Chapter 6
Everyone rolls their eyes at this idea of Jays and he receives several punches in the arm telling him that his idea is a stupid one and maybe he should stop talking about the whole someone wanting to kill them in the dark thing. Chris moves his hand to the light switch and flicks it on and off a couple more times knowing that really it wouldn't help but it just seemed like the right thing to do.
"Jay there is no one here but us, it probably snapped or something" Steph says taking the lamp from Chris and walking back towards the lounge with everyone quickly following behind her not wanting to be left in the dark. She puts it down on the coffee table making the whole place a little lighter.
"Yeah Stephanie's right..The wire obviously cut itself in half with some wire cutters..We're so stupid" Chris laughs making fun of her saying that the wire probably snapped, Steph turns back and glares at Chris who moves quickly behind Paul out of her sight.
"So come on then, when are you going to carry on telling us the rest of the story?" Rob asks putting his arm across Steph's shoulder, she shrugs her shoulders and slips out from under his arm and walks off across the room towards the stairs. "Where are you going?"
"Chris can tell you.." Steph mutters, "I'm going to bed" she replies before storming off up the stairs, everyone looks at Chris thinking he's obviously upset her. The bedroom door slams making everyone jump, her footsteps are heard upstairs walking across the room above them before stopping and heading back the other way. The door is heard opening again and Steph walks back downstairs and over to Chris.
"I thought you were going to bed?" Chris asks her folding his arms and raising his eyebrows a little at her, she smiles sweetly at him and moves closer to him putting her hand on his arm.
"Well I am..But it's dark and I'm scared and need my big strong man to come with me and look after me" Stephanie smiles again at him rubbing his arm. Chris looks over Steph's shoulder at Adam and Jay who give him a thumbs up and start nodding towards Steph and winking, Chris rolls his eyes.
"Lemme guess..Your big strong man was busy so you picked me instead?" Chris asks uncrossing his arms and putting one of them around her waist, the others sigh before going and sitting down again knowing Chris and Steph's little moments can last for quite a while.
"Well no..I just decided to forgive you for being a smart ass and laughing at me so.." Stephanie puts her arms around his neck and kisses him "But if you want to tell the story it's ok"
"Night everyone" Chris says quickly picking her up and running up the stairs nearly tripping over his own feet on the way, Rob and Jay look over at Paul as if waiting for him to continue the story now that Steph and Chris have gone. Paul nods his head slowly accepting the new story-telling role before continuing where they'd left off.
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Chris has finally swallowed his pride and decided to run after the others so not to get lost on the beach and end up being left on his own while they went in search of the waterfall hoping to either find it in the same place it was and decide that it was the same island of a duplicate of it or to not find it and discover that it has just been a co-incidence that the beach had looked the same. Chris runs across the sand, the heat of it no longer burning his feet after all these weeks of walking around with no shoes on. He runs through the line of trees around the area he thought he'd seen them disappear into and looks around him wondering where they were his ears listening out for their voices.
"Steph!? Paul!?" Chris yells looking around him again walking forward a little looking down at the floor to look for their foot prints "Adam!? Andrew!?" He yells again starting to panic a little at the thought of being on his own and dying somewhere in the middle of the jungle "STEPH! WHERE ARE Y..!?" An arm grabs hold of Chris and forces a hand over his mouth making Chris's heart stop.
"Chris shut up with the screaming and come and look what we found" Paul says quietly removing his hand from over Chris's mouth and walks back off into the trees. Chris stands his heart racing thinking he was getting attacked when it was only Paul, he watches him walk away before quickly running to catch up not to be left alone again.
"Where's Stephy?" Chris asks walking a little faster to keep up with Paul, his eyes darting around through the trees looking for her.
"We found the waterfall, it's just where it should be and so is our cave. Stephanie is with Adam and Andrew there now and they sent me to come and get you, as you were being too stubborn to come with us. You upset her you know, your not the only one that's hungry, tired and wants to go home Chris" Paul stops and turns to look at Chris "If you upset her I'll break your legs" Paul says before continuing walking.
"Woah..Hang on one minute Mr. I'm so not over Stephanie, was that a threat!?" Chris laughs more out of shock than finding anything funny, he couldn't believe what he'd just heard from Paul.
"A warning more than a threat" Paul mutters not even slowing down or looking at Chris "and I'm over her"
"Er yeah right! I know what this is, she's with me and you don't like it. Jeez Paul why don't you go ahead and leave me in the jungle to get lost if I'm coming between you and your precious Stephanie McMahon" Chris snaps getting annoyed that Paul had been acting all best friend like with Steph when all he seemed to want was to get her back.
"Because Chris.." Paul spits "If I left you in the jungle she'd never forgive me because she loves you! God knows why because all your gunna do is upset and hurt her, but she loves you and that's her choice. Nothing I can do about it now is there," Paul mutters stepping through the line of trees into the clearing. "You mention this to her and I'll kill you" He says walking off leaving Chris on his own.
"Whatever.." Chris mumbles looking around him recognizing the place straight away, he sighs and looks over to the waterfall where Steph, Adam and Andrew are already splashing around in the lake laughing and having a great time. Just a short way away Chris could see the entrance to the cave that they'd stayed in..On this Island or the one exactly like this, that he didn't know yet. Chris sits down in the sand watching them play around in the water and watches Paul join them wondering how a guy he thought was his friend and had never seen act like that while they'd been stuck could turn around and start acting like he was.
Everyone rolls their eyes at this idea of Jays and he receives several punches in the arm telling him that his idea is a stupid one and maybe he should stop talking about the whole someone wanting to kill them in the dark thing. Chris moves his hand to the light switch and flicks it on and off a couple more times knowing that really it wouldn't help but it just seemed like the right thing to do.
"Jay there is no one here but us, it probably snapped or something" Steph says taking the lamp from Chris and walking back towards the lounge with everyone quickly following behind her not wanting to be left in the dark. She puts it down on the coffee table making the whole place a little lighter.
"Yeah Stephanie's right..The wire obviously cut itself in half with some wire cutters..We're so stupid" Chris laughs making fun of her saying that the wire probably snapped, Steph turns back and glares at Chris who moves quickly behind Paul out of her sight.
"So come on then, when are you going to carry on telling us the rest of the story?" Rob asks putting his arm across Steph's shoulder, she shrugs her shoulders and slips out from under his arm and walks off across the room towards the stairs. "Where are you going?"
"Chris can tell you.." Steph mutters, "I'm going to bed" she replies before storming off up the stairs, everyone looks at Chris thinking he's obviously upset her. The bedroom door slams making everyone jump, her footsteps are heard upstairs walking across the room above them before stopping and heading back the other way. The door is heard opening again and Steph walks back downstairs and over to Chris.
"I thought you were going to bed?" Chris asks her folding his arms and raising his eyebrows a little at her, she smiles sweetly at him and moves closer to him putting her hand on his arm.
"Well I am..But it's dark and I'm scared and need my big strong man to come with me and look after me" Stephanie smiles again at him rubbing his arm. Chris looks over Steph's shoulder at Adam and Jay who give him a thumbs up and start nodding towards Steph and winking, Chris rolls his eyes.
"Lemme guess..Your big strong man was busy so you picked me instead?" Chris asks uncrossing his arms and putting one of them around her waist, the others sigh before going and sitting down again knowing Chris and Steph's little moments can last for quite a while.
"Well no..I just decided to forgive you for being a smart ass and laughing at me so.." Stephanie puts her arms around his neck and kisses him "But if you want to tell the story it's ok"
"Night everyone" Chris says quickly picking her up and running up the stairs nearly tripping over his own feet on the way, Rob and Jay look over at Paul as if waiting for him to continue the story now that Steph and Chris have gone. Paul nods his head slowly accepting the new story-telling role before continuing where they'd left off.
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Chris has finally swallowed his pride and decided to run after the others so not to get lost on the beach and end up being left on his own while they went in search of the waterfall hoping to either find it in the same place it was and decide that it was the same island of a duplicate of it or to not find it and discover that it has just been a co-incidence that the beach had looked the same. Chris runs across the sand, the heat of it no longer burning his feet after all these weeks of walking around with no shoes on. He runs through the line of trees around the area he thought he'd seen them disappear into and looks around him wondering where they were his ears listening out for their voices.
"Steph!? Paul!?" Chris yells looking around him again walking forward a little looking down at the floor to look for their foot prints "Adam!? Andrew!?" He yells again starting to panic a little at the thought of being on his own and dying somewhere in the middle of the jungle "STEPH! WHERE ARE Y..!?" An arm grabs hold of Chris and forces a hand over his mouth making Chris's heart stop.
"Chris shut up with the screaming and come and look what we found" Paul says quietly removing his hand from over Chris's mouth and walks back off into the trees. Chris stands his heart racing thinking he was getting attacked when it was only Paul, he watches him walk away before quickly running to catch up not to be left alone again.
"Where's Stephy?" Chris asks walking a little faster to keep up with Paul, his eyes darting around through the trees looking for her.
"We found the waterfall, it's just where it should be and so is our cave. Stephanie is with Adam and Andrew there now and they sent me to come and get you, as you were being too stubborn to come with us. You upset her you know, your not the only one that's hungry, tired and wants to go home Chris" Paul stops and turns to look at Chris "If you upset her I'll break your legs" Paul says before continuing walking.
"Woah..Hang on one minute Mr. I'm so not over Stephanie, was that a threat!?" Chris laughs more out of shock than finding anything funny, he couldn't believe what he'd just heard from Paul.
"A warning more than a threat" Paul mutters not even slowing down or looking at Chris "and I'm over her"
"Er yeah right! I know what this is, she's with me and you don't like it. Jeez Paul why don't you go ahead and leave me in the jungle to get lost if I'm coming between you and your precious Stephanie McMahon" Chris snaps getting annoyed that Paul had been acting all best friend like with Steph when all he seemed to want was to get her back.
"Because Chris.." Paul spits "If I left you in the jungle she'd never forgive me because she loves you! God knows why because all your gunna do is upset and hurt her, but she loves you and that's her choice. Nothing I can do about it now is there," Paul mutters stepping through the line of trees into the clearing. "You mention this to her and I'll kill you" He says walking off leaving Chris on his own.
"Whatever.." Chris mumbles looking around him recognizing the place straight away, he sighs and looks over to the waterfall where Steph, Adam and Andrew are already splashing around in the lake laughing and having a great time. Just a short way away Chris could see the entrance to the cave that they'd stayed in..On this Island or the one exactly like this, that he didn't know yet. Chris sits down in the sand watching them play around in the water and watches Paul join them wondering how a guy he thought was his friend and had never seen act like that while they'd been stuck could turn around and start acting like he was.