Chapter 12 - The Battle For Melissa
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Jackson found Melissa sitting against a tree, crying. He sat down next to her, and she cried into his shoulder. He sat there rubbing her back for a while.
"I can't believe Nathan would say something like that! We've been best friends since forever, and I wasn't like that when he was dating Taylor!" Melissa cried some more.
"I guess he's just used to always having you there, and now you're not."
"He should have said something if he was so upset! And not just to Daley, he should have said something to me, or you!"
Jackson helped her up. "Maybe we should go talk to Nathan."
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They reached the water hole, where Nathan and Daley were filling up jugs. Melissa had calmed down a little, and Jackson was holding her hand reassuringly.
"Let's let them talk it out alone." Daley said to Jackson. "We'll wait for you at the fire." They walked off.
"Nathan, why didn't you just say something?" Melissa asked.
"I guess, deep down, I knew it wouldn't be fair of me to argue over you with Jackson. You never acted the way I am when I was dating Taylor. I'm sorry." Nathan apologized.
Melissa smiled forgivingly. "It still surprises me that you went out with her." She laughed. "I'm gonna go back to the fire. See ya!" She grabbed some jugs that were already full.
"Jackson's not gonna be happy, and personally, I don't think you should be carrying those either."
"Shh! I'm fine, stop worrying!" She laughed.
When she came to the fire with the jugs, Jackson sprang up and took them from her, carried them over to the other jugs, and set them down.
"Why are you carrying those jugs? You should be resting!"
"I'm fine, you're over reacting!" Melissa laughed.
"Please just play along then?" He made a pouting face.
She mimicked him, grabbed a water bottle and a piece of fruit, and sat down on a log.
"I could have got that for you!" He said.
"Don't be silly, you have better things to do than wait on me."
"I'm out of here." Eric said. Apparently he hadn't been asleep. Taylor followed him, rolling her eyes. Daley went to help Nathan with the water. They all came back a couple hours later for dinner. Jackson handed out leftover fish and fruit.
"I'm gonna stuff my face with junk food when we get home." Eric said.
Everyone laughed. They heard some rustling in the bushes. All the girls screamed and hung on to the boys.
"Hello?" Jackson called out timidly.
"Hello." A familiar voice called out. Four people emerged from the bushes.
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A/N: Don't you just hate cliffhangers? Haha, I'm so evil. Yeah, yeah, yeah, this chapter title is the same as the title for the Zoey 101 story I'm gonna write, but I'm running out of title ideas!Being the horribly, incurably impatient person I am, you know I'll update soon. I want at least two reviews. Please? (Makes pouting face like Jackson and Melissa.) Ciao!