Ugh, I am so sorry I made a lot of stupid spelling mistakes on the last chapter. I really like this chapter though, I hope you do too.
Jake walked back and forth wringing his hands then running them through his hair. Felix grabbed his arm and pulled him down making him sit. "Jake you aren't going to find Hayley that way. Look, we just need to sit down and think this through. I think there might be someone or something else on this island."
"Really?" Jake snapped sarcastically.
Felix brushed off the careless remark. "No, I don't mean Gus and the Doulos their both long gone now." Felix set his jaw to think.
"How do you know? What happened with you and him?"
"I don't know, as weird as it sounds I think he had a change of heart, I'm not sure what it was. But, I don't think he has anything to do with Hayley's disappearance."
"What makes you so sure? Mr. Clayton was with him in the cave. We don't even know if Mr. Randall is, okay." Nothing was making any sense.
"Look." As Felix stood up he pointed at freshly made prints in the dirt. "These are from Hayley's shoes going the opposite way we came. Next to them are smaller ones almost like an animal."
"Hey, you're right." Jake stood next to Felix. "Maybe whatever has Hayley has Mr. Randall too. Still it doesn't make sense how would Mr. Clayton know Mr. Randall was supposed to meet us and if this was Gus' big plan why would he give up so easy?" They both knew Hayley could easily figure it out and know just what do to next.
"Well I guess we are following footprints." Felix started to follow the tracks in the dirt path.
Jake walked ahead then stopped. "No, we're not…" He pointed down "…they end here." Jake was so aggravated he knew Hayley was in trouble, but he couldn't do anything about it. "I knew it couldn't be that easy. What are we gonna do, Felix?"
'This is a first, Jake asking me what to do. Problem is I don't know.' Felix thought to himself.
Jake started passing again. Thoughts jumbling in his head. 'This isn't right, ya we fight monsters, but no one is ever supposed get poisoned and almost die or be taken by some strange creature especially not in the same day. Especially not Hayley! Why Hayley? When she's around I can't stand her, but when she's not I don't know what to do without her. Could I possibly li…? No way! Maybe… I just need to find…'
"Jake, you're doing it again. Calm down man. Look I know how much you care about Hayley I…"
"Care about Hayley? *Pasha*you've gotta be kidding me. Like a sister maybe nothing more."
They both kept walking in the direction the trail had ended. Felix gave Jake a sideways glance. "Jake, I've seen how you look at her. You've liked her forever. You and her are the only ones who don't know that.
"Do not! Where did you get such a crazy, mixed up, insane, impossible, untrue, cockeyed, ridicules, loopy…"
"Idea? You know she likes you too."
"She does? Really? I always thought that she…? Jake started to get excited then mellowed. "Wait, how do you know?"
"Well she told me." Felix didn't meet Jakes gaze.
"She what?!?!"
"Hayley would kill me if she knew I was telling you this. Do you remember Gwendolyn Woodward. *Sigh* dreamy. Anyway, she didn't even and still doesn't know I excite, right?
"I guess?"He answered slowly wrinkling his eyebrows. Jake was confused at how this had anything to do with him and Hayley.
"Well, Hayley encouraged me to go and ask her out. I tripped my way up to her then stopped standing there staring at her. I didn't get to say a word before I turned and ran away. I finally got the guts to hang a rose on her locker Hayley's idea, but I did it anonymously. When I went up to her later to see how she liked it I saw her kissing Grant Evans thanking him for the rose. That was one of the worst days of my life I thought I would never find love again. There seemed to be no reason to go on. Actually not the worst day of my life there was one time that I ate this strange…"
"Felix, how does this have anything to do with me and Hayley? Jake was still concerned for Hayley. They continued walking through another part of the forest that they had ran through before.
"I'm getting to it." Chided Felix. "Because I was so upset Hayley tried to comfort me. I told her she was so gorgeous and smart that she had no idea how I felt and never would. That's when she corrected me saying you never even thought of her as anyone else, but a friend, not even a friend more like a sister."
"What! She never…I mean…how could…Why did you wait til' now to tell me this?"
"I could tell you liked her too and I thought you would stop being such an oblivious dummy and do something about it."
"Oh." Jake looked down. 'Since when did Felix get to assertive?' "How long has she felt…"
"Shhh…" They both stopped and traced the woods around them for something, anything. "I thought I saw something behind those trees." Felix' continued to stare keeping his eyes peeled. "I guess it was nothing."
"I don't think so." Jake's eyes focused behind Felix.
Slowly turning around Felix noticed a large group of four feet tall, tribal looking…"Bunnies?" Felix started to walk forward to pat one on the head.
*Roar* Jake and Felix jumped back. "Nope, not bunnies." They both turned and started to run from the strange looking rabbits. The creatures came toward them and shot blow darts in their necks. Everything went dark.
Light started to appear through squinted eyes. Blurs became blotches and finally an image of the inside of a small hut appeared out of the darkness.
"Where am I?" Jake rubbed his sore eyes. 'Twice in one day this can't be healthy.' Worry hit Jake as he observed the small space. "Felix?"
"I'm here." A voice came through one of the tree branch walls.
"Have you seen Hayley?" Jake asked hopefully calling through the wall.
"No, but I bet she's here. If only we could get out of these huts we could try to find her."
The small door to Jakes hut opened to reveal three of the native creatures. The floppy eared monsters came in to the hut and grabbed Jake by each arm forcing him to exit the hut. As he was pushed out he had to duck to prevent his head from hitting the low door frame. Felix too was escorted from his confined space. As Felix come through the door he did not anticipate his height and wacked his head on the roof.
"Owwww…. That smarts." Felix straitened his glasses on his face.
"Jake! Felix!" 'That's Hayley's voice.' Jake thought excited. He raised his head to see where she was. In the middle of a pile of brush Hayley was standing on a platform tied to a tall wooden pole. She blew a strand of hair she couldn't reach out of her eyes, but it fell right back. Jake shoved the monster animals gripping him aside and jumped over the brush landing on the platform in front of Hayley. Jake stood eye level to the girl he thought he would never see again.
"Jake you're alive." Hayley breathed loudly. Jake brushed the lock of hair out of her eyes. "I thought you were…" Her words were cut off as Jake pressed his lips against hers. At first Hayley was shocked then she closed her eyes and gave in to the passionate kiss willingly. Jake had a tight, but gentle grip on Hayley's shoulders as he leaned to deepen the kiss. Hayley wished her hands weren't tied so she could tangle them in Jake's tousled hair. 'Is this really happening?' Both thought too focused on the comfort of the kiss to care for the answer.