Christa and Ben are sitting on the deck of the ship. Ben asks “What’s really going on with you? Have your feelings changed since yesterday? Christa whispers no. Can I trust you? Yes, yes you can. Ben pleads, please don’t leave me hanging.
Christa says she’s afraid to give Jay the black spot. He’ll flip out.
Ben says, please be smart about this. I know it’s difficult, but please. I’m just afraid, Christa whimpers. Ben does a funny movement with his lips. Like he knows he’s in trouble. Christa Confessional: I’m really afraid to give Jay the black spot. The problem is Jay has two kids and I feel bad for them. I don’t want them to think something bad about their dad cause they love him. I care about his kids and I don’t want to send him home.
Ben says, Courage isn’t doing something easy for you; courage is doing something that’s the hardest thing in the world. Its standing up for what you believe in and following through with it.
Christa Confessional: *Deep exhale* * she looks like she has been crying* Sometimes when you’re really afraid to do something, it’s what you need to do. You know? Sooo, I don’t know. I just need to talk to Jay. I need to give him a head’s up. I don’t want to blindside him because I would not want someone to do that to me.
Ben and Christa are talking on deck. Look at all the actions that have gone down on the boat. Who’s the one telling everybody to their face he’s for them, and then he cuts them adrift.
Ben Confessional: I’m crazy tense right now. This is the most tense I’ve been. I have to watch everyone around me, this point in the game, things get real shady. I don’t know if Christa has the tenacity to put Jay up. At points she seems so rowdy to do anything. At other times, she seems so swayable, it freaks me out.
Christa looks off into the blackness of the sea.