(A/N Hey guys! It's me again! Haha...wow...obviously it's me. Any ways, I just wanted to say, thanks to every one who reviewed, but I wanted to point some thing out. Believe it or not, the stuff with Melissa last chapter really wasn't to make her look bad. She's just upset, because she thought she and Taylor were becoming friends again, and Taylor lied to her. She thinks Taylor was doing it to spend time with Jackson and stuff. Any ways, it was all for drama, it'll make more sense later! Plus, she's a girl, shes emotionally unstable! Jeez! So, just thought I'd make that clear. Any whoo...here's the story!)

Taylor explained every thing to Jackson, just like she had done with Melissa. She also explained her theory with the animals spit. Jackson scrunched up his eyebrows and looked at her like she was crazy.

"I'm not crazy!" Taylor said, reading the look on Jacksons face. "Really, I don't think it was a coincidence that both you and Melissa were cured after you were exposed to the spit. Besides, you were like, the last one to get sick, it wouldn't make sence that you were cured first."

Jackson smiled, and Taylor made a face. "What?"

"Oh nothing. I'm just impressed, is all." Jackson replied.

Taylor smiled back, and then stood up, pulling down her shorts. "I'll be right back." She said.

"Where are you going?"

"I need to talk to Melissa."

Jackson stood up. "Want me to come? I want to see if shes ok."

"I think I need to handle this by myself." Jackon nodded and sat back down. "I'll start thinking of a plan to find the cure." He smiled. Taylor smiled weakly back at him, and then went off to find Melissa.

Melissa wasn't hiding - she really wasn't - she just didn't want to talk to any one at that moment. She was feeling really betrayed. She didn't know why Taylor cured Jackson when she promised not to. She wasn't really angry because Jackson was cured - in fact, she was secretly a bit glad - but she was angry because Taylor lied to her. Right to her face. And she was just tired of it.

"Melissa?" She heard a voice behind her.

Melissa sighed. "I don't really want to talk to any one right now." She said.

"Fine, you listen, I'll talk." Taylor replied evenly, sitting down on the sand beside Melissa.

"Look, I'm sorry that you think I lied to you." Taylor started off. Melissa opened her mouth to say some thing, but Taylor said, "Let me finish. Look, I really am sorry, I'm not just saying that. I didn't mean to lie to you. I just...got caught up in the moment. I wanted to see if the spit actually did work. I mean, it would be stupid to go out and risk our necks if we didn't know that would work, right?"

Melissa looked down at the sand, then at her nails. "I'm really sorry." Melissa tried again.

"You know what Taylor?" Melissa stood up. " I'm really tired of pretending that nothing is wrong, when your a backstabbing liar!" Melissa felt bad for the words as soon as they came out of her mouth, but she couldn't take them back now.

Melissa gave Taylor one last look, then turned on her heel.

Taylor stood up, her face contorted in anger. "No, you know what Melissa, you stay. I'll go." She pushed Melissa out of her way, and then turned around after a couple of steps. "And you know what? I was going to try to hook you and Jackson up, but now, since you seem to think I want to so much, I'm going to see if I can hook up with him." Taylor knew how bad that sounded, but she didn't care. She couldn't believe how mean Melissa had gotten!

Uhm, yea, maybe that's what happens after 16 years of being trod on by people like Taylor!

Melissa sat back down in the sand, gave a big sigh, and went back to crying.

Taylor stormed into camp. "URGH!" She yelled, kicking over a pot of boiled water. Jacksons stood up. "Whats wrong?"

"I HATE MELISSA!" Was all he got, as Taylor stormed away, into the forrest.

Jackson looked towards the beach, and then towards the woods, wondering who he should go and talk to. He figured he should go into the woods and make Taylor come back before she hurt herself...but she figured she'd be back soon any ways. He got up, and started walking towards the beach. Taylor would be fine, he assured himself.

"Go away Taylor! I thought you'd be busy trying to 'hook up' with Jackson", Melissa said sourly, as she heard footsteps comming up behind her.

"Um...Melissa?"

"Oh!" Melissa spun around. "Hi Jackson." She said nervously. She mentally slapped herself. When had she become such a bitch? She'd been hanging out with Taylor too long, apparently. "Sorry" She mumbled under her breath.

Jackson smiled. "It's ok." He turned to look at the water and the sun. It was at its highest place in the sky, and beaming down on the pair.

Melissa wiped tears from her cheeks, and Jackson asked, "So, are you going to tell me whats going on?"

Melissa shook her head as new tears began to form in her eyes. "I'm just so scared...I'm scared of every thing. I'm lashing out at Taylor and I really don't mean to it's just...I seem to be getting carried away."

Jackson nodded, and put his arm around Melissa's shoulders. She was a little shocked at the gesture, but apprieciated it.

"I feel like nothing is going right, you know?" Jackson nodded, and Melissa wiped her eyes with her knuckles. "And, I'm not even sure if Lex, Daley, Nathan and Eric are going to make it."

"Don't talk like that. They will make it!" Jackson said, squeezing her shoulders tightly. Melissa looked down at the ground. "I'm just so scared." She whispered again.

"Me too." He said. Melissa looked up in shock, and he smiled at her. She smiled back weakly, and they sat in silence for a bit.

"Crap." Taylor said to herself, looking around. According to her watch, she'd been in the forest for an hour and a half, and she was pretty sure she was lost. She was in deep jungle, and she couldn't seem to smell the salt water, or hear it, or see it (obviously.) In fact, she couldn't see any thing, except acres and acres of green trees. "Crap." Taylor swore again. She had been so angry, she'd just kept walking and walking, kicking the odd tree, and pulling branches and leaves off of bushes. Once, she'd kicked a stump, which wasn't the best idea since she was wearing flip-flops. Her toe was still throbbing.

Of course, she had no outdoor survival training or any thing, and basically had no common sense to sit down and calm herself down. She was getting panicked, and really, really scared. Soon it would be dark, and she'd be deep in the woods, lost. She wondered if Jackson and Melissa were looking for her. She wondered if they even cared.

A little while later, she came to a big cliff, and turned back. It wasn't the cliff she and Melissa had fallen off of earlier their stay on the island though. Oh man, she really was lost!

She turned around, and decided to retrace her footsteps. Maybe she could get herself a little les lost.

Jackson and Melissa were back at camp, Melissa was taking care of the four sick people, and Jackson was making dinner for him, Taylor, and Melissa. And a little extra, in case any one else wanted some.

Melissa poked her head out of the plane. "How long did you say Taylor's been gone for?" She asked.

"About three hours." Jackson replied. He seemed a little tense, and Melissa wondered if he was worried.

"I'm starting to get worried." He admitted, reading her mind.

"Yea, me too. It's not like Taylor to be out that long. But maybe she's just cooling down." Melissa said. She had told Jackson every thing about all of their arguments - including the bad things she'd said. It seemed that Taylor had left out some of those details.

"I say we give her another couple of hours." Melissa said, and then ducked back inside the plane.

Taylor sat down on a stump. She was so lost. And it was almost dark. She figured it was about six...five hours since she left. "Why doesn't any one care?" She asked no one in particular. She started to feel dizzy, and put her head in between her legs, wondering why she had such a sucky life. Why did she have to go on this stupid trip? She should have gone skiing, with her parents, and her best friends who all rented suites (at the same hotel) with their families as well. She could have been skiing in style, having showers, going to parties, and drinking hot apple cider with hot male skiers.

Taylor sighed, and sat up. At home, she was popular. On the island, she was the lazy boyfriend stealer who no one really liked, but all had to put up with just because. She hated her life. Did she already mention that?

After a few minutes, Taylor heard a low, and very frightening growl. Her heart literally stopped. She had totally forgotten about the beast!

'Ok, if I don't move, maybe it won't know that I'm here.' Taylor thought to herself. Suddenly, the thing came lunging out of the trees at her.

Taylor screamed, jumped up, and started running. She could hear the thing clomping behind her, and she screamed again. She doubted she could outrun it, but she wasn't giving up without a fight.

It was starting to get dark out. The sun was setting, and Taylor still wasn't back.

Jackson climbed into the plane, and grabbing a flashlight and a jacket. "Jackson?" Melisssa asked questioningly, and he replied, "I'm going to find Taylor. You saty here, ok?"

Melissa shook her head. "No! I'm coming too!"

Jackson took a look into her determined face, and nodded. "Ok, let's get going."

Melissa grabbed her backpack, put a few watter bottles and the first aid kid (just in case), grabbed her jacket, and a flashlight, and then ran outside to catch up with Jackson.

She was still running. She felt like she was going to pass out, but she wouldn't stop. She couldn't stop. Suddenly, she stopped, skidding on her heels, until suddenly, she was out of land to run on. Taylor spun around, and looked at the beast. She couldn't believe she had been stupid enough to lead it to the cliff she had been to earlier that day.

"Help." She said weakly.

(A/N Oh my! What'll happen next? Muahahaha cliffie! Oh, I suck, I'm sorry guys. I hope you liked that chapter, I actually thought it was going to be really sucky and dull, but then the ideas started rolling and I was like...woot...party! I hope you liked the little bit of Jackson/Melissa fluff I put in there. I was going to make him go after Taylor then I was like...no...and THAT'S when the ideas came to me. And I figured it would make the Melissa/Jackson shippers happy so yea...it worked out! Haha, any ways...please review, it really makes me happy! Happy author equals fast update. That's all I'm saying. Haha, you guys rock! Oh, but one more thing. I think I'm going to be wrapping this part of the story up pretty soon, but I was wondering, do you guys want me to make some other conflict up, or just end it? I'm not really sure yet, so I'm going to leave it up to you guys to decide. So please review!)