Arianna Davies

I'd rather...

- Sweet
- Tame
- Gym
- Books
- Rain
- Beef
- Virgin

Arianna wasn't an keen on Grand Prix as Tony did. Not her cup of tea. However, it was her time to put up with his interests, even if it was just a little bit of them. She watched it with mild interest, slightly tuning out his cheering for his favorite. So she may have been portrayed on the camera with her eyes focused on the race... And the hardest part was when Italian actually won. She was a bit uncertain when Tony appeared really pissed... a feeling all to familiar for her when her favorite UFC fighter was loosing a match... which she shared with him, letting his frustration ease up on its own, but watching for a time when she'd inform him that she's not pleased... which hadn't happened, thankfully.
When things came to dinner, Tony was still a little annoyed at what happened at the event. On the other hand, Arianna had trouble with the chopsticks... she actually never had a chance to try any Japanese food. So there was a little bit of teaching her how to eat with chopsticks.
She never expected to hear that Tony's ex left him at he altar. Considering this, her trouble with having a relationship longer than few dates had smaller significance. She shared that her own ended after she proposed to pay for a date or when she insisted to fix a house problem that a guy she was dating had trouble with (after more than a couple of tries). But that was it, as she jumped to the subject of him and the other guys, complimenting their dynamics. She was pleased to hear the story of the three, but when he moved to what he dreamed off... she simply listened, eyes fied on him, before mentioning that time at college and later jobs forbid her from volunteering in pet shelter anymore nor taking care of animals. But agreed that such institutions should be more common and it's important for construction business to work with them. Although she wasn't nature-oriented that much anymore, she definitely didn't want to live in all-buildings place. Her own apartment was close to one of the parks and there was a lot of green.
When they got back, she still didn't make bolder move. Just not yet. A simple kiss on the cheek as thanks for the date was enough for her. Time for baby steps...

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Round 5
Closes at 6pm on June 8th


This is the last stage before you know your fate.
Our bachelors don't know if it's love they found in this show but they are definitely decided to find out and are hopeful that our girls also have feelings for them.

They don't know if there's a future written somewhere for them with the kids and white picket fence and a dog but the producers love to mess up with both contestants and bachelors so they have decided the girls need to have another photoshoot but this time with a sneak peak at a likely future.
You'll have a bridal photoshoot and our men will look at the photos. This is also your last chance to conquer our boys so you'll be asked to write a letter.

Two days later you'll have the final gala live, where the bachelors will give out red roses to all the ladies. In the middle of the rose there will be a golden ring for the winners of the show. Remember nothing is decided, not even for those with no rivals because our men can still prefer to remain single.

Who will win the hearts of our bachelors?

R5 Requirements

-1 bridal outfit for the photoshoot that reflects your style;
-1 outfit for the formal gala. It is required that your outfit include a red rose;

- Answer what is your dream wedding? How do you imagine it to be?
- Write a letter to your bachelor. Tell him why you think you believe you'd be a good couple and how you imagine your future to be.

Name: Donna Jean Hamilton

Age: 28 // 18th May

Bachelor: Charles Tristan

The Dream Wedding

Every girl has at least once pictured her wedding and the dress... Donna is no exception to this rule and yet there is a huge frown on her face as she looks around the room full of dresses and accessories. She can see the other girls being excited but she can't say the same about herself and the reason is pretty simple. Almost 4 years ago she had been in a similar room feeling happy and oh so enthusiastic because she was about to buy her wedding dress. Even now Donna can still remember how she has felt and giggled whenever she tried on a different dress. It hadn't taken her too long to find the perfect one... it was a typical Princess gown with a corsage and lace. Back then she had felt like dreaming and couldn't wait to see if William would love as much as she did. Only that Donna would never find out in the end... two months before the wedding she discovered that he had been lying to her for months about his job which he had lost and where he spent his time in the meantime. A part of her had been willing to forgive him and then she caught him cheating on her with the neighbor. It had broken Donna's heart into million pieces. The wedding was canceled, the dress was sold and she has never thought about weddings and dresses again... until now.
Donna shakes her head telling herself that this is no real wedding and that she will be done with this whole photoshoot and What is your Dream Wedding soon. Her eyes scan the room stopping for a brief moment at the Princess gowns but she already knows that she won't wear one of those. She wants something that is her, something that is different. The woman browses for a while until she stumbles upon a simple dress with three layers at the bottom but it is the amazing back cut-out that really catches her eyes. Maybe for the first time today there is actually a small smile on her lips.
It feels strange getting ready for a wedding photo shoot and Donna can feel herself flinching a few times after she sees her own reflection. It is a bit too real for her taste. If it weren't for that fact that this could help her to have a chance with Charles once the show is over she would have run away already. She is being realistic knowing that at the moment none of them is in love with the other one... even if this would be the whole point of The Bachelor. There are still so many things Charles doesn't know about her and vice versa but she wouldn't mind getting to know him even better once the whole show is over. She can only hope that he thinks the same.
"What is your Dream Wedding?" they ask her finally getting to the question she has been dreading the whole day. Donna takes a deep breath before she answers, " I want something simple and personal... just him and me along with our families and maybe a few close friends." She stops for a moment tucking a loose strand of her hair back, "I don't need hundreds of guests where you invite people more out of courtesy instead of really wanting them at your wedding." Donna bits her lower lip hoping that they won't realize how affected she is by the whole wedding situation, "Of course it also important to me what my future husband wants and what ideas and plans he has. A wedding isn't just about a bride... though on TV it sometimes looks this way. I don't know why but I would actually prefer not to get married in a church if possible maybe in a beautiful park or maybe even the garden at my parent's home." Donna is surprised by herself that she can suddenly talk so freely about this subject. 4 years ago she wouldn't have been able to attend a friend's wedding without being at the edge of freaking out.
"But this is just what I can imagine in this moments. If I should get married in - let's say - 3 or 4 years a lot can change and I might do it completely different than I have planned years earlier. I think in the end it depends a lot on my current situation and of course the man I'm going to marry... but if I had to choose this is how I can see my Dream Wedding actually happen one day."
Donna feels relieved when she is done and can walk back to her room. There is a formal event happening in the next days where the final decision of the Bachelors will be revealed. And then there is still the letter she has to write... at the moment Donna can't tell which is going to be harder for her...

The Letter

Charles,

Writing this letter was a lot harder than I first imagined… I mean answering the questions should be easy given I did have enough opportunities to get to know you better. And yet I have been staring at the paper for what feels like hours already. I wish I could say that I have never written a letter before but I don’t want to lie to you. I can’t even tell you why it is this hard… or maybe I’m the one making it harder than it seems.
Why do I believe we would be a good couple?
Couple… such a strange word considering we have known each other just for a while and have only been few dates. I don’t know about you but I would prefer it if you would give each other a chance instead. A chance to spend more time with each other and a chance to get to know each other. Because let’s be honest what did we really learn about each other in the short time? Yes, you know that I’m a music teacher, that I enjoy sports, what kind of books, movies, and music I prefer but there is a lot more you don’t know about me yet. It is the same when I think about what you have told me about yourself. When you spoke about astronomy there was so much passion and fascination in your eyes and I would love to find out if there is more that can make you feel like this. I would love to see what or if we have something in common… though I believe it doesn’t matter if we don’t. People always like to claim that opposites do attract and who knows maybe we can show them that they are right.

How do I imagine our future to be?
As much as I would love to answer this but I don’t know how. I’m not the kind of person who thinks ahead and makes all those plans inside her head. I did once… 4 years ago when I was about to get married. As you can imagine it didn’t come this far but that is a story for another time. One I would love to tell you one day. Maybe you can understand now why I can’t answer this question. For me, future means a situation in a year or two… instead, I would say that I see us spending time with each other in the next months, talking, sharing past stories, maybe even dreams and what worries. It seems more realistic to me and something I can actually see happening.

I don’t know what your decision is going to be in the end and at this point, I can only hope that you are willing to take a chance with me… because I would take it with you.

Donna

DONE

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Name- Sophie de Vries
Age- 24

Bachelor- Jason Hemming


(Wedding photoshoot& Formal)

Chapter 5- Dream wedding

“My dream wedding? I always wished for a spring wedding with a lot of flowers and open air. It would be great to have a theme that stands for new beginning’s and that theme would be for me, spring.  I would like to invite family and close friends. My dress won’t be all white but I like it to have some flower on it. I never thought of the location much or even the reception. I just had a theme and dress in mind. But know thinking about it next to a river in a tent would be maybe really cool,” Sophie smiled and then signed. “I would want to change my cover and be more me again because I am will be sure that my soon- to- husband wants to see the cover that shows my pages it starts with being blond I always saw my blond hair as being boring,” Sophie shook her head, “I don’t think he would,” Sophie smiled. “Should I really say more about my dream wedding because I think I would love to plan the rest with my husband it will after all also be his day too.” 

Sophie was nervous about the photo shoot it felt too real and the dress she had on was just too much what she imagine but somewhere she was also excited what if he really choose her?

Sophie though her heart that was beating really fast, she shook her head she won’t cry whatever he choose was best for him, so she would be happy for him. Sophie released a breath and smiled at the camera.

But her though were somewhere else she felt more nervous than ever, What would she write?

Chapter 6- Letter

Jason,

I am sitting here with a pen in hand not a clue what to write.

I have always been a girl that didn’t know who she was or who she
wanted to be but I knew what I enjoyed as a kid I was running around playing hide and seek, fishing with grandpa or climbing trees my parents, however, thought it was better to have a safer hobby so I was put into dance classes I didn’t enjoy it as much as climbing and running but it was okay, I still did my other hobbies whenever I had the time but as I grew older people started to get an opinion on what I liked it was too boyish why didn’t I like dressing up or sitting still read a book? In high school, I started to cover myself slowly the cover was the image people wanted to see but like ever book the cover may be pretty but the pages that’s what’s matter. I didn’t go out of my way to apply for this show because opening my book for someone I don’t know seemed too scary, yet I really enjoyed getting to know you slowly in this show and wish to continue getting to know you and hope you, of course, getting to know every page in my book.

I don’t like to be judge and even though I had a feeling you judged
me you still went out of your way to get to know me, thank you,
understanding each other I think is a good first stone to build
trust, friendship, laughter and love.  I don’t know how we will be
a good couple but I hope we can find that out together.


How I see our future together I don’t know you well enough to see it but I will write you a day in our life I hope that will happen.

We are driving to a lake with two children in the back seat. They are bickering over candy making me laugh because there argument is just funny then I propose a game and the winner gets the candy. They agree then they start to play I see, I see what you can’t see.  Guess what they both guess right but instead of going back to bickering they just share the candy, we will raise them right (Sharing is caring).

As we arrive we joke around and I hope we catch a
fish today because the kid loves it when we catch something. But if we don’t there is always a food place close by for a little family to
eat there.

It is this simple but I would love it.
Even if you don’t see it, I do see a great friend in you and hope we keep in though even if you don’t choose me and once again I am happy I could show you some pages in my book.
X

Sophie

~X~

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Arianna Davies

Dream wedding

Arianna almost has a fit of laughter... almost. Corner of her lips twitched up for a moment, before she coughs and sets herself straight
"It's funny, because I don't have everything set in stone, but I'm sure of a couple things. First, I'd like to have a flower decorated venue, a flower garden would be the best to go. Second, I'm thinking that I wouldn't go with traditional version of wedding march, maybe synthing it up a little, go with a remix or something. Or play something completely different than that. And it would be great to see both my dad and father-in-law walk me down the aisle at the same time."
She ponders a little, clearly showing struggle with coming up with the ideas.
"Guests... For sure there would be our families and friends. But I don't know if I want it to be small. I guess it would depend on what we'd agree on. My sister would be the maid of honor for certain... And I don't know what else to imagine. I've never thought up till the wedding point."

Letter

Tony,
Somebody once said that writing down your feelings will help make it clear. I'm not sure if I can believe that.
Frankly, if I'm asked why I think we'd be good together or how our future would look like, I can simply answer: I don't know.
At this point of time there's too much to discover. Both about me and about you. I feel that there's more than what we see on the show and I'd like to see that more. Maybe that's where our future would take us, taking baby steps to get to know each other better before making important decision. And then and only then, we might've been considered a good couple... that's if you're willing. I do. There's something about you that makes me, urges and pulls me to.
I'm waiting for your decision, whichever one it's going to be.
Best wishes,
Arianna.

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Dylan Cain

Bachelor: Jason Hemming

Photo shoot


Formal

Dream wedding

My dream wedding would be a small affair with only our closest friends and family in attendance. I don't believe that marriage licenses have the magic power to make a couple commited to each other but I do think that the marriage ceremony and reception should be a reflection of the love a couple shares for each other and therefore only shared with those that truly care for them and wish them well. I don't have some elaborate fantasy planned out in my head because I think that the wedding is about both the bride and the groom and I want it to be something that's planned together. The only thing that is an absolute must for me is that at the ceremony itself I don't want designated sides from the friends and family of the bride and groom instead I want everyone in a semi-circle as a way of symbolizing how we're all being tethered together by the marriage.

Letter to Jason

Jason,

I can't honestly say what a future "us" would look like, and I don't want to try. I don't want to create some idealized version of who we could be that would always be in competition with who we were actually becoming because in real relationships things aren't always ideal. The reality is that even if this turns out to be real that there are going to be times that we feel real anger, real sadness and real pain. Those things won't, or shouldn't, mitigate the real joy though, the real smiles, the real adventures, the real opportunities to be good to and for one another.

The past few dates have been interesting glimpses into our separate lives; what we're looking for, what we've found and what we have yet to find. True love doesn't come from a television show though, it comes when two people decide that regardless the external circumstances that they're willing to take a chance on each other and see what the future holds. I'm willing to take a chance on you, and I hope that you're willing to take a chance on me. 

Dylan

Round Complete

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So we've reached the end of our bachelor show.

The crowd cheers as our three bachelors arrive at the studio, they wave their hellos but inside their hearts are beating fast as they know tonight they'll make an important decision.

As they look at the contestants, each and every one of them looking stunning, they can't help but smile.

One by one, they approach their suitors, a red rose in hand.

Donna Hamilton

Charles approaches you with a smile. He extends the red rose which you pick, hands shaking slightly. As he nods you open the rose, petal by petal, until you find a solid gold ring.
Charles wants to have a future with you. You may be a little different, but it is a good kind of different, it's a kind of different they can work with and he sure wants to make it work.

Arianna Davies

Tony smiles as Charles and Donna leave the stage but that means it's his turn to face his suitor. Tony extends the red rose to Arianna, a smile on his lips as he sees her open each petal of the flower.
He sees her sigh at the absense of a ring but he takes one of her hands, looking her straight in the eyes.
"I loved getting to know you, I truly did. At first I thought we couldn't be any more compatible, you attracted me physically and you have this daring personality that is just great. But as we had our dates I noticed I was more interested in your hobbies and life than you were in mine. I remember your boredom at the race and your letter was filled with uncertainties. I am sorry but I don't believe we're the perfect match."

Dylan & Sophie

Jason takes a deep breath as he watches Tony leave the stage. His eyes fall on Dylan and Sophie and he swallows dry. He hates making this kind of decision and his was even harder than the other bachelors. He got along quite nicely with both women and if he could he would continue to see them out of the show but he was not that kind of man and they were not that kind of women.
Jason held a rose in each hand and extended them to the girls at the same time. They looked at each other for a brief moment before starting to open the petals of each rose.
Dylan gasped as she caught the glimpse of the golden ring in her rose while Sophie sighed. Jason held her hand, a bitter smile in his lips.
"I am truly sorry Sophie. You are an amazing and creative young woman who will easily have men at your feet. You are affectionate and fun but perhaps that was the deal-breaker in the end." He turned his gaze towards Dylan and now held her hand. -"You conquered me with your letter. It symbolizes everything I believe in and your whole attitude throughout the contest, although a bit more shy than Sophie, made me want to have a future by your side. I noticed that although you don't display your feelings for everyone to see, they are there and are quite strong. I want to try and push them out." He smiled, turning to the audience as they clapped at the three bachelors and all the finalists.

Final Banners

Final Score is in the first post

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Thank you for the Banners and a big thank you for this refreshing contest.

I totally love the idea and it was nice to see some competition going on for the men... even if I didn't have one XD But I think that made it harder for me cause I had no one to help me reveal the likes and dislikes.

I wouldn't mind if you do another season one day