Teck:
Colin and Amaya, that was great. They were a great
water-cooler topic at the house. I don't know if they
ever really broke up, since they were sharing a room
for the last few weeks. Think about it: those lonely
nights and lonely mornings and all those lonely
moments in between. If Colin is anything like me,
once you hit it, you can always hit it again.
Kaia:
Amaya and Colin were very far removed from me. I didn't
interact with them. It turned me off initially that
they paired up immediately. I was more interested on
focusing on people who were more willing to connect.
Ruthie:
Amaya picked Colin the instant she saw him. You could
see it in her eyes: "He's mine." And she's
a chaser. I think she's the type of girl who, when
she picks a guy, she usually gets him. I think under
different circumstances Colin and Amaya would have
worked out. But he's young. I don't think anyone
should be mad, though I do know he was hurt by her.
He just won't admit it. He told us once, "We've
all been used and hurt by Amaya." I was like,
"We have?" It made me wonder. I was
thinking, "Gee, Colin, maybe it was you who was
the most hurt." Colin wants justification. The
situation made him look like an assh**e, and he isn't
one.
Matt:
There was a time when Colin came to me and explained
all his frustrations with Amaya. I understood then
and there that he was done with the relationship. The
next morning, he broke up with her. Then she comes to
me in a dreadful state, saying her dad is ill, and
she can't eat. I tried to support her. I tried to be
kind. I said, "Look, maybe you guys will get
back together." In retrospect, I think that may
have been perceived as Colin telling me one thing and
me telling Amya something else. I was doing my best
to lend an ear and be supportive, but it wasn't
always smoothly done.
Colin:
If you think it's hard to have an intimate
conversation on camera, try having one with a woman
you're involved with. And kissing on camera? That
wasn't easy either. It's pretty eighth-grade to kiss
people in public. That's not my thing. But in front
of a camera? That's a whole other story. Not only is
there a camera, there's a person holding the camera,
a person I sort of know. Since when did making out
become a spectacle?
Remember one key
phrase when talking about how my relationship with
Amaya began: She slept in my bed.She
went after me. At the beginning I was straight-up
with her. I didn't want a serious relationship. But
we started something anyway. It was really against my
better judgement. Although the cameras add a crazy
element to the relationship, they were not my issue.
I was just an "Oh my God, what have I gotten
myself into?" type of thing. All of a sudden, I
was in a relationship, a live-in one. People don't
move in together after one date, but Amaya and I,
that was our situation, we were already living
together in this house. And that seriously hindered
our relationship.
Aside from that,
when we were in front of the roommates, our
interaction sucked.
Amaya's more
dependent than I am. She needed me to talk her
through stuff--serious stuff. For instance, there
were definately times when she didn't want to stay in
the house. I didn't want her to leave, but at the
same time I felt responsible for her happiness in the
house. I didn't like that. I felt guilty all the time.
She would get pretty dramatic, pretty freaky over
petty stuff, and I realized if she kept acting like
this, my time in Hawaii would be ruined. That's when
I knew the only thing we could be was friends.
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