Okay, sorry it took so long to get this, but I've been really depressed and busy lately (not a good combination). I had to make a few changes to characters, and in some cases, made up characters all together for this chapter. Some info I didn't get on time before I had too much of it down, and I needed to make drama. For Rufus's friend, I changed the name from Eric to Harris (too confusing with Erik and Eric), and the actual challenge will be in the next chapter (I wanted to get something up). Anyway, enjoy!


I Love You, But I Hate You: Part 1

"Rise and shine, Campers," Chris announced loudly on a megaphone. "We have a special gift for you today."

"You have got to be kidding me," Bex said. "It's way too early for this."

"Unless that gift is chocolate, I don't want it," Nessa yelled, not bothering to leave her tent.

"Everyone, meet at the Dock of Shame in fifteen minutes," Chris said.

Fifteen minutes later found eighteen campers at the dock, yawning and stretching. Erik cracked his neck, Jamie scratched his back, and Rufus was using a mirror to finish his hair.

Confession Cam:

(Alex) "Since our last challenge, it has been raining on and off. Loud winds. It has been impossible to sleep."

(Phoebe) "Unless he's taking us to civilization, I'm really not interested in what Chris has to offer us."

"If you will all look out there, you will see a boat approaching," Chris said. "Today, each of you will be paired off and competing against someone in different types of challenges."

"So, what is the boat about?" Manny asked.

"That's your competition," Chris said.

"Our what?" Gail asked.

"Each of you gave us enough information to contact your families, and from that, we have found someone close to each of you to compete against today," Chris said. "For each camper here that wins their challenge, their team gets a point."

"Well, this should be easy," Erik said. "They're all rooting for us."

"But, if they win, they get to spend the rest of the time you guys are here at this season's luxurious resort, La Playa de Losers Dos. So they have motivation to beat you."

Just then, the boat pulled up and eighteen teens jumped off the boat.

Confession Cam:

(Brooke) "Just when you think he can't get crueler, he makes us compete against one of the closest people to us."

"Nick!" Bex yelled and jumped into his arms, squeezing him tightly. "I've missed you so much."

"It's been kind of boring without you around," Nick said hugging her back. "You know, not having to hold you back every time someone says something you don't approve of."

"Must be holding her back every time someone besides her talks, then," Rufus said. Immediately, Nick grabbed Bex, holding her back as she tried to charge Rufus.

Nick had short and spiky black hair, brown eyes, slightly tanned skin, and wore a blue and white polo with jeans and black skater shoes.

"Whoa, it's prep meets punk with him," Alex said.

"So, it's Prunk?" Gail asked. Jamie looked down and kicked the dock lightly, trying not to look at the two re-united friends.

The next off the boat was Walter's friend, Dexter, a scrawny kid with medium length red hair, green eyes covered by thick glasses like Clark Kent. He wore khaki pants, a white shirt, brown shoes, and an open red vest, not to mention the very expensive computer watch on his left wrist.

"Hey, Dex, what a relief," Walter said patting the smaller boy on the back.

"It's good to see you too," Dexter said. "My parents have been on my back all summer about getting out, and now… well…"

"You're really out," Walter said.

"Hey," Zak spotted Dexter's watch. "Awesome watch. I wanted one, but I couldn't afford it and my parents wouldn't get one for me."

"Oh, uh, thanks," Dexter said nervously.

"That's Zak, my tent mate," Walter said. "You'd really get along with him."

The next off the boat was a girl named Alejandra, who wore a black tank top, denim jeans, and black Converse shoes. Rufus smirked. "Hey, Sweetie, I know we've never met in person, but you've been in all my dreams," he said as she stepped down.

"Back away, Rufus," Ashlynn said, pushing Rufus away from the girl.

"Ashlynn," Alejandra smiled seeing her BFF. She had a slight Hispanic accent. "I have missed you so, mi amiga."

"Oh, me too," Ashlynn said.

"But you are happy here, no?" Alejandra questioned and her eyes flickered to Erik for a second.

Ashlynn blushed, but pulled Alejandra off the dock so they could talk more privately.

"Natalie!" Jamie called seeing his younger sister jump off the boat. She had curly brown hair to her waist, brown eyes, tanned skin, green long-sleeved shirt, pink shorts, and green sandals.

"Hey, Jamie James," Natalie said with a smirk. "So, this is the dump you're stuck at?"

"Yep." He then smiled and asked. "Please tell me you brought me a gift."

"Sorry, bro," Natalie said. "I don't know your contacts. You're just lucky mom and dad aren't watching very closely or you'd be dead already. However, I have been starving cause I can't stand microwave dinners and mom and dad don't know how to boil water, not to mention actually cook a meal."

"You trust him to do you're cooking?" Erik asked.

"Yeah, why not?" Natalie questioned. "Anyway, Jamie," she grabbed his yin yang necklace and pulled him off the dock as she continued talking.

Next off the boat was Manny's friend and mentor, Cris. Just like Manny, an atmosphere of tranquility followed him. The girls all smiled at him and watched as he approached Manny.

"Manny, dude, I've been watching," Cris said. "I must say, I'm quite impressed."

"Oh, tell me the whole school didn't see the last challenge," Manny said.

"Hey, you did awesome despite a really bad song," Cris said. He smiled at Nessa. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well."

"Hi…" she said with a goofy smile.

The next off was another guy, and it was Gail's turn to be happy. "Greg!" she shouted and launched herself into his arms. Alex felt his cheeks flush a bit.

Confession Cam:

(Alex) "It was really hot outside, I think my cheeks were getting sunburned."

"Oh, Greg, you'll love everyone here… well, almost everyone," Gail said. "This is my tent mate, Ashlynn, and that's Bex, and Madison, and Nessa, and Brooke, and Genevieve, she's really nice and we're not even on the same team. Oh, and we have Todd, and Manny, and Alex, and Erik."

"I've been watching," Greg said. "I know everyone's names. Hey, everyone, I'm Greg, Gail's cousin."

Confession Cam:

(Alex) "I knew the whole time that they had to be related." Avoids looking at the camera.

"Aye Chihuahua," Alejandra said as the next guy stepped down from the boat. He was tall and beautiful, and even the animals seemed to sigh at his beauty. He smiled as he stepped onto the dock and approached his friend… Rufus.

"Rufus, I see you're still as cocky and confident as ever," Harris said.

"Harris, I see you're without a girlfriend," Rufus said smiling and slapping Harris's hand.

"So you must be Rufus's cousin," Todd said.

"No…"

"Brother?" Jamie asked.

"No…"

"Co-worker?" Erik asked.

"No, friend," Harris finally confirmed.

"Ya'll mean, Ruffie here has an actual friend?" Madison asked.

"Ruffie?" Rufus snapped.

Confession Cam:

(Rufus) "Ruffie? Who does that cowgirl think she is?"

(Harris) Laughing, "That girl is great… Ruffie. He'd kill me if I called him that."

"You do realize what a roofie is, right?" Brooke asked Madison.

"A convenient nickname?" Madison asked.

"A date and rape drug," Harris said.

"Oh, that name fits even better," Nessa said.

The next off the boat was a guy with a black shirt where sleeves were clearly ripped off and a skull on the front, tight jeans, and piercings on his nose, eyebrow, and both ears. He had shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes, with tanned Caucasian skin. He was tall and lean, but muscular.

"Joey!" Autumn called. She hugged him.

"Hey, little cous," Joey replied patting her back. "I see you've got this competition in the bag."

"Yeah," Autumn said. "It's so good to have someone I can actually talk to here."

"Hiy Ya!" a girl called jumping off the boat. She had purple hair, blue eyes, and wore a black shirt, jeans, and sandals.

"Jessy!" Christi called. "It's good to see a friendly face."

"You mean crazy assassin has a friend?" Rufus questioned, receiving a slap on the back of his head from Harris. "Hey."

"They were more surprised you have a friend," Harris reminded him,

Brooke smiled at the next guy that came off the boat. It was a tall lean yet muscular guy with pale skin, green eyes, brown hair and wore a red shirt over a white three-quarters sleeve shirt, black jeans, and black an white sneakers. He jumped and landed solidly on the dock.

"Ritchie!" Brooke yelled and hugged him tightly.

Confession Cam:

(Todd) "I would have been jealous if Brookworm hadn't told me a story about her cousin Ritchie. So, even though she is from Alabama… just joking. Southerns don't all marry their cousins, plus, Ritchie is from a big city somewhere, I think."

"Nice to meet the infamous Ritchie," Todd said approaching and shaking his hand.

"Ahh, you must be Todd," Ritchie said. "I'll be watching you."

"Ritchie!" Brooke lightly slapped his arm. "Don't go all protective on me."

"Just kidding, Brookie."

The next down, everyone knew immediately, was Madison's friend. He wore worn down jeans over brown boots, a brown t-shirt, and a brown cowboy hat. His hair was blonde, his skin was naturally tanned, and he had hazel eyes. He also had a suitcase with him.

"I don't think you realized this, but you don't get to stay on the island, buddy," Rufus said.

"This ain't fer me," the guy replied. "Mads, this is from Ronnie. Didn't think ya'll packed enough clothes, and is appalled at what ya'll have been wearing."

"Gee, how thoughtful Ronnie is," Madison said rolling her eyes. "Anyway, Felton, it's great to see ya'll." She put the suitcase down and hugged Felton tightly and he hugged her back.

Confession Cam:

(Rufus) "How many guys does the cow chick know? This Felt guy. Some guy named Ronnie. Doesn't she have any sisters that could have come?"

(Alex) "Oh, Rufus was so jealous of Felton. However, if he had listened to Madison more than thinking about how she would look naked, he would remember that Madison has a twin brother."

(Ashlynn) "Rufus was so jealling. He saw that totally hot guy and heard about someone named Ronnie, who he assumed was a guy, and he turned away and walked off. He didn't even realize it was Madison's brother and Ronnie is her sister."

(Felton) "Rufus seems to be attracted to mah twin. Hey, if he wants to risk dating her, that's his choice. She'd kill me if Ah warned anyone against it."

"Hey, good-looking," Alejandra said as Felton walked off the dock with his sister. Suddenly, Madison's horse Misty came galloping in and nuzzled Felton's shoulder.

"Hey, girl," Felton said petting the horse gently.

"How come she likes ya'll so much?" Madison asked.

"Because Ah don't run up and jump on her from behind," Felton said.

The next to step down was obviously Alex's brother, as the two looked almost identical, aside from a few years age difference. "Hey, Alex," his brother said grabbing him from behind and giving him a noogie. "And hello, gorgeous," he said to Gail.

Confession Cam:

(Alex) "Genetically, we're related, but one would guess we were raised by different families… in different countries."

"That's Gail," Alex said leading his brother away. "Everyone, this is Josh."

"Wow, Alex, you'd make a great kindergarten teacher," Josh said, "introducing people like that."

Confession Cam:

(Gail) "Josh didn't seem very nice to his brother. But Alex is a great guy. I don't get it."

A short girl wearing a pink dress and Roman sandals was the next off. She had a yellow-blonde bob, pale green eyes, and a smoothed, tan complexion. She smiled and ran to Erik, flinging her arms around his neck. "Erik!" she more or less screamed into his ear. "It's totally been forever since I saw you!"

"Whoa, Adrian," Erik said peeling her off him after recovering from her screams. "Calm down."

"Who is she?" Ashlynn asked out of pure curiosity. Erik was almost upset that he didn't detect any jealousy in her voice.

"My cousin," Erik explained with a short laugh.

"Oh my gawd!" Adrian gasped. "There he is!"

"There who is?" Erik asked following her gaze. "You mean Rufus?" But she was already running to the good-looking Toucan.

"Eeep!" She said reaching him. "I am totally in lurve with you! You're totally hot and totally ah-mazing and totally awesome!"

"I'd have to agree with you on all those points," Rufus said.

"Well, Rufus," Harris said clapping a hand on Rufus's shoulder, "you might get lucky after all."

"Oh no he won't," Erik said. "Not with my cousin. Come on, Ade., I want to introduce you to Ashlynn."

"Gawd, Erik," Adrian rolled her eyes. "You're so totally ah-noying!"

"Nice to meet you Adrian," Ashlynn said extending a hand to the girl. "I'm Aslynn and this is my friend Alejandra."

"Hola," Alejandra said.

"Ho-la," Adrian said to them. "Me… es… feliz… a la… meeto tu."

"Wow, she just butchered that worse than I thought possible for her," Erik said. "Ade, they do speak English."

"Duh," Adrian said. "But I am totally trying to make them feel totally more welcome by using their first language."

Ashlynn lifted an eyebrow. "English is my first language."

"Sorry about her," Erik said.

The next girl off the boat was taller and filled out a bit more. She had wavy hair that was a dirty blonde-red-brown color and grey eyes behind purple-framed glasses. Her shirt was violet and she wore flared jeans and purple sneakers. Zak, who had been talking with Walter and Dex, suddenly stopped and stared at her, before smiling. Walter and Dex turned to see her step down, then smile.

"Zak!" she called happily at seeing him.

"Wow, Lisa," Zak stammered. "I – I didn't expect to see you, you know… not because we're not friends, because we are… I think… but… I just wasn't expecting to see you…"

Confession Cam:

(Zak) "How did Chris know that I'm head-over-heels for Lisa? Oh, and she could get any guy she wants… Oh God, Rufus had better keep his hands away from her."

Lisa laughed lightly. "You're so funny sometimes, Zak," she said. "You crack me up."

"If it's jokes you want, it'll be jokes you'll get," Rufus said slinging an arm around her. "Hi, I'm Rufus Whitherton the First. You might have heard of me."

"Mmm… nope," Lisa said.

"You are at least watching the show, right?" Rufus asked.

"No, I don't like the television. I'm much too busy. Friends keep me updated on Zak's progress. I hear you're doing fantastic, Zak."

Zak blushed. "He won one of our challenges for us," Walter informed Lisa.

"Phoebe!" The call rang across the island. Phoebe looked to the boat and gasped seeing the girl fall from the deck of the boat.

Confession cam:

(Phoebe) "Of all the people on the earth, Chris had to choose my crazy sister, Atalanta. I think he's trying to drive us insane. Don't get me wrong, I love my sister, but seriously…"

"Hey, big sis…"

"Come on and give me some lovin'," Atalanta called and squeezed her sister tightly, as if trying to pop Phoebe's eyes out of their sockets… that is after picking herself off the deck.

"Can I happen to live through this lovin'?" Phoebe asked weakly from shortage of breath.

"Oh, yeah…" Atalanta said putting Phoebe down. "Sorry about that. So, Phoebes, introduce me to all your new friends, especially the good-looking one laughing."

"Oh, actually, I don't really know him," Phoebe said. "He just got here on the same boat as you. He's friends with Rufus, I think. Anyway, I'll introduce you to my teammates."

Genevieve began bouncing in anticipation when a tall, short haired girl wearing a denim-vest and green leather pants jumped off the dock. "Hey, Genny, baby!"

"Mel!" Genevieve called and ran to her friend. They hugged tightly, then Mel bent forward and pressed her lips to Genevieve for a quick peck. Most people just blinked in surprise.

Confession Cam:

(Nessa) "I thought she might be gay."

(Genevieve) "Everyone is allowed to have her own choices. I happen to really like Mel. I'm not sure if she's the One, but we're still good friends despite."

Todd and Nessa approached the boat, as they were the only two to have not received a friend yet. The next to appear was a nice-looking girl with brown hair and green eyes in jean flares and a pink tank top.

"Hey, Nessa," the girl called from the deck then quickly climbed down and hugged her friend.

"Leah, I've missed you tons!" Nessa said returning the hug.

"I gotta meet him," Leah said.

"Who?"

"Who do you think?" Leah asked. "Manny."

"Ah, yeah," Nessa said blushing a little. "Come on." Nessa took Leah's wrist and dragged her off the dock where Manny was talking with Cris.

Confession Cam:

(Todd) "I was kind of nervous who he would choose for my friend. Truth be told, a lot of my guy friends would either piss off half the people already here and the girls might glom to me like we were dating."

The last girl looked over the edge, her long black hair obscuring her face for only a moment. She had tanned skin and was in a flower skirt and a white tank top. She smiled at Todd once she was on the dock.

Confession Cam:

(Todd) "Thank God that Chris chose Satine. She's my only sane friend… seriously."

"Satine! How are you?" Todd asked.

Satine lightly hugged Todd. "I'm good," she replied.

"Come on," Todd said dragging his friend by the wrist. "I want you to meet Brookworm."

Satine giggled. "Have you nicknamed all the girls here?"

"Not all," Todd said, then added, "yet. Hey, Brookworm, this is my friend Satine. Satine, Brooke."

"Nice to meet you," Brooke said with a smile.

"Very nice," Ritchie said leaning forward and taking Satine's hand. "I'm Ritchie, by the way. Brookie here's cousin."

Satine blushed. "Hi…"

"Don't scare her, Ritchie," Brooke said.

"Oh, his face is more than enough to do that," Rufus called.

"I hope everyone here is happy with their guest," Chris called. "Now, a quick rundown of everyone. From the Howling Toucans, we have Jamie's sister Natalie, Todd's friend Satine, Madison's brother Felton, Rufus's friend Harris, Bex's friend Nick, Ashlynn's friend Alejandra, Gail's cousin Greg, Autumn's cousin Joey, and Alex's brother Josh. From the Striking Iguanas we have Nessa's friend Leah, Phoebe's sister Atalanta, Brooke's cousin Ritchie, Manny's mentor Cris, which is the best name of anyone here, Christie's friend Jessy, Walter's friend Dexter, Zak's crush Lisa, Genevieve's special friend Mel, and Erik's cousin Adrian. Everyone got it?"

"Not really," a few mumbled.

"Good," Chris said. "Spend some time catching up, and in one hour, we will begin the challenges. I guess I should tell you what you will be doing. Okay, Jamie and Natalie, you will be having a race, but not just any race… you will have a spoon in your mouth and you'll be carrying an egg with the spoon, a hatching egg that is.

"Todd and Satine, you will be rollerblading through the sand and looking for five of nine flags hidden in the sand. First with five wins.

"Madison and Felton, you will be piggy-backing Gail and her cousin Greg, because as the saying goes, 'Save a horse, ride a cowboy'."

"Or cowgal," Madison reminded him.

"Right," Chris said even though it was obvious he hadn't listened to her. "Rufus and Harris, you will each be choosing clothes and applying make-up to Ashlynn and Alejandra, and Chef will decide who looks better."

"Aye, that can't be good," Alejandra groaned.

"Bex and Nick, wet-sand wrestling in bathing suits. Autumn and Joey, repairing a broken golf cart. And Alex and Josh, you two will be holding your breath under-water for as long as you can.

"And for the Iguana challenges… Nessa and Leah, you two will be sorting through hundreds of Sweethearts looking for one with a certain saying in a certain color. First to get five first will win.

"Phoebe and Atalanta, swallowing and spitting fire. Whoever can spit farther wins.

"Brooke and Ritchie, you two have to will be tickling Zak and Lisa. First to make the one laugh wins, which means, Zak and Lisa, first to laugh loses.

"Manny and Cris, you will be doing push-ups, and whoever does more during the length of all the other challenges will win.

"Christie and Jessy, you will be eating as much food as you can until you throw-up. First to throw-up without inducing the throw-up physically wins.

"Walter and Dexter, you two have a fun one. You get to cook the food that Christie and Jessy will be eating.

"Genevieve and Mel, as you are both attracted to other girls, we will have all the other girls rate the guys purely on looks and then arrange them in order from best looking to worst. You will then have to try your guess at the best looking to the worst. The one with the list closest to our list will win.

"Erik and Adrian, we will be monitoring you as you talk. Whoever says the word 'totally' most in conversation, that means you can't just repeat totally over and over again, will win."

"That's not fair," Erik said. "That's her favorite word."

"Gawd, Erik," Adrian said. "Did you totally not watch the last season? Chris's challenges are totally not fair, and that's totally how he likes them. It totally calls for totally better ratings."

"Well, that's one loss for our team," Walter said rolling his blue-green eyes.


I hope you like how I portrayed you character's friends. The next chapter shouldn't take as long. My new medicine is helping with my depression, I think.