The awake-a-thon was over and we were set to go through another day of challenges. What would today bring? Jump through a ring of fire? I could only pray for the best. I sat with my head on the table falling in and out of sleep. Me and Gwen werre the last two standing from our team, Gwen winning for us, so I decided to let her rest and got ready with Izzy this morning.

I still had eyebags from yesterday, but they would go away eventually. I half listen to Lindsey as she blabs about a certain concealer that she brought to camp. I nodded my head every now and then to fake interest. All I wanted was to sleep.

"You think the challenge today will be the opposite of awake-a-thon. A sleep a-thon?"

"Hmm I hope it's a talent contest.", Lindsey replies playing with a strand of her hair.

"You say that all the time Lind-siot.", Noah says. He was sitting on the other side of me.

"Well it's actually not a bad idea. Noah." I say defending the blonde. "Just becasue you lack talent doesn't mean that everyone else does." Lindsey smiles at me for backing her up.

"You're very grouhcy today. Maybe you need more beauty rest. Those eyebags aren't cute sweetie."

I sit up to reply to the smart alec, but then Chris goes over to the bass table to mess with Duncan.

"Duncan, you look like death dude."

"Stick it." The delinquent replies.

"Harold snored all night." Courtney chimes in.

"Wow, four nights with no sleep. How much are you hurting?"

"Wanna find out?"

Chris puts his hands up in surrender as the door to the lodge opens. In walks Harold with marker writing on his lips where his stache should be. He walks in and we all snicker at him. He sits with his teammates and they laugh as well.

"Okay, what!?", he asks as he's out the loop.

"Someone messed with your face dude.", Geoff informs him. Harold grabs a spoon to see for himself. Instead of being mad , he smiles and admires himself.

"Hey everyone, it's Gwen!"

The woman of the hour sulks in and sits at the table. Our team cheers for her while I clap, as I'm not as enthusiastic as I normally am.

"Yay! Why are we clapping?", Lindsey whispers to me.

"For Gwen."

Courtney is fuming from across the room.

"I'm so tired. I can't feel my face." She then falls face first onto the table.

****confessionals***

Courtney: "We are so stinking right now. Okay yes, Eva was a psycho. But at least she was an athletic psycho!"

***confessionals end***

I hear Heather speaking to Lindsey and Beth but tune them out. Gwen sits up from her a spot across from me. I smile at her and she does the same, even though she's more tired than I am.

"Hey fish heads?", Heather gets up from her spot and calls to the other team. "Way to kick out your strongest palyer. Why don't you just give up now?"

Courtney gets mad and flings a spoon full of oatmeal towards Heather. Much to her dismay, it his Gwen in the face instead.

"Missed me."

I get up from seat and go sit beside Gwen to wipe the oatmeal off her face.

"Real mature Courtney." The CIT rolls her eyes at me and looks away.

"Okay campers lsiten up, your next challenge begins in ten minutes. And be prepared to bring it."

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Chris leads us to the beach, but there's a glass court in the center. Duncan staggers in and flops onto the bleachers, not before threatening his teammates.Chef blows his whistle and walks in front of us.

"Today's challenge is the classic game of dodgeball. The first rule of dodgeball is?"

"Do not talk about dodgeball?" Noah asks. He and Owen laugh with one another.

"As I was saying, if you get hit with the ball-" He pauses to throw the ball at Courtney. She lets out a yelp and stumbles back a little on impact. I try to hide my smile. She throws it back at Chris but he catches it.

"If you catch the ball, the thrower gets out and the catcher gets to bring in another team member out on the court."

"Throwing balls, gee another mentally challenging test."

"I knowwww right?", Lindsey says. Noah and Owne exchange a look after her silly comment.

"Okay now Geoff, try to hit me." Chris throws the ball to Goeff who smiles and accepts the challenge. "If you're holding a ball, you can use it to deflect the ball. But if it knocks the ball out of your hands then you're out."

"So what do I do again when the ball comes at me?" Lindsey questions the host. Geoff throws the ball to Chris who deflects it and it hits Lindsey in the face. She falls onto the floor and comes back up with a huge knot on her forehead.

"You have one minute until game time gophers, you'll have to sit one person out each game."

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"Okay, we cant get lazy," Heather rallies our group togther to come up with a plan. "The killer bass are gonna be trying extra hard to catch up. Who wants to sit the first one out with sleeping beauty?" She refers to Gwen as she looks around the group.

"Alright, I'll volunteer." Noah says not even trying to mask his fake enthusiasm. "Now lets see all you keeners get on out there and dodge."

I cringe at him as he makes finger guns towards all of us. I sit on the bench with Gwen as I allow her to rest. I look onto the court and see the starters for our team: Cody, Leshawna, Owen, Lindsey, and Heather.

"Bring it on fishies, otherwise winning three in a row just won't be as satisfying."

"Oh, you're going down. We're gonna bring the dinner to the table, and then we're gonna eat it." Tyler's attempt at trash talking brushes right off Heather as his teammates give him confused looks.

Chris let's the game begin and Cody throws the first ball at Tyler. He misses and Tyler gets mad. He spins around and lets the ball go. Instead of it hitting him, it hits Sadie in the face.

"That'll smear the makeup."

"Nice job. Now let's see if you can hit someone on THEIR TEAM!"

Owen charges at Tyler as he's getting chastized by Courtney.He throws the ball at Tyler's mid region and he slams into the wall. He's taken out the game and we're up 5-4.

Harold claims he's about to "unleash his mad skills". the ball falls right in front of him and Leshawna looks on unimpressed. She then picks it up and chucks it at him. He runs away screaming like a girl.

"And that's how we roll!"

"Can someone remind me what I'm supposed to do with this again?" Lindsey asks holding a ball. Katie throws the ball at her face and she falls onto the ground. She gets up holding her face and flirtatiously waves at Tyler. Heather sees this and throws a ball at the boy.

"What the heck was that? Ref, he wasn't even on the court!"

"Oops, slipped."

Courtney grunts and readies to throw the ball at Heather. Owen steps in and catches it for her, resulting in Courtney being taken out the game.

Chef blows for Gwen to enter the game, and she gets up. As she step on the court, DJ throws the ball and it takes her out.

"Ooh, sorry!"

"Oh it's cool. trust me!"

The final two member for our round is Cody and Leshawna vs Katie and DJ. Leshawna gets hit and its up to Cody now. DJ and Katie smugly look at the scrawny boy as he feel victory is within their grasp.

"Easy out guys, easy out."

I roll my eyes at Courtney and cheer for Cody. "You can do it Cody!" He smiles at me then back at the ball. He tosses the ball up then tosses it towards DJ. The ball curves around him and ends up hitting him in the butt. It was very comical.

"That is one hard ball to dodge."

Katie throws the ball at him, but he ducks. Then he takes a nearby ball and rubs it against his shirt. He creates static electricity and shoots it towards Katie. She tries to out run the ball, but it's no use. She slams into the wall face first. Chef blows his whistle as we celebrate Cody's win.

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"Ugh, alright Noah, you're up.", Heather informs the brainiac as he reads his novel.

"You know you guys did such an awesome job last game, that I don 't wanna mess up you're mojo."

"Oh I'll do it.", I roll my eyes at him. I was still a bit sluggish but I was more awake than earlier. Heather glares at Noah but complies nonetheless.

****confessionals****

Y/n: "If Noah doesn't start participating, and we somehow manage to lose this. He's definitely going home. Not that I care though, he is so rude and snarky. They're lucky that I'm good at sports and don't like losing." I cross my arms and then smirk at the camera. "Plus it'll give me a chance to "accidentally" nail Courtney in the face for hitting Gwen."

****confessionals****

The next game is starting up and I take my spot on the court. I stand in between Trent and Izzy, as Owen and Lindsey stand behind me. We all look at the bass and see that they've given Tyler all their balls.

Even though he kind of sucked it up for them last round.

He starts to spin around and let go of the balls. He throws one at Chef frist. Then one almost hits Chris by he ducks just in time. His next ball heads towards our team's bench, and they all scramble to get away. The last one finally hits someone, but he's apalled when he realizes it's Lindsey.

"NOOOOOO!", he screams.

"Finally!"

I crouch down to check on Lindsey while Tyler comes running over to her.

"Tyler...." He reaches his hand down and pulls her up. "Oh my gosh my face...how's my face???"

He winces and I mirror his expression. He looks to me for help but I avoid eye contact.

"It's really not that bad..."

I face palm and get off the ground.

"You still look great." He says with uncertainty. Owen, Trent and I look at each other. Trent passes me with a ball in his hands and makes his way towards the two. He then weakly throws the ball at Tyler.

"Wanna go for a walk?", he asks her. She contemplates for a moment before agreeing. She walks past Heather who is dumbfounded as they exit the dodgeball court together.

"Great Gatsby that is it. Game on!" Owen yells while running. He strips Izzy of her dodgeball and throws it, hitting Katie and Sadie at the same time. He then takes mine and hits Bridgette.

"Hey!", I yell at him but he ignores me.

Trent gives him the ball with no complaints as he allows him to throw the last ball at Geoff.

"Ouuuu, he dropped it like it was hot!" Lesahwna commentates.

Chef blows the whistle signaling we win the challenge. We all cheer for our victory as the bass look defeated. I walk over to the bench beside Gwen and sit down.

"I really wanted to participate."

"It's okay.", she says putting a hand on my shoulder. Heather listens in to our conversation and eyes Noah.

"Well at least someone cares." Noah looks up from his book and clears his throat.

"oh sorry. Woohoo! Way to throw those murderballs. Go team go."

"Nice team spirit." Me and Gwen roll our eyes in synch as we watch Heather get onto Noah. "Hey, its 2-0. How does it feel to suck so much?"

"Not very good.", Harold answers the rhetorical question.

"It's not over yet." Courteny tries to say, but she feels deep down as if she's lying to herself.

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The next round starts and the bass managed to wake Duncan up from his nap. They line up and take their spots on the court. Gwen and I watch the game to see what will happen.

Beth and Leshawna throw their balls at Duncan and Courtney, but they both miss. Katie passes the balls to Duncan and Courtney, while they and DJ and Geoff prepare to throw the balls. They all aim for Owen and end up knocking him out.

Once he's out, they do the same thing again. First to Lesahwna, then to Izzy, then to Beth, then finally they get Trent.

"C'mon a little effort our here people."

Izzy and Lesahwna glare at Noah as the other team cheers for their win.

"Okay, not that Noah over here cares, but we are not losing another game to these guys, got it! And where is Lindsey?"

Heather storms off in search of the blonde girl.

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Heather comes back with Lindsey who's pouting and hunching her shoulders.

"Sit down, and stay there. How are we doing?"

Beth gets pummeled by dodgeballs just as she asks that.

"Sports, just not my forte remember?" Noah gives his two sense.

"You know you could give it a shot, and oh I don't know, pretend to care." I say from my seat beside Gwen. Leshawna gets taken out the game and the bass win once more. Me and Heather frown at Noah as she tries to come up with a way to get us to win.

"This is so unacceptable!" She complains. Tyler soon sneaks into the court and sits on his bench.

"Alright, this is it, the final tie breaking game." We get with our group and prepare for the final match. Gwen kicks the ball up and over to me, which I catch it and pass it to Lesahwna.

"C'mon people. Quick feet, fast hands." Heather claps her hands together and instructs us. Cody gets hit by a ball so Beth goes in to take his spot. The game goes on and more people from our team swap in and out in a rotation. Noah remains sitting on his spot. Every now and then I'll catch him staring at me playing.

"Knock 'em out, throw 'em out. Rah rah!" I get tired of him and chuck on of my balls at him, He falls backward onto his bench and everyone smiles.

"You're right, sports aren't your forte." Heather quips.

Gwen gets her ball and throws it in Courteny's face.

"That's for the oatmeal!" I try and cover my mouth to hide my laughter while Leshawna starts howling in laughter.

"You messed with the wrong white girl!" She and I go over to high five Gwen.

I get a ball and throw it at Duncan, and two other people get the same idea and we send him onto the ground. More and more people get thrown out.

"Don't suck this up you guys. Come on!", Noah shouts. I roll my eyes and turn to face him.

"Can you like not right now-" I'm cut off when a ball is thrown at my chest. I glare the other side and walk off the court. I sit on the bench beside Heather with my arms crossed as Lindsey pats my shoulder.

A ball is thrown towards Gwen but Cody steps in at the last moment to block it with his crotch. Soon Gwen and DJ throw their balls at each other at the same time and are both out.

Harold and Owen are the last tow standing. "Sorry dude, but you gotta go down." Owen says while holding some dodgeballs. Harold does some kung fu pose and readies himself to dodge. He escapes the first two by jumping and twirling. Then he bends backwards to avoid the next one.

"Woah." Noah says dropping his book. Courtney calls time out and he goes to see his team. Once they finish chatting, Owen and Harold step back onto the court. Owen winds up his arm and throw the ball with all his strength, sending Harold into the wall. To everyone's surprise, he catches the ball.

"The Killer Bass win!"

"It's impossible....WHY!" Owen wails as he drops to his knees.

The bass carry the boy out on his shoulders as we watch them celebrate their win.

"Gophers, what happened?"

"What can I say, weak effort."

"Oh please. You did literally nothing.", I say standing up.

"Shut it Noah." Gwen gets up too and follows me out.

"You know, for once I agree with them." Heather gets up too and follows us out. Everyone leaves until it's just Noah, Trent and Owen left.

***confessionals***

Harold: "I guess I'm kind of a role model now that I won the dodgeball competition." He begins to snack on some chips. "People will probably all want my autograph when the shows over and stuff."

Y/n: "Oh Noah's got to go. I can't believe I even considered befriending him. And I can befriend almost everyone!" I say raising my hands in the air. "But the way he just gave smart alec responses and barely contributed really pissed me off. Almost as much as losing did. And I hate losing." I smile and wave to the camera. "So bye bye Noah. Maybe next time you'll hit the gym. Or maybe try investing in a book that will teach you how to get a personality, since your only traits are lazy and selfish."

***confessionals***

"Campers, you've already placed your votes and made your decisions. One of you will be going home. And you can't come back. When you hear me call out your name, come pick up a marshmallow."

I look at Gwen and Leshawna as we await our fate.

"Owen, Gwen, Cody, Trent." They all get up one by one to collect their marshnmallow. "Y/n." I get up and get my marshmallow. Trent high fives me and I stand between him and Gwen.

"Heather. Beth, Leshawna, Izzy." Izzy stands up and holds hands with Lindsey, who looks on anxiously.

"The final marshmallow goes to..." Chris gives a dramatic pause to let the audience at home wait ont he edge of their seats. "Lindsey."

"Woohoo yeah!" She gets out of her seat with her hands up and comes running towards us. She grabs her marshamallow and hugs me. We jump up and down and celebrate anotehr day here on camp.

"What are you kidding me?!" Noah says in bewilderment. "Alright, see if I care. Good luck because you just voted out the only one with any brians on this team."

We all throw our marshmallows at him and roll our eyes.

"You lost, shut up, no one cares!" I say to him.

Leshawna dusts her hands off and piggybacks off of what I said. "You need to learn a little thing called respect, turkey." We all laugh and cheer as he gets ready to leave.

"Whatever, I'm outta here." He sassily says as he walks off (he's so sassy wth lmaooooo)

I remain cheering with my team as we watch him walk away. I give him one last look as he boards the boat, and he does the same. But I turn around and act like I don't notice.

***confessionals***

Y/n: "Goodbye and good riddance. I hope I never see him again. He just reminds me of the two traits I hate about people: "meanness" and "slackers".

***confessionals end***

"She claims she hates him but has made several confessionals talking about him today. Interesting!" Chris tells the audience. "Will Y/n get over Noah's departure, how will the Gophers come back for the next challenge. All will be found out during the next episode of Total. Drama. Island."

I come out of the confessionals and glare at Chirs with my arms crossed as she continues posing for the camera.

AUTHORS NOTE

i think this will be a noah fic

but like slowburn

hope you liked the chapter

and yn

but if not, idrc either way lolllll