Hey! First off, thanks for the reviews I'm getting. I'm seriously giddy right now. I'm extremely happy with what you guys have been saying. Well, anyways, here's the chapter. I reeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaally hope you like it!

Roger's POV

She's only been here about a month, but I'm already ready to wring Leah's neck. I've never actually spoken to her, but the way the others treat her and talk about her makes me wanna tear my hair out. If I have to hear about how cute and sweet and innocent Leah is one more time, I'm gonna hurl. SHE'S JUST A BLOODY FUCKING GIRL PEOPLE! As she reminded us the very first day, we saw at least one everyday before getting stranded here. But while her personality and annoying optimistic habits make me sick to my stomach she... interests me. THe cuteness and the sweetness and other such horrid traits, not so much, but her innocence sparks my interest. Her naivete appeals to me.

THere's tension in the tribe. It seems that anyday now, Jack's going to break away and take us hunters with him. It will cause conflict. Both Jack and Ralph have feelings for Leah, she will surely be involved in the fighting. If so, I'm positive she'll get caught in the crossfire. No way she makes it off the island alive. I'll make sure of that. Maybe she'll be of some use before the likely event of her untimely death.

Leah's POV

A lot can change in a month. A month was long enough for me to start "dating" Jack, and enough to gain, then lose Ralph's friendship. It took only a month to convince me that the boys on the island are the boys in Lord of the Flies (making me a teensy bit afraid of my boyfriend and very much terrified of Roger.) In only a month, I went from the picture of health, to puking my guts out in the jungle. Lovely, yes?

Because of my theory about Lord of the Flies, I have a bad feeling I know what today is. I hear the conch sounding in camp, but I know it's not Ralph calling the meeting. Jack begins talking.

"THere's been a lot of talk lately about getting rescued. Well, I hate to break it to you, but that's a load of bullshit," Dear sweet Jack, always a glass half full that one, isn't he? "We've been on this island over to months and we haven't seen a single plane, helicopter, or ship. We've been so focused on keeping up the damn fire and being orderly and proper, that we're worse than when we started! Things are falling apart, and we need to stop acting like they're not. Ralph won't give up on the fire and he's to the point of obsession. He ain't a proper chief anymore" I hear a few people quietly murmur about what he's said. Sadly, in many ways, he's right. Things are falling apart but we've been playing pretend like everything's fine and dandy. But Ralph's doing his best to keep order and who knows where we'd be if it weren't for him. "We need to have a re-vote for chief." Don't do it Jack. Please don't do it, I think. I slip out of the jungle and back into the shelter."Who wants me for chief instead of Ralph?" I don't have to look at the group to know that nobody has raised their hands. "FIne. I'm sick of playing with you guys anyway. If any of you come to your senses, you know where to find me" Jack walks back to the shelter to grab his spear and choir cape. I pretend to be asleep. He kisses my forehead gently, and then he's gone.

My fever and nausea are gone by the afternoon and I'm allowed to return to working. Of course, my swimming trips with Ralph cease to exist, so I now babysit the littluns full-time. As the day wears on, boys start wandering off into the forest, never to be seen again. We all know where it is they're going. Fuckin' traitors. Eventually, the littluns go to the pond with Piggy, relieving me of my duties. THe remaining big'uns, Ralph, SImon, and Samneric, are all sitting in a circle trying to think of something that'd occupy their boredom. I join them. We sit in silence until one of the twins (I think it's Eric) hops out of his seat.

"Guys, guys, guys!" he says excitedly. "I know what we should do! Let's play truth or dare!" he suggests. THe other boys groan.

" THat's such a girly game!" Ralph whines.

"It'll be fun! We could play it without the truth part!" He insists. I kinda like that idea.

"And we could have punishments for chickening out!" I offer. He nods.

"SOunds good to me. Ralph, Sam, what do you think?' Simon says. ha! It WAS Eric! I think. THe boys shrug and nod.

"What should the punishment be?" Ralph asks.

"The dare-er gets to give the dare-ee a huge wedgie!" Sam insists, smiling deviously. The others agree.

"Nuh-uh. NO way I'm letting you guys give me a wedgie." I immediately say.

"You can have a different punishment."

"How 'bout she has to snog whoever made the dare?" Eric suggests. They nod.

"For a minute!" Sam adds. I cross my arms and glare.

"Gag me with a spoon." Ralph, Samneric and Simon smirk.

"It's either that or the wedgie." Simon says.

"You're not getting out of this one" Sam tells me.

"Fine. But no repeating dares." I say huffing a little. "SImon you can go first." SImon looks around the circle, tyring to think of who to dare. His eyes stop on one of the twins.

"Sam, I dare you to... go to the other groups camp and bring something back without getting caught." Sam smiles.

"This'll be a piece of cake." he replies, sauntering off into the jungle. He returns about ten minutes late with wrapped around his head like a turban. "OKay. My turn." He looks around until his eyes rest on me. " Leah, I dare you to climb to one of the highest branches of the tree you fell out of the first day and hang upside down by your legs for five minutes." Sam looks very proud of himself.

"You call that a dare? I could do that in my sleep." I skip over to the tree and climb up swiftly to the highest branch. "God this thing's thin!" I say to myself. I hear the boys betting on how long I'll last. I take a deep breath and hang upside down on the branch. Sam begins to count the seconds.

"1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9" I can already feel the blood rushing to my head. I imagine myself on the beach, at home, at a baseball game, in detention, at summer school, anywhere but dangling more than 50 feet from my doom. "45...46...47...48...49...50..." I think I feel the nausea coming back. I"m not in a tree, I'm at a WHite Sox game, I tell myself. I begin humming 'Take Me Out To The Ball Game.' "96...97...98...99...100...101...102...103...104...105..." I start playing scenes from my favorite movies in my head: the death scene in Gladiator, the matchmaker scene in Mulan, 'Once Upon a December' in Anastasia, Sirius' first appearance in The Prisoner of Azkaban. I list my favorite TV shows: Supernatural, Criminal Minds, American Idol, The Office, Outsourced, Breakout Kings. "231...232...233...234...235...236...237...238...239...240...241...242...243...245..." COme on Leah! Fifty five seconds, I think. I list the names of my many cousins: Macey, Cara, Lizzie, Liz, Becky, Mike, Willy, Jack, Marc, Jim, Casey, Ali, Ella, James... "300!"

"Finally!" I pull myself into a sitting position then climb down. "Better luck next time, Sammy boy." I say, patting Sam on the back. We go back to the circle and continue the game. We go around taking turn after turn, everyone chickening out at least once. Everyone except me. The guys are really trying now. Their egos are at stake. It's Ralph's turn and his eyes lock on me.

"Ooh, I got a good one for you Leah. Hey Sam, do you think the hunters will be back at camp yet?"

"This late? Hell yea." Ralph smiles.

"Excellent. Leah, why don't you go pay our friends a visit?" I start for the trees. Easiest. Dare. Ever. "And while you're there, give Roger a big fat kiss on the lips, will ya?" Shit. He's got me there. Even if Roger didn't hat my guts, Jack will be there. Even though he hurt me, I'm not spiteful enough to do the same to him. Slowly, I turn to face them. Ralph's smirking. I take a few steps forward, take Ralph's face in my hands, and kiss him. For a minute, as agreed, but no longer. Ralph is grinning triumphantly. Samneric just stare in shock. One of them leans over and whispers to Ralph,

"Did you get any tongue?" I walk over and slap him, not hard, but enough to get the message across: I heard that and no, Ralph did not get any tongue. His brother laughs. Piggy and the littluns choose this moment to return from their little field trip to the pond.

"I gotta go put the littluns in bed. G'nite guys!" The guys disappear into their shelters. I walk the littluns to their shelter and get them to lie down and go to sleep. Once they're all snoring quietly. I go back out. THere's nobody there, or so it seems. I feel someone's arms wrap around me, and I scream.

"Sh, sh, Leah, it's just me." I recognize that voice.

"What are you doing here Jack?" I whisper harshly to him. His face is covered in lines and scribbles of red, brown, white and black. He looks wild, powerful, savage. Just like the book said he would.

"I was lonely."

"There's twelve boys over there, one of them could've kept you company" I reply.

"I wanted to see you, talk to you. I missed you. I've really come to enjoy our night time conversations."

"THen why'd you leave?" I mean to sound angry, but my voice comes out soft and vulnerable. Jack pulls me into his chest, hugging me, and kisses my forehead.

"You know I had to. I can't stand having Ralph as chief. I don't trust him."

"What about the rest of us? When you left, you took the hunters with you. We can't survive on berries and fruit alone Jack! And the fruit's all gone bad. I had food poisoning for a week just from one of those mangoes. You've left us all to die!"

"Then come with me. I'll take care of you, you'll have fresh food to eat. I can protect you." he says.

"You know that I can't." I insist.

"Please," Jack begs. He leans in to kiss me but I step away. I turn my back to him.

"You should go Jack," I tell him. He reaches out and puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Leah-" he starts.

"Go! Now!" I'm facing him now, tears welling up in my eyes. Jack steps back, realizing that he's hurt me. I rush into the shelter away from him. I can't take it anymore.

Yea, so it's a little different from what I usually write but I hope you liked it all the same! Please review, I love hearing what you have to say!