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Right here is the second chapter of what was meant to be a one-shot. A few people asked so I will confirm the time line of the story, this takes place after Total Drama Action and before a third season the campers were drawn into with random flashbacks. Oh and to everyone who added this story to their favorites or alerted this story, please review and tell me what you think, I like receiving feedback. Enjoy.

Chapter two: In the Moonlight

The sun was finally beginning to set; the hotel staff had set out a buffet with a variety of food in the pool area where some of the teens were relaxing together.

It was meant to be a romantic dinner under the moon and the stars. The campers who weren't actually seeing someone else on the island had simply gotten their food and wandered off somewhere. The couples, on the other hand, were seated around the pool, lying under the starlit sky and basking in the glow of the torches, reveling in the romantic atmosphere. The fact that this was all being caught on camera was temporarily lost on the campers.

Courtney and Cody were sitting side by side towards the deep end of the pool, gazing up at the stars. Cody had already finished his dinner but Courtney was finishing up a plate of pasta she had gotten from the buffet.

Cody glanced over at his girlfriend, and smiled when he saw the content look on her face. This was how he liked to see Courtney, not frustrated or angry, but at peace. Without the pressure school, the island, or her overbearing parents put on her she was so much more fun to be around.

Courtney got a lot of pressure from her parents in particular. Her father was a successful lawyer while her mother did something for a large insurance firm. He wasn't exactly sure what. Their work took a lot of time; and this had limited their time with their daughter while she was growing up. On the one hand, this had made Courtney into a very self-sufficient young woman, but on the other, it made interacting with her parents kind of awkward as she got older.

Cody knew how insecure Courtney could be about relationships with people, whether or not the relationship was romantic in nature. He hated to admit it, but she could get a little jealous when he interacted with other girls. This was flattering, and at the same time, exasperating.

Courtney had finished off her plate of pasta while Cody was lost in his thoughts. Rising to get another serving Courtney turned to ask Cody if he wanted anything from the buffet, and stopped when she saw the faraway look in his eye. A small but sly smile found its way onto her face as she turned back and started towards the buffet again.

Cody was still lost in his thoughts when she returned so he didn't notice her. Not until she brought the can of soda she had grabbed and pressed it to the back of his neck. Cody jumped at the feeling of cold metal pressed against his flesh but managed to keep from yelling out.

He was broken out of his shock by his girlfriends giggling, and turned to face her with a small frown. Courtney found the whole situation very amusing.

Courtney realized she had finally gotten his attention and tried to stop her giggling, "I'm sorry but you were so out of it I wanted to get you're attention." She got this out in between giggles.

Cody tried to continue frowning at her, but smiled despite himself. Courtney only did stuff like this when she was in a good mood, and truthfully, he liked to see her mischievous side too.

Finally getting control of herself, Courtney offered Cody the soda she had grabbed. "So what were you thinking about anyway?"

Idly opening the can and taking a sip the teen paused for a moment before answering, "I was thinking about that time I had dinner with your mother, remember that."

The CIT stopped smiling and sighed. Yes, she remembered that night very well.

"So, how do you know my daughter?" That had been the first thing out of Courtney's mothers mouth after Cody had arrived. Her father was out of town on business so it was just the three of them that evening.

Her mother had kept silent while Courtney had greeted him at the door, only inclining her head in acknowledgement when he had greeted her. Now that they were all seated at the table she had finally broken the silence.

Cody was taken aback by the somewhat accusing tone but tried his best to answer. "We met on TDI, the reality show."

"Yes young man, I know what Total Drama Island was." Courtney's mother looked like an older version of her daughter, but with darker hair, paler skin, and a sterner look on her face.

The woman began to spoon out spaghetti before continuing. "You were the one assaulted by the bear, correct?"

"Um, yes." Cody answered, becoming increasingly uncomfortable.

Courtney sighed and shook her head, this happened every time she had a friend over; her mother went into interrogation mode. And the dinners with Duncan and another past boyfriend she made the mistake of asking over, well, that had been nothing short of a nightmare.

The dinner continued that way for a while, her mother would ask questions while Cody did his best to answer in between mouthfuls. Unfortunately the questions continued to get more and more invasive, so by the time they were finished with dinner, Cody was trying very blatantly to change the subject.

"I'll go get desert." Courtney volunteered as the plates were cleared away, and then rushed out of the dining room to the kitchen.

Much to his displeasure, this left Cody and the potentially unstable woman alone at the table. The woman seemed to be trying to burn a hole in his head, and if will was all that took, Cody would have been dead over half an hour ago.

The woman opened her mouth to speak again, but was cut off by Cody's cell phone.

"You didn't turn you're cell phone off?"

Cody turned away, ignoring the hopefully rhetorical question, more than a little grateful for the interruption.

"Hello."

"Listen Cody, its Courtney, do not say my name." The command was swift and kept him from doing just that. Cody stared at the phone oddly for a moment, and then brought it to his mouth to continue speaking.

"Okay...why are you calling?"

"I'm doing you a favor, look, just act like you just heard something bad."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm getting you out of the rest of the dinner, look, just act like there's a problem and you have to go home."

"Oh, I see," Cody said in what he hoped was a convincing tone of worry. "I'll be over right away."

Cody ended the call and told Courtney's mother and told her he had to get home immediately. She asked if she could do anything, but he politely declined. Once he was out of view of the house, Cody broke into a sprint, and didn't stop until he got home.

Courtney sighed in relief, her mother always got really intense when desert finally came. "Courtney," the teen turned to look at her mother, "he was a nice boy, and we should have him over again sometime."

Fortunately, she didn't wait for an answer before heading to her room, because all that she would have gotten was an incredulous look from her daughter.

Courtney only shook her head at the memory.

"And we weren't even dating back then."

Cody nodded at that; he didn't even want to consider what the woman would be like now that they were a couple. He knew he couldn't avoid her forever, but he could certainly try!

"Why did you invite me over anyway?"

Courtney only shrugged; truthfully, she didn't know what she had been thinking back then.

Gwen chose that moment to approach the pair, she had something she wanted to ask Cody before she went to bed and couldn't wait any longer. Trent was tired and had already gone to bed so she figured she might as well do it now before she did the same.

"Excuse me," the Goth started, "mind if I talk to Cody for a minute, thanks." Not waiting for a response Gwen took Cody by the arm and lead him away.

Courtney watched Gwen drag her boyfriend away with mixed feelings, Cody and Gwen were friends, but Cody once had a rather large crush on Gwen. And even though his feelings hadn't been returned, it still made her somewhat uneasy to see the two together like this.

Sighing, she kicked at the ground lightly with her right foot. She knew that she was being paranoid; Cody would never do anything behind her back. And that was under the assumption that Gwen actually felt something for Cody. Which she didn't, right?

After a few minutes, Courtney was ready to go over there and demand an explanation; she really didn't like how close the two were standing while they spoke.

Fortunately, Gwen seemed satisfied with whatever Cody had told her because she said goodbye and headed back towards the hotel.

Cody returned the gesture and went back over to his seat, Courtney waited for him with an unreadable expression on her face.

"So, what did she want?"

Courtney hadn't meant for that to come out the way it had, she just had a hard time keeping her emotions in check sometimes.

Cody shrugged, "she just wanted my advice about something between her and Trent." Courtney didn't like how evasive the answer was, but chose to accept it for the moment.

Looking around for a new topic, Courtney saw that the pool area was almost abandoned, the only people there apart from her and Cody were Tyler and Lindsay who were making out rather heatedly, totally oblivious to the outside world.

Cody followed her line of sight, and blushed when he saw what the couple was doing. Tyler had his hands up the back of Lindsay's shirt while the pair continued to kiss.

Cody turned to his girlfriend with a sly smirk. "Think we should give them some privacy."

Courtney returned the look with a small but genuine smile. "I don't think they'd notice if everyone was here staring at them.

"Probably but still," suddenly an idea hit him. "Why don't we go see a movie?"

"What, you don't want to make out too?"

Laughing at her blushing boyfriends stuttering response the CIT grabbed his arm and leads him back towards the building, leaving behind an empty pool and two oblivious teens that really shouldn't go much farther while there are cameras around.

Well there we go second chapter. I hope everyone that read this enjoyed it, and please take a moment to tell me what you think of the story.