THINGS WERE A LITTLE TENSE after the whole Real Campers of Shallow Lake thing but hopefully, Color War would change that around. Earlier that morning, Corbin Bleu woke everyone up with a loud horn signaling that it was Color War. Maddox had told the girls in the Honeycomb cabin about all sorts of activities that would be happening that day. There was boat racing, rock climbing, double dutch, basketball, Dewey Says, whatever that was, and then there was a big sing-off at the end to determine the winner.
Theodora put on her black hat and then walked out of the Honeycomb towards the amphitheater. Once she got there, the Porter girl sat next to Kourtney and Carlos. Jet waved at the girl and she gave him a small smile along with a wave. Yeah, it was still tense between the two of them since the kissing scenario. Jet thought he freaked her out because she was uncomfortable with the situation Ricky put them under, but he was gonna talk to her later if they ended up on the same team for Color War.
"When I heard that the camp that's putting on Frozen for Disney Plus has a day that's emotionally similar to the 2006 to 2008 Disney Channel Games, I and the folks at the mouse HQ jumped at the chance to include this in our docuseries," Corbin announced, stopping all of the chatter. "Dewey, you wanna explain the rules?"
Dewey stepped forward. "Uh, yeah. Um, every camper is required to participate in a few challenges. There are two teams-"
"And within each team are teammates." Corbin took the clipboard from Dewey. "Okay, I got this. Okay. You know her, you love her. The captain of the Yellow Team is Maddox."
"Yeah, Maddox!" Theo clapped for her.
"Not sure, uh, everyone loves me, but thank you," Maddox commented.
"Didn't say they all did," Corbin replied. "And the captain of the Blue Team, the director of the show within the show, some people call him Spaceship Man. It's EJ."
"Yeah, EJ." Ricky encouraged.
Corbin placed the clipboard in EJ's hands. "Now, with a big smile, tell the camera which of your Frozen friends are on each team."
After a quiet conversation with Corbin, EJ turned back to the crowd. "Okay. Um, on my team, we have Ricky, Ashlyn, and Gina." The people who were called went and stood by EJ's side. "And then Maddox's team has Kourtney, Carlos, Jet, and Theodora."
Gina gave Theo a good look. "You're going down, Theodora."
"Oh, it's on, sister girl." The older Porter girl commented, going to stand next to Maddox.
"Just so y'all know, I'm scrappy, I fight dirty, and I will cheat," Kourtney informed her.
"Kourtney don't play," Theo stated, giving the Greene girl a high-five.
"That's a plus," Maddox mentioned.
"I'm also incredibly afraid of heights," Kourtney added.
"Okay. Plus-minus."
"Guys." Corbin moved towards the camera. "If you were on a deserted island and could text one person, who would it be? Your mom? Your ex? Your life coach? Tomorrow, the winning team can text whoever they want when they get their phones!" Everyone began cheering. "Get your teem colors from the bins. I'm Corbin Bleu and you're watching Disney Plus."
***
After changing into some yellow clothes to represent her team, Theo went to get some water before competing. She was particularly excited about the double Dutch contest and the basketball game. Theo loved both of the games growing up as a kid and one of her favorite movies about double Dutch was Jump In. She learned everything she knew about double Dutch from that movie and living in Chicago for six months, watching little girls double Dutch on the sidewalk was another way of learning the game. It was gonna be a good day, she could feel it.
The Porter girl was going get some water from the tents and she saw Ricky talking to Jet as she headed that way. "...it's either one team wins or the other one does."
"Or they could just burn the results in a pizza oven." The Porter girl joked.
Ricky chuckled. "I get it, that's good."
Theodora smiled and then walked off, not knowing Jet's gaze was on her, which Ricky happened to notice.
"You guys alright?" The Bowen boy wondered.
"I think I freaked her out." Jet admitted with a sigh. "Now she won't even talk to me."
"You dig her?" Ricky smiled knowingly.
"Yeah," Jet replied with a playful eye roll. "But I don't think she feels the same way."
"Look, Teddi's my best friend and I know her like the back of my hand. She doesn't trust people easily, it took her almost six months to trust me, but you were different. She let you in quicker than she does most people." Ricky explained to him.
"Yeah, she told me that." Jet nodded. "It comes from the constant moving around she did as a kid."
"Exactly. It takes time for her to warm up to people, but she just trusted you without even knowing anything about you. She only does that when she likes someone."
"How do you know?"
"Keep the word damn in mind," Ricky responded then stood up.
"What does that mean?" Jet questioned confused.
"You'll know when the time comes," Ricky concluded then walked off.
A little later, it was time for the basketball game. Theo was standing off-court watching the game as the team went back and forth shooting basketballs for their team. Carlos walked off the court and handed Theo the basketball.
"I hope you're better at it than I am," Carlos commented.
"Thanks, C." Theo laughed, taking the basketball.
She dribbled the ball for a second before shooting it into the hoop and making it. After a few minutes of making baskets for the yellow team, the team was in the lead of the blue team. Soon enough a loud thud sounded, causing everyone to look over at Ricky and Gina. The Porter girl had fallen on the ground after getting in the head with a basketball. Theo dropped the basketball and rushed over to her sister. Carlos slapped her across the face to help her wake up after a few minutes. You would think they'd learned nothing from the R.C.O.S.L. thing that the slapping wouldn't help the situation.
"Carlos? Wait. What happened?" Gina questioned as she sat up.
"I don't know," Carlos answered. "You fell over and you were sort of mumble-singing? It was super weird."
"But, you still have a chance to be the hero," Kourtney said, helping her stand up.
"For the record, the yellow team is about to win unless you can make one shot from the three-point line," Carlos told her. "Good luck, bestie."
"This would be very helpful for the documentary if you succeed." Corbin handed Gina a basketball.
"You got this, G," Theo said to her sister.
Gina took the basketball before turning around. "Back up." Everyone, at the same time, took a step back. She did a triple pirouette and threw the basketball, successfully making it into the hoop.
"Blue team wins!" Corbin announced, causing everyone to cheer.
***
The double Dutch contest was next before Dewey Says. Each team had to jump rope for two minutes, doing a series of tricks and whoever was left would be the winner. It was basic but it was still gonna be fun to do anyway. Theo was getting ready to jump in the ropes and show off her skills to help the team win the challenge. She and Gina were going head-to-head in the same jump ropes, but the younger Porter girl kept making faces at Theo to throw her off. It was a tied game and both teams got to move on to the next challenge.
The next challenge was Dewey Says and there were a few people from each team left in the challenge while Dewey was giving everyone things to do during the challenge. "Dewey says hop one foot." He instructed, holding a megaphone to his mouth. They all obeyed and started hopping on one foot.
Ricky raised his hand, "Hey, Dewey? Is Simon gonna sue you for stealing his game?"
"I don't know Simon personally," Dewey responded.
"Breaking news. Dewey locks Simon of Simon Says in his basement." Gina laughed at his joke.
Dewey blew his whistle. "You're out. Buh-bye." He pointed at Ricky.
"Peace and love, Ric. Peace and love." Theo said as he walked over to the sidelines and stood next to EJ. When he did get here? Now that you think about it he's been missing for a while now.
"Dewey says stop," Dewey announced, and everyone stopped. "Dewey says hop on one foot." They obeyed and started hopping on one foot again. "Dewey says stop jump and put your right hand on your head." Theo stopped and placed her right hand on her head. "Dewey says dance like you're at the Camp Prom."
Theo started doing a salsa when she heard the words Camp Prom. EJ didn't say anything about the Prom.
Ashlyn completely stopped. "What'd you say? Did he say there's a Camp Prom?"
Dewey pointed at Ashlyn. "You." He waved his hand and the Caswell girl walked off to the sidelines. "Stop." One girl from the yellow team stopped and Dewey blew his whistle, pointing at the girl, she walked to the sidelines. "Dewey says Spin in a circle." The people who were left spun around in a circle. "Simon says stop."
Gina and another person from the blue team had stopped. The only people who were left were Maddox, Jet, and Theodora. "Oh, I'm Dewey, not Simon! You two, you're out. Dewey says that is a great victory for the Yellow team. Congrats, you three."
"Hey!" Theo cheered, giving high-fives to Maddox and Jet. "Good job, y'all."
"Dewey says get ready for the climbing wall next," Dewey stated. "We're having fun."
"Did he say climbing wall?" Kourtney asked.
"It's alright, Kourts. We got this." Theo encouraged her friend.
"Yeah, I'll meet you guys there," EJ replied then started walking off.
"Dude, where are you always going?" Ricky questioned.
"Just getting everything ready for the show," EJ answered.
"You ever heard of living in the moment, dude?" Theo inquired, wondering why he was working on the musical rather than having fun with his friends.
"You can't do that at night?" Carlos asked him.
"Well, Miss Jenn thinks it's better to push..." EJ began to say.
"What?" They all chorused.
***
EJ took everyone to the barn and saw their drama teacher sitting there on the stage in all her glory. Everyone hugged her and then started talking all at once about the experiences they had so far at camp. Miss Jenn couldn't hear what they were saying so she clapped her hands.
"Wildcats." Miss Jenn got them to stop talking all at once.
"What are you doing here?" Carlos asked her.
"EJ asked me for a couple directing pointers and I had already been back from my Caribbean cruise for fifteen minutes, so I drove here."
"Wow."
"Are you tired?" Ricky questioned.
Miss Jenn grinned blankly for a second. "It's starting to hit me. Tell me about you. What is happening with the show."
"Oh, I'm playing Anna and Thea is playing Elsa." Gina held her hand out to Theodora, who grabbed it.
"We're sisters even in a musical, Miss J." The older Porter girl commented.
"I got Olaf," Carlos revealed. "But there's no dressing room, so I spend all day in the costume."
"I'm playing the Queen," Kourtney informed Miss Jenn.
"Noted." Miss Jenn voiced.
"And I'm Kristoff, but my dad already told you," Ricky informed the drama teacher.
"Oh, and remind me later, he sent me with an early birthday gift for you." Miss Jenn then turned to Ashlyn. "Oh, and who are you playing, Ashlyn? Are you Anna and Elsa's long-lost sister who they discover on ancestry.com?"
"We're not allowed to add parts to this one," Ashlyn told her. "I checked. Several times. I'm actually in the ensemble."
Miss Jenn nodded. "A musical is a beautiful body. The ensemble is its sturdy backbone."
"Sorry, guys, we have to get back the climbing wall or we're gonna forfeit the whole game," EJ interjected.
"Oh, boy." Kourtney breathed out.
"Miss Jenn, come with us. It's fun." Theo informed the drama teacher.
"Oh, I don't have my theater glasses or athletic footwear." Miss Jenn stated
Carlos approached her. "Come on, Miss Jenn. Let's go to camp."
Miss Jenn and the drama kids went outside for the last challenge before the sing-off. "This is our final athletic competition before the big sing-off," Val explained. "We'll do a series of sprints Mano-a-Mano, and one player will prevail each time." She looked down at the clipboard. "Okay, um, Kourtney, Gina, you're up."
"Let's look alive, people, we're up next," EJ said. "Why didn't you tell me about the basketball triumph?"
"You had to be there," Gina told him after putting on the helmet.
"Let's do this," Val said excitedly.
"Oh, um, I just remembered that Idina Menzel mentioned on a podcast that Elsa's actually afraid of heights," Kourtney mentioned nervously.
"Really? She lives in a tower." Carlos commented.
"Not now, Carlos."
"Come on." Val encouraged.
Kourtney sighed and went up to the wall. Val counted down and Gina started climbing up the wall then she reached the stop, ripping the flag off the pole and waving it in the air for the Blue team's victory.
Kourtney declared the blue team won and she took off her helmet. Everyone was trying to encourage Kourtney to climb the wall, but Miss Jenn said she would climb the wall when she was ready, and Kourtney said she wasn't ready yet.
Miss Jenn announced that she had to leave and then she gave Ricky his present from his dad and then she left. Everyone went over to the amphitheater for the final challenge which was a sing-off.
"Okay," Val said into the microphone from on the stage. "Hi. Um, it's a tie game, so the outcome of this cheer-off determines the fate of Color War." All of them cheered. "Okay. So, this year, I have picked It's On from Camp Rock 2. I printed out lyrics sheets, but if you don't know the words, that means something went deeply wrong in your childhood and you didn't watch this iconic sequel. Oh, and as a reminder when I stop singing, somebody has to take over. Here we go."
[JET, spoken]
Drums
[VAL, spoken]
A little guitar, please
One, two, three, four
[VAL]
I hope you're ready for the time of your life
Just look at me, I put a gleam in your eye
[RICKY AND GINA]
Let's go, we gotcha goin' good in the vibe
Everybody, put your hands to the sky (Hands to the sky)
[ASHLYN]
Buckle up, we're gonna take you, take you high.
[COMPANY]
Show me, show me, show me, show me, show what ya got
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, ready or not
La-la-la-la-la-la, let me see how you bop
It's on, it's on, it's on
Get crazy, crazy, crazy, take it over the top
'Causе we, 'cause we, 'causе when we rock, we let it rock
Rock it, rock it, rock it, rock it, dance 'til we drop
It's on, it's on, it's on
[JET, spoken]
Okay, now
Are you ready?
One, two
One, two, three, four
Show stoppin' when I step in the place
Before it's done, you're gonna beg me to stay
Get on board, c'mon, let's ride the wave (Ah-ooh)
[MADDOX]
Let's go, let's go, we just do what we do
Watch me break and pop, I'll pass it to you
You wanna rock like us 'cause we're never second place (Ah-ooh)
[COMPANY]
Show me, show me, show me, show me, show what ya got
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, ready or not
La-la-la-la-la-la, let me see how you bop
It's on, it's on, it's on
Get crazy, crazy, crazy, take it over the top
'Cause we, 'cause we, 'cause when we rock, we let it rock
Rock it, rock it, rock it, rock it, dance 'til we drop
It's on, it's on, it's on
[RICKY AND CARLOS, spoken]
Okay, now
Are you ready?
One, two
One, two, three
[THEO]
Th-th-there, there, there is no competition
That's why we in the number one position
[JET]
That crew can't hang with us
Man, we too dangerous
[MADDOX, JET AND COMPANY]
Ah, ah, ain't got the style or the stamina
Just doin' our thing, get hooked on our swing (Uh-huh)
Rockin' the place, droppin' the bass
Makin' everyone sing
Uh-huh, yeah, we make the bell ring
It's on, it's on (Make it ring, make the bells ring)
[THEO AND JET]
Ooh-oh, it's on
It's on, it's on, it's on
It's on, it's on, it's on, it's on
It's on, it's on
It's on
[JET AND COMPANY]
Show me, show me, show me, show me, show what ya got
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, ready or not (Ready or not)
La-la-la-la-la-la, let me see how you bop
It's on, it's on, it's on
Get crazy, crazy, crazy, take it over the top (Over the top)
'Cause we, 'cause we, 'cause when we rock, we let it rock
Rock it, rock it, rock it, rock it, dance 'til we drop
It's on, it's on, it's on
It's on, yeah
Everyone cheered as Jet was lifted into the air by the yellow team.
"America, I am so glad that the missing camper got rescued, 'cause he just cost the Yellow team to win Color War," Corbin announced and the Yellow team cheered. Val handed Jet the oar and he held up for the victory of the yellow team.
"Yeah, team." Theo high-fived her teammates.
"Good job, Teddi," Ricky said, high-fiving her.
"That means you owe me some money after camp, friend." She smiled at him sickly.
"You are so evil." Ricky shook his head.
"I prefer a charmer."
"That too."
Jet approached them. "Hey, Theo."
"What? What was that Carlos?" Ricky started to walk. "Yeah, I'm coming."
"Does everyone do that?" Jet asked her.
"It's kinda my fault." Theo responded "Good job today. You and Maddox getting back on track?"
"It's working. Turns out your and Ricky's advice was good. Thanks."
"You know, just what can I say?" Theo said braggingly.
Jet chuckled. "Uh, we're cool after...the whole thing yesterday, right?"
"Yeah. I was just a little freaked out by it, but we're good. Really." Theo told him.
"Okay. That's good." Jet smiled at her.
"Well, I'm gonna go get my phone and check my messages from the past week and a half," Theo said with a smile. "See ya around."
"Yeah." Jet nodded with a little smile.
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Jet likes Theo!!! But we all knew that, just had to admit it first. Anyways, I'm almost done with the third season. I'm sad now, but it gives me more time to start the fourth season, which will probably be interesting. I hope liked the chapter