Chapter 6

"What's the problem Lex?" Daley asked. She walked over to Lex and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Well everyone, today I went to look for a new water source. And . . ." He paused taking a breath. "I couldn't find any traces of another water source."

No one said anything. They were all staring at Lex, in disbelief.

"So what does this mean?" Taylor asked breaking the silence. "What are we going to drink?"

"I don't know yet." Lex answered.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Eric yelled.

"Calm down Eric, it's not his fault." Jackson said walking over to Eric.

"I don't know what we are going to do right now, but I'll figure it out." Lex felt really bad about not finding water, and didn't anyone else to be mad at him.

"We know you will, Lex." Melissa said smiling at Lex trying to make him feel better.

"What do we do until then? I mean . . . how long can you live without water?" Taylor asked sounding confused.

"Not long!" Eric whispher to himself.

"But we still have some water, the water in the bottles." Melissa calmly said.

"Yeah," Eric added. "But how long will that last."

"Eric stop being so negative!" Daley snapped

"I'm sorry but I don't see how there could possibly be, a positive side to this situation. If we don't get water we are going to die! Yeah. . , I said it. We are going to die! How long did you guys actually think that everything would be so easy around here?" He looked around at everyone ,and shook his head. He walked away, to the tent.

Everyone was quiet again. They all watched Eric walk over to the tent. The thought of them dying wasn't something they wanted to think about. But they all knew that it would eventually become an issue.

"I hate to say it you guys, but Eric's right." Jackson started off. "We have to find water." He was trying to say it so not to scare anyone, but he knew someone had to say it,

"So that's what we'll do. . . We'll find water." Nathan said resting his hand on Melissa's shoulder.

They all smiled unknowingly of what was going to happen next.

"Hey." Melissa said greeting Taylor.

"Hey." She answered back. She had been staring off at the waves. Just like the waves, it seem like her life was crumbling down.

"So what do you think about this whole situation? I haven't heard your opinion yet." She walked to where Taylor was sitting, and sat beside her.

"I don't know." Taylor looked up from the waves and over to Melissa. "I just don't understand why all of this is happening to me."

"You're not the only person here on this island."

"I mean us." Taylor rephrased. "What did we do to deserve this?" She whined.

"Nothing. It just happened to us. There is a reason for everything." Melissa answered. Even though Melissa didn't say it, she felt the same way Taylor felt. It didn't seem fair. She looked over to Taylor. She had been acting so different lately. "Taylor is something wrong?"

"Yeah I stuck here on this island!" She shouted.

"No I mean anything other than that?"

Taylor looked at Melissa, suspiciously, "No why?"

"It just that you and Eric have been acting weird and everyone thinks that something is. . ."

"Nothing is going on with me and Eric! Nothing!" Taylor shouted and left.

Melissa looked down feeling bad.

"What was that about?" Jackson asked coming up behind Melissa.

Melissa turned around and smiled but then remember what he had said before. "Nothing." She said shortly and walked away.

4 Days Later

"Daley don't you think that you are overworking yourself?" Lex asked his sister, who was chopping wood.

Daley looked up from what she was doing. She gave Lex a reassuring smile, "Somebody has to do it Lex. We can't just stop working."

"I know Day. But you can get dehydrated right now we wouldn't have any water to give you." He answered looking down disappointed.

"So you still didn't find anything?"

He shook his head no.

She walked over to him and gave him a hug. I'm sure that you'll find some soon Lex."

"I tried of people saying that. I should have found water by now." He walked out of her embrace and sat down near the fire pit.

"Lex you can't be mad at yourself for something you can't control." She paused to make sure he was listening to her. "You shouldn't be so hard on yourself."

He smiled at his sister. "You're right, thanks."

"Anything for you, little brother." She said and messed with his hair. She started to stand up, and tilted a bit.

Lex ran over to her. "Daley are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm ok." She said.

"Maybe you should sit down, Daley." His voice sounded shaken.

"I'm fine Lex."

"Do you want some water?" He held out his bottle.

"No that's yours." She said pushing the bottle back towards him. "I'll go get some fruit; maybe we can squeeze the water out of it." She jokingly said.

She ran out into the jungle before Lex could tell her not to go. She quickly stopped running when she started to get a headache. 'I am so thirsty. My head is spinning. I better sit down.' She stopped walking and sat down. She started to place her hand over her face, when she heard something behind her.

"Boo!" Nathan yelled jumping out from behind a tree.

"What are you doing out here?" She asked startled.

"Lex told me you came out here, and." Nathan paused as he ran over to Daley who fell over when she tried to stand up. "Are you ok?" Nathan asked while keeping her balanced.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just . . .," Daley answered shaking her head as if to clear it. "Do you have any water?"

"No. I'm all out." He wrapped his arms around her waist. "I'll help you get back to camp."

Daley reached up and kissed his cheek. "Thanks Nathan."

Nathan was about to kiss her back when he felt Daley become limp in his arms. "Daley! Daley wake up! He rubbed her face. "Come Daley please wake up." He realized that she had stopped breathing. "Hey you guys, help!"

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