Chapter 8
Jackson, Eva, Marcus, and Sindy all waited until Mike and Candace were out of sight they then waited another 20 minutes, just to be safe then they came out from the bush.
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Melissa reached down onto the jungle floor and picked up a piece of wood. She then put it in her towel and began walking again.
Melissa was collecting firewood.
"Need any help?" said a familiar voice.
Melissa turned around to see Nathan walking over to her.
"Oh hi Nathan, sure if you want." Said Melissa.
Nathan smiled.
Things were silent between the two for a couple of minutes.
"Mel." Began Nathan as picked up another piece of wood from the ground.
"Yea?"asked Melissa.
"Mel I hate to see you cry… or hear you for that matter." Explained Nathan.
"So you were the one that calmed me last night?" questioned Melissa.
"Yea. Cause Mel, it breaks my heart when I see you cry." Sighed Nathan.
Melissa stopped walking and faced Nathan.
"Nathan, I'm just scared about Jackson. If anything happens to him-" Melissa stopped and bit her lower lip. Melissa tried to hold in the tears, but they were already coming down her cheeks.
Nathan then leaned in and held her in a warm embrace.
"Mel. Please don't cry. Jackson's so strong. We will see him again don't think other wise." Said Nathan.
Melissa still leaned against his chest. "I know Nathan, but I… I… miss him." Cried Melissa.
"We all miss him." Said Nathan.
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After standing a few moments in silence Sindy spoke up "So should we head for Paco's camp?"
"No, it might be dangerous and-" Eva tried to finish but was interrupted "We have to!" blurted out Jackson immediately.
"Cody. Sindy's right." Protested Eva.
"We have to. And maybe we can try to save Andre too." Jackson paused. "Look we have a better chance of keeping everyone safe if we go to Paco's camp."
Marcus slowly then walked up to Jackson. "I agree." Said Marcus.
"Fine." Said Eva.
"Whatever Cody, I just hope your right. Sighed Sindy.
So the four headed off.
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Eric walked along the coast and tossed seashells into the ocean. He sighed of boredom.
"What are you doing?" asked Taylor as she came up.
"Nothing basically." Sighed Eric.
Taylor giggled. "I see well I actually need your help." Said Taylor.
"What kind of help?" asked Eric as he took a few steps back.
"It's nothing bad I just need to practice on you." Said Taylor.
"Ok that sounds so wrong on so many levels what do you-" Eric was quickly interrupted. "No, no look just in case any of those bad people come up to camp, I can practice like karate kicking there butts." Explained Taylor.
"You now karate?" laughed Eric.
"Yea, my older brother loves it and well he taught me at home all the time and stuff." Said Taylor.
"So if you already no it, why do you need me?" asked Eric.
"We'll it's been a while since I've down any karate. I just want to see if I'm still good, now can you please help me!" pleaded Taylor.
"Ok fine give me some of your best shots!" smirked Eric.
Taylor chuckled.
17 minutes later
"Oww. Taylor are we done yet?" asked Eric who was laying on the sandy beach in pain.
"Oh please Eric, I didn't even hit you that hard." Said Taylor.
"You kicked me between the legs twice, and did like some other weird karate moves and… oww." Winced Eric.
"Well sorry I guess I'm not rusty then. And we are done." Said Taylor as she folded her arms.
Daley and Lex then came down towards Taylor and Eric.
"Hey guys-uhh Eric why are you on the ground?" asked Lex.
"Taylor just kicked my ass." Wined Eric.
Daley and Lex looked up at Taylor with the expression on there faces that said "What?"
"My brother would teach me karate and defense moves at home. And just in case those bad guys came up to camp I would kick their butts. I just needed Eric to practice on. See if I was rusty, I'm not." Explained Taylor.
Eric then slowly began to stand up. "Oww." He said again.
"Eric, I girl just beat you up!" laughed Lex.
"Wow wait till everyone else here this." Laughed Daley.
Eric then glared up at Taylor. "Taylor, you have 2 seconds to get a head start." Began Eric.
"A head start?" questioned Taylor.
"1…" said Eric once more.
"A Taylor I think you'd better run." Said Daley.
"2!" yelled Eric as he ran after her.
Taylor jumped and began running.
Taylor quickly ran past camp, Eric was right behind her.
Gloria heard the commotion and looked up at Taylor and Eric run past camp.
" (Sigh) young love." Chucked Gloria.
A/N: Hope you enjpyed it! Sorry I haven't updateed in a while I was on vacation! anyway please R&R!!!!!!!!! Thanks.
