Chapter 7
"Are you alright?" Chris asks sitting down next to her, Steph looks at him and smiles.
"Yeah I'll be fine, just still a little bit shaken after we found him" Steph sighs, the last couple of days had been a complete blur. First Adam and Andrew had told them about their big plan and that Paul going missing wasn't part of it. Then they spent the next couple of days searching as much as they could for him, going further and deeper into the jungle than they had before..and then, they had found him. Washed up on the beach, barley alive but alive he was.
"We're taking care of him" Chris kisses her lightly on the forehead and goes back to check on Paul, he'd been sleeping a lot since they found him, slipping in and out of consciousness. Chris thought it was probably from his injury, the loss of blood and the infection. Steph couldn't help but feel sick when she thought about it; something had taken a bite out of his leg. His fever had subsided but he still hadn't come round completely.
"I'm sorry Steph" Andrew mumbles putting his hand on her shoulder as he walks round to talk to her, he sits down next to her and looks over his shoulder into the cave "It's all our fault Paul's in this mess, that we're all in this mess"
"It's alright, it's not your fault" Steph says turning round quickly hearing Chris calling her.
"Guess who's awake!" He nods towards Paul and smiles, Steph gets up quickly and runs in to see him and kneels down next to him on the floor, trying to keep her eyes off his leg. Andrew and Chris had cleaned it up and wrapped it but she couldn't help but remember what she had seen when they found him
"I was so worried about you" Steph whispers as Paul sits up a bit and hugs her.
"We have to get out of here, off this island" Paul croaks, "We have to go now, it's dangerous!" Paul grabs Chris's shirt "Get her off of this island Chris! All of you!" Chris grabs Paul's wrist and makes him let go of him. Steph looks at Chris worried. Steph stands up and walks away from Paul with him.
"We can't move him yet, he's too weak and his leg is in no condition to move anywhere" Chris sighs "But something has freaked him out and there Is no way I want to hang around and see what took that bite out of him!" Chris looks back to where Paul is laying with Andrew trying to calm him down ".We have no choice, we cant stay where we are. I'll go with Adam and we'll find somewhere, then we'll come back for you, Andrew and Paul"
"There is no way im letting you and Adam go off on your own, we have no idea what's on this island. Chris it's too dangerous, what if you get hurt! I cant loose you now" Steph says blushing.
Chris smiles and kisses her softly "I wont get hurt, I promise you. We'll find somewhere safer for us to be and then we'll come straight back here, I'll come and get you and we'll be fine" Chris says pulling her into a tight hug.
"Be careful" Steph whispers into his ear, she holds him tighter and rests her head on his shoulder "Chris.I..I Love you" Steph pulls away from him and looks him in the eyes "Chris I think I love you" she says again wanting to make sure she had heard herself right not only him.
"Normally I wouldn't say this, this early on in a relationship or whatever, in fact I don't think I really have said it properly, but..I love you too" Chris says smiling at her. Steph throws her arms around him again and hugs him even tighter, the tears now streaming down her face "Shhh, don't cry, I didn't know I was that bad. I can take it back if you want me to" Chris laughs wiping the tears away from her cheeks with his thumb
"No, don't take it back. I'm just the happiest I've ever been right now" Steph sobs into his shoulder "Be careful" she whispers pulling away from him and walking back over to the others. Chris follows her as they go to tell the others what they were going to have to do.
AN: I know it's a bit short but I'll try and make up for it in the next chapter =)
"Are you alright?" Chris asks sitting down next to her, Steph looks at him and smiles.
"Yeah I'll be fine, just still a little bit shaken after we found him" Steph sighs, the last couple of days had been a complete blur. First Adam and Andrew had told them about their big plan and that Paul going missing wasn't part of it. Then they spent the next couple of days searching as much as they could for him, going further and deeper into the jungle than they had before..and then, they had found him. Washed up on the beach, barley alive but alive he was.
"We're taking care of him" Chris kisses her lightly on the forehead and goes back to check on Paul, he'd been sleeping a lot since they found him, slipping in and out of consciousness. Chris thought it was probably from his injury, the loss of blood and the infection. Steph couldn't help but feel sick when she thought about it; something had taken a bite out of his leg. His fever had subsided but he still hadn't come round completely.
"I'm sorry Steph" Andrew mumbles putting his hand on her shoulder as he walks round to talk to her, he sits down next to her and looks over his shoulder into the cave "It's all our fault Paul's in this mess, that we're all in this mess"
"It's alright, it's not your fault" Steph says turning round quickly hearing Chris calling her.
"Guess who's awake!" He nods towards Paul and smiles, Steph gets up quickly and runs in to see him and kneels down next to him on the floor, trying to keep her eyes off his leg. Andrew and Chris had cleaned it up and wrapped it but she couldn't help but remember what she had seen when they found him
"I was so worried about you" Steph whispers as Paul sits up a bit and hugs her.
"We have to get out of here, off this island" Paul croaks, "We have to go now, it's dangerous!" Paul grabs Chris's shirt "Get her off of this island Chris! All of you!" Chris grabs Paul's wrist and makes him let go of him. Steph looks at Chris worried. Steph stands up and walks away from Paul with him.
"We can't move him yet, he's too weak and his leg is in no condition to move anywhere" Chris sighs "But something has freaked him out and there Is no way I want to hang around and see what took that bite out of him!" Chris looks back to where Paul is laying with Andrew trying to calm him down ".We have no choice, we cant stay where we are. I'll go with Adam and we'll find somewhere, then we'll come back for you, Andrew and Paul"
"There is no way im letting you and Adam go off on your own, we have no idea what's on this island. Chris it's too dangerous, what if you get hurt! I cant loose you now" Steph says blushing.
Chris smiles and kisses her softly "I wont get hurt, I promise you. We'll find somewhere safer for us to be and then we'll come straight back here, I'll come and get you and we'll be fine" Chris says pulling her into a tight hug.
"Be careful" Steph whispers into his ear, she holds him tighter and rests her head on his shoulder "Chris.I..I Love you" Steph pulls away from him and looks him in the eyes "Chris I think I love you" she says again wanting to make sure she had heard herself right not only him.
"Normally I wouldn't say this, this early on in a relationship or whatever, in fact I don't think I really have said it properly, but..I love you too" Chris says smiling at her. Steph throws her arms around him again and hugs him even tighter, the tears now streaming down her face "Shhh, don't cry, I didn't know I was that bad. I can take it back if you want me to" Chris laughs wiping the tears away from her cheeks with his thumb
"No, don't take it back. I'm just the happiest I've ever been right now" Steph sobs into his shoulder "Be careful" she whispers pulling away from him and walking back over to the others. Chris follows her as they go to tell the others what they were going to have to do.
AN: I know it's a bit short but I'll try and make up for it in the next chapter =)