this whole experience with my favorite person in the whole world!" Shawn said.
"Aw, that is so sweet! Well, I think my favorite person is me too!" Shawn gave her a confused look. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding! But seriously, you're my best friend. Who wouldn't want to be here without you?"
Shawn chuckled and even blushed a bit. "Thanks, Kaeli." It's not time yet, he thought. Just wait a while, maybe a couple days. NO, one of us could lose the competition, so I have to do it soon. Shawn thought hard. Tomorrow at the carnival. Yes, on the Ferris wheel. That would be perfect! Don't most kisses in movies happen there? I sure hope it does in real life, he said to himself.
"What're you thinking?" Kaeli asked as she saw Shawn so deep in thought.
"Oh, just about tomorrow." he said, not particularly lying. "It's gonna be a lot of fun. We're gonna hang out together right?"
"Of course! But I do want to hang out with our other roommates, ya know, get to know them better. I've already talked to everyone a little bit, but since you and I are gonna get far in this competition, they might too, so I want to make some friends." Kaeli looked at her watch and yawned.
"Getting tired?" Shawn asked.
"Yah. Even though I usually go to bed later, I'm unusually tired today. I guess all the excitement has worn me out. Mind if we call it quits?"
"No prob! We need our beauty sleep. Oh, but one more thing before we leave." Shawn reached into his pocket and pulled out two pennies. He handed one to Kaeli.
Kaeli looked strangely at Shawn. "Uh...right. I will, um, treasure this penny, uh, forever."
"No, silly! It's for the fountain! Don't you want to make a wish?!" Shawn laughed.
"Oh yah! See? I'm tired, I can't think straight! I was all like "okay...thanks." I would love to make a wish!" Kaeli said.
They both walked up to the fountain. Shawn threw in his penny first, which fell among the other coins on the fountain floor. I wish that I will leave no words unsaid to Kaeli. I wish for Kaeli to be my girlfriend by the end of the competition. And hopefully to be my true love.
"My turn!" Kaeli chimed. She threw the penny into the air, aiming for one of the statues that spouted water. It landed on one of them. "Alright! Now I have to think of a good wish. I can't waste it. You only get one wish per fountain, and this is the only fountain I know of." Kaeli closed her eyes and thought hard. Okay, wish time, she thought. I wish...I wish for my future to be filled with happiness, preferably with the one I love, and that my life is filled with no regrets. Kaeli opened her eyes. Her thoughts rang still and true.
"Done? So, what'd you wish for?" Shawn asked intently, wanting to know if her wish had anything to do with him.
"You know I can't tell you!" she said, pushing him over. "Then it wouldn't come true! You wouldn't want to tell me your wish would you?"
Shawn thought a moment. "Not until after it comes true."
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"Wake up sleepy heads!" Viv exclaimed. "It's 9:00 and we have to get up!" As one couldn't tell, Viv wasn't a morning person, but she was so excited that she hid it.
Jake rolled over in his bed. "Ughh...why do they make us wake up so early?"
"Early?" Shawn said, getting up. "This is actually pretty late for some people. And aren't you glad we don't have to wake up at 8 every morning?"
"Yah, yah, yah..." Jake mumbled as he slowly slunk out of bed. He slipped down to the floor and started sleeping there.
"Everyone up in here?" Rinoa asked, the youngest of the bunch. She looked down at Jake. "Yep, two out of the three people are awake. No one's asleep here 'cause Jake's dead!" Everyone laughed.
Must, see, Kaeli, Shawn thought. Shawn looked around to see Viv and Rinoa in their sleeping clothes. Ooh, still hope Kaeli's got her nightgown on. No, better yet, sexy lingerie sleepwear! Shawn entered Kaeli's room to find she wasn't there. He walked back into the next room. "Where's Kaeli?" he asked Rinoa.
"She's getting ready in the bathroom. By the way, there's two, so if no one's gonna go in yours, I'd like to go 'cause we're leaving at 10:30 and I need to get ready."
"Go ahead Rin. It's all yours." said Jake. Like most guys, he didn't need to get in the bathroom because technically being ready was just getting up and reading the sports section of the newspaper.
"Oh, now I got a nickname?" she laughed. "What about Kaeli and Shawn?"
"Hmmm." Jake thought. "Kaeli will be Kae, and Shawn can be....well, he just won't have a nickname, will ya bud?" He wrapped his arm around Shawn.
"Uh, sure, whatever." Shawn said strangely. The phone rang which made everybody jump. "I got it!" Shawn picked up the phone.
"Who was that?" Viv asked after Shawn was done talking.
"It was Joe. Breakfast is at ten. First we're going to the beach. Then at 4:30 we head to the carnival." Shawn explained.
"Sounds good to me." Kaeli said, walking into the room. "I figured it'd be the beach first, so I'm already prepared.
"I better get ready too then." Shawn said. After everyone gathered their things for the beach, they headed downstairs to the room where breakfast was (it would seem like brunch or even lunch for the usual early risers). All of the contestants were there minus the two booted from yesterday, which left 24 starving teens. There was tons of food to eat, and it seemed like everyone's heads would fall off from talking and eating so much.
"Now remember," Rogin warned. "We're going to the beach. If you plan on going swimming, I'm sure you wouldn't want to with a full stomach!"
"Aww, c'mon!" someone in the group joked. "We're in this competition to get away from our parents!" It was a great atmosphere, fun and exciting, but soon everyone had to leave to go to the beach. Of course, the bus ride there was even better. The songs that the whole crew would sing ceased to decease since 1st grade.
"This is gonna be a blast!" Kaeli said over the loud singers. She was talking to Shawn, who quickly chose his seat next to hers.
"We should have a sandcastle contest or something." Shawn said.
"Lame idea!" Kaeli and Shawn looked up to see Jake turned around in his seat, sitting in front of them. "C'mon, we already gotta listen to "the wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round", and now we're gonna have to play in the sand? Psshh."
Shawn looked away embarrassed as Jake talked to Kaeli the rest of the way there. When they arrived, many people were anxious to run into the water. But they had to wait as Rogin explained the rules.
"Now, I think everyone basically know the rules: you can go away from the beach perimeter, you can swim out past the lifeguard boat, and you can play rough in the water and drown people." Joe Rogin explained. Everyone had a confused look on their faces. "Hey, someone said I was acting like their parents, so if I am, then no matter what I say you do the opposite!"
"Ohhhhh! I get it!" cried the familiar voice they had heard earlier that day.
"I have a suggestion!" someone yelled. It was Jake. "How about we all have a sandcastle contest!"
"Excellent idea, Jake!" Rogin said. "The contest will be held at 1:00. It'll be fun!"
"Hey!" Shawn exclaimed. "He stole my idea! He said it was stupid too!"
"Okay...." Kaeli said. "Oh well. I know that it was your idea."
Yah, but I wanted to say it, Shawn thought. He looked over at Jake and gave him a bad glare.
"Just be back at the bus right here at 1:30. Now go have some fun!" At Rogin's call everyone ran past him to the beach. They looked like a stampede! The morning was beautiful. The sun was out, and it wasn't too hot outside, but warm enough for you to be cooled off in the water. Many girls decided to get a tan by lying out in the sun. Many guys decided to watch the girls getting a tan that were lying out in the sun. The rest played in the water.
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Yay, the beach! I wanna go to the beach!
I'm kinda tired, so sorry, no review responding today (don't kill me!)
Disclaimer: (in Al Bhed) E tuh'd ufh TTN. (I don't own DDR). Oh yah, and I know in real life a competition would never in their right mind put guys and girls in the same room to stay in but this is my story so I'm doing it my way!
Chapter Six: Getting Started
"Alright, the final person in Room 4 is..." This is it, Shawn thought. Say Shawn! Say Shawn! "Sssssshawn!" Shawn just stood there. "I said Shawn. Shawn Paltrow!" Shawn came back into focus as he heard Kaeli exclaiming loudly.
"R-right here!" He said, running to the front. He gave Kaeli a big hug and Jake a big smile. She's my girl now, he thought.
"We're roommates! Yay!" Kaeli yelled. The host called off the rest of the names, then showed everyone where to go and the schedule for the week. The hotel was big and beautiful and it really lived up to its name. Gilderton Hotels were nothing but the finest. Before everyone got settled in, the five teens sat down to talk and get to know each other better.
"I just have one thing to say first." Vivica began. "I'm glad that we're amid teens. I definitely don't want to be around a bunch of little kids. It would be like babysitting!"
"You're right. So everyone tell us your name and age." Kaeli began. She found out that Jake was 17, Vivica was 17, and Rinoa was 15. Of course Kaeli and Shawn were both 16. After finding out some things about each other, they put their things away. The rooms were pretty big. It was sweet.
"Shawn, I'm so excited! She said. The five contestants noticed that there were 2 bedrooms. In one of them there was a double bed. In the other bedroom there were 3 single beds.
"I call a double bed!" Jake called out. "Ooh, can we pick sleeping buddies?" he asked, turning his attention to Kaeli.
Shawn saw the look and stepped in. "Uh, no." he said quickly.
"Well I want a double bed." Kaeli said, not realizing that it sounded like she wanted to sleep with Jake.
"I want it too." Rinoa said. Vivica didn't mind sleeping on a single bed.
"Well, I think that the two girls should take the double bed. A guy and a girl would be, uh, inappropriate." Shawn muttered.
Jake looked at Shawn, then back at Rinoa and Kaeli. "Fine. I'm cool with that. Sko!" he said, taking his stuff into the other bedroom.
Shawn took in a deep breath and went into the room with Jake. He put away his clothes in the dresser next to the bed. If it was me I wouldn't have deemed it inappropriate, he thought. Great, now I'm in a room with mister thinks-he's-so-cool. Oh well, just learn to deal with it, Shawn thought.
"What time do we have to wake up tomorrow?" Vivica asked. She was still unpacking as she talked.
"At 9 Viv. 'Member what Joe said? First the beach then the carnival! It's gonna be sweet. Tell you what, I'll even win you a prize at the carnival." Jake smooth-talked.
"Yah, cool!" Vivica said excitedly, now renamed "Viv".
Even though Shawn wasn't done unpacking, he went to Kaeli to talk to her. She was already done. Same with Rinoa, and they were both talking on the bed. Kaeli looked up as Shawn walked in.
"Hey Shawn! Guess what? For the audition, Rinoa danced to Tsugaru just like you! Cool, huh?!"
"Yah! Hey, um, Kaeli, if you're not too busy, I was wondering if you wanted to go take a walk around the hotel. It's 9:00, and the curfew is 10:00. What do you say?" Shawn asked. He tried to hide his nervousness. He had a million thoughts going around in his head. Should I tell her now? Maybe later? Is it too soon? Will it be too late? By the time he pushed those questions aside he found himself walking out the door with Kaeli. Score!!! he thought.
"Man, I am SO excited!! This is it! And we're roommates! How cool is that?!" Kaeli exclaimed.
"Very!" They walked down into the lobby where there was a water fountain and plants. "The best part is that I can share this whole experience with my favorite person in the whole world!" Shawn said.
"Aw, that is so sweet! Well, I think my favorite person is me too!" Shawn gave her a confused look. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding! But seriously, you're my best friend. Who wouldn't want to be here without you?"
Shawn chuckled and even blushed a bit. "Thanks, Kaeli." It's not time yet, he thought. Just wait a while, maybe a couple days. NO, one of us could lose the competition, so I have to do it soon. Shawn thought hard. Tomorrow at the carnival. Yes, on the Ferris wheel. That would be perfect! Don't most kisses in movies happen there? I sure hope it does in real life, he said to himself.
"What're you thinking?" Kaeli asked as she saw Shawn so deep in thought.
"Oh, just about tomorrow." he said, not particularly lying. "It's gonna be a lot of fun. We're gonna hang out together right?"
"Of course! But I do want to hang out with our other roommates, ya know, get to know them better. I've already talked to everyone a little bit, but since you and I are gonna get far in this competition, they might too, so I want to make some friends." Kaeli looked at her watch and yawned.
"Getting tired?" Shawn asked.
"Yah. Even though I usually go to bed later, I'm unusually tired today. I guess all the excitement has worn me out. Mind if we call it quits?"
"No prob! We need our beauty sleep. Oh, but one more thing before we leave." Shawn reached into his pocket and pulled out two pennies. He handed one to Kaeli.
Kaeli looked strangely at Shawn. "Uh...right. I will, um, treasure this penny, uh, forever."
"No, silly! It's for the fountain! Don't you want to make a wish?!" Shawn laughed.
"Oh yah! See? I'm tired, I can't think straight! I was all like "okay...thanks." I would love to make a wish!" Kaeli said.
They both walked up to the fountain. Shawn threw in his penny first, which fell among the other coins on the fountain floor. I wish that I will leave no words unsaid to Kaeli. I wish for Kaeli to be my girlfriend by the end of the competition. And hopefully to be my true love.
"My turn!" Kaeli chimed. She threw the penny into the air, aiming for one of the statues that spouted water. It landed on one of them. "Alright! Now I have to think of a good wish. I can't waste it. You only get one wish per fountain, and this is the only fountain I know of." Kaeli closed her eyes and thought hard. Okay, wish time, she thought. I wish...I wish for my future to be filled with happiness, preferably with the one I love, and that my life is filled with no regrets. Kaeli opened her eyes. Her thoughts rang still and true.
"Done? So, what'd you wish for?" Shawn asked intently, wanting to know if her wish had anything to do with him.
"You know I can't tell you!" she said, pushing him over. "Then it wouldn't come true! You wouldn't want to tell me your wish would you?"
Shawn thought a moment. "Not until after it comes true."
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"Wake up sleepy heads!" Viv exclaimed. "It's 9:00 and we have to get up!" As one couldn't tell, Viv wasn't a morning person, but she was so excited that she hid it.
Jake rolled over in his bed. "Ughh...why do they make us wake up so early?"
"Early?" Shawn said, getting up. "This is actually pretty late for some people. And aren't you glad we don't have to wake up at 8 every morning?"
"Yah, yah, yah..." Jake mumbled as he slowly slunk out of bed. He slipped down to the floor and started sleeping there.
"Everyone up in here?" Rinoa asked, the youngest of the bunch. She looked down at Jake. "Yep, two out of the three people are awake. No one's asleep here 'cause Jake's dead!" Everyone laughed.
Must, see, Kaeli, Shawn thought. Shawn looked around to see Viv and Rinoa in their sleeping clothes. Ooh, still hope Kaeli's got her nightgown on. No, better yet, sexy lingerie sleepwear! Shawn entered Kaeli's room to find she wasn't there. He walked back into the next room. "Where's Kaeli?" he asked Rinoa.
"She's getting ready in the bathroom. By the way, there's two, so if no one's gonna go in yours, I'd like to go 'cause we're leaving at 10:30 and I need to get ready."
"Go ahead Rin. It's all yours." said Jake. Like most guys, he didn't need to get in the bathroom because technically being ready was just getting up and reading the sports section of the newspaper.
"Oh, now I got a nickname?" she laughed. "What about Kaeli and Shawn?"
"Hmmm." Jake thought. "Kaeli will be Kae, and Shawn can be....well, he just won't have a nickname, will ya bud?" He wrapped his arm around Shawn.
"Uh, sure, whatever." Shawn said strangely. The phone rang which made everybody jump. "I got it!" Shawn picked up the phone.
"Who was that?" Viv asked after Shawn was done talking.
"It was Joe. Breakfast is at ten. First we're going to the beach. Then at 4:30 we head to the carnival." Shawn explained.
"Sounds good to me." Kaeli said, walking into the room. "I figured it'd be the beach first, so I'm already prepared.
"I better get ready too then." Shawn said. After everyone gathered their things for the beach, they headed downstairs to the room where breakfast was (it would seem like brunch or even lunch for the usual early risers). All of the contestants were there minus the two booted from yesterday, which left 24 starving teens. There was tons of food to eat, and it seemed like everyone's heads would fall off from talking and eating so much.
"Now remember," Rogin warned. "We're going to the beach. If you plan on going swimming, I'm sure you wouldn't want to with a full stomach!"
"Aww, c'mon!" someone in the group joked. "We're in this competition to get away from our parents!" It was a great atmosphere, fun and exciting, but soon everyone had to leave to go to the beach. Of course, the bus ride there was even better. The songs that the whole crew would sing ceased to decease since 1st grade.
"This is gonna be a blast!" Kaeli said over the loud singers. She was talking to Shawn, who quickly chose his seat next to hers.
"We should have a sandcastle contest or something." Shawn said.
"Lame idea!" Kaeli and Shawn looked up to see Jake turned around in his seat, sitting in front of them. "C'mon, we already gotta listen to "the wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round", and now we're gonna have to play in the sand? Psshh."
Shawn looked away embarrassed as Jake talked to Kaeli the rest of the way there. When they arrived, many people were anxious to run into the water. But they had to wait as Rogin explained the rules.
"Now, I think everyone basically know the rules: you can go away from the beach perimeter, you can swim out past the lifeguard boat, and you can play rough in the water and drown people." Joe Rogin explained. Everyone had a confused look on their faces. "Hey, someone said I was acting like their parents, so if I am, then no matter what I say you do the opposite!"
"Ohhhhh! I get it!" cried the familiar voice they had heard earlier that day.
"I have a suggestion!" someone yelled. It was Jake. "How about we all have a sandcastle contest!"
"Excellent idea, Jake!" Rogin said. "The contest will be held at 1:00. It'll be fun!"
"Hey!" Shawn exclaimed. "He stole my idea! He said it was stupid too!"
"Okay...." Kaeli said. "Oh well. I know that it was your idea."
Yah, but I wanted to say it, Shawn thought. He looked over at Jake and gave him a bad glare.
"Just be back at the bus right here at 1:30. Now go have some fun!" At Rogin's call everyone ran past him to the beach. They looked like a stampede! The morning was beautiful. The sun was out, and it wasn't too hot outside, but warm enough for you to be cooled off in the water. Many girls decided to get a tan by lying out in the sun. Many guys decided to watch the girls getting a tan that were lying out in the sun. The rest played in the water.
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Yay, the beach! I wanna go to the beach!
I'm kinda tired, so sorry, no review responding today (don't kill me!)