(None of the characters of this story are mine. They belong to the creators of Total Drama. All copyrights belong to them.)
A.N: I know I'm not the greatest at writing these. My grammar is off, but I'm trying my best. I do appreciate all of your reviews. Thank you very much. As I said, I'll do my best. The Italic in the first paragraph is a flashback by the way.
-This is a DxC and GxT type of story.
Getting Back True Love Chapter 5
Courtney woke up, not snuggled by Duncan, but sleeping on the other side of the tent, farther away from him. After she had snuggled up to Duncan, she removed herself. "I don't want to give you the wrong impression Duncan. I still like Trent, a lot. I'm not like all of you. I can't move on so easily like the rest of you can." With that she walked away and moved to be far away from Duncan, knowing he would be mad if she stayed by his side. She walked to Anne, who was sleeping with her book to her chest. "Anne, wake up." The girl moved a bit, but fell back to sleep. Courtney called to her again, but the one who woke up was Duncan. "Hey, Trevor, get up. I don't want to be in this stupid tent anymore." Trevor got up, and walked to the fire pit with Duncan. "What happen? Why are you mad?" said Trevor. Duncan didn't respond, he just started packing up all of their things that were outside near the tent. When Courtney and Anne got out with all of sleeping bags, Duncan yanked his and Trevor's away from Courtney, and began bringing down the tent. Once everything was ready, Duncan and Trevor walked back to base camp, with Courtney and Anne following slowly behind. "We could be going faster if Princess didn't have to walk so slowly." Anne looked at Courtney and said, "This is gonna be a long day for you Courtney, isn't it?" Courtney nodded slowly.
Trent woke Gwen from her sweet slumber. Gwen smiled at him, and removed herself from his arms. She woke up Desiree and Michael. They woke up and helped Trent and Gwen get everything ready before they left. Desiree and Michael picked up all of their equipment while Gwen and Trent got the tent. They were already for the day's journey. Michael was picking up bugs, and showing them to Trent. "Can I see?" said Desiree. Michael showed her a butterfly. "You're not gonna keep it, are you?" The little boy saw the tears Desiree was about to release, "I'll put it back, if you want." She smiled and he let it go. Gwen took Trent's hand and smiled at him. "They are so cute together." said Trent. She squeezed his hand, seeing the smile had grown bigger. Desiree then began humming a song, Trent sang along to her, and Michael shortly followed. They looked at Gwen who said, "I don't like pop music." Desiree gave her a glare and said, "It's Amy Winehouse. She's Jazz. Bruno Mars also sang it. But Amy sang it first." Trent then smiled at Desiree's knowledge of music. "Gwen has a different taste, but I'm sure if she heard the song, she might consider it." Michael looked at her and said, "I'm not much of an ear for Jazz. But my mom usually sings this song to me." Gwen felt awkward, "I actually do know Amy Winehouse, I'm just not too familiar with that song." Trent squeezed her hand, "Not many people are." Michael came across a unique type of bug, which he absorbed, but didn't pick it up. "It's a rare and dangerous bug. It is best if I just leave it there." Everyone nodded in agreement. Desiree put her hand on his shoulder and said, "I know you would love to take it, but it's for your own good." He smiled at her.
Courtney and Duncan arrived with Trevor and Anne. Anne and Trevor sat with everyone else of their group age to eat breakfast. Duncan sat with Geoff and Bridgette, while Courtney sat by herself at the far end of the table. "What happen, man?" said Geoff. "Princess over there ruined everything when we cuddled after the kids fell asleep. It only lasted a minute, before she started thinking of Elvis again. I don't get it. Why does she still like him?" Bridgette looked at the depressed Duncan, "Well, they did share a year of romance together. I think she just needs time." Duncan looked at Courtney who was now talking to Trent and Gwen. "I don't know, but I just wish all of Total Drama World Tour didn't happen, then maybe things would have been good." Bridgette walked towards Courtney. She tapped Courtney's shoulder and said, "Do you have a minute?" Courtney got up and walked outside with her. "Duncan is really depressed about you not being over Trent." Courtney looked at Bridgette. "You're kidding me, right? It's only been two weeks since Trent cheated on me. I'm sorry for not being able to move on fast." Courtney just laughed at how ridiculous it was that everyone was just trying to move quickly on. "I know, Court. I think you should tell Duncan that." "I did! (sigh) I'm just trying to think about what is really important in my life. Like, finishing college, or becoming a politician." Bridgette looked at Courtney smiling saying, "Courtney, your dad's a-" "Nope, don't say it. I'm trying to avoid my parents' lifestyle."
"My parents have never been normal, per say, but I plan to live a perfectly normal life." Courtney tells the confessional.
Bridgette smiled at her, "Sometimes what we want all our life, isn't what we need in that moment." Courtney wrapped her arm around Bridgette's shoulder. "We should go back to eat." They walked back together and Chris McLean came in.
Alright campers, on day two, you will need to entertain your little campers. You need to have the little campers well entertained. So now, everyone, go ahead, and don't make them angry.
As the squirrels all moved on their own ways, Leshawna suggested, "Why don't we all get together and find something for them to do?" Everyone turned around and cheered. Trent then looked at Courtney, "You used to be a counselor. What should we play?" Courtney smiled at Trent and Duncan automatically butted in, "How about tug-of-war?" All the kids cheered. It was gonna be boys against boys, and girls against girls. Whichever team won after was gonna compete in a unisex challenge of it. The teams were in a group, Duncan, Trevor, Alejandro, Damian. Geoff and his buddy Lyle would go with the winner. On the other team, Trent, Michael, Harold, and Andrew. For the girls, it was Gwen, Desiree, Courtney and Anne. The other was Leshawna , Alex, Heather and Ursula. Bridgette and Misty waited for one of the teams to win. On the tug-of-war, Duncan and Alejandro won, and Gwen and Courtney did too, but Courtney did something she would later be thankful for, "Why don't we have Trent, Harold and Geoff come with us, You guys can have Leshawna, Bridgette and Heather." Everyone got ready for the challenge. Soon, the war extended to canoeing, racing and many more things. It was so much fun, the kids forgot they were hungry until it was almost seven at night. They all went to the cafeteria and had dinner together. The squirrels had kids crying over their shoes, and clothes getting dirty. Later, when everyone was finished, they each went to their own bunks.
Trent and Gwen had the kids sleep on their beds, while they slept on sleeping bags on the floor. Gwen had the kids take a shower, then she and Trent took theirs, individually of course. Once they were done, they settled everything for their night's sleep. The kids of the people sharing their bunks kept nagging that they wanted to go home. Trent had had enough and he told the kids to go outside. He had them all make a circle and he began to sing to them. After a few hours, they went back inside and started to tell stories about how school was going. "Are you going to college, Trent, or are you gonna work with Courtney's dad?" said Desiree. "Why would you work with Courtney's dad?" Gwen looked at Trent. "Because her dad is-" tried to say Desiree, until Trent started singing Gwen and his song. Gwen was suspicious but she notice the kids were all snoring and she fell asleep as well.
Courtney and Duncan did the same as Trent and Gwen. They gave the beds to the kids, and they took the sleeping bags. They also showered before going back to sleep. Trevor then asked Duncan, "Can you tell us the scary story again?" Duncan smiled and saw Jo, Brick and their juniors turn to look at him. "My pleasure." smiled Duncan. Duncan told the story, and left everyone in the bunk scared again, except Courtney who was listening to her song with Trent. Duncan was so mad, he just turn away from her, cursing at Courtney in his mind. He couldn't blame her though. She was in love with a guy who was actually there for her. Maybe that's what Courtney needed. A person that was actually there to listen to her. 'But I've always listened to Courtney. I went mad for one day because of listening to her. She just needs to loosen up.' thought Duncan. Courtney put down her PDA and fell asleep. Tomorrow he would do his best to loosen Courtney up.