Blake awoke from what he thought was the longest night of his life. Last night he had a dream, he couldn't remember it but he could tell it must have been good because of how wet and sticky his boxers were. He had only slept a few hours but was no longer sleepy. In fact he was tired of sleeping, he got up, got in the shower and then made his bed.
He went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Ali and Aylin were still sleeping. He decided to just have a milkshake. He tried his hardest to not think about last night. But everywhere he looked he saw flashbacks of Michael and Nellie. As Blake drank his milkshake he thought of Nellie. When Blake saw the cheese lamp it reminded him of Michael.
Blake reminded himself that he was still in the competition and he had a 33.3% chance of winning, and then he thought of Michael again and how he loves math. Although Blake and Michael never said it out loud they were sort of a couple, and last night they sort of broke up. If you were to ask Blake, "on a scale of one to ten how bad his break up felt", his answer would be "Adele". But Blake was so good at hiding his emotions that you wouldn't even know that behind his eyes a sad boy cried.
He still had some time to kill so he decided to do something he hadn't done in a while. He decided to write a poem. He sat on Michael's bed and started writing. He spent about an hour on it. This is what he wrote;
I know a girl, her name is Nellie.
When we kissed, butterflies fluttered in my belly.
She is the girl I never knew I was missing.
And now someone else's lips she is kissing.
I told her I loved her, before our goodbye.
She told me she loved him, and inside I died.
Alone and heartbroken, she left me so blue.
But my love for her, I still held onto.
Hoping that one day this love I'd recycle.
That day came soon, my love went to Michael.
He picked up the pieces, and began rebuilding my heart.
But before he could finish we were pulled apart.
I feel for her, what she feels for him.
In this river of love, it's getting harder to swim.
She doesn't love me, that much I know.
If he loves her more, I must let him go.
All I can do now, is forget how much I miss em.
But no matter the outcome, I will always love them.
I love a girl, her name is Nellie.
She has the power to turn me to jelly.
But I also love my friend, his name is Michael.
He keeps my tears from becoming an icicle.
When Blake finished his poem he heard people coming. He shoved the poem under the pillow and went to see who it was. It was the camera crew and make up crew they came in to prep the remaining three contenders. Blake stared at his reflection in the mirror as the make up team got to work on him. Blake was ready for a new day, and he was determined to do his best.
Robert came in a few minutes later to give Ali, Aylin and Blake the last homework assignment. It was hard to believe that it was down to the final three. Blake has lost so much, and was determined to win. He did not want to lose this competition. Nothing could distract him now, he was ready for anything. Then Robert told them that the other contenders would be back for the finale. Michael, Nellie and the rest of the eliminated contenders ran into the room and Blake realized he was wrong, because he was not ready for this.
The world seemed to slow down around Blake. He looked at Nellie he wanted to run to her, she had been gone a lot longer than Michael and Blake was so happy to see her. But then he looked at Michael and it was as if the planets all aligned when he looked into his eyes. That one night that Blake spent without Michael felt like a year. A year without rain. Which was ironic because it was raining hard all night.
Blake got up and started hugging everyone willing to hug him, which was pretty much everyone. ;) Blake hugged Michael and Nellie. He was so happy to see them. Before love got in the way Blake, Michael and Nellie were very close friends.
The contenders all spent a few minutes catching up, telling jokes and remembering their time together. It was great for Blake because it felt like he, Michael and Nellie were just friends hanging out with other friends. He did wish he could have a moment alone with either one, but he was just happy to be in the same room with them again.
When it was time to rehearse they rehearsed. When it was time to eat dinner they ate dinner. Blake looked at Michael and Nellie, he knew that they had kissed last night, so he was surprised they were not holding hands or acting like a couple. Michael was being Michael and Nellie was being Nellie. Blake wanted to talk to Michael in private but there was no place they could go. Everyone was back and the house was pact.
It got late so everyone decided to go to sleep. Everyone went to sleep in their old beds. Blake was still up, he waited for everyone to fall asleep and then he got up and walked out of the room. Blake hoped that Michael was still awake and would follow him out. Blake went into the room where he had confessed his love to Nellie and Nellie had confessed her love for Michael. Blake waited in the dark hoping Michael would come.
The door knob turns, the door opens slowly and Nellie walks in. She sees Blake standing in the dark, she tries to memorize his location, closes the door behind her, as the room gets dark, and she makes her way towards Blake. When she reached Blake she hugged him and Blake hugged her back. Nellie felt safe in Blake's arms.
"I missed you so much" Nellie said.
"I missed you too" Blake said back.
"I'm sorry I hurt you Blake" Nellie added.
Blake couldn't help but wonder what exactly happened between Michael and Nellie last night.