Author's Notes: Hello everyone! Sorry for the longer wait for this chapter. But on the positive side, this chapter is my first up date of the New Year of 2014! :)

Here's an odd fact for you. Completely by accident, this story's chronology nearly fits with TDA's! Allow me to explain. One of the things that I was worried about was how much time passes, how many days or weeks does this story span over? After watching the intro to the first episode of TDA, I discovered that they say the whole season takes up 42 days. The exact numbering might not be precise but for this story it will be that two days will pass between the events of one episode to the next. So starting with the second aftermath from the first chapter, the number of days this story takes place over will be 24 days not including the finale. I might not be having a chapter take place on each day or I might have several chapters taking place on the same day. I truly don't know yet and this whole thing might change at some point. For the one aftermath episode that I need to worry about, I'm going to count that as the first of the two days in between episode 17 and episode 19.

Now I'm not counting the 1st aftermath as day 1, mainly because that'd mess up this flow of days reflecting canon. Day 1 was Cody returning Gwen's bra and comforting Bridgette. Day 2 was Cody and Gwen playing video games together. As you can hopefully guess, today is Day 3. The 13th episode of Total Drama Action played itself out as Cody and Gwen played "Bullet Barrage" and that means that after they stopped playing someone new was added to the hotel. You'll see whom soon.

So yeah, its Day 3, and you all know what that means…getting back to Bridgette! I will readily acknowledge that of the two girls Bridgette has received far less coverage than Gwen. Hopefully this chapter and the next will make up for that.

Here's the fifth chapter of "A TDA Love Triangle with Betty, Cody, and Gwenny": Breakfast with Bridgette

(Bridgette's POV)

I was looking down at my breakfast, barely able to eat it, despite it looking so good. I was unable to eat most of the fruit, pantries and pancakes sitting on my plate.

Then I hear some commotion and turn my head to see what all the fuss was about. I see four figures at the center of it all. You wouldn't believe the surreal sight that I saw.

"No Izzy! I'm not going to do this here, not in public!" Noah shouts as he desperately tried to escape of the iron-tight hug that said Wild Redhead was easily holding him in.

"And why not in public? That makes it so much hotter…and Izzy likes it hot! And don't you want to end those rumors of you being gay?" Izzy says slyly with an impish smirk.

"Yeah, but not by kissing a girl who belongs in Arkham Asylum right next to the Joker and is seeing someone else!"

"Hey, you're the one who told Izzy about this, and Izzy will not let you weasel your way out of a dare. At least Izzy will kiss you and not beat you for kissing me like Eva would."

I wonder what kind of dare Noah would make that involved Izzy and Eva? It's so bizarre.

"Damn right I would." Eva says bluntly, though her face was a smile at this spectacle.

"And don't worry, my Big O is fine with this. Right my big, hot, succulent slab of man?" Izzy asks Owen, turning his attention away from his first breakfast at this hotel.

"Oh yeah! Make it a long, deep one with tongue!" Owen says, oddly ok with this idea.

I'm deeply puzzled how any guy could be so pleased to have their girl kiss another guy.

Noah was too as he says, "Ok, that's clinches it! You're crazier than Izzy, Owen! This is madness! What the hell is this, some kind of damn hippie commune!? Is this a-ACK!"

Any further protests from Noah vanished when Izzy started kissing him in a deep kiss. I know I shouldn't laugh at it but Noah's chance of expression was just so stinking funny!

His eyes got so big so fast I thought for sure they would burst right out of his head. After nearly a solid minute of kissing, Izzy finally released Noah's lips. When she did, his eyes remained just as big, staring off into space while only blinking for the briefest of seconds.

And realizing that was likely his first kiss made it all the funnier, despite it being wrong.

This is wrong to say but if stuff like this happened every morning from now on here, I would be glad that Owen was the next contestant eliminated from Total Drama Action.

Me laughing like this has recently become something more valuable to me than that million dollar prize they are offering this season. As a result, I savored the chuckles from this experience for as long as I could. It wasn't nearly enough.

With that momentary joy gone, I sigh for at least the hundredth time since waking up.

Look, I really, really don't want to whine. I don't like to think of myself as a complainer, but things are really hectic right now!

I mean it hasn't even been two days since my heart was shattered into a million pieces!

And to make matters worse, I can easily see Geoff on the other side of the cafeteria. Whereas I'm here being sad, he looks like he's having the time of his life at another table eating breakfast…with someone else! With another girl!

I don't know who she is; she's certainly not anyone among the show's cast or crew. She's probably some kind of fan girl of his who got him to pull some strings to let her be here.

If you thought Heather didn't wear a lot of clothing…you should see this slutty scank!

And that's not even counting her….wait? What is she doing? Is she-oh my God! Her hand's under the table, and her arm is moving back and forth…over Geoff's crouch!?

Oh! Do they have no shame!? Did I mean nothing to him that he moved on so fast!?

It took everything in me but somehow I kept myself together without leaving the room. But I was so close to crying that I was thankfully that I was sitting by myself today.

Oh, Geoff! How could you!? Was all of this destined to happen? Did you suddenly become the world's biggest jackass or have I always been the world's biggest fool!?

Yeah, that's what I am, a fool. Played for a fool because he just wanted a first and second base dummy!? Were my lips and boobs all that he cared about!? Is that all I am to a guy!?

No, that's not all I am! I refuse to believe that is all that any guy will ever see in me!

But, but…but why then can't I shake that thought out of my mind, along with Geoff?

I know exactly why…I miss them too much. I miss all of the little joys of Geoff. I miss him smelling my hair. I miss running my fingers along his amazingly chiseled chest and through his perfectly quaffed head. I miss the way he'd nibble on my neck. I miss…

NO! Bridgette, stop it! Don't go back; don't go back! There's nothing there for you.

But, but, but…

Damn it, girl! You're so pathetic!

But, what else do I know?

Looking back on it now, my attraction to Geoff was purely physical. But that and my relationship with Geoff were the closest I've ever gotten to a genuine relationship.

Am I hopeless? Will I ever find a great guy who likes me for things other than my body? Am I really just a slut like that bimbo over their with Geoff? Am I just a…

Gah! I'm so confused!

God, I could really use a friend right now. But, there are not that many here, I think.

And partially, I'm to blame for that. Thanks to my courting and relationship with Geoff, I didn't make that many super close friends during the first season. Shame on me, again!

Even so, I try to remember all of the people who might be friends with me or just nice. After I did, I found myself getting sad all over again. I came up with eight people. Of those, five of them, Beth, Courtney, Harold, Leshawna, and Lindsay were still in TDA. Owen just got here from the game and was likely very eager to catch up with Izzy. And I couldn't burden poor Trent anymore with relationship problems; he's had enough of those this season. That just left DJ, who would be perfect, if it wasn't for yesterday. By chance, DJ found me yesterday and asked me how I was. I tried my best, I really did, but I broke down into tears again as I told him everything that happened with Geoff recently.

Without a second thought, he brought away from here. It turns out that he was planning on spending the day in town with his mother. That made me feel even worse than I did. Now not only I was miserable but I ruining two other people's day with my problems!

But when I tried to back out of it, DJ's mother wouldn't hear a word of it. And I thought Leshawna could be forceful but she's got nothing on DJ's Mama! She can be so scary!

And I was thankful for that since the day I spent with them with the best I had felt since this whole thing started, well, expect for one other thing that came before that. But I'm not ranking the few good moments I've been having recently. It felt so good to be with DJ and his mother. Even though they said that they'd hang out with me as long as I need them, I don't want to burden them. I know I have to try and make it today without them.

Besides, I see both DJ and his Mama are talking with Gwen right now.

So, I was sipping my water now, unable to eat most my breakfast, merely staring at it.

I didn't know why but the only part of my breakfast that I could eat was the chocolate chip pancakes. No, that's not true. I think I know exactly why.

As sad as this likely sounds, its because the gooey chocolate chips melting on my tongue remind me of when I felt the best since this whole nightmare of a breakup happened.

Does that make any sense? I think I heard somewhere that memories can be linked to tastes but I'm not sure if it's true or not.

Either way, whether it's because of science or how pathetic I am, I think back to Cody.

Cody…yeah, if I could confide in anyone other than DJ…it would definitely be him!

But the happy thoughts of Cody disappear when I remember that I tried looking for him yesterday but didn't find him. Well, I did eventually but he was already busy with others.

Should I have expected any different? I mean, I just really met the guy like a day ago. And I doubt even a nice guy like him wants to spend all day consoling the crying girl.

So, despite not knowing how I was supposed to do it, I tried to steel myself being alone. I picked at my sweet chocolate chip pancakes and tried to figure what I was going to do.

As I continued to wallow in my despair alone, I began hearing something. A faint, joyful humming? While odd, I was able to ignore that, until a shape plopped down next to me.

I was shocked, but, though difficult, I stopped myself from reacting as clumsily as I normally would. I've been trying to do that for years but it has never worked before.

Once I saw that the shape who plopped down next to me was Cody, I was very happy that I didn't accidently send him falling to the floor. I still can't believe he was ok with that.

In fact, I kind of can't believe what I'm seeing now. I've never seen him look so…happy.

And given my already surprised state of mind, this only added to that. Maybe I'm too busy being tense and reflective to process this? God, why can't I feel comfortable now!?

I bit my lower lip as I said, "Cody? Look, I don't want to sound mean or rude or anything but what are you doing here…and why do you look so happy today?"

"Just enjoying this fine morning." Cody answered. "Why shouldn't I be happy? Yesterday I spent all day hanging out with Gwen and now she finally sees me as an actual friend."

I smiled a tiny bit, but only that much. Given what he did for me yesterday (technically yesterday since it reached past midnight of the day before that, sorry for being technical), I was very happy to see that Cody was very happy. I just wish that it hadn't been because of Gwen. While nowhere near as bad as Geoff, thinking about her often dampened my mood. I really enjoyed her friendship during TDI but there's no way I could overlook what she did to Trent. Sure, he was acting odd but she at least could have talked to him about it before dumping him and telling his team to vote him off. I know what it feels like to have your heart broken! Trent had to feel like I did when Geoff broke up with me.

Did she even consider his feelings? Was she thinking of anyone's state of mind but hers!?

No, no…stop this Bridgette. It isn't you, despite how angry you are with her.

"And I thought to myself what would be the best way to start today and the answer was to sit next to another very, very lovely lady." Cody said next, bringing me out of my thoughts of Gwen. His words really helped in dismantling any growing bile in me.

Despite myself, I felt my face warm up a bit, likely from a slight blush. Cody must have noticed this since his smile grew…just like my blush when his smile did. "You're sure flirty this morning. Boy, remind me to watch out when you're in a good mood."

"I make no promises." Cody said with a jokey tone and his goofy gap-toothed grin. I laughed. There was something about that missing tooth of his which made me giggle.

Even though he was pleased with me chuckling, his face suddenly seemed more serious. "So, how are you holding up?" He asked.

I know it was a valid question to ask given what's happened to me but it made me sad. "Oh, well, I'm…uh, ok, I guess." I said.

Cody instantly realized that unconvincing lie. "Are you as bad when I found you crying?" He asked, his voice lacking any of its normal goofiness but it had its normal compassion.

"No, no…I'm fi-, its, kinda, like…" I struggled to say before sighing heavily and giving up. " I don't know anymore. It's so hard to tell. Yesterday when I was out with DJ and his mom I was pretty good, all things considered. But ever since returning to here I just feel so down. I know this is the surfer girl in me coming out but I feel like the tide without any moon. I go from low and sad to high and mostly ok without any pattern."

"You don't say?" Cody pondered to himself as he popped a blueberry in his mouth. It was only now that I noticed a small fruit bowl and a glass of milk he had brought with him. "Its funny that you bring up the ocean. You see Bridgette; I have a wee bit of a problem. And you might be the prefect person to help me out. Do you think you'd be able to?"

"Uh…sure, I guess. What's the problem?" I asked with my eyebrow raised.

"Well, having been here for so long and knowing I'll be here for so much longer, last night and this morning I was looking around for things to do outside of the hotel. I found that there was this beach not too far from the hotel grounds, a pretty nice one, actually." Cody said, stopping and looking at me, making sure that I was following him.

"Uh-uh?" I ask; both confused about where he was going with this but naturally interested in a beach. Yeah, I know, I'm such a hopeless surfer girl!

"So I was interested in spending a day at the beach. I even rented a few surfboards; I had heard that today the waves were going to be, uh, what's the word?" Cody said, now it kind of looked like he was trying to stop himself from smirking as he added, "Tubeular?"

Before I know what was happened, I was laughing. I never thought I'd hear someone like Cody use surfer slang, somehow it coming from someone not a surfer made it funnier.

Cody seemed to be pleased by my laughter as he waited for me to finish before continuing. "Now that was all well and good but I realized later that I made a mistake."

"Yeah? What was that?" I asked.

"It's just the darnest thing, really. I end up renting two surf boards for today…and I don't know how to surf." Cody said, again seeming like he was fight smirking for some reason as his voice was so chipper but his body language was so not. It was a little jarring. "And well…I don't seem to know anyone who likes surfing. What am I suppose to do?" Now Cody was losing his fight against his own face as the sides of his mouth turned into a big, goofy grin. "Do you know anyone where who could teach me who to surf, Bridgette?"

Wow, I was stunned. I really was. I must not have answered for like ten seconds or so.

The obvious reason why I was so stunned, of course, was because when I got out of bed this morning I didn't imagine that I'd be invited to go surfing with someone. But there was a much deeper reason…Cody cared enough about my well being to rent two surfboards despite not knowing how to surf and not knowing if I would say yes!?

He did all that…for me!?

"A-uh, are you asking me to go surfing with you, Cody?" I asked, wanting to make sure I was hearing things correctly.

"Eeyup!" Cody said smiling. "I'm asking if you'd like to go surfing with me. Call it a lucky guess but the Codemeister often knows what the ladies want!" Cody added, jarringly switching into that false bravado "cool" façade that he used on Gwen during season one.

I didn't realize it until looking back on the event later but Cody for some reason looked subtly uncomfortable the moment after he started trying to act like a "cool guy". Maybe because of that not feeling comfortable, he started to drink his entire glass of milk.

Not realizing that, a thought entered my head. Unlike most of the ones that I've had since Geoff broke up with me, it made me smile…even though it likely shouldn't have. I can't explain why I did it but there something about Cody's mere presence that lifted much the weight off of back.

Finding my face contorting into a smooth and naughty smirk as one of my hands started moving downward from my chest slowly, I asked, "Are you sure your not just trying to sneak a glimpse of a blonde babe in a bikini before working your way up to getting her…" Pausing, adding a husky whispering hum, I finished, "au naturale, Codemeister?" I then slightly swayed my hips still in my seat for emphasis.

As I had planned, Cody did a spit-take with his milk. He was now coughing in shock.

Feeling so good despite knowing I shouldn't, I stared at Cody as nonchalantly as I could. But despite my best efforts, my smooth grin scrunched up into a probably goofy smile. Unable to keep up the façade, I started giggling in a way I haven't since I was a little girl. For at least a minute, I felt all of my sorrows vanish within a tirade of absurd laughter.

Oh, Bridgette, you are such a cad!

As I laughed, part of me wondered if I should be concerned about that. Should I be worried that Cody is just trying to play me to get into my underwear? After all, he's a known horn-dog and as far as I know he still has Gwen's bra from Total Drama Island. It was a concern…but I don't think I have to worry about that. Remember, he's into Gwen. And as much as I didn't like thinking about it, its good to know he and Gwen are closer. Even though I'm still mad at her for what she did to Trent, I almost wish that she'd hook up with Cody so the sweet guy actually gets the girl for once. I'd like Cody to be happy. It's the least that I could wish for him; he's quickly becoming a close friend. Maybe I can finally have a guy friend from past elementary school who doesn't just want to make out?

After that internal debate was sorted out, I return my attention to the present moment. I almost died! It was just so funny and cute!

Cody had suddenly clamed up with a face that looked like he's just drunk a jumbo-sized bottle of hot sauce. He was stumbling over his words, trying desperately to say that it wasn't his intention at all and he just wanted to make me feel better after my break up. Every now and then a few reluctant, clinging coughs would leave his worried throat.

Suddenly, just like last time, my joy was replaced with guilt.

Stupid, stupid Bridgette!

He's only trying to help you, and you desperately need it, I might add, and you try to make him squirm for your own sick amusement! Plus he was probably working extra hard to make sure that he didn't come across that way since you know about what he did with Gwen on the island. Are you just as bad as Gwen!? What kind of harlot are y…

No….no….could it be, be that Geoff was right? Am I just a harlot who's in denial?

Oh, of course I am! How could I not be when I'm the one who brought up bikinis!?

I hand Cody my glass of water, which he eagerly accepts and drinks down quickly. That seemed to end his coughing spell. I was thankful for that. When he regained control of his breathing I attempted to say, "Ca-Cody, I…" before stopping dead in my verbal tracks. It took me a few seconds before I attempted to speak again.

"I-I'm really sorry Cody. I feel like massive sack of crap now. It doesn't justify it but I'm so use to teasing and being kind of flirty with my friends. I've been just 'one of the guys' for so long that I sometimes act like them." I said, rubbing one of my arms in shame. Then the shame became too much and as I grabbed Cody's hands, I add, almost madly shouting, "Oh, you probably want nothing to do with me! But, can you please, please, please, forgive me!?" And I'm not just pretending here; I felt so deeply ashamed.

Cody looked just as stunned as before. But then he seemed to regain control of himself.

"E-I-It's ok, Ba…Br-Bridgette." Cody finally said, clearly just trying to be nice.

"No, it's not ok! I'm making you feel so embarrassed when you have no reason to be!" I said with my voice occasional cracking.

I don't know what it was that did it. Maybe it was hearing the duress in my voice or maybe he just got over it on his own? Whatever the reason, Cody seemed to recover after that.

As he gave my hands a gentle comforting squeeze, he said to me as nicely as he could, "Really Bridgette, its ok. I know your just teasing. And if teasing me makes you feel any better, then by God, tease me until I give off enough heat to be called a red dwarf star!"

I laughed at that. He was so goofy yet earnest. Cody sure had a way of making me laugh.

"A-are you sure, Cody?"

"Yup! I'm fine with anything if it helps you." He says, without a moment's delay.

For how long, I don't know, neither Cody nor me say anything. Instead, I just smile.

I hope I don't sound gushing but wow! If he's ok with me teasing him, I better make sure to limit teasing him. He's far too good a guy to tease excessively! Or at least…too much.

Cody coughed before saying, "Uh, Bridgette. Could I, uh, have my hands back, please?"

I had honestly forgotten that I was still holding his hands. Instantly, I released them.

Cody's face developed a new confident smirk as he said, "I'm sure you'll get in more jabs than me, but I think the teasing sparing match will not be as one-sided as I thought."

Feeling the warmth coming off of my blush, I realized that he was right.

"Come on, my fellow red dwarf!" Cody says as he rose to his feet. "Let's hit the waves!"

Thankful to him for getting us back on track, I rose to my feet as well. After throwing out whatever I didn't eat, I asked, "How long till your ready and where are we meeting?"

"I won't need long, less than ten minutes. How about we meet at hotel's bus stop in like fifteen minutes after putting our swimwear under our normal clothes for the bus ride?"

"Great! I'll see you then. And again," I say as we were walking out of the cafeteria before stopping at just about the doorway. Looking at him has thankfully as I could, I added, "Thanks Cody. You have no idea how much this means to me. You saved my day."

"No problem, Bridge. Seeing you happy and learning how to surf will save my day too."

"Oh, as for seeing me in a bikini, you aren't allowed to enjoy it…too much." I teased.

"Again, I make no promises." Cody teased back with a smirk.

We both laugh as we part ways to head to our rooms to change.

Reaching my room, I searched through the swimsuits I had brought with me. I had in mind which one I wanted to wear. As I put it on, I chuckled at how Cody was after I teased him. For some reason, my face suddenly felt much warmer than it just had.

Some thoughts were buzzing around in my brain…thoughts about a certain someone.

Even with the guilt of having gone too far with him and my determination to restrain myself, I found myself so much lighter in spirit as I changed into my swimwear.

I didn't have the time or inclination to analyze the buzzing thoughts. Even so, there was one idea among that I was pretty sure I understood just fine without going deeper.

Maybe it was because…I wouldn't mind if Cody checked me out in this bikini?

And that's finally a chapter with everyone's favorite beautiful blonde surfer girl as the focus! Again, I'm sorry for the wait but I hope this chapter was worth the wait.

I'm worried that some might see my portrayal of Bridgette had fickle or shallow or contradicting. So, please allow me to explain myself. She has just gotten through a nasty break up and is still reeling from it. Plus, as her endless making out with Geoff showed, she certainly likes to be physical in a relationship. Now, there's nothing wrong with that. After all, all people, to a degree, like to be physical in relationships. Hell, the urge to get physical is often times the first and sometimes strongest motivation for that. So when someone likes that more than others, it's not a reason to automatically shun them. As I've hopefully shown, that's a part of Bridgette's nature but it's not the only part. This is why Bridgette teases Cody and finds amusement in it but then she almost instantly feels ashamed for doing so. I almost see Bridgette has this really great girl with an incredible personality who is also very vulnerable to pleasures and desires of the flesh that sometimes overpowers her personality, at least for very brief periods. Also, Bridgette does have that kind of tomboy vibe so it would make sense that she had a tendency towards playful teasing. Now that I'm looking this over, I'm not entirely sure that this paragraph makes sense. Let me know if it does or not, ok?

As you know, the next chapter of this story will be Cody learning how to surf from Bridgette, with the chapter chancing between the two character's points of view. However, there's a problem. I know NOTHING about surfing! Seriously, nothing. So if anyone reading this has even the vaguest idea about how surfing works, please for the love of God send me a PM telling me whatever you know! Any information at all will help me get out the next chapter sooner since I wouldn't need to spend as much time researching the basics of surfing while having nothing to compare it to.

Regardless of whenever the next chapter for this story is uploaded, please: read, review, alert, favor, and spread the word!