Ch. 2 It Was All Eric's Fault!

A/N: CaliforniaRockin'101 was supposed to write this chapter, but she's been gone for a while with no warning… So I'm writing it to keep the story moving! (Sorry Andrea, where are you????!!!!)

Daley walked down the length of the beach, her arms folded across her chest. She was beginning to loose track of how long they had been on that dumb island. Days, weeks… maybe even months, Daley couldn't tell. So much had happened, yet so many other things hadn't. First of all, Abby and the others were dead (as far as anyone could tell.) At least, Daley was positive that Abby was dead when only Eric, Melissa and Jackson came back. Daley could tell.

Second, they had all become sort of a family. A very dysfunctional family, with multiple problems, but a family nonetheless!

Third, particular pairs had gotten closer. Like Daley and Nathan, they went from HATING each other to… well, they were closer than friends but not yet dating. It was confusing. All Daley knew was that her heart flipped whenever she saw him.

Forth, everyone had learned to adapt to the surroundings at hand, or suffer. Daley had honed that skill when the others left, realizing that she was a little ridiculous when it came to survival. But she wouldn't ditch her system.

Daley continued to walk, her eyes wandering around the area, scouting for anyone who might be there. But she was oblivious to what was behind her.

Suddenly Daley's world went black. Hands covered her eyes.

"Guess who!" a voice whispered in Daley's ear. She smiled.

"Nathan," she laughed.

The hands left and Nathan jumped in front of her, "How'd you guess?"

Daley smirked, "Something about the fact that no one else on the island would do that gave it away," Daley laughed.

"You never know. Lex could be playful," Nathan laughed. Daley shook her head and walked alongside Nathan down the rest of the beach.

"So what did you think of the book that Jackson and Melissa found?" Nathan said after a while.

"I thought it was interesting, but we have to be careful with it. I don't think anyone should really touch it till we know what it does," Daley commented.

"Well, yeah. But you already knew what was in there, didn't you?" Nathan laughed. Daley rolled her eyes.

"Yes, but that's only because I know about everything that existed over 5, 000 years ago, Nathan," Daley laughed.

"That's just one of the very attractive things about you, Daley," Nathan whispered in her ear. Daley shivered slightly. She looked up at him; her brilliantly blue eyes met his deep brown ones. Nathan began to lean in, and Daley anticipated…

"Hey, guys! Come over here!" Lex came running over. Nathan pulled back abruptly. Daley sighed, will it ever happen?

They began to walk back to camp, to see Eric balance the Book on his nose. Daley shook her head sadly.

"Eric, don't do that. You could drop it, and who knows what would happen then?" Daley commanded.

"Sorry, Daley," Eric held on to the Book and rolled his eyes

Daley sighed and climbed into the shelter. Nathan ran a hand through his hair exasperatedly, and then walked away. Everyone wondered what had happened.

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Melissa soon climbed in after Daley, about to console her about what had happened. Many things had changed Melissa in the jungle, but she was still the comforting friend that everyone loved.

"Hey. So what happened when Lex came to get you?" Melissa asked.

"Nathan went up and tried to scare me. Then we were talking about the book, and he said something cute, and we were just about to kiss," Daley sighed, looking up at the top of the shelter.

"Well that sucks, you guys almost had your moment," Melissa nodded.

"Yeah! Now I just feel like it will never happen. I mean, it's not like we're ever going to get off this island, so we might as well just start dating…"

"Don't talk that way! Anyway, at least you guys are having your moments. Jackson is still confused about Taylor," Melissa sighed.

"He'll come around," Daley smiled.

"Yeah… I really like him, though," Melissa sighed.

"Yeah. I must admit, though, Nathan's really hot," Daley laughed.

Melissa giggled, "Yeah, of course. So is Jackson!"

"Yeah, no duh," Daley laughed.

Little did they know that outside Taylor was listening in, and misunderstanding the whole conversation…

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Nathan walked up to Daley, his hands in his pockets.

"Hey Daley," Nathan sighed. Daley looked up from the fire and smiled at Nathan.

"Hi. I'm sorry about what happened before," Daley sighed.

"No problem. Can't be helped," Nathan shrugged, sitting next to Daley.

"I guess. Eric could stop being a prat," Daley suggested.

"That's a lost cause and you know it," Nathan laughed. Daley nodded and then rested her head on his shoulder. She soon felt his head on top of hers. Smiling, Daley closed her eyes to enjoy the moment. Nathan kissed the top of her head softly.

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Eric looked through the book. He normally wasn't into reading, but he was wondering what was so wrong with this book and why they shouldn't monkey with it. Eric saw pictures of dinosaurs, reptiles, big terrorizing birds… He couldn't make out what the whole point of the book was till he flipped through to the very back.

This book controls and is the whole of Earth's natural History. Everything from the beginning of time to the end of the last Ice Age is controlled by this book. Use wisely.

Underneath this was a bunch of weird characters. Eric looked through the book and saw a page with weird creatures, most covered in armor. He looked around at all the pictures, not bothering to read what was said underneath it. He saw weird things that resembled nothing alive today, and some really primitive looking fish. Eric looked at the top of the page and saw it said "The Cambrian." Eric simply touched the picture, but suddenly blue smoke began to come out of the book. Lex came running over from where he was.

"What did you do??" Lex gasped as the blue smoke continued to expel from the book. It engulfed Lex and Eric, but more strands stretched out into the jungle.

"I… I don't know!" Eric cried, "All I did was touch the picture!"

"Yeah huh, sure!" Lex spat as the others came dragged over by the blue smoke.

"What HAPPENED?" screamed Daley as the smoke brought her and Nathan over.

Lex pointed at Eric.

"ERIC I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Daley screamed as they all disappeared in a vortex of blue smoke.

A/N: Mwa ha ha. Don't worry, she doesn't kill him… or does she?