Chapter Five: The Motion of the Ocean
Bridgette's face burned as she left the pool area, the plastic trophy of the cruise ship clenched in one hand. Without a doubt that had been the most embarrassing thing she had ever had the misfortune to be involved in. Though vomiting on stage during Season One was a close second.
Besides her, Izzy pranced happily also carrying her own gold painted award. "That was just sooo much fun!" Izzy cheered as they left the pool deck and headed for the nearby elevator. Bridgette looked at her companion in disbelief before shaking her head.
Of course only Izzy would think the Lady Swim Competition aka stuff as many pieces of fruit as you can into your swimsuit before the other competitors while surrounded by cheering people to be enjoyable.
"I still can't believe you tied with me when I had the pineapple!" The red head announced with a grin while wiggling her butt in emphasis. "I think I still have bite marks from it! Here! Wanna see?"
The blonde blanched and forced a weak smile on her face. "That's…great Izzy, but I'd rather not." Izzy just shrugged. A bell dinged and both girls entered the now open elevator. Izzy pressed a button causing the elevator to travel downwards.
"Shouldn't we change before eating lunch?" Bridgette questioned as the elevator doors opened revealing one of the ship's restaurants. Izzy ignored the question and bounded right up to the restaurant hostess.
"I'm sorry ladies, but no swimwear allowed in the-"
"Oh we already know that. Hey! Is Pacho there? Izzy needs him to make a Birthday cake for my Zekey friend for his Birthday tonight!" Bridgette blinked and the hostess took out a sheet of paper that already had names written on it.
While the lady scanned the paper, the ponytailed blonde turned to Izzy in surprise. "You mean today is Ezekiel's Birthday?" Izzy grinned happily as she rocked back and forth on her feet. "Nope!"
"But if it's not his Birthday then why-"
"Because my Zeke didn't get to celebrate HIS Birthday since meanie CIT voted him off. But that's why they call them surprise parties! And Zekey won't be expecting it so it really WILL be a surprise!"
"I'll say." Bridgette muttered quietly under her breath her own eyes wide at the unexpected revelation. Just then the hostess looked up and nodded. It turned out that one cake was available due to cancelation. Strawberry topped with whip cream icing.
Bridgette smiled and was about to accept the offer when Izzy let out an angry hiss. Seconds later the red head let out a tirade of foreign words. The surfer shook her head in amazement. Since when did Izzy know Spanish?"
"Woah...Cool!" Harold said in awe staring at the video in front of him. Both he and Ezekiel were sitting in the computer lounge area of the ship watching a video advertising the Leap of Faith on one of the computer screens. However the boys' opinions on it greatly differed.
"It wasn't cood it was hot eh." Ezekiel stated glaring at the screen at the cheering people screaming in excitement as they descended. Harold chuckled. "Cool is another word for Awesome. And that looks Awesome!"
"That was noot awesome that was real scary eh!" The homeschooler said his body involuntarily shaking from the mere memory as he explained to his friend the terrifying encounter…
3 Days Ago
Temporarily Off Limits to Public.
One of the many large signs proclaimed in big red letters while a no nonsense guard stood watch over the path in wait for the competitors of The Incredible Dash to approach.
And soon they did. Each carrying a special sheet of paper, the pairs smiled in relief as they dashed by intent on completing the challenge. The short brunet of the last team was less then thrilled, but faithfully charged after a wild red head.
It would be several minutes later that the guard would realize there was one team too many…
Izzy in the meantime dashed headlong towards the pyramid. "Hurry up Zeke!" The crazy girl called out as she effortlessly sprinted up the structure and came to a halt at the top. The older couple already there temporarily stopped their verbal battle and gaped in shock.
Oblivious to their stares, Izzy promptly pulled off her green top revealing a bright purple bikini top patterned with a scaly texture. Removing the Tarzan styled skirt, the red head proudly showed off the matching bottoms to the startled lifeguard and the couple, the latter finally reacting.
"Hey you're not on the show!" The guy demanded while the girl nodded with a frown. Izzy laughed. "Maybe not on YOU'RE show." Izzy grinned happily with her normal unstable grin on her face. Before the couple could comment on this they were interrupted by someone panting heavily for breath.
"Zekey! You made it!" Izzy said happily running over to the gasping brunet. Still breathing heavily Ezekiel absently looked up at his best friend before his eyes widened in shock. The red head grinned wickedly and struck a pose. "Zekey like Izzy's new snake skin bikini?"
Ezekiel nodded dumbly before a thought hit him. "Wait snake skin? You did noot-"
Izzy rolled her eyes before grinning. "Snakey is still at the hotel, but he gave Izzy a vacation present and Izzy made a new bikini out of his molted skin!" The homeschooler nodded simply more then used to the unpredictability that is Izzy.
Other people though never took it well and the lifeguard and the other show couple were no exception. Ezekiel finally sighed. "We're from Total Drama eh. Izzy is wild and a loot of fun and I…well…still got loots to learn aboot the real world. Oh and I'm Ezekiel eh."
"Yeah yeah enough with the back story! Pants off, Trunks on! Izzy wants to slide now!"
It hadn't taken long to persuade the couple or the lifeguard to allow Izzy to go. However she refused to go until he went. A firm push later and a terrified Ezekiel flew down the long slide screaming bloody murder.
"The mountains and the lengths we climb for the ones we love." Harold said wisely. The homeschooler blinked before nodding. "Well yeah. Izzy was the first one to give me another chance after the ummm…Well you know eh."
Ezekiel commented his face pink from embarrassment and shame. The taller boy nodded solemnly. Three years had past since the homeschooler's epic mistake, but the grudges some of the other campers had held continued to last.
Shaking his head of the dark memory, Harold quickly changed the subject. "So when are you and Izzy going out?"
Through bites of her low cal chicken salad, Lindsay had noticed "Brenna" and "Iris" entering the restaurant and had been more then happy to wave them over to her booth, though she did scold them for having a bikini luncheon without inviting her.
The bombshell's annoyance faded at the mention of the spontaneous surprise party. "Oh yay! I just love Birthday parties! I hope it's not Tyler's though. I mean what kind of girlfriend would I be if I forgot the day the stork brought him from heaven?"
Lindsay said with a flourish. Izzy nodded happily while Bridgette's own hand covered her lips her cheeks flushed pink with amusement. Unaware Lindsay continued on. "I wonder if that nice bear in the Sunset Sally room downstairs will give us some of his balloons for the party?"
Ezekiel scratched his toque in confusion at Harold's question. "When are we going oot?" Harold grinned back in response and waited patiently for the shorter teen's response.
"Well we did go oot on the beach at the resort after we went down that slide and after we finished signing all those disclaimer papers joost in case that hoost decided to use them. And Izzy thought she saw Maybelle Gertie and Bertie's coosin in that big tank. Did you knoo she's a clownfish? Izzy said their distant cousins on their mom's soide eh."
"Uh…Zeke? That's not exactly what I meant."
"This is for my Zeke's belated surprise party his day Izzy's way party so the cake has to be super duper special! With three layers…chocolate and with blue and green icing! Oh! And candy sprinkles shaped like bears! That's Zekey's favorite." The red head announced happily to Pacho with her mouth full of ketchup and garlic fries.
Bridgette was torn between cringing and smiling at the fun loving girl's obvious crush. She settled for the latter with just a bit of playful teasing mixed in. "So…Izzy…you and Homeschool."
"ZEKE!" Izzy spit out along with her fries before diving back into her plate with all the manners of a rabid Doberman. "I think I lost my appetite." Lindsay whimpered pushing her salad to the side while Bridgette did the same with her tofu burger.
"And then the next day on that other island Izzy was searching all over the place for chocolate jalapeno dipped pickles, orange spandex and bright green leggings. Oh! And a tropic dress with bears and snakes on it. We found everything boot the leggings. Boot she's my best friend so I goot to foind them foor her eh."
"So…you guys are just friends. Best friends that borders between lovable insanity, crazy mad skills, shy as well as super flirty. Could go out with each other in a heartbeat, but the force conspires against it and you both have a serious yet possibly unrequited crush on another."
Harold analyzed nodding his head in acceptance. Ezekiel stared at the taller male with uncertainty. "Ummm…yes?"
"Sure I like like him and I could totally date him, but then I wouldn't have the totally fun best friend that you can call anytime! And one who's almost always ready for one of Izzy's spontaneous trips away from her boyfriend/ future spouse/soul mate. Like take me and Graham Cracker!"
"Graham Cracker?"
"Uh huh. He's my before the show boyfriend. And he's this close to dropping the restraining order and my Zeke already said he'd bring extra raw steaks so Graham doesn't have to worry about being attacked by killer animals this time!"
"Wait…this time? Please tell me you're joking." Bridgette begged. The ketchup grin on the red head's face proved otherwise.
"Of course not! As I've told my Zeke over and over if you go on a date you have to be creative! Go to the zoo and make friends with the gators! Go to the ballpark for bungee jumping! And most importantly make it a group date whenever possible."
"Izzy…that is the-"
The surfer girl's words were cut off when Izzy slung a ketchup covered hand over her shoulder. "So what do you think Bridgey? Care to sneak onto TDW with me and Zeke when we get back and play midnight tag with Fuzzy Wuzzums, Gertie and Bertie and everything else that goes bump in the night?"
Well the good news is Bridgette is now unattached and therefore open for you to sweep her off her feet. The bad news is it was a bad breakup and that takes time to heal." Harold said calmly as they walked down one of the long hallways.
"So…"
"That means throw the Rapper tips, Chris tips and everything you overheard from Geoff, Justin and Duncan out the window. I mean GOSH! Why did you even bother? Those IDIOTS have NO idea about how to treat a lady with respect."
"And you do?" Harold grinned and pointed a finger toward himself. "I after many years of intense study, bullying and class ridicule have now mastered girl whispering. Not to mention I have a girlfriend.
The farm raised male slowly nodded. "It would be noice to talk to her withoot running foor my loife. It would be better to joost talk to her in the first place eh."
"Not to worry! Under the careful tutelage of Sensei Harold you shall soon be able to conquer your fear of approaching women who are not Izzy. But first we must conquer lunch. I'm starving!"
"What hold on…you're telling me that Ezekiel is still crushing on me?" Bridgette said her eyes wide with shock. Lindsay next to her gasped and Izzy grinned broadly.
"Yep! You're like the Gwen in the Gwdy relationship! Or actually the Trgwdy. Or is it the Trendy? You know for the Trent, Gwen, Cody love triangle? Of course Gwen is now available and Cody is dating the strong member of Team Escope so I guess that really doesn't work now..."
"Oh my gosh! I soooo remember that!" Lindsay chimed in enthusiastically. "Vela was just so like GRRR!!! I'm going to break you in half! And… that dirty rotten Cora tricked me and I missed out on Season 3! And she went on and on about how that new girl Serena was clinging to Colby like some kind of sucker bus."
Izzy broke down into laughter as the dimwitted Barbie continued on. "So then I was like Vela you sooo have a crush on Colby! And she was like I DO NOT! And I was like YOU DO TOO! And if you don't do something you're going to wind up NOT being the one Colby's going to make out with in the Communal Washrooms at camp!"
The messy wild girl let out a cheer. "So you got Eva fired up, took her to the latest helipad where she proclaimed her love in blushes, hugs and a fifty thousand "Cody is the Greatest" custom puzzle!"
"And she spent like every hour, day AND night before vote off working on it! It's a good thing Colby was voted off when he was. I don't think it would have worked as well as it did if it was someone else." Lindsay commented her brow scrunched with thought.
"Uh huh. And when Sierra was voted off three weeks later she immediately went on a Cody hunt only to find Cova making out on one of the work out benches in the weight room! But enough about that! Bridgey do you know what will make my Zeke really happy? You spend the rest of today distracting him!"
Bridgette's eyes widened even more. "You want me to do what?"
"Distract Zekey! Go swimming, share a sundae, or hold your breath underwater until people start screaming for help and the really cute lifeguard jumps in to save you and just when he leans down to give you mouth to mouth you pounce!"
Once again off track, Izzy promptly demonstrated her attack on the lifeguard on a passing boy. His girlfriend was less then pleased. Ignoring the girl's ranting, Izzy released the dazed boy and continued.
"Oh yeah Graham just screamed his head off and I got banned from the pool and then at the movie theaters and the roller ring, nursing home, ice cream parlor…what can I say? I just seem to FIND him!"
Izzy finished gleefully letting out an evil chuckle. The boy, his girlfriend, Bridgette and Lindsay exchanged disturbed looks. While the former quickly vacated, the latter looked around the half full room for a distraction of their own. They found it in the form of two.
They weren't the only ones. With a delighted yell the wild red head latched on Bridgette's arm and pulled the ponytailed blonde forward. "Izzy! What are you doing?" Bridgette hissed only to let out a cry of her own at the sudden shove propelling her towards a certain misunderstood homeschooler.
Ezekiel's eyes widened and without thinking caught the bikini clad blonde his face turning a brilliant shade of red in the process. Beside him Harold grinned and gave him a thumbs up while a grinning Izzy and a happily clapping Lindsay approached.
"Hi My Zeke! Bridgey wants a sundae at Benny and Gerry's! Then she wants to go swimming, ice skating-"
As Izzy rambled on Bridgette face palmed. "Thank you Izzy." The surfer mumbled under her breath. "Thank you very much."
Imagi's Ramblings: Hey guess what! I'm BAAAACK!!!
First off Incredible Dash...parody of Amazing Race, yes there are ice skating rings on cruise ships, the bear Lindsay is talking about kid's area my story..don't think Sunset Sally is on a cruise ship, the world record of the largest puzzle ever is 25,000 pieces currently, Trendy I think I'm the first to classify the Trent, (TR) Gwen, (EN) Cody (DY) one sided triangle as such and the rest do I really need to explain? ;)
Oh and the Lady Swim Competition? Yeah…I did that. *blush* I looked at it this way. If I'm going to embarrass myself in public I'm going to win. And I did. Good thing I was a good sport and did it rather then otherwise…Footage from that was aired on the room T.V's REPEATEDLY. Remember! Anything involving a female and a body of water on a cruise ship…is ALWAYS THE SAME so Beware. And NO I am NOT doing THAT again. :P
To Necro as always enjoy! :)
Also I'm going to try to finish this story AND Winter's Commandeers of Wawanakwa first.
23: The Road to Total Drama Retro is on the BACKBURNER. Sorry but I'm not updating it unless I have at least 10 reviews. Opinions matter and influence how the story goes. It takes only one random suggestion to get me on a writing kick. Without it I run solely on sugar, Pepsi, Ezzy stories and music for energy…never lasts long and with it goes my inspiration.
I am still accepting possible cameos for TRTTDR though.
Also congrats to the real ending of TDA (there is two) and the OFFICIAL winner on ON DEMAND AND ITUNES…BETH!!!
No popular contest required!
Now end the debate over Season 3 and just tell us Ezekiel IS ON AND he gets his redemption, acceptance, friendship and romance and I'll be happy. :)
And as always thanks for the reviews everyone! :)
Imagi