Day 1: Part 2: The Outcome of Leisure

Disclaimer: I want to own TDI but I don't

Regular POV

Eva had managed to get the first flag but it was quickly taken away, when Izzy had bit her hand. While the muscle woman was howling in pain, Izzy quickly picked the flag up and tossed it back to Noah. Harold was trying to get it back but was harshly pushed back by Heather and Beth. DJ quickly sprinted to the 2nd flag but when he passed it down to Ezekiel, for safe keeping, the home school boy quickly gave it to Lindsay after she had seduced it out of him. This was how the whole challenge followed, the Bass would get to the flag first but the Gophers would some how take it away and keep it to themselves. Once the Gophers had stolen ten of the Bass's flags they made their way towards the shore to the finish line. "The Screaming Gophers win! Killer Bass you are sending someone to Playa De Losers" Chris shouted. Once all the campers had made it to the shore they passed out from running and fighting in the water for so long. "Seriously dudes the challenge wasn't that hard!" Chris said but then someone through a rock at him and he unfortunately ducked and stormed away. Sadly, no one laughed at him.

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Confession Cam

Cody: I've never been so exhausted in my life (he falls over and you hear a disembodied voice) I don't even have enough energy to get up.

Ezekiel: I feel confident that I won't be voted off tonight, aye. I only had one mistake and it was that CIT girl who was in charge.

Duncan: (scowling) I told everyone that if they vote for Princess, then I'll bash their heads in.

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(At the campfire ceremony)

"Well, well, well, I guess old habits; die hard, aye Killer Bass?" Chris smirked and was met with 11 scowls. "Anyway, moving on, as you all know a marshmallow represents life on the isl--."

"We been through this a hundred times pretty boy, just tell us who's going home!" yelled Eva. "Fine! Everyone but Ezekiel come and get your stupid marshmallows. Sorry dude, but you have to go home." concluded Chris. Ezekiel looked thoroughly shocked as he went to the Dock of Shame. Chris pops up as the Killer Bass were making their goodbyes, "I have to admit it but that was really predictable, bra," he said to the camera, "but a lot of questions were left unanswered like why is DJ mean now? What is it with Gwen's new look? And why is Heather nice all of a sudden? Find out all the answers next time on Total…

Drama…

Island!

Heather's POV

So apparently that home school kid got voted off tonight but I'm not that concerned about it, I've never spoken a word to him, so what's the point in being upset? So now I'm searching around camp wondering where in the world Beth is and I finally find her in the Screaming Gopher's boy's cabin, of all places, talking to Harold, of all people. "Umm…Beth, may I please have a word with you?" I asked sweetly. Unfortunately for me all the Gopher guys were in there, looking at me.

"Heather, I have no interest in making an alliance with you," she said with a bored expression. "No it's not about that, but I seriously need to talk to you…in private." I look over at Harold, he shrugs and leaves, I think I heard him mutter "Gosh!" under his breath but I chose to ignore it. "Great Heather now you have scared him off! I hope you're happy!" she said in a huff.

"No, I'm not Beth." I said trying to quiet her down.

"Well, what? Do you want you want to embarrass me? I just dare you to try!" All the guys were now had their full attention on us; I could feel the heat rushing up to my face. Oh man, I thought, she's making a scene, quick Heather think on your feet. "Maybe we should talk about this in private," I glanced over to the guys. "Whatever you have to say, can be said in public, Heather," she spat out my name like venom. "FINE! I just wanted to let you know that I'm sorry!" I yelled but I continued, "I'm sorry for treating you like a slave. I'm sorry for making fun of you. I'm sorry for underestimating you and I'm sorry that I got you eliminated! There, are YOU happy now Beth? Because I'm not!" I finished with my face streaming with tears but I didn't dare hide my face. I had to show her I was sincere and that I was telling the truth. She seemed a little shocked to see me so vulnerable. "Are you telling me the truth?" she asked. I looked her square in the eye and said, "Yes, I am telling you the truth." Beth sighed and was silent for a while, like she was thinking this over. I got a chance to look around and the guys were still staring at us. I suddenly had this exposed feeling and I looked down and I realized that I was half naked. Geez, I must look like a slut to people, mental note: find some clothes that cover your goodies when you get back to the cabin. "Okay Heather," Beth says finally, "I don't forgive you but I don't hate you. Honestly, I just don't trust you at all, so for us to be friends you'll have to earn my trust." My spirit instantly lifted when she said those words to me. "Why don't we be acquaintances for now?" she finished. "Of course we can! Believe me Beth you will not regret this!" I hugged her and skipped off feeling so happy. I could care less that I left Duncan, DJ, Harold, Geoff, and Tyler gaping at me. I quickly ran back to my cabin and went to bed. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders. I remember the first time I felt that wonderful feeling…

Flashback

"Hello Heather, how was your week?" Dr. Lynn says to me. "Horrible! All those loser wannabes were pulling on my hair today!" I complained. "I'm sorry Heather maybe you'll feel better after our conversation today. Now last week we talked about how in 8th grade some kids were mean to you, do you think you can tell me why they were so mean to you?" Dr. Lynn questioned.

"I'd rather not talk about it," I answered. Dr. Lynn sighed and took down some notes, "Heather if you don't talk about things like this, then you can never be totally happy with yourself."

"I am happy with myself!" I said defensively but I started to think am I happy with myself? Of course I am! I'm popular! Well, I used to be…no you just learned not to be on reality television again. I continued to battle with myself but then Dr. Lynn says, "Heather I know this is hard for you but you can open up to me."

"How do I know for sure that I can trust you?" I asked still skeptical.

"Well, one: it goes against my ethics and two: you could sue me. Now do you trust me?" she said with a friendly smile. I thought about it some more and decided that if she does use it against me then I could sue her for all she's worth. "Well, if you must know I wasn't the most…" I couldn't tell her my deepest, darkest secret. "Heather the quicker you say it the better you will feel," the therapist encouraged. "I was…ugly and fat when I was younger," I felt weird when I said this and it felt really good to confide in someone. I could get used to this therapy thing…

End Flashback

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! My alarm was the most annoying thing on the earth. I looked around and no one else was up yet, so I decided to get to the showers first. I stepped in the shower and enjoyed having the small pleasure of hot water pound into my back. Getting ready was quicker now that my hair was shorter. I didn't have to straighten it for as long of a time and I started to wear less makeup. Once I was finished I grabbed a towel and made a mad dash towards my cabin. I put on a bra and a pair of undies and stared at my clothes. They all seemed so skimpy and unappealing, but I couldn't wear what I usually wore. I settled on a maroon V-neck shirt and a pair of the same shorts that I usually wear. I had to admit, I looked way better with some coverage on my body. Everybody was starting to wake up and so I started to unpack some of my things. "I don't know why she's unpacking, she'll be the first one to go," Gwen said to LeShawna. I chose to ignore it; I didn't want to give them another reason to hate me.

I was making my way to breakfast, when I heard a deep laugh coming from the woods so I decided to investigate who it was. It took a few minutes but I came to a small clearing in the forest with no cameras, that's where I saw DJ sitting on a log playing with a rabbit that looked an awful lot like Bunny. "DJ?" I spoke. His head snapped so fast I thought he was going to break his neck. "Heather, what are you doing here!" he looked really pissed off. "I j-just wanted to see who was laughing, sorry."

"Listen, you tell anybody what you saw and I'll make sure to make your life a living hell," he said with a glare in his eyes. I was seriously scared, but I wanted to know why he was lying to all of us. "Just one thing, why are you hiding Bunny?" I inquired. He stepped back and looked at, I guess he wad debating if I was trustworthy or not. "Fine, if I tell you, you promise not to tell anybody?" I was shocked, why would he trust me after just a day! Maybe that group apology thing worked after all. "Sure," I said with an encouraging smile. He sighed and continued, "Well, you see…," he looked like he was tying to find the right words, "After TDI, when I went back to school… the kids would say that I was an animal loving wuss and the taunting got worse, even the teachers and coaches were in on it too." I looked at him, that was the same thing I experienced, "Go on," I urged. He sighed and continued, "So I decided to change my attitude, I told everybody that I got rid of Bunny and I started to become meaner and meaner each day. Once I had become a total jackass, people were giving me respect and I liked it." He finished and was looking for my reaction. I quickly gathered my thoughts and said, "So what you're saying is that you're trying to please people who don't give a crap about you or your feelings?" I said with a cocked eyebrow. He looked down and remained speechless. "I'll leave you alone now," I skipped out of the woods leaving him behind with his thoughts.

When I finally arrived to the mess hall, I saw Lindsay and Beth sitting away from the team, so I decided to join them. We exchanged greetings and they said breakfast wasn't ready yet. We started to make small talk but I could hear the camper's gossip. "Yeah, she went to the guys cabin and was apologizing to Beth,"

"I wouldn't believe her at all."

"I hope Beth doesn't get hurt by that mega bitch."

I was frowning at the comments, why should they be so concerned about what happened. Lindsay heard all of this too and gave me and encouraging look. I was fine as long as I had one true friend. Justin came and sat with us claiming that everyone else was just to annoying or weird and that we seemed the most human. Beth was giggling like a school girl. "Time to get the food you delinquents!" shouted Chef from the kitchen. DJ had come in looking apprehensively at me before going to sit down at the Gopher table.

Chris said that we had 3 days with no challenges and every body was in a good mood. "You want to go outside and suntan?" Lindsay asked me once everyone had choked down breakfast. "Sure, Beth, Justin would you like to join us?" I asked. "No, you girls have some fun with out me. I'll read a book or something," Justin said but I knew he was going to stare at himself in a mirror. Beth said she wanted to hang out with LeShawna.

Lindsay and I went to the cabins and changed into our swimsuits. When we got outside it seemed like everybody just wanted to relax and enjoy the wonderful weather. I saw Bridgette trying to catch some waves and there were some people who had gotten a volleyball game together. I spotted a good spot for lying out and it was near the volleyball game so we quickly made our way over there.

"I think I'm going to enjoy these next few days," the blonde girl said while reading a magazine. "I think we all will!" We laughed and then we got into this major discussion of who was the cutest guy on the island. I voted Justin but she thought Tyler was hot, which made sense since they were a couple. We eventually started to pay attention to the game, Eva was dominating the game while Tyler started to show off but was failing miserably. I thought that this scene was very funny but I guess I was wrong because everybody seemed mad. I rolled my eyes, people could be so dramatic.

The next few days were incredible although it irked me that DJ hadn't talked to me yet. But Justin was a nice male companion and Beth seemed to be warming up to me. The third and final day was a disaster though. It was like any other lunch on the island; we were having what looked like PB& J and red punch. Everyone was talking and laughing and enjoying the last hours of bliss. Justin was telling us this story about his mother. Then he accidentally knocked over his glass of red punch. I was sitting beside him and the punch spilled all over my left arm. I quickly snatched the glass up and stared at my arm, looking at the red punch that drenched my arm while it was shaking with rage. I could hear Justin apologizing and see Lindsay trying to clean up the mess but when I looked up I saw Geordy and Ashlee laughing at me. Those jackasses shouldn't be laughing at me! I should be laughing at them! I left the table and stopped at the door, glass still in hand. I couldn't turn the handle, I couldn't move at all, I hated them. I still heard them in my head, laughing at me. I turned around and through the glass at the opposite wall. Everyone just sat, shocked at my sudden outburst. I continued to look at the wall and collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. Lindsay got up and started to hug me, trying to calm me down but the memory was still burning through my mind…

A/N: So what happened?! We all want to know!!!! sorry for the short chapter! Anyway what will happen with DJ and Heather? Is Courtney going to get back together with Duncan? Will Heather tell us what happened? Find out next time on F&F!!!!!!