kay so dis is chapt 8....hope you enjoy. R&R appreciated
Courtney woke up to find no one in her room. No Bridgette, no Trent, just an open window, and a lonely guitar. Then she remembered last night, ''shit, last night'' she put her face in her hands. She replayed what happened in her head.
*flashback*
both Courtney and Trent leaned into a kiss. Courtney realized what she was doing and quickly drew back. Trent sat up with an astonished look, and his eyes wide. Both were silent, alternating glances at the floor and each other. Finally Trent broke the silence ''fuck,'' he whispered under his breath. ''We're screwed, aren't we?'' he asked. Courtney nodded her head slowly in response. ''You okay?'' he asked her due to her shocked appearance.
She nodded, ''you better go,'' she said quietly. He nodded, and got up and left her on the bed. Once he left, she brought her knees to her chest and laid her head on her knees. She took a deep breath, and began to cry.
*end flashback*
Courtney rubbed her temples as she was pacing her hotel room floor. ''C'mon Courtney, get a hold of yourself, you can fix this.'' she stopped. ''Hell who am I kidding, I haven't the slightest clue what to do.'' she pondered the current situation for a little longer. ''Ugh I have no other choices, I'm gonna have to do something I vowed never to do.'' she sighed in agony, ''I'm gonna have to ask someone else for help.''
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Bridgette shot up in surprise when she heard a loud knocking at her door,
''Bridge? You there? I really need to talk to you.'' Courtney voice was muffled by the door. Bridgette hopped out of her bed and looked around the room for her bag. She cursed when she realized she left her bag in Courtney's room. She grabbed her pj's off the floor, then searched for her underwear in her bed covers, and grabbed her bra from hanging on the lamp.
''Geoff, get up and get some clothes on, Courtney's here.'' she said to her sleeping boyfriend.
''Mhm if that's what you want babe, I'm fine with Courtney joining us,'' Geoff mumbled in a pillow.
Bridgette walked over and slapped the back of Geoff's head.
''Ow fine, I'll get dressed, sheesh don't have to be so mean about it,'' Geoff said and got up. Bridgette rolled her eyes as she slipped her shorts on.
''I'll be taking that,'' Geoff said as he grabbed his hat off Bridgette's head. He smiled as he walked into the bathroom. She rolled her eyes and smiled at him as she slipped her shirt on and fixed her hair. She walked over to the door and opened it to find Courtney franticly pacing in the hall mumbling something to herself.
''Finally'' she said looking at Bridgette, ''what took you so long?''
''Chill,'' Bridgette answered closing the door and stepped out into the hall. ''What's up?''
''I have a problem, and I don't know how to fix it.'' Courtney replied with a worried look on her face.
''What kind of problem.'' Bridgette asked and leaned on her door.
''Well,'' Courtney looked to the ground, wringing her hands. ''I, um, well I did something really bad.''
Bridgette raised her eyebrow in anticipation. Courtney rolled her eyes and leaned over to the blond and whispered something in her ear. Bridgette's jaw dropped in shock. ''Courtney, you didn't,'' Bridgette said with her eyes wide. Courtney nodded her head sadly. Bridgette slapped her in the back of the head.
''Ow! What was that for!'' Courtney whined rubbing her head.
''What were you thinking!''? Bridgette screeched.
''Not so loud! I'd rather not have everyone find out about this!'' Courtney said hoarsely. Bridgette rolled her eyes and grabbed the brunette's arm. She opened her door and dragged Courtney in.
''You,'' she pointed to Courtney, ''sit on the bed.'' Geoff was sitting on the bed watching TV. ''Geoff, go find Trent and bring him here.'' she barked.
''Why?'' Geoff asked.
''Just go do it!'' ''Sheesh, someone's pushy today.'' Geoff got up and walked out of the room. Geoff searched through the hall in an attempt to find Trent's room. Then he came upon Cody walking through the hallway.
''Geoff, dude, what's up.'' Cody waved from across the hallway.
''Hey, sorry, can't chat, on a mission.'' Geoff explained walking past the small boy. Then he stopped and backed up, ''hey do you know which room is Trent's?'' he asked.
''Yeah, 327, why?'' Cody asked.
''Bridgette wants him, don't really know why. But thanks, see ya later.'' Geoff answered. Geoff ran down the hall to find Trent's room. He arrived at the room, and banged on the door. Trent opened the door, and leaned on the side of the doorframe.
''Hey Geoff, how's life,'' Trent smiled.
'' Pretty good dude, pretty good.'' Geoff replied and the two man-hugged, (not sure how else to call it). ''Sooo I got stuck being messenger boy and right now I'm supposed to fetch you for a chat with Bridgette and Courtney.'' Geoff said to the musician.
''Um, I'd rather not,'' Trent rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.
''Please dude, it's my butt that's in trouble if I don't come back with a Trent, and you're the first one I've found.'' Geoff explained. Trent rolled his eyes.
''Fine,'' he sighed. Trent dragged out of his room, and slammed his door shut.
''Dude, what gives! All three of you are just downers today!'' Geoff asked with a frown as they headed back to Bridgette's room.
''Let's just say something bad, really bad, happened last night.'' Trent said.
''Like what kind of bad are we talking about,'' Geoff asked in confusion.
''Well....'' Trent trailed off.
''Dude, just say it.'' Geoff said.
''Me and Courtney kissed!'' Geoff stopped and stared at him.
''Dude,'' he said, and then the two started walking, ''well if Duncan doesn't kill you, Gwen will.'' Geoff chuckled.
''Geoff, you can't tell anyone, especially Gwen or Duncan.'' Trent looked at the party boy's face with cold seriousness.
''Don't worry dude, my lips are sealed.'' he smiled.
''But Bridgette doesn't look like she's gonna be so kind.'' Trent groaned as the two approached Bridgette's room. Geoff opened the door to find Bridgette pacing the floor and Courtney sitting meekly on the bed.
Bridgette looked up, ''finally!'' she walked over and slapped Trent ''what were you thinking!?!?!'' she screeched.
''You're just slap happy today,'' Geoff commented.
''What is wrong with you two?!?!'' Trent was rubbing his cheek, and Courtney was wringing her hands again. ''Trent sit on the bed.'' she pointed to a spot next to Courtney. ''What should I do babe?'' Geoff asked.
''Just go sit over there and look cute,'' she pointed to a chair in the corner. He shrugged and pulled the chair closer to the bed so he could watch the show. ''I can't believe this, especially you Trent, after the whole Heather deal, I thought you would be more careful, then you go doing something stupid like this.''
''Well it's not like I was planning it, it just sorta happened.'' he shrugged in his defense. Courtney rolled her eyes, ''what he means is that it was late and neither of us were thinking straight. If the circumstances were different, then we wouldn't be in this situation. Seriously, like I would actually kiss him if I was fully conscious..'' Courtney referred to Trent sitting next to her.
''What is that supposed to mean?!?!'' Trent glared at the brunette.
''Nothing, it's just I've had better.'' she said with an evil smirk. Bridgette rolled her eyes. ''What can that, punk wannabe, do that I can't.'' he questioned. ''It's not just what he does, his tongue is pierced.'' she smiled in satisfaction. Trent rolled his eyes in annoyance. ''Seriously?'' Bridgette asked. Courtney nodded with a smile. ''Nice, I always wondered what that feels like,'' Bridgette stopped and looked at a sad Geoff. ''But, I love your normal tongue Geoff, its perfect!'' she smiled and walked over and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. They stood there making out for a minute until Trent coughed awkwardly.
''Guys'' Courtney added, ''we're still here.'' Bridgette stood up and straightened her shirt. Geoff folded his arms and looked frustrated.
''Bridgette,'' Geoff whined, ''can't they leave so we can get back to fun time.'' Bridgette whipped her head around and glared at him.
''Geoff!'' she whispered. ''What's the first rule of fun time!''
Geoff groaned and rolled his eyes. ''Don't talk about fun time,'' he mumbled. Trent and Courtney stared at the surfer.
''I'm not even gonna ask,'' Courtney said.
Bridgette smoothed her hair and asked ''what were we talking about?''
''Umm well something about pierced tongues,'' Trent rolled his eyes.
''Right, soooo it's pretty obvious you two don't have feelings for each other.'' Bridgette said looking at the two. Courtney's legs and arms were crossed in annoyance. Trent portrayed a look of boredom across his face. The two looked at each other and scowled in disgust. ''Sooooo now we face a new problem at hand, what are you guys gonna tell Gwen and Duncan.'' Bridgette asked grabbing another chair and sat across from the two.
They looked at each other in confusion, and stared at the blond. ''Actually, we weren't planning on telling them, well I wasn't at least.'' Courtney said and Trent nodded in agreement.
''Well, if that's what you guys really think that's the best thing to do, but that's a really bad way to start a relationship.'' Bridgette frowned. ''Not to mention I thought you two were better than that.'' Courtney and Trent looked down at the ground. ''Well you two, I don't think there's much else to say. I just hope you guys make the right decision.'' the two got up to leave,
''err thanks Bridgette, I guess.'' Courtney mumbled.
''Well we better go before Geoff dies of boredom.'' Trent said. Geoff gave him a thumbs up, Trent returned the gesture.
The two girls rolled their eyes and Courtney said, ''See ya Bridgette.''
''Bye guys,'' Bridgette said as the two walked out.
''Yes! Fun time baby!'' Geoff yelled as Bridgette closed the door, followed by Geoff saying, ''Ow, fine no more talking about fun time.''
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Courtney walked back into her room and closed her door. She decided to take a shower to help her think clearly. She finished and still felt as confused as before.
She got dressed in her usual attire. She dried her hair and began to brush it while she stood in front of the bathroom. She stopped and looked at herself. She remembered the first time she kissed Duncan, and the following night they spent together in the boathouse. Part of her wanted to tell Duncan about what had happened between her and Trent, and possibly Cody, yet another half had doubts about Duncan's reaction. She finished brushing her hair, and walked out. She needed to talk so someone other than Bridgette, someone who had been there all along, and ironically had been right about her and Trent all along. She walked out of her room and closed the door behind her. She walked down the hallway and found the room she was looking for. She knocked on the door. It opened and she was met with a smiling face
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Trent walked down the hallway to Courtney's room. He needed his guitar from her room. He gave the door nine thumps, waiting for her to answer. He waited but she didn't respond. He knocked again, nine times like he always did. Still, no answer from Courtney. He turned the knob, knowing she never remembers to lock the door before she leaves. He creaked the door slightly careful not to completely barge in. ''Courtney?'' he asked gently, careful not to surprise her if she was in there. No answer. He opened the door to find her empty room. He walked in and picked up Charleene from her spot next to the bed. He walked away from the bed heading toward the door, but he stopped when he saw something lying on the table next to Courtney's bed. It was a single sheet of music, gently laid on the table. On the top, it read ''Gwen's song, by Trent Matthews.'' Trent picked it up and read through the lyrics. ''It must have fallen out of my bag,'' he mumbled. He sat down on her bed still staring at the paper. He heard his phone go off. He looked up and glanced at it. It was a message from Geoff.
''So dude, are you seriously not gonna tell Gwen about this, or was that just Courtney being paranoid again,''
Trent stared at the text. He wanted to reply, but quite frankly, he didn't know himself. He looked at the sheet of music again, then stared at the white wall parallel from him. He picked up Charleene, and walked out of the room.
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the door opened and Courtney was met with a smiling. ''Hey Court, how's it hangin?'' Cody grinned, but frowned when he saw the expression on her face. Her eyes were glassy and it looked like she could break down in tears any minute. ''Courtney, are you okay?'' he asked with a worried expression, she shook her head sadly. ''What's wrong?''
''Well, it's really long and complicated, but...'' she trailed off. He stared at her with eyes filled with worry.
''Wanna come in?'' he said with a weak smile. She returned the gesture with a sad nod. The two walked in to the room, and sat on the bed. She rested her head on his shoulder, and he wrapped his arm around her, doing his best to comfort her. "Court, what happened?"
She looked up at him with sad eyes. She pulled her knees into her chest. She buried her head in her knees, then she let her head roll back so she was staring at the ceiling. She took a deep breath, and sat upwards. She looked at him and slowly began to explain last night and the recent morning afterwards.
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Izzy quietly sat in the bushes, examining everyone out on the pool deck. She scanned each person, debating who would be her prey. She gave an evil smile when she spotted a certain male model, sitting at the pool bar next to his pair of best friend stalkers. She gave an evil chuckle as she gave a gentle rub to the paintball gun she held in her arms.
"Let's go Izzy, time for Operation Paintball. BONZI!!!!!!" she jumped out of the bush and began shooting blue paintballs everywhere. She began to aim at the pool bar, hitting and shattering various bar glasses. The she hit Sadie, and Katie a few times, receiving some "Ows" from them. Finally she finished her operation by hitting her biggest target, Justin. She hit him with a blue paintball right in the arm.
"AHHH my peck!!! My beautiful peck!!!!" He began to yell, then the three yelled in unison,
"IZZY!!!!!!"
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But the redhead was gone.
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Courtney finished, and stared at Cody. He was silent for a moment, then he burst into a laughing fit.
"What the hell Cody!!" she yelled, glaring at the laughing boy.
"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, it's just, haha, I WAS RIGHT!!! Hahahahahaha." He replied, barely able to control his laughter.
She stared at his with anger and distain.
"Now I remember why I stopped hanging out with you," she narrowed her eyes and headed to the door.
"No, stop, Courtney!" Cody yelled, and he grabbed her wrist. "Look I'm sorry, okay? That was mean and shouldn't have said that, especially in your current state. Soo what can I do to help?" Cody asked her with sincerity.
"Truthfully?" Courtney said as she flopped on the bed. "I don't know I just don't know at all what to do, or how to fix this, or whether I should tell Duncan or not I'm just plain confused. I've never been in this type of situation before, or any thing like it for that matter. I've never let my self go this much, not even with Duncan. I don't know what to do, please tell me what to do." She frowned at the boy.
"Courtney, I can tell you what I think, but that's not gonna help. This is your decision, and I think you already know what you have to do." Cody stared at her.
"But what about the whole drama between me and you?" Courtney asked.
"Look, if you want to tell Duncan what I did, then by all means go for it, but that was my fault, not yours and I don't expect you to. But you and Trent is a different story by a long shot, especially after all the drama with him and heather. You can say you weren't aware of the circumstances all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that you two kissed on purpose." Cody said. Tears began to well up in Courtney's eyes. "And I think that's what you've known all along.' Cody gave her a sympathetic smile. She nodded.
"Yea, I guess I just didn't want it to be true." she mumbled, wiping the tears from her eyes. 'But what about Trent? I mean he's in enough trouble with Gwen."
"Let Trent handle Trent, he's a big boy and he can fix his own problem. Just let him know that you're telling Duncan so he isn't ambushed when Duncan tries to kill him." Cody smiled. Courtney gave him a small smile.
"God Cody, what's happened to me? I have never done so much damage to my life than I have the past two weeks!" Courtney groaned.
"Guess this is what happens when you start dating a bad boy," He smiled.
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Trent put his guitar back in his room, and walked back to Courtney's. He really needed to talk to her. He knew he couldn't keep something like this from Gwen. He was sure of it. No matter what happens, he was going to tell the truth. It didn't matter what Courtney would say, or if Duncan would possibly kill him in the process. All that mattered was Gwen, and fixing this for her.
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"Bye Cody!" Courtney said as she began to walk out the door.
"See ya, Court. Meet me later for the new episode premier right?" Cody smiled as he followed her to the door.
"Wouldn't miss it!" she smiled, "and, Cody?"
"Yea?"
"Thanks, for everything. You're like my best friend here, even more than Bridgette. And you've been there for me even after the rotten way I treated you." She smiled and hugged him.
"Hehe, it's no problem, glad I could be of some help." he rubbed the back of his head as she released him from the embrace.
"Eight 'o clock?" she asked.
"Eight 'o clock."
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Courtney retuned to her room to find rent pacing in front of her door.
"Trent! What are you doing here?" Courtney asked with surprise.
''I need to talk to you,'' Trent said, looking at her franticly.
''Good,'' Courtney exhaled, ''cause I need to talk to you too.''
''Okay well, you first.'' Trent said.
''Kay, well, I'm gonna tell Duncan, when he gets here, about what happened.'' Courtney sighed.
''Really? Cause that's what I was gonna say. Well about Gwen at least. I can't keep this from her.'' Trent replied.
''Seriously? Well that's a relief. I thought you were gonna be mad or something.'' Courtney said.
''Actually I thought you'd be really pissed.'' Trent said rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.
''Okay soooooo I guess we're good then, right?'' Courtney asked.
''Yea I guess so.'' Trent said.
''Okay......well then see you later...'' Courtney said awkwardly.
''Okay then, see ya...'' Trent waved awkwardly. He walked off, and Courtney opened her door. She walked up to her bed and collapsed. She rolled over so she was lying on her back. She looked up at the ceiling and sighed.
''God, Duncan just lose already.'' she Smiled at the thought. ''If Duncan was here, then none of this would've happened.'' she giggled. ''Wow, she sat up and looked out of the window. ''God Duncan, if only you knew how much I missed you.''
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Cody smiled when he saw Courtney. She looked way better than this morning and happier too. She smiled back at him. She walked over and hooked her arm in his. ''Ready best friend?'' she giggled.
''Yep, lets go!'' he stepped forward, and she followed. The walked into the game room and took a seat on the ground in front of the couch. Trent was strumming his guitar, when he looked up and saw the pair. He scrunched his eyes in confusion, then rolled them and returned to his guitar. Bridgette and Geoff were making out on the couch, causing many strange looks from the other campers. Then out of the blue, Chris walked in.
''Wasup losers!'' he said, then Izzy shot a paintball in his direction. It missed and made a blue splotch on the wall, ''hey! Watch the hair! As I was saying, tomorrow we will be filming an episode here tomorrow. You all will be in it, so I expect you guys to look decent. So I'll meet everyone down here at nine, and you all have to be in it. Ciao people!'' Chris waved with an evil grin and left the group in the game room.
''Okay.....lets watch the episode!!!'' Izzy yelled and turned on the TV. She slipped the tape into the VCR and pressed play. They all watched in anticipation as they watched Chris host the episode.
''It's been a while since we've done this hasn't it?'' Cody whispered to Courtney.
''Don't get too comfy Codemister, I'm in enough trouble right now.'' Courtney whispered back. They watched in silence.
''I don't know what Courtney said to Leshawna, but now she thinks I'm nice and wants to be my friend, I don't have friends, got it!'' Duncan brooded on the screen .
''What did you say to Leshawna?'' Cody whispered.
''Um, well I think he means the bunny incident. Apparently he didn't want me to say anything....'' Courtney whispered innocently. Cody smiled.
''Wow you really have changed.''
''Yea, I decided it's all Duncan's fault, he made me this way.'' she gave him an evil smile. He raised his eyebrow.
''Good luck with telling him that.'' he smiled.
''Thank you,'' she smiled and they went back to watching.
''Hey, wanna get a soda?'' Cody asked as he got up.
''Yea,'' Courtney replied as she got up too. The pair walked out of the room, leaving the others to watch the episode. The walked down a hallway up to a random soda machine. ''Okay, whatcha want?'' Cody asked holding up a dollar bill.
''Um, a coke is fine.'' she replied watching him put the dollar into the machine.
''Hey, you sure you're alright? Ya know after all the drama.'' Cody asked looking at her as he handed her the coke.
''Actually Cody, I don't think I'll be okay for a while, but for the first time since starting this stupid show, I think I might have things somewhat figured out.'' Courtney said as they began to walk back to the room.
''Yea, but are you better than earlier? I don't like seeing anyone sad, especially you.'' he replied.
''Yea, I think I'm over it.'' she smiled. They walked back to the game room and they both stopped and watched the TV. from the door. They watched Chris explain the next part of the challenge involving wooden heads. Lindsey and Beth gasped in anger when they saw heather bad talk them about their intelligence, which didn't surprise Courtney too much. She scrunched her eyebrows when she saw Chris pick up her wooden head. Then she smiled when she saw what Duncan carved on her head. A group awww was released by Lindsey, Beth, Katie and Sadie. Courtney immediately frowned when she saw Chris laugh at him. Then everyone began to laugh when Leshawna threw a head at Chris. Courtney was smiling when Cody turned to look at her. He saw a tear stream down her cheek, and she turned and walked away. Cody looked at her with confusion as Courtney began to run off. He decided to follow her to make sure she was alright.
''Court! Courtney!!'' he followed her down to the dock. ''Hey, what's wrong, I thought you'd be happy?'' Cody asked as she stopped and turned to him with a tear stained face. ''Cody, just......go, I'm fine.'' she wiped her eyes, turning her attention to the blue-black water.
''No, no you're not. Look I'm here for you. That's what friends are for.'' Cody said turning her shoulders so he was looking her in the eyes. She began to sob and hugged him laying her head on his shoulder.
''I- I feel horrid right now,'' she stammered.
''C'mon lets sit down.'' he said with her still clutching him for dear life. She nodded and collapsed onto the ground. He sat down next to her.
''Cody, I feel, like, god I feel like a slut or something. Duncan just did that on national TV, just for me, and all I've done is make out with another guy.'' Courtney sobbed, putting her head on Cody shoulder again.
''Courtney, you can't keep beating yourself over this. It's apparent you really care about Duncan. That's all that really matters right now. He'll understand.'' Cody said.
''How- how do you know. What-what happens if he doesn't.'' Courtney stammered.
''I don't, but I trust him enough that he will. It's not like he hasn't done anything bad before.'' he smiled looking at her. She looked up and wiped her eyes.
''You really think so?'' Courtney asked.
''dude just confessed his love for you on national television, I think he'd be willing.'' Cody smiled. She smiled weakly.
"C'mon, I'll take you up to your room.'' he smiled as the two got up. She nodded and put he head on his shoulder again. He put his arm around her as the two walked back into the hotel.