Chapter 9
Stephanie suddenly bursts out laughing wondering how long it had taken the three of them to think something like this up to tell her when she got back to the camp, Steph rolls her eyes still laughing expecting them all to start laughing too and tell her that they were only joking. Of all the things they could have tried to fool her with they picked telling her that Chris is dead even though she'd been with him the whole afternoon.
"Yeah..That was a good one guys" Steph laughs "So any ideas for what we're going to be eating this evening? Andrew did you find those fruit trees you thought you saw the other day again or are we going to have to keep searching for them?" She asks walking towards the mouth of the cave. Paul jumps up and grabs her arm stopping her.
"Steph! Don't go in there.." Paul shouts pulling her towards him "I don't want you to have to see him..Steph we're not joking, I'm so sorry but he attacked me. He came out of no where and tried to kill me, me and Adam managed to over power him but..Steph he was going crazy. We didn't know what to do..I was defending myself" Paul croaks trying to stop himself breaking down in front of her.
"Yeah ok, you can stop now..It was a good joke but I've been with Chris all afternoon" Steph says shaking her head pulling her arm away from Paul "You could have thought of something a little more original than that, but I have to say..you're acting is good" She smiles at them but they don't smile back. "You're being serious aren't you?"
"We're sorry Steph..We'll make sure he gets a good burial" Adam whispers quietly looking at the ground "We can have it done by this evening if you pick a place for him"
"Ok I think your taking this far enough now don't you. I've been with Chris all afternoon! He's just gone to get his shirt because he left it up in..On the beach. He'll be here in a minute so you can stop with this stupid joke now, it's not very nice telling me he's dead!" Steph yells at them starting to get angry with them for continuing their stories.
"What's all the shouting about?" Chris asks sprinting over to them with his shirt over his shoulder, Steph motions to the others that there is Chris and he's alive. Paul, Adam and Andrew all stand there their mouths open just staring at Chris like they've seen a ghost "What's going on?" he looks around at the other three and wraps his arm around Steph's waist. "Babe..Whats happened?"
"These idiots thought it would be funny to play tricks on me and tell me that they'd killed you, I guess they should have thought about it a little more and figured out that I've been with you all afternoon" Steph looks at Chris and raises her eyebrows a little "I've been with you haven't I.."
"Yeah several times..I mean yeah..All afternoon" Chris laughs a little and looks at Paul narrowing his eyes still not forgetting the threats "What is you threes problem? You look like you've seen a ghost or something, what's wrong?"
"I..I killed you" Paul stutters "I drowned you in the lake when you attacked me" He says pointing his finger at Chris
"Yeah you wish" Chris laughs "So what's for dinner?" Chris watches as Paul, Adam and Andrew run into the cave as if looking for something "Was it something I said?" Chris and Steph look at each other as they hear shouting coming from inside the cave. They both go after the other three and walk inside seeing Adam, Andrew and Paul tearing the place apart looking everywhere. "What the hell are you doing?!" Chris shouts to them stopping them from what they're doing.
"We put your body in here, we killed you! There was no pulse, we all saw you! We killed you!" Paul yells at him not knowing whether to be angry, happy or scared that Chris is alive and standing right in front of them. "What the hell is going on!" Paul shouts again dropping the things that he was holding and sitting down.
"Ok everyone just calm down..Please just tell me your joking and trying to wind us up..Please?" Stephanie pleads with them as Andrew and Adam both slump to the floor too not believing what's going on. The three of them had seen Chris dead, they had felt for his pulse and there had been none. They had dragged the body into the cave and now it was gone and Chris was there with them.
"I wish we were joking. Stephanie I swear on my life we're not messing around about this, we killed him. He attacked Paul" Andrew says looking at her; she immediately knows that they're not joking. Steph puts her hand over her mouth and looks at Chris her eyes filling up with tears, she turns and runs out of the cave confused at what she's hearing. Paul, Adam and Andrew had killed someone and had told her is was Chris.
"Steph!" Chris yells running after her across the sand and through the trees, he jumps over the low branches across the path that had been made by them walking back and forth along it. Chris sees her a little ahead of him and runs to catch up with her before tripping on a branch at his feet falling flat on his face in the dirt. Chris pushes himself up on his arms and shakes his head feeling a little dizzy from hitting his head. He kneels up putting a hand up to his head the cut stinging, he winces and wipes the blood on the back of his hand and climbs to his feet walking out of the trees to the beach, he blinks a few times trying to focus his eyes and sees Steph standing in the sand with someone. They wrap their arms around her as she rests her head on their chest; Chris watches on feeling his blood begin to boil with jealousy. How dare some other man have their arms around her, she wraps her arms tightly around his neck as the two kiss each other. Chris's mouth drops open in disbelief, she was kissing another man! "Steph!" Chris yells again as she turns her head to look at him with a look of shock on her face. Chris's eyes widen as he sees who has their arms wrapped tightly around her..Himself
Stephanie suddenly bursts out laughing wondering how long it had taken the three of them to think something like this up to tell her when she got back to the camp, Steph rolls her eyes still laughing expecting them all to start laughing too and tell her that they were only joking. Of all the things they could have tried to fool her with they picked telling her that Chris is dead even though she'd been with him the whole afternoon.
"Yeah..That was a good one guys" Steph laughs "So any ideas for what we're going to be eating this evening? Andrew did you find those fruit trees you thought you saw the other day again or are we going to have to keep searching for them?" She asks walking towards the mouth of the cave. Paul jumps up and grabs her arm stopping her.
"Steph! Don't go in there.." Paul shouts pulling her towards him "I don't want you to have to see him..Steph we're not joking, I'm so sorry but he attacked me. He came out of no where and tried to kill me, me and Adam managed to over power him but..Steph he was going crazy. We didn't know what to do..I was defending myself" Paul croaks trying to stop himself breaking down in front of her.
"Yeah ok, you can stop now..It was a good joke but I've been with Chris all afternoon" Steph says shaking her head pulling her arm away from Paul "You could have thought of something a little more original than that, but I have to say..you're acting is good" She smiles at them but they don't smile back. "You're being serious aren't you?"
"We're sorry Steph..We'll make sure he gets a good burial" Adam whispers quietly looking at the ground "We can have it done by this evening if you pick a place for him"
"Ok I think your taking this far enough now don't you. I've been with Chris all afternoon! He's just gone to get his shirt because he left it up in..On the beach. He'll be here in a minute so you can stop with this stupid joke now, it's not very nice telling me he's dead!" Steph yells at them starting to get angry with them for continuing their stories.
"What's all the shouting about?" Chris asks sprinting over to them with his shirt over his shoulder, Steph motions to the others that there is Chris and he's alive. Paul, Adam and Andrew all stand there their mouths open just staring at Chris like they've seen a ghost "What's going on?" he looks around at the other three and wraps his arm around Steph's waist. "Babe..Whats happened?"
"These idiots thought it would be funny to play tricks on me and tell me that they'd killed you, I guess they should have thought about it a little more and figured out that I've been with you all afternoon" Steph looks at Chris and raises her eyebrows a little "I've been with you haven't I.."
"Yeah several times..I mean yeah..All afternoon" Chris laughs a little and looks at Paul narrowing his eyes still not forgetting the threats "What is you threes problem? You look like you've seen a ghost or something, what's wrong?"
"I..I killed you" Paul stutters "I drowned you in the lake when you attacked me" He says pointing his finger at Chris
"Yeah you wish" Chris laughs "So what's for dinner?" Chris watches as Paul, Adam and Andrew run into the cave as if looking for something "Was it something I said?" Chris and Steph look at each other as they hear shouting coming from inside the cave. They both go after the other three and walk inside seeing Adam, Andrew and Paul tearing the place apart looking everywhere. "What the hell are you doing?!" Chris shouts to them stopping them from what they're doing.
"We put your body in here, we killed you! There was no pulse, we all saw you! We killed you!" Paul yells at him not knowing whether to be angry, happy or scared that Chris is alive and standing right in front of them. "What the hell is going on!" Paul shouts again dropping the things that he was holding and sitting down.
"Ok everyone just calm down..Please just tell me your joking and trying to wind us up..Please?" Stephanie pleads with them as Andrew and Adam both slump to the floor too not believing what's going on. The three of them had seen Chris dead, they had felt for his pulse and there had been none. They had dragged the body into the cave and now it was gone and Chris was there with them.
"I wish we were joking. Stephanie I swear on my life we're not messing around about this, we killed him. He attacked Paul" Andrew says looking at her; she immediately knows that they're not joking. Steph puts her hand over her mouth and looks at Chris her eyes filling up with tears, she turns and runs out of the cave confused at what she's hearing. Paul, Adam and Andrew had killed someone and had told her is was Chris.
"Steph!" Chris yells running after her across the sand and through the trees, he jumps over the low branches across the path that had been made by them walking back and forth along it. Chris sees her a little ahead of him and runs to catch up with her before tripping on a branch at his feet falling flat on his face in the dirt. Chris pushes himself up on his arms and shakes his head feeling a little dizzy from hitting his head. He kneels up putting a hand up to his head the cut stinging, he winces and wipes the blood on the back of his hand and climbs to his feet walking out of the trees to the beach, he blinks a few times trying to focus his eyes and sees Steph standing in the sand with someone. They wrap their arms around her as she rests her head on their chest; Chris watches on feeling his blood begin to boil with jealousy. How dare some other man have their arms around her, she wraps her arms tightly around his neck as the two kiss each other. Chris's mouth drops open in disbelief, she was kissing another man! "Steph!" Chris yells again as she turns her head to look at him with a look of shock on her face. Chris's eyes widen as he sees who has their arms wrapped tightly around her..Himself