I Triple Dog Dare You!
POV. Third person
Chris was back and on the dock of shame, "last time on Total Drama Island. Yours truly was off MC'ing a swanky awards show. So Chef took over as host, and man, was he brutal to the campers, not only did he dump them in the middle of the woods to fend for themselves and without any provision, but he left them alone with scary dude Sasquatchanakwa. They ran helter, they ran skelter, they ran into a crowded bat cave, massive mistake, I might add. Then they all spent the night together, deciding to pick up the challenge again in the morning, not without some hahahahaha setbacks," Izzy lifts Courtney's shirt in front of the boys, "in the morning the challenge was decided in an all-or-nothing pretty close race to the totem pole, where Geoff finally did something right, and managed to distract Courtney long enough for his team to get the win," Geoff and Cody touch the totem pole in slow motion, "in the end everyone's favorite CIT was kicked off the island and having a warm hahahahaha meeting with Duncan", she kicks him in the nuts, "Can Geoff survive the invincible duo of Izzy and Cody alone? What tortures await our campers in today's decisive showdown? Find out right now on TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND'S... SEMIFINAL!".
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POV. Cody
"Campers, welcome to the semifinals, today, we reward our challengers with an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, that's right, genuine food bi-products served with fresh ingredients relatively close to their expiration dates."
What did Chris say? I don't think anyone has been listening to it, the reason.
"HMM~, delicious", Geoff, Izzy and I, we were too busy gorging on pancakes.
"Mansdls skakd".
"Izzy, don't talk with your mouth full, you're spilling precious crumbs," I said to my girlfriend who was trying to shove three pancakes into her mouth as she spoke.
Confessional.
Geoff
"After so long eating the chef's horrible food, eating those pancakes makes you realize the true value of being in the final three, I know I promised Bri that I would do everything I could to win, but let's face it, what are my chances of defeating either of the two left?"
Izzy
"Woo hoo! Izzy made it all the way to the semi-final, that prize is mine, the ones who are left? Pff, one cries every time he sees a picture of Bridgette, and the other, he's clever yes, but an ear lick is all he needs to short-circuit that brilliant mind of his, oh poor nerds, they don't have immunity against a stunning girl like this," she said outlining her figure with her hands, "hahahahahaha, I love you Cody, muack~," she blew a kiss to the camera.
Cody
"The three finalists, it's been quite a long journey, as Harold said, I laughed, I cried, I hated, I loved and I saw boobies, hahahaha, quite an adventure. The people I'm up against won't be easy to defeat, if they made it this far it's because they endured what no one else could."
Geoff
"When I win I'll throw a party and invite all the other participants of the show, then I'll have a celebration party for winning the game, and when I get home, my friends will surely be waiting for me with a welcome party, Woo-hoo! My future is full of parties as always, brother."
Izzy
"When I win, I'm going to disappear from the map for a while, you heard that greedy brothers, your sister will hit the jackpot and won't leave you a penny hahahahaha, if you want it you will have to find me," she said sadly.
Cody
"I honestly don't know what I would do with the money if I won, I would probably spend it little by little, of course I would invest a part in Izzy, but knowing her, she would ask me to buy a dinosaur skeleton."
Izzy
"I might as well buy myself a dinosaur skeleton, oh I know, I'd buy a giant drill to meet the lizard people that inhabit the center of the earth, I'm curious where Heather was raised."
Geoff
"I know, I would have my own private beach, one with big waves where Bridgette and I would spend hours and hours surfing... There would also be parties, of course, that can't be missing."
Izzy
"Maybe I'll just take a road trip across Canada, seeing nature, fighting nature, I'd take Cody with me of course, he's the only person I know who has a trailer that's not used to sell magic pills, if you guys know me, oh, we might as well take Heather, I don't know what for, but she will be of some use."
Cody
"Maybe I'll start my own video game franchise, I have a lot of original ideas that the world has never seen, everyone will think the future has come sooner."
Izzy
"Maybe a new panorama, my family is Irish, I could take my boyfriend to see the land of my ancestors, tell him about the magnificent feats of my land, like hunting leprechauns, and chasing the end of the rainbow."
End of confessional.
"No matter what happens today, it was an honor to share these pancakes with you two guys," Geoff said with his fork held high.
"I say the same thing," I raised my fork as well.
"Hmm~," Izzy raised hers.
*Clink*
The three of us clinked our forks, then continued eating, probably not the best idea considering what our next challenge would be, but if someone was going to leave today, it better be with a full stomach.
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Now we were sitting on the stage of the amphitheater, Geoff, Izzy and I, in that order, the chef was wearing a dress, nothing unusual there.
"Campers, welcome to the semifinals. The producers ran out of insane ways of torturing you," Chris said.
"Woo hoo! We cowed them, yes!" said Izzy excitedly.
"So… they asked the ousted campers for ideas, turns out they had a lot."
"Oh... That's not good," she said now less enthusiastically.
"You said so," I said.
" They provided us with the sickest, most twisted and insane dares imaginable in TDI's version of…" Chris introduced the wheel with photos of the expelled campers, "Spin the Bottle."
Confessional.
Izzy
"We once played that with some friends at a party, but when it was my turn, the guys always ran away, they say I have a bad habit of biting lips when the kiss gets too intense hahahahahaha, I think they're exaggerating, I mean, Cody has never complained about that, and the kisses with him are alwaysintense."
End of confessional.
I wonder what challenges will change, Owen, Gwen and Heather are among the options this time, compared to some, the challenges I proposed were quite mild.
" Put 'em all together, and we've got a high stakes game of I Triple Dog Dare You," Chris said as he spun the bottle, "Each player will take turns spinning the bottle. The camper you land on determines the dare you'll perform. You can take the dare yourself and win a get-out-of-dare-freebie or inflict the dare on a fellow camper in hopes of booting them out."
"I guess anyone who chickens out will be kicked out of the competition, right?" I asked Chris, already knowing the rules.
"Correct as always dude," the host said, "wow, you're really going to have a hard time Geoff, you're up against the lovebird couple after all."
"Not really," Izzy said.
Chris was confused.
Confessional.
Izzy
"What's better than having an amazing boyfriend? Facing that same boyfriend in a challenge, Cody and I are playing by and for ourselves today, I don't need to be held by the hand to win, plus, watching him push himself is always very hot," she said as she fanned her neck with her hand.
Cody
"Izzy and I agreed that we wouldn't play as a team from here, neither wants to lose to the other, and I'm fine with that, my girlfriend isn't a princess, she's a warrior, and she'd like nothing more than to be treated like one, plus this makes things fairer for poor Geoff."
Geoff
"I can't believe it, I might actually have a chance here, I'll do my best, I won't back down from any challenge, no matter how absurd it might be."
End of confessional.
"Wow, wow, this makes things a lotmore interesting, well let's see what you can do then, Izzy ladies first, even if you're not a lady hahahahahaha", Izzy got up and went to spin the bottle.
Confessional.
Chris
"Okay, so here's the deal. Chef and I have a little side bet going. Whoever pukes first has to pony up a hundred bucks".
End of confessional.
The bottle stopped at Noah's photo, "Noah's challenge is... gobble down fifty marshmallows at the same time and then say the alphabet," Chris said.
"Piece of cake, thank you egghead," Chef brought a packet of marshmallows, Izzy started stuffing them one by one into her mouth.
At first she had no problems, but when she reached the twenty marshmallow mark, her cheeks began to puff up like a squirrel's, now she was putting them in much slower, she was running out of space, in the last ones he could barely make them fit without them falling off, the four of us watched this spectacle with fascinating horror.
"Ok, that's fifty, but to win you have to say the alphabet with all those marshmallows in your mouth," Chris told her.
She looked like she was about to choke, could she really do it?
She didn't say anything at first, it seemed like she couldn't, but suddenly, "a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, ñ, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z", Izzy didn't move her mouth, but we all heard her voice say the letters, when she finished, she swallowed the huge mass of marshmallows and burped very hard, "hahahahaha, that was fun", the four of us had our mouths open, chef almost vomited before Chris's expectant gaze, almost.
Confessional.
Izzy
"I knew those two years of practicing ventriloquism would do some good, and Dad said I was just wasting my time."
End of confessional.
"Ok, Izzy completed the challenge and got the first pass," Chris said, then Geoff went to spin the bottle, it stopped at the image of Eva, "and Eva's challenge, absolute resistance, Geoff, you can do the challenge, or... challenge someone else," Chris pointed to Izzy and me.
"It's okay bro, I can handle anything," said the determined partier.
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Geoff now had balanced cups of tea in his arms.
"This is the challenge, you have to keep your arms outstretched while the chef and I fill the tea cups, if you can hold that position until we finish, you'll win a pass, by the way, it's boiling tea, it's going to get really hot."
Geoff gulped, "do it", there were four cups on each arm, Chris and chef started filling them from the inside out, meaning it would be harder and harder to keep your arms straight. Geoff started grimacing as they moved on to the second cup, it must seriously be hot. When they were on the third, Geoff's arms began to shake and his face sweated from the exertion. Finally, they reached the fourth cup, even though it had only been a few minutes Geoff looked very tired, "come on, almost there, just a little more", Chris and chef finished pouring the cups.
"And that's it, congratulations Geoff, you can put your arms down," Chris said.
Geoff lowered them with a sigh of relief, smashing all the cups, the chef looked angry about this, but he didn't say anything, "uh, is it normal that I can't move my arms?" asked Geoff worriedly.
"Perfectly normal," Chris said without worrying, "Cody, your turn man."
I got up and went to spin the bottle, I just hope whatever comes out isn't too difficult. I swirled the bottle, it stopped at Owen's picture.
"And Owen's challenge is... drink a bottle of expired milk," said Chris, Owen if you are listening to my thoughts, I hate you.
Chef brought an expired bottle of milk and opened it, the smell it gave off was almost enough to make him vomit, almost.
Chris was like, "Cody, same offer, you can do it, or... challenge one of the others."
Certainly the idea of passing the challenge was very tempting, but Geoff and Izzy had passes, the best thing would be to even things out first, "I'll do it", I took the bottle, it really smelled bad, I held my nose, and I took the bottle in one gulp. I didn't taste it, just swallow it as fast as I could.
"Burp", I managed to finish the bottle without vomiting.
*Growl*
But my guts started roaring, "uh, I'm sorry, give me a moment", I ran to the bathroom, I don't need to describe to you what happened there.
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Now I was leaning back on the desk in front of our chairs, Izzy rubbing my back.
"Hahahahahaha, well, no one challenged anyone yet, but that didn't make this any less exciting," laughed Chris, "Izzy it's your turn again."
She kissed me on the cheek and went to spin the wheel, it stopped at the image of Heather, "wax torture".
"Me, I'll do it," she said, looking cheekily at the presenter.
"As you wish."
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Izzy was reclining on a table, chef was holding a rather large lit candle, "Well Izzy, Chef will spill the hot wax from that candle, over the exposed parts of your body, anything you want to say before we start?"
She looked at me mischievously, "try not to get too excited looking at this, love hahahahahaha".
"I'll try," I said, smiling rolling my eyes.
Chef spilled the first drop on Izzy's exposed belly, Geoff and I grimaced just looking at her, but Izzy just stood there smiling and saying nothing.
Confessional.
Geoff
"Ouch, and I thought Eva was a tough woman."
End of confessional.
Chef poured drop after drop along her legs, but she was completely unmoved, didn't she really feel anything?
"Oh, even my body itches just looking at her," Chris said.
Chef poured drops on her arms and belly, but she didn't say a peep, finally he ran out of candle, "that was easy," she said getting up, she had wax scabs on her body.
"I don't know if I should be impressed, or terrified", I commented.
"Well, I'm very, very, terrified," Geoff said.
"Izzy gets her second pass, Geoff, can you surpass that?" asked Chris.
"I hope so," Geoff went to spin the bottle, which ended in Zeke's photo, "chew your own toenail, slowly."
Geoff looked down at his toes, he wore sandals so his feet were usually exposed to all the dirt on the island, I wouldn't want to be in their place.
"Eh, I dare Cody, sorry dude, I could get hepatitis or who knows because of this."
I sighed, "Okay, I'll do the challenge."
"Great, things are finally changing course," Chris said.
I sat down in a chair and took off my right shoe, my foot was clean thankfully, chef brought a nail clipper and cut my flea's nail, put it on a tray and offered it to me.
I put it in my mouth and started chewing it slowly, it was crunchy, but at least it didn't taste like anything, I swallowed it, "done".
"I think it would have been better if Geoff did it, but what you gonna do? Cody you can spin the wheel," I spun it, the picture that came out was of Trent, "put hot sauce on your underwear."
"I dare Geoff!" I said alarmed.
"Eh, I use my pass," Geoff came over and spun the wheel, Beth's picture came out, "re-chewing a wad of Harold's gum."
"Uh, I choose Izzy."
Confessional.
Geoff
"I understood that if I wanted to win this challenge, then I had to make one of the other two cower."
End of confessional.
"Izzy will use her pass," she didn't even think twice before refusing.
"You choked on marshmallows and got burned with wax, and now you're cowering?" asked Chris in surprise.
She pointed to his lips, "this mouth has an owner and I'm not going to fill it with Harold's saliva," she told him with narrowed eyes.
I couldn't help but smile at her words, we all looked at the picture of Harold picking his nose.
Chris turned green and vomited, chef smiled as Chris handed him the hundred dollars, but then he too vomited.
...
After that, Izzy spun the wheel, Courtney's image came out, "balancing plates."
Izzy thought about it, "I dare Geoff!" she said smiling, he opened his eyes wide.
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Geoff had a tower of plates and glasses over his head, he was having a hard time keeping his balance, he had to do it for twenty seconds to win.
"Woah, woah, woah," he paced back and forth balancing the tower.
"And time," Chris said.
Geoff dropped all the dishes, the chef again looked angry.
Confessional.
Chef Hatchet
"Somebody's going to have to pay me for all the utensils they're smashing."
End of confessional.
"Alright, Geoff completed the challenge, which means everyone now has a pass again. Wow, this is too close, anyone could go home today, let's move on," Chris enthused.
Torture montage...
Izzy tastes a milkshake of the chef's mystery meat, she had to hold back the urge to vomit.
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Geoff had a bee beard, Chris was holding a stopwatch.
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Cody balanced on a tightrope over sharks while carrying raw meat on him.
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Geoff was fighting a crocodile in the water.
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Izzy slapped herself.
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Cody pretended to be a chicken in a pen.
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Geoff had to kiss the stinky sknockking puppet of the chef.
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Izzy was dressed up as a baby.
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Chef put eggs in Cody's mouth.
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Geoff had to kiss a fish full of flies.
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Izzy came out of a pool of leeches.
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Cody had to eat a live cockroach.
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Geoff had a bucket on his head full of manure and then shot from a cannon into a pile of the same manure.
End of the torture montage...
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POV. Cody
The three of us had our faces against the desk, after almost twenty-five challenges, we were exhausted, but this would not last much longer.
"It's unbelievable that no one has given up yet, but I'm not going to complain, it's been a lot of fun," Chris said, "the count so far is... Geoff, one pass, Izzy, zero passes, Cody, one pass."
While Geoff and I spent our passes on scary, painful, and disgusting challenges, Izzy spent hers on the ones she found most annoying, her capricious side played against her quite a bit today, that side of her is the one that usually got her kicked out in other seasons.
"Cody, it's your turn," Chris told me.
I got up and walked over to the wheel, spun the bottle, then stopped at Duncan's photo, "plug a battery power into your nuts, uhhhhh bro, that's strong," Chris said with a shrug.
Duncan, I seriously hope Courtney kicked you in the nuts when you met, "I dare Geoff," I said pointing my trembling hand at him.
"I use... my pass," Geoff said tiredly.
I went to sit down while Geoff spun the wheel. He paused at Lindsay's image, "have your head shaved by Chef," Chris read.
Geoff clutched his head, "I dare Izzy, I dare Izzy!" he said in alarm.
Confessional.
Geoff
"My beautiful mane is the second thing I cherish the most in the world, Bri is the first."
End of confessional.
Izzy was standing up to do the challenge, I looked at my pass, "sorry Izzy, I'm going to break my promise", she looked at me wide-eyed, "I'm going to give my pass to Izzy".
Everyone on stage gasped, 'Dude, think carefully about what you do, that pass could mean the difference between winning or losing at this point,'" Chris said.
I stood up and put my pass in Izzy's perplexed hands as I looked into her eyes, "I know, that's why I'm giving it to you", she looked at me in total disbelief, "once you risked yourself big time to help me, I can't say I'm the amazing person you always see me as if I don't do the same this time", I said with a smile.
She pounced on me, wrapping her arms around my neck tightly and kissing me.
Confessional.
Chef Hatchet
He was crying with a box of tissues in his hands, "That's real love!" then blew his nose.
End of confessional.
Izzy spun the wheel, it stopped at Gwen's image, "Gwen's challenge is... itching powder," Chris said.
"I challenge Geoff," Izzy said, the dragging out of the competition was over, someone had to go, Geoff got up.
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Chef put a pair of glasses on Geoff, "Geoff, the challenge is to let the chef throw all the itching powder at you from that bucket, are you sure you don't want to give up?" asked Chris. Geoff just closed his eyes and stretched out his arms, "Well buddy, it's your funeral."
Chef threw all the itching powder at Geoff from the bucket.
Geoff started scratching euphorically, "The pain, the agony, someone free me from this suffering!" cried Geoff, we all watched it awkwardly, "AHHHHHHH!", he ran out and jumped into the lake.
Confessional.
Geoff
He was putting on cream, "it felt like being burned alive, but a thousand times worse."
End of confessional.
Geoff came back, soaking wet and still scratching, but to a much lesser extent.
"Hahahahaha, very clever with jumping into the water Geoff, I didn't expect it", Geoff swirled the bottle, it stopped at the image of DJ, "oh, swallow a spoonful of cinnamon powder".
"Reto... a Cody".
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I looked at the spoonful of cinnamon in my hand, had anyone ever managed to swallow one of these? In the future they mentioned a method to do so... I wish I knew what it was.
Without thinking too much about it, I put the spoonful of cinnamon in my mouth... The result was instantaneous.
*Boom*
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough", I fell to the floor on my knees and started coughing up the cinnamon with a loud cough, then my throat started to close, I couldn't breathe or speak. I fell to the floor while choking, now I understand why people say you shouldn't try to eat cinnamon powder.
Someone grabbed me by the cheeks, lips fell on mine, moisture entered my mouth and I swallowed.
"Cough, cough, cough", I was finally able to breathe again.
Everyone was standing around me, Izzy was holding a bottle of water in her hand, she was the one who had made me swallow the water, "drink," she said as she put the bottle to my lips this time.
I drank the water wiping the cinnamon from my throat, now I was just panting trying to recover.
Confessional.
Izzy
"Okay, it was a good idea to go to medical school, at least you didn't mess up on that dad, you sure feel very proud of yourself right now," she told the camera with narrowed eyes.
End of confessional.
"Uff, that was close, we completely avoided a lawsuit there," I'm glad to see that you care about this Chris, now the host got serious, "sadly... The show must go on... Which means... Cody, you're out."
"What!?" Geoff and Izzy shouted together.
"Believe me, I wouldn't want to end the game so early either, but this doesn't change the rules, the challenge was to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon, but Cody spit it all out, which means he lost the challenge... sorry guys, but he's out now," Chris said.
"Chris, that's not fair, he almost choked on cinnamon," Geoff said.
"Yes! Izzy demands a recount!" she demanded, ready to get violent.
But I put my hands on their shoulders, "This, cough, it's okay guys, I lost, there's nothing that can be done now, you should be happy, you're the two finalists," I said trying to reassure them.
"Bro..."
Izzy started crying and clung to my shirt, "this isn't fair," she said as she cried on my shoulder.
"No, it's fair, anyone without a pass could get that challenge, and it would be game over, it was made to end this once and for all."
Izzy glared at me angrily, "This is not the time for you to be right as usual! Izzy said it's unfair! Then it's unfair!" she told me being capricious.
I just hugged her while she cried, Geoff covered his eyes with his hat, this time Chris chose to keep his mouth shut.
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POV. Third person
"Mmm, Iz- mmm", Izzy was giving Cody a passionate kiss as they bid him farewell on the dock of shame, barely letting him breathe and then bringing their lips together again.
"It's been five minutes now, is she going to let him go?" asked Chris.
"I don't know, that's an incredible lung capacity," Geoff said.
Izzy finally let go, both of them gasping for breath, "Izzy is going to miss you."
"Me too, good luck Izzy, I hope you win the competition," Cody told her.
She leaned into his ear, "...", she whispered something to him.
Cody widened his eyes, but he wasn't surprised, "you're really weird," he said with a smile, "but it's okay, I'll fulfill your selfish whim."
"Hahahahaha, Izzy will win, the competition is no match... no offense Geoff."
"Don't worry, it doesn't."
"Here, for good luck," Cody took off his dream catcher and put it on Izzy.
"But you need this for your nightmares," she said.
"You can give it back to me later, I know we'll see each other soon," he said, then gave her one last kiss and climbed into the boat of losers, "good luck to you too Geoff... I'm serious, you're going to need all the luck you've got," the geek said.
"Yes, I know, but don't worry about me, have a nice trip, say hello to Bridgette if you see her around."
"I will."
Both watched as the boat got smaller and smaller, taking with it what was considered by everyone to be the best camper in the competition.
"Congratulations guys, you're the two finalists", Chris said, now looking at the camera, "Join us next week to see the dramatic outcome of this competition and find out once and for all who will win the $100,000 on TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND!".
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POV. Cody
I was lying there looking up at the sky as the boat slowly made its way to the other side of the island.
I wasn't upset about losing the competition (when you know there's still a million dollars at stake a hundred thousand is a small amount), like I said before, anyone could leave at any time, including me. The award wasn't really important to me... But there's one I want to win under any circumstance.
After this follows the second season, I have to make sure of two things. Participate... and that Courtney is in the competition from the start.
I don't know if the current Courtney would throw a tantrum like the one who was unjustly kicked out, but it's best if she doesn't end up becoming the villain, even if it means she'll have more time to interact with Duncan.
At least if I manage to participate, I could keep an eye on them. It could also help Gwen and Trent cope better with their breakup, perhaps prevent Duncan from reaching the final.
I sighed, there really is still a lot to do, Wawanakwa is over, that is a whole stage that is closing, I survived and although not everything was good, at least it was less unbridled than last time... and I even got a cute lunatic girlfriend, "Why am I so attractive to crazy girls?", no one answer me please, it's a sarcastic question.
Speaking of which, it's going to be very noisy when I get to the resort, not to mention very uncomfortable, Heather is going to be there, definitely now I have no doubt what she feels, but that doesn't mean it's going to be easier to handle.
A seagull flew in and landed on my chest, "squawk."
"What do you think I should do, Kevin?"
"Squawk."4
"... you're right," I lay down looking up again, "when I don't know what to do, I just have to do the same old thing, don't think about it, just go with the flow and try to do your best," I said smiling, I wonder if Dawn is watching the show, she didn't seem like the type who was interested in things like this, However, she still participated, this site attracts all kinds of weird but amazing people.
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We finally got to the other side of the island, the dock much better than the dock of shame is the first thing people notice when they get here.
It's still daylight so most of them must be wasting their time in the pool, I couldn't help but smile.
The boat pulled up next to the dock, "very well, soldier, last stop," said chef exiting the cabin.
"Chef, what is this place?" I asked as if I didn't know.
"It's where all the losers go after they're kicked out, they'll all be sent home when the show ends, this is where they stay until then, it has all the amenities that the flyer announcing the camp promised."
"I see, I guess I'll be on my way then," I got off the boat and started walking.
"Boy!" I turned around when chef called me, "I don't say this to just any camper," he stood his ground and saluted, "you fought well, be proud of that."
I smiled, squared up like him and saluted, "Yes, Master Chief!"
He smiled, "Well, at least one of you didn't forget," with that said he went back to the cabin and began to take the boat back to camp.
I started walking towards the resort. I remember the last time I floated here. I reached the door and stopped before I opened it.
How about a little scare?
I slowly opened the door, there was no one in sight, I snuck into the boys' locker rooms without anyone noticing, I could hear their commotion in the pool.
"I told you Katie, there's no way in the world you're going to convince me to watch Twilight and like it," was Noah's grumpy voice.
"Owen, there's a whole buffet on the table, do you want to stop stealing my food?", and that's Gwen complaining about Owen, nothing new.
When I got to the locker room, I put on my bathing suit, then went outside and made it to the pool.
I hid in the bushes, everyone was goofing around the pool. Some things never change. Owen was on a deck chair eating, perfect.
I walked over to him and lay down on the sun lounger next to him.
"Hey Owen, those hot wings look really good, how about you let me try them?" I asked the big guy next to me.
"Sure buddy, here you go," he handed me the plate of wings while I looked at him carefully, "you can believe we can help ourselves to all we can eat, this place is fantastic."
Slowly I moved away from him, "yes, fantastic, I wish I had seen it when I was still alive," I said in a voice of lamentation, then I went back to hide in the bushes.
Owen's eyes widened, he looked back in my direction, but I was no longer there, "Wait, Cody? When was he still alive?... AHHHHHHHHH! Ghost!" Owen ran out and screamed getting everyone's attention, "A ghost! A ghost! It's a ghost!" he shouted as he ran around the pool, everyone looking at him as if he had gone mad.
"And now what's wrong with him?" asked Bridgette in confusion.
"I've been wondering that since I met him," Gwen said.
One foot stood in Owen's way, "AHHH!"
*Splash*
He fell into the pool, "Owen you're making a scene, now what did get into you?" asked Heather sulkily.
When I saw her I immediately noticed that something about her was different, her hair was cut to neck length and was dyed with Duncan's dye, not to mention that the left side of her head was shaved, she looked like a punk, what happened there?
Owen peeked out of the water, "I-I saw an g-ghost, Cody appeared next to me and asked me for some wings, he said I wish he was still alive, then he disappeared!", I had to cover my mouth so I wouldn't laugh too loudly, this one was going better than I expected.
Heather's eyes widened, "What did you say?"
"How much sun have you taken, buddy? Cody is not here, right now he must be on the island competing in Chris' challenge," Noah said.
"I swear I saw it! He was as pale as a sheet, he was definitely a ghost," I looked at my hands, I'm not that pale, am I?
"You don't think anything could have happened to him, do you?" asked Lindsay worriedly.
"When it comes to Chris, I wouldn't be surprised if the nerd ended up six feet under and now he's came to get his revenge... or maybe to spy on the girls in the locker room from the afterlife," Duncan said ominously.
Heather and Linds turned very pale, more than one swallowed, were they really buying this? I moved to be seated at a table behind everyone while they argued.
*Hit*
"Ok Duncan, that's enough," Courtney told him annoyed by his joke, while slapping him on the back of the neck, he rubbed himself smiling, "we all know how skilled Cody is, do you really think something would happen to him so easily? Believe me, a cockroach has less stamina than that guy," everyone thought about it a bit.
"Wow Courtney you're going to make me blush with that compliment," I said from my place at the table. They all turned around in unison and looked at me with horror, surprise, intrigue, and even fear, "Hey guys, it's good to see you all."
"AHHHHHHHHH! Ghost!", Owen, Katie and Sadie shouted, the latter two hugging together.
*Boom*
Harold fainted... woah.
"Cody!".
*Boing*
"Hmm," my face got stuck in a red valley when Lindsay came to hug me, I missed you Linds, I've missed the three of you.
"It's really you, and you're not a ghost, are you?" she said as she squeezed me to check that I was solid.
"Ah!" I managed to pull my face out of her cleavage, "Hi Linds I missed you too," I said with a smile.
His eyes watered, "it's really you," she said as she tightened our hug again.
"Owww, then, isn't there a ghost?" said Zeke disappointedly.
"No, just a dummy who thought it was funny to make fun of us," Gwen said as I parted ways with Lindsay, "okay girl I know you're happy, but you're really going to turn him into a ghost if you don't let him breathe."
"I'm sorry," she said, embarrassed.
"Wait, if you're here, that means...," Bridgette said.
I smiled at her, "Geoff sends you greetings," I said to the surfer.
"Geoff," she said, blushing and happy.
"So, your girlfriend kicked you off the island? That's sad," Noah said with a sneer.
"That means Izzy and Geoff will face each other in the final," Trent said.
"She'll eat him alive," Eva said.
"I wouldn't be so sure, Eva," I said to the iron woman, "Geoff is good, believe me I know."
"I told them he would win this," Duncan said arrogantly.
"Well Romeo, do you want to tell us why you're here so early?" Noah asked me.
...
After the initial surprise passed, everyone relaxed again, everyone asked me a few questions. Even though they were asked their ideas for today's challenge, they didn't know what they would use them for.
Some were embarrassed to know that Chris was torturing us with their ravings, others like Duncan just laughed.
DJ apologized to me when he found out that it was his idea that cost me the challenge, I dismissed it, there was no point in getting mad about it, plus I caused him to get kicked out much earlier, so now we're even.
Noah told me much of what has happened here so far.
Apparently Tyler now thinks Lindsay likes me for being a nerd and is trying to copy me to get her back, I think I'm going to leave it like that for a while, it won't hurt him to be a little smarter... when you learn to read the book properly at least.
It turns out that LeShawna is responsible for Heather's new punk style, from what Noah told me, during that night's vote, Heather managed to trick several into saying LeShawna's name.
And when she found out that it was her fault to be kicked out, she decided to give her a slight makeover, two things that didn't change, at least this time she's not bald.
The relationship between Courtney and Duncan has been rather tense since she arrived and kicked him in the nuts when he found out Duncan was the one who gave me his bra, that's something at least.
I also watched the special episode with everyone's interviews, I didn't think people would be divided like that to know which girl I make a better match with, in another life I wouldn't have even been taken into account.
This brings me to my current situation, "Can I sit here?" I asked Heather.
"I don't own that chair," she told me without taking her eyes off her magazine.
I sat down, "So, did you get Leshawna kicked out?".
"Why do you want to know?"
"I'll take that as a yes."
"..."
I looked at the pool, "I'm sorry, I lost the competition."
"You don't seem very depressed about it."
"Well, Izzy is still in the game, I'm happy for her."
"It's good to see that you two get along so well," she said sarcastically.
"Are you jealous?" I asked mockingly.
"She's your girlfriend, why should I be jealous?" she said as she plunged her face even deeper into the magazine.
"Yes, you are jealous," she kicked me in the leg without strength, "ah yes, speaking of her, she asked me for a selfish whim before leaving, sometimes I don't know what goes through her head."
"What? To see if there are goblins under the beds?" she asked indifferently.
Her eyes widened as I planted an unexpected kiss on her cheek, her face burst red and she looked at me in utter disbelief.
"Make Heather blush no matter what, or else I won't talk to you again, that's what she asked me to do," you really are a weird girl Izzy.
"..."
"Heather?", Is she annoyed?
*Boom*
No, she just fainted... Wow, I'm on fire today today, at least it's still fun to mess with her.
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When she woke up, Heather hit me on the arm and called me an idiot. From there we had a normal, boring conversation, we were starting over, it's okay to take it easy.
Now I was in my room at the resort getting ready to go to sleep, it was a long day, soon it would be the final, I wonder who will win, both competitors are very unpredictable.
*Knock, knock, knock*
Someone knocked on my door so I went to see who it was.
"Hello."
"Lindsay?" she was already in her short pink pajamas; I gulped a little.
"Can I come in?" she asked, I stepped aside, and she came in, sat on my bed.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"... I just wanted to fix your hair, you haven't undone that braid since I left, right? That might ruin it, so I wanted to make you another one," she said smiling.
I laughed, "So you came here for a girls' night out."
"Is that wrong?" she asked with a playful smile.
"I don't think so."
...
Lindsay was sitting behind me while she was fixing my hair, she said that the braid next to my ear was starting to get stiff, that's why it is necessary to undo it, but she would make me another one after washing it, we were silent. I decided to ask her an awkward question, "Have you talked to Heather?"
Her hands paused for a moment, then she went on with her work, "no," was all she said.
"..."
"..."
"Lindsay".
"Hmm?".
"Don't forgive her because I did it... Just do it if you really want to do it, I won't think less of you if you don't."
"..."
"..."
She removed her hands from my hair, then wrapped them around my neck, crushing her large attributes on my back, I became a little stiff, "you're too nice," she said.
"I've been told that a lot," I replied.
"... Thank you," she said as she squeezed her hug, "Do you think Izzy gets upset, if I want to hug her boyfriend every chance I get?" she asked me, I'm sure I saw out of the corner of my eye a small blush on her face.
What would Izzy say to this? 'Hahahahahaha, did they feel good on your back? Didn't it get hard? Do you want me to do it too?' I rolled my eyes, "I don't think you need to worry about that... But I'll ask her anyway, I don't want her to be jealous."
"You're a good boyfriend," she told me. I'm being hugged by a big-breasted blonde beauty, in a hotel room, while my girlfriend isn't around, sorry if I differ in your idea of a good boyfriend, Linds, "I know you told me I don't have to forgive her if I don't want to... But I hope one day I'll have the courage to do it, I don't want to be fighting with a friend after all, it doesn't feel good," she finished smiling.
I widened my eyes, does she still consider Heather a friend? I smiled, "You're too nice Lindsay," I said. She blushed and hid her face in my back, "hahahahahaha", her relationship with Heather is worse than before... But it's not irreparable, and that's all that matters.