Day 11- Heating Up

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Day 11 began, and with it, the nine girls fresh ambition to steal Don's heart.

**Taylor, 24- "Honestly, people freaking out at me needs to stop. Meg is such a little jerk for telling Don about me. It's not about him. It's about us. To think, I was almost eliminated! I HATE HER SO MUCH! And I'm getting revenge!"

Everyone was getting ready for breakfast, eager to get to the next challenge that lay ahead that afternoon.

**Taryn, 29- "Whew. So I was in the bottom two last night, and let me tell you, it was just... terrible.

It's the scariest thing. My heart was pounding so hard, and I really thought it was going to be me... oh gosh, I'm so happy to still be here!"

Breakfast was a happy affair for most of the bachelorettes, all except for one somber resident, Tiffanie.

**Tiffanie, 25- "Well of course it's great to be called early every week, but unfortunately I'm missing my friend. *Cries* Sharon was my best friend in the whole house, ever since the first five minutes. I was really sad to see her go. She was a wonderful person."

Over at one table, Kara was amusing Tiffanie, Vita, and Taylor with her efforts to eat cereal with a knife.

"This is too hard." Kara moaned, dipping it in.

Meanwhile, Remy, Meg, and Taryn were enjoying the benefits of eating with Don.

"What's your favorite evening?" Don asked them all.

"A romantic night in, just watching movies and talking." Taryn smiled. "We'd-" Remy cut across her.

"Oh, I like a night on the town!" Remy sighed. "I'd get all dressed up, and he would bring me flowers -something expensive, none of this carnation crap- and-"

Meg answered this time. "I would love a walk on the beach, hand in hand, a cute candlelit dinner-"

"It was my turn!"

"Mine!"

"It was neither of yours, it was mine!"

Don was amused.

Midway through breakfast, Don stood up. Chatter ceased immediately, and Kara's cry of, "Are you sure this is a spoon, guys?" rang out.

"Thank you." Don began. "Shortly after this meal we will meet outside, where you will receive the instructions for your next challenge."

After that there was a mad scramble to go upstairs and get ready. Don, with a little help from Remy, stayed behind to talk and clean up.

* * * *

They met on the lawn at eight.

**Vita, 26- "I'm an easily excited person, and the thought of the next challenge is getting me excited!"

"Attention bachelorettes!" Don started. He held a hat in front of him "Right now, please pick a number, and then read it out loud."

All of the girls did so, with cries of "THREE!" and "Did you get this one? Yeah!"

Soon they had been split into three teams of three.

"If you haven't guessed, today you will be... dancing!" Don announced. "It's a competition, set on a stage, and fans of the show will be watching. I will pick a winning team, and a winning member. Each team will get a different dance to learn, and a different costume."

"Here we go..."

"Team 1, doing the Hula, is Taylor, Meg, and Tiffanie."

"Team 2, with the Slap Dance, is Taryn, Kara, and Brianne."

"Team 3, performing the Smustle, is Vita, Chanel, and Remy. Now get on your costumes!"

"You will be judged on how well you dance, how well you work together, and most importantly, (and I cannot stress this enough) how your personality is shown, through hard work, determination, and fun."

**Chanel, 28- "I dunno what he's talking about, but this should be a piece of cake."

"One more thing..." Don added. "As soon as the challenge is over, and I pick the winner, there will be an elimination."

Every contestant was shocked.

"No date, no panel, no second chance... you're going home."