Total Drama Life

Ch. 7: Hello Goodbye

What happened in the morning was pretty imminent: my usual denying of alleged cuddling with Duncan, and Duncan's usual "Don't lie" speech. I did have a feeling though, that Duncan had known I had intentionally snuggled closer, but I liked to believe that he didn't. Andrea, Allison, and I went back to Tía's house.
I lay on the guest bed, arms and legs spread out, staring at the ceiling. I couldn't stop thinking about last night. I shot up from the bed, making my way to the drawers, looking for comfortable clothing; I wanted to go walking. They say walking helps with stress, so I decided to give it a try. I put on grey shorts with a tight black tank top, and brought a thin dark-green jacket with me. I went towards my laptop, and printed out a map of the community I was in. I marked where my future house was. I wanted to see it up close and personal. I went downstairs, bringing along my black converse which I had never worn before. I walked to the kitchen to look for my aunt.

"Tía?" I looked around.

She came out from beneath the table, "Oh hello Courtney, what is it that you need?"

I gave her a weirded out look, wondering what she had been doing down there, "Oh, err, I was just gonna go walking is that okay?"

"Just be careful, you never know what's going to be out there."

"Yeah I know." I turned around, walking towards the door.

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Well this isn't so hard, I said to myself whilst walking.

I just kept on making my way down the road. It was a pretty long road, so it gave me less of a chance of getting lost. I was pretty content in seeing my new house; I was even contemplating on trying to get inside of it. I had forgotten to bring some form of entertainment with me so I wouldn't get bored walking, so I ended up pondering at everything; houses, trees, the norm. I reached into my pocket, unsure if I had robotically put my phone in there. I did. I checked the time to see how long I had been walking. Only 12 minutes. I put my hands into my jacket's pocket and kept on walking.

"COURTNEY?!"

I heard a male voice from the distance, and looked towards the direction of the noise.

It was Duncan. I stopped.

"Hey." It was all I could think of saying.

"Exercising I see?"

"Walking. If that's hard core exercising, then sure."

"Good 'cause you need it fatty."

I slapped him on the shoulder, "HEY!" I pouted, crossing my arms on my chest.

He recoiled laughing, "I'm kidding! I'm kidding!"

"Good. Gosh."

"So where ya heading? Not much to see around here. Most of the houses look the same."

"Oh... I'm just… looking around, on my way to see the house my parents bought."

"Do you even know how to get there?"

I reached into my other pocket, pulling out a piece of paper with a map from Map Quest on it, "I got a map."

He took it from me and analyzed it, "Uh huh. Ok so let's go."

"What do you mean let's go?" I glared at him.

"Well Princess I'm comin' with you."

I walked away from him. He scurried after me. I looked back, and then looked forward as if he wasn't there following me.

"Oh come on you know ignoring me isn't going to make me magically disappear."

I whispered to myself, "If only…"

He coughed. I looked back, and he wasn't there, I sighed with relief the looked forward again.

"JESUS CHRIST!" I jumped.

"Ahahaha! Oh man I'm good."

I kicked him in the shins, "Ass." I walked around him.

He held his knee limping next to me, "You can rip off my leg I'm still coming with you."

"Ugh whatever just promise me you won't stalk me when I move in there."

"Right." He continued walking next to me.

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We arrived at the house. It was a little dark outside so I couldn't appreciate the house as much as I would have in the light. It was still really nice looking though.

"Wanna go in?" Duncan asked.

"I do, but, I don't have a key or anything."

"Who says we need a key?" He walked towards the door.

"Um Duncan I'd appreciate it if you didn't break my house- a house I haven't even gotton the chance to live in yet."

"Calm down babe." He was wriggling the knob with something, and pushed the door open, "There. See?"

I looked at him wide-eyed, walking towards the door "Okay then."

The entry was amazing. I knew for a fact my mom would love it. It was such a good size, not too huge, not too small. I was so excited, I started running around the house, looking all over the first floor. I headed for the stairs.
Upstairs was pretty large as well. There was a bridge leading to the master bedroom. I looked down at the living room from it. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around.

"This place is cool." He put his right hand on my hip, underneath my unzipped jacket.

"Yeah…" I said quietly, while his face inched closer to mine; I turned my head to the side, causing his lips to brush against my cheek. I broke loose.

"I'm gonna go pick my room early," I said, walking towards the opposite end of the master bedroom's side of the bridge.

I looked through all the rooms; I finally found what I wanted to be mine. I tried to pick the smallest room, but it was still pretty large. It had a built in seat at one of the tall & wide windows. I sat on it, looking out the window, wondering how many times I was going to do that when I began to live there. Duncan sat next to me.

"Courtney." He put his hand on mine.

I didn't bother taking it off, "What?" I faced him.

"Do you still like me?" He looked hesitant.

"This isn't the best time to ask me that."

He stood up, "I think it's probably the best time right now Courtney. We're alone, no one's here. You're just making excuses. So tell me, when is a good time for this?"

I stood up as well, my fists were clenched at my sides, "I just don't know how to answer that!"

"It's a yes or no question. It really isn't as hard as you want it to be."

"Ugh!" I left the room, heading downstairs to the door. I wanted to go back to Tía's house.

I heard Duncan yell behind me, "Running away isn't going to fix anything!"

I slammed the door behind me. It hadn't bothered me that I left him in my house. I didn't really care. I was hoping he wouldn't do anything stupid to it. I was walking quickly now, angry and more frustrated with each step I took. I didn't want to tell him how I felt. I just didn't think it was the best time, especially since I had just gotton here.

This is too much.

I couldn't understand why he was so persistent on the matter. And yet, I couldn't understand why I was so persistent on evading the matter. It's as if I was afraid of him, but I wasn't afraid of him. I suppose I was just afraid of getting hurt, again.

Teenaged relationships should be illegal. I sarcastically thought to myself.

I felt someone grab my hand, it was pretty obvious who it was. I turned around to face Duncan. I gave him a 'please let me go' look.

"Just promise me we'll talk about this some other time?"

I looked down, diverting my eyes away from his, "I promise. Now can I go?"

He let go of my hand, putting his in his pockets, and he walked towards his house. He left without saying a word, not even a 'See ya'. I turned away, walking down the street towards Tía's house again. It was dark outside; I was hoping my aunt wouldn't be angry or worried. When I entered the house Tía was cooking.

"Courtney!" She came at me, "Where did you go?"

I put my hands in my pocket, "Oh I'm sorry I went to see my house. I'm okay I swear." I gave her a reassuring smile.

She sighed with relief, "Si si okay that's good. Was it nice?"

I brightened up my smile, "Yes! It was beautiful. I'm sure my parents will love it more than I do already."

She smiled back, and went back to cooking. I went up the stairs, heading to the guest room. Andrea and Allison confronted me.

"So, where'd you go Courtnayyyyy?" Allison asked me, Andrea was hovering over me with a serious face, yet I found some humour in it as well.

I backed my head up, "Well. I uh went to see my house."

"Uh huh. Ran into anyone?" Andrea's eyebrow rose.

I crossed my arms against my chest and went closer to Andrea, "As a matter of fact, I did. I ran into Duncan."

"Oh really?" Andrea was becoming a bit pushy.

"I'm sorry but is that a problem?"

"No no," she shook her hands, "It's not. We just thought you hated him that's all."

"I don't… hate him. I just… I don't know."

Andrea and Allison laughed.

"What's so funny?"

Andrea looked at Allison, "It's a love hate relationship." They walked away from me, going back into their rooms.

I yelled at him, "That is NOT it!" I pounded the floor with a foot, rushing into the guest room closing the door a tad loudly.

I sat on my bed, putting my laptop onto my legs. I signed in onto Myspace. I had a new friend request. I clicked on it, wondering who it could have been. It was Duncan. I sighed and accepted him. It would have been mean if I rejected it. I closed the laptop and fell back onto my bed. I stared at the ceiling as I usually did. Thinking about who I usually thought of.

A/N

Sorry for the delay, again. I've been busy lately. Hanging out, and I'm also writing a book. No it's not some romantic lovey dovey book. (Oh and I know my FanFic isn't what you call book material, because trust me, if I wrote it that way, it would be much longer and detailed.)

p.s. Reviews pl0x :)

p.s.s. Some people have asked me questions. I shall answer them~

To nevermindviii: I am in 10th grade.

To Crystalkyubbi-chan: He was asleep. You know how when someone's asleep and they're holding a stuffed animal? It's kind of like that. And to the second part of your question, he basically misses her, but I suppose somewhere in there he's defensive for her too.