"Oh my god Shawn look out!" Michelle screamed as they started to go through the rapids

It was too late. The canoe was wildly being tossed about in the current pinging off of every rock in sight

"Hold on tight!" was the only advice Shawn could give to Michelle

Not long after Paul and Stephanie were experiencing the same difficulties as they too were dragged into the rappids

Both canoes appeared as if they would make it through the rapids suprisngly still a float. They hit the last rock which over turned both canoes almost at the exact same time.

Michelle was being held under when all of a sudden she felt something pull on her arm and drag her up. It was Shawn.

"Don't speak! You need to save your breath" Were the only things Shawn said before dragging Michelle over to the still upside down canoe

Just before the canoe slammed into another rock Shawn pushed Michelle so close to the shore that she could manage to grab at it and crawl up. Shawn however wasn't so lucky, he slammed back first into the rock

Paul had managed to find his way back to the surface of the water. When he turned around there was only one problem. Stephanie was nowhere to be seen. Paul began to panic as he frantically looked around. He caught sight of her bobbing her head up long enough so he could tell it was her. He let the current drag him down the river not carring about how many rocks he was being bashed against to get to her

Paul finally got to Stephanie just in time as she was about to be sent down towards the section of the lake that had the waterfall. He pulled her as close to him as he could before swimming as fast as he could towards the shore. He dropped Stephanie off where Michelle was laying on the shore crying because Shawn was stuck with his back still against the rock

Paul decided he had to help his best friend. He set back out into the water without even second guessing himself. The current was strong but he carefully used the rocks in the rapids to his advantage and used them to grab at to hold still on his way across. He got to Shawn and Shawn gratefully jumped onto Pauls back as they both got pushed by the current down the lake further.

"Before we get too close to the waterfall we need to somehow get to the shore" Paul shouted frantically

"Try and grab a tree branch!" Paul yelled again in a panic. They were getting close to the waterfall and one wrong move could spell the end of their lives

Michelle and Stephanie did the only thing they could do, sit,watch and cry.

At the last second Shawn managed to pop up enough to grab the branch. Clinging on he managed to stop himself from going over the waterfall. He also managed to keep his legs wrapped around Paul tightly enough so that he didn't fall over either

"The best thing to do is to keep ahold of that while i try and manover closer to the shore" Paul yelled

"Alright bro, I'll keep a tight grip on this branch and try and crawl fowards a bit myself" Shawn replied

They carefully worked as a team. They knew each other so well that they could already predict how each other would work along. They were just feet away from the shore

"Make a jump for it Shawn!" Paul yelled

"Then you'll be left here alone" Shawn shouted back

"I'll be fine!" Paul replied in a holler

"No you won't stop lying!" Shawn yelled back "No man gets left behind"

Shawn used his uper body strenght to swing a couple of feet closer to the shore. Paul decided it was time to get the hell out of there. He jumped up slightly sending Shawn onto the shore. He then grabbed at the side of the shore line and started grabbing his way onto the shore as well

Shawn reached down and helped pull Paul back onto the shore. They both came out soaked, cold, and scratched to pieces but they were certainly alive. Stephanie and Michelle both came running over with tears still running from their eyes

Shawn quickly pulled Michelle into a hug "Chelly everythings fine now"

Michelle couldn't speak since her emotions were all still caught up in her throat and spilling outy,of her eyes still were tears. She simply nodded her head yes and needed to feel like she was still close to Shawn. As if he knew her thoughts Shawn pulled Michelle closer to him into the hug

Paul immediately pulled himself up of the shore and not even wanting to catch his breath all he wanted was to get to Stephanie. He got up and ran as fast as he could towards her. They met and all Paul could do was let her melt into his arms. In fact that was all he wanted to do

"Steph, baby it's okay, I'm here for you now" Paul spoke in a gentle soothing tone

Stephanie looked up at him tears still flowing freely from her eyes.

"Steph, please,please don't cry, I can't handle seeing you so upset. It just makes me want to die" Paul said still in his very soothing voice

Stephanie managed to clear her throat to speak "I love you Paul" were the only words that flowed from her mouth

"I love you too Steph and don't you ever forget it" Paul said with a smile as he pulled Stephanie down to sit onto the rock with him, still having her in a hug

Shawn also pulled Michelle down to sit onto a different rock just around the corner of the shoreline out of sight of Paul and Stephanie

"It's okay Chelley, I won't move until you feel everythings alright" Shawn said in a soft somber tone "Everythings fine though baby, theres nothing to worry about anymore"

Michelle was still visably shaken by the days events, but she managed to spit out "I love you Shawn.. I don't know what I would do if I lost you. That's why I'm so shaken by todays events"

"I love you too, and trust me you have no worrys about losing me. Your stuck with me til the day I die" Shawn replied lightning the mood

Michelle gave a light chuckle followed by a peck to shawns check and just stayed in his arms. Needing to feel safe

"Steph, are you okay now?" Paul asked after just sitting on the rock holding her for a solid ten minutes now

"Yeah, I'll be fine" Stephanie replied trying to look cheerful. She had finally wipped the tears away from her face and was pretty much done crying

"You sure? I hate seeing you upset Steph" Paul replied

"Yeah just a little cold" Stephanie replied

"Well I think I could help fix that" Paul replied pulling her closer

Stephanie reached up and gave him a quick peck on the cheek

"Want to go see what Shawn and Michelle are up too?" Paul asked

"Yeah maybe being with friends will calm Michelle down some, She was pretty messed up back on the beach" Stephanie replied

"Lets go then" Paul said with a smile hopping up and taking Stephanie by the hand

They walked over to where Shawn and Michelle were sitting and tried to be quite incase they were still needing space

Luckily enough Shawn and Michelle were just getting up off the rock to go see Paul and Stephanie

"Hey guys" Shawn yelled

"Sup man" Paul replied before they could finish the conversation something started to move in the bushes. Paul grabbed Stephanie and Shawn grabbed Michelle as they slowly backed away from the bush.

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sorry about another short update and the fact that this one only involves one side of whats happening in the story, but i wanted to get out another update in. Thanks for reading

Reviews are appreciated :)