You know how I said that when it comes to Total Drama and you expect something nice it turns out to be disappointing? Well, I should know that when it comes to Chris McLean it's always time to be sad. When Don's the host, then you can be happy... some or most of the time.

In fact, that was what I was going to do right after Sky received our first tip, "Take a donkey cart to Bucharest and fly to.. Hawaii?! YES!" She pumped a fist into the air, "Aren't you excited Zane?" She then gave me a strange look, "Zane?"

Why would she do that? Because I was already hula dancing and singing my pants off, "We are going to Hawaii! We are going to Hawaii! We are going to Hawaii! We are going to Hawaii!"

What can I say? Hawaii's a paradise!

"Uh, yeah," She rubbed her head awkwardly then pointed behind her, "So we should probably get going right now and-"

"KITTY!" I ran over to her making Sky sigh, "We're going to Hawaii!"

"EEE! NO WAY!" Of course, she was excited as I was.

"We are going to Hawaii! We are going to Hawaii! We are going to Hawaii! We are going to Hawaii!" We both sung and hula danced at the same time, pretty much ignoring Emma's complaints of distracting her sister.

"Hello? Kitty! We have a race to win!" She sighed and walked away from us as we kept doing what we were doing.

(Confessional: Forest)

Sky: *As Zane and Kitty are celebrating off-screen* I'm surprised these two haven't proposed to each other yet.

Zane & Kitty: *Stops what they're doing* WE HEARD THAT!

A few minutes later, we arrived at the donkey carts with Ice Dancers following. Not amazingly, they took control of the cart no doubt in order to try and get ahead of us. In the meantime, the rest of us were playing charades. It was Owen's turn at guessing what Kitty was doing when positioned her hands into using a camera. Although, he's not the sharpest tool when it comes to playing this game.

I'm serious. Last time he played this it took him two hours to figure out that Sky and I were re-enacting Space Jam.

"OH! OH! I'm good at this game! Um... uh... goal posts! No! Ahhh... rectangle face? Un... um... a box of candy!" Kitty and I facepalmed while Emma and Sky rolled their eyes.

"No. Are you sure you don't want me to-"

Owen cut me off and kept guessing, "Oh! Uh... cheesecake?" Seriously? That's the worst one yet.

"Click." Kitty made the sound.

"Oh! Exploding chocolate cheesecake!" SERIOUSLY! IS IT THAT HARD?!

Emma snapped before I could, "Camera! It's a camera! She said 'click'! How'd you not get that?! Did you hear that? How do you put up with this all day long?" She asked Noah, who was staring dreamily at her. What does he see in her? "Um, what's his problem? Hey, earth to weirdo?" Not a good way to get someone's attention, "Hello? Hello? Ugh," She gave up and walked back to us while I was laughing.

She caught me though, "Why are you laughing?" I kept snickering which made her shoot me a disgusted look. The cart stumbled over some rocks making Kitty fall into my arms. We both smiled sheepishly at each other.

(Dual Confessional: Airport)

Zane: *Shrugs* Of course what Emma doesn't know is that Noah has a crush on her. *Smiles* About time. I thought he was feeling lonely.

Sky: *Smug Smile* Much like you have a crush on Kitty?

Zane: *Death glare* How many times do I have to tell you?! I DON'T HAVE A CRUSH ON HER! *Storms Off*

Sky: *Concerned* All his life, Zane has never been in love or have one crush. This could be the happiest day of his life! Plus, he could break his trouble-making antics habit.

Zane: *Off-screen laughing* We both know that's NEVER gonna happen!

It didn't really matter which flights we were on because all of us were boarded on the same plane. We were even greeted with traditional orchid necklaces by the local. It scared Mickey and Jay since they were allergic. Mickey was so close to saving Jay from one; he missed by a few inches in the air. And he was so close from saving him too. It's kinda sad.

I refused the necklace, "No thanks. I'm good," She glared and forced the necklace on me (tightly to the point where I could choke) after a short tussle. In that instant, I ripped it off and gave my own death glare, "Okay, GAME ON!" I took all of the orchids in the basket and tied her up after a slightly longer fight.

This made me sigh in satisfaction, "Ah, much better." I turned to see Sky give me an unimpressed look, "What?"

(Dual Confessional)

Sky: Your parents were right. You really need to break that habit.

Zane: Oh, come on. It was just instinct. Besides, I'll never let it happen again.

After they caught up, Owen and Noah were pushed down by Emma.

"This one's ours! You might as well give up now." She said to them.

What she didn't know is that if she pushed them, she pushed us too. So I did the same thing back to her, "HA! Not a chance!"

(Dual Confessional)

Zane: Maybe right after this fight...

Sky: *Facepalms*

Of course, Emma got back up and punched me in the face. I kicked her back when I was down, then I stood back up. She ran up to kick me, but I countered with a metal pole.

Don't even ask where I got it. (A/N: Nice reflexes by the way. Zane: Thanks!)

I didn't expect her to come up behind me, and paralyze me at my foot.

(A/N: Oh, yeah! I forgot to tell you... she's coming up right behind you! Zane: *Sarcastically* Thanks. Author: You're welcome.)

It was only a few seconds though, I knocked her back with the pole from the ground, almost fully recovered. This fight could last for days.

(A/N: Now you know why Zane has never been in love all his life. Zane: Shut up and stop with the author's notes.)

"Zane, stopping fighting her! Focus on the race," Sky pulled me away from Emma before I could anymore damage.

Kitty took the next travel tip, "It's a Botch or Watch: whoever didn't do gymnastics in Romania must dive for wedding rings?"

I glared at Sky who was smiling; I could tell what she was about to do, "Don't even think about it," I took another tip from the Don Box, "Botchers must dive into Hawaii's most popular wedding bay and retrieve one of rings at the bottom..."

"Then swim to the beach at the tip of the bay with your partner," Owen read from his tip.

"Come on!"

We all started racing to the end of the dock. Okay, almost all of us... Noah was still staring at Emma dreamily. What in the world does he see in her?

Owen ran past him, "Noah, let's go! Noah?" He turned back to him then picked him up, "Oh, maybe it's rabies," I seriously doubt that.

As soon as we got to the docks Kitty seemed a little hesitant.

"Come on Kits, you can do it," Emma said to her.

"It looks pretty deep." She replied.

"Just pretend it's the pool at Nana's condo. Only with... a lot less old people flying around. Besides, you've got Zane." She gestured to me.

I glared back instantly, "No, she doesn't!" I made a confused expression, "Wait. Yes, she does. I mean- AGH! I hate this show."

"Ready, go!" She pushed her sister in the water.

Kitty resurfaced and glared back at Emma, "You shoved me!"

"It was a push of encouragement and you're fine."

I pushed Emma down on the docks and smiled, "And that was a push of encouraging you NOT to do that to my friend!" She was ready to punch me again, until I jumped high into the air and was heading into the water, "HA! YOU'VE GOT THE REFLEXES OF A STATUE!"

(A/N: PuffballsUnited references here folks. Well, Henry Stickmin, but you get the point. Zane: What did I tell you about the author's notes?)

Sky tried to warn about something, "Zane! Watch out for the-"

I interrupted her, "Don't worry Sky! I got this in the- OOF!"

I wasn't watching where I was going and hit my head on the rock. Everyone flinched at the impact and in shock.

"Zane! Are you okay?!" I thought I heard Kitty yelled in concern.

I answered in a daze, "Head I hit rock my the on hurt," I twisted my head a little, "But okay me am I think now!" I fell into the water where I shook myself back to my senses.

It was taking me awhile to find a ring down here. Worst yet, I can't stay down here too long since I didn't take a giant breath before I jumped down here. A few minutes later, I was able to find three under a rock and I took them. I gave two of them to Noah, who gave me a thumbs and swam way ahead of me. I then heard some type of screaming above me and saw Kitty and Stephanie about to be eaten by a shark. On instinct, I swam up and punched the shark in the face. Stephanie taunted it while it was running away until she realized that she let go of ring the she and Kitty were fighting over.

Kitty smirked at her with the ring in her finger and swam up to the surface. Stephanie screamed angrily for a moment then she glared at me. I only shrugged sheepishly and made a break to the surface.

"We're done here!" I yelled to Sky when my head was above water with Kitty.

"Got one!" Carrie surfaced right beside me.

"Carrie, you're the best!" Devin called to her making her squeal.

"Did you just squeal?" Kitty asked her.

She denied it, "No! Uh...I think it was a... a dolphin?"

"Sure." I joined in smirking.

Kitty gasped in excitement as Carrie swam away, "You're in love with him!"

"Okay, I am," She admitted making me and Kitty high-five.

"Why don't you tell him you want to be his girlfriend?" I questioned.

"We've been friends for so long and... anyway he has a girlfriend. But please don't say anything. Please?"

"We won't say anything," Kitty promised, "But I think someone should, you know."

"What's her name anyway?" I asked Carrie.

"Shelly," That name made me stop cold in my tracks and gaped at her, "Are you okay?"

"SHELLY?!" Could've sworn my scream broke their eardrums or caused an avalanche in the Himalayas.

"Uh..." Carrie stared at me with uncertainty, "I sense you two have a history?"

"Yeah," I crossed my arms before all of us started swimming again, "She's the reason I was forced into this show in the first place!" I placed a finger on my chin, "Okay, one of the reasons. Well, something like that." I sighed before I gave them the full story, "My parents forced me and Sky to sign up because my aunt thought she was doing too much athletic work, and my parents wanted for me to... break my... trouble... making habit." I grew more quiet at the last part.

"You two are cousins?!" Kitty was surprised, "Both of you look nothing alike!" She calmed for a second after I sent her a strange look, "Plus, you seem like a good person."

I shrugged back, "Well, it goes like this: I could either be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Why'd you think I pushed Emma back there when she shoved you and Owen? How about the time I stood up for you back in Morocco?"

"Oh... heh, heh," She scratched her head nervously in response, "Thanks... I guess?"

After the three of us climbed back on shore and reviewing our next challenge, Kitty went over to Carrie to talk her about Devin.

Meanwhile, I was talking to Owen of how Noah was acting, "So, how's it feel to be groom?" We were putting grass around our necks.

"Not too good," He answered, "I'm about to marry a dead person!"

I laughed hard, "Dead person? Ah man, you and Noah were always one of favorite past contestants."

Owen gripped onto my shoulders, "I'm serious, Zane. Look at him!" He made me turn to Noah who smiling over Emma while she and Sky were conversating, "He's drooling, smiling, acting sincere; he is so sick!"

"OR... he likes Emma," I clarified.

"But he's all goofy and awkward and... OH!" We both shared a laugh.

"He's more like no-nonsense, competitive, and sarcastic, but yeah," I explained, "That really is one serious love emergency."

"Ready, Zane!" Sky called over.

"Gotta go. Catch later Owen!" I ran over to my cousin, "Okay, let's do this and hope we don't burn alive."

"What?"

"Nothing," I replied to her.

I'll admit that walking over coals was a little harder than usual. As the Ice Dancers proved that when one of their grass skirts caught on fire and they had to go all the way to the start. We were in front of Devin and Carrie since I could handle the heat of the coals. All four of us were able to complete it in one try without catching anything on fire.

"Hey, Best Friends and Acrobats! Move it or lose it!"

Carrie gasped, "Run!"

Even though she wasn't talking us (or maybe she was), we all ran to the chill zone with the Dancers right behind us. Sky and I were able to pull ahead of all of them. Just as they were about to pass us, Jacques tripped on a rock guaranteeing all of us a better position in the race.

"Congratulations Sky and Zane! You get 2nd place," Don announced. We both cheered, "Carrie, Devin, 3rd place," Carrie laughed as Devin placed a hand on her back. Reality TV Pros and the Sisters were able to pass them too, "4th, 5th," The Ice Dancers hopped onto the chill zone, "Jacques, Josee you come in... 6th."

"6th place?! ARGH!" Josee screamed, threw down her grass skirt, and jumped on top of it repeatedly.

"Could've been worse. I mean you've could've gotten 7th." Sky tried to calm her down, but she only added more fuel to the fire. Insert the part where she went to destroying another part of the set.

I looked to Don and questioned, "Where do you even come up with the money to repair those things?"

"We don't," He shrugged, "We just replace them with the old ones."

(A/N: Wow, this has got to be one of my longest chapters yet... and it looks like Josee can't take losing first place very well. At least Jacques doesn't wreck the set every once in while)