Hi! This is going pretty fast, I know, but this is my first! So, again, reviews are appreciated. And just wait for the next chapter please! I don't own Lord of the Flies, just in case you were wondering. Thanks!

I woke up before any of the other boys did, which was surprising to me seeing as how I usually wake up the latest around others. I sat up and realized that I had bugs all over myself. I sprang up and started rubbing my arms and legs, trying to get them off. I hate bugs. I did my best not to scream, and I think I did pretty well since none of the boys woke. I walked around them (it took all of my strength not to kick Jack) to go to where we found the bananas yesterday. Unfortunately, the rustling in the trees woke up Ralph.

"Valerie?" he whispered. "Where are you going?"

"Breakfast," I whispered back.

He quietly got up from the ground and walked over to me. "I'll go with."

Off we went into the bright forest. Now that we weren't within earshot of Simon and Jack, we could talk at a normal volume. "About how many kids are in the grade?" I asked, trying to make conversation.

"Maybe, like, 70," he answered. I didn't feel threatened by Ralph at all, so I immediately started climbing the banana tree. "Where'd you learn to climb like that?" he admired.

"My dad. Being the daughter of a policeman has its benefits. He always wanted me to be prepared," I answered as I dropped down loads of bananas. "Do you wanna just catch them so they don't bruise?" I asked, noticing how he kept slipping whenever he tried to climb the tree.

"Sure," he laughed.

"So, are the kids at this school generally nice, not including Jack?"

"Ha ha, I guess so. They generally are."

"What about the teachers?"

"Well, teachers are teachers, so, no, not really." I couldn't help but giggle at the joke, I laugh a lot.

"Is that enough?" I asked. I had dropped down at least 20 bananas.

"Yeah, that's good." I slid down and gathered a bunch of bananas in my arms and Ralph gathered the rest. We walked over to where Simon and Jack were still sleeping and lay the bananas in a pile.

"Do you think we should wake them up?" I asked.

"Nah, we can just wait." I knew that I was going to get bored pretty soon.

"Do you mind if I go on a walk?"

"As long as you don't mind me coming with you," he replied with a smile. I gave a smile back and started walking through the forest, him following me.

"So, that boy you were talking to earlier, his name is Piggy?"

Ralph looked ashamed. "Well, that's what we call him."

"Why?"

His ears went red. "Well, he told me that people used to call him Piggy but he didn't want to be called that anymore. Then Jack called him Fatty and I told him that his real name was Piggy."

"Ah. You don't seem real proud about it."

"Well, he just got really upset with me. And then I felt bad."

"I'm sure he'll get over it," I reassured him. We came across a rather odd tree with really thick branches sticking out horizontally in random places. I stopped to examine it. "Do you like climbing trees?" I asked.

"If I don't fall, then yes."

"This one looks pretty easy to climb. Come on," I urged. After I folded back my skirt just a little bit so that it wouldn't tear again, I started climbing the tree and I sat on one of the large branches, leaving enough room for Ralph to sit. It took him a little while longer than me, but he finally reached the branch I was on and plopped down next to me. "So, why do you go to this school?" I asked. "Is there any special reason?"

"My dad's in the navy," he answered. "And my mother died when I was 11."

"Oh…I'm so sorry, Ralph."

"It's fine, really." We sat in silence for a few seconds. "There's a spider on your leg," he said.

"What?"

"A spider. It's on your leg."

I looked down to see the creepy crawler skittering up my scratched leg. I shrieked and immediately started swatting at it. In the fight, I was starting to lose my balance and I started leaning backwards. Luckily, Ralph held out his hand to steady me before I started flapping my arms.

"Is it gone?" I cried.

"Hold on, stand still," he said as he reached down to simply flick the spider off my trembling leg.

"Thanks," I laughed. We then both realized that he still had his hand on my back. He quickly took it off and started rubbing his hands on his knees subconsciously. It was quiet for a few seconds again.

"Ralph?"

"Yeah?" he asked nervously, obviously embarrassed.

"Look at me."

He raised his head and looked at me with his dazzling sky blue eyes that were covered by his cocoa brown hair. I pushed the hair out of his face and he started leaning towards me. I did the same until our lips met into a kiss. He gingerly grabbed the back of my neck and I mirrored him for what were the best seconds of my life so far. We must have gone for a full 30 seconds when we heard someone yelling our names from a little distance away. Remembering Jack and Simon, we unhooked our lips and jumped from the tree, running to where we left them.