Okay, let me start by saying I am sorry I put this off for so long. I started writing this chapter a while ago, then didn't like where it was going, so I deleted it and started over. That's why it took so long...

But I hope y'all like it :3

Selena's party was a big hit. Tons of her friends came, most of them old chums from the second season of Total Drama Island and a few from the first. But, of course, that meant she had invite her and Marilee's exes.

When Zack and Keith arrived, both dressed in semi-casual, but party ready button up shirts, their nerves were visible on their faces. Especially when Duncan and Geoff were the first two familiar faces they bumped into.

Duncan, a cool glass of beer in his hand, narrowed his eyes. "Zack…"

Zack gulped. "Hey, Duncan… Long time, no see."

Duncan said nothing as he took a swig of his drink and continued to glare at him.

Keith chuckled and said, "Dude, Zack broke up with Selena, like, three years ago. Get over it."

Duncan rolled his eyes. "You two are just lucky we couldn't get Marilee to uninvite you guys."

"So Marilee wanted me here?" Keith smirked. "Knew she still liked me."

"Not after you cheated on her like that, she doesn't," Geoff angrily spat. "She jus felt like she had to. 'Cause she's not a jerk, like you."

Keith looked shocked at Geoff's angry expression. "Dude, chill! I never cheated on her! What's gotten into you?"

"Whatever, man whore," Geoff scoffed. "I'd just avoid her if I were you. She'll probably kill you if she sees you."

"And you say away from Selena," Duncan warned Zack, accidentally sloshing some of his drink on the floor. With that, the two walked off.

Zack and Keith stayed behind, clutching their presents in fear. Zack muttered, "And I thought they were scary when we were actually dating their sisters…"

Trent and Lindsay arrived fashionably late, presents in tow. When they found the group by the bar, they dropped their presents off and caught up with some of their old friends.

DJ had started dating Eva about a year ago after they bumped into each other at the vegan café he worked at. That apparently made Eva nicer, because she actually hugged Trent and Lindsay while greeting the two…

Beth and Justin were engaged. Most wondered if he only proposed because she won the third season of the Total Drama series and was a multi millionaire, but he seemed genuine.

Noah and Izzy were together, which was a true shock to everybody. They had obviously rubbed off on each other, since Izzy was acting a little more serious, and Noah was a little more fun.

After catching up with everybody, Trent looked around. "Where's Selena?"

Courtney, sitting at a table and rubbing her pregnant belly, said, "I think she and her boyfriend went on the dance floor. She just finished a few drinks off, so I wouldn't go out there if I were you guys."

Lindsay said, "Oh, Trent, we should dance!"

"Yeah, I've seen Selena dance before…" Trent recalled the memory and chuckled. "We should avoid the dance floor for a while. Let's just have a drink, okay?" Lindsay smiled and nodded.

As they both headed to the bar, Duncan took a seat next to Courtney. "Hey, babe." He held out his beer. "Want a sip?"

Courtney gasped and slapped his arm. "Duncan Monroe Caliver! I'm pregnant! With our first child!"

"Chill!" He laughed and added, "I was just kidding. I wouldn't want anything to happen to DJ."

"DJ?" Courtney questioned. "How would he get hurt?"

"Not that DJ," Duncan said, pointing to DJ, who was having drinks with Trent, Lindsay and Eva by the bar. "That DJ." He pointed to her stomach.

"What does it stand for? Duncan Junior?" Courtney laughed at the idea. When she saw Duncan's expression, she stopped laughing. "Oh… You were serious?"

"We have to name him something. Why not that?"

"I think we can be a little more original than that. We have plenty of time to think of a name…" She took a sip of her water and added, "And even if we had a millennium to think, I would never let you name our son Duncan Junior…"

Gwen downed her shot glass and slammed it back down on the counter, looking at the opposite end of the bar. Trent and Lindsay were chatting happily, his arm wrapped protectively around her.

Gwen sighed and groggily looked at the several empty shot glasses in front of her. Hey boyfriend, Cody, was unable to attend the party, due to having to work that night. She wasn't even sure why she was there. Selena didn't really like her that much anymore after she left Trent for Cody, nor did many of the others, really. The only two who hadn't glared at her all night were Trent and her brother, and Zack wasn't really a glarer, anyway.

Gwen saw Lindsay walk toward the bathroom, so she took it as the perfect opportunity to talk to Trent. She got up and slowly approached him. "H-Hi, Trent."

Trent spun around on his stool, his eyes widening when he saw his ex. "Gwen. Hey…" He awkwardly rubbed the back of his neck and drank some of his liquor. "How are things… With Cody?"

Gwen sighed. "Not so good. He's been working too much for me to really get any time with him." She looked around o make sure Lindsay wasn't back and continued, "So… You and Lindsay, huh?"

"Oh… Yeah." He grinned. "We just started dating a while ago. It's been great."

It actually hurt Gwen when he said that. "Oh. Great…" It was then that Gwen realized something. She hadn't been very happy lately. The last time she was truly and honestly happy was when she was dating Trent. Trent was sweet, caring… Perfect for her.

Gwen threw her arms around him, making him tense up. "What are you doing?" Trent asked.

"Trent," Gwen sighed into the crook of his neck. "Oh, Trent…" She looked up at him and whispered, "Take me back…"

Trent cringed at the stench of liquor on her breath and tried pulling her off of him. "Gwen, you're drunk. You don't know what you're saying."

Gwen only clung tighter. "I love you, not Cody. You love me, not Lindsay. You belong with me, not that tramp…"

On the other side of the club, Lindsay walked out of the restroom and scanned the huge and dimly lit room for Trent. She saw him still by the bar. She also saw Gwen hugging him. "What?" Lindsay gasped, looking hurt. "Trent isn't… No…" She slowly started walking toward the bar. "He… He wouldn't do that to me… He wouldn't."

Trent's expression flashed from annoyance to anger and he managed to yank her off of him. "Okay, that's it. I don't care how drunk you are. You had your chance with me, and you screwed it up."

Lindsay approached Trent from behind, not letting him know she was there. She had seen him shove her away, so she was going to wait and see what he had to say.

He roughly shoved her away from him. "And you will not talk about Lindsay like that. She's a great person and she and her daughter are the greatest thing that have ever happened to me." Gwen wobbled drunkenly onto a bar stool, on the brink of tears. "And I don't care if I am taking things too quickly… I love her. I love her."

Lindsay covered her mouth to keep from blowing her cover.

Gwen started crying. "Y-You don't mean that!"

"I do. I mean it more than anything."

Lindsay no longer cared about her cover. "Oh, Trent!" she shrieked, throwing her arms around him from behind.

Trent stiffened at first, both from the shock of being unexpectedly hugged and realizing that Lindsay must have heard and seen everything. "L-Lindsay! I can explain every-"

"I heard enough," Lindsay said, releasing him so he could turn around and look at her. "Enough to know that I can trust you…" Tears of happiness started to gather and she continued, "And that… I love you, too." She leaned forward and gave him a deep kiss. A warm, delighted feeling overflowed on both of them, and Trent wrapped his arms around her, returning the kiss.

Gwen hobbled off her stool, yelled, "Screw you, Trent!" and walked off, almost tripping with every tenth step.

Marilee shoved the young, dark-haired man away from her and screamed, "Van, get off!"

"No!" he yelled in a drunken manner. "Get in the car! We're going back to your place!"

"I want to stay here, Van," Marilee seriously told him.

"You'll go wherever I tell you to go, bitch!" Van yelled, grabbing her arm, which resulted in her dropping her martini glass.

"V-Van…" Marilee stuttered, looking scared for once in her life. "Let me go… You're really hurting me."

He twisted her arm, making her whimper in pain. "I don't wanna hear another damn word from you… Now get. In. The car."

Marilee looked around, hoping somebody would notice and help her. However, they were in a more private part of the club, where nobody could hear or see either of them.

Just when she was about to give up, she heard a loud smash and a thud. The grip Van had on her arm was also gone. She looked behind her, seeing Van collapsed on the ground, shards of glass all over the ground. She recognized a few of them from her martini glass, but a few were from a thick, heavy pitcher of beer. A few pieces of that were stuck in Van's hair. She looked up, seeing Keith looking back up a her, part of the handle from the pitcher still in his hand.

Marilee put two and two together and mumbled, "Thank you." She was too scared to remember that she hated him.

Keith dropped the handle on Van's back and smirked. "Just call me Superman."

His cocky attitude made Marilee remember again. "Look, it was nice of you to do that and all, but that doesn't make me forgive you for what you did."

Keith looked at her quizzically. "And what exactly did I do again? 'Cause all I remember is you yelling a bunch of angry, unintelligible words, breaking up with me, and then Geoff beating the crap out of me."

Marilee jabbed her finger into his chest and said, "You know very well what you did. You cheated on me with that hussy, Melinda."

"Melinda?"

"Yes, Melinda…" She crossed her arms. "That slut from biochemistry at your old high school. You were always hanging out with her, so you made it obvious enough."

Keith blinked, then laughed. "You really are dumber than you look."

"Excuse me?!"

"Marilee… Melinda's my cousin. I thought you knew that."

Marilee gasped in disgust. "Keith Carlisle, I knew you were a pervert, but that's really-"

"We weren't dating," he finally told her. "You dumped me for nothing." Marilee looked shocked. She looked down at he unconscious Van, then back up at Keith.

Keith cocked an eyebrow. "This is a lo to take in, huh?"

She nodded.

He chuckled and grabbed her hand. "C'mon… Let me buy you a drink."

Trent and Lindsay arrived back at the apartment, after they picked Sabrina up, looking as happy as ever.

"Trent…" Lindsay shifted the sleeping Sabrina to one arm and asked, "Did you mean what you said… About loving me?"

Trent grinned. "Only if you meant it, too."

Lindsay smiled and nodded. "I did."

Trent looked down at Sabrina, lightly ruffling her curly blonde hair. "Guess you'd better put her to bed, huh?"

Lindsay looked down at her and nodded. "Yeah… And maybe later you can put me to bed…" She looked up and him and flintily winked.

Trent laughed and jokingly said, "Yeah, that would be easy to explain to Sabrina if she woke up and saw us…" They both laughed and headed to the room Lindsay and Sabrina were staying in.

As they walked down the hall, rent looked at the two beside him. He didn't see them as house guests. He didn't see them as friends. Nor did he see them as his girlfriend and her daughter. For the first time, Trent looked at them and really saw them as his family.

And he wanted to keep it that way.

Only one or two more chapters left, everybody. And now that I know where I want to go with this, I promise it will be out before the end of the century... lol XD