The boys walked into their room, Geoff was the first to speak, “Are you guys pumped or what?”
Shawn winked, “Hell yeah!”
Owen ran around the room, “Back for another season! WOO!”
DJ laughed, “Good to see you again.”
Cody looked around, “Another season involving singing... won’t this be fun?”
Jason shook his head, “I know I’m not really looking forward to it.”
Frank nodded, “I wonder what the first theme will be...”
Aadan shrugged, “I just wonder what making the music video will be like.”
Leo nodded. He didn’t say anything; this season would be intimidating, his first season without his boyfriend, Carter.
Nigel and Demetry seemed to notice Leo’s discomfort and looked at each other.
Harold sighed and flopped onto a bed, “I like Stella more than Chris, this room actually seems clean.”
Isaac agreed, “Except...” He sniffed the air, “Oh god! What’s that awful odour!?”
All the boys began plugging their noses and coughing.
Stella laughed, “I forgot to mention... our studio is right next to the local dump... so don’t be surprised if rats crawl into your rooms during the night or anything.”
Harold sighed again, “Nevermind...”
Cody laughed, “It’s a good thing Sierra isn’t here this season...”
“Your stalker girlfriend?” Travis asked.
“She’s not my girlfriend!” Cody hissed.
Matt nodded, “She says she is.”
Pierce laughed, “Watching the two of you in TDWT was hilarious!”
Nigel spoke, “I wonder if we’ll get TV reception in here,”
Edmund sighed, “Knowing the producers, probably not.”
“Damn,” Cole muttered.
The girl’s cabin was already flooded with conversation. “Okay girls!” Addison called. “Since we’re all together now, let’s start the gossip. Who do you think is the cutest boy you’ve seen so far?”
Stephanie gave her a look, “We’ve only seen them for a little while. At least give us some time with our actual teams.”
Addison sighed, “Fine. But Geoff is mine,”
Storm looked confused, “Isn’t Geoff still dating Bridgette?”
“Not for long,” Addison hissed.
Lynette gasped, “You can’t just break those two up!”
“I’m the biggest bitch I know, and even I wouldn’t do that... not intentionally, at least.” Violet replied.
Olivia sat nervously in the corner. Delainey smiled at her. “Shy?” She asked simply, a kind smile on her face.
Olivia nodded slightly.
Delilah nodded, “We should get to know each other. Just say something about ourselves. I love ribbon dancing.”
Lindsay was next, “I’m a blond.”
Melissa looked at her, “We already knew that.”
Jecica spoke next, “My sisters are both here, Star and Melissa.”
Star smiled at her sister, “I can speak some Spanish.”
“I made the skirt I’m wearing!” Lizzie said.
Storm smiled at her, “It’s so pretty!”
“I’m a fan of Bullet for My Valentine,” Miranda said.
Stephanie grinned, “I love BFMV!”
Miranda grinned in response, “Really? Awesome!”
Caitie spoke up, “I like drawing,”
Delainey smiled, “Can I see one of your drawings some time?”
Caitie nodded, “Sure!”
Jamee grinned, “I sing soul music,”
“Really?” Delilah asked. “I’ve never heard someone sing soul before!”
Riley spoke next, “I play guitar,”
Tiffany smiled, “I’m kind of a facebook addict...”
Violet was ready to cause controversy, “I’m bisexual.”
All the girls looked at her with faces that asked, “You’re not serious, are you?”
Violet nodded, “I’m freaking serious. I’m bisexual.”
Jessie looked at her; there was someone else here who liked girls... little did she know Miranda was the same also.
Jessie was in the recording studio later, “This is an interesting place to have confessionals. Anyways, it feels really good to know there’s someone else here who likes girls, besides myself... and Violet’s so open about it... it’s amazing.”
Before anymore discussion of Violet’s sexuality could take place, they were called into the main room.
Stella stood on a stage “This...” She paused, “Is your stage. Everything you do is on this stage. You will pick your songs, on this stage. You will make your music videos on this stage; you will do your last performance on this stage, some of you may even start and end romances on this stage. This stage may save you and may hurt you.”
Stella spoke again, “Behind the stage doors, there is the makeup room... with costumes and props and everything you need to make a music video. You’ll have twenty minutes to converse with your team and pick a song, costumes and props for your video and then you’ll begin making it. You have two hours to make your video about the topic individuality. Good luck.”
Team Sun gathered together, “Okay guys!” Frank exclaimed. “We need a song that really expresses ourselves, who has ideas?”
Lynette spoke up, “It all depends; we all have different music tastes. I like bands like Aqua and Maroon 5,”
Keeley grinned, “I love Aqua, especially Barbie Girl. I’m a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world. LIFE IN PLASTIC, ITS FANTASTIC!” She began singing.
Addison rolled her eyes.
Miranda spoke, “We should sing a Framing Hanley song.”
Ryker smiled at Miranda, “I’m in, Framing Hanley’s the best.”
Miranda was in the recording studio, “Here’s something you should know about me. I HATE being single, all I have to do is get one of these cute boys or cute girls to like me and I’m set. The easiest way to win this game is to have someone take me to the end.”
Miranda smirked, “Two votes for Framing Hanley, anyone else in?”
Lizzie sighed, “I don’t really like bands like that. I suggest we do Born This Way by Glee!”
Melissa nodded, “I’m in.”
Leo smiled, “I’m not a huge fan of the Glee version, but I love the Lady Gaga version.”
Lizzie nodded, “Works for me!”
Nigel shrugged, “I don’t know, I’m more of an alternative rock fan myself...”
Demetry nodded, "Me too, Fall out Boy, Bowling For Soup... bands like that."
“I think we should do Lady Gaga!” Keeley called.
Miranda sat down in a nearby chair and pouted, “I still think Framing Hanley is best.”
Pierce looked at her, “Which Framing Hanley song symbolizes individuality?"
Miranda opened her mouth to respond, but couldn’t think of any... “Um...”
“Next time, think before you speak.” Pierce taunted back.
Storm shrugged, “I guess we’re going with Lady Gaga.”
“You alright with that, princess?” Pierce winked at Miranda. He had chosen one of Duncan’s nicknames for Courtney as a nickname for Miranda; he thought she was really cute.
Miranda turned away from him.
“Okay, we’re settled then.” Delainey smiled. “Now we need an idea of what to do during the music video... how are we going to portray individuality?"
Lizzie brightened. “We should do what Glee did, they each wore shirts of one of their insecurities! We could all do that.”
Jessie froze, “Wh-wh-what?” She stammered. Something about wearing a shirt that said “lesbian” wasn’t too appealing to her.
“That’s a really great idea!” Geoff exclaimed. He put a hand on Lizzie’s shoulder. Lizzie smiled.
Addison noticed and glared at Lizzie. She went to the recording studio, “So, I told all the girls that Geoff is mine and this Lizzie bitch decides to throw out a good idea for our team and Geoff pats her shoulder! She is so dead!”
Frank grinned, “Let’s grab white shirts and sharpies!”
Everyone ran towards backstage, meanwhile, Team Moon was arguing over whether they should do We R Who We R by Ke$ha or Coming Clean by Green Day.
“I just don’t see the point in doing popular music!” Stephanie hissed to Shawn, who was on the side of a Ke$ha song.
“It’s not because it’s popular, look, I love Green Day... but we need a song that fits the theme better,” Shawn replied.
“You just want to do shitty popular crap!” Stephanie snapped back.
Matt looked at Stephanie, “Calm down... Coming Clean is a great song, but it’s really short...”
Riley nodded, “We don’t want to do a short song.”
Stephanie crossed her arms, “Fine. What’s our idea for a music video then?”
She went to the recording studio, “Something everyone should know about me is that I have a short temper, I can’t really control it. My parents think it’s because I have anger management problems, I think it’s because all people are dumbasses.”
Harold nodded, “I think our music video should feature my mad singing skills.”
“Maybe our video should have weird costumes, you know, each of us dressed differently to show that it’s okay to be different, or maybe only one of us dressed differently and a bunch of people making fun of them.” Caitie suggested.
“I love it!” Jecica grinned.
“I’m with my sister on this one,” Star said.
“I love it too, even though I didn’t really understand it.” Lindsay smiled.
Olivia nodded, “Its good.” She said softly.
Owen grinned, “I love it! WOOHOO!” He ran around.
DJ nodded, “It’s awesome, girl.”
Travis walked over to Caitie, “Wonderful idea, Miss Caitie.”
“Oh!” Caitie blushed slightly, “It really was nothing... just something I came up with on the spot.”
Travis smirked slyly, “You’re blushing.”
Caitie gasped, “Um... It’s just really warm in here. Yeah, that’s it.”
“Hey, lovebirds!” Aadan called, “Quit flirting and get back to work.”
Caitie blushed even harder.
Travis walked to the recording studio, “My strategy is simple, get every girl on my good side and eliminate them one by one. It’s a lot like Alejandro’s, I know, but it got him far, didn’t it?”
Caitie wandered in shortly after, “My first day and I already made a fool of myself in front of a guy! I just have to hope he still likes me...”
Jason sighed and sat on a chair, “I still don’t understand why we’re not doing Green Day,”
“Because Coming Clean is a short song, We R Who We R isn’t,” Delilah explained.
Jason shrugged, “Whatever.”
“Who’s going to be singing lead? I volunteer myself!” Jamee grinned.
Stella put a hand on Jamee’s shoulder, “It’s not that easy! Everyone will sing at least one line!”
Jamee hissed, “What?! That’s not how music videos work!”
“That’s how this show’s music videos work,” Violet called.
“What are we waiting for?! Let’s grab our stuff!” Matt and Owen called.