Chapter 5 - Destroying A Rule
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"Ugh. I feel like I'm gonna throw up." Melissa said when Jackson came and sat down by her at the fire.
"Do you want to lie down? I'll take over here." he handed her a piece of fruit. "Are you hungry?"
"No thanks. I'll be in the tent."
About ten minutes later, Eric walked up with the water he had lugged from the spring.
"Where's Melissa? Isn't that her job?"
"She doesn't feel good. She's in the tent." Just then she walked up, a blanket around her shoulders.
"Maybe I will take up your offer on food." She grabbed a banana. Nathan also turned the corner.
"Melissa, you don't look so good. Do you feel okay?"
"Oh no, I feel fine, except for this extremely nauseous feeling in my stomach!"
"Sorry! Shouldn't you be lying down?"
"I was-one minute." she walked over to the trees clutching her stomach. She came back a couple minutes later.
"Mel, you should really go lie down." Nathan said worriedly.
"Fine." and she walked off.
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Jackson was in and out of the tent checking on Melissa. When she wasn't sleeping or throwing up, he found a book in her hands. Eventually she said the words made her dizzy, so he picked up the book and read to her. Long after she fell asleep again, Eric came to the door of the tent,
"Chief, the fire's dying." Jackson started and stopped reading. He put a finger to his lips and pointed to Melissa. Just then she opened her eyes.
"Why'd you stop?"
"I have to go fix the fire, I'll be back." She fell asleep again, and Jackson walked out of the tent. He headed toward the fire, and Eric followed him.
"Dude, if you like Melissa, just say so, then we won't have to watch you two flirt with each other all the time. We can all tell you like her." Eric said.
"What happened to that little rule I made about no relationships?"
"You made it, you can destroy it." and with that, Eric walked off. Jackson stopped at the boys tent, and grabbed a notebook and a pen. He tore a page that didn't have song lyrics scribbled on it, and wrote -
RELATIONSHIP RULE NO LONGER EFFECTIVE
(Blame Eric)
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A/N: Melissa's not gonna die, she just has the flu. Like you can get at home, but I have no idea how she got it. But she did. Be creative. Also, anyone ever notice the guitar case Jackson pushed aside in'A Fish Story'? Well, I highly doubt it would be Eric, Lex, or Nathan's. I skipped the video diaries this time, cause I had the idea for this chapter while I was walking my dog this morning, and I just had to write it! That's why I updated early.I'm just gonna have to put up a new chapter every day. I'm so impatient!Au Revior!