Author's Note: Total Drama Island, Total Drama Action and Total Drama World Tour are not owned by me nor are its characters as this story is fictional. Though all OC characters are owned by me and cannot be used without my consent.
Justin: Warning - Total Drama Hawaii features stunts and challenges either performed by professionals, or under the supervision of professionals, to ensure the safety of campers and animals alike. Accordingly, MTV and the Producers of T.D.H. Must Insist that no one attempt to re-create, or reenact, any of these stunts or challenges.
Previously on Total Drama Hawaii...
It was a rough start for the campers as the two new teams were created. While the Screaming Sharks managed to fit in quite nicely, the 'management' of the Killer Marlins had a very rocky start. And things got worse when poor Cody got himself taken out of the challenge when Gwen accidentally shot through his hand with a nail-gun.
However, even after a few fiascoes and the host and chef getting coated with paint, the Killer Marlins finally managed to pull through with a victory. At the campfire ceremony, no one cried or was upset when Justin was kicked off the island. However – it was because of Hector and his fake can of tanning spray that got the 'beauty boy' kicked off.
Will Hector continue his plan on eliminating the competition? Will the Killer Marlins extend their winning streak to 2? Find out...right after the party scene:
Chapter 3: Dead Marlin's Party
It was nothing but 'Party Over Here!' for the Killer Marlins as they were celebrating their first win over the Screaming Sharks. Even though it seemed like they were going to lose their chances they finally managed to come back from behind and pull through with a victory. And a well celebrated victory indeed.
Geoff and Jessie were both lounging in some recliner chairs and sipping on cans of Orange soda together while talking about what else: partying.
Kelsey was hammering away at her Game Boy, playing any old game she could find: Pacman, Super Mario, Legend of Zelda...practically anything on the old 8-bit gaming world. She wasn't much for parties it seemed, though she was zoning out everybody anyways.
Heather was inside, unpacking her bags still after she had managed to 'win' the second floor bedroom all to herself.
Duncan, Tyler, Izzy and Aaron were just listening to the music while Aaron came up with an idea. "Hey! I bet you $5 I can chug that 2 liter!"
Duncan rolled his eyes with a laugh. "Yeah right, 'newbie'."
"Okay...I bet $10 Noah can do it!" he called out, pointing over to the tanned bookworm who was sitting at the stairs, still reading his book before looking up at the group.
"Say huh?"
"C'mon Noah! You got to get your nose out of that hardcover and party with us! So how about it? $10 if you can guzzle this whole bottle down" He offered, pulling out the large plastic bottle of Coca Cola. Noah shook his head, not believing he was going through with this.
"Fine. If it'll get you all to leave me alone, I'll do it" Quickly Noah grabbed the large pop bottle, looking at it for a minute before he opened it up and pushed the tip to his lips. He barely even managed to get a gulp or two before some of the pop splashed into his face. He quickly pulled away, Noah coughing the pop out while the others just laughed.
"Oh ha ha ha! Very funny..." he said between coughs, handing the pop bottle back to Duncan, who was still laughing hard.
"Ah man – you couldn't even get a glass worth down!" Tyler chuckled, holding his head on the side so he wouldn't fall over in laughter. Noah again rolled his eyes before sitting down.
Aaron eventually got his composure back and nodded to them. "Alright guys...who's next?" Eyes scanned the crowd now to see who would take their dare. Eyes soon saw Izzy in their group, the boys grinning.
"Hey Izzy...think you can drink this whole bottle?" Aaron offered her, handing her to two lieter. Grinning Izzy nodded.
"Hah! Izzy LOVES a challenge! Just watch this!" Instantly she had it to her lips, drinking it in slow gulps as the boys watched in anticipation she was going to screw up. Didn't look like that was going to happen however. Too bad, as it seemed their $20 would be gone. However, Izzy didn't last long. Right when she was about to stop to take a breath, she accidentally swallowed when she was trying to breathe and did a mix of throwing up the pop back out and coughing, spilling it all over the grass.
"Oh and Izzy goes down for the count!" Aaron laughed, the other three boys joining in. Even Noah couldn't help but chuckle here and there seeing Izzy failing her dare.
Duncan grabbed another 2 liter, smirking while he quickly shook the soda bottle up. "Let's see someone drink it now" Tyler and Aaron smirked, chuckling like Duncan was before looking now over to the other team – the Screaming Sharks.
Since they lost the challenge, they didn't get a fancy party complete with food and soda. Instead, they were stuck with mediocre food from the Tiki Lounge and from Chef's 'cooking'...which suffice to say, wasn't the greatest thing to eat. Cardboard had better flavor than Chef's 'Meat Surprise Sloppy Joe'.
Everyone on the Sharks was lounging outside, mostly just chilling out and not doing much. Their spirits were down, unless you counted Katie and Sadie who were admiring Hector who had become the newest 'Justin' on the team. But at least Hector had more brains too than that wannabee model.
Duncan and Tyler soon walked over to the Sharks' cabin, Eva looking up at them with a glare. "What do you guys want? Come to rub your win in our faces?" The two boys shook their heads.
"Look, we thought it would be nice to offer you guys a chance to hang out with us. So we thought we could offer you a little dare..." Duncan started, LeShawna raising an eyebrow at Duncan's offer.
"Okay – what's the catch?"
Tyler chuckled. "What catch?"
"Come on. There's ALWAYS a catch" Beth objected. "What do we have to do? Wear a dress and dance like a ballerina?"
"Hmm, good idea, but no" Duncan nodded, pulling out the large bottle of coke which had by now, fizzled down but unaware to them had been shook up. "If Owen can drink this whole bottle of soda down without barfing it back out or spilling any – you guys can have OUR cabin for the rest of the competition"
Smiles appeared on everyone on the Screaming Sharks, Hector chuckling. "Really? You're giving a food challenge to the big guy? Man you guys got to be stupida if you really think you can win."
"So big guy? Think you can do it?" Duncan smirked, wagging the bottle gentle in front of Owen's face as the he grinned and grabbed it.
"Prepare to go down and give us that cabin!" The rest of the Sharks cheered Owen on. "Wait wait! Let's do this over at their cabin. So everyone can watch" No one objected as everyone stood up and walked over.
The Marlins raised an eyebrow a bit when seeing the Sharks coming over...Owen carrying a huge bottle of soda while Courtney shook her head. "Of all of the stupid boy things to do...you're going to make him drink all of that?"
"What did you dare him? Fifty bucks? A hundred bucks?" Geoff chuckled.
"Or maybe they have to sleep in the nude outside" Jessie laughed, the girls cringing in disgust.
Duncan however shook his head. "If Owen wins, his team gets our cabin."
"WHAT?" Courtney screamed, charging at him while Tyler and Noah held her back. "Are you serious? After we just won our cabin from them you're just going to give it to them just like that?" It looked like she was going to tear Duncan's head clean off his neck, as the boy just nodded and leaned in closer, showing the bottle.
"Don't worry about it, sweet cheeks. I've already 'shaken' things up in our favor..." Duncan started and soon Courtney's glare turned into a mischevious grin.
"Oh...ohhh! Well then go ahead Owen. Let's see what you've got!" Courtney smiled, as the big man lifted the bottle up with one hand.
"Screaming Sharks – tonight – we dine in that cabin!"
The Sharks cheered, while Cody had the camcorder to record everything.
"Okay, what are you waiting for? Chug!" Hector encouraged Owen, as the rest of the team began to cheer him on.
"Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!"
Owen gave a grin to his team, and a evil grin to the Marlins. Not even bothering with the bottle cap, he quickly pulled it off and forced it to his mouth. They watched in awe as the boy was guzzling the pop down, breathing through his nose the entire time as the soda flowed down his throat. Duncan just stared in disbelief.
"How's that possible? I shook that thing up like an earthquake!" Duncan cursed, Courtney groaning again.
"Well, if you had worked out more like I had listed for you – maybe you could have done it better!" she yelled at him, the boy only rolling his eyes.
"Oh – like you have any muscles to use. The only one that's worth it is your tongue when we kiss!" A few who weren't watching gasped at the fight between Courtney and Duncan. Really? They were going to start fighting again?
"Look!" Trent called out, pointing back at Owen as he had almost all of the pop down. Soon he pulled it out from his lips, letting out a loud belch before rubbing his belly. "Mmmm...Cherry Cola..." The Marlins were stunned.
"No...f**king...way..." Kelsey uttered, dropping her Game Boy to the ground.
Owen had actually single handed drank an entire two liter of shaken up soda. They thought the carbonation would've done the trick or sprayed in his face as a good laugh. But...he just drank it all as it fizzed down his throat.
"Yeah big man!" LeShawna cheered, patting the boy's back as the others cried out with victory.
"Prepare to move out tonight – losers!" Hector smirked, pointing at Duncan who had made the dare. However...he remained smiling. "What? Too smug to admit defeat?" He shook his head and now pointed over to Owen.
"Just watch."
Hector was confused, but as he looked over at Owen his eyes went wide. A low grumbling sound in the bottom of Owen's belly began to echo around everyone. The boy grabbed at his belly and felt all queasy. "Ughhh...I don't feel so good guys..." When LeShawna had pat his back, it was enough to cause the carbonation to begin to bubble rapidly throughout the boy's stomach. Now all of that carbonation was rising fast.
"Uh oh." Hector gulped, now taking a few steps back. "Everyone...might want to stand back a bit" Everyone else did, seeing Owen clutching his stomach more and groaning a little in pain as the pop was surging its way up from his stomach.
Heather had just finished packing and was walking out the front door as she ignored everyone standing around her. "What are you losers looking at now? Did someone die?" she asked, soon bumping into Owen's bit belly and jumped back a bit. "Oomf! What are you doing just standing around?" she asked Owen.
The others cringed and looked onward. "Uh...Heather? You might want to..." Aaron started, the girl rolling her eyes and looked back.
"I think I'm fine – thank you. Now would someone mind telling me-"
But it was too late. Combined with trying to hold back the carbonation and then Heather bumping into him was too much. Without warning, the boy's mouth opened up and:
*BLARF*
Heather was quickly puked on as Owen barfed back out the 2 liters of soda all over her hair, face and clothes. Everyone's first reaction was silence and a loud gasp. Once Heather had screamed in pure disgust, they all started to laugh, seeing the girl getting what she deserved.
The only one that wasn't laughing however was Aaron, still cringing after Owen had puked all over her. Quickly Heather just walked off to the communal bathrooms, not wanting to make a full mess of her own private bathroom in the cabin. Aaron soon chased after her.
The laughs continued well after they had left, Owen wiping his mouth. "Urgh...I think I drank too much soda..." he groaned, soon falling flat on his back to lay down.
Tyley and Jessie quickly gave a high five to Duncan for his little prank, Geoff giving him a thumbs up. "Dude, nice one man. Way to make him chuck it" the surfer bum nodded, while Courtney was happy they lost they almost lost their cabin on the first night on the island.
"Yeah...real nice one. You almost lost our house Duncan! But still...to watch Heather..get all covered in..." Courtney was holding back chuckles with every pause before finally throwing it out and laughing out loudly.
The Sharks looked down once again in defeat, Beth's arms to her side while earlier they were up in victory. "...aww man. Come on guys...let's go back"
As they were prepared to leave, Jessie rushed over to Duncan and whispered something to his ear. "...what?... ...you sure dude?" The surfer nodded, as Dunan quickly ran up in front of the group. "Whoa whoa whoa everybody. We still got plenty of snacks and soda to go around if you want to stick around and party with us?"
"What, so you can all rub it in our faces? No thanks" Bridgette rolled her eyes at him but soon she smiled when Geoff came over and put an arm around her shoulder.
"No guys, we're serious! I mean why hog all of the partying to us when you guys can join us! I mean this will be like one of the only times we all get to hang out, so why not?" Geoff's words got to everyone, even Hector who just smiled and walked over, grabbing a bottle of soda.
"You know what? Why not! I'm up for a quick little fiesta. Besides, we worked our asses off on our cabin...though not as glamorous as yours...I'm up for it! What do you say Sharks?"
The others looked at one another, soon smiling and began to grab some snacks and pop before Owen had sat up and yelled out.
"Let's Par-tay!" The big man smiled, grabbing some more soda and guzzling it down as both teams mingled and danced. Bridgette was sitting with Geoff and finally getting to spend some time with her boyfriend until noticing some people missing from the group.
"Hey – has anyone seen Gwen?"
Tyler soon answered out too. "Cody's gone too...where are those two?" Both of them looked over at Jessie who was chuckling. "What – you know where they went dude?"
The surfer gave a knowing nod and slipped his bucket hat down a bit to cover his eyes. "I think I do..."
Down at the Dock
While everyone was enjoying the party now that both teams were celebrating, Cody was sitting next to Gwen down at the Dock of Shame alone to just talk. Things between the two of them at first got off to a real rocky start. Well, more like Cody getting his arm twisted, or getting hit in the groin several times whether it was a rowing oar, or Gwen's foot. But since then, their relationship as contestants finally began to turn into a friendship.
"So you're allergic to goat's saliva?" Gwen asked him with a soft chuckle. "I mean sure ants would make sense but...goat saliva?"
Cody rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled too, shrugging his shoulders. "Hey, not like I decided to have the weirdest allergies. Just don't see me kissing some billy goat anytime soon" Cody smiled while Gwen laughed a little, looking back at the geek with a nod. She enjoyed talking with Cody. Sure he was a bit of a geek and nerdy, and he tried to hit on her more than once. But just talking and getting to know him a little better made her change her views of what Cody was like.
Noticing the time Cody stretched his arms out and nodded. "Well, did you want to head back and hang out with the others?" he offered, since the two could easily hear the loud music echoing across the island.
Gwen however just shook her head. "Mmm, I'm good just hanging out here."
"Really? I mean if you want to hang out with Bridgette or LeShawna, that's fine..." Cody asked her a bit surprised, the goth girl just smiling back at him.
"I promised that I wouldn't mind just sitting and talking with you, and that's what I'm going to do. Besides – we'll be here long enough to party with everyone else"
Cody just grinned happily, as they continued to talk friendly with one another. This wasn't getting Gwen to become his girlfriend, but a slow start was all the two needed.
Confession:
Cody: Talking to Gwen is the best! I still feel really down about what happened between her and Trent, but she's actually talking and hanging out with me! Maybe once this is over, I can buy her a pop! Oh – and Jessie? I owe you man! *grins happily*
Gwen: I got to admit, I was kinda skeptical about the whole hanging out with Cody and talking to him. But once we got started, it was kinda nice to have a guy to talk to after the whole break-up with Trent. And you know... *smiles* ...it feels nice.
Communal Bathroom
Heather sighed to herself as she walked out from the bathroom, finally cleaned up and dried off from the disgusting barf Owen puked on her. She would have used her bathroom in the cabin but she would rather be as far away as possible from everyone else right now. Or at least, she thought she was alone.
As she walked out from the showers, about to head back to her cabins she stumbled upon Aaron who had just walked up to the building. "Hey Heather"
Heater was taken a bit by surprise, huffing a bit before looking at him. "What do YOU want? Come to rub more of it in my face?"
Aaron shook his head, his hands up in defense. "No no! I'm just here to, ya know, make sure you're okay after what happened"
Heather wasn't buying it. Aaron was just being...too friendly to her. Still, why? Everyone else hated her guts, why didn't he?
"Look, I'm just fine so I don't need you worry about it"
Rolling his eyes Aaron just shrugged. "Well, okay then."
Heather then asked him. "So what's your deal?"
"Come again?" Aaron asked with a raised eyebrow, the girl groaning and raised her arms up.
"You! That's what! Why are you being so friendly and nice and...and..." she tried to come up with the word, Aaron finishing his sentence.
"Concerned?"
"Yeah!"
The boy chuckled a bit before crossing his arms and smiled at her. "Why shouldn't I be? Not everyone totally hates your guts. Or at least I don't."
Heather still wasn't buying it. There had to be a reason. Maybe he was just pretending to be nice to win her over and then knock her out of the competition. It was the same she did to Lindsay back in TDI, so why wouldn't he try it too? "Don't believe you"
Aaron shrugged, his arms going back to his sides. "Believe what you want, but I still don't see you as a total B-I-T-C-H as Lindsay put it so boldly last time."
Heather, still a bit surprised by this new behavior towards her raised an eyebrow, rubbing the back of her head while her ponytail rubbed against her arm. "So...you don't hate my guts like the others? C'mon it can't be that..."
"Easy?" Aaron again asked with a soft chuckle, finishing her sentence again. "Look, things happen. Might as well let bygones be bygones, right? C'mon, I bet there's a soda back at out cabin with your name on it" He smiled, offering his hand in friendship to her.
Heather...really unsure still if this was some sort of trick or that this kid was being truthful, decided to take a chance. "Well...I am getting thirsty." she nodded, shaking his hand before pulling it away after a second or two. "But this DOESN'T make us goody goody friends, got it?"
Aaron shrugged, letting Heather walk by his side as they headed back to the cabins. "Whatever you say Heather"
Confession:
Heather: *sitting in her room* Okay...I don't get it. I've been back-stabbed, betrayed, and pretty much made everyone on both teams totally hate me for what I've done. And yet Aaron gets past all that and is all...nice to me. *frowns a bit and rubs her arms* It's not like I don't mind him being nice it's just...feels weird. *camera turns off, then turns back on as she shakes the camera* Where's the tape! I want that f**king tape!
Team Cabins
Once the laughter had died down after the little 'barfing' incident, the party had pretty much died down. Soft rock music was playing over the old transistor radio on the Killer Marlins' cabin porch, while both teams were mingling and hanging out, drinking away their cans of soda and tossing them into a pile.
Duncan was rolling his eyes while Courtney was yet again lecturing him not to stand so sloppy and sit up straight. "Yeah yeah, whatever princess" Courtney huffed and yelled at him some more.
"Are you even listening to me? I mean I work hard to try and keep our relationship from falling apart and all you care about is-"
Duncan was finally tired of this, glaring back at her and yelled with his arms raised. "Have you ever considered maybe it's YOU who's causing this to fall apart? I am getting SO tired of 'Do this' and 'Do that'." This was getting everyone's attention, Courtney feeling nervous as everyone's eyes were upon them.
"A relationship is a two way deal, and if you haven't noticed, it's only all been about you, you you! So either start toning it down, or SHUT – UP!" he yelled directly into her face, Courtney backing away a bit with tears in her eyes.
"D-Duncan...you..." she tried to speak, the boy only shaking his head, not saying another word. "Wait..." Courtney begged, the punk boy walking into the cabin and slamming it shut behind them. Everyone else just stared and flinched when the door shut hard, knocking the radio off the porch and turning it off as silence filled the air.
Courtney was trying to hold back her tears, though was finding it hard to do so, everyone else feeling a little sorry for them. Not just for Courtney, but for Duncan too. It had been the same deal since last season that their relationship was getting on thin ice. And it seemed that it was only going to get worse and worse.
Courtney finally burst into a few tears, rolling down her face as she walked away, holding hands to cover her shame. Lindsay, Beth and Izzy, feeling they should comfort her soon left the group to follow her, hoping she would be okay.
Eventually Daniel picked up the radio again, setting it back on the porch and turned it on while everyone else just tried to get the whole argument out of their heads. Soon after the group saw Gwen and Cody walking back from the dock, smiling while the geek boy was chuckling happily, Gwen giving a soft giggle back.
"Well, where have you two dudes been?" Jessie asked while he was lounging in a chair, setting his can of soda down.
"Oh just hanging out" Cody told them, smiling while rubbing the back of his neck in a hint of nervousness. LeShawna smirked with a raised eyebrow and looked at the two.
"Oh yeah? For two hours?" the sistah girl asked them, Gwen blushing and rubbing her arm.
"Yeah well, a lot can be said in two hours" The goth girl told LeShawna, Bridgette smirking and holding back a giggle.
"Sounds like a lot more than just talking if you ask me" she told Gwen as she laughed nervously back.
"It's not like that! We were just talking..."
Cody answered with her too. "Yeah...w-what she said...heheh"
The country girl Sally just smiled as happy as ever, walking over and giving the two a hug from behind. "Well I think it's just beautiful that you two are all good friends now!"
"Here here!" said some of the other campers, smiling as the two looked at one another. Cody and Gwen were already friends but, now they seemed it was official that they were real friends, not just acquaintances.
Soon after the two sat down and Cody got Gwen something to drink, Heather and Aaron were walking back from the Communal Bathroom with Heather pretending she wasn't enjoying herself or liked the boy's compliments.
"And where have you two been?" DJ asked them both, glares once more looking at Heather as she looked back. Rolling her eyes she ignored what they did and sat down.
"Cleaning out Owen's barf out of my hair – other than that, nothing"
Some of the girls could at least buy her story, but what about Aaron? Zoey smirked and gave a bit of a chuckle. "You two all kissy kissy on the way here?" she asked them. Aaron only glared back a bit, trying to hide a blush on his face.
"Oh sure – that's what I was doing. I needed to go to the bathroom" the boy made up an excuse to keep them from saying anything more. Jessie was chuckling in the corner, as Aaron now looked at him with an angry stare. "Something funny 'dude'?"
The surfer bum just shook his head, holding back a few snickers here and there. "Oh nothing man, nothing. Just something funny I remember from earlier today..."
Aaron didn't buy it but didn't bother trying to ask any further into it. "...oookay. Whatever then. I'm heading off to bed"
Owen looked down at his watch and looked back, surprised the boy wanted to get some sleep. "Really? But it's only eight-thirty! Don't you wanna party all night with us?" he offered, holding up another 2 lieter of pop.
The boy shook his head, holding the door open for Heather as she headed on inside to sleep as well. "If you want to stay up all night, that's fine. I for one thing don't intend on being waked up by one of Chris' infamous 'wake up calls'. See you in the morning" With that, he closed the door behind himself and headed to get relaxed and some much needed sleep. Tomorrow was going to be one hellish day, he just knew it.
Meanwhile, In The Woods...
Courtney was still upset over the way Duncan had yelled at her in front of everyone, sobbing and wiping her tears away. Beth and Lindsay were by her side, holding a shoulder while Izzy was standing nearby leaning against a tree. Beth handed Courtney a cloth to wipe her tears as she tried to comfort her.
"Come on Courtney, I'm sure what Duncan said wasn't true" Linday told her, the CIT still trying not to shed any more tears or look more pathetic than she felt.
"Yeah – Duncan's just being a jerk, you can't blame the guy for acting like that sometimes" Beth added in.
Courtney eventually spoke out, blowing her nose with the cloth and put it in Beth's hand, the girl flinching a bit when she was holding it. "But...the things he said..."
Izzy just smiled, nodding to Courtney as the three girls tried to keep Courtney on the positive. "Pffft! Ah forget him! What you need is some 'me' time with the girls."
"You mean...break up with Duncan?" Courtney asked them, Beth shaking her head.
"No! What Izzy means is just take a break with your relationship. Spend some time away from Duncan and the guys and just try to think things over. I'm sure Duncan could use the same as well"
Courtney sniffled a little, clearing the rest of her tears before seeing the confidence come back into her eyes. "You know what? You're right. You're absolutely right!" she smiled, standing up proudly "It's time me and Duncan put our relationship on hold and clear our heads!"
"Now that's the Courtney we know!" Beth smiled, Lindsay happily giggling.
"Yeah! Now c'mon! Let's get back to that party and Par-tay!" Izzy laughed manically, grabbing their hands as they all ran back to the cabins. "We've got plenty of soda calling our names, ladies! We cannot let them down!" she cheered out, soon rushing past the three and ran into the woods for the cabins.
Back at the cabins...
Ezekiel was watching from afar as Sally was talking along with the BFF's, Bridgette and LeShawna. He adjusted his 'Zed' Bling, smirking while making his hat crooked like a 'gangsta', and proudly walked over. He was going to try to conquer his shyness and talk to this beautiful country girl, even if it killed him!
Sally was just finishing a story of hers about some of her crazy cousins who decided to sneak up on some bull in their neighbor's farm and pissed it off so much, it chased them around the entire farmstead for 8 hours. "I swear, I don't know HOW my cousins 'Lil Joe' and Mikey managed to outsmart that bull, but BOY was it mad! Ooooeee!" she laughed, the other girls giving a few laughs and giggles here and there.
Their laughs quickly went silent just as Ezekiel came onto the scene, slipping some cruddy sunglasses on and tried to act all 'cool' like. "Wassup ladies? Thought I'd come by and see what's goin' down, eh!" he grinned. Katie and Sadie were unimpressed.
"Don't you have somewhere else to be – home school?" Katie asked with a menacing glare.
"Yeah! We don't need you ruining our fun, you sexist pig!" Sadie added in.
Sally shook her head, looking back at the two girls with a bit of disappointment, and anger. "Now I thought I told ya'll that we'd give the boy here a chance and try to be nice to 'em!" she told them, rolling up one of her sleeves and flexed her arm a bit. "Or do I have 'ta rassle ya like I did with my Uncle Vernon and break both 'is arms?"
Katie and Sadie gulped, shaking their heads and spoke in unison. "No no! That won't be necessary!" Bridgette and LeShawna meantime were willing to try to give the obnoxious home-schooled boy a chance, even though it was kinda funny with him trying to act like he was all 'gangsta'.
"Now go ahead shug', what did you have to say?" Sally's attention turned back to Ezekiel, and in a flash his face was as red as a tomator while he began to stutter his words.
"Come again? You're not makin' any sense" the girl asked Zeke, watching him rub the back of his head while trying to find the courage to speak. Sure it was easy for him earlier talking in the mirror but speaking to her in person...wasn't as great. Grabbing a can of soda, Zeke continued stuttering nonsense and moving around his arms while trying to make some sense, the other girls raising an eyebrow.
Sally just let out a giggle, smiling to see the boy stammering away and trying to impress her. "Aww, you're just shy talkin' to the ladies, is that it?"
"Is he serious?" Katie asked, unimpressed along with Sadie. "Quit jabbering and spill it!"
Ezekiel however seemed to take those words literally, as he began to open the can of soda. But with him moving his arms around so much it shook the can up quite a bit. Just as he was opening it, Eva was walking over to grab herself another drink. And spraying all over, Eva was doused in the boy's soda, dripping head to toe with Cola.
"Uhh...oops. Sorry, eh" Ezekiel tried to apologize, stepping back as Eva was giving her one hell of an angered look.
"You did that on purpose you ass!" She cursed, the big girl charging at him and prepared to give him a beating. But to his surprise, Sally quickly stepped in and ended the fight instantly. With a simple knock to Eva's back, the girl was knocked to the ground and unable to move.
"What the hell?" she cursed to herself, Sally just smirking down at her.
"Did I forget to mention about my other uncle who's a martial artist trainer? Taught me some defensive moves that can render anyone paralyzed for a few minutes" Eva struggled to move, but the others were surprised. Not just because she took out Eva in a flash – but that she actually defended Ezekiel.
"You okay 'zeke?" Sally asked the boy, turning to face him now. His face was the same as the others – astonished and surprised. But finally he had the courage to say something.
"Wow, eh. No one's ever stood up for me like that before."
Sally nodded to him and tossed a towel to Eva to dry herself off. "It ain't no big shug'. Though I will ask ya this: were you tryin' to impress me with all of that 'gangster' motif going on?"
Ezekiel gave a quiet but honest nod, the girl giving a small laugh.
"Hon', you don't have to impress me with nothin'. Just be yourself!" Eyes darted towards her when she mentioned 'being himself'. Rolling her eyes Sally reassured them. "Without being all 'sexist' like these girls claim you to be"
Zeke gave her a nod, rubbing the back of his neck a little bit. "Oh...uh, okay then"
Smiling to him, she took his hand as Sally walked with him to the cabin. "Now c'mon! Let's hang out with Aaron and see what he's up to. I'll bet he's whistlin' up a storm with that ol' guitar of his"
As the two went into the cabin to talk, the others were still unimpressed. "What does she see in him?" Katie asked Sadie, while LeShawna and Bridgette smiled.
"Well I think it's good for Zeke. It's about time he found someone to be with" the surfer girl added.
"Yeah, I guess we could all give him a second chance" LeShawna joined in with Bridgette's support of Zeke and Sally hanging out.
Confession:
Ezekiel: *sitting in the bathroom, still showing signs of nervousness* Wow...I mean wow, eh. That's the first time anyone's really stood up for me. I mean I was truthful when I meant I've changed since then, honestly! And even when they didn't believe me, Sally at least was willing to give me a chance. But what she said about 'Being Myself', well, I'm willing to give anything a shot. *takes off his 'Zed' bling, and drops it* Time to turn over a new leaf, eh!
While the rest of the campers began to get tired and prepare for their big sleep before the next challenge, Hector was outside, waiting for someone to show up as he stood by the campfire. Approaching him was a dark figure, Hector looking up and nodded to him. "You have what I need?"
The figure only nodded, handing him a large envelope as Hector opened it up, looking through the pictures and files inside before his lips turn into an evil smirk. "Good...very good. Seems someone's got some secrets to tell. And with this, this will earn us victory"
End of Chapter 3
Author's Note: Once again, I leave you on a cliffhanger, mwahahahaha! Yeah, I love leaving things on some sort of cliffhanger – makes the story interesting and makes you BEGGING for more. So this wasn't going to be a long chapter, but took me too long to write out. But, I reached the deadline and got it finished by the end of April, just as promised! So what is in that folder that Hector got? Will Courtney and Duncan's relationship become torn? Will Gwen and Cody's friendship blossom into something more? And what about Heather? Is she starting to get feelings for Aaron as well? Ah, spring is in the air so romance is bound to bloom.
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