So, shall we continue? And thank you SO much for reviewing, Gage the Hedgehog!

We had another break the next day, and then it was time for another challenge. Well, okay, first it was time for a long bathroom line. Beth and Lindsay, Heather's two little alliance members, were at the front, and Heather was inside.

"What's the hold up?" Bridgette asked.

"Heather needs her private time." Lindsay explained.

"How long's Queenie gonna be in there? I got urgent business!" Leshawna complained.

"She could still be a while." Beth said apologetically.

Gwen was next in line, and I was just behind her. "That's it." she snapped, walking off. "I'm going lumberjack style."

"Well, I'm not waiting!" I snapped, pushing past Beth and Lindsay and opening the door. "Heather, freaking finish! There's a line of girls out there and I'm not going to wait for you to finish!" I made a point of not looking at her when I noticed her halter top on the counter, but then I went into one of the cubicles and slammed the door.

And a good thing too, because Chris called us to the challenge the minute I was done.

All the breakfast we got were beans. And Owen ate all of them. "Beans, beans, they're good for your heart" he recited. "The more you eat, the more you-" He was hit by a can before he could finish.

"The more you imitate Owen." I muttered to most of the guys on my team. They chuckled. It was well known across the camp that Owen had a problem with flatulence, and was pretty proud of it, too.

"Today's challenge is all about survival." Chris told us. "You're going hunting!"

As it turned out, what we were hunting was each other – with paintball guns. Half of us would hunt and the other half would be deer. Basically, being caught meant being shot with a paintball gun. I was a hunter with Bridgette, Geoff and Harold. The Gopher hunters were Leshawna, Beth, Owen and Lindsay. The team that had the least amount of paint-splattered deer were the winners.

Duncan looked SO humiliated, having to wear antlers, tails, and noses. It didn't make him any better when Owen laughed. "What are you looking at?"

"Oh, nothing," Owen said innocently, "...Bambi."

Finally, it was time for us to put our glasses on and get ready. But Bridgette was still looking down at her gun reluctantly. Harold went up to her. "Okay, you do realize that this is all just pretend, right? And that it's just paint? So say if you, like, hit Heather-"

"Wait, Heather's a deer?" Bridgette perked up.

I couldn't help grinning at my geeky teammate. "Way to motivate her...and me, actually." I grinned.

It was a really boring challenge, though, this one, at least. The four of us stuck together, sneaking around, but it was really hard to find anyone. In fact, the only deer we saw was Heather, and that was only because she was arguing with Beth and Leshawna, with Lindsay standing by. And they were already shooting each other. It seemed Beth had turned on Heather.

It happened when Geoff suddenly stopped, hearing the voices. He placed a finger to his lips, and the four of us all moved closer to the sound. That's when we saw the four girls, three of them shooting, Lindsay simply ducking. All four of us aimed our guns at the girls, and shot before they even knew what was going on.

"This is really fun!" Bridgette grinned. At that moment, Chris called us back.

There were some very interesting things happening that I didn't get to see, though. Beth had taken a bag of chips from Chef's kitchen to give to Heather before turning on her. Cody had taken the chips and ended up being mauled by a bear who followed the trail of crumbs.

"Do you know what I see here?" Chris said. "I see a very undisciplined group. I see a disgraceful mess. I see a massive waste of paint product. And, I have to say...that was awesome!" He broke out into a grin. "When you guys opened fire on your own team, wicked TV, guys!"

Harold spoke up. "Hey, where are Duncan and Courtney?" Sadie nudged him and pointed. They came up, their antlers tangled.

"Oh, this is too much." Gwen and I said in unison. We really did think alike – but on the other hand, I was the one that knew for sure what was up with those two.

"Duncan, you sly dog, you!" Owen exclaimed.

"The girl can't keep her antlers off me." Duncan grinned. Courtney kicked him in the balls in response.

But anyway, since no one on our team got covered in paint, we won. I'm willing to bet Heather was a close nominee for being kicked off, but Cody was covered in bandages and scratch marks. His team decided to vote him off for that reason. Couldn't blame them, I would've done the same.

The next day was one more break to chill. It was nearing the end of the third week already – one more challenge and we'd be back to letters day. I spent most of the day chilling with Gwen again. We had a lot to talk about.

"I still wish we were on the same team," I admitted, "But at least my team has some pretty cool people. What's yours like...minus Heather?"

"Well, Leshawna's great." Gwen said, with a little smile. "I can always count on her in challenges. And since Beth stood up to Heather, she's been pretty cool. Owen's a bit too happy sometimes, but he's cool apart from that. Lindsay seriously creases me sometimes, since she and Heather seem to be sharing a brain."

"And Trent?" I prompted. Gwen's pale skin darkened to red, and I laughed. "It's okay, I won't say anything. If you want to keep it quiet, I won't make you tell me anything either."

"So what about you?" Gwen asked.

"Well..." I thought about it. "Duncan's a lot of fun. He understands me better than the rest of my team does, which is weird. I didn't expect that, but we sort of have the same nature – we both don't mind getting into trouble, but we're not heartless. Courtney drives me nuts sometimes, though. Bridgette's really cool, and I can go to her for anything. Same with Geoff, although he's not quite as smart. But it's impossible not to be friends with him, he's that cool. Harold's geeky, but he's nice enough, and Sadie's gone all quiet since Katie left, so I have no idea what she's really like on her own. And DJ's a total sweetheart."

It was truly an awful jolt back to reality when the next day came and it was back to competing. But the challenge itself was not so bad.

And we'll talk about that in the next chapter!