With Melissa gone to get more water, Eric had the chance to finally sit down and chat with Daley.

"Hey, is something wrong with Melissa?" He asked. Daley turned to him.

"I don't think so...should there be?" She asked. Eric didn't answer.

"It's just..When we were aside the beach, she looked like...well, she dropped the jug and..She just didn't look well." He sighed.

"Maybe she's hungry."
Melissa walked up to them both with the jugs in her hands.

"Okay, here. This enough?" She asked. Daley stood up looking directly at her.

"Are you hungry Mel?" She asked.

"Huh.?" She asked.

"Cause you know, if you are, your free to have some fruit." She said holding it up.

Melissa looked at the bright yellow bannana in front of her.

"Um..no im not hungry." She said holding onto her stomach.

"Well..are you alright?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

"Well..Eric said you were sick."

"Erics lying."

"He is?" Daley asked turning to him. Eric shrugged.

"I just thought with you nearly crying on the beach you might have been...SICK." He yelled.

"Eric im not sick! Just leave me alone!" She yelled. And walked back to the shelter.

Daley turned to Eric surprised.

"Maybe we should just stay away from her for a while.." She suggested. And went off to find Nathan. Eric stood there confused.

But quickly caught up with Melissa at the shelter.

"Melissa!" He yelled. She ran inside the shelter hiding from him.

"Melissa?" He asked. He found a bulging figure under the blankets. Eric pulled away the blankets finding Melissa laying there,

"Melissa? What're you doing?" He asked. Melissa sat up.

"I have a secret to tell you, that you can't tell no one." She whispered. Eric looked around him in confusion.

"Come again?" He asked. Melissa pulled him down to her level.

"Now that you mention it I have been feeling a bit under the weather." She whispered in a low voice.

Eric raised his eye browes in surprise.

"But..back there-"
"Shh..." She said frowning.

"Why wont you tell anyone?" He asked.

"Because, I don't want to stay in the shelter all day untell im healed." She answered.
"But Melissa...Your sick you can't just suffer like this."
"Well im not suffering in the shelter either."
Eric stood there, he couldn't force her to do something he doesn't want to do, but what can he do.

"Promise you wont tell anyone." She said forcefully.

"Melissa..I-"
Melissa placed on finger apon his lips.

"Promise." She said sounding more demanding. Eric nodded.

"Alright...But how're you gonna get better?" He asked.

"Don't worry about that. Just worry about keeping that promise." She said getting up. And walked out into the beach.

...What the heck did I just do!?

"Oh Melissa, glad your here. Listen we were all gonna go take a break and go for a swim, wanna join us?" She asked throwing her a cocount. Melissa quickly grabbed it and looked down to it.

"But...If you don't want to that's-"
"Sure I'll come." She quickly answered. Daley smiled. "Great! Um well wait for you if you need your suit." She said. Melissa quickly ran back to camp getting her suit on. Eric was already with them.

"Jackson, wanna race?" Nathan asked.

"Race...Huh, you wanna race me? Haven't we already done this before?" He smirked.

"I'm ready for ya.." He mumbled. They both got into position and started swimming out. Taylor (Tanning on the beach as usuall) didn't make a peep.

Lex was swimming out with Daley (teaching him to swim) Melissa stood there in front of the ocean.

"You know..its not like you had to come along." Eric whispered. Melissa elbowed him out of the way and ran into the ocean before him.

Eric watched her back stroke into Daley and Lex. Eric couldn't stop laughing.

Melissa ran up to Eric and pulled him into the ocean. Sending Eric in a whirling wirl pool between him, and Melissa. Melissa pushed Eric back swimming away from him.
"Ahah!" Melissa laughed. Eric had lost his hat under water. But quickly dived back under to retrieve it. He threw it onto the shore and swam after Melissa. Splashing her with all his might. But not to rough.

Melissa splashed him back, them both laughing. Joy and confusion. (But that's just like them).

Melissa stopped, letting her drown in Erics splashing. Melissa stood there, while still being poverised by the water, she moaned inside her and tightened her eyes shut. Bending down slightly. Eric could see her doing so, he quickly stopp moving his arms around and swam over to her.

"Melissa? What-"
"Nothing..promise remember..?" She asked. Eric rapped his arm around Melissa.

"But-"
"Stop.."