A/N: So I meant to have this up by friday, but I caught the flu. I'm still sick but I was able to finish this. Not sure how productive I'll be until I'm better but at least I'm not puking anymore.

With respect to the reviewers:
TDFan and WishStarAllie: Thanks, I have the belief that just because I ship is unusal that doesn't mean the story has to be badly written.

Search and do not destroy
The next challenge was to find keys to treasure chests. Frankly Noah didn't pay much attention to who got what aside from noting Courtney had to deal with a bear, and Eva with Chef. Neither of which they seemed likely to himself had gotten a tree. So somewhere on this Island one of the many trees held his key, great at least he was agile. So he began what he figured would be a long search.

Meanwhile, Lindsay spotted Gwen looking at something. "Hey Gwen what are you looking at?"

The goth immediately froze. "Nothing!"

"Really? Can I look at nothing too?" the blonde asked innocently.

"Um," Gwen began but she was unable to finish as Lindsay saw what she was looking at. A certain guitarist getting his key from sharks.

"That's not nothing! It's Trend, Hi Trend!" She yelled. Gwen covered her mouth as Trent looked around curiously.

"I don't want him to know I'm here!" The goth said.

"Oh...why not?" Lindsay asked.

"Because if he finds out I'm watching him he'll get weirded out!" Gwen replied.

"No he won't, Trend is like super cute and understanding. He wouldn't get weirded out." Lindsay didn't understand why Gwen would ever think that.

"See that's the problem." Gwen sighed looking towards the ground.

"What's the problem?" She repeated tilting her head.

"So upfront about everything Lindsay. Your feelings, your opinions, everything. You say what's on your mind, no matter what. If you like a guy, you show it, meanwhile I-" Gwen stopped talking realizing who she was speaking to.

A couple of seconds passed, then a lightbulb went off in Lindsay's head. "Oh you like Trend!" The goth sighed and nodded. "Well… I like Trend too, but I don't think you can have two girlfriends. I can stop hanging out with him if you want." Lindsay really hoped Gwen didn't want her to, she liked hanging around Trend, but she didn't want to make Gwen feel bad.

"No, just because I like Trent doesn't mean you should stop hanging around him. In the end it's his choice who he wants to be his girlfriend, Right?" The Goth said offering a half smile.

Lindsay hugged her. "Thank you!"

"Okay well, I need to fight crocodiles for my key, so I'll be going, and remember don't tell Trent I was watching him."

"I won't!" She grinned, speaking of keys she had to find a beehive…

Bridgette stared at the septic tank. Nearly barfing just at the sight of it. There was no way she was going to go in there. So with a sigh she resigned herself to not getting her key. She turned to leave when she ran into Cody. Startled she nearly fell over but the geek grabbed her hand before she hit the floor.

"Sorry I didn't mean to startle you. I was just wondering if you needed help with your key?" He asked.

"Well I could certainly use the help., but what about your key?" She asked.

"There's no way I'm going to get it. So I figured I'd help you out." He replied with a smile.

"Thanks, but there's no way I could ask you to go in there." She said pointing to the septic tank.

"Are you kidding? After the garbage bomb this will be nothing." With that Cody placed a snorkel on his face and began to step in.

"Wait! Are you sure about this?" the blonde asked unsure herself.

"Absolutely."

Back with Lindsay the blonde was entering her cabin, covered in bee stings. She looked around a spotted a pink envelope. She opened it to find it was asking her to meet the writer at the dock. She hugged the letter to her, and ran to the dock.

It took a long while but eventually she heard footsteps on the dock. She turned a smile on her face. It slowly faded as she realized the person who had written the note was not who she was hoping.

"Hey Lindsay. I just wanted you to know that I think you're the best. So I was wondering, will you be my girlfriend?" Tyler asked.

"Oh… um Tyler I'm happy you like me but, I like someone else." She admitted. She felt bad turning him down like that but it was the right thing to do.

"But I thought you liked me?" The jock asked a frown on his face.

"I did, but as time went on, my feelings changed I'm sorry Tyler." Lindsay said. She noticed a him looking like he might cry. She took his hands in hers and looked into his eyes. "Don't worry I'm sure you'll find someone."

Meanwhile Noah had finally gotten his key and he was walking back to his cabin. It was only by chance that he happened to be walking past the dock. It seemed fate had decided to declare its hate for him. He saw them standing on the dock, hands in each others. They were staring into each other's eyes looking perfect with the sunset behind them.

Noah wasn't sure why, but he felt upset. So he went to his cabin to be alone, only to find Trent was in there. He tried to leave but the guitarist was perceptive. "Hey Noah."

"Hey Trent." He replied in what he hoped was a neutral tone.

"What wrong man?" the guitarist asked. Apparently his tone wasn't quite neutral.

"Nothing." He said hoping Trent would buy it. No such luck as the guitarist raised a disbelieving eyebrow. "Okay, fine. Something is bothering me but its not important. Trent's look became like that of a disappointed parent. "Alright if I tell you will you stop staring into my soul?"

"Depends on what it is." The raven haired boy replied. Figuring this was as close an answer as he'd get Noah thought on what to say. He didn't want to be too specific. "I'm just confused about something."

"Well if you tell me I can help." His roommate replied.

Noah sighed. "You won't leave me alone unless I say something." Trent inclined his head in acknowledgement. Noah took a moment to get his thoughts in order, then spoke, deliberately being as vague as he could. " Well I saw a couple of people, let's just call them person A and person B." Trent nodded in encouragement. "Okay so person A and person B are on the dock holding hands and looking into each others eyes. I see this and feel upset, almost angry about it. I have no reason to resent either person so I' m not sure what that's about."

Trent smirked. "Okay, did they look like they were romantically interested in each other?"

Noah blinked. "Kind of, but what does that have to do with anything?" The guitarist chuckled and he immediately began to regret saying anything. Trent must have noticed the look on his face because he explained himself.

"Noah I'm not laughing at the fact that you're upset. I'm laughing at your obliviousness. I don't know your feelings but it sounds to me like you have a crush on one of those people."

It took a moment for Trent's words to register. When they finally did his first thought was one of denial. There was no way he liked Lindsay or Tyler. They were both idiots, and if there was something Noah couldn't stand it was idiots. Yet when he thought on it , what Trent was suggesting made sense. As loathe as he was to admit it, he probably did like one of them. The questions now were which one, and did he want anyone to know about it?

Back with Bridgette she was staring into the septic tank. Worry clear on her face. She hoped Cody was doing okay down there. It was really nice of him to do this for her. In fact Cody had done a lot of nice things for her. She found herself smiling absently. He might go about it the wrong way but it was clear Cody really did want the best for girls.

She was shaken from her thoughts when he popped out from the septic tank. He smelled terrible but she was happy to see him. "Did you find it?" She asked. Cody gasped and pulled a key from his pocket, handing it to her. She hugged him. "Cody I could kiss you!"

He beamed. "I'd take you up on that but I should probably bathe first."

When everyone gathered back at the chests most of them found what was inside to be useless. Cody was given body spray by Bridgette which would certainly help him. Eva got invincibility, much to everyone's dismay. Katie had ended up having to get her key from skunks and smelled worse than Cody as a result. Thanks to a combination of her smell and the fact that Eva was still targeting her Katie was voted out.

Hide and be sneaky
The next challenge was a game of hide and seek in which Chef would spray you with a super soaker if he caught you. You had to not get caught, rat someone out, or make it to the life chair in time. Noah saw an obvious flaw in the challenge but he didn't say anything.

Once the challenge started everyone ran off to find a hiding spot, save Lindsay who was confused by the instructions. Luckily for her Trent noticed and grabbed her by the hand. Lindsay smiled as the two ran off. Eventually Trent lead them to the boathouse. "This is a great hiding spot Trend." She complimented.

"I don't know if it'll be enough but It's better than being out in the open." The guitarist shrugged.

"Thanks for helping me hide." The blonde said.

Trent scratched the back of his head. "No problem."

Meanwhile Tyler had managed to get a string of lights wrapped around his leg, resulting in him knocking the pole it was attached to over. This startled the family of skunks, who sprayed the poor jock.

Bridgette and Cody had helped each other hide on the roof of one of the cabins. The two were cloud watching and enjoying each other's company. The surfer pointed to a cloud. "Look It's a dolphin."

"Oh yeah I can see that." Cody replied, he pointed to another cloud. "That one looks like an old Macintosh."

"The apple?" Bridgette asked confused.

"The computer." He corrected. .

"Oh, yeah now I see it." She chuckled. "There's a key.."

"Too bad we couldn't have gotten you that one." He joked. "That one looks like…" He stopped.

"Looks like what?" the blonde teased figuring it was something dirty.

"A pair of lips." He admitted. The next thing he knew Bridgette was kissing him. It took a moment for reality to set in. He was being kissed by a hot girl. Sure it wasn't Gwen but he found he was okay with that. Bridgette pulled away. "What was that for?"

"I owe you a kiss remember?" She grinned.

Cody didn't think she was serious when she said that. "That was amazing." Bridgette seemed to agree as she moved in for another kiss. "You only owed me one."

"True." She smirked. "But there's interest."

Back with Lindsay and Trent the two were quietly talking. "What kind of conditioner do you use? Your hair looks great." The blonde was asking him.

"I don't remember the brand." he shrugged." I could show it to you after the challenge?"

"Sure." The two sat in silence a moment before Lindsay began to move closer. She puckered her lips and slowly moved towards him, giving him every chance to say no. He didn't seem to have a problem with it. Just before her lips touched his, the door opened and they were both sprayed by Chef.

Meanwhile Bridgette and Cody were in the middle of a heated make out session. Unbeknownst to them they had rolled off the roof. Courtney, who had been caught hiding in the fridge, ratted them out. The two didn't seem to care much.

After that Chef caught everyone but Noah. He remarked that he checked everywhere but the water and ran to the dock. Unfortunately for him Noah had been hiding under the lifeguard chair the entire time, and thus was easily able to touch it before Chef got near him. Now that Eva was finally without immunity she was voted off in a nearly unanimous vote.

That's off the chain!
The next challenge was relatively simple. Build a bike, trick it out, and race them. Chris threw them a bike manual. Courtney caught it but immediately threw it. " There are mold spores on this! This is unsanitary!" Needless to say no one was particularly interested in touching it. Noah wanted to view the book but not with mold growing on it.

Everyone had gathered the items they needed to build the bikes with. Noah wasn't going to bother with anything fancy. His bike would be strictly utilitarian. That was really all he cared about. While he was working on his bike he saw Tyler move his pieces to work beside him. "Hey man. So what's your bike's gimmick?"

"My bike's gimmick is being as basic as possible." he replied rolling his eyes.

"Really? So you're not gonna do anything special?" Tyler asked.

"What's your bike's deal?" Noah responded, avoiding the question.

"Well at first I wanted to make a bike that could throw footballs, but we didn't have any footballs. So maybe I'll just build the bike and paint a bunch of sport balls on it." Tyler shrugged.

Meanwhile Cody was once again helping Bridgette. "Seriously Cody you can finish your bike first." The surfer told him.

"Nah, it'll take me like two seconds. Besides, if you get voted off, we can't kiss anymore. Also I'll miss you." The geek said giving her a gap toothed smile.

"Okay, but I want to decorate it, it is supposed to be my bike after all." The blonde smiled back.

"Deal." Cody agreed.

Lindsay had done a surprisingly good job of building her bike. To be honest Trent found it impressive. "Who said you nothing but a dumb blonde?"

"Henna, but I don't respect her opinion anymore." She grinned.

"Good for you, she wasn't really your friend anyway." Trent beamed.

"Trend? Do you like my sunset sally?" Lindsay asked.

The bike was a hodgepodge of wood and metal, with a stuffed horse head mounted on the front, and a pillow on the seat to provide some cushion. "Yeah, I think it's great." He replied.

"Trend, I like your bike too." The blonde replied.

"Thanks," The guitarist said.

Back with Noah and Tyler the former had finished his bike. It was a mix of metal and wood, but aside from that it was as basic as they come. He turned to find Tyler had finished his bike too. Well finished was inaccurate. The bike had one very large front wheel and a very small back wheel. The seat had no cushion, the chain was on wrong and the handlebars were upside down? Was that last part even possible?

"What?" The jock said in askance of his look.

Noah sighed. "I don't know why I'm helping you but your bike needs some work."

Later they all showed their bikes to Chris. Gwen's was normal but had bat wings, Lindsay was the sunset sally, DJ's had training wheels and a metal bar, Courtney's was painted grey and had a horn, Bridgette's was painted like waves, Cody's was bright red with flashing lights, and Trent's was camouflage with a couple hearts carved into it. Tyler bike now looked much better, with the large wheel in the back, upright handlebars, and a properly placed chain. It had tennis balls on the ends of the handlebars.

Chris revealed they'd be switching bikes for the race and the winners would get to race for immunity. Naturally there were complaints but Chris ignored them. Gwen got Tyler's bike, Tyler got Courtney's bike, Courtney got DJ's bike, DJ got Bridgette's bike, Bridgette got Trent's bike, Trent got Cody's bike, Cody got Noah's bike, Noah got Lindsay's bike, and Lindsay got Gwen's. By the time the race was over only DJ's, Lindsay's, Cody's, Noah's and Tyler's survived.

Before the next race began, Chris revealed that whoever crossed the finish line last would be eliminated. No one was happy about this, except Chris himself of course. In the race, Cody and Noah crashed into each other. Lindsay crossed first, DJ second, and Tyler last. Noah felt like someone was trying to pull his heart out. Then in a last second change of fate, Lindsay gave Tyler her immunity. As the second one to cross the finish line, DJ was eliminated.

Noah felt his heart soar as Tyler was saved from being sent home. It was in that moment he realized. 'I like Tyler….fuck.'