Missing Someone

Chapter 9

Sorry it's taken me so long to update.

I've been working on my other stories.

Melissa was for once able to keep her tears from spilling over her eyes. She stopped running however, once she got away from camp. She chose a tree that tall and covered was well, so she wouldn't be found by Jackson, who she knew was chasing her...again. She knew guys like him, he was the kind of guy who was only happy when he was rescuing a...damsel in distress. She smiled as she quickly climbed up the tree, she smiled. The tree was perfect, it was thin enough that none of the other castaways would be able to climb it...except Taylor...and Lex...and Daley!!

Maybe this isn't the best tree. She thought grimly, but she knew that only Jackson and Nathan would care enough about her problems to climb the tree. She suddenly heard something crashing through the bushes, she knew it was Jackson. She climbed faster, cursing as one of her feet slipped on the slightly damp branches.

Jackson entered the clearing, panting. He looked around, confused. He was sure he had heard Melissa come here. He saw a flash of movement and a quiet voice. It was Melissa. He was surprised that such a angelic voice could voice such awful language. He looked up, she was almost desperately climbing up a tree...a very tall and fragile tree.

He noticed the base of tree. He felt panic rush through him, the tree was rotting. Which meant if Melissa got any higher. "MELISSA!" He yelled, his voice almost cracking in worry. She shook her head and kept climbing. He wasn't able to see her very clearly anymore. He yelled her name again, feeling helpless.

Melissa kept climbing, feeling angrier by the second. How DARE he come after her just to tell her he was in love with Taylor. He probably expected her, pushover Mel, not to mind. But she did. The way Jackson had been acting for the past few days, always asking if she was OK, making sure she knew he was willing to listen, or talk to her if she needed it. Sometimes she felt him watching her.

She heard him call her name again desperately. She wondered why he sounded so upset. Maybe he meant to to tell me about Taylor before this. She thought shrewdly. But then she discovered why he was so upset. The tree limbs she was climbing groaned. She stopped, uneasy at the sounds the tree was making. She then looked closely at the wood, it was cracked and very wet. It almost looked like it was...ROTTING!

Melissa started panicking, trying to climb down. But it was too late. She heard (and felt) the branches snap, a shrill voice scream. She fell. She was falling past green and brown, smashing down on the hard branches. She slammed down on the somewhat sharp ground. She heard her name being called, she looked around blearily, not too aware of the blood flowing out of her body. The last thing she saw was Jackson's entrancing blue-gray eyes before her world went black...

Bah!!

BANH!!

BANH!!

Will Melissa be ok?

Will she listen to Jackson?

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