Note- Okay I know I updated not that long ago but I'm going away for the weekend so the next update won't be till Sunday, so I thought I'd post something before I left. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter Nine – Sexy, Right?
"Okay, I got the stuff!" Lindsay says to Courtney, holding up a backpack. Chris has given everyone the afternoon the practise for the talent show, so Courtney and Lindsay have decided to prepare their random acts of kindness for Sierra and Cody.
"Great!" Courtney takes the bag from Lindsay. "Let's find somewhere pretty in the woods. Away from everyone else, and maybe near the creek," Courtney suggests. The two girls wander along the creek in silence, until they find a patch of wildflowers that they decide is the perfect setting for what they're planning. Courtney kneels down and starts pulling things out of the bag. There's a picnic rug from when they'd eaten lunch on BoneyIsland, two mugs Lindsay had taken from the kitchen, and some snacks supplied by Owen.
"How'd you get Owen to give you all this stuff?" Courtney asks, realising just how much food there is.
"Oh, it turns out he had me as his random act of kindness," Lindsay shrugs. After the girls set everything up they go back to camp to collect Sierra and Cody.
"We should blindfold them!" Lindsay suggests excitedly.
"Okay, you do that. I'll just get Sierra to close her eyes," Courtney decides. The girls part ways and Courtney finds Sierra in her cabin practising her yodelling.
"Wow, Sierra, great yodelling!" Courtney interrupts.
"Aw, thanks Courtney! I'm doing it for the talent show!" Sierra grins happily.
"That's nice… I, uh, have a surprise for you. Will you come with me?" Courtney asks.
"Ooh! A surprise!" Sierra claps her hands excitedly. "Okay!"
"Close your eyes," Courtney instructs. Sierra does so and Courtney leads her out of the cabin. She sees Lindsay leading Cody, who has Lindsay's bandanna tied over his eyes. Lindsay gives Courtney a thumbs up. "Don't speak," Courtney whispers to Sierra, not wanting Cody to know she was there yet.
Lindsay and Courtney arrive at the picnic blanket and have Cody and Sierra face each other. Lindsay unties Cody's blindfold.
"Okay, you can open your eyes," Courtney tells Sierra.
"Eeeeeeeeeee!" Sierra squeals excitedly when she sees Cody. She grabs him and gives him a bone crushing hug.
"Aaaaaah!" Cody wails. Sierra finally puts him down.
"Is all this for us?" Sierra asks Courtney. Courtney nods and gestures for her to sit down.
"Enjoy your date!" Lindsay says happily as she and Courtney leave Sierra and Cody to it. Cody groans.
Alejandro groans at the lack of talent on this island. Katie and Sadie are dancing really badly to a Spice Girls song. Leshawna is glaring at them, waiting for them to finish with the CD player so she can use it. Harold is practising his beatboxing and Owen is belching the alphabet. Lindsay is serenading Tyler and killing the song so badly that Alejandro can't even tell what it is. Meanwhile, Tyler has wrapped himself in his yoyo string.
"I need to find a salsa partner…" he says to himself. Of course, he knows exactly who he wants to ask to be his partner, but he can't think of a way to ask her that doesn't involve actually asking her. She's sitting with Gwen on the steps of her cabin, apparently having perfected her talent already. Alejandro steels himself and walks over to them.
"Gwen, Heather," he smiles, making sure he addresses Heather last, lest she think she is important to him.
"Hey, Alejandro," Gwen responds cheerily.
"What are you girls doing for your talent?" he asks.
"I'm not doing anything," Gwen informs him. "Talent shows are lame."
"While I do agree with you Gwen, I also think they can be fun. It's a shame no one here has any talent," Alejandro shakes his head sadly.
"Ugh, speak for yourself! I have plenty of talent." Heather asserts.
"Really, pray tell, what is your talent?" Alejandro questions.
"Dancing. Ballet, to be specific," Heather says snottily. Alejandro lets out a chuckle.
"Ballet? How cute," he laughs.
"It isn't cute!" Heather snaps.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to insult you," Alejandro says mockingly. Heather scowls. "Why don't you show me?" Alejandro proposes.
"Why should I?" Heather retorts.
"Okay, don't worry then. Gwen, since you aren't busy and I don't have a partner for the talent show, would you like to be my partner?" Alejandro asks.
"Uhh…" Gwen starts.
"Don't be ridiculous, Gwen can't dance!" Heather scoffs.
"Why don't we let Gwen decide if she can dance or not?" Alejandro says, looking at Gwen.
"I really can't…" Gwen confirms.
"Such a shame, would you be my partner anyway?" Alejandro asks.
"Oh, this is pathetic! I will do it! But only because I don't want Gwen to make a fool of herself!" Heather declares.
"Heather, I really don't think you are a good enough dancer to be my partner," Alejandro doubts.
"That is not true, and I am going to show you you are wrong! Do you have music?" Heather demands.
"Yes, but Katie and Sadie are using the CD player," Alejandro informs her. Heather huffs and marches up to where Katie and Sadie are still dancing badly. She stops the CD and holds out her hand for Alejandro to give her the music.
"Hey!" Katie and Sadie whine in unison. "We were using that!"
"And I was next!" Leshawna fumes. Alejandro gives Heather his CD.
"Nobody wants to see you shake your fat ass on stage!" Heather says scornfully.
"You did not just say that!" Leshawna growls. She goes to pounce on Heather but Alejandro gets in the way.
"This will not take long, mi amor, it will be soon be proven that Heather cannot dance the salsa," Alejandro soothes. Leshawna swoons and nods. She goes to sit down with Katie and Sadie to watch Heather and Alejandro.
"Did you just call her 'my love'?" Heather accuses as she shuts the CD player.
"Jealous?" Alejandro smirks. Heather presses play.
"In your dreams!" Latin music starts playing and Alejandro grabs Heather and pulls her into a closed hold, catching her off guard. She gasps but quickly composes herself. He raises his eyebrows at her and she purses her lips.
"Are you ready?" he asks.
"I was born ready!" Alejandro starts moving his feet then, and is pleasantly surprised when he finds that not only can Heather follow his lead, she can do with near perfect technique. Heather smirks when she sees the look of shock on Alejandro's face. "Surprised?" she simpers.
"Slightly," Alejandro says, hating to admit he doesn't know everything. "Where did you learn to dance?"
"Courtney forced me to sign up for lessons with her. She quit because she had too much else going on, but I kept going," Heather explains.
"Interesting. Well, let's see how good you really are," Alejandro says. He spins her out and then back in, dipping her then dropping her to the ground where she does the splits. Lifting her to her feet, he spins her so that her back is now to his chest. The two of them are totally into the dance now, forgetting that they supposedly hate each other and that they are being watched by their classmates. Their hips swing in time to the music and the steps seem to be getting more and more complicated. Alejandro takes the opportunity to run his hand down her body and Heather makes no move to stop him.
"Are we watching dancing or pornography?" Leshawna asks Sadie.
"Well, salsa is meant to be like… sexy, right?" Sadie asks.
"Uh, yeah I think so. Plus, in pornography I'm pretty sure they're naked," Katie says. Leshawna rolls her eyes.
Alejandro's lips graze Heather's ear before he flips her back around to face him as the music draws to a close. He drops to one knee on the last chord, pulling her with him so her back rests on the knee he has propped up and their chests are pressed together. Both of them are panting and sweating heavily.
"Well, that was pretty good, I suppose," Alejandro smirks. "You could use some practise though." Heather gives him a fake smile before elbowing him in the stomach. He drops her to the ground.
"Screw you," she says, standing up.
"Does this mean you'll be my partner?" Alejandro croaks. Heather considers him for a moment.
"Yes," she stalks back to her cabin. As she walks up the steps she sees DJ, Ezekiel and Noah sneaking out of Sadie, Katie and Eva's cabin. "What are you three doing?" she calls out suspiciously.
"Uhh… just leaving our random acts of kindness, eh?" Zeke responds. The other two nod in agreement. Heather gives them a look of contempt.
"Whatever," she says, going into her cabin.
"Phew, that was close!" DJ says.
"I still can't believe you guys talked me into this," Noah says.
"Do you want to do a nudie run?" DJ asks. Noah shakes his head. "Thought so. Now where's Duncan?"
"Do you want some more chocolate, Codykins?" Sierra asks. Cody sighs loudly. He knows Lindsay was just trying to be nice, but why couldn't she have got him a date with Gwen?
"No thanks, Sierra," Cody replies lethargically.
"What about lemonade?" Sierra giggles. Cody sighs again.
"No thanks, Sierra," he says.
"Aw, Cody, is everything okay?" Sierra asks sympathetically. Cody sighs again.
"Yeah," he breathes.
"Are you sure? Maybe I can yodel to cheer you up! YOOH…"
"No! Sierra, it's really fine," Cody forces a smile.
"So are we like… a couple now?" Sierra asks.
"I don't think so Sierra… this isn't a real date. It's just a thing that Courtney and Lindsay set up," Cody points out.
"Oh. I guess you're right. Is that why you're so sad?" Sierra asks. Cody just sighs. "Are you sure there's nothing I can do to cheer you up?"
"No…" Cody starts, but then he remembers something. "Actually, yeah. Sierra, can I have your underwear?" he asks. He half expects a slap, at the very least a stern refusal, but hey it's worth a shot. Surprisingly though, Sierra just giggles bashfully.
"Oh Cody! Sure you can have my underwear! But only if you kiss me first!" Sierra states. Cody sighs. What's worse, he wonders, kissing Sierra or having everyone, including Gwen, see me naked?
"Okay," he agrees, deciding the latter is much, much worse.
"Eeeee!" Sierra squeals excitedly. She closes her eyes and puckers her lips. Cody cringes as he leans in, closing his eyes as he gets closer. Their lips touch and Cody wonders how long he has to do this for. Sierra slowly moves her lips and touches his lightly with her tongue. Cody leans in a little closer and Sierra puts her hands on his face. This isn't so bad, Cody thinks, and actually finds himself kissing her back. Sierra is the first one to pull away and Cody slowly opens his eyes to look at her. He stares at her in shock, disturbed to find he'd actually enjoyed the kiss. Sierra grins.
"Was that your first kiss?" she asks, not unkindly, but with a little giggle.
"Uh… yeah," Cody replies with a blush.
"Aw, you're so cute!" Sierra grabs him around the neck and ruffles his hair. "Okay, you can have my underwear now." She starts unbuttoning her pants. "You can look if you want to, but you don't have to," she informs him. Cody politely looks away.
The girls have all decided to go for a swim in the lake so Duncan decides this is the perfect opportunity to sneak into Courtney's cabin. He quickly checks to make sure no one's around before darting inside. He had considered trying to get the underwear Courtney is actually wearing, but immediately deciding against it, knowing that would be the fastest way to a kick in the nuts.
It isn't hard to tell which bag is Courtney's, since the other two bags have things hanging out of them, and he knows Courtney is too much of a perfectionist to be so messy. It also happens that hers is the only bed that has been made. Duncan quickly makes his way to her bag and unzips it, searching through her perfectly folded clothes to find her underwear. It will be pretty obvious to her that someone has been going through her bag, but Duncan intends for her to find out anyway, so he doesn't particularly care.
He finally finds the underwear compartment and pleasantly surprised by what he finds there. He'd been expecting Courtney to be the type to wear extremely practical underwear, but instead he finds they're all made of silk or lace. Obviously expensive, he thinks. He's even more delighted to find black pair made entirely of lace. Curious now, he searches to see if she has a matching bra. Sure enough there's a black bra made from the same material.
Despite knowing he only has a limited amount of time in the cabin before someone comes in to bust him, he can't help but take a moment to imagine her wearing them. Unfortunately for him, in that moment Sierra walks into the cabin. Duncan quickly shoves the panties in his pocket and replaces the bra.
"Uh, hi Duncan," says Sierra, questioningly. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just… leaving a message for Courtney," Duncan says, thinking it isn't quite a lie.
"Aw, how romantic!" Sierra gushes.
"What?" Duncan says. "It isn't a love note!" Duncan denies. "I don't even like her."
"If you say so, lover boy," Sierra winks. Duncan scowls and leaves the cabin.