The Walk of Shame

When you woke up, Paige was gone from the bed. The sound of running water in the adjoining room hinted that she was taking a shower. Checking the time, it was 9:45. Unlike the Islanders, you two were spared the dump into the cold water of the automatic blind and light system wakeup call. Though you suspected that by 10:00, the production crew would head to the hideaway to corral you two back to the main villa.

You took that time to check your updates on the AMA.

You have leveled up your relationship with Paige Green to -Lover-

Paige’s Jealous status has disappeared.

Paige’s lust has decreased by 60 – You helped her out

You have unlocked the Real-Time Score Updater available in the Affection Multiplayer Store

Real-Time Score Updater? That seemed interesting. It would be nice not to go to my phone to check my affection scores being updated. You went to the perk, and it was available for free.

Real-Time Score Updater – Using augmented reality, scores and mission updates will automatically appear in your vision. Unlock for 20 Affection Poiints.

That sounded incredibly useful and you selected yes. Your 95 Affection Points were down to 75. Another line of text appeared soon after.

Would you like to enable the Real-Time Score Updater?

Yes. Nothing appeared to change at that moment.

Paige came out of the shower while you were trying your best to figure out how to use the Real-Time Score Updater. She was no longer wearing just a towel this time but was fully dressed. You had no idea how to broach the subject of last night. How were things going to go on between you two now? Does this mean you were an official couple, or was that just a one night fling?

“About last night,” You started.

Paige flashed a wicked smile and started brushing her hair and tying it up in a ponytail, “Don’t you fucking dare brag to the boys back at the villa about getting some.”

“I wouldn’t,” You said. “Are we okay?”

“That’s up to you. What about you and Jenna?” Paige asked.

Ugh. You had to deal with that too. You checked your phone, and her jealous status wasn’t flashing.

“After last night… I don’t think it’s fair to Jenna if I lead her on.”

“Do you still like her?” Paige asked.

“Of course I do. It’s not like that changed overnight cause of... you know.”

“Jenna has Tom. If you tell her she can still explore that option. You can’t play with her feelings like that,” Paige says. “Comon, the PAs will be in here soon to tell us we gotta get out of here and back to the villa.”

Nodding, your head was still indecisive over what to do.

Before you got up, Paige came over to where you were sitting on the bed waiting for her to finish her shower. You held her hands and pulled her to you, and she cupped your face as you kissed her. The two of you sweep your tongues in each other mouths, her hands holding on your shoulder. Paige almost seemed to be **** for your mouth, the effect of the addictive kiss giving her an overwhelming sense of euphoria and bliss as she tasted you. You both didn’t know how long you were there, but when your lips parted, she had the same look of dreaminess that fell over her last night when you did the same in each other’s embrace.

Banging came from the door which you suspected was the production crew.

In the corner of your eye, like those eye floaters that appear in your vision, you see lines of text in the upper-right corner. Your eye wandered and focused on it, bringing lines of text over a transparent background that appeared in front of you and disappeared.

9:56 - Paige’s lust has increased by 10 – You kissed her. Bonus while Addictive Kisser is activated.

As your eyes re-centered on focused on Paige, the text minimized back to the corner of your vision.

“We better get back soon,” You say and then pulled your head up again to plant a soft peck on her lips which left a natural smile on her face.

“We’re going to have to get more alone time so we can keep doing that,” Paige says as she helped you up out of bed, the stiffness between your legs making the walk to the door awkward.

You and Paige walked back to the main complex of the resort roughly around two hours past the automatic warning wake up bell. Paige wore sunglasses and her red hair flowed in the wind, tousled and unruly. Now without much makeup, her skin showed off her natural freckles that covered her face. Every so often as you walked and talked back to the villa, your hands would graze and she would look at you and have the face of such contentment.

As you approached the area, Paige shouted out, “We’re back!”

The girls surrounded Paige asking her how the hideout went, and the boys surrounded you asking you if you scored. Naturally, the two groups split into their own section of the villa and started the debrief of the first Hideaway event.

“This is going to be cliché, but I don’t kiss and tell,” You say.

“So something did happen?!” Mike exclaimed.

“We had a good night. That’s it,” You say plainly.

“OHHHHH SHIT. I can’t believe you scored first.” Rick said.

“I didn’t score anything,” You explain.

“Holy cow, you are a legend. Whoever bet on you to score first must have made a fortune,” Mike said.

Groaning, you spot a stone-face Jenna over Mike and Rick harassing you over the details of last night sitting by herself and excused yourself.

“Hey Matty,” A familiar voice said.

“I don’t have time, Mona,” You reply, not paying attention to the person who just called you out.

“Make some time. We need to talk,” Mona said.

You rubbed your temples. A message appeared in your new Real-Time Score updated vision as you centered it.

You have received a new quest:

Mission – Stop the Meteor Strike

Objective: Prevent Mona from destroying all your relationships on the island.

Reward: Not lose all your affection points with the current Islanders

That didn’t sound like a reward. That sounded like a threat.

“What do you want.”

“I just want you to teach me how to play guitar, Matty,” Mona says shyly.

You had a pained look at Jenna but decided to follow Mona to the balcony to await your destiny.