Confession Begins

Courtney: My first day here didn't go so great. My team's already down a member, Katie's acting like Sadie died, and Cody got his heart broken by Gwen. But (hits hand with fist) we can turn this around, I know it!

Confession ends

" Afternoon Campers, I hope you slept well" Chris said, leering at the miserable and nervous looking teens gathered around the campfire.

" Just get to the point, Mclean." Duncan snapped, with Gwen nodding in agreement.

"Alright, follow me kids."

A quick cut later, and the teens were in front of 2 ominous looking doors.

"In order to advance to the second part of the challenge, you'll all have to down a bottle of chef's mystery concoction."

Game show music played as The large Chef, dressed as a theater usher, rolled in a cart holding several bottles full of brown liquid.

Confessions begin

Duncan: Chris wants us to drink brown liquid...best case scenario, it's probably mud.

Alejandro: Please please please let it be something benign.

DJ: Momma, what have I gotten myself into?

Confessions end

Eva was the first to grab a bottle and uncap it. She nervously sniffed the contents, before taking a small sip of the liquid.

" Hey, this is Hot Chocolate!"She exclaimed before downing the rest of the bottle in one large gulp.

Soon enough, the rest of the teenagers were uncorking bottles and downing the tasty drink.

Once everyone had had a bottle, Chris opened the door.

"Everybody, take a seat. Today, we'll be watching one of the landmark films in cinematic history: Empire"

"The black and white movie that's just a shot of the Empire State Building for 7 hours?" Asked Ezekiel.

"The one and only...and staying up through the whole movie is the challenge."

"So it's another awake-a-thon?" asked Katie.

"Yep."

"I don't feel so good." DJ complained while holding his stomach.

"Yeah, one of slumbicel's side effects is stomach pain."

"You drugged us!?" Eva shouted before standing up.

Confession Begins

Cody: Is getting drugged really covered under our contract? We're all underage, there's no way it is, right?

Confession Ends

"Hey, hey, drugging is such a strong word. I prefer speeding up a boring challenge."

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't pound you into the pavement!'Eva shouted.

"You'll instantly be eliminated and forfeit your chance for the million." Chris's smirk was as wide as ever. It evaporated when Eva began moving towards him.

Alejandro put a hand on her shoulder, stopping Eva.

" Senorita, he is not worth it."

Eva grumbled and sat back down.

The lights dimmed and the movie began.

Confessions begin

Duncan: I know the 60s were an experimental time and all that, but whoever directed that movie can go (BEEP) themselves!

Katie: What exactly happened between Coutney and Gwen? Those two were arguing so loud I thought that they were gonna fight.(Sierra then pops her head up into frame)

Sierra: Did you not keep up with the drama after Action ended?

Katie: What are you doing in here?!

Sierra: Cody was in here earlier, I'm looking for anything he may have dropped. But anyways, if you had kept up with my blog, you'd know that a couple of months after Action ended, Duncan broke up with Courtney and started dating Gwen 17 days later.

Confessions end.

"I thought we were friend-ish!" Courtney shouted at Gwen.

"We were, until you lost your mind because me and Duncan started dating!"

"Because you just couldn't wait to get your pastey fingers on Duncan after we broke up, and then you had the gall to talk about how your relationship is so much better!" Cody walked up behind Courtney.

"Hey, can't we all just get along?" Cody asked. Gwen and Courtney responded in unison.

"No!"

"Skinny girl, Goth! Sit down and shut up!" Chef yelled, wheeling around a cart loaded with popcorn.

"Fine!" Courney shouted before going all the way to the front row to sit and sulk. Cody, looking conflicted between her and Gwen eventually followed.

"Hey, you doing okay?" Cody asked, sitting down next to the CIT.

"What do you think?!"

"Well, you're obviously still mad about it. You wanna talk about it? We can't work on making it better if you don't let it out."

"Didn't I tell you that last night?" Courtney said, raising her eyebrow.

"Well that just proves it's right, doesn't it?" Courtney, despite herself, gave a small smile to this. For all of a second before it evaporated. Cody put a finger to his chin, thinking.

" Hey, you wanna hear a joke?"

"Sure" Courtney huffed.

"Ok, Knock knock" Courtney rolled her eyes at the fact that it was a knock knock joke, the corniest type of joke.

"Who's there?"

"Hatch."

"Hatch Who?"

"Bless you!"

Courtney, smiling now, rolled her eyes.

"Cody, that was the corniest joke I've ever heard."

"Well, corny doesn't necessarily mean bad. It got you to smile, at least."

"I suppose it did." Courtney said.

Everybody in the theater looked with wide open eyes at DJ who had passed out and hit the floor hard. All except for Sierra, sitting two rows behind Courtney and Cody. The purple haired amazon looked equal parts furious and heartbroken.

Bridgette, who was sitting next to Sierra, put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, you okay?"

"No, I'm not okay. That hussey Courtney is putting the moves on my Cody!"

"Oh...well, have you talked to Cody about it?"

"When would I ever get the chance to do that, we're on opposite teams..."the amazon looked downtrodden before Eureka flashed across her face "just like Romeo and Juliet!"

"Hey, quiet down, some of us are trying to watch the movie!" Katie yelled from the front row, before tossing some popcorn in her mouth.

"Quiet yourself!" Sierra yelled back.

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"This movie may be the most boring thing I've ever seen." Gwen complained. Duncan put his hand on her back.

"Could be worse Pastey, you could be forced to deal with the dweeb" he motioned towards a currently giggling Cody and Courtney rolling her eyes.

"Uh, they seem to be having fun, eh." Ezekiel, who was sitting about 6 seats away from the couple, pointed out.

"Hey Homeschool, want a hertz donut?"

"No thanks" Duncan had already walked up to Ezekiel and promptly nailed him in the bicep.

"Hurts, don't it?"

"I said I didn't want it!" Ezekiel complained.

Chef, who was still wearing the usher outfit from earlier and handing out popcorn, took umbrage with this.

"Maggot, sit down and shut up!"

Duncan rolled his eyes, but did comply with the order. Ezekiel rubbed his bicep.

Cut to later

Sierra was blinking wearily, while Eva, who had downed 3 of the hot chocolate bottles, was passed out in her seat, bucket of popcorn still on her lap. Ezekiel, moving very slowly, snuck up to her and put his hands on the bucket and attempted to lift it. When growls came out of the sleeping jock's previously snoring mouth, Ezekiel slowly let go and went back to his seat.

Duncan was failing fast, his eye lid's struggling to raise up.

"Come on Duncan, don't leave me alone with this stupid movie."

"Come on, you won the first one babe….you got this." Duncan slouched over and started snoring.

"And there goes Duncan! That leaves just Gwen, Sierra, and Ezekiel for the Bruisin Beetles and Katie, Cody, and Courtney for the Screeching Squirrels." yelled Chris over the intercom.

Sierra stood up, perhaps to go to the bathroom, and managed to make it about 6 steps before falling onto a sleeping Alejandro and passing out.

Even Later.

"Can't you kids just pass out already?!" Chef complained. Katie grabbed another bucket off of Chef's cart.

"And go back to your slop for dinner? Not likely!" Katie said.

Courtney looked at an almost passed out Tech Geek.

"Are you okay, Cody?"

"Yeah, I'm okay Courtney, heh." Cody rubbed his eyes hard. "I outlasted Duncan this time, that's cool."

Gwen, watching this, decided to follow Courtney's lead and check up on her last remaining teammate.

"Hey Zeke, you okay?"

"I'm fine, usually had to stay up even later on the farm."

"Aren't you tired?"

"Just a little. This is nothing compared to the time me and my dad had to stay up for 3 days straight to finish reaping the fields before a massive storm came in...are you okay, Gwen?"

The goth's only answer was the rhythmic breathing of someone asleep.

Confession begins

Ezekiel: Crap!

Confession ends

Courtney and Cody were passed out right next to each other, leaving just the bfffl and the Homeschool kid.

"It's the Z-Man vs Sadie's best friend, who will win?" Chris on the monitors pointed out

Katie continued to chew on popcorn while staring down Zeke.

"I can... do this...all day...piriae boy" Katie said, sounding more and more exhausted with every word.

"Hey Homeschool, you just might win this for your team." Chef told the boy. Ezekiel's eyes lit up.

"I'm gonna make it!" shouted Zeke before jumping in the air and pumping a fist in the air. He then closed his eyes in the air and hit the ground already snoring.

"And Katie wins it for the Squirrels!" Chris announced as the bfffl started snoring

"And then there were two." Said Chris, holding the last marshmellow. DJ and Ezekiel, the last two campers looked nervous as hell.

"DJ, you were the first one out today." DJ nodded his head, acknowledging that his performance today was in a word, pitiful.

"Zeke, actually not sure why you're here brah, maybe the girls are holding a grudge." Zeke gulped.

"The final marshmallow goes to…" Chris said, ready to build up anticipation as he always did.

"It's alright, eh. You can give DJ the marshmallow. It's obvious I'm going first for the team again." Ezekiel said, sighing heavily.

"Man, you did great today! If your the one going home today, then our team will have made a horrible mistake."

"You mean that, eh?"

"Of course I do!"

"Enough of the mushy crap! Zeke, you're safe, DJ, you're going home."

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Cody was sitting on the edge of the lake's dock, throwing stones into the water. He jumped when someone put their hand on his back.

"Sorry." Courtney apologized.

"Nah, it's fine...you wanna talk about it now?"

"Cody, you really don't want to hear me complain about my ex and your former crush…."

"If it'll make you feel better, then I do."

Courtney and Cody sat in silence for awhile before Cody broke it.

"Why did you have such a crush on Duncan?" Courtney sighed.

"I was just under a lot of pressure. Duncan's style just seemed so free while I felt like I was drowning."

"Yeah, I can get that. I'm the head of the Albert Einstein fan club at my school and I competed in the Manitoba science fair during finals week. You seem like you're always doing that."

"Doing what?"

"Trying to carry everything on your shoulders. It seems exhausting."

"It is."

"Then why not let somebody help you carry it?"

"Cody, that's a nice idea and all but the last person I tried to give some of the weight to was Duncan." Courtney's face took on a more playful form. "What about you? Why did you have such a crush on Gwen?"

"I've always had a thing for goths." Cody shrugged.

"Is that all? So if I had come with the make-up and dyed hair, you would have had a crush on me instantly?"

"I already had a crush on you in the first season...and on Heather ...and on Bridgette."

"Was there a girl you didn't have a crush on?!" Cody pondered on it for a bit. A full minute passed.

"Unbelievable!" Courtney said with a smile on her face.

"Hey, it's not like I was hitting on every girl nonstop!" Cody argued.

"No, just Gwen."

"Hey, when it became apparent she wasn't interested I helped her and Trent get together."

"I'll give you that."

Cody offered Courtney a rock, and both teenagers started throwing them into the lake.

Confession Begins

Katie: I won...I won today! You hear that, Sadie, I'm going to go all the way for you.

Confession Ends