So, saying that everybody was excited about already having 3 matches after the first day was an understatement. Trust me when I say people were freaking the fuck out, happy that they were able to accomplish something. Everybody, of course, believed that they were that one couple, but I couldn’t care less about their bullshit. All I knew was that I was definitely not one of the right couples. Vic and I just didn’t fit together. It was obvious to me, and was probably obvious to everybody else. I would never be with an asshole like him, I was way past that stage.

Since everybody wanted to celebrate, they all went straight for the alcohol, bringing the bottles along to the pool. Of course they were going to party at the pool. I mean, who would these people be without a pool party! That just couldn’t happen. It would be a disaster. They would just all be so out of place. Amiright? Well, I hope you realised that was sarcastic, because once again I just wanted to disappear and hide. And I totally would have done, if it wasn’t for everybody forcing me to join.

You see, I would really have fought against them to get my own way, but I actually decided not to this time. It might have only been a day, but I had already realised that trying to be the outsider wasn’t really the way to go. I couldn’t just let myself get stuck with the leftovers every single time. If I wanted to feel part of something, I was going to make myself try and act like the others.

So, off came my clothes, and on came my bikini. I wasn’t one of those people who went all out, so it was just a black one, my top being slightly fancier with a band coming over my ribs again. Nothing too special, though. My hair went up in a bun and I started going down the steps into the heated water. The guys and a couple girls started whistling loudly.

“Homegirl’s got tattoos!” one of them shouted out, pointing out the tattoos on my back and arms.

I squinted my eyes at how dumb that comment was. Even when I wore a t-shirt, you could still clearly see that I had quite a few tattoos littered around on my body. Why would you get so many tattoos without showing them off? That would just be stupid. So, not knowing exactly who said it, I replied, “if you didn’t know I had tattoos by now, you are pretty stupid. You’ve been able to see them every single day.”

“Super hot, though,” Vic smirked at me, once again basically undressing the scarce clothing I was wearing with his eyes. Why was it always him to make a stupid comment about my body? It was none of his business. Everything would just be so much better if he would just leave me alone already.

I turned around to glare at him, trying not to let anybody know I froze for like half a second. The guy didn’t even look half that bad in just his swimming shorts, he must have been doing some sort of exercise, especially to get arms like that. But I had to stand my ground, no matter how hot his body was.

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I’ll skip all the details of the most adventurous morning I’ve had in my life… not. All that happened was some more fights. Apparently some guy kissed this one girl the night before when they were both drunk, so the girl got mad, but she actually also kissed somebody else, so the guy thought it was just stupid for her to get mad, and he tried to kiss her again, and she left him, they went off to go fuck, but then she got mad at him again like what had happened minutes before hadn’t happened, and then she got mad at him for sleeping with her while it meant nothing. Yep, that is the non-detailed version. It will only get more confusing when I try to explain it. I just didn’t get the logic some people had. It just didn’t make sense. How did any of it make sense!

But we got to play another ‘super fun game’. This time on the dreadful menu: Guess The Ex. Well, guess who didn’t guess mine! Nobody fucking got mine. Yep, it was a picture of that ex, the one who fucked me over terribly. What just got me so annoyed was they everybody was surprised that he was my ex. Something along the lines of ‘but he’s so hot’. Like I wasn’t capable of getting any guy I wanted… Pssshht. Yeah, right. I just decided not to act that way anymore.

And then came the most stupidest question ever; the one I could be dreading, but really didn’t give a fuck about anymore, “What happened between you guys?”

I rolled my eyes and the people who were genuinely interested, like this was the gossip of the day. They were probably expecting me to tell them I did something very wrong, maybe even tell them I was too aggressive. Well, surprise surprise, bitch, it was nothing like that. I could actually be a decent person, but I was just too fucking fed up with people playing with my feelings, acting like they knew how to treat me.

“Well, we had been together for like a year or so,” I started off, already getting some surprised gasps. Was it really that difficult to believe I could keep a guy for that long? These people were ones to talk, they freaked out about the idea of being with one person for more than a couple of months, “everything was good. Then one day I come back home after work, and find him fucking my sister and best friend at the same time in my bed. So, yeah, three people betrayed me: my sister, my best friend, and my boyfriend. It was definitely something.”

Didn’t expect that, huh? They all seemed so sorry for me, and it made me want to laugh so badly. All of a sudden, they suddenly wanted to express their sympathy for me. Why the fuck would I want their sympathy? They just wanted to be the one that made me feel better, they didn’t actually want to be there for me. I already learnt that with Aileen.

Anyway, I ended up on a date with Lester, which actually surprised me. The guys had to chose, and he chose me… Wait, no, not surprising at all. Of course he wanted to show that he was nothing like that ex-boyfriend of mine. He wanted to get credit for being my friend in spite of what had been done to me. Just another one of those attention whores. Who said guys couldn’t be them as well?

We had to cruise around together on some weird four wheeler things. It wasn’t that I didn’t like them, because I had ridden them before, but I wasn’t exactly excited to be sharing one with Lester. He tried to show off and made me sit in front of him, so he could press his chest up against me and wrap his arms around me to reach the handles. I didn’t even get a chance to drive one myself!

Now, if I had gotten my own, then I might have still liked this date, but having Lester’s sweaty body pushed against me, just felt disgusting. I couldn’t wait to get back to the house and take a shower to wash all the filth off me. What made it even worse was that we got to look at some of the beautiful views and shit. But noooooo, Lester didn’t want to see those places. He claimed to have seen stuff like it before, while I really wanted to see it all. Nothing was going to convince him to stop on the side of the road so that we could appreciate the way the sun reflected off the ocean, or the way a building looked. Nope, he was some uncultured little piece of shit. Definitely ruled out as a perfect match for me.

Luckily, though, we were forced to stop at a beach, just for the TV show and for a ‘break’. I definitely needed a break from Lester, but he wanted to have a nice conversation with me. However, he was first going to have to find me. While he was still turning off the engine, I had already ran off to the rocks, finding a nice one to stand on and look out to the water.

I could definitely appreciate views like the one I was seeing. It wasn’t just like any other beach. No, it was nothing like that. The water was a bright blue, becoming crystal clear the closer you got to the shore. Tall mountains covered in high luscious trees were framing the image on both sides. A couple of clouds added to the mood, making it seem realistic rather than some photoshopped post card. I could just imagine the way this place looked when civilization hadn’t taken it over yet. The boats would be gone, and houses wouldn’t be littered across the coast that stretched around in a bay. It would be like an abandoned island: nature everywhere, full of life.

I screamed as loud as I could when I felt a hand touch my waist. Ready to defend myself, I jumped around to fight back the person trying to attack me. But it was just Lester, laughing at how scared I got from him sneaking up to me. Little did he know how petrified I really felt. I was desperately trying to hold back tears, holding in the shaking that my body desperately wanted to do. He was holding his stomach in pain from the laughter, while I rushed away from him

He didn’t know a thing about me, he couldn’t just do stuff like that without knowing what it would do to me. This was the one thing you should never do to, even my ex knew that.

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When we finally got back to the house -- I had refused to ride back with Lester -- I was met with the terrible news that Lester and I had been voted to go into the truthbooth. Worst mistake the group could have made. Just seeing our pictures next to each other, you could tell that we were seriously not meant for each other. We had to avoid each other completely. But hey, if the entire group wanted to waste one of their chances to find somebody’s perfect match on me, then I was fine with it. My only goal now was seriously just to survive and get out of here, I didn’t even care at all about finding my ‘soulmate’ anymore.

So, Lester and I went into the weird secluded cabin away from the house to see our fate. But we already both knew. There was no way we were supposed to be a thing. I even told everybody that this could have been the worst mistake they made in their lives. So, when the large screen in front of us told us our suspicions were true, I could only feel relieved. I didn’t have to spend more time with a guy I absolutely despised. To be honest, I would have rather been stuck with Vic. I hated him in a different way, more like he was just annoying as fuck. But, Lester, on the other hand, was terrible. He just had no respect whatsoever.

At least I didn’t get chosen last this time… The guy who had that gigantic fight decided to chose me. It was obviously just because he wouldn’t dare to chose anybody else, since they all had somebody in mind. This way nobody would be hurt.

Oh, and hey, guess what! We got 0 out of 9 matches! Isn’t that great!!!

Notes

I literally wrote this chapter in an hour, and haven't read through it. So, please, if you find any mistakes just tell me, that way I can fix them. Seriously, I would really appreciate it.

Even though I barely have any readers on here, I will still announce it. I probably won't update for 3-4 weeks. I'll be going on holiday on Sunday for just over 2 weeks, and I don't think I'll write another chapter before that. If I do, then the few people enjoying this story are lucky, if not, then I already told you. Just wanted to let you guys know.