Melody's POV

"Ah!"

Sitting up quickly, I look over at Caelynn and Brynn who also seem to be as surprised and panicked as me.

"What the hell was that?!" Brynn asks rubbing her eyes.

"I don't know. But it seems like we're about to find out."

Footsteps are heard running down the hallway as the person knocks on every door yelling, "Date card!"

We all gasp and smile then jump up and head to the bathroom with out toothbrushes. After brushing our teeth and washing our faces, we try to look somewhat presentable; knowing the cameras will be here to film our reactions to the first date card of the season.

Girls all scream and hurry down the stairs to the living room. Chatter fills the living room as we all pile onto the couches. I sit down beside Scarlett who lays her head back on the couch staring at the ceiling.

"It's too early..."

Laughing at the dramatic blonde, I pat her leg and look at the person who found the date card. Blonde hair, green eyes, cute smile. Lucy.

She glances at the producer who is hidden behind a camera man who holds up three fingers as if to countdown. All the girls sit up on the couch and try to look somewhat interested even though we are really sleepy.

Lucy screeches in excitement as she is given the signal to open the card. She walks closer to us acting as if she had just been given the card.

"I got a date card."

"Open it up Luce." Layla smiles.

Lucy quickly tears open the envelope and grabs the card inside. Her eyes gleam with excitement as they run over the words contained on the paper.

"Traci."

The camera turns to Traci who shows a surprised smile then it turns back to Lucy who continues with the next name.

"Kennedy."

Kennedy smiles widely as the camera looks at her. I came to the conclusion that after each name the girl had to make a reaction so the viewers knew if they were happy or not. Also try not to be fake.

"Piper, me, Brynn, Natalie, Ashley R, Sophia, Evelyn, Chloe, Grace, Camila, Riley, Layla, Stella, and Melody."

As the last name is called I snap out of my thoughts realizing that I was the last person. I feel my cheeks blush in excitement and I smile shyly as the camera is faced in my direction. Brynn nudges me and chuckles making me push her away playfully.

"Let's see if you're a great catch." Lucy smiles and puts the card back in the envelope.

She walks over to her group of friends as two of the cameramen move around the room trying to catch our conversations.

"Wow I'm super happy for you guys. Mel and Brynn... ugh who am I going to hang out with all day now? My room is gonna be empty!" Caelynn says jokingly.

"You'll manage." Brynn sticks out her tongue and I lightly slap the back of her head.

"Oh stop you goof."

Scarlett laughs agreeing with me, "Yeah B... don't worry Cae we'll hang out with you all day long."

Caelynn grimaces as Mila, Scarlett, and Charlotte hold out their arms towards her wanting a hug.

"Ugh maybe being alone all day is actually a good idea."

We all laugh then everyone gets quiet. It's not an awkward silence though.

"I wonder what we'll be doing."

I nod looking at Brynn, "Great catch... could be baseball, maybe football since Tyler used to play..."

"That's true." Charlotte nods.

The producer steps up to the front of the room as the cameramen finally disappear.

"Alright ladies. If you were on the date card you have ten minutes to go get ready then I need you all to line up at the top of the stairs. We'll get the cameras back on and then you will run down the stairs with nothing but happiness on your faces. We'll get on the bus and then be on our way to the location. Your ten minutes starts now!"

Brynn and I hurry past all the girls. We get our clothes and run to the bathroom. After a quick two minute shower, I put on deodorant and lotion then my clothes.

"Cute outfit." Brynn says looking at my leggings and sports bra.

"Thanks boo you too!" She smiles and we run to the stairs before Laura has a fit.

"I don't think I've gotten ready that fast in my life."

Brynn nods and then we look down the hall to see Camila, Grace, and Sadie walking over to us.

It's been said that the three are like the mean girls. Grace is the leader, Sadie is one who does Grace's dirty work, and Camila is just the follower. It's high school all over again and we're all almost 30 years old.

"Ugh we better not be doing anything too crazy. If I break a nail someone's gonna pay."

I glance over at Grace with a frown. How is she still here? I know it's only week one but come on. She's so negative and mean. How does Tyler not see it?

She flips her hair and smiles as her minions laugh.

Oh that may be why. Not going to lie she's gorgeous. Well I guess if I was Tyler I would pick her to stay too. But I do hope he gets to see the real her soon, not the fake person she shows.

Finally, Laura comes upstairs and tells us it's time to go. The cameras turn back on and we run down the stairs excitingly with large smiles on our faces. We come to a nice party bus and scream in joy. We board and are on our way to the unknown location. Small conversations pass time as we get closer and closer. After a ten minute drive, we get to a large green field and see Tyler standing shirtless by Chris Harrison.

Many of the girls scream but I stay quiet just staring at his amazing physique. Man he is so fit.

Snapping out of my thoughts I notice everyone running off the bus. Catching up with the girls, I stand by Brynn as many hug Tyler. She finally gets her turn to hug him and then I do. He smells so good even though it looked like he had been working out.

"Ladies... today we will be playing flag football! I used to play regular football and it was a big part of my life. Today I want to see how you work as a team and I want to see if you just have fun. Flag football is played with two teams who attempt to score points by moving the ball down the field across the goal line. The team with the most points at the end of regulation time is the winner. And that team will go with me to a cocktail hour tonight. The losing team will sadly have to go back to the villa for the night."

We all gasp and look at each other. I'm sure half of us didn't know how to even play football. Thank goodness my brother played. I won't be too clueless.

"Alright ladies you need teams... so when I call your name step forward... Layla, Kennedy, Piper, Chloe, Lucy, Brynn, Evelyn, and Melody. You will be the yellow team! Camila, Ashley, Grace, Sadie, Riley, Natalie, Stella, and Traci will be the pink team. Now go to the tents on each end zone and find some gear to show team spirit."

Running over to the tent with the girls, we find skirts and shorts and all kinds of shirts and makeup. Thank goodness I have a great team of girls. We help each other get ready which is a good bonding time. Some of us dress in shorts and tutus with a yellow tank while others wear a cheerleading skirt and yellow tank. Half the team wears a high ponytail with a yellow bow and the other half wear scrunches. Brynn braids my hair into two braid pigtails then puts two scrunches on them. I paint yellow hearts on everyone's cheek so we match and show spirit. After we're finally done, we run out the tent back over to Tyler and Chris. After another two minutes, the other team comes out not looking as excited or together. Most girls did their own thing and they didn't match at all.

"Well ladies we had a bit of a twist. The competition actually started when we sent you off to the tents. We wanted to see if you would work as a team and come together with gear that shows your spirit for your group and the winning team is yellow. Yellow team you get an automatic 6 points."

My team cheers in joy as the other team sulks. I smile widely as Tyler catches my eye. He winks then looks back at Chris. Brynn who saw the little interaction nudges me with a smirk.

"Oh stop it." I whisper making her laugh and look away.

Chris explains the rules of flag football and we are all given a belt with three flags.

"Pick your team captain and then we will start."

The teams separate and walk to separate ends of the field as we make decisions. I look around at my group and wonder who can handle being captain.

"So who do we think should be captain?"

Everyone looks over me and shrugs. Lucy holds her hand up with a small smile.

"I actually played powder puff in school. Plus I have three brothers who forced me to play with them so their game was equal. I think I'm our best bet."

I nod and it seems like everyone else agrees. Lucy smiles and puts her hand in the middle of our circle.

"Yellow team on three."

All our hands fly into the center of the circle and go up and down as we count.

"1... 2... 3... Yellow team!"

We move away and walk to the middle seeing Chris hold up a quarter.

"Heads is yellow, tails is pink."

He flips it in the air and it lands on heads. We cheer and receive the ball first. After getting thirty seconds to go over our game plan, we finally meet back in the middle and take our places.

"Hut hut."

Brynn passes the ball through her legs to Lucy our quarterback as I run through the pit of girls. No one had even tried to take one of my flags so I hurry farther down the field.

"Mel!"

I turn around to see Lucy throw the ball. It flies through the air getting closer and closer to me. All I have to do is catch it. Just imagine the ball is Nova. Don't drop your baby. Suddenly, it's right in front of my face and I back up a little to catch it. It falls directly into my hands and I turn around and run ten more steps making it to the end zone.

"Touchdown!" Chris blows a whistle and my team starts to run to me.

I do a cute little touchdown dance before I'm tackled to the ground by the girls. Laughing we all roll off the ground and get back to the middle. The pink team all scowl in anger. Tyler looks so happy as he stands on the sidelines.

After a long brutal game, we end the score yellow with 26 and pink with 2. We all cheer as the pink team walk back to the bus sadly.

I kind of feel bad for them but it's a competition.