Chapter 4
"Is he feeling alright now?" Paul asks sitting down next to Stephanie as they take a break from walking along the beach to find some shelter of some kind. Steph just looks at him and then back to where Chris is running around knee deep in the sea spearing Adam and Andrew into the water. "Yeah" Paul laughs "I guess he's fine then"
"Apart from moaning about his arm and how he's never eating another banana again I think he's alright" Steph smiles to herself and watches Chris, she notices Paul laugh to himself and looks at him "What's so funny? Why are you laughing at me like that?" She asks puzzled, he shakes his head and laughs some more "tell me.."
"I've never seen you look at anyone like you look at him before that's all, it's just something I've never seen..Least of all to a guy who you supposedly hated" Paul says watching the corners of Steph's mouth turn up realizing what he was talking about.
"I do hate him, I love him at the same time though..I guess I always loved him really I just thought it was better to make myself believe I hated him..If that makes sense?" She laughs as Chris comes running out of the water being chased by Adam and Andrew. She holds her arms out to him as he runs over to her skidding down into the sand next to her letting her wrap her arms around him.
"Erm..Yeah perfect" Paul nods just going along with it, he notices Chris looking at him wondering what they were talking about "What's wrong Jericho, don't think we were actually talking about you do you?" Paul laughs, Chris turns his head away and lays it on Steph.
"You're going to make it worse" Steph says to him as he sits there scratching his arm "The last thing you want is for it to get infected and your arm to drop off or something" Chris looks at her and gives her a fake smile "Ok so it might not fall off exactly, but you will make it worse"
"Yes mom" Chris sighs closing his eyes "I really think that my arm falling off is the least of our problems right now though don't you, I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm dirty and I want to go home" Steph looks at Paul and shrugs her shoulders "you lot aren't exactly making it any easier either" he mumbles under his breath, Steph pushes him off of her and gets up, he opens his eyes quickly to see her walking off "Steph I didn't mean that!"
"Grow up Jericho, we're all fed up!" Steph shouts back at him and walking towards Adam and Andrew, Paul looks at Chris and shakes his head before getting up too and going after them.
"Fine, you all go off without me and leave me here to rot! See if I care!" Chris yells at them before laying back in the sand and closing one of his eyes, he folds his arms over his head blocking out the sun but making sure to keep one eye open so he can see which direction they go in so he can go after them later "buncha idiots" Chris growls to himself and slams his fists down into the sand.
"Is it just me or when you stand facing this way does this whole beach seem rather familiar" Adam asks turning his body round facing away from where Chris is laying a long way down the beach. "I dunno I'm just trying to figure it out, maybe it just seems familiar because yet again we are stuck in a place with very little else but sand" Adam sighs.
"And sand stone.." Andrew points out thinking nothing of it, suddenly Steph starts screaming and jumping around. She grabs Adams hands and starts shouting that he's a genius. He stands there a little confused about what exactly it is he's done to make him a genius "erm..Wanna fill me in on why I'm a genius please?"
"Sand stone! This place is familiar, this is exactly the same place as we were in before! Look there's the sand stone rock where you guys set up the nets, that's why it's familiar but only if we look in that direction. We never really went the other way!" Steph screams dragging them off down the beach.
"No this can't be the same place Steph, we got off the Island we were in a boat. There is no way we could have turned around or come back here without us noticing, that's just impossible" Adam says scratching his head getting confused by the whole thing.
"He's right this isn't the same island, the last one we were on had three others in the distance away from us. This one only has two, but she's right as well. This is the same place, that is the rock we were fishing from..This is too weird" Paul mumbles to himself trying to figure it out "I've never heard of twin islands before, not ones that are exactly the same anyway. I guess there is one way we can find out"
"Find the waterfall?" Steph suggests
"Exactly.." Paul agrees looking towards the edge of the forest "If we're right it should be just behind that line of trees" he says before the four of them walk off to find the waterfall. Chris continues to lay on his back in the sand watching them go, he sits up not believing they'd go off without him and leave him on his own.
"Buncha idiots" he mutters..
"Is he feeling alright now?" Paul asks sitting down next to Stephanie as they take a break from walking along the beach to find some shelter of some kind. Steph just looks at him and then back to where Chris is running around knee deep in the sea spearing Adam and Andrew into the water. "Yeah" Paul laughs "I guess he's fine then"
"Apart from moaning about his arm and how he's never eating another banana again I think he's alright" Steph smiles to herself and watches Chris, she notices Paul laugh to himself and looks at him "What's so funny? Why are you laughing at me like that?" She asks puzzled, he shakes his head and laughs some more "tell me.."
"I've never seen you look at anyone like you look at him before that's all, it's just something I've never seen..Least of all to a guy who you supposedly hated" Paul says watching the corners of Steph's mouth turn up realizing what he was talking about.
"I do hate him, I love him at the same time though..I guess I always loved him really I just thought it was better to make myself believe I hated him..If that makes sense?" She laughs as Chris comes running out of the water being chased by Adam and Andrew. She holds her arms out to him as he runs over to her skidding down into the sand next to her letting her wrap her arms around him.
"Erm..Yeah perfect" Paul nods just going along with it, he notices Chris looking at him wondering what they were talking about "What's wrong Jericho, don't think we were actually talking about you do you?" Paul laughs, Chris turns his head away and lays it on Steph.
"You're going to make it worse" Steph says to him as he sits there scratching his arm "The last thing you want is for it to get infected and your arm to drop off or something" Chris looks at her and gives her a fake smile "Ok so it might not fall off exactly, but you will make it worse"
"Yes mom" Chris sighs closing his eyes "I really think that my arm falling off is the least of our problems right now though don't you, I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm dirty and I want to go home" Steph looks at Paul and shrugs her shoulders "you lot aren't exactly making it any easier either" he mumbles under his breath, Steph pushes him off of her and gets up, he opens his eyes quickly to see her walking off "Steph I didn't mean that!"
"Grow up Jericho, we're all fed up!" Steph shouts back at him and walking towards Adam and Andrew, Paul looks at Chris and shakes his head before getting up too and going after them.
"Fine, you all go off without me and leave me here to rot! See if I care!" Chris yells at them before laying back in the sand and closing one of his eyes, he folds his arms over his head blocking out the sun but making sure to keep one eye open so he can see which direction they go in so he can go after them later "buncha idiots" Chris growls to himself and slams his fists down into the sand.
"Is it just me or when you stand facing this way does this whole beach seem rather familiar" Adam asks turning his body round facing away from where Chris is laying a long way down the beach. "I dunno I'm just trying to figure it out, maybe it just seems familiar because yet again we are stuck in a place with very little else but sand" Adam sighs.
"And sand stone.." Andrew points out thinking nothing of it, suddenly Steph starts screaming and jumping around. She grabs Adams hands and starts shouting that he's a genius. He stands there a little confused about what exactly it is he's done to make him a genius "erm..Wanna fill me in on why I'm a genius please?"
"Sand stone! This place is familiar, this is exactly the same place as we were in before! Look there's the sand stone rock where you guys set up the nets, that's why it's familiar but only if we look in that direction. We never really went the other way!" Steph screams dragging them off down the beach.
"No this can't be the same place Steph, we got off the Island we were in a boat. There is no way we could have turned around or come back here without us noticing, that's just impossible" Adam says scratching his head getting confused by the whole thing.
"He's right this isn't the same island, the last one we were on had three others in the distance away from us. This one only has two, but she's right as well. This is the same place, that is the rock we were fishing from..This is too weird" Paul mumbles to himself trying to figure it out "I've never heard of twin islands before, not ones that are exactly the same anyway. I guess there is one way we can find out"
"Find the waterfall?" Steph suggests
"Exactly.." Paul agrees looking towards the edge of the forest "If we're right it should be just behind that line of trees" he says before the four of them walk off to find the waterfall. Chris continues to lay on his back in the sand watching them go, he sits up not believing they'd go off without him and leave him on his own.
"Buncha idiots" he mutters..