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Competition Day.

It seemed that Loren never planned to leave after Johnny and Annie. She just switched rooms. When the musers saw her at breakfast with Lisa and Lena they all sighed in relief.

Zach stands up from the table and so did Ariel. No matter if they hated each other, they still cared.

'Where were you last night?' Ariel asks her as she walks over to the trio.

Zach follows. 'Yeah, we were really worried!'

Lisa and Lena walk off to get their food and cereal.

'With Leli.' She tilts her head to the twins.

'Phew! At least you didn't do a runner!'

That in fact, was what Loren planned to do. She considered it at first, but choose against it when things went the wrong way. The competition no longer felt real, as if they were all animals in a cage, trying to get set free.

Loren sits down in the last seat available on the table. Unfortunately, it was next to Ari, who hasn't even looked up from her phone since Loren arrived.

'Good morning?' Loren asks.

A small grunt is all she replies with. Ignoring her response, Loren sits and waits. A few minutes later when Leli come back, They see the depressed Loren alone and Call her.

'Loren over here!' They gesture to a new table, a one that Loren missed on the way in.

'Go follow your friends boo.'Ari says slyly.

Loren stands up to receive her breakfast from the twins.
'Gladly.'

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When breakfast was finished,  Zack And Vinz call everyone to attention. They command everyone to listen as they walk back to a private hotel promenade. A place nobody has seen before. A pool and decking is visible from afar and a few waterslides twirl around the area.

Everyone gasps when they see this amazing place. But this is not what they came for.

'And you were going to tell us about this place when?' Cameron asks, a little disappointed.
The rest of them except Ari stare at VZ waiting for a response.

'Guys, you have all the time in the WORLD for this fun!' Zack exclaimed. 'We have bigger problems right now.'

Vinz leads everyone up a few stairs to a roof decking with a bonfire overlooking the entire Melbourne. The 9 walk around, breathing in the Seaside air. Looking over the ledge and railings, a small lake is in sight. As it was nearing dusk, it never looked so unique.

'This could've been perfect pic for my feed.' Loren scoffs crossing her arms. Ariel puts an arm around her in a friendly way.

VZ ignore her, leaning against the bar.
'Sit.'

Cameron, Mads, Ariel, Zach, Jacob, Mackenzie, Lisa, Lena and Ari do as they're told.

'Ok, so now as Ari is here, there's going to be a few chamges.' Zack starts off.

'The teams are officially over.'

The 8 gasp, except for Ari. As everyone thought.

'Oh you means those groups? Whatever.' She snorts.

Zack sighs and continues on.
'Yes, for this competition however, we will all be doing it together, at the same time- no more teams.'

'Its because of Annie and Johnny isn't it?' Zach mutters out.

Mackenzie bows her head slightly staring at her feet. Loren puts an arm around her and So does Lisa. They all knew how much they meant to her.

They look out to the horizon. A gust of wind passes over them.

Vinz looks at the musers in disbelief. He thought that the time here was up.

'Ok guys, lets go back to get prepared...'

The musers follow the twins back to the rooms, catching one last glance of the amazing view...

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Competition:

The musers look their best before performing on stage. They wear their nicest outfits from their suitcases and also wear the items they bought on the first day of Australia.

'Here.' Zack passes them all a microphone, they put it on, now used to it.

Ari fumbles with hers not knowing what to do. Loren comes over to her.

She gently takes it out of Ari's hands
'You do it like this.' She explains.

Ari darts her a look at first but softens as soon as she knows what Loren is doing.

Loren hands it back to her.

Ari retrieves it.
'Thanks.'

'My pleasure.' Loren says. 'Good luck.'

Xanthe'd voice booms from the audience.

'And now we welcome out our musers!'

But there wasn't truly a real cheer to be heard.