Chapter 4: Day 4

Heather had woken up hours before the others in order to find a computer and printer, which she found conveniently in Chris' trailer. She laughed to herself as she hooked her camera to the Mac and hit "print." Four colored photos were soon produced from the white printer. Heather grabbed the pictures and ran off to the now repaired guys' trailer. "Hey Trent," she said to the half-asleep songwriter.

"What?" Trent asked drearily.

Heather thrust the pictures into Trent's hands, smiling evilly. "You may want to see this."

Only minutes later, Trent ran screaming into Sarah's trailer, pictures in hand. He burst inside, startling the three into waking up. "Trent, it's two in the morning," Gwen drawled. (I have no idea what "drawled" means. Just looked like a good word to use.) "What is it?"

"Would you please explain this?!" Trent yelled, shoving the pictures in Gwen's face. (Not literally.)

Gwen looked through them, her face showing no emotion. "Right," she said, "that. Um, where'd you get this?"

Duncan and Sarah walked over to them. "Get what?" Duncan asked, just now realizing what was going on.

"This," Gwen said, handing the pictures to the delinquent and Chris' cousin.

"Aww, this is what you were doing when I was gone?" Sarah asked, smiling. "How cute!"

Trent asked, shocked, "Cute?!How is that cute?!"

"Well, you see, I think Duncan and Gwen make such a cute couple," Sarah explained, hugging the pictures. "And these pictures show how good they are together!"

"You do realize we're right here, right?" Duncan asked.

"Oh," Sarah said. "Sorry." She gave the pictures back to Trent.

"What, no!" Trent said, looking at the pictures in horror. "I don't want these! You keep them!" He gave them back to Sarah.

"Thanks!" Sarah exclaimed. "I'll put these in my photo album, if there's a pocket big enough." She left the scene.

Just to piss Trent off, Duncan sat by Gwen on the couch really closely. Trent glared. "What wrong, Elvis?" Duncan asked jokingly.

"Step away from my girlfriend!" Trent ordered unsuccessfully.

Duncan rolled his eyes and put an arm around Gwen. "You need to lighten up, dude," he said.

"I wonder if Courtney ever got that message," Trent criticized.

Duncan snarled and got up. "Shut up!"

Trent yelled back, "you shut up!"

"What's going on?" Sarah asked, confused.

"I just said something about Duncan's girlfriend," Trent stated.

"No, he made a rude remark about my girlfriend," Duncan argued.

Sarah looked as if she was trapped between two statements. Which she was. "I-I don't know whose side to take!" she stammered. "This is so frustrating!"

"I for one am siding with Trent," Gwen said.

"What?!" Trent and Duncan said, shocked.

"But I thought you liked Duncan more than me!" Trent said.

"And to think I liked you since the seventh grade!" Duncan yelled.

Gwen stared at him, her eyes wide. "Um, what did you say?" she asked in shock.

"He said he liked you since the seventh grade," Sarah proclaimed.

"I, uh, did not, uh, say that!" Duncan stammered. "I was, uh, joking! You know, like I always do."

Trent stuttered, "y-you liked G-Gwen since the seventh g-grade?"

Duncan scoffed, "didn't I say that I didn't just say that?!"

"You said that like those were the only words you know," Gwen commented.

"Whatever," Duncan dismissed.

"So you've liked Gwen since the seventh grade?" Sarah asked, smiling widely.

"Yes, OK?!" Duncan yelled. "Was that what you wanted to hear?!"

"Yes!" Sarah exclaimed, jumping up and down in joy.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Gwen asked Duncan. "If I wasn't going out with Trent I would've totally gone out with you."

He smiled. "Seriously?" he said.

"Yeah," Gwen stated, "you were my second choice."

Trent just stood there wide-eyed as he listened to their conversation. He couldn't believe what he heard. But still, he was glad. Ever since they started Total Drama Island, he had liked Gwen. If he hadn't gotten her to like him, then she'd be going out with Duncan, and then he'd be left crushed, depressed, unable to move forward and – sorry. The author is just typing whatever Trent is thinking, but has decided to stop since it is getting boring.

All of a sudden, a flood of teenagers flooded into the trailer, obviously, because a flood floods. "We're looking for Duncan and Gwen," Heather announced, holding up her evil camera.

Sarah looked at her weird. "What?" she asked.

"There they are!" Izzy screamed, hysterically pointing at the two.

"AAAAAAAH!" Duncan and Gwen screamed, running out of the trailer and into the beyond-the-trailer-ness of the set.

"Get them!" Heather yelled, sprinting after them, nine teens in tow.

"We'll never lose them!" Gwen said to her run-away-from-a-future-paparazzi-mob-ing buddy.

"I know!" Duncan agreed, stopping when he saw... Celine Dion standees! He shrieked and hid behind Gwen.

Gwen glanced at the standees, then at Duncan. "You're still scared of those hideous, ugly, life-like cardboard cutouts?" she asked, giggling.

"Not funny!" Duncan said. "Just look at them! They're scary!" (They are.)

Gwen looked at the mob behind them. "Now's not the time to freak out because of a few hundred realistic-looking cardboard figures!" she said, turning to Duncan. "Come on!" She grabbed his arm and took off, dragging him behind her.

The mob continued to pursue the couple, like a TV Guide Network helicopter cam filming a Jackson motorcade. (Weird analogy, I know, but I had to sit through thirty minutes of continuous motorcade coverage before the public memorial at Staples Center before changing the channel to Current and watching it there.) Heather led the pack. "We just want to ask you a few questions!" she yelled.

"Can we stop?" Duncan asked. "It's only a few questions and besides, I'm sick of being dragged!"

Gwen sighed, "Fine," and stopped. "What do you want?"

"To have ten questions answered," Heather replied.

"Usually 'a few' would be one or two, not ten," Duncan stated.

"So what do you want answered?" Gwen asked.

Heather smiled mischievously. "Question one..."

A few hours later (maybe ten), Heather finally asked, "And finally, question ten: would you ever make out with Duncan?"

"It's, like, seven in the evening!" Gwen complained. "Can't I just answer that tomorrow?"

"No, you have to answer it now, Gwen!" Heather said.

Gwen thought for a moment before answering, "To tell you the truth, I might've if I was single. But other than that, no."

Heather turned to Trent and said, "See that Trent? Gwen would totally make out with Duncan if she wasn't going out with you. You're just getting in her way to have a better love life."

"Trent, don't listen to her," Gwen pleaded. "What she's saying is bullshit. As I said before, Duncan was my second choice, but you were my first, and still are. And I'm sorry. I know what I did was wrong, and it's not going to happen again. We were just playing Truth or Dare, and Sarah just dared me to."

"That reminds me," Heather said. "Question eleven: why did you accept the dare?"

"You said there'll only be ten," Gwen pointed out.

Heather shrugged. "I changed my mind. So your answer is...?"

"I... kinda made her, I guess," Duncan admitted. "Well, I don't know about made, just persuade. I persuaded her to. I said that nothing bad would happen and stuff."

Trent gasped, "You what?!" Heather played back what Duncan said. "So you made Gwen kiss you?"

"Didn't you hear what the playback said?!" Duncan asked, narrowing his eyes. "I said I persuaded her to."

Sarah came out that exact moment. "Guys, it's 9:30 PM. Shouldn't you guys be, like, sleeping?" she asked.

"Yeah! Sure! Great idea!" Gwen said, rushing to stop all the personal tension caused by the previous scene. Duncan shrugged and followed Sarah and Gwen to the pink trailer.

Sleep followed almost immediately, and all of the castmates and the 24/7 supervisor found the magical realm of dreams, two of which were filled with thoughts of a specific Goth, one with Trent and Duncan and two with Justin. Just in case you were wondering.

I am so sorry it took so long... again. I was extremely distracted by Gaia Online (you can find me under the same username) and... pictures.

Anyway, 9 came out today! It looks so kick-ass! I really want to watch it. After all, it is the only PG-13 rated CGI film I know.

Also, today is UNOFFICIAL TRENT DAY!

I am also sorry for the weird analogy in the chapter. But it's a true story.

Review! Please!