Breaking through the FZ only to reach a sign

“Alright, boys let's see how ya did,” Rachel, the volunteer host, says and then goes up to the whiteboard with a marker and reads and writes the scores given to her from the producer's text messages.

“I gave Mike a 7. Tom, a 5. Rick, a 6. Jamie, an 8. And last Matt a 9.” Rachel says.

There were “Oohhss” and banter across as we “oooh” the high scores and jeered and made fun of the boys with the low ones.

“Jenna you gave: Mike a 6, Tom, an 8,” Rachel says, at which Jenna smiles at Tom, and Tom smiles and waves back during a course of “oohs”, “Rick, a 7, Jamie, a 7, and last but not least... Matt, a 10.”

A loud “Oohh” comes out to that, the boys all staring at you and clapping and Jenna turning red and looking at you for an instant and then turning away shyly.

“Liz you gave: Mike a 6. Tom, a 7, Rick, a 10,” That drew attention as Rachel announced it, and Rick smiled smugly and looked at the boys like he was king of the castle. “Jamie, a 6 and lastly, Matt a 9.”

“Paige you gave: Mike, a 5, Tom, a 4, Rick a 3, Jamie, a 4, and Matt a 10,”

A loud “Ooh” went out at that and you couldn’t help but smile the same way Rick just did when his results were announced with Rick. You try your best not to stare at Paige like you were expecting anything from her but couldn’t help but glance at her. You’ve never seen her face flush until now, and she looked dazed and starry-eyed, her usually confident self now gone.

“With the scores tallied, that means Matt is the winner. Way to go, Mattie!” Rachel shouts.

The boys started chanting “Matt!” over and over in a very sarcastic way that made you want to bury your face in your hands. It was a fun time, though, and it felt good being the center of attention for once. There was also a pang of looming guilt you felt over pretty much cheating to win. You looked at your phone and thought, “I really couldn’t do this without you, buddy.”

Rachel then reads more text instructions sent by the showrunners, “Matt, as the winner, you can kiss any girl you want.”

Jackpot!

Gazing over the line of four girls, there were only two that you really wanted to kiss, and they were at opposite ends. Jenna stared at you expectantly, then looked down, red-faced. Paige glanced at you with a “you wouldn’t fucking dare” expression. Seeing that defiance, you made your choice.

Stepping towards Paige, she shot you a challenging look like a matador taunting a bull. Her challenging look was met by your wicked smile. You were going to make her remember this kiss. Her chin lifted to meet yours and lips locked. Her soft red lips pressed against yours and soon they the tips of your tongues followed and your mouths met in a dance that challenged each moved it made. When she bit your lip, you sucked on her tongue, when she started rubbing your chest, you rubbed her back. It was a playful dance you had been tangled in with Paige but now in intimacy and wet saliva rather than food and soft objects. You felt her hands trace your body, working towards your belly button and her fingers started creeping over the lip of your shorts. You were both objects colliding together and a loud cough interrupted you before you could finish her and she finish you. Both of you shared a look of disappointment at the production staff who was telling you to wrap it up.

How long had you two been kissing?

In the corner of your eye, you notice a flash of jealousy from Jenna and then a buzz in your pants from the AMA. Paige stared dreamingly up at you as you held her there and then broke away, almost like she came up for air after holding her breath underwater for too long. Paige shook herself and then left you there.

All of the group of islanders were directed by the production team to head back home. You took out your phone to check the updated AMA logs. You couldn’t wait to see how many points you racked up due to this.

The first notification popped up for Jenna.

Congratulations. The relationship status effect – Friendzone – has been removed after you met the following conditions

-Raise your body level to B (1/1)

-Raise your looks level to B (1/1)

-Raise your fame level to B (1/1)

-Special Event Requirements (2/2)

-Given a choice, you picked another girl over Jenna (1/1)

-You showed an act of tenderness to another girl in front of Jenna (1/1)

Joy came over you. Not only did you get to kiss Paige, but now can finally progress with Jenna. You checked your next notifications regarding Paige and before you could, a familiar production assistant tapped you on your shoulder and asked you to wait.

“Matt, we need to talk to you about something,” The production assistant said.