Here's chapter two! Thank you for the wonderful reviews, favs, and follows! Because of you, I couldn't stop smiling for like an hour! Not sure of exactly the path this chapter will take but I know that TDI will start in this one.
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Total Drama, but I write fanfictions instead.
Kiss Of Death Ch. 2
The Arrival
Cody waited at the dock near his house for the boat that was supposed to pick him up and take him to Total Drama. He kept thinking of his father's warning, and figured the only way to not hurt anyone was to act like he was trying-and failing-to be cool. He could do this.
He made it through the rest of the school year without any incidents, but a couple times he had come too close for comfort. He vowed never to hurt anyone, and he planned to keep it that way.
Cody saw the boat coming and figured that he might as well start his act now.
"You Cody Anderson?" the driver asked.
"Yeah, man. This is he!" Cody said, attempting-and purposely failing-to be cool.
"Get on then! We're running late!" the driver yelled.
When the island came into view, Cody gasped. The first thing he saw was a cliff that he figured to be at least 1000 feet tall. As he came closer, he noticed that there were some crappy cabins in place of what were supposed to be beautiful five star hotels.
"Um, dude? Is this where we're staying?" Cody asked
"Yeah. I heard the other contestants said the same thing. If you don't like it, I can take you back, but I really don't want to spend any more time with you than I already have!" the captain replied harshly.
"No problem, dude! It's cool!" Cody reassured the driver.
When he arrived on the Dock of Shame, he saw some pretty girls already there, especially a beautiful Goth girl with black hair and teal highlights. No, snap out of it, Cody! You need to focus! That means, no crushing, he thought to himself.
"Cody! The Codester! The Codemeister!" Chris announced. Cody took a deep breath, which was unnoticeable to anyone else.
"Great to be here, man! I see the ladies have already arrived!" Cody tried to talk to some of the ladies, but was turned down every time. Good, he thought. Let them think I'm just a wannabe ladies' man.
Then, Cody saw a boy with bright teal eyes. Was he an Amante Mortale? Cody stood next to him, his name was Duncan, but didn't feel anything, so he figured he wasn't one. He hoped there was going to be one, so he wouldn't be alone.
After all 22 campers were introduced, Cody was a little disappointed-and a little worried. He was the only Amante Mortale there. Worst of all, his favorite girl (Gwen) had beautiful onyx eyes, meaning she definitely wasn't one. Nobody even had any shade of blue eyes, except a, dumb, blonde bombshell (Lindsay), that punk kid Duncan, a supermodel (Justin), and Cody himself. The only teal that matched his eyes were the streaks in the Goth's hair. He heard her name was Gwen. She was so beautiful. He just wanted to hold her and kis- No! Stop it! He sighed quietly. This was going to be a long summer.
After the teams got their cabins, Cody was meeting his guy teammates. There was Trent, a really nice guitarist who also had eyes for Gwen, but with one difference—Gwen actually may have a crush on him. There was Owen, a big goofball who was probably one of the happiest guys on the planet. Then there was Justin, the model, who had every girl-and Owen-in love with his looks. He never said much. Lastly there was Noah, the sarcastic bookworm. He just read the whole time pretty much. As far as the girls that were on his team, they had Lindsay, the blue eyed, blonde-haired, bimbo, Beth, a good natured brace-face, Heather, the queen of mean, but a beauty just the same. They also had Leshawna, a dark-haired, dark-skinned girl with a huge, but endearing, attitude, Katie, a skinnier, but possibly dimmer, version of a girl on the other team. And they had Gwen. Cody was both happy and frustrated about being on the same team as Gwen. For one, she was the most beautiful girls on the whole island, possibly the world, in his eyes. That was also a problem. He just had to get placed on the team with the only girl who he wanted to kiss, but for her life, he couldn't.
Justin and Lindsay were the only ones on his team that had any shade of blue eyes. For obvious reasons he couldn't just ask them if they were also Amante Mortales. If they were, which he didn't think they were, that would be great. He would have someone to talk to. But Lindsay probably wasn't one. One, her eyes were a sky blue, not teal, and two, she already looked to have a crush on a boy on the other team. Justin probably wasn't one either. His eyes were also too blue. Oh well, Cody sighed inwardly. Maybe it's better if I'm alone. Then if something happens… no. I won't let that happen.
"Why are you so quiet all of a sudden?" Owen asked Cody.
After a moment of mental "What-do-I-do" panic, Cody replied "Just thinkin' about the ladies, man! We sure do have some good ones on our team, huh?"
Owen thought for a moment. "Yeah, but the Killer Bass have that pretty red-head, and she is sooo smokin' (wolf whistles)!" Cody honestly felt nothing resembling love towards Izzy. Fear, yes, but romance, no. He figured it was a good thing.
"Oh, you mean Izzy? Yeah, she's so totally nuts, you two would be quite the couple!" Trent spoke up from the bed across from Owen. He said it with a genuine smile.
Part of Cody thought "Aw man! How do I compete with that!" while another part thought "Good thing he's my competition. I know I'm good with girls, but this guy's better."
"…Cody?" Someone said from across the cabin.
"Wha?" Cody said back. He was too lost in thought to hear them.
"I said…" Trent started "Which girl do you like? I know you like one of them, you were just thinking about someone."
"Honestly, Trent…" Cody didn't want to tell his new friend that they liked the same girl. "I was deciding which one. A lot of them are crazy hot!"
"Yeah, and most are just plain crazy." A voice said from the bunk above Cody.
"Oh, hey Noah. I didn't see you there! You mean Izzy?" Cody asked.
"No, I meant the other psycho redhead on the island." Noah said with his classic sarcasm.
"There's another psycho redhead on the island?! One is bad enough!" Justin said, oblivious to sarcasm, apparently.
"Well, I guess I should make sure the ladies have found their cabin alright." Cody said with his tone he had adopted when "trying" to be cool. The others, with the exception of Justin, and the inclusion of Cody, knew that the girls' cabin was just next door.
Cody wasn't actually going to see the girls. In fact, he wanted to keep his distance as much as possible to not risk getting too close to any of them. Yep, it sure was going to be a long summer.
Cody kept walking until he reached the woods. He went deep into the woods, away from any cameras. He sat down on a fallen tree and just thought. He thought about the summer, he thought about what he could and couldn't do, he thought about his parents, he thought about his life. He remembered how simple his life was a couple months ago. It had occurred to him that his parents just really didn't him to have a girlfriend or something yet when they told him, being April Fool's Day and all. But he knew that it was real. He thought about the look on his mother's face as she ran out of their kitchen crying, the look on his father's face as he told Cody about his first-and last-kill. Now Cody wished that he had never auditioned for Total Drama.
He needed to tell someone. He needed to say what he was, someone to confide in. Someone who…
*BOOM* Cody heard an explosion somewhere on the other side of the woods, followed by seeing some trees being toppled over. Then he heard the laugh of a certain psycho hose beast. Man she's crazy, he thought. I bet she could say anything and… It dawned on Cody. Nobody would believe her. I could tell Izzy. I just need to find her, and not get blown up in the process. With that, Cody got up, and walked off to find Izzy.
Yes! Chapter 2 done! Will Cody tell Izzy what he really is, or will he chicken out? Stay tuned for the next chapter of Kiss of Death! It should be up within the next two or three days.