A/N -thanks for the reviews. ) I was gonna wait until I had about 10 reviews butI couldn't wait. lucky you guys. ha.

disclaimer - I don't own Flight 29 Down. stop rubbing it in.

Chapter 3

Jackson pulled away, his heart pounding.

I cannot believe I just did that, he thought.

I can't believe he just did that! Melissa thought, her heart doing somersaults.

Jackson opened his mouth to say something. "Melissa..." he started. He couldn't say it; he couldn't say it was an accident because they both knew damn well that it wasn't. He wanted to do that as much as she did and he couldn't lie to her; he couldn't break her heart. But he also knew that he still wasn't ready to be with her. "I..."

Melissa interrupted. "It's okay; I liked it too," mistaking his what she thought he was going to say.

Argh, why did she have to go and make it hard for me again! He thought. "No, that's not it. Melissa... that shouldn't have happened."

Melissa felt like she just got punched in the stomach. Dazed and sputtering, she said, "W-what?"

"That was a mistake, a really stupid mistake. I shouldn't have done that."

She didn't know what to do, cry or punch him so hard that he died. Both sounded very appealing. "So... so everything you ever said. They were lies too, right?"

"No! No, no, no. Those weren't lies. I really do care for you-"

"Just not in the way that I care for you, right?"

This wasn't going the way I wanted it to. "No, you've got it all wrong-"

"Yeah," Melissa said, her eyes filling with tears. "I do. I thought... I thought you liked me."

"Melissa-"

"I guess I was wrong." Melissa crossed her arms and without another word, walked away.

"Melissa!" Jackson called after her. She didn't stop.

Go after her, Jackson thought. But he couldn't move. He was still in shock of what had just happened. He had won a girl and lost her in a matter of minutes.

Melissa walked blindly toward the camp. I am so stupid. She didn't even notice when she bumped into Nathan.

"Hey!" Nathan said, falling to the ground, dropping the coconuts he had gathered in his arms.

Melissa glanced down. "Sorry Nathan." She bent down and started picking up the coconuts.

Nathan noticed that her eyes were brimming over with tears. "Mel, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." She lied, letting her hair fall in front of her face. She started to pick up more coconuts but Nathan stopped her.

"Mel. Tell me. I'm your best friend, remember?"

Melissa looked up and the tears that were threatening to fall down her cheeks finally did. She dropped the coconuts and started sobbing. Hard.

Taken by surprise, Nathan hugged her. "Mel, what happened?"

She told him every last detail, pausing occasionally to wipe her tears away. And Nathan listened intently. When she finished, hersobbing had eased down and was now just a few tears.

"Nathan..." Melissa said after she had finished. "how could I have been so stupid?"

"You weren't being stupid, Mel." Nathan said.

"Yes, I was. I thought he liked me."

Well, that makes two of us. I thought he liked her too.

"Look, Melissa-"

"Melissa!" Someone called.

They both turned to see Jackson running toward her, his arms laden with wood for the fire.

Melissa stood up. "I'll see you later Nathan." And she walked away.

A few seconds later Jackson walked up to Nathan. "Hey, Nathan. Listen, this is really important, where's Melissa?"

Nathan finished picking up the fallen coconuts and stood up. "No offense Jackson, but I really don't think she wants to talk to you. She told me what happened."

Jackson sighed. "Look, she got it all wrong."

"Jackson, please don't hurt her. You have no idea how much she's gotten hurt by guys. I hate seeingher sad."

"Nathan-"

"Just... just leave her alone for now, alright? She's really upset."

Jackson bit his lip. I can't believe I hurt her. "Well... okay. But if you talk to her, tell her that I need to talk to her. And tell her...I'm sorry."

Nathan nodded and walked away.

Jackson dropped his wood off by the fire pit and walked off to the other side of the beach, as far away from the campsite as possible but not far enough for him to not be able to see the tents. He sat down and stared into the sea, mentally beating himself up for hurting the one person who never hurt him.

Ooooh, who knows what's gonna happen next? oh wait...

I DO! hehe. And you guys will to if you review this story ) and please review because it makes me happy and when I'm happy I give people cookies. )

p.s. - I really don't think this story is gonna exceed 10 chapters. but hey, at least you guys are gonna get more stories from me )