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I kept away from Heather for most of the next day. It was another challenge day, then we'd have a break where we'd get our weekly mail. But in the morning, I overheard Lindsay and Heather talking.

"I cannot believe that Stephanie shredded my clothes!" Heather snapped. "She is so going to pay for this." I smirked.

Lindsay didn't look up at her as she said "Well, you did steal Gwen's boyfriend. That's pretty major." She was drinking grape soda that Heather had gotten in her reward.

Heather's reaction to Lindsay's words was to try the soda, then throw it away, snapping "How could you drink this sugar water?"

I was glad to see that Lindsay actually did have something in her mind other than fluff. Maybe I could convince her to ditch Heather before the sixth week was out.

Yeah. Some hope.

I went back into the cabin with Gwen and Leshawna. Leshawna was telling Gwen that she had to stop thinking about Trent.

"I know." Gwen admitted. "I just miss him so much already."

"Well, baby girl," Leshawna grinned, "Nothing heals a broken heart like revenge." This made Gwen smirk, and I'm sure if I'd looked in a mirror, our expressions would have matched.

Today's challenge was basically hide-and-seek. We got ten minutes to hide before Chef came looking for us. When he did, he'd shoot us with his water gun. Well he'd try. The lifeguard chair was home base, so we needed to try to get there first.

Okay, the water gun didn't seem scary. Duncan even said so out loud, but then Chris asked Chef to demonstrate.

Chef aimed and fired at the host, sending him about 500 metres away.

"NOT ON ME, DUDE!" Chris called out, totally drenched.

There were three ways to win. Either don't get found, get to home base, or to find someone else and turn them in to get invincibility.

When it was time to run, everyone shot off in different directions. I heard Lindsay screaming, running later than everyone else.

I headed for the woods. Somewhere where I could easily see Chef coming and change my hiding place if he looked there. I spotted a cave near where I hid, but if I went in there, Chef would have me cornered. Instead, I jumped behind a bush that was thick in one place, but sparse enough so I'd be able to see Chef coming.

That's how I saw Owen passing by the cave, and being pulled in.

I edged as close as I could, straining my ears to hear what people were saying.

"Hey, guys, great hiding spot!" I heard Owen say. Who else was in there?

"Listen up, boys. We're in trouble." It was Duncan's voice. "There are seven chicks on the island and only four dudes."

I heard Geoff's voice next. "I know. Nice odds!"

But according to Duncan, this was not good for them, because at some point, we'd notice it and start picking off the guys. Hm...interesting idea. I would be all for allying with Gwen, Leshawna, or Bridgette. Probably Izzy, too. But did they honestly think I'd work with Heather or Lindsay?

To be honest, I'd rather vote with the guys than vote with Heather's little alliance.

"It's not like they're exactly getting along." I heard DJ say. His voice was the softest, so it was harder to hear him. "Remember this morning?"

I did remember. Leshawna and Heather were doing their makeup while Gwen and I were in the showers. Next thing we knew, the water from my shower went freezing cold, and Gwen was screaming due to boiling hot water. Then we heard a slap, and the water went back to warm. Heather had turned the taps on, and Leshawna had retaliated for us. The boys must've heard the fight.

Geoff wasn't sure about being in a group with the guys. Apparently, he didn't want to be in an alliance without Bridgette.

Duncan argued back "Let me tell you something about women – they're all sisters. And when push comes to shove, they're gonna stick together. Haven't you ever seen a chick flick before?"

Owen wasn't too sure, either. I had to jump back when the boys went out, and Duncan hung Owen over a six-foot cliff upside down until he agreed. I know, not too impressive, huh?

After they all agreed (and I'd stored up this information for later, Duncan kicked the other boys out of the cave. At least I knew where he was, so if Chef caught me...

Surprise surprise, Chef did catch me, but only after he'd found Heather, Lindsay (both found in the kitchen), Bridgette (covered in skunk spray), Izzy (who later told me she was following Chef the whole time and got caught when she sneezed), Owen, DJ (both caught by Heather on the cabin roof – she had invincibility), Gwen (under some grass), and Geoff (up a tree).

After Chef sprayed me, I sighed, my shirt sticking to me and said, "Okay, since I want invincibility...if Duncan's in that cave over there, I get invincibility."

And he was still there, so yeah, I was staying on. At the same time, Owen accidentally told Gwen about the guys' alliance.

Leshawna was the only one not caught. By the time we got back to the dock...

"What took you so long, sugar?" Leshawna was sitting at home base, having won.

Okay, so I should've gone into the girls' cabin to vote with them. But this was a game, so I approached the boys first. With my vote, they had to win, since Heather and Lindsay would definitely not vote the same way as the rest of the girls. It didn't matter if Izzy voted with them or not, but if she didn't, that would create a four-four tie.

So I went up to the boys at the dock. "Hi, guys." I said sweetly. "I was thinking, since I have invincibility and you can't vote me off, I thought I'd go with your pick. I like most of the girls, but it's a game. Tell me who to vote for, and I'll do it." I knew Heather was immune, but I liked everyone else, even Lindsay.

I had to threaten the boys to get them to let me join. "Why would I want to tell them anything? And besides, if you don't let me join, Duncan, I'll tell Courtney about our little bet about you hooking up with her." That got me in. I didn't use blackmail much, but in this game, I had to.

The boys decided that Bridgette would be the best choice to vote off. And although I was in, they wouldn't listen to me when I suggested Izzy.

Well, except Geoff. "Yeah, that girl is crazy skilled. I agree with Steph." But that was only because he had a thing for Bridgette.

"So it's agreed." Duncan finally said. "We vote off Bridgette."

"No, wait!" Geoff protested again. "She could still be an asset to us."

I shrugged. "After what those skunks did, it might actually be a kindness. She's taken like five showers already and it won't come off. If she went home, at least she'd have access to tomato juice. That's good for skunks."

Geoff glanced over at Bridgette, who was sitting on the steps of the girls' cabin. The other girls wouldn't let her in.

At that moment, she saw Geoff looking over and waved. Geoff waved back before turning to us. In a last-ditch attempt, he said "Why don't we vote Heather off? She's got dirt on all of us, dude."

I rolled my eyes as Duncan answered. "Because we can't. She's got invincibility again. Besides, everyone likes Bridgette, and she's great at sports. We might not get another chance, dude. All in favour of booting Bridgette?" He put one hand in the middle. DJ and Owen put their hands in.

I hesitated. Bridgette was my friend. But then I put mine in too. Geoff was the only one left.

"That settles it." Duncan said. "Here's to the guys'...plus Steph, I guess...alliance. Geoff?"

There was a pause, before Geoff finally put his hand in too.

The final three, apparently, got a lot of votes. Some of the girls, I noticed, had chosen Owen, and the others had picked Duncan. But of course, both of the guys were called. Bridgette was left on her own.

"Okay, that was a shocker." Chris stated. "Even I'm shocked, and I knew the answer!"

It was sad to see Bridgette trudging down the dock, surfboard on one arm and her bag on the other.

"Bridgette, I'm gonna miss you!" Geoff called out.

Bridgette's face lit up a bit. "Me too! So you didn't vote me off?"

"No way!" Geoff said.

"You didn't?" Duncan repeated.

Geoff completely ignored him. "I could never vote you off, babe. You're my girl!"

"Awww, I believe you!" Bridgette called back. Suddenly, they were walking towards each other, about to kiss, but...

The skunk spray got in the way. Geoff couldn't have liked the kiss with that wafting around. He retreated, calling "Okay! Bye!"

That night, Geoff paid for it. The rest of the guys and I had him tied upside down in a sleeping bag. I gave him an apologetic smile before going back to my cabin. "Sorry, but either you lied to us, or Bridgette. Don't care who, but I'm not the one running this alliance."

When I went back to the girls' cabin, though, the atmosphere was cold. "Come on, guys," I said pleadingly, "I had to vote someone out! Face it, you guys are going to have to vote out someone you like later on, too." I fixed Heather with a glare, telling her "I'll be looking forward to the day when we can say goodbye to you. But meanwhile, I have to vote for people I like."

"I know what you mean!" Izzy said. "I mean, I like Bridgette and all, but I still had to vote for-"

"Wait, you voted for her too?" Heather interrupted.

Izzy laughed. "Of course! You think I wanted that skunk spray wafting around our cabin? No way, it was kinder to let her leave! There was no way I was going to vote for Owen!"

I should've known that was Heather's idea. I don't know why, though. Duncan was way stronger as a player

So that's the hide and seek episode! That's what happened. Hope you liked it!