A few hours later, I notice Nick move a little and grab some ready to drink water. "Nick?" I ask. He opens his eyes and puts on a smile…or tries to. "Hey sweetie," I murmur. "I need you to drink this for me okay?" I ask holding a water canister to his lips.

"I'm not thirsty." he murmurs, but his throat is dry.

"I don't care. Please drink for me? Pretty please." I say in my super innocent voice, praying it works. He shakes his head.

"Don't make me shove this entire thing down your throat." I say. "Drink. Now." He shakes his head again. Sighing, I threaten, beg, kiss, and bribe and he finally agrees to take a few sips. "There, that wasn't so bad was it?" I smile a little and walk down to the stream to set out some fish traps. Afterwards, I walk back over to Nick and sit there with him.

"We're going to have to-" he cuts himself off and takes in a deep breath, as I sit there, trying not to cry since I know how much pain he's in. "We're going to have to move to a more concealed area if you're going to take care of me…" I nod.

"I agree. We do. I'm going to wait an hour or so and then we're going to go into those caves." I say pointing. "Okay?"

"Y-yeah." he says. I notice he's shivering and pull the side of the blanket and wrap it around him, lifting his bad arm carefully over the blanket.

"Better?" I ask, kissing his forehead.

"Yeah." he answers. "I'm sorry I had to put you in this situation." he says, tears in his eyes. I shake my head and kiss him again.

"Stop it. You're the one that should be mad at me. I'm the one that wanted to go hunting and if it hadn't been for me-" he cuts me off, kissing me.

"I could never get mad at you for something like this, Juliet. Never." he says. I close my eyes and lay on the ground beside him again. "If I die, then that's okay."

"No. Don't say that." I order, almost crying at the idea. "Don't say that."

"I mean if I die, I won't be upset about it." he says. "I want you to make it out of here alive. No matter what." I feel tears in my eyes. I caress his cheek and then kiss him softly.

"I love you Nicholas. You won't die." I say, but I'm more promising myself than I am him. He smiles a little and closes his eyes. I lay down too and sigh. What if he does die? What if I can't save him? What if he dies because I mess up and do the wrong thing? What if….Stop it! Just…stop! I start to sit up but he takes my hand.

"Please don't Julie. Please." he says. "I want to be with you as much as I can."

"But I have to make dinner." I argue.

"Are you hungry?" he asks curiously.

"No…" I say oddly.

"Me neither. Let's just skip it." he says. "Please." he says please with such a painful edge to it, it practically hurts me.

"Alright." I say, laying back down. I take his hand and rest my head on his good shoulder. As the sun sets, I look at him. "We have to move now."

"Okay." he says. I gently sit him up and lift him by his waist. Propping his good arm on my shoulders I start walking with him. When we get to a larger rock formation, I set him down so he leans against a boulder and bring some pine needles and vines in for cushion. Then I put the blanket over them. Laying him down, I jog out to where we were and grab our stuff and prop it inside the cave. After a while, I've got the exit covered. "Done?" he asks.

I nod and turn. "Yep."

"Good then come here." he says. I do as told and sit on the side of him. He brushes my cheek and smiles a little. "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." My jaw drops.

"You know Romeo and Juliet." I smile.

"Yeah. I do." he grins. "I've always thought that story was amazing. The fact that they could've avoided so much by staying away from each other but didn't because they loved each other."

"Kinda like us." I say with a sigh. Our eyes meet and we exchange a painful glance. The kind that said so much but couldn't say enough. "Um…we should get some sleep. You especially."

"Alright. Goodnight, Julie." he says.

I lay beside him and can't help it when I say, "Goodnight goodnight, parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall bid thee goodnight till it be morrow." he smiles and we both fall asleep.