#leshawna

Dear Mom and Dad

I'm doing fine

You guys are on my mind

You asked me what I wanted to be

And I think the answer is clear to see

I wanna be famous

I wanna live close to the sun

So pack your bags 'cause I've already won

Nothing to do, nothing in my way

I'll get there one day

I wanna be famous

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na

I wanna be

I wanna be

I wanna be famous

I wanna be

I wanna be

I wanna be famous

I wanna be

I wanna be

I wanna be famous~

So far, this day has absolutely sucked ass.

Y/N had a massive headache, there was a rip in her skirt, Courtney was whining about something stupid, and Heather was shooting her dirty looks.

Whatever, it was totally worth it though. Y/N was satisfied when she saw bug bites all over her arms and legs. She felt proud of herself for giving Gwen the idea to put Harold's ant farm in Heather's bed.

Very satisfied indeed.

Right now, all the campers were surrounded around the campfire, waiting for Chris to tell them about the next challenge. He hadn't said a word yet, for the dramatic effect.

Damn, this guy was really getting on her nerves.

"What's got you so mad?" Duncan whispered.

"Bad morning, that's all," Y/N muttered.

"Campers, today's challenge will test your outdoor survival skills," Chris smiled, standing in front of them all. "I'm not going to lie to you, some of you may not come back alive.

Some of the campers, like Owen and Beth, gasped, their eyes wide. Y/N just rolled her eyes. How hard could it be to survive in the woods anyway?

"Just joking," Chris giggled, making everyone sigh in relief. "All you have to do is spend one night in the woods. Everything you need is at your team's campsite in the forest. You just have to find it."

Chris pulled out of a backpack (who knows where he got it), and tossed out a map and a compass to the respective teams. Y/N caught the map and Duncan caught the compass, making Courtney glare at the two of them.

"Oh, and watch out for bears," Chris added. "Lost a couple of interns in pre-production."

Courtney snatched the map right out of Y/N's hands, a frown on her face.

"Rude," Y/N muttered.

"First team back fro breakfast wins invincibility," Chris finished, pulling out an air horn and using it. "Well, off you go."

"Did he say there are bears up in here?" Leshawna shakily asked.

"I had a little encounter with a bear once!" Owen bragged. "Let's just say his head looks real nice on my mantel."

"Oh! This one time I saw a bear eating our garbage!" Izzy exclaimed. "He had old spaghetti noodles hanging from his big, huge teeth and it looked like blood and guts! It was so gross and we thought he was eating the neighbor's cat, Simba! But it turned out he was just lost for a week."

Y/N stared at Izzy with wide eyes.

"Wow," Y/N stuttered. "Wow, that's uh, that's something."

"You're telling me," Duncan muttered. "Either she got dropped on her head as a kid, or she's on some sort of drug."

"You're such an ass," Y/N giggled, slightly hitting his shoulder.

"Whatever," Duncan smirked. "You know I'm right."

"Uh huh," Y/N said, walking away from him. "C'mon let's go find that stupid campsite."

"Yes ma'am,"

The Killer Bass had been walking in the woods for about twenty minutes now. Y/N wished that she had brought a water bottle with her, because it was hot and she was beginning to get thirsty.

"Bridgette," she whined. "Do you by any chance have a water bottle with you?"

"Why would I have a water bottle?" Bridgette asked. 

"'Cause you're the best?" Y/N said, batting her eyelashes. 

"No, I don't have a water bottle," Bridgette sighed. 

"Aw man,"

"You're too much sometimes,"

"Oh, how you wound me,"

Another ten minutes went by. Now Y/N had really wished she had brought some sort of drink with her. She was used to being exhausted, being on the track team in high school, but she always made sure to drink plenty of water before she ran.

And to make things worst, it was super fucking hot and sweat was dripping down her back.

"I hate hiking," Y/N muttered.

"Don't you do track?" Duncan asked, walking besides her. "You should be used to this."

"Hiking is different than running,"

"Oh yeah? How so?"

"Uhhh," Y/N blanked out. How was running different from hiking? Both of the required you to move your legs. But also, you burned more energy from running.

So why was she so tired from hiking for only thirty minutes?

"It's not that hard of a question," Duncan chuckled.

"Well then you should be able to answer it yourself," Y/N said.

"I'm not the one who hates hiking,"

"I wouldn't be surprised if you did, since you hate everything else,"

"You're so observant,"

"And you're dumber than a rock,"

Four hours.

Four long, excruciating, hours.

That's how long it took for the Killer Bass to find the campsite.

Whoever was in charge of directions deserved to be burnt alive.

Mostly everyone was busy setting up camp. Y/N and Duncan were trying to make a fire (Duncan mostly watched though), Tyler was unpacking the backpack, and Geoff, Courtney and Bridgette were setting up the tent.

"Wow," Geoff said to Bridgette. "You pitch a tent like a guy."

It took everything in Y/N not to bust out laughing. She liked Geoff and thought he was cool but he did NOT know how to talk to girls.

"Real smooth," Duncan chuckled.

"I mean, you're not all girly about getting girly and stuff," Geoff corrected himself.

"Gee thanks," Bridgette said, a bored look on her face.

"What's for dinner woman? I'm starving," Duncan said to Courtney.

"I hope you don't expect me dignify that with a response," Courtney glared.

"Hey guys! Look what I found!" DJ exclaimed, carrying the cutest bunny Y/N had ever seen.

"Aww! He's so cute!" Y/N gushed.

"Well, I never had rabbit stew before, but what the hell, I'm game," Duncan said.

DJ and Y/N both scoffed, Y/N kicking him in the shin.

"This is my new pet! I'm calling him Bunny!"

"You couldn't find any food?" Courtney sighed. "Then it looks like we're eating grubs and berries for dinner."

"Speaking of grubs, has anyone seen tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber?" Y/N asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Great," Y/N murmured. "We have two missing teammates."

"They were dead weight anyway," Duncan said.

"Mhmm, I guess you're right," Y/N said. "They probably already fell of a cliff."

Duncan nodded in agreement. "You wanna go find some berries for dinner?"

"There's a berry bush over there," Y/N pointed to behind the tent, where there was indeed, a big berry bush.

"Yeah, but," Duncan stuttered. "The better berries are deeper in the woods."

"How would you know that?"

"'Cause I know everything, duh,"

"As much as I would love to go into the dark creepy woods, with a gentleman such as yourself," Y/N started. "I'm gonna have to pass. Maybe next time."

"Yeah, for sure," Duncan said, a little disappointed.

It was now official. Even though Duncan had only known Y/N for like three weeks, he was officially super down bad for Y/N.

But he would rather die than let anyone know. Especially Y/N.

Even if she did find out, there was no reason to ask her out. The two of them lived 3 hours from each other, and it wasn't like they were going to see each other again after the show was over.

So for now, Duncan was just going to bury those feelings, deep, deep, deep inside him.

They had got the fire started, which was good.

But they didn't have any food besides bugs and berries, that was bad.

The Killer Bass were sitting around the fire, talking, but mostly complaining about the challenge,

Even though surviving the night seemed easy, Chris definitely did not make it all easy for any of the campers. Y/N hoped that the other team were suffering as much as her team was.

Y/N was sitting between Duncan and Bridgette. Bridgette had a nervous look on her face and gasped when she heard an owl hoot.

Y/N knew that the woods freaked her out, so she put her arm around her shoulder to comfort her, Bridgette shooting her a grateful smile.

"Be cool, it's just an owl," DJ smiled.

"Sorry, I just get really freaked out in the forest," Bridgette explained.

"This reminds me of this really scary story I heard once," Duncan spoke up.

"Awesome, tell it, man," Geoff said.

"Are you sure?" Duncan asked. "Because the story I'm thinking of is pretty hardcore."

Courtney rolled her eyes. "Oooh, we're so scared,"

Duncan shrugged his shoulders. "All right. But don't say I didn't warn you,"

"One night, a lot like this one..."

"So suddenly, they, they heard this tap tap tapping on the side on the side of the car. The girl started to freak out, and by this time, even the guy was getting a bit scared. So he turned the car on and he stepped on it."

Everyone seemed invested and terrified of the story. Even Y/N, who loved reading Stephen King and watching horror movies, was a bit scared of the story.

"When they got back to the girl's house...she opened the door and screamed! Because there....hanging from the door handle....was the bloody hook! They say that this killer is still alive, wandering these very woods. He could be just about anywhere really. Maybe even right....here!"

Duncan pulled out a hook from behind his back, making everyone scream. Y/N (and a bunch of other people), hid behind DJ, wanting to get away from Duncan and his stupid story.

Duncan roared with laughter, holding his stomach due to how hard he was laughing.

"You asshole!" Y/N glared, marching up to him. "That wasn't funny!"

"Oh yes it was!" Duncan smirked. "I just wish it was all on camera! Oh wait, it is!"

"You are so vile!" Courtney spat, still hiding behind DJ. "Do your parents even like you?"

"I don't know Jumpy McChicken," Duncan chuckled. "I haven't asked them lately."

"Whatever," Y/N grumbled, pushing Duncan slightly. "Your story was still terrible."

"Sweetheart, you literally screamed like a goat," Duncan smirked, stepping closer. "My story was anything but terrible."

"You're insufferable, you know that?"

"Oh yeah? Well you're a dumbass,"

The two of them were in each other's faces, smirking at each other, their noses almost touching. It was then that Y/N began to realize more of Duncan's facial feature.

'Have his eyes always been that blue?' she thought. 'They're really pretty.'

Someone, she didn't know who, but one of the Bass cleared their throats. Y/N and Duncan turned away from each other to see that everyone on the team were looking at them, DJ and Harold had awkward looks on their faces, Bridgette and Geoff had smirks, wiggling their eyebrows, and Courtney had just pure rage on her face.

Y/N covered her red face with her hand. "I'm going to bed now. You guys do whatever I don't care."

Y/N went into the tent, everyone else still outside, now staring at Duncan.

"What are you guys staring at?" Duncan asked.

"What was that?" Courtney hissed.

"What was what?"

"That little moment that the two of you had!"

Duncan blushed, scratching his neck. "Yeah, what about it?"

Courtney narrowed her eyes. "You like her, don't you?"

Duncan's eyes widened, his face turning even more red than it already was. But before he could answer, Geoff interrupted. "Guys, it's getting pretty late. I think we should head to bed."

Courtney rolled her eyes before sighing. "Yeah I guess you're right. C'mon, everyone in the tent."

Duncan begrudgingly followed Courtney in the tent. He was surprised to find that Y/N was already sleeping.

'What a weirdo,' he thought, but he couldn't help smiling at her. Geoff elbowed his side, a smirk on his face. In response, Duncan rolled his eyes and punched his shoulder.

"Whatever man," Duncan muttered, laying down on the hard tent floor.

"Y/N?"

Y/N slowly opened up her eyes, seeing Bridgette above her. "Yeah?"

"Can you go pee with me? I'm too freaked out to leave the tent by myself."

"Yeah, of course."

After trying not to trip over anybody, the two of them made it out the tent. "Hey Bridge, it's okay, nothing's gonna happen to you."

"Yeah I know, it's just-" Bridgette gasped, a flock a bats coming towards the two of them, one of the landing on Bridgette's face.

Bridgette started stumbling around, Y/N trying her best to scare the bat away so it would fly off Bridgette's face. Eventually the bat did fly away, but Bridgette fell on the ground, accidentally kicking a hot coal up against the tent, which quickly lit on fire and disintegrated into nothing.

Everyone turned towards Bridgette (besides Duncan, he was somehow still asleep), who waved towards them in embarrassment.

"Great," Courtney snapped. "That's just great Bridgette! Now we have nowhere to sleep!"

"Hey you need to calm down," Y/N said, trying to diffuse the situation. "Obviously she didn't mean to, it's fine."

"Fine? It's fine!?" Courtney yelled. "Things could not possibly get worse!"

Things did in fact get worse.

It started to rain. Y/N was mad that is started to rain, but also was satisfied at Courtney's reaction to the rain, her yelling out in frustration.

Y/N barely got any sleep that night. How could you when the only shelter you had was DJ holding up a giant leaf? She didn't know how, but eventually she did fall asleep. It wasn't very good, how good could it get on the forest floor, but it was enough to keep her energized to finish the challenge.

What she didn't expect was to wake up cuddled on Duncan's chest, his arm around her.

"Woah! Get off me!" Y/N blushed, pushing herself off Duncan.

"You were the one that was cuddling up to me," Duncan said groggily, waking up.

"Your arm was around me, you pig,"

"Whatever, I've been called worse,"

"Troll? Homewrecker? Any of those ring a bell?"

"You have such a nice way with words," Duncan rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Only learned it from the best,"

--

~Confessionals~

"I swear that is not what it looked like,"Y/N  said, her hands covering her face. "Nothing happened, everything's fine, I swear!"

--

They ran. And they ran as fast as they could.

Y/N couldn't remember the last time she ran that fast for anything. Yeah she was fast, but normally she wouldn't run that fast.

The Killer Bass were the first ones to camp. Y/N smiled, seeing Chris mess with the fire pit in the distance.

"We're the first ones back!" Courtney cheered.

The Screaming Gophers were right behind them, all of them disappointed that they weren't the first team to arrive.

And also why was Izzy in a bear costume? Who knows. Izzy was a strange human.

"Oh no! They beat us here!" Heather groaned, pushing Owen, making Izzy giggle. "This is all your fault!"

"Not so fast, goforinos," Chris spoke up. "It seems that the Killer Bass are missing a few fish."

"Are you talking about Katie and Sadie?" Y/N asked. "I'm pretty sure they got eaten by wolves twenty minutes in."

"Damn shame," Duncan shook his head. And as if God was having a good laugh and wanted to torture the Killer Bass, Katie and Sadie came running into camp, babbling about how they got lost and how they got into a fight and made up.

Y/N wanted to drown the two of them in the lake.

"Are you two finished with your little love fest?" Courtney cleared her throat. Katie and Sadie nodded, wrapped in each others embrace and big smiles on their faces. "Good. Because thanks to you, we just lost the challenge!"

"All right Killer Bass, one of your fishy butts is going home!" Chris announced. "Gophers, you're going on an all expense paid trip to the Tuck Shop!"

All the Screaming Gophers screamed in excitement, running off with huge grins on their faces. Everyone on the Killer Bass stared after them with shock, then turned to look at Katie and Sadie with anger.

Oh yeah, one of them was definitely going home tonight.

But the question was, who was Y/N going to vote for?

They were both really nice, but they were also both really, really dense.

This was going to be very hard indeed.

"Who did you vote for?" Duncan asked, sitting next to Y/N under a tree.

There was around twenty minutes left until it was time to vote, the two of them hanging out to pass the time.

"I actually can't remember," Y/N chuckled. "It's hard to tell the two of them apart."

"Can't believe we lost because those two idiots got lost in the woods," Duncan muttered, throwing a rock in the distance. "There has to be some kind of rule against that kind of shit."

"What do you expect? This show sucks," Y/N sighed.

"Do you wish you didn't sign up to compete?"

"Sometimes. But if I didn't, I wouldn't of met you or Bridgette or anyone else here."

Duncan smirked, hoping Y/N wouldn't notice his blush. "Aww you're making me blush, princess."

Y/N smiled, rolling her eyes. "You're so smooth,"

"Yeah, I know,"

It was finally time for the elimination ceremony, all of the Killer Bass sitting on the tree stumps, the fire illuminating all their faces.

Sadie and Katie sat next to each other, fear and disappointment on their faces. Even they knew that one of them was going home.

"You've all cast your votes," Chris said. "The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately, hit the dock of shame, grab the boat of losers, and get the heck outta here!" 

"And you can't come back. Ever!"

"Now, I can see you're all tired, so tonight, I'll just throw them to you," Chris said, holding up marshmallows. "Courtney, Duncan, Y/N, Bridgette, DJ, Harold, Geoff, Tyler."

"Ladies," Chris said ominously. Sadie and Katie hugged each other, nervous looks on their faces, their teeth chattering. "This is the final marshmallow of the evening."

He waited for a moment before announcing who got the final marshmallow.

"Sadie,"

"No! Why Katie!" Sadie cried. "Why her!?"

"It's so unfair!" Katie sobbed, making Y/N roll her eyes.

"I so can't do this! I've never been anywhere without Katie. We have to be together or I'll totally die!"

Katie grabbed onto Sadie's shoulders. "Sadie, listen to me, you can do this. You are strong and beautiful and like, maybe even smarter than me. You're like the funnest girl I know! You have to do this for both of us."

Sadie started to tear up. Y/N fake gagged over to Duncan, the two of them giggling quietly like little schoolgirls.

Sadie walked Katie to the dock of shame, Chris and a few Killer Bass following them.

"That was so draining," Y/N yawned.

"You're telling me," Duncan also yawned. "I'm so glad that one of those idiots is gone."

Y/N nodded getting up.

"Where are you going?" Duncan asked.

"I'm gonna go on a little walk," Y/N answered. "You wanna come?"

"Sure,"

this chapter all feels like ass

stay safe and drink lots of water <33

xoxo, Izzy

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