Y/N's Pov:
"Hey Court, did Damien get the spider out of our room?" I ask before stepping into our room.
Courtney looks confused, "I didn't know there was a spider in our room."
"But Damien said- hm." Courtney just looks at me and I shrug. We walk into our room and both flop down our beds. "You did really good today, by the way," Courtney says.
"Thanks. I think I'm getting used to being on camera." I smile, "Tomorrow we're filming the catch your meal and Dead Light Green Light, right?"
Courtney nods. I take a quick shower and crawl into bed, Courtney does the same. We turn off the lights and then about every five minutes Courtney tells a joke to see if I'm still awake. I keep laughing and worrying that I'm going to disturb someone in another room.
I wake up before my alarm and change into my apocalypse clothes, and do my hair. I put my hair up in pigtails and tie a bandana around my head just like I did yesterday. I then hear Courtney's alarm go off and she groans.
"Rise and shine!" I say.
"I don't want to rise. And I'm definitely not shining." Courtney mumbles, getting out of bed. I leave the room and almost run into Damien who's leaving his room too.
"You didn't help Courtney with a spider in our room." I cross my arms.
"Oh... um, yeah. That was just my excuse because I was actually gonna... go skinny dipping." He stutters.
"Shayne and I were at the pool though." I say, not letting him break eye contact.
"Right... I meant donut dipping. I made donuts." He smiles cautiously. I slowly nod, not believing a word he says, "Okay... Should we get some breakfast?"
"Yes. Breakfast is a good idea." He starts walking away and I follow him.
After breakfast, we start filming Dead Light Green Light. The rules seem complicated but they're actually not, it's just a mashup of a couple of different games. Mushroom Clout is chosen to be the zombies first and put on their masks so they can't see. My team spreads out and the music stops. Keith almost touches me but I bend over so his hand goes right over my stomach and then the music starts again. Pretty soon almost everyone on my team is out, except for me and Wes. Shayne is running around screaming to distract Mushroom Clout. When the music starts again Wes waves me over and tells me to get on his shoulders. I do, and since he's so tall, if someone were to find him they probably wouldn't touch me. We stay like this for two rounds and then Wes gets caught. He lowers me off his shoulders and the music starts again.
"One player left!" Sarah announces.
I curl up in a ball and sit in one spot until Courtney eventually trips over me.
"Okay! That is everyone out on ToxiciTea! Switch position and we'll get onto the next round! Sarah yells.
Lasercorn hands me his zombie mask to put on but it doesn't fit over my pigtails so I have to take them out, leaving my hair looking quite weird. I put the mask on and the smell isn't exactly pleasant. Very sweaty. The music starts and I try to listen for people moving around but it's hard to hear. The music stops and I immediately run into someone.
"I am so sorry. Unless you're on the opposite team in which case, ha I got you." I say.
"Nope, it's just me." I hear Ian say.
"Darn it."
We get everyone out fairly quickly except for Keith. For some reason, we just couldn't catch him for a while. Mushroom Clout ended up winning thanks to Keith. I think Shayne ran into Wes's crotch head first, but I'm not sure. After we finish shooting, Ian, Mari, and Matt Raub go to record a podcast and the rest of us have a bit of free time before lunch so we decide to check out the pool since it's freshly cleaned.
Courtney and I head back to our room to change into our bathing suits. I put on a simple, black triangle bikini. Nothing fancy. Courtney is also wearing a two-piece. I slip on a pair of shorts just to wear until we get to the actual pool and we leave our room at the same time as Keith and Noah. Then Olivia comes out of her room and Shayne and Damien come out of theirs. I can't help but look at Shayne's body. He's just wearing swim trunks with a towel draped over his neck. I mean, so are the other boys, but Shayne is the best view. I force myself to look away.
"Ready?" Olivia asks us.
"Yeah, let's go swimming!" Damien replies and then turns to Shayne, "Swimming. Not drowning. Okay?"
We all laugh and Shayne puts his hands up surrendering. We go out to the pool and put our towels on a couple of chairs. I pull my shorts down and Olivia whistles, which obviously makes me laugh. I turn around and I can feel a pair of eyes on me, I look around and notice Shayne staring before Keith elbows him and says something. I try to ignore it and dive into the pool to join Olivia and Courtney. The boys all jump in after us causing water to spray everywhere.
"I challenge the boys to a girls against boys chicken fight." Courtney announces, "Who's getting on my shoulders?" Courtney asks, turning to Olivia and me.
"Y/N can. I don't wanna fall in the water." Olivia says.
I nod and Courtney goes underwater so I can get on her shoulders. I climb on and she rises back up. I see Shayne getting on Damien's shoulders and Noah getting on Keith's.
"Woah woah woah," I say, "This isn't fair, it's two against one!"
"Scared?" Keith asks.
"No. It's fine. I can take you." I smile.
"Damn right you can!" Courtney says, securing her grip on my legs.
"On your marks, get set, go!" Olivia yells and we all move towards each other. I push on Noah's chest once and he immediately falls off of Keith's shoulders.
"C'mon man! What the hell was that?" Keith says. Noah just shrugs.
"It's one against one. Who will win?" Olivia says in an announcer's voice. Courtney moves closer to Damien and Shayne and I push on Shayne's chest but he doesn't move. He pushes one of my shoulders and I wobble slightly but manage to stay on. I put both my hands on his shoulders and Courtney moves closer. I start shaking him and he then does the same to me. After a moment of pushing each other while intertwined, I can see him start to fall.
"Yes! We're gonna win!" Courtney says, but as Shayne is falling he doesn't let go of my shoulders and pulls me into the water with him. We both rise up out of the water and I splash water at him.
"It looks like we have a tie! Noah and Keith still lost though." Olivia laughs. I continue splashing Shayne until he grabs both my arms and spins me around so he's holding me against him and I can't move.
"Hey!" I laugh, feeling his bare skin against mine.
"Welcome to Shayne jail, no one ever escapes." He says and I can feel his breath against my neck, sending a chill down my spine. I continue to try to move but he has quite a grip on me, he just laughs.
"Hey Shayne, Y/N." We both look at Courtney who's recording us.
"Send help! I'm being held captive!" I laugh.
"Don't send help. She's fine." Shayne says to the camera.
Courtney laughs and stops recording. Shayne lets me go and I splash him one last time before quickly swimming away from him.
We dry off and go back to our rooms to get changed before lunch.
"I'm seeing more sparks between you two." Courtney says when we get to our room.
I turn to face her, "What in the world are you talking about?"
"Oh come on, Y/N. He freaking held you in his arms, not to mention skin to skin, which is kinda intimate." Courtney smirks.
"He held me because I was splashing him and that was the way he got me to stop. And of course, we were skin to skin, why would we swim in our clothes?" I laugh.
"Mhmm," Courtney says, stepping into the bathroom to get changed. After Courtney comes out of the bathroom I go in, get changed, and dry my hair.
After lunch, we all go outside to film the next challenge which is Catch Your Meal, where Matt Raub slingshots rubber animals and stuff and we have to try to catch them for points. We split our teams up so half of ToxiciTea will go at the same time as half of Mushroom Clout. Ian, Shayne, and Mari go first for my team. They do pretty well, Ian catches two snakes at once. Then It's Joven, Wes's, and my turn to go. We're up against Noah, Courtney, and Lasercorn. Courtney catches two things right off the bat.
"Alright new strategy!" Joven yells, "Y/N, you go up front more, Wes will stay in the middle, and I'll cover the back!" Wes and I nod in agreement and I move forward. As Matt Raub is pulling back the slingshot, my bandana starts to fly off my head so I adjust it. I'm not paying attention and Matt Raub fires a clump of rubber snakes and they hit me right in the face. I fall over from the surprise and start laughing. I lay there for a moment before feeling something wet on my face. Blood.
"Oh shoot." I say, continuing to laugh.
Matt Raub runs over to me and I sit up, "Oh my goodness. Y/N! You're bleeding a lot!"
I wipe my face and my hand gets covered in blood, "Yeah I guess I am!" I don't know why but I just continue laughing and I can't stop. Tears start to form in my eyes from laughing so hard.
Shayne runs over and takes his shirt off and holds it against my face to help with the bleeding.
"Y/N, are you feeling okay?" Shayne asks.
"I'm great, really!" I laugh. At this point, everyone is crowded around me and Shayne helps me stand up, still holding his t-shirt to my face.
A couple of people from behind the camera rush over to me with a first aid kit.
"Oh, there's no need for that. Really, I'm fine." I say, finally stopping laughing. I move Shayne's arm holding his t-shirt away from my face, revealing it being drenched in blood. "Huh." I stare at it in disbelief, "Did that all come out of me? How is that even possible?"
"Um, okay! On that note, I think we're going to end the competition here. Mushroom Clout did win so they get that point but shoutout to Y/N for taking a bunch of snakes to the face! Bye!" Sarah wraps up the video and I smile and wave to the camera as they stop recording, blood still dripping down my face.
Shayne hands me his t-shirt again, "Hold it over your nose so you don't get blood everywhere." He then picks me up and puts me over his shoulder. When we get to the lodge he sets me down and Ian helps sit up against a wall.
"Are you sure you're feeling alright? You seem a little bit loopy." Ian says to me.
I take the t-shirt away from face revealing the bottom half of my face to be covered in blood, "It's the apocalypse. I'm supposed to look like this."
"Should we get her checked for a concussion?" Joven asks.
"I think I would know if I had a concussion." I laugh and stand up, "I'm going to go wash the blood off my face." I start walking away and bump into a pole with my shoulder, "Sorry, didn't see you there." I turn around to face the group and let out a laugh before heading into the washroom.
"I'll go with her." I hear Shayne say. "Me too." I hear Olivia chime in. I see them both come up behind me through the bathroom mirror.
"Hey, guys! How's your day going?" I ask, splashing some water in my face. I notice Shayne is still shirtless, "Nice." I say, touching his bare chest and running my hand down his abs. I immediately recognize what I just did. "I'm sorry, that was inappropriate of me. I don't know why I did that!"
He just chuckles and grabs some paper towel and starts wiping off my face.
"The bleeding seems to have stopped." Olivia smiles.
"Finally. I was worried I wouldn't have any left. Fun fact, I've never had a nose bleed until now!" I say.
"That explains why you bled so much. You had years worth of nosebleeds come out all at once." Shayne laughs and I laugh too, which makes me stumble a bit. I feel Olivia's hands on my back.
"Woah there, you should go sit down and drink some water. The heat probably isn't helping your case." Olivia suggests.
"I told you guys I'm fine. Are we filming anymore today?" I ask.
Shayne shakes his head, "No, so you're going to take the time to relax."
I scoff and start to leave the bathroom, tripping over my feet. I feel Shayne's arm wrap around my waist, "Okay... why don't we go sit down. I think the others are playing cards, we can join them."
Shayne leads me out to where the others are sitting and Olivia follows, this whole thing is making me feel so stupid. I've never been really hurt before, and I'm still not now. I'm sure I could walk on my own if they let me. We sit down and Noah deals us into a game of I don't even know what, I just place down random cards and hope for the best.
After we finish playing cards we head back to our rooms. right before Shayne and I go into our room I turn to him, "Hey, sorry about your shirt."
"Oh, it's fine, you needed something to stop the bleeding. And plus, I have an extra." He smiles.
"Still, I feel bad. And thank you for carrying me, I don't know what was wrong with my brain at that moment." I laugh cautiously.
"You were just in a little bit of shock from getting hit in the face. It was kinda funny though, almost like you were slightly drunk." He chuckles.
"Trust me, drunk Y/N is a lot different than that. Anyway, thanks for everything, I'm gonna make it up to you." I smile.
"No need. I'm gonna go put a shirt on."
"Oh and I'm sorry about... touching you... and- yeah anyway, I'll see you later." I quickly turn around and struggle to open my door. I can feel my cheeks heating up.
"It's alright. I'm glad you had fun with that." He laughs and opens my door for me because I'm clearly struggling.
"Thanks. Bye." I close the door and lean up against it. Well, that was embarrassing.
"Hey, Y/N, how are you feeling?" Courtney asks.
I flop onto my bed, "I ran my hands down his bare chest and abs. I've never been more embarrassed. What was I thinking?"
Courtney bursts into immediate laughter, "I have no clue."