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I was walking through the jungle, thinking about all the crap that happened a few days ago. Ever since I stayed at the caves, all bad things happened. But I can't move back now. Charlie needs me. Boone and Locke came back 4 days ago and since then, they've been leaving before sunrise and came back after dark.
I walked through an area when I heard something. I looked up and saw Kate climbing a tree.
"Hey. What are you doing?" I asked.
"Gettin' some fruit. You?"
"Just trying to get a few things off my mind."
"Alright. Well, be careful."
"You too." I said and continued my walk.
I walked for a while then went up a steep hill. I thought I heard something. When I went through the trees, I saw the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life. It was a cliff made of rocks that were like steps and a waterfall coming off of it then a lake. I walked closer and sat down right at the edge of the cliff and let my feet dangle.
About 10 minutes of sitting there, I saw two people come. I squinted my eyes and noticed it was Sawyer and Kate. They said some thing I couldn't catch then took their clothes off and jumped in. I figured they wanted to be alone so I got up and left.
I walked over to the beach and saw people running to the water and pulling things out of it. The tide was coming in a lot farther then it usually did and it was pulling everyone's things in.
I saw Boone talking to Shannon. When he was done, he walked away and I walked to him.
"Hey." I said.
"Hey."
"What's been going on with you and Locke?" I asked.
"What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean. Leaving before sunrise and coming back after dark?" He didn't say anything for a while then sighed.
"We-we're looking for Claire."
"What?" He's lying. "Look, if you're not gonna tell me, then fine. But once you decide to tell me the truth, you know where to find me." I said and walked away. I saw Charlie sitting by himself with his knees pulled up to his chest. I was gonna walk over to him, but he looked like he wanted to be alone, so I left.
I kept on walking, when I heard something hard. Like, someone was banging something against something else. Why am I hearing so many things today?
I walked deeper into the jungle and passed by a pile of big rocks. When I walked by them, something fell from the air and hit them hard, almost hitting me but I jumped away. I looked up and saw Sawyer on top of a cliff.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I yelled so he could hear me.
"Trying to open the damn suitcase!" He said.
"Have you tried using a key?" I asked.
"Oh! Thanks Sherlock, I can't believe I didn't think of that before!" He said sarcastically and I laughed.
"Well, good luck!" I said and finished my walk.
A few hours later, I was back at the beach. I walked over to my tree and thankfully my things were still here. Everyone was moving up the beach so I decided to go with them. I put my purse around my shoulder, and grabbed my 2 duffle bags and put each of them on top of the 2 suitcases and dragged them. Everyone already started walking. I walked to the front of the group of people and walked next to Charlie.
It was dark by now. Surprisingly, nothing interesting happened to me today. Claire was still missing but I had a feeling in my gut that she would come back.
The next morning, I saw Boone sitting by himself against a tree. I walked over and sat down next to him.
"Hey," I said.
"Hey."
"I'm sorry I snapped at you yesterday."
"No, it's okay. You had every right to." It was quiet for a bit. "I can't tell you what's going on, but I'm going to tell you the truth." I nodded. "What Locke and I are doing in the jungle has nothing to do with Claire or hunting Boar or anything like that."
"You don't say." I said sarcastically but he ignored it.
"I would tell you if I could, but Locke told me not to tell anybody."
"Locke did?" Boone nodded. "OK. I understand. But if you decide to change your mind, I'm here." He smiled and nodded. I gave him a hug and got up and walked away.
I saw Jack and Charlie collecting some wood and making a fire. I walked over to them and offered to help.
"Sure." Charlie said. I picked some wood up and threw it in the fire.
"So Charlie, how've you been feeling? You look a lot better. No offence." I said and he chuckled.
"None taken. I've been feeling pretty good. It was just a flue. It has to go away eventually, right?" He said.
"I'm gonna head to the caves." Jack said. "See you guys' later." It was starting to get dark I collected a few more sticks and stopped.
"Charlie?" I said. He turned to me and saw the worried look on my face.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine. But, I wanted to talk to you about something, if you don't mind."
"No, of course." We both sat down. "What's up?"
"Before all this shit happened, I was living my life back home in Maryland. I had awesome friends. But I found out that the one I liked, Adam, was doing drugs. I didn't want to do this to him but I told him I was leaving to Australia. My mother was born there and that was the only place I could just get away to. It hurt him and me, but I didn't want to be near him because he was doing drugs. But if I did the right thing, I would've stayed there with him and helped him through it. But I was being a stupid ass and now I'm here. And while we crashed here, I realized that he is everything to me. I love him but now, I don't think I'll ever see him again."
"Jaede…why are you telling me this?" Charlie asked.
"I know you were doing drugs Charlie. You had that same look Adam had. And I wanted to change. Instead of ignoring you and avoiding you, I was there for you. And I wish I was there for him when he needed me." My eyes started to water. "But I'm glad you're getting clean now. Thank you." He smiled.
"I'm sorry about everything that happened to you. And I regret ever taking those drugs. My brother, he used to take them and when I found out, I flipped. And I don't know why but, I stole some of his heroin and tried it and ever since then, I've been hooked. And I always thought it was his fault that I was messed up. After he quit, he tried helping me but I refused. All I did was yell at him and all he was trying to do was help me. And now, it's too late for me to apologize. If there was one thing I could do before I die, I want to apologize to my brother for everything."
"If there was one thing I could do before I die, I would want to see Adam one last time and tell him how much I love him." The tears spilled. I couldn't hold them in and I wanted to let them out. Charlie opened his arms and I leaned in and cried on his shoulder. A few people walked by but nobody asked.
It was pretty late now. My head was hurting like crazy and I was still with Charlie. I sat up and looked at him.
"You know, I wish I could say that everything's gonna be OK and we'll be rescued, but I have a feeling that we wont." He said. "I wish I can tell you that you can go back home to see Adam but, that would mean that I was lying."
"I know." I said. "I just hope he's OK. I hope he hasn't gone crazy and blow his brains out."
"Would he do that?" Charlie asked.
"I don't know. And that's what worries me the most."
I got up and walked down to my tree. For some reason, Sawyer picked the closest spot to me again. I passed him and I noticed he was checking me out as I walked by. I rolled my eyes and sat down, leaning my back against the tree. This time since we moved up the beach, the spot I chose was two trees standing right next to each other so my back rested more comfortably in the middle of the two. I took my journal out and started to write. I noticed Sawyer staring at the journal and me. I've realized that every time I write in it, he's always staring at me. It's really weird.
The next morning, I woke up with the sun shining brightly in my face. I sat up and stretched and felt my backbones crack. I stood up, wiped the sand off of me, then walked over to the main beach. Jack came over to bring the people here some water and fruit. I told him good morning and grabbed a banana, peeled it and took a bite. I hardly ate while we were here and taking a bite of this banana felt good. I took a sip of water and had that nice cool feeling of it going down to my stomach.
It was around 3:30, 4:00 right now. I walked back to my tree and sat down. I was about to take my journal out of my bag but when I stuck my hand in there, it was gone. I lifted my bag and dumped everything out but it wasn't in there! My heart was racing so fast and my eyes were watering. I circled the whole tree but it's nowhere! Who the hell would want my journal and why? Did I take it with me somewhere? I thought about what happened yesterday and I remember putting it back in there. I remember I was writing in it and when I looked up-Sawyer! That asshole! My eyes were still watering as I marched over to where he was sitting
"Where is it?" I asked.
"Hello to you too."
"Where is it?!" I yelled.
"Where is what?" He asked.
"My journal! Where the hell is it?" Tears were sliding down my face. He doesn't understand how important that is to me.
"How the hell am I supposed to know? I didn't take it!"
"Really? You were staring at me while I was writing in it so don't fucking say it wasn't you! Just, give it back!"
"I! Don't! Have! It!" He yelled, saying each word slowly. If he doesn't have it then who does? No one else could've seen me writing in it. Sawyer is the one who camps closest to me. I looked down with my arms folded over my stomach when I saw something under his seat.
"Get up." I said.
"What?"
"You son of a bitch! I said get up!" A few people were staring at us but I ignored them.
"Fine!" He got up and I pushed his seat so it fell to the side. And lying there was my journal. I looked at him with the tears still sliding down my face. His expression was shock written all over but I didn't buy it. I bent down, picked it up, and walked away.
"Jaede! I swear I didn't take it! I don't know how it got there." He said. Bull. I saw Charlie from the corner of my eye but looked away. Sawyer was still yelling from behind me and he wouldn't shut up! I lost it. I turned around, marched right back to him and punched him in the face. A few people gasped. Sawyer looked back up at me with a bloody nose. Charlie and Jack ran up to me to pull me away but I shrugged out of their grip and went to my tree.
My fist hurt like hell but I ignored it.
"Jaede! What happened?" Charlie asked when he reached me.
"Nothing." I said.
"Well that obviously wasn't nothing Jae-"
"Charlie! I don't want to talk about it, OK?" I said with the tears running down my cheeks. His eyes went wide from shock but then he nodded and walked away. I felt bad about yelling at him but it had to be done.
Sawyer was still standing where he was, wiping the blood from his nose on his wrist. I saw Jack checking out his nose and told him to go with him to the medic tent.
"For a girl as skinny as her, she has one hell of a punch."
Sawyer better watch what he takes from Jaede! Haha. But is he telling the truth? Did he not take the journal or is someone messing with them? And why am I asking you guys??? I DON'T KNOW! But you will find out if you guys review.
