Chapter 7 - As The Storm Hits
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They were all eating dinner, except Melissa, who was still sick, and Jackson.
"Okay, just clearing this up, I'll sleep outside before you can make me sleep in that tent." Taylor declared.
"Even if a storm came in?" said Lex, who was playing with the radio between bites, trying to at least get static again.
"Ugh, I'll bunk with the boys." said Taylor.
"Is there really another storm coming in Lex?" Daley questioned her brother.
"You tell me." He replied, and pointed at the sky. It was gray with clouds, but they ended just before the horizon.
"Oh wonderful. More lugging." Eric groaned.
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"Are you hungry? Or do you think you'll throw it back up?" Jackson asked Melissa, who was doing much better.
"Maybe just a little bit."
"Okay, I'll be right back."
He walked toward the fire, where everyone was eating dinner.
"Oh wonderful. More lugging." He heard Eric say.
"Why?" Jackson asked.
They all started. "Uh, hey Chief." Eric said.
"There's a storm coming in. It won't last long, though." Lex said.
"Good." Jackson said. He grabbed two pieces of fruit from the pile and headed back to the tent.
"So what are we gonna do about my sleeping situation?" Taylor asked.
"Well, Jackson hasn't gotten sick, and he's been in there all day." Daley reasoned.
"I'm still not sleeping in there!" Taylor said.
"Then you can switch with Jackson. That is, if your okay with staying in the tent with the boys until the storm's over." Daley said.
"I'll be fine. But Lex has to go in your tent, since there's like no room in the boys'." Taylor said.
"That's cool." said Lex.
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"Dig in." Jackson said, in a halfhearted voice as he handed Melissa one of the bananas in his hand.
"What's up?" She said.
"What do you mean?"
"You seem sad about something. Or disappointed."
"Well, another storm is coming. Very soon. But Lex said it won't last long."
"Just when I was feeling better too!"
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They were all in the tents.
"So, what do you want to do?" Daley asked Lex.
"Well, I'm tired from all that lugging food."
"I'm tired from being sick. And the ironic thing is, I slept a lot." said Melissa.
"Well, goodnight!" said Jackson, and he turned out the light.
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"Eric! Their light just went out! What if their battery went dead?" Taylor shook him awake. He had fallen asleep during a game of cards, and it wasn't until it was his turn that Taylor and Nathan had realized it.
"Their probably just going to sleep, cause Daley and Lex are tired of lugging food."
"Are you sure? Maybe I should ask them!"
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"ARE YOU GUYS OKAY?"
"Ugh. Since when does Taylor care?" Melissa said groggily.
Jackson stuck his head out of the tent. "We're fine! We were just tired!"
"Oh. Well, goodnight then!" The zipper on the other tent closed, and Jackson climbed back into his sleeping bag next to Melissa, and they both fell asleep again.
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"You know Taylor, maybe we should go to sleep too. I'm tired." Eric said.
"Oh stop whining!" she replied.
"I'm turning in too." Nathan said.
"Fine! But when a tree crashes down on us, blame yourself!"
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A/N: Here you go Thrill Seeker. I get bored too, and I'm sitting there, refreshing my e-mail page waiting for someone to update their story. Anyways...Taylor the wimp. Haha. I'd be worried too, being the scaredy cat I am. LOL I know I already had a storm, but lets just think of that one as rain. I mean, what else will add drama? Someone falling off a cliff? Hey, that's a good idea...