So...it's up to the eleventh episode of All-Stars. Thanks for your review, Ali6132 ("Because the drugs never work, they're gonna give you a smirk cause they got methods of keeping you clean". And Mal just had some mild lust for Amee...but that might've been because he found her prettier when hurt). Sorry, should've noted, I am putting song lyrics, but I accidentally put the a lyric from "Stay Stay Stay" in the last chapter and changed the title at the last minute.

"I close my eyes and the flashback starts, I'm standing there..."

The next episode of All-Stars was terrible. And not just because Courtney arrived at Playa Des Losers in a black mood. Basically, Chris made the group make sundaes for his starving interns (while battling crazy conditions), then later on changed the rules so that they had to eat their own (which Courtney couldn't do). Mal actually caused the elimination again – you see, Courtney had made a chart of her plans for the next few eliminations. She saw Zoey as a major threat and wanted to vote her off next, even telling Gwen that they should shun her and that she had a "cutthroat vibe". I was furious at her. From watching the last season and the last couple of episodes, plus a few fragments of memory of being on the Heroes team with her, I knew Zoey was one of the sweetest people on the show and Courtney shouldn't be saying some of the things she said. Yeah, eliminating Zoey would be a smart move, but she could've just suggested voting her off for being a threat, showing regret about it – maybe Gwen would still go along with her.

Courtney hadn't decided when to boot Mal, still thinking he was the much less threatening Mike. It seemed like she'd kick him off once Zoey was gone. But then, she had told Gwen that she wanted to go to the final two with her, but instead, her chart showed that she'd kick Gwen off once they got to the final three. In her view, she drew Scott with a rat tail, but planned to take him to the final two because he liked her and might let her win. Needless to say, Courtney didn't have many friends at the Playa when she arrived.

As if that wasn't enough, Mal showed her chart to everyone. Gwen was angry that her friend had lied to her, and Scott broke it off with her for drawing him as a rat.

What made the episode so painful was just watching Courtney, showing that she was backstabbing Gwen and denouncing Zoey. The fact that a bird was sick all over Courtney's sundae and that she had to eat it made things even worse.

So...do not judge me when I didn't exactly act welcoming when Courtney walked into the Playa, tears of fury, shame and pain running down her face. Lindsay was the only one who really welcomed her, and well...it was Lindsay. Chances were she'd already forgotten the chart.

"It was just strategy!" Courtney protested. "Anyone would do the same! I don't see anyone treating those two like villains!" She gestured to Heather and Alejandro (who had one arm around Heather and the other around me). Even though I was there, even she couldn't call me a villain. "And they have a lot more to answer for."

"Take a break, princess, and stop acting like a brat." I drawled. "At least they don't pretend they're nice."

Fire blazed in Courtney's eyes. "Don't. Call. Me. Princess." she growled.

"What?" I goaded. "Is it because it reminds you of Duncan? Oh yes, that's right, he dumped you because you were personifying that name too much! And now Scott's done the same, and it's because you, again, put winning over friendship." Like I said, Courtney annoyed me. At least Heather was a villain and proud of it. Alejandro had stopped pretending not to be a villain when there was no point left, but Courtney always denied it, even to herself. Heck, even Justin accepted that he wasn't exactly nice.

This was too much for Courtney to handle, me talking about that. Her eyes shimmered and she left the room.

Heather looked at me approvingly. "Did I seriously just hear you say that to Courtney? You sounded like me!"

I shrugged. "Maybe you're starting to rub off on me. But I save that kind of thing for people who really get on my nerves."

That evening, when Heather and I were in our room, something occurred to me. "Heather?" I said. "I just realized something really weird. Up until I came here, I thought I knew Alejandro completely, but I didn't."

Heather laughed humourlessly. "You've only just figured that out now? Ever since we did this weird three-way dating thing, I thought I was with a completely different guy. Minus the sweet talk and the romantic gestures." She rolled her eyes. "It's because we were competing. Some of us keep our personalities on the island. If you're smart, you act nicer than you really are. You met the reality show Alejandro – now he has no reason to keep back his true colours. He can show exactly how arrogant and ruthless and...tantalizing and tender and..." she realized what she was saying. "And how infuriating he really is."

I narrowed my eyes at her. "So why didn't you act nice in your first season? Don't say you were, I watched the first two seasons. I mean, you alerted most of the other contestants to your personality by reading Gwen's diary for the world to hear and then making sure Justin was the one who got eliminated."

"I was younger." Heather said, although her cheeks went red. "I did try to be nice at first, but you should know that I'm not a patient person. Anyway," she continued, "Why are we talking about this?"

I shrugged. "I said I didn't really know Alejandro half as well as I thought I did, and you said it was because we were in a competition."

"Uh-huh. And besides acting nice, anyone on a reality show has to be competitive to win. The reason why he's not how you thought is because he has nothing to fight against to get his way right now." Heather gave a sigh. "Okay, remind me again why I'm even bothering to explain this to you? Forget me rubbing off on you, it's totally the other way around. I'm not usually this nice."

I laughed. "Don't sound so apologetic about it, Heather, I like you when you listen to me."

A few more memories were drifting back. That evening, just as I was about to say good night to Heather, a memory hit me. "Wait!" I exclaimed. "I remember something!"

Heather sighed. "Let me guess, you won't let me get to sleep until you've told me what it is, right?"

I sighed too. "I'll be honest. A fortnight ago, I was talking to Dawn about not getting my memories back, and she said I should take note each time I remember something." It was true. Dawn didn't just read auras – she was also a very wise person. "So I'll tell you...I remember you being eliminated. I remember Alejandro was going to leave, but he had the immunity idol, and how furious you were when Chris told you that you were going to be the one flushed. And that was the first time Alejandro stood up and proved that he could walk after all that time in the robot suit, too, right?"

"Correct, correct, and correct." Heather said, voice laced with sarcasm. "Now will you shut up and let me get some sleep?"

"Sorry." I muttered. "'Night, Heather."

Gwen and Scott were the next to be kicked off, and arrived at the Playa only a few days after Courtney. The finale was the next day, and every single All-Star was asked to be on the dock at seven in the morning, ready to be taken back to Camp Wawanakwa.

The finale will be next chapter! Please review!