Chapter 2. Storm

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Nathan, Lex, and Melissa ran into camp to find everyone sitting down eating lunch.

"Guys! A huge storm is coming!" Lex said almost out of breath.

"How big?" Jackson asked.

"Big enough to blow everything away by the looks of it." Nathan said with a worried look.

"Well it's just going to have to wait, because I was just about to go take a shower." Taylor said as she picked up a towel.

"Taylor, come on. We have to make sure evrything is secure. We don't want to lose anything else to another storm." Daley said standing up.

"Exactly! We have to move fast!" Nathan said running off to get the things that were away from camp.

"Taylor, help Lex get the tent cleared out! Eric, you get the food secured behind the tent, thats the most important thing to save." Daley said making sure he right away had something to do.

"Yeah, sure, dole out the hardest job first!" Eric said not moving.

"Unless you want to get a few more jugs of water to make sure we have enough." Daley shrugged.

"No! No, that alright! I'm perfectly happy moving food!" Eric jumping up and running after Taylor and Lex.

"I'll take down the roof over the fire." Jackson said getting up.

"I'll get everything over at the fire." Melissa said getting up as well.

"Great. And I'll go see if Nathan need any help." Daley said as she and Melissa ran off.

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"Hey, Nathan. Need any help?" Daley asked as she walked up to where Nathan was packing up some things into a container.

"Uh, sure." Nathan said starting to smile once he saw her.

Daley picked up the container that Nathan had finished packing and Nathan got a second one that he had already packed.

"So...uh...Daley. I guess your birthday's coming up soon." Nathan said trying to get a little information out of her.

"Yeah. You know, one thing that sucks is that if we were home right now, my dad would probably be asking me what kind of car I want." Daley said smiling.

"I know. We have to wait until we get back home to drive!" Nathan said smiling also.

"I think one thing that would make my birthday perfect would be to get rescued." Daley said looking out to the ocean that was already getting choppy from the storm.

"Yeah. That would be great." Nathan said as his voice fell a little.

He shortened his pace so that he fell behind. She wanted the one thing he couldn't give her.

"Nathan, are you alright?" Daley said looking back and seeing him walking slower.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just noticed that the storm is closer." Nathan said smiling.

"You're right. We'd better get this stuff back fast." Daley said starting to walk again.

Just about that time it started to rain. Not hard, just raining.

"Great." Daley said looking up.

Nathan stopped and put down the container. He took off the long sleeve shirt he had tied around his waist and placed it on Daley head and shoulders.

"Thanks, Nathan. But what about you?" Daley said smiling.

"Please. NOTHING gets through this hair." he said smiling as he picked up the container again.

Daley laughed and walked so that she was right beside him. She lifted up one side on the shirt and put it over his head.

Nathan looked over and smiled as did Daley.

For a minuet, neither of them noticed that the storm was directly overhead, or that it was raining harder now.

But their stare was broken by Jackson yelling "Guys! Hurry up!" from the tent they were now approching.

They ran over and quickly put the containers behind the tent in the jungle with everything else and rushed almost dripping wet into the tent.

"Ewww! You're all wet and nasty!" Taylor said as Nathan and Daley sat down beside her.

Nathan smiled and looked over at Melissa who was smiling at him.

Nathan mouthed 'What?' and smiled back.