A balmy night in the Backyard was the backdrop for Michael and Estelle’s burgeoning relationship – the pair shamelessly flirting with each other under a star-lit sky. This unlikely pair (that nobody saw coming!) has fans and followers truly perplexed – is this true love, true lust, half-truth or tricky strategy?
T’was a wonderful night for a moon dance last night as the two Housemates dosey-doe’d their way around a myriad of topics including the semiotics of the word ‘luck,’ stars (both figurative and literal) and weeds.
“Look at that weed up there?” Michael pointed out, the pair sheathed under the same rug. “I wanna pull that out.”
“That one?” Estelle squinted, trying to spy the eyesore.
“No,” he leaned in close, “that one …” And as the pair’s cheeks almost touched, the chemistry between them was undeniable. A mere tilt of the pony’s head and the lion would have found himself lip-locked with his former prey.
Only a day earlier, Michael had taken his inner musings public in the Captain’s Quarters and Benjamin – struggling under his Nomination stronghold – dismissed Michael’s admission as a mindless rant. But the lingering looks, the soft embraces and the night-time snuggles led to some philosophical chatting last night while the other HMs tucked themselves into bed.
“Imagine if you were on the dark side on the moon,” Michael said. “The line where it would happen would be one of the most surreal things.”
Entranced by the thought, Estelle made a pair of ‘binoculars’ out of her hands. “It’s like a kaleidoscope,” Estelle giggled, “I’m blinded by the light. Insightful but delightful.” Michael groaned at her ‘check-one-two’ rhyming ‘skill’ but his laugh was warmer than usual. Estelle, happy to make a parody of herself, just laughed. “Sometimes I hate myself,” she grinned. “But by ‘hate’ I mean ‘love’.”
“You are truthfully a wild rose that is unable to tamed or pruned.” Michael tendered. “I’m clinically insane,” Estelle ventured.”
“Maybe,” Michael ‘yes-ed.’ “Who am I to judge?”
Who indeed? Not two weeks ago, Michael had declared Estelle guilty of having any depth at all: “Estelle is the fakest human being, I’ve ever met in my entire life” and then dealed her four Nomination points in the chamber on Monday night.
Since Josh’s shock departure, Michael has been somewhat marooned – struggling to find comfort in a shifting group dynamic. Similarly, audiences have chosen to save Estelle but haven’t been as kind to her bosom buddies, all of whom have been unceremoniously ejected from the Big Brother House. She’s lost her foundation again-and-again but always built herself back up despite the bruised ego and battered esteem. So have these two cast away HMs been drawn to each other’s smoke signals or is that there time is ripe?
Or, maybe, this is A-grade strategy at play? With no real way to gauge their popularity in the outside world, does Estelle’s Eviction invincibility have Michael’s interest piqued? “I wouldn’t just waste my time on one thing,” he riddled to Estelle and Layla yesterday, “I’m up to many things.”
“You are an entrepreneur of sorts,” Estelle grinned, and Layla looked lost.
“I am a well-oiled snake,” Michael connived, “slipping through the grass.”
“You are a well-oiled snake but I hope you are not a sinister snake,” Estelle coo-ed.
“Snakes can bite,” Michael flirted, “Sometimes they’re venomous, sometimes they’re not. Maybe I’ve been de-venomed?”
“That means your intentions are still venomous,” Estelle retorted.
So Michael’s morphed? Trading a position at the top of the food chain to a reptilian ground-dweller who can twist their means to the end … Well, if that’s the case, then let’s hope Estelle can gallop quickly! Or perhaps Michael will be the one to fall head-over-heels? The genius’ best-laid plans gazumped by something far more powerful than any strategy: love.