Last night was a night to remember. Abby and Lex did really good on the dance. The group woke up in the morning. Nathan was the first person out of the tents. He walked over to a seat from the airplane. Abby's notebook was sitting on the chair wide open; her necklace was dangling over it.
"Guys, get up. Now," Nathan yelled. Everybody came slumping out of the ten yawning and stretching.
"Is it breakfast already?" Eric asked. Taylor was the last to come out of the girl's tent.
"Is it breakfast already?" Taylor asked.
"Get out of my head," Eric snapped.
"It wasn't in your head. You actually said that," Taylor told him.
"What is it Nathan?" Jackson asked.
"It's Abby's notebook," Nathan said.
"Is she still sleeping?" Daley asked. Taylor entered the girl's tent.
"I don't think so," Melissa answered. Taylor came out of the tent a little mad.
"My pack is gone," Taylor told the group.
"When did she leave?" Eric asked.
"She must have packed last night then waited in the tent till morning then left," Daley said.
"Read it Nathan," Melissa said.
"Please forgive me. This is something I have to do. Jackson, I believe you. It's about right here, right now… and right now I've got to find the others. Please don't follow me, I'll be fine. I know you'll understand because you'd do the same if one of you were lost. I'm going to find them and I'm going to bring them back, I promise. Try not to worry. Make more happy memories. Love Abby," Nathan said. He finished then looked up at the group "We got to go after her,"
"No. We don't," Jackson said.
"But what if she gets lost again?"
"Nathan, what are we gonna do?" Jackson asked. "Force her to come back? She'll just go off again,"
"Then maybe we can help her find the others," Melissa suggested.
"And maybe get lost ourselves," Eric added.
"What do we do now?" Taylor asked. There was long pause between the group. They didn't know the answer to that. Finally Lex spoke up.
"I think we should let Abby take care of her family. She knows the island now. She'll come back,"
"Hopefully they'll all come back," Daley said and gave her brother a half-smile.
"Good Luck Abby," Jackson said.
I know that was quoted from the book/show. I needed to do that to get through it fast. It's time for a flash back. Take a trip down memory lane.
"I might have accidentally burned your shirt," Melissa said.
"What do you want me to do Taylor?" Jackson asked.
"You're the leader. Lead. Punish her," Taylor said.
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"I have something that I want you to play. It's a tape of me singing and I think everybody should hear my voice," Taylor said.
"Isn't that a little embarrassing?" Lex asked.
"Just hook up the video camera," Taylor said.
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"So you got any ideas about how were going to catch the pig?" Daley asked.
"Nope, what about you?" Nathan asked.
"Nada," Daley said.
"This is pretty stupid. We ran in an election and we can't even think of a way to trap a baby pig," Nathan said.
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"You know… that telling people your problems is a good way for them to solve faster rather then leaving them bottled up inside," Jackson said. Hearing this, Melissa turned to look at Jackson. He raised his eyebrow which made Melissa break into a small smile.
"I don't really want to talk about my dream right now. At least not until rethink some stuff," Melissa said.
"Well when ever you want to talk about it. I'll being willing to listen," Jackson said.
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"I didn't know Melissa liked Jackson," Daley said.
"I didn't know either but I figured from the way she starred at him a lot that there was something going on," Nathan said.
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Her feet slipped on the cliff under her and she fell off the cliff dropping her shirt on a nearby patch of grass. She started reaching out at the cliff hoping to find something to grab onto. There was only tiny roots and dirt. Screams escaped her mouth as she slid down the cliff. Before she knew it, she was on a ledge unconscious
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"I really didn't know that this was her tape. I thought it was mine. Imagine me surprise when her voice came on the sound system," Taylor said all sweet.
"Taylor you don't seem to understand why we don't do stuff like that. We all need to survive together and work along side each other. We can't have people hating each other. Then nothing would get done," Jackson said
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"Do I really only care about myself?" Taylor asked.
"What do you mean?" Eric asked.
"It seems like people treat me different because I don't do anything," Taylor said.
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"She's on a ledge down there," Jackson said.
"Is she ok?" Taylor asked.
"I think she's unconscious," Jackson said.
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"What happened?" Nathan asked him.
"We found Melissa. She's on a ledge unconscious. She fell off a cliff," Eric told them. Nathan and Daley looked at each other. They now had to choose the pig or there friend.
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"We came to help," Nathan told them.
"What's the plan," Daley asked.
"You guys are going to haul me down on the ledge. Then I'll tie the rope around her and you guys pull her up. You guys throw the rope down again and I'll do the same thing but I'll climb up," Jackson explained.
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"That was really nice what you did for Melissa. The Taylor and Eric thing and the cliff thing. Even after you found out her secret," Lex said. Jackson walked over to the fire pit and took a seat beside across from Lex.
"Do you think it was right what Eric and Taylor did?" Jackson asked.
"No, not at all. Were supposed to be a family and families don't do stuff like that. Melissa is a really nice person and I don't think that she deserved all that. I think that if we look out for each other then we can truly survive here until rescue comes," Lex said.
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"I know that me and you are just friends," Melissa said. She started looking down at her sleeping bag.
"You never know through. Maybe back home we could hang out or I could give you a call or something," Jackson said.
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"Yeah, I wish for once that I can just have a normal day around here," Melissa said.
"A normal day. It's never a normal day around here," Daley said.
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"Do you know what this means?" Eric asked.
"It means there's someone else on the island," Nathan said.
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"Have you forgotten who found it?" Melissa asked.
"Yes, you may have found it but I did get it out of the hole," Daley said.
"I found a note that proves that were not alone on the island," Eric piped out. Taylor slowly snatched the necklace out of Daley's hands.
"You found it? I'm the one that was leaning against the tree where it was," Nathan snapped at Eric.
"You're such a baby," Daley yelled at Melissa.
"You're self absorbed," Melissa yelled at Daley.
"You're lazy," Nathan yelled at Eric.
"Your Mr. I'm so perfect back home but here I don't know what to do," Eric said while doing hand gestures.
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"You know…we still have to have that talk about the dream," Jackson said.
"I know…but I'm still haven't figured it out yet," Melissa said.
"It's Abby," Melissa said.
"She's just unconscious," Jackson said.
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"Hey Eric," Nathan said. "I came here to apologize about the argument we had earlier about the note. I thought that if I said I found the note then people would think I'm useful. I guess that work out to well. You found the note Eric and both me and you know that. I know that everybody gives you a hard time, but I know how it feels and do think that you're the only one who messes up. All of us do sometimes. I just wanted to say that,"
Eric opened his eyes and looked at Nathan's figure walking up to the camp. Eric sat there and started writing stuff in the sand. People's names. After he was finished he looked at what he wrote.
-DALEY-NATHAN-MELISSA-JACKSON-LEX-TAYLOR-ERIC-ABBY-FAMILY
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"I'm sorry I called you a hypocrite and mentioned you're crush on Jackson, in front of Jackson," Daley said.
"I'm sorry I called you self absorbed and that you're so focused with the past," Melissa said.
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She tripped over a rock and fell, bumping her knee off another rock. The fire wood went flying up in the air and came smashing back down on her. She got to her feet but cam tumbling back down in the sand. She examined her knee the was bleeding and cut.
"My ankle," Melissa said gripping her ankle. "Help, anybody. I'm in the jungle," There was nobody in the area. Only the sound of the rushing waves upon the shore
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She stared getting closer to the figure. The person was wearing a black shirt from what she could see. She tapped the person on the shoulder. The person didn't move at all. She walked in front of the person and starred at him or her. She gasped at the sight of the person.
It was Jackson. Melissa starred at the figure for a minute hoping he would react to her but he didn't budge. He was as stiff as a board and didn't blink at all.
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Have you ever notice that Melissa has been acting strange lately?" Lex asked at random.
"Yeah, why?" Jackson asked.
"Well, it's not like her to act this way," Lex said.
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"I tripped because I wasn't watching what I was doing. I was thinking about that dream I had," Melissa said. Jackson turned to look at her.
"Are you sure it's not just some dumb dream, Mel?" Jackson asked.
"I had the same one but it had more stuff in it," Melissa told him.
"What do you mean you had the same one again?" Jackson asked.
"I mean I had the same dream again," Melissa said.
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"Day we have a problem," Lex said.
"Were doing real great," she said.
"I mean Abby," Lex said.
"I know. She's been through a lot and it doesn't help with the Melissa thing. We seem to be having a lot of problems lately," Daley told him.
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"Shouldn't you bee resting?" Jackson asked.
"Taylor and me are sharing clothes," Abby said.
"I'll help you then," Jackson offered. Both he and Abby reached for the tub at the same time. As their hands touched Jackson blushed a bit but tried to hide it.
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"Are you ok Mel?" Jackson asked.
"I'm fine Jackson. Just go finish helping Abby," Melissa said. Jackson starred at her and noticed a tear fall and hit the sand. Jackson sighed.
"I'll help you," Jackson offered.
"I'll be fine," Melissa snapped.
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"Are you guys…like…flirting?" Melissa asked.
"No," Abby and Jackson said at the same time. Out of the blue Eric came running in.
"If there's any flirting going on I should be involved," Eric said.
"You're not my type," Jackson said putting his hand on Eric's shoulder then taking it off.
"Who is your type Jackson?" Melissa asked.
"What," Jackson asked confusingly.
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"Guys, fire," Daley yelled. The all turned to look at her and Lex. The turned around the saw the canopy in flames. They all immediately stormed off to get water and started skirting it at the burning canopy. Melissa stayed leaned up against the tree. Daley gave her a water bottle for her to help. They all kept trying to put it out. Abby kept walking back and forth like a stray puppy. The canopy came crashing down to the ground.
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A tear drop rolled down her face. She slowly slid down the tree to sitting in the sand. She started crying and put her face in her hands. This is my entire fault Melissa thought.
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"I think it's because were so wrapped up in the stress of trying to survive we forget about the drama between us. Every family has drama and were like a family. We look out for each other but fight at the same time. Until we get rescued, the only thing we all want is a family. Even if we don't realize it, were all a family," Lex said.
"You would do anything for you family wouldn't you?" Abby asked.
"Course I would. Wouldn't you?" Lex said.
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Were best friends Mel. Me and you need to rely on each other," Nathan said
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"Let's see if the male gets to dance with the female," Jackson said.
"Well, well, well. Who's the lucky girl?" Eric asked.
"Were going to get back to you on that," Daley said.
"Yeah," Taylor said. The two girls started dancing together. Eric was left standing on the dance floor.
"Rejected," Jackson said to Melissa. They both started laughing.
"I felt like such a loser today," Melissa told him.
"Your not a loser. Everybody has the right to break down a little bit at one point in time," Jackson said.
"I know that I sound kind of stupid saying this. But those dreams keep haunting me. I don't know what they mean. I don't know what to do in them. I have control of what I do in them," Melissa said.
"So you mean. You can actually act as if what you were doing in the dream you were doing in real life. Do you get what I mean?" Jackson asked.
"Not really," Melissa said.
"Like if in my dream I wanted to go over to the ocean, I would simply walk over to it in my dream," Jackson explained.
"I guess you could look at it that way," Melissa said
I wish I could dance. But I can't because of my ankle," Melissa said. She looked down at the ground.
"I'll tell you what. You teach me how to dance when your ankle gets better and I'll dance with you. It sounds kind of dumb I know," Jackson said
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She starred up at the moonlight. A tear drop ran down her face. She looked back at the dance floor. There must have been a fast song on. Everybody was dancing now fast. Jackson was leaning up against the plane and talking to Lex. Melissa started singing.
Cause when your in you're darkest hour
And all of your light just fades away
When your like a single flower who's colors have turned to shades of grey
Well hang on and Be Strong
That was a recap of all the important events that happened. I'll write the other chapter later
