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"Well, if we're all done with the waterworks, let's get on to the last two matters at hand," Kendra said, paying little heed to what had just happened with Liam. "Firstly, who was the audience's favorite out of you nine-now ten gals?"

"Is now really the best time for this?" Kathryn asked, her voice still full of malice. "I, personally, think we should all just get into our rooms because I am beat after everything."

"Well, when else do you propose we do it?" Kendra rhetorically asked. Next week? No, you all are gettin' your bonus points ahead of time. I'm actually being NICE for once, and you're still trying to poke holes in what I'm doing."

"Anyways, Kendra continued, there were two of you girls who were pretty far in the bottom; Mandy and Paige with only 140 and 145 points apiece. They're getting 1400 and 1450 BP, respectively, as a result of that."

"1450 doesn't sound that bad, honestly," Paige admitted.

"It might not sound that bad to a screw-up like you, but the other contestants got a lot more than that," Kendra clarified. "Plus, a lot of things are worth upward of 2000 BP, it's not like the conversion ratio to the U.S. dollar is 1:1. Next up are Lauren and Charlotte, who both got exactly 177 points, so 1770 BP to each of them."

"Only 1770?" Lauren said, uninterested. "Hmph."

"Well, the only way I can go from here is up, and plus, you said we can trade BP with other contestants, right?" Charlotte asked Kendra.

"Um...yeah, you can do that," Kendra answered, still taken aback a bit by Charlotte's optimism, even though she tied for third-last place with the person who was probably the least optimistic here.

"Well, I'd be willing to give out any spare points if anyone is a few short of buying something!" she continued, addressing the other nine of them.

"That's very nice of you, thank you," Abigail said with genuine appreciation of Charlotte.

"Next up, in sixth place, is Kathryn, with 181 points! So...1810 BP to her, as much as I'd love to give her zero," Kendra said, keeping things rolling.

"Right, and I'd love to see how much these other five people beat me by, because I'm not sure how I only got sixth when I'm the only one who's willing to stand up to this stupid charade," Kathryn remarked.

"This is a show, y'know," Kendra informed. "People aren't going to appreciate you as much if you're not willing to participate."

"Whatever, take all the bonus points you want from me or whatever, it's not gonna **** me to do whatever you want," Kathryn stated.

"You may think that, but Turner might not want the same thing for you," Kendra noted. "He might eventually want you to participate, because you're putting yourself at risk of one of those exit transformations if you don't."

"Don't even talk to me about that, I'm not gonna get myself eliminated," Kathryn amended. "I'm just saying I'm not gonna cater to your whims with everything I do, I'm my own unique person."

"Whatever you say, Kathryn," Kendra moved on. "Now, someone who made it into the top five despite having pretty poor performance early on in the voting...Liam! You got 195 points, so you're getting 1950 BP, just shy of 2000, but I'm sure Charlotte wouldn't mind lending a few extra for you."

Liam didn't really respond to that, just giving Kendra a glare. It was difficult to pull off though, as the face glaring at Kendra was now one of a cutesy girl with pink headphones draped around her neck. Kendra had to try her hardest to not laugh at the sight.

"Don't worry, Liam, I can always help you out in a pinch," Mandy said, her maternal instincts in full swing.

"Thanks, mom," Liam simply responded.

"And the last person to not reach the top three is...Sara!" Kendra announced. "You held steady at 4th place pretty much the entire time voting, because the last three people really ran away with the voting. You got 213 points, so 2130 BP go to you!"

"Wow, that's kinda surprising," Sara admitted. "I didn't think I'd get fourth with an audience like this...thanks, I guess."

"See guys?" Kendra mockingly addressed everyone else. "Not every announcement about you needs to be full of drama."

"Oh, sure, and not every time you mention my name needs to be full of spite," Paige retorted.

"Well maybe try being a little more likable and then we'll talk," Kendra responded, then continued before Paige could say something else. "In third place, we have someone who's soon going to be a favorite of not just the audience, but Turner as well...it's Abby with 249 points and now 2490 BP!"

"I...I really didn't expect to get third, especially since I'm his girlfriend's sister," Abigail said.

"Well, it seems like people are liking the angle of the girlfriend's sister," Kendra noted. "Maybe some people are hoping that something arises between you and Turner, especially in light of your transformation."

"Forget it," Abigail said, her temperament changing quickly. "I wouldn't do that to him."

"I guess we'll see," Kendra left out in the open. "Now, in the final two, is two people who couldn't be more different from one another. Becca, the determined girlfriend, and Emma, the innocent mentee. It seems that Becca was a little too high-strung for people though, because she got 262 points and 2620 BP, and Emma is in first with 2860 BP!"

When Emma's name was announced as first place, her eyes widened and she immediately ran up to hug Turner. Becca looked upon the scene, stunned, but quickly composed herself.

"Second place, that's a lot better than I expected," Becca simply said.

Part of her was a little excited by the idea of second. She was going to be second if she brought someone else to Turner, she'd always be the second person on his mind. She was his second girlfriend, the second person he loved. Second, second, second.

"You okay, Becca?" Turner's concern cut through her thoughts. "You look a little pale there?"

"No, yeah, I'm fine..." she said, a bit dazed from her conflicting thoughts. "Thanks."

"Don't worry, Becca," Charlotte told her. "You did a lot better than eight other people here, just because you're not the most liked doesn't mean you're disliked."

"I guess that's true, thank you," Becca acknowledged.

"Well, that's a wrap!" Kendra said. "One more thing though, your roommates. I said at the beginning that you're not allowed to switch, so these people are going to make or break your experience here, try your best to make sure it doesn't break it."

"Wait, how are we being assigned roommates?" Emma asked.

"A few things, actually," Kendra reiterated. "You're mainly going to be assigned based on how well you work together, or lack thereof. So...Kathryn and Liam might not be the best combo, because they've never seen each other before today, and they don't seem to have interacted at all."

"Gotcha, so basically you're going to be exploiting our relationships for TV purposes?" Kathryn inferred.

"Exactly, and also to allow you all to be with people who you wouldn't normally room with," Kendra confirmed. "So...our first roommate pairing is a staple on this show, pairing the girlfriend with the ex-girlfriend. Becca and Paige, that's you two."

"What!?" they both exclaimed simultaneously.

"Look at you, already on the same wavelength," Kendra smirked. "This'll be so much fun for the two of you."

"No no no, you can't room me with her, I'll take anybody else!" Paige pleaded.

"I can't be with Paige, she's gonna attack me in my sleep or something!" Becca likewise pleaded.

"Oh please, I wouldn't do that," Paige rolled her eyes. "I'd sooner eat sand off of the beach than dare touching you with your over-the-top dramatization of events."

"Shut up, at least I don't make things seem like they aren't a big deal!" Becca responded.

"Woah woah," Kendra eased. "If y'all are pitching a hissy fit like this all the time, how do you expect to perform well for the audience, or in the challenges?"

"Then maybe you should look in the smart part of your brain and not pair me with this bitch!" Paige exclaimed.

"This will **** you to talk it out instead of just insulting each other constantly though," Kendra correctly pointed out. "You can't just call each other 'bitch' and 'gold digger' and 'slut' and everything else under the sun, you're actually gonna have to talk to one another cordially."

Neither Becca nor Paige said anything, but Becca made some sputtering sounds before just giving up and rolling her eyes egregiously.

"Perfect! Glad to see that you two are gonna be able to handle it!" Kendra said. "Next up, Charlotte and Lauren! These two are complete opposites as well, and it's gonna be interesting to see their interactions."

"Yay!" Charlotte exclaimed, ecstatic. "We're going to have so much fun together!"

"Yay..." Lauren repeated, although the complete opposite of ecstatic. "Fun."

"Alright, our third pair is Sara and Kathryn!" Kendra announced.

"Wait, why?" Kathryn asked.

"Well, Sara has typically dealt with cooling hot-headed people down, and you're just that hot-headed person that she'd miss."

"Must be talking about Phoebe," Turner mused.

"I guess, but why do that?" Sara wondered aloud. "Wouldn't that just be like giving me a sense of home? Haven't you been vehemently working against that with the previous two groups?"

"Yes...but sometimes people working together is just as juicy as people working separately," Kendra explained. "Especially with how close your relationship with Phoebe was, who's to say that something won't develop with Kathryn?"

"Wait, you're not insinuating..." Sara began, not even wanting to finish her thought.

"Insinuating what?" Kendra said, turning to Kathryn, knowing she would speak exactly what she was thinking.

"If you're thinking I'm gonna have sex with Sara, forget about it," Kathryn said, looking surprised as she said it.

"Whatever you say," Kendra said dismissively. "Our fourth pair is going to be Abby and Liam!"

"Liam?" Abigail said more for clarification. "Why?"

"Well, both of you had physical transformations, and you know each other...somewhat well, I guess," Kendra said.

"Really?" Becca said. "You paired me with Paige to create drama, and you're pairing these two up because 'oh, they had physical transformations, it's something that must absolutely be done!'?"

"Well, two things," Kendra added. "One, I can't tell you everything that'll come of the two of them with future possibilities because it'd ruin the surprise. Two, it's also about the final group; Emma and Mandy! We're mixing experience, which has been augmented by the 'Expertise' transformation, with inexperience!"

"Good, maybe someone that'll keep Emma in check," Kathryn said under her breath.

"Alright, those are your roommates," Kendra said, not wanting to drag this on longer than it needed to be. "One more thing that I forgot to say earlier, is the order in which you'll be assigned to sleep with Turner. It is as follows: Emma, Charlotte, Abby, Lauren, Liam, Paige, Mandy, Kathryn, Becca, Sara. Any objections?"

"Was that random or are there specific reasons you put people in those spots?" Becca asked. "Like any reason you put me in ninth?"

"Truly random," Kendra said, but then smirked to the cameras, implying that it wasn't. "Anyways, this won't start until day two, you gals have one day where y'all will be at your own places, then Emma will join Turner at the master suite tomorrow."

"Can't wait," Emma said, casting a look over at Turner, who looked surprised with everything still.

"Anyways, I'll let you all get acclimated to your places, me and Turner have some business to go over," Kendra said, sending the ten girls off. "We'll get someone to lead you to where you're staying in a moment."

"Wait, but..." Turner started.

"I know, I know, you want to talk with them all about what happened," Kendra waved. "Tomorrow. Tonight they need their space apart from you, you can't solve all of their problems. Let's take a walk."

"Don't worry, Be-" Turner tried again.

"C'mon, you and me, let's go," Kendra said, turning his head away from the ten girls and walking him back into the grandiose hotel building. "They'll be fine, they have each other."