Since Gwen had next second to the shortest stick, it was her turn to go through with her dare. She reluctantly got up and walked towards the door.

"This is insane," said Gwen. "Cody already likes me. He's going to think I'm in love with him."

"Well," said Bridgette. "That's your problem." She and Courtney started to laugh at Gwen's misfortune as Gwen stomped away angrily.


When she got to the cabin, she knocked on the door.

"Please let it not be Trent. Please let it not be Trent."


"Seriously, not the cops again!" Geoff opened the back window and tried to fit his whole body through it.

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Come on, DJ, we gotta pull him out."

"No," said Geoff. "I can't get arrested yet. I'm only sixteen!"

"That didn't stop me from getting arrested," Duncan whispered to Harold, who was slowly backing away.

Then Duncan looked out the window and smirked. It was Gwen this time.

"Hey Elvis," said Duncan. "Look who's here for you."

Trent rolled his eyes but laughed as Duncan pushed him towards the door.


Trent opened it.

"Of course he would. Curse the universe," thought Gwen.

If it had been any other time, Gwen would've been ecstatic to see him. However, there was a dare to be done, and she really didn't want to kiss Cody.

"Hey," said Trent smiling at Gwen. "Wanna go to our side of the cabin to talk? The guy's side is empty since they're all here so it'll be peaceful."

"That sounds-"

She stopped when she saw Cody. She still had a dare she had to complete.

Gwen sighed. "Actually, I need to talk to Cody."

Trent looked confused on why she wanted Cody. He annoyed her, didn't he? But he got Cody.

"Hey Gwen! Are you okay? Don't worry because Cody is here to save the day!"

Gwen closed the door and dragged him to the forest where nobody would hear them.

"Look I need for us to act like we like each other."

"Oh." Cody put one arm around Gwen's shoulder. "So it's one of those things were you pretend to like me, and in the end you really do!"

Gwen took his arm off and glared at him. "What are you talking about?"

"You know. Like those Hallmark movies or like Peeta and Katniss. Katniss thought she didn't like Peeta, but it turns out she did. I'll be your Peeta, Gwen!" He grabbed her hand as he said that.

Gwen pulled her hand away. "This is going to be more difficult than I anticipated," she thought. "No! It's a dare to make Trent jealous!"

"Still sounds like a Hallmark situation to me." Cody looked up to Gwen's unamused face. "Ok fine..." Cody was a bit disappointed, but he was happy that she at least picked him to pretend to like. That's got to mean something, right? Maybe, just maybe he thought he would get the ending he wanted. Maybe she will end up liking him.

"So here are the rules," said Gwen. "You cannot touch me."

"But we're pretend dating."

"Yeah, we'll just talk more. That's the same thing, right?"

"I guess. But that won't make Trent jealous. You've been on a date before, haven't you?"

"No. The guys back home are way too irritating to go on a one on one with them."

"So you've never been on a date before?"

Gwen shook her head.

"Well it's your lucky day," said Cody. "Because I know everything that needs to be known about dating."

"So you'll help me win this dare?"

Cody nodded his head. "Now take my hand." Gwen reluctantly put her hand in his. "Now let's walk back. Don't look so tense. Smile."

She tried to smile but she couldn't. It was Cody!

Cody sighed. "We have a lot of work to do my friend."


Cody walked back to the cabin by himself since Gwen still needed more practice before facing a crowd. When he walked inside, all the guys were staring at him. "What?"

"Why did you go on a walk with Gwen," asked Tyler. "Doesn't she get annoyed by you?"

All the guys nodded in agreement except for Noah who was hiding his face in his book.

Cody smirked. "Time to play out this dare," he thought. "Maybe she finally realized what a catch I am."

All the guys were silent and then burst out laughing. Including Trent.

Cody sighed. This is a lot harder than I thought.