Okay, I want to dedicate this chapter to my little brother, he's the one to blame for my sick and twisted obsession with TDI, and Shadowgrl, who's always there for me. Sorry for the lame title, I couldn't come up with anything better.

Thank you to those who read and those who read and review. Thank you.

Inked!

Chapter 4
Saturday Night Fever

Gwen took a look in the mirror. She was wearing a dark green tank top, a black leather skirt, fishnets and black boots.

"I hope I don't look like a…", she ran her fingers through her hair.

"You don't", her mother said from the door frame. "You look good. You should be excited".

"I am, but I am nervous too", she sat on the edge of the bed and let her mother brush her hair. "You remember that boy I talked you about?", she put her hands together on her lap, playing with her own fingers. "He's going to be there".

"So?"

"I don't know what to do, or say…", she turned to see her mother, whom stopped what she was doing. "I think I still have feelings for him".

"Then you should try to get him back", the woman patted her on the head. Both of them turned to the hall, Gwen's brothers were naked playing around the house with water guns. "Don't make a mess!", her mother yelled rushing behind them.

When she was left alone in her room, Gwen turned to the mirror one last time. She had never felt so nervous before, on top of that she didn't know how to act. Her nothing-happens-here front was gone and she didn't know how to handle the situation properly.

"Gwen! Someone's here!", her mom shouted out.

She went downstairs wondering who it could be. The goth stood still on the last step of the stair as she saw Trent standing in the living room. She thought he looked good, with his black jeans and a light green long-sleeved t-shirt. He had his hands in his pockets and was looking down, he seemed tense.

"There you are, girl!", Leshawna jumped out of nowhere. "You look good. Come on, let's go", they both walked arm chained to the outside.

There were two cars parked in front of her house. She recognized Trent's car right away, and then she saw Duncan sitting on the hood of the other car. The punk shamelessly checked her up and down and smiled, which made Gwen roll her eyes and Trent frown.

"Come on, guys! We're going to be late!", Courtney hurried them. Gwen didn't even notice she was there too until she spoke. "You look good, Gwen", she told the goth, who smiled and thanked the compliment.

Leshawna winked at her before getting in Duncan's car. She frowned slightly when she got the hang of the trick. There was nothing left but to get into Trent's car and try to act normal.

They followed Duncan's car, and arrived to Owen's place quite fast, partly because they had to keep up with the punk's speed.

Owen welcomed them and gave them a small tour in the garden. There was a fountain, a pool, several wooden and stone benches and three tables with plenty food and drinks. He also told them they would wander freely inside the house if they wanted. The fat guy didn't need to repeat it to Duncan, who almost immediately lead Courtney inside the house, while the other headed to where the other ex-campers were. Chris and Chef Hatchet were also there. The first was having fun with everyone, but the chef scared everyone off whenever they got close to have a snack from any of the tables.

After having a few drinks, Gwen sat down on a stone bench placing her palms on both sides of her face and then on her forehead. She was dazed and could almost see everything around spin fast. A thin layer of sweat covered her skin, though the night was pretty chilly.

"Gwen?", someone asked as they approached her slowly. "Are you okay?", she couldn't tell who it was until the boy was leaning on her, quite close to her face.

"I don't feel okay", she answered to Cody, who kneeled next to her. He gently touched her forehead and then put his drink on it. "What are you doing?", Gwen asked confused and surprised.

"You're hot", he said. Seconds later he laughed and explained, "Well, more than figuratively, seems like you got fever or something".

She shrugged slightly and closed her eyes, Cody's drink felt refreshing but after a few minutes it was as warm as she was. He got up without saying a word; when he came back he had a few ice cubes wrapped in his handkerchief.

"I hope this makes you feel better", he said putting it on her forehead, the contact made her startle, but immediately she closed her eyes again smiling and thanking him.

They stayed like that for a long time. Gwen was surprised that Cody wouldn't talk nonstop, thinking of that she remembered how he set her and Trent up on one of the challenges back in Total Drama Island. Again she smiled and realized how cute and tender Cody really was; nevertheless he still wasn't her type at all. Now, for her, he was a friend, instead of an annoying little brother.

Soon she fell asleep. It was one of those naps that don't take long but make you feel you had the best sleep of your life. She still had Cody's handkerchief with the ice on her forehead. Gwen took it with one hand as she tried to sit up.

"Are you okay?", now Trent asked, he had taken Cody's place. This made her snap out of her drowsiness.

"Yeah. I feel better", Gwen tried to stand up, but Trent didn't let her.

"Cody told me you were feverish", he looked her in the eyes and grabbed both of her hands. "Maybe I should take you home", Trent suggested.

Gwen smiled and shook her head negatively. Though she hadn't hung out with everyone at the mixer like she should have, she still wanted to stay. She hoped it wasn't too late to have fun.

She looked calm, but inside she was giddy, confused and sad, on the other hand she also felt excited and tingly all over.

"What's wrong, Gwen?", he asked staring at her with his green eyes.

She blushed and tried to look away, but in the end decided not to. It wasn't like her to avoid situations. The goth sighed and opened her mouth several times without pronouncing a thing before she could manage to get a word out of herself.

"I am sorry", she spoke softly. "I don't know how to act or what to do", she explained. By the look in Trent's face she knew he had understood what she meant, she continued speaking, "It was hard for me, you know. And now that I see you again, I think I lost it. All that I felt came back at once and stronger", she blushed shrugging a bit.

Gwen was embarrassed of letting him know her feelings, but there was no other way to actually fix the whole situation. They both heard a noise from behind them, it was Cody who came back looking for both. Next thing they knew, Chris had the great idea of doing some challenges, all for the old times and a big sum of money. Nobody gave in right away, though in the end they did with renewed hopes on winning.

"So how is it going to be?", Leshawna asked quite suspicious. Chris wouldn't be so nice with them, unless it involved his twisted ways to have fun at their expenses.

"Let's reunite the Killer Bass and the Screaming Gophers", the host said enthusiastic. They formed two groups in front of him still kind of doubtful. "Let's pick the first contestants randomly", he covered his eyes with one of his palms and then pointed out two players with the other hand. The chosen one from the Killer Bass was Harold and from the other team Chris picked Gwen. "Now, get yourselves ready to have fun!", he said making Trent and Cody look at each other. "You'll have to swim across the pool five times, have some shots and swim another five times. Good luck, guys!".

Gwen bit her lower lip when Chris told them they had to swim in underwear. She slowly unzipped her skirt and took off her blouse, convincing herself that she didn't look as bad as Harold in underwear. And the sooner it started, the sooner it'd end. Someone whistled making her turn, but she couldn't tell who did it. Trent and Cody also looked around to find out who it was.

"Ready, guys?", Chris asked them. Gwen and Harold nodded, each standing on the edge of the pool waiting for the host's signal to start the challenge. "On your marks... Set...", both leaned forward. "Go!!".

First they were head to head, but Gwen got ahead in their third lap. All her team was cheering her, except Heather, who was filing her nails and yawned occasionally. She got dizzy when she got out of the water, almost losing balance and falling down, thankfully for her team she managed to run to the table where Chris was awaiting for them and Chef Hatchet was serving the shots. Harold and her drank as fast as they could, finishing at the same time.

"Seems like it'll be a tie!", Chris said crossing his arms. "That's going to be a problem".

"Like it's hard for you to think of new tortures", Leshawna muttered.

In the very moment Gwen and Harold jumped into the pool again, he puked all over making the males gasp and the girls gag. Gwen tried not to second Harold's actions, nevertheless it was hard while swimming with all the barf around floating in there. She had to focus on winning using all her will to go against the need to vomit and complete the five laps. Once she got out of the water, she ran towards the fountain to rinse off herself. The Screaming Gophers surrounded her cheering and jumping in excitement. Geoff and Tyler helped Harold get out of the water dragging him to one of the benches. Leshawna sneaked to be with him for a bit, taking advantage of the fact that not all his other teammates were around.

"That's one for the Gophers", Chris shook his head.

In the meantime Owen got a towel for Gwen, Chris explained the next challenge and its rules. The next pair of victims went to the places the host told them and started to compete.

"Are you okay, Gwen? You look pale", Cody asked rubbing her back.

"How can you tell when she's pale or not?", Heather mumbled rolling her eyes and leaving to watch the challenge. She pulled most of the team along with her.

"Are you sure you don't want to go home?", Trent had picked up her clothes and folded them. She shook her head taking her clothes to put them on; when she was dressed up again she towel-dried her hair.

Everything was fun for a while. She watched the competition from afar because she felt too dizzy and heavy to stand up, on top of that she started to feel cold but her body was too hot. It came Trent's turn, so he left her alone hoping it wouldn't take long. The last thing she saw was his back as he walked towards Chris and Geoff.

Gwen opened her eyes slowly, she didn't recognize the roof of the room, therefore tried to sit up to look around and remember where she was, but her heaviness prevented her from doing it.

"You should rest a bit more", someone whispered to her. She couldn't tell who it was because the room was too dark, although she knew it was a guy. He leaned over to peck her quickly on the lips and kept on whispering stuff to her until she fell asleep.

She frowned as she felt the warmth of the sun on her face. Gwen rolled on the bed nearly falling down to the floor.

"Hey! Easy", Trent held her pushing her gently back on the bed. "You scared everyone last night", he removed a streak of hair from her forehead. "Especially me".

"What happened?"

"You don't remember?", he questioned quite shocked. "You fainted while I was competing against Geoff", he explained still unable to believe she couldn't remember such thing.

"Who won?", she asked suddenly remembering the challenges and the prize.

"Seems like Owen's born under a lucky star", Gwen gasped and then smiled after listening his words. "In the end he won, and he will be throwing another party next week", she smiled widely.

"Maybe he was the best to win", she said as she got up. "Did you stay here all night?", the question made him blush a little.

"Yeah. When I was told you were here I rushed to be by your side and stayed here", neither of them could look at each other. He scratched the back of his head, it had been a long time since he last felt nervous. "Come on, I'll take you home".

They left the room walking silently through the halls. Some rooms had their doors open revealing awkward panoramas, for instance Owen sleeping naked on his bed surrounded by canned food and chip bags. They tried not to laugh, but when they burst out in laughter when they got into Trent's car.

They felt good with each other for the first time since they met again, and each of them held hope to have the chance of a brand-new start.