Chapter 3!

Jess' POV…

I was peacefully asleep. I was warm. But, a big, fat raindrop just landed on my nose.

Whatever. I'm goin back to sleep.

More raindrops.

Hm. Maybe I should get up.

There was a flash.

Now I'm soaked.

BOOM!

"AHHHH!"

I sat up. It was storming. Hard. I looked to my left, Willa was sitting next to me, looking shocked.

"Wimp." I said.

"I hate storms!"

She got up.

"Where are you going?"

"To the tent thingies!"

I looked over, and saw they were successful in building the tents—sort of. They were roofs. With four support columns. No sides, but it'd keep you dry. If I were under it.

"Why are we out here?"

"You fell asleep out here."

"And you?"

"Amanda was worried about you, but I told her that I would stay out here. And I did. Stupid idea." She explained.

We started walking to the tents.

"Aren't you cold?" I asked.

"Freezing."

"Then hurry up!"

"There's two tents, you know."

"Really? Cool."

"Amanda and Finn are sharing a tent, and Maybeck, Philby, and Charlie are in the other."

"Why?"

"Charlene and Amanda both fell asleep in separate tents while we were making it, and Finn lied down next to Amanda, and the boys thought it would be awkward…"

"Yeah."

We got back to the tents. Apparently, they rearranged themselves, a girl's tent and a boy's tent now.

We flopped down into the girls' tent, and Charlie and Amanda burst out laughing.

"What?" Willa said. She lay next to Charlene, and I collapsed next to Amanda.

"We heard the thunder, and gave you two minutes tops. You came back in one!"

"Shut up. I hate thunder!" Willa said. A particularly loud clap of thunder sent her cowering towards Charlene.

"Awww… wittle Willa is scared!" She mocked, placing a hand on her back.

Willa sighed. "Shut up!"

"Whatever, I'm going to sleep. Night, guys." Charlie said. She wouldn't admit it, but I could tell she was scared, too.

Once again, I opened my eyes to the flash of lightning, and sound of thunder.

I checked the digital watch I had gotten for my birthday.

Nine o'clock in the A.m.… wow, it's that late? It's so dark! Must be the storm…

"Amanda?" I sat up and stretched. I looked at Amanda and Willa who had been sitting up and talking about something.

"Oh! You're up. Morning." Amanda said.

"Morning."

"What time is it?" Willa said, looking at my watch.

"Nine O'clock."

"Hm." She said, and winced at a clap of thunder.

"Oh, grow up. It's thunder!" I said. Amanda laughed.

"Ugh…" there was a groan from next to me.

"Morning, Charlene." Willa and I said at the same time.

"Hello. God, it's pouring so hard it looks like we're under water!"

"Yeah, I know."

"It's also thundering…" Willa mumbled.

Suddenly, Amanda was nearly tackled into a hug.

"Good morning, hot stuff."

"Hey Finn." Amanda turned her head so she was facing Finn, and kissed him.

"Ugh! Get a room!" I said, disgusted.

"And 'hot stuff'? Finn, you are sooo cheesy." Willa added.

"Hey. Stop insulting my boyfriend!" Amanda chuckled.

"Gross. We'll be in the other tent. Come on, guys." I said, and the three of us mad a mad dash for the other 'tent'. It wasn't really a tent. But, hey, it kept us dry.

There was barely room for the five of us in the tent, but we somehow squeezed into it.

"Helllo…" Philby said awkwardly.

"The lovebirds making out again?" Maybeck chuckled.

"Yeah. It's gross." Charlene mumbled.

"Yeah. So, how'd you guys sleep in the pouring rain?" Philby chuckled.

I sneezed.

"Well, that answers one question. You'll both be sick by tomorrow, that will be just another thing we have to deal with." Dr. Philby said.

"Thanks for the obvious, doc." I said.

Willa glared at me. "All your fault."

"Sorry…"

"Mhm. As if I'm not already sick all the time!" She said, but then chuckled. "Hey, it's fine."

I laughed, too. And then we began talking for a while. Maybeck told his…disgusting jokes that only Philby laughed at, we told a few stories, and forgot about the situation. But then, Maybeck's stomach growled. Really loudly.

"Yeah, I'm hungry, too." Willa muttered.

"Well, doc will stay here with you two, and The lovebirds, Charlene, and I will go find food."

Charlene winced. "Into the jungle? B-but, we, uh don't know what's in there…"

"We should send the smaller party to find food. Leave one of the lovebirds here." Philby said, ignoring Charlie completely.

"I heard that." Amanda said from somewhere behind me.

"Get tired of making out? Or did you run out of air?" I chuckled.

I got slapped on the back of the head.

Willa and Charlene burst out laughing.

"Food. Right, let's go find… food…" Finn said. He was blushing.

They walked off as soon as the rain lightened up a little, leaving Amanda, Willa, Philby, and I sitting under the tent.

Charlie's POV…

We headed into the jungle. I was practically shaking as I slowly pushed through the bushes. It was creepy in here. The canopy didn't let much rain in, so we were drying off. But it also didn't let any light in.

"Charlie, keep your eyes on the beach. Maybeck, did you bring a bag, or something?"

He held up a plastic shopping bag.

"Found it in the wreckage."

"Awesome. Let's go. Look for fruit, I guess. Or… animals. Wait, is Jess a vegetarian?" Finn said.

"What in the world would make you think that?" I said. I jumped as I saw a giant bug on a leaf. "Eeeew…"

"I dunno… just her personality."

"What? I mean, animal-loving Willa would sooner be a vegetarian than meat-loving Jess!"

"Well, I mean, she's kinda… rebellious-ish? And… she dyed her hair black?"

"Stereotype much?"

"Sorry. Forget about this conversation, got it?"

"Ya…"

"So we can catch animals?"

"Willa would puke, then kill you, then starve if she saw you cut up a whole animal and cook it. She'd eat it if she never saw the fur, the face or the head in general, though." I explained.

"Dude, how do you know? You can't possibly know that." Maybeck said.

"It's called 'being a good friend', idiot."

"Fine then! If you're such a great friend what am I allergic to?" he challenged.

"Peanut butter. But not peanuts. Freak."

"Kay… maybe you know us well…"

"Yeah. G-O-O-D… F-R-E-I-N-D"

Still have an eye on the beach, Charlie?"

I pointed towards the beach. "That way."

"Cool. Hey, wait. Wouldn't fruit be… on a tree?"

We looked up. Sure enough, there was fruit. And lots of it…

"Wow, we're idiots." I said.

"Yeah…" Finn said. "Look, there's another type of fruit tree over there…whatever the heck type of fruit that is…" he walked to another tree, 20 feet to the left of me and Maybeck.

I walked up a random tree trunk, and shook it. Coconuts hit the ground all around me.

"Charlene!" Maybeck said as he dove forward. He caught something just above my head, and looked up to see that he caught a coconut right before it hit me.

"Thanks." I breathed.

"Guys! We have enough fruit! C'mon let's go back. Charlene… which…way, what the heck are you guys doing?"

I realized I had been staring into his dark brown eyes, him staring into mine, for the past two minutes.

"Uh…." He stuttered, embarrassed.

"The beach is that way…" I pointed towards it, and we all started walking.

Our feet stepped onto the wet sand, and we ran to the tents.

"No, Willa! Don't do that, then you might-"

The pile of sticks in front of Willa and Amanda caught fire, and they jumped back. Amanda yelped and clutched her arm.

"Burn someone…" Philby finished his warning a little too late.

Since the fire was under the tent, it prevented the rain from hitting it.

"Ow…"

"Sorry Amanda!" Willa ran to get a piece of cloth, wet it, and put on Amanda's arm.

"No problem, kid." Amanda smiled.

"I'm not a kid, for the millionth time!" (a/n I call my friends 'kid' all the time, but a lot of them are older… I dunno, it's fun to call them that! Lol!)

I laughed. We all squeezed into one of the tents.

"When it stops raining, we're going to make both of the tents bigger. And put some sides on them." Philby said, digging into his breakfast of… Papaya, was it? Mango? Ah, who knows. It tasted good, that's all that matters.

"So cold…" Willa muttered.

"That, my friend, is because you slept in the pouring rain." I chuckled.

"Ugh…"

"So… we're trapped on a desert island in the middle of a storm… what do we do?" Jess asked.

"Uh, survive?" Maybeck said.

"Count to five thousand?" Philby suggested.

"You're not serious, right?"

"Umm…"

"How about… we ask each other questions? Like, I know it's lame, but it's something to do." Amanda suggested.

"What kind of questions?" I said.

"Like… Finn, best book you ever read?"

"Uh… The Thief Lord, for a fourth grade reading project. Yeah, I get it. Hmm… Jess!"

"Huh?" Jess had been really quiet up to this point.

"Okay, if you were completely alone during a 3-day giant storm, what would you do?" Finn asked.

"Uh… freak out? I mean, I'd be sick of the isolation, but I guess I'd listen to my iPod on shuffle… and sleep… My turn?"

"Yeah." Amanda said.

"Charlie!"

Uh-oh…

We sat there for hours, talking, and laughing. Around 3:00, the storm lightened up. Then, a half hour later, there was no trace of it. It was so hot, the sand had dried up.

"So… wanna go explore?" Jess asked.

"Stay in pairs!" Philby said.

"I dunno… can I stay?" I asked. Honestly, I'm terrified of this island.

"Yeah, sure." Finn said.

"I'll stay with you, Charlie. Ha, when's the last time we talked, like actually had a long conversation?" Amanda said, and sat down next to me.

"Boring! C'mon, Willa!" Jess said.

"Jess, your ankle-"

"Doesn't hurt anymore. I'm fine, mom."

"Jess…"

"Completely fine. Besides, I have Willa!" the two of them laughed. Amanda, however, looked worried.

The two ran off, and the boys walked off soon after.

"Don't worry, Amanda! They'll be fine, don't you trust them?"

"Yeah, but the both of them have a…burning curiosity for doing stuff that's… idiotically dangerous."

"Hm. Yeah, they get into trouble a lot."

"Yeah…"

We both looked towards the forest, fearing the worst for the weeks to come.

.….

Kay, no, nobody goes missing anytime soon, don't worry. Sooooo…. You like it? Really long chapter…. Anyway, next chap is them exploring the island…

It's storming so hard outside… thunder, lightning, ooohhh I love it!

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