Total Drama Life

Ch. 5: Halloween Horror Nights (Prt.2)

All I could do was stand there; staring at the one in front of me with shock and even a hint of disgust.

"No. Fuckin'. Way-" the right corner of his mouth slowly went even higher than it already was, "It really is you!"

"Oh my god…" that's all my mind could of what to say.

He took a good look at me, "Well you've definitely changed," he came a little closer and touched my hair, "your hair is much lighte-"

I slapped his hand away, "Yeah, physically wise: we've both changed," I sneered at him, "But it seems mentally only one of us stayed the same."

And that'd be you.

He does look good with that red Mohawk though…

Courtney. Shut the hell up. Thanks.

At this point, the group was staring at both of us quarrel. Some couldn't help but smile that awkward smile as if asking, "What the hell is going on?" I didn't want to BELIEVE what was going on, but there he was, standing in front of me in the flesh.
We just stood there; enough staring took place to have a stare-off.

"Why are you stalking me?" I spit those words out to him to break the silence.

"ACTUALLY," he said this in an as-a-matter-of-factly way, "I moved here right after TDI, and you," he pushed me on the chest with a finger when he said you, "JUST moved here."

I scoffed. Speechless.

Duncan continued, "SO I guess that makes you the stalker."

We started bickering at each other for a few long seconds, and then Andrea butted in, "HEY HEY HEY HEY! GUYS! Calm down. Seriously. We don't need this right now, especially here." We stopped fighting, but we were frozen in our bickering stances, Andrea faced me, "How do you even know this guy?"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HOW DO I EVEN KNOW THIS GUY!?" My voice was much louder now, "HE'S DUNCAN. YOU KNOW- DUNCAN FROM TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND?"

Her eyes widened at my behaviour, "Whoa, Courtney," she put her hand on my shoulder, "calm down."

I lowered my voice, "How can I be calm when you invited HIM?"

Duncan raised his hand a bit, "Uh yeah I'm here I can hear you-"

I snapped at him, "A – B CONVERSATION DUNCAN." I turned my head back to Andrea, waiting for her response.

"Look, Courtney, I didn't know who Jack was inviting."

"Truth." Jack said.

Allison took a step in, "Courtney remember I said we only knew one of Jack's friends? Ya' know- Aaron..."

"Ugh. I'm sorry." I tried to sound as apologetic as I could. I really didn't want to show Andrea's friends a first impression of me screaming and yelling. I was so embarrassed now that I had realized how I was acting.

Duncan said a wisecrack, "Apology accepted Courtney."

I shot a glance at him, "Not saying sorry to you, ogre."

"Ooo. So harsh I might cry."

"Not again guys, not again." Andrea pushed us apart, "Let's just have a good time okay? Let's go on the Mummy Ride- you can scream all you want on there."

I looked at her as if I was saying oh shut up, and then I nodded, but I still gave Duncan a death glare when Andrea wasn't looking. All he would do was grin.

Ass hole.

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The line was fairly long, but we finally got to the front. We had to sit in a cart with two rows of four; I sat in the front along with Allison, Andrea, and Jack. Behind us sat Duncan, Aaron, and Bob. And who sat behind me? Let's take a wild guess.

Duncan.

We were going pretty slowly at first, it seemed like a show. Then, suddenly, the ride shot us backwards and it was pitch black. The roller coaster was going so fast, and since it was so dark I had no idea how it was even facing. I wasn't screaming much though; maybe a playful scream here or there. The ride was more like a "let's have a nice, adrenaline pumped conversation," kind of ride. I felt numerous pokes on my neck. It was obviously Duncan. I didn't want to turn around in case my neck would have gotton hurt by the movements of the ride, so I just kept slapping his hand away when I felt it.
The ride ended, and we got off.

I started to talk to our group, but it was clearly meant towards Duncan, "I felt some interesting poking on my neck during the ride," I shot a glare at Duncan, "I wonder who that could have been?"

They laughed.

Duncan put his hands in front of him and shook them in a denying gesture, "Hey I dunno who it was," he gave a malicious smile, "What kind of interesting?"

"BAD. IT WAS A BAD KIND OF INTERESTING."

I turned my head around so I wasn't facing him; I shifted my walk closer to Allison.
I could have sworn I heard "Liar" under Duncan's breath.

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We were walking in the 'Fractured Tales' scare zone. There were dozens of scare-ers dressed up as tricked-out versions of folk tale characters. I saw Mary with her white, fluffy, bloody lamb shoved onto a sharpened stick, which kind of grossed me out, since I had stopped eating meat a while back. I winced when I looked at it.

Duncan noticed, "Ooo is someone scared?"

"I am NOT scared."

Allison nudged Duncan, "She doesn't eat meat," she said quietly.

Duncan laughed a bit and then faced me, "So, if I ate a poor defenceless animal in front of you, you wouldn't mind right?"

"Ya know. Saying nasty stuff to me isn't going to tick me off, if that's what you're trying to do."

He leaned over to Bob and whispered something in his ear, "She wants me."

"I'm not de-eee-eeaf." I said this in a slight singing tone, giving him a very fake smile.

Aaron pointed ahead, "Hey! Let's go to The Hallow!"

"What's that?" I asked.

Aaron came closer to me, "It's a HAUNTED House." He emphisized on 'haunted'.

I waved my hands around sarcastically, "Ooo. Frightening."

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The line was SO LONG, but, eventually (of course) we got to the front. All I could see in the entry door was strobe lights, and of course darkness. I hesitated to go in.

Duncan pushed me forward, "Go," he bent his face down over my shoulder, "I thought you weren't scared of anything."

I pushed him away, "I'm going I'm going." I entered the doorway.

Everyone was in a double file line: Jack and his friends, Andrea, and Allison were in front of me, but Duncan was next to me. What a surprise. At first there were curtains hanging from the ceiling, and more curtains, and some more curtains. My arms were flaunting around above my head. Oh will you look at that- some curtains! Suddenly, someone wrapped in cloth and make-up popped out from the wall. I shrieked and held onto something.

"Hey there, babe."

I hadn't noticed I grabbed onto Duncan.

"OH MY GOSH," I turned to him and gave him a small push, sending me back and I almost fell over the railing where the scare-ers were standing, waiting to scare someone. Duncan pulled me back.

"You are such a klutz."

I kept walking, dusting myself off for a second, and looked back at him, "Am not. I'm the most graceful person I kno-" I tripped on my heel and almost fell forward, but luckily I regained my balance.

Duncan was cracking up behind me, "Everyone's entitled to be stupid, Princess, but you're just abusing the privilege."

"I really don't understand why you call me that."

"It just suits you."

I crossed my arms against my chest, "What the hell is that suppose to mean?"

"Well for starters you're kinda stuck up."

"UGH!" I flicked him on the shoulder, "I am not having this conversation."

"Oh scared you might loose?"

"No. It's just- considering we're in a Haunted House right now- the scare-ers must be wondering what the hell is going on between us. I'd rather save myself from that 'humiliation' thank you."

He shuffled closer to me, "A lot is going on between us."

I pursed my lips together to stop myself from snapping at him. I just went silent, and walked quickly in front of him; I shot a death glance at him, and then looked straight ahead.

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We went through three Haunted Houses after the first one we went to. They were all pretty much the same to me, but everyone else seemed to be having  shit tons more fun than me. Maybe it was Duncan's sad, annoying, disgrace of a presence that was keeping me from enjoying myself.

"Is anyone hungry?" Allison announced the question.

"YEAH!" Bob was sure excited, "LET'S GET SOME FOOD."

We went to sit down on a benched table outside of some café. I was holding my arms together; I was freezing. The fact I was wearing a skirt wasn't helping much either.
I should have listened to Tía, I slapped myself mentally.
Everyone was getting food; I kept sitting down on the bench. All I could do was stare down at the little intricate shapes that decorated the top of the table.

"Penny for your thoughts, babe?" Duncan sat in front of me; he had an Icee in his hand.

"Don't call me that," I commanded him. "Also, why would you want to know what I'm thinking? And how the hell can you drink that in this type of weather? How the hell is Florida even cold..."

"Hey I'm sure you've wanted to ask me the same question a few times as well, and, don't forget- Florida is a bipolar state when it comes to weather. "

"Trust me, if I had a penny for your thoughts, I'd have a chunk of change."

He chuckled, and slurped some of his Icee.

I turned my head to face the rest of our group, focusing on them as if I was mentally telling them to GET THE FUCK OVER HERE so that I wouldn't have to talk to the idiot by which we call Duncan.
Finally, the rest of the group came to sit down.

Bob noticed that I was cold; he tapped me on the shoulder, "Hey, you need to wear my blazer?" he took it off and handed it to me without waiting for my response.

I nodded, and smiled gratefully, "Thanks, Bob."

Bob sat down next to me. He turned to the guys and gestured with his head towards a girl walking past, "Damn she's hott."

Duncan turned to check her out, "Hell yeah I'd tap that."

I sneered at him, "You know- people like you shouldn't be allowed to breed."

"Psh you're just jealous."

I made a disgusted face, and thought to myself, ME!??! JEALOUS?!
(I swear I was not jealous.)

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Everyone was talking; having conversations about the latest buzz and gossip. I didn't have much to say- I was the 'new girl' after all.

"Hey how come you're not eating anything?" Aaron was talking to me; it took me a bit to notice.

"Oh! Um…" I seemed a little tense, "I'm… just not hungry."

Duncan said something under his breath, "A..e..xic…" I couldn't make out what he said.

I shot a small glance squinting my eyes at him, "What?"

"Nothing." He continued to slurp his Icee, innocently.

"That's what I thought." Still glaring at him.

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Everyone was finally done eating, we stood back up, and I handed Bob's blazer back to him.

He smirked at me, "Warm huh?"

"Hah, yeah."

"You can keep it on if you want." He nudged it towards me.

I gave him a denying gesture with my hands, "No, it's ok; I'm good for now."

"Alright- just ask if you need it."

We went through 'The Skoolhouse' scare-zone (just a bunch of short people dressed up as children in creepy ass masks) to get to The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tribute. The show was going to start in thirty minutes, so I had more than enough time to go to the bathroom.

"Hey, guys, I need to go to the bathroom," I walked towards the bathroom then looked back, "I'll find you guys in there, so you don't need to wait up."

Andrea was about to come with me, then stopped, "Oh, okay. Just call my cell if you don't see us."

They went to get seats as I went into the bathroom. I didn't even need to go, I just washed my hands and stared at myself in the body-length mirror. I couldn't stop thinking about Duncan. A part of me was angry that he was here, that he LIVED here; that I was destined to go to the same high school at him, but, the other part was a little relieved to see him again, to know that he hadn't disappeared off the face of the Earth after all. When I was satisfied from checking myself out, I exited the bathroom. I was startled by Duncan being right outside the door.

"Oh!" I jumped up, "What are you doing here?"

"Just waiting, for you." He gave me a half smile, "We don't want little Princess getting lost now do we?"

"Uh. Right." I headed towards the show's stadium, leaving Duncan trailing behind.

He quickly went in front of me, stopping me from going any further. I looked around; there weren't many people outside of the stadium.

"What!?"

"I missed you." Thankfully, he actually kept his distance this time.

I looked away, "Yeah, well, you never called or anything."

"I was… busy."

"Oh yeah? Busy with what airhead?"

"You know… stuff."

I scoffed and crossed my arms on my chest; I had a 'whatever' stance, "Seriously- with what Duncan? What could you POSSIBLY be busy with?"

"How does Juvi sound to you?"

"Oh please what a lame excuse; I don't even like you any more so don't try to make it all better by coming up with these stories."

"I'm not lying," he inched closer, "and I know you still like me, a lot." He touched my arm.

"You don't ever catch a clue do you?" I wiggled my arm to get his off me.

"The only clue I'm getting is that you still dig me." His arms were crossed now, mocking my stance.

"You couldn't get a clue during clue mating season in a field of clues if you smeared your body with musk and did the freakin' clue mating dance." I walked around him, going into the show's stadium.

He yelled after me, "YOU KNOW WHO I COULD GET DURING MATING SEASON!?" I could sense the humor in his voice.

I didn't even bother to turn back, but, I yelled back at him, "DUNCAN YOU ARE SUCH A PIG!!"

A/N

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