CHAPTER FIVE
"Jessica, wake up." Jessica opened her eyes and saw nothing but darkness. Everyone else was still sleeping. "Come on, get up, its time for your hike."
"Wha... who are you?" Jessica asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"Sophie, now get up." Jessica climbed out of bed quietly. She pressed a button on her watch to make the screen glow. It was 4:45 am. "I can't see anything."
"Give your eyes a minute to adjust." Sophie walked to the bathroom and turned on the light. "Come on." Jessica walked into the bathroom." She could hear Shelby in the shower. Their clothes were already in there with all of their other stuff. "Take a shower, get dressed. I'll be back in a hour." And with that Sophie left.
Jessica grumbles for a few seconds and heard the water in one of the shower go off. Jessica went and got in a vacant shower so she wouldn't have to face Shelby this early in the morning. She turned on the knob and took her shower. When she was done she grabbed and towel and climbed out. Shelby was pulling up her hair and standing in her robe. Jessica got her robe and put it on and walked slowly to the mirror. Her and Shelby got dressed in silence.
An hour later Sophie came back.
"Ok, ready girls?" She questioned.
"Hardly." Jessica answered. Shelby rolled her eyes.
"Come on, let's go." Sophie said. They walked outside where their things where sitting on a picnic table. Scott was waiting and had his backpack on his back. He was sitting on top of the table looking at the sky.
"Hey Scott." Sophie said. Peter walked outside and greeted them all with a smile. He clapped his hands together.
"Ok Sophie will lead you out there and then you'll be on your own. Stay in the area; don't wonder off to far so Sophie will know where to look when she comes back to get you." Peter said. Jessica and Shelby took their backpacks and followed Sophie. Scott looked at Peter.
"It won't work, you know that." Scott told him.
"We'll see Scott. Go on before you get left behind." Scott hurried and followed behind Jessica who was behind Shelby. She turned and looked at him.
"Are you mad at me?" She asked.
"No." He answered.
"Then why wont you talk to me?" She asked.
"I don't know." He answered.
"Scott, talk to me." She said.
"I just don't know ok. You want me to talk, you're the one running off and hiding and telling everyone that we're nothing. You said I was nothing."
"And you said you loved me, and that you wanted only me. You didn't even think of Shelby did you?" She snapped back.
"Yeah I did." He said. "I was thinking what am I going to do. I'm going to have to choose and I don't wanna give up either of you." He said looking at her. She looked away from him. They walked the rest of the way in silence.
"Ok here's where I leave you. Remember, use everything Peter and I have taught you and don't wander off too far. I'll be back in two days. Good luck." Sophie said and left them there. Jessica set down her things and sat on the ground. She looked back and forth between Shelby and Scott. No one would talk. Jessica started unpacking her things. She tried to set up her tent.
"Can someone show me how to do this?" Jessica asked. Shelby ignored her. "Please? I don't know what to do." She said. Scott stopped putting his up and walked to her. He fixed her tent and walked back to his. Jessica unzipped her tent and climbed in it. She zipped it back up and lied down. She started to fall asleep when her tent was unzipped. She shot up.
"Come on sleeping skank, we need to get fire wood." Shelby said. Jessica climbed out and started looking around. Scott and Shelby were no where in sight. She started to look around, picking up firewood as she walked along. When she got back to the tents, Scott and Shelby were starting to make a fire.
"This is totally unfair." Shelby said. "She comes out of no where and ruins everything, and now we're stuck here. She doesn't even keep up with things. She's just getting back with the firewood."
"Don't you dare blame me for anything. I don't know anything about being in the woods and you talk about me ruining everything. Scott was the one that told me he loved me." Jessica said back.
"Hey, don't put this on me. I'm sorry for what has been happening ok." Scott said. Jessica dropped the firewood on the ground.
"This is so ridiculous. We're stuck with each other for the next 2 days. I know you hate me Shelby but we have to work together. You have to teach me what to do so things will be easier." Jessica said.
"Excuse me? I don't have to teach you anything." Shelby got up and went to her tent. Jessica sighed.
"Jessica, talking wont do anything. She hates you and you can't change that." Scott said. Jessica sat next to him.
"Scott, do you still love me?" Jessica asked. "Tell me now. If you do then great but if you don't then I need to know so I cant just back off and let things work between you and Shelby." Jessica said.
"I don't know. I don't know anything anymore." Scott got the fire started. The sun slowly went down and the temperature dropped. Jessica sat by the fire, wrapped in her sleeping bag and her jacket.
Scott was walking around, behind his tent, trying to sort out everything that was happening. He turned around and saw Jessica. She looked beautiful, with the moonlight shining on her and the fires glow on her face. He just stood there, staring at her. Her eyes were focused on the ground. She didn't move until the wind blew a little and she had to push her hair behind her ears and held the blanket tighter. Jessica slowly looked up and saw Scott looking at her. He looked away and started thinking again.
"Scott?" Jessica said.
"What?" He asked.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" She asked.
"Getting food, more firewood, and hopefully talk this whole thing out." He said.
"Ok, well I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight." Jessica got up and walked to her tent. She unzipped it and tossed the blanket in. Right before she went into the tent, she felt Scott's hand on her wrist. She turned and looked at him.
"What's going on with you and Jared?" He asked. She pulled her wrist away from him.
"Nothing. I'm going to sleep now." She said and turned to go into the tent.
"No, you have to tell me what happened." He said.
"Why? You didn't tell me anything about Shelby, so why should I say anything about my stepbrother to you." She said.
"Because I want to help you. Please just let me help you." He looked directly into her eyes. As she looked back into his, her knees started to shake.
"Please, let go to sleep." She said. And with that, she turned and went into her tent. Scott put his hands on the sides of his head. He rubbed his hair and looked around. He turned and saw Shelby standing there.
"Hey Shel." He said. He started to walk towards her. He could tell she had been crying. "Are you ok?" He asked with a concerned tone in his voice.
"No." She said. She sat down on a log in front of the fire. He sat next to her.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked.
"How could you Scott? How could you put me through the kind of pain? You said you loved me and now you're with that tramp and-"
"She's not a tramp." He cut her off. She looked at him and went to her tent. He sighed and buried his face into his hands.
"Jessica, wake up." Jessica opened her eyes and saw nothing but darkness. Everyone else was still sleeping. "Come on, get up, its time for your hike."
"Wha... who are you?" Jessica asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"Sophie, now get up." Jessica climbed out of bed quietly. She pressed a button on her watch to make the screen glow. It was 4:45 am. "I can't see anything."
"Give your eyes a minute to adjust." Sophie walked to the bathroom and turned on the light. "Come on." Jessica walked into the bathroom." She could hear Shelby in the shower. Their clothes were already in there with all of their other stuff. "Take a shower, get dressed. I'll be back in a hour." And with that Sophie left.
Jessica grumbles for a few seconds and heard the water in one of the shower go off. Jessica went and got in a vacant shower so she wouldn't have to face Shelby this early in the morning. She turned on the knob and took her shower. When she was done she grabbed and towel and climbed out. Shelby was pulling up her hair and standing in her robe. Jessica got her robe and put it on and walked slowly to the mirror. Her and Shelby got dressed in silence.
An hour later Sophie came back.
"Ok, ready girls?" She questioned.
"Hardly." Jessica answered. Shelby rolled her eyes.
"Come on, let's go." Sophie said. They walked outside where their things where sitting on a picnic table. Scott was waiting and had his backpack on his back. He was sitting on top of the table looking at the sky.
"Hey Scott." Sophie said. Peter walked outside and greeted them all with a smile. He clapped his hands together.
"Ok Sophie will lead you out there and then you'll be on your own. Stay in the area; don't wonder off to far so Sophie will know where to look when she comes back to get you." Peter said. Jessica and Shelby took their backpacks and followed Sophie. Scott looked at Peter.
"It won't work, you know that." Scott told him.
"We'll see Scott. Go on before you get left behind." Scott hurried and followed behind Jessica who was behind Shelby. She turned and looked at him.
"Are you mad at me?" She asked.
"No." He answered.
"Then why wont you talk to me?" She asked.
"I don't know." He answered.
"Scott, talk to me." She said.
"I just don't know ok. You want me to talk, you're the one running off and hiding and telling everyone that we're nothing. You said I was nothing."
"And you said you loved me, and that you wanted only me. You didn't even think of Shelby did you?" She snapped back.
"Yeah I did." He said. "I was thinking what am I going to do. I'm going to have to choose and I don't wanna give up either of you." He said looking at her. She looked away from him. They walked the rest of the way in silence.
"Ok here's where I leave you. Remember, use everything Peter and I have taught you and don't wander off too far. I'll be back in two days. Good luck." Sophie said and left them there. Jessica set down her things and sat on the ground. She looked back and forth between Shelby and Scott. No one would talk. Jessica started unpacking her things. She tried to set up her tent.
"Can someone show me how to do this?" Jessica asked. Shelby ignored her. "Please? I don't know what to do." She said. Scott stopped putting his up and walked to her. He fixed her tent and walked back to his. Jessica unzipped her tent and climbed in it. She zipped it back up and lied down. She started to fall asleep when her tent was unzipped. She shot up.
"Come on sleeping skank, we need to get fire wood." Shelby said. Jessica climbed out and started looking around. Scott and Shelby were no where in sight. She started to look around, picking up firewood as she walked along. When she got back to the tents, Scott and Shelby were starting to make a fire.
"This is totally unfair." Shelby said. "She comes out of no where and ruins everything, and now we're stuck here. She doesn't even keep up with things. She's just getting back with the firewood."
"Don't you dare blame me for anything. I don't know anything about being in the woods and you talk about me ruining everything. Scott was the one that told me he loved me." Jessica said back.
"Hey, don't put this on me. I'm sorry for what has been happening ok." Scott said. Jessica dropped the firewood on the ground.
"This is so ridiculous. We're stuck with each other for the next 2 days. I know you hate me Shelby but we have to work together. You have to teach me what to do so things will be easier." Jessica said.
"Excuse me? I don't have to teach you anything." Shelby got up and went to her tent. Jessica sighed.
"Jessica, talking wont do anything. She hates you and you can't change that." Scott said. Jessica sat next to him.
"Scott, do you still love me?" Jessica asked. "Tell me now. If you do then great but if you don't then I need to know so I cant just back off and let things work between you and Shelby." Jessica said.
"I don't know. I don't know anything anymore." Scott got the fire started. The sun slowly went down and the temperature dropped. Jessica sat by the fire, wrapped in her sleeping bag and her jacket.
Scott was walking around, behind his tent, trying to sort out everything that was happening. He turned around and saw Jessica. She looked beautiful, with the moonlight shining on her and the fires glow on her face. He just stood there, staring at her. Her eyes were focused on the ground. She didn't move until the wind blew a little and she had to push her hair behind her ears and held the blanket tighter. Jessica slowly looked up and saw Scott looking at her. He looked away and started thinking again.
"Scott?" Jessica said.
"What?" He asked.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" She asked.
"Getting food, more firewood, and hopefully talk this whole thing out." He said.
"Ok, well I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight." Jessica got up and walked to her tent. She unzipped it and tossed the blanket in. Right before she went into the tent, she felt Scott's hand on her wrist. She turned and looked at him.
"What's going on with you and Jared?" He asked. She pulled her wrist away from him.
"Nothing. I'm going to sleep now." She said and turned to go into the tent.
"No, you have to tell me what happened." He said.
"Why? You didn't tell me anything about Shelby, so why should I say anything about my stepbrother to you." She said.
"Because I want to help you. Please just let me help you." He looked directly into her eyes. As she looked back into his, her knees started to shake.
"Please, let go to sleep." She said. And with that, she turned and went into her tent. Scott put his hands on the sides of his head. He rubbed his hair and looked around. He turned and saw Shelby standing there.
"Hey Shel." He said. He started to walk towards her. He could tell she had been crying. "Are you ok?" He asked with a concerned tone in his voice.
"No." She said. She sat down on a log in front of the fire. He sat next to her.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked.
"How could you Scott? How could you put me through the kind of pain? You said you loved me and now you're with that tramp and-"
"She's not a tramp." He cut her off. She looked at him and went to her tent. He sighed and buried his face into his hands.