Author's Note: I'll put the votes for each couple to the right of their names, and an "X" for them being voted off on the left.
X-Izzy and Owen-3
-Heather and Justin-40
X-Lindsay and Tyler-0
X-LeShawna and Harold-4
X-Beth and Cody-4
X-Eva and Ezekiel-0
-Bridgette and Geoff-44
-Gwen and Trent-96
-Courtney and Duncan-118
X-Sadie and DJ-2
-Katie and Noah-43
"Welcome to the TDC prom!" Chris exclaims. "But this isn't your normal prom. It's really part of a contest." The campers groan. "Oh, shut up. Alright, this is a dance-off. Whoever is last standing wins. And they win… a fantastic prize! Chef and I will alternate slow songs and fast songs, so you get tired faster." Chris chuckles. "Oh, and you can only take drinks of punch during slow songs." Chef grins evilly at the mention of the punch. Weird.
"Let's get this party started!" Geoff shouts. Chris starts the first song: I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) by Pitbull. A fast song. The couples start dancing.
"Chef and I will keep a good eye on you! Any cheating will not be tolerated!" Chris shouts over the blasting stereo.
I know you want me,
You know I want cha,
I know you want me,
You know I want cha.
One, two, three, four.
Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro.
Next, a slow song begins. It's Never Say Never by The Fray.
You can never say never,
Why we don't know when.
Time and time again,
Younger now than we were
't let me go,
Don't let me go,Don't let me go.
Courtney signals Duncan towards the buffet table. They slow-dance over there, and Courtney picks up a cup of punch. She sips it, and spits it out in a mist, all onto the floor.
"Gross! There's salt in this!" she exclaims. Chef bursts out laughing.
"Um, right," Chris announces over the music, "Some of the cups of punch have salt in them. You have to sip them to test them for salt. But don't worry, there are cups without salt. After all, we don't want any lawsuits for dehydration." Most of the campers roll their eyes. Others sigh in a huff. Some campers start to dance over to the punch table to find some good punch for when they need it later.
But all of a sudden, the song changes to a fast song: Forever by Chris Brown.
It's like I waited my whole life for this one night.
It's gonna be me, you, and the dance floor.
Cause we only got one night.
Double your pleasure, double your fun.
And dance forever-ever-ever.
Forever on the dance floor.
As the next slow song, Monsoon by Tokio Hotel, turns on, everybody rushes for the buffet table. Time to stock up on non-tainted punch.
Hours later, Courtney was slow-dancing with Duncan. "I'm so tired…" she mumbles. Duncan rubs her back and yawns.
"I am too," he agrees. Courtney had taken her flats off about an hour ago, and she was standing on Duncan's feet. They were swaying back and forth, and Courtney was just barely staying awake. The lyrics of Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me filled her head.
But she wears short skirts,
And I wear tee shirts.
She's cheer captain,
And I'm on the bleachers,
Dreamin' bout the day when you'll wake up and find,
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time.
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you,
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me,
You belong with me.
Courtney started humming the lyrics. "Thirsty?" Duncan asks, holding up a cup of punch. They had gathered about 15 good cups of punch, of about the millions of still-full cups that were on the table. And Chef was making more.
"Yeah," she agrees, taking the cup Duncan had taken a gulp from. She finishes the glass. "My tongue feels like it's on fire from drinking all those cups of salty punch."
Courtney looks over at Chef. Now he was mopping up the reject punch that the campers had thrown on the floor. Heather and Justin were searching for non-salty cups of punch. Courtney rests her head against Duncan's chest and starts humming the lyrics again.
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town.
I haven't seen it in awhile,sSince she brought you down.
You say you fine, I know you better than that,
Hey, whatcha doing with a girl like that?
She wears high heels,
I wear sneakers.
She's cheer captain,
And I'm on the bleachers,
Dreamin' bout the day when you'll wake up and find,
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time.
Courtney sighs. When will this night be over?, she thinks.
"You are eliminated!" Chef shouts in the microphone. Gwen turns her head to see who he's pointing at. Katie and Noah. Hot N' Cold by Katy Perry was playing, and apparently Noah couldn't start dancing fast enough.
"You will be eliminated if you don't dance fast during a fast song," Chris reminds us. Katie and Noah walk out of the dance studio, hand in hand, probably happy to finally be able to go to sleep.
"They're lucky," Gwen mumbles.
"Why?"
"They get to sleep," she replies. Trent laughs.
"Alright, I can dance slowly if you want," he says.
"No!" Gwen exclaims. She smiles. "I still want that prize." She looks at their stash of non-salty cups of punch. They had 8 cups. She and Trent were guarding their stash, as were all the other couples. Each couple had claimed a corner, and Trent and Gwen were by some speakers completely across the room from Chef and Chris. They thought that the loud music from the speakers would keep them awake.
As slow song, Thunder by Boys Like Girls, comes on. "Want to get some more punch?" Trent asks.
"No, my tongue needs a rest," Gwen replies. They chuckle, and keep swaying back and forth in each others' arms. Trent starts softly singing the chorus.
"Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer.
Do you know you're unlike any other?
You'll always be my thunder.
And I said,
Your eyes are the prettiest of all the colors.
I don't wanna ever love another,
You'll always be my thunder."
Gwen smiles as she remembers their summer. Trent had turned out to live about 2 or 3 hours away from Gwen. But still, he would ride his motorcycle to Gwen's house and she would force him to stay the night, so he wouldn't have to drive all the way back. Trent seemed kinda freaked out when he saw her friends: Marilyn, Pixie Corpse, and Reaper. Marilyn was pale, bald, and with hot-pink tattoos all over her skull. Pixie Corpse had long, bright purple hair that matched her purple lipstick. Reaper had super-spiked-up blue hair, and a crazy attitude. Each of her friends also dressed in the same gothic way as Gwen. However, after Trent had spent time with them, he actually ended up liking them.
She stands on tip-toe to kiss Trent. "What was that for?" he asks. Gwen smiles.
"Nothing, really," she replies. Trent smiles and kisses her back.
(Author's Note: Thank you Devil-In-Striped-Pajamas for the idea of the TDC Prom, aka dancing contest! Now you're even closer to world domination, lol.)
