"This is so way beyond bad." Lindsey says from ontop of her bed. I sit up in my bed and yawn as Gwen turns towards the blonde.

"Well good morning to you too Linds."

"Oh, hey Y/n. I'm out of fake tanner already!" She holds the tube up so I can see and Gwen rolls her eyes.

"Woah, that's tragic Lindsey."

"Now I have to actually tan, like sun tan. In the sun! Do you realize how shriveled and wrinkly that can make your skin?" She goes over to Gwen and picks up a strand of her hair. "Aww you totally do."

The noise projectors go off and Chris begins to speak. "Alright campers enough beauty sleep. Time to show us whatchu made of."

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We're instructed to go the amphitheater as we wait for our beloved host.

"Are we gonna see a musical. I love musicals. Especially the ones with singing and dancing." Lindsey rambles. I walk with Gwen towards the stands and see Trent waving his hand out for me to see.

"Yo, Y/n, saved you a seat." I smile at him and see Gwen try to walk away from me. But I link my arm with hers and pull her towards Trent. He dusts the seat off for me and I sit beside him, pulling Gwen to sit on my other unoccupied side. Cody comes and sits beside Trent.

Trent leans back and puts his hands behind his head. Cody mimics Trent, but ends up falling on his back as he attempts to impress Gwen, as Trent tries to impress you.

Heather notices and rolls her eyes. She is then shocked when Lindsey blows a kiss to Tyler. He grabs it and points at her. Realizing she's being watched, Lindsey stops and awkwardly smiles at Heather.

"Welcome to our brand new deluxe state of the art outdoor amphitheater. Okay this weeks challenge is a summer camp favorite...a talent contest."

"Yess awesome."

"Aww yay Y/n did you hear! It's a talent contest finally!!!" Lindsey yells at me from across the stands. I smile and nod my head at her.

"Each team has eight hours to pick the three most talented campers. These three will represent them in the show tonight. Sing dance, juggle, anything goes....as long as it's legal."

Duncan snaps his fingers and I raise my eyebrow at him.

"You'll be judged by our resident talent scout, dj vj and rap legend... grand master chef. Who will show his approval via the chef o meter. The team that loses will send one camper home tongiht. Good luck."

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Heather blows her whistle to get our attention. "Okay, I'm the team captain so here's how it's going to work."

"Wait- who said you were team captain?"

"She did, just now." Lindsey inform Gwen.

"Lindsey, Beth and I took a vote and I won."

"Threatening them to vote for you isn't exactly democratic." I leave exit our cabin and come down the stairs to stand beside Gwen.

"What are we talking about?"

Heather, to my surprise, sweetly smiles at me and walks up to me.

"Y/n, surely you don't mind if I lead the team for this challenge, right?"

I raise my eyebrow at her and give her a skeptical look.

****confessionals***

Y/n: "Why is Heather treating me like a human being. And why is she calling me by my name?"

****confessionals****

"Ummm sure. I mean, you were probably going to do it anyways so..."

"Great!"

Trent moves from beside Owen and stands beside me, pulling out a muffin from behind him. "Y/n here, I got you something."

"Oh, thanks Trent." I graciously accept the food and start to eat it. I see Heather's smile wavers before she begins talking again.

"Beth, Lindsey and I will be the judges."

"Ugh, whatever." Gwen gives in and sits on a picnic table nearby. I follow her, and Trent follows me.

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Owen chugs a big bottle of soda and we all watch him.

"Are you going to auditon?", Trent asks me.

"Hmm, not sure. I can sing a little. I did theatre back home." I say with a smile as I reminisce. "What about you? Please say yes, I heard you play. You're really good." He gets bashful and rubs the back of his head.

Owen finishes drinking and begins to burp out the entire alphabet. I raise my eyebrow in confusion while the guys all cheer. Trent gets up to high five him.

"That was excellent man."

"Well you're not going to do that in this contest! That disgusting." Heather says. I can't help but agree with her.

"Yeah, no offense Owen, but ew."

"Do you know how hard it is to burp the entire alphabet in one go?"

"Trent...."

"I can also toot Beetoven's fifth-"

"No!" All the girls beg. We shield our eyes from his behind and turn away from him. Gwen starts to walk away and I reach out for her but she's out of reach.

"Where are you going?" Heather questions to girl.

"Anywhere that's not here."

I think about going after here, but I decide to give her space.

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Heather performs a ballerina routine that was very impressive. We clap for her as she basks in the applause.

"Oh, I vote for Heather to be in the contest."

"I second that."

"Guys that's so  sweet." Heather fakes. "Alright so I guess I'm in, how about we let everyone take five."

We start to leave for a break and I walk off with Trent as we both start having simple conversations.

****confessionals****

Y/n: "Trent is the sweetest. He's very thoughtful, like how he got me that muffin. And he's so easy going. I like him- THAT. I like that. Not Trent." I nervously smile as the camera cuts off.

***confessionals end****

Izzy turns on the boombox and begins to sway her hips. "I call this the dance of the rattle snake." She makes snake hands at me and moves her hips. I feel my cheeks warm up at our close proximity and force myself to look away.

"Woosh, woosh, look into my eyes, what do you see?"

She then goes to Owen who seems mesmerized. "Oh, she's good."

Beth auditions next. She decides it would be cool to twirl flaming batons. She twirls them close to us and me and Lindsey cling to each other to avoid the flames

"Are you sure this is safe?" Heather asks her.

"It's okay I've been practicing." The brunette throws the baton in the air  and then does the same with the second one. As they come down we see she's not catching it so we use the tables as shields to protect us.

"I kinda missed the catching class."

We come from behind the table and see theres an imprint in the ground. Heather dusts herself off an walks over to me.

"Y/n, your turn to audition!"

"What-"

"Oh come on, you can do it. Don't be shy now."

****confessionals***

Y/n:" Seriously, why is Heather sucking up to me?" I gasp and clasp my hands together. "Maybe she's finally coming out of her shell and is trying to be nice. I'm so proud of her. She really is-"

Heather: "-Annoying. Gosh she's always so encouraging, it makes me sick. But, I will say, she's a strong player. And, she has connections. If I can weaken her connections it will leave her vulnerable, and then I can get her out of the game." Heather wicked smiles. "Miss Sunshine and Sprinkles won't know what hit her. Obviously, her and Gwen have something going on. So if I get Gwen, I get her. But how do I get to Gwen exactly, well you'll just have to wait and see." Heather points at the camera and smiles.

***confessionals****

Everyone sits on picnic tables as they gather around me. I get myself ready by clearing my throat.

"Okay, since heather insists, I'm going to sing. But that doesn't mean I'm going to be in the contest,okay?" I turn to Trent on his guitar. "Are you ready?" He nods and I face front again.

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(you can play the song if you like, but you don't sing the whole song)

If you, if you could return
Don't let it burn
Don't let it fade
I'm sure I'm not being rude
But it's just your attitudeIt's tearing me apart
It's ruining every day

I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey so did you
So why were you holding her hand?
Is that the way we stand?
Were you lying all the time?
Was it just a game to you?

But I'm in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger?
Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?

Trent finishes on his guitar and the rest of the team claps for me. Lindsey and Beth get up from their spots and hug me. Heather clears her throat and Lindsey lets go.

"Oh,oh, Y/n you should definitely sing. You're the most talented one here." Heather clears her throat and Lindsey blinks. "I-I mean, second most talent. Haha."

Heather walks over to me and holds my hands. "Sweetie, you have to sing. You're amazing."

I look over at Trent who gives me a thumbs up and shrug. "Well fine. If it helps us win." Lindsey and Beth cheer and Heather smiles a smile that doesn't quite reach her eyes.

"Perfect. So I think it's me, Trent, and Y/n. Any objections?" Eveyrone shakes their heads and I smile.

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Gwen comes back from wherever she went to see me and Trent sitting on a table while he plays guitar and I vocalize. She sees the flame imprint on the ground and hops over it.

"I won't even ask."

She goes to the cabin and I excuse myself from Trent. Cody opens the door for her and I follow behind her.

"Look it's the first hookup of the seaosn." Heather teases.

"Oh yeah, he and I are going at it bigtime." Gwen sarcastically says. "I need a swim just to cool off." 

Gwen and I change into our bathing suits and then come out of the cabin. Trent calls for me and I stop in my tracks.

"Hey, wait up, I'll go with you."

"Oh, Trent-" I look at Gwen as she starts walking away. "I'm gonna go wit Gwen, but I'll catch up with you later, I promise." I blow him as kiss as I run to catch up with Gwen.

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"Sometimes I just need to get away from everyone, you know?" Gwen says dipping her toes in the water. I sit crisscross on the dock and I trace lines across the wood.

"I get it. Some people are too much. But most of them are pretty cool." I say nudging her in the side.

"What like Trent?" She questions. I try to bite back the smile on my face as she says his name. "You know he likes you right?"

"No he doesn't."

"Yes he does. Why else would he snag you an extra muffin."

"Because he's a sweetheart."

"But only got one for you?"

I put my head in my hands as she laughs and puts her hand on my shoulder. "Look I think you should go for it."

"No no no. No. I didn't come here for boyfriends. I came for friends. And experiences. Stuff I can't get from my hometwon." I copy Gwens position and dip my toes in the water. "I could get a boyfriend whenever back home. I don't want to be defined by one here." I play with a piece of my hair.

"Plus, I think I may actually want to win now."

"Yeah well let's hope your new bestie won't ruin that for you."

"New bestie???"

"Heather. You don't see the way she's been nice to you."

"C'mon Gwen, maybe she's getting more comfortable and is trying be nicer. Turning over a new leaf."

"Mhmm sure."

We soon feel footsteps as Owne and Cody run at us and jump into the lake. They splash us with water and Gwen stands up. She's fuming and she storms away.

I cough out some water and give them a disapporving look. "Really?"

Owen looks at Cody disapprovingly too. "Yeah, really?"

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I catch up to Gwen and see that Lindsey is preventing her from entering the cabin.

"Lindsey, can we please go in?"

"Oh, Y/n, hey girl. Um, no. I want us to stay out here!"

"Why?"

"Uh, because we can all tan together." She grabs Gwen's hand and starts to inspect it. "And Gwen could totally use one."

"Are you gonna move? Or do I have to throw you out of my way?"

"You can try but I have martial arts training." Lindsey gets in a crane kick position and Gwen glares at her. "Okay you can go in." Lindsey cowers in fear as Gwen goes past her and into the cabin. "Look Gwen and Y/n are back!" Lindsey announces.

"Hey girls. Did you have a good swim?" Heather asks.

"What is going on in here?"

Heather yawns and stretches. "Nothing jsut resting before the big  show. Y/n you should do the same."

"Mmm, I'm fine Heather but thanks for the concern."

"Gwen are you always so paranoid?"

Heather leaves us in our cabin and Gwen watches her leave.

"Yeah, really." Lindsey says. She waves to us and then follows behind the girl.

"I don't trust her." Gwen says rummaging through her clothes.

"She's harmless. All talk really. What's the worse she can do?" I bend down and go through my clothes. My default outfit was a white tank top with some jean shorts and a cute belt that I thrifted. I wore a few bracelets and layered necklaces. I always wore a necklace with my inital on it.

"I wished you could see through her. She's a demon." I laugh at her and get changed and ready for the contest.

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I sit with Trent as he tunes his guitar. I look at the bass and see them prepping for the contest. I go over to Bridgette since I hadn't really talked to her since the first day here.

"Hey Bridge."

She's seated on the edge of the stage eating a bag of chips while talking with Courtney. I ignore Courtney but see she has bandages on her head.

"Hey Y/n. Are you ready to compete?"

"Yeah. I don't even know why I'm competing but yolo am I right. Are you competing?"

"Yes." She gives Courtney a look and then turns to her. "Look, I know I'm not as good as you are on the violin but I can do this!"

Heather walks over to instigate. She's wearing a mischievious grin on her face. "Bridgette, aw too bad about the accident. I guess you're going to get your 15 seconds of fame after all huh?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Oh nothing. No one would sabotage their own teammate..unless they may feel threatened."

"Hey! Maybe that's how you gophers operate, but the killer bass have more class than that. We're a team."

"Well...I guess you'll go down as a team too." Heather replies. "Oh and, easy on the chips. You don't wanna sink that surfboard of yours do you?"

Bridgette throws her bag of chips at Heather and she walks away rubbing her face. I sit down beside Bridgette and rub her back.

"Don't mind Heather, she's all talk. You got this, I believe in you." She smiles and hugs me. Trent watches our interaction from across the stage.

***confessionals***

Trent: "Y/n's so cool and nice. I really dig that about her."

Heather: "What a bunch of losers. It's so easy it's almost not fun....almost."

****confessionals end****

"It's the TDI talent extravaganza!" Chris announces to the crowd as he stands center stage. "Welcome to the very first camp Wawanakwa talent contest. Where six campers will showcase their mad skills and desperately try not to humilate themselves. First up for the Screaming Gophers, is Y/n!"

I walk out on stage with a microphone in my hand. My team cheers and claps as I walk out. I awkwardly wave and Owen gives a thumbs up.

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I sing the song I sang earlier and everyone listens in. Not a single sound could be heard, just my singing. I was used to performing for people, since I was in theatre. When I finish the song, I get a standing ovation from my team as they hoot and holler.

Chris comes out onto stage and places a hand on my shoulder. "Well well well, she's beauty and she's grace. Y/n, very well sang my friend. Chef gives you 7/10 on the chef-o-meter."

"Only 7-"

"First up for the killer bass, make some noise for the big guy. DJ!"

I mutter incoherently as I walk off the stage. I high five DJ as he gets ready to perform. I stand in the wings of the stage. I peak out and look into the stands and see Gwen. I smile and wave at her and she does the same to me.

"Very good Y/n! Way to start us off." Heather says as she comes behind me. "Lind-siot- I mean, Lindsey said she needed to tell you something, so do you mind go seeing what she needs?"

"Oh, sure I guess."

I leave the backstage area of the stage and walk into the crowd. Leshawna fist bumps me as I walk past her to go to Lindsey.

"Hey Linds, Heather said you needed me?"

"Huh?" She looks towards the stage and then back at me. "Oh! Yes. I did." She stands up and grabs my hand. "Come with me."

***confessionals***

Heather: "My plan to break up the Gwen-Y/n friendship... or whatever they are alliance would start now." She holds up the number one with her finger. "First, I'd separate them."

***confessionals end***

Lindsey drags me to the confessional booth and we stand in front of it together.

"Soooo, what are we doing here?"

"Huh, oh! I need help."

"With?"

"I can't find my earring, I think I dropped it in here. Can you help me search for it."

"Lindsey, the competition's going on, I don't wanna miss it-"

"Please please please!", She begs me. I softly sigh and go inside the confessional booth. I begin to look around for her earring.

"Girl, you don't even wear earrings though?"

All of a sudden, I hear a click. I furrow my eyebrows and try to undo the lock.

It won't budge.

"Lindsey...Lindsey." I rattle the doorknob and try to break down the door. "Lindsey. Let me out!"

Lindsey guiltily looks on from the outside. "I'm so sorry!" She apologizeds and starts to run back to the amphitheater.

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"Next on deck is Trent...take it away my bro." Chris walks off the stage as he introduces Trent. He sits centerstage with his guitar and looks out into the crowd. When he notices I'm not there, his smile falters a bit. Heather smiles at that.

"This one..goes out to someone special here at camp. Where ever she is..." He starts to play his song on guitar.

"LINDSEY!!!! COME BACK!!!! I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!!!!"

They say that we've only got summer

And I say that's relaly a bummer

But we'll swim in the sun and have lots of fun

It'll just be the two of us

Nothing to do but just hang

So let me say only this

Stick around for just one kiss

The crowd claps for him and Chris comes back out. Trent looks around for me but I'm not where to be found still.

"Nice work, I'm liking your style dude! And so does Grand Master Chef!" Trent awkwardly waves to the camera until Chris shoves him off stage.

"Three down and three to go and the killer bass are totally losing thanks to the musical stylings of Y/n and my boy Trent. Let's hear it for Bridgette!"

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***confessionals***

Y/n: "While I'm here, I might as well take advantage of my confessional time." I sit crisscross and deadpan at the camera.

****confessionals****

Bridgette screws up her perfromance and is shamed off the stage. She got two points from Chef as the crew cleaned up the stage.

"Without further delay, here she goes for the leaders, it's Heather!"

I feel rattling on the door and sniffles from the other side. Soon the door opens and reveals Bridgette who seems to be crying.

"Y/n?"

"Bridgette!" I quickly hug the girl and wipe her tears. "Hey, what's wrong."

"Oh you know, just embarrassed myself and I'm probably going home next."

"How so?"

"Well I literally barfed-"

"Please don't say barf." I cringe. I hated throw up. "Wait so your turn is over?"

"Yeah, Heather's going now."

"Originally I was going to dance for you,", the girl says as she sits on a stool. "But instead, I want to celebrate team spirt with a collabortation." She pulls out a journal and Gwen's eyes grow twice in size. "So with words by Gwen, performance by me, enjoy!"

The people in the stands look on as if this is normally while Gwen cowers in her seat.

"Okay..so I'm trying to ignore her, but she's just so cute! If they had custom ordered a girl to be a distraction for me here, then it would have been her. Never thought I'd have a thing for (insert your hair color) girls, but here I am. She's just so sweet and makes me want to be a better person, oh gosh that's corny. Too bad she and Trent have something going. I mean, really, who cares about that guy and his stupid guitar?"

"Wait..I'm not a girl...?" Cody voices. The screaming gophers look at Gwen as she slowly slides out of her seat and runs off.

Heather smirks and closes the book. "Thank you."

Bridgette and I walk back to the ampitheatre after Heather's performance. She walks off the stage with a grin. I take a seat beside Leshawna and Izzy who have worried looks on their faces.

"What's wrong? Did Heather mess up?"

They exchange a look with one another before Leshawna puts a hand on my leg.

"And where's Gwen?"

"She uh, ran away." Izzy says.

"Why?"

"It's not really our story to tell. Just know it's got Heather written all over it."

"Did she hurt her?"

"Not physically...."

I look over at Heather who's laughing with Lindsey and Beth and frown.

"And then it's down to the final act of the night. Can Geoff and his rad stunts turn this around? I seriously doubt it. Let's find out."

Chris exits the stage and allows Geoff to perform. A minute goes by before they send Harold out instead. He performs a beatbox routine and wins Chef over. The bass end up beating us for the second time in a row.

***confessionals****

Heather: "People thought I was mean to Gwen.. Whatever. All I needed was a couple votes against Cody! Lindsey and Beth are a shoe in, and Owen's a piece of cake."

Owen: "Hahahahah. Cake!" He says while eating some cake.

Lindsey: "I hope Y/n's not mad at me for locking her in here....She should be mad at Heather it was her idea!"

***confessionals end****

"Kudos to you all for an incredible night of entertainment." I stand beside Gwen with my marshmallow. I nudge her in the side but she turns away. I fail to see the red on her cheeks.

"There is only one marshmallow left on this plate."

***confessionals****

Y/n: "So apparently, Heather made Lindsey lock me in the confessionals. But why? And why won't Gwen talk to me?" I raise my hands in the air. "Either way, Heather is now number 1 on my list of people I hate, so Noah you've moved down to number two. Which shouldn't be a surprise, not like you're used to ever being in first place."

***confessionals end***

"Cody, you really didn't do much today. Didn't even audition. And Heather, reading another girl's diary to the world. Man that is whack! No kidding that's really messed up."

I tap Izzy on the shoulder and whisper in her ear. "Heather read who's diary?"

"Oh just give me my marshmallow already."

"The verdicts in, but today, you both will be saved from elimination. End of discussion."

Heather smirks and stands up from her seat. "Ha, you can't get rid of me that easy."

Gwen is fuming and glares at the girl.

****confessionals****

Gwen: "If that evil little cow thinks she's getting away with this, she has another thing coming."

****confessionals end***

Gwen goes to knock on Harold's door before she winds down for bed.

"Didn't you say you brought a red ant farm with you?"

"Yes."

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I change into my pajamas and climb into my bed. I hang over the edge and look down at Gwen who's avoiding eye contact.

"Good night Gwen."

"Night.", she mumbles.

Soon we hear screaming coming from Heather as she runs out of the cabin.

"Good night Heather." Gwen says with a smirk. She then laughs at her misfortune. I shrug my shoulders and go to sleep.

AUTHORS NOTE

long ass chapter lol

butttttt

hope you liked

this was one of my fav episodes growing up