Still don't own Flight 29 Down

Nathan woke up and looked around; Eric and Taylor were sleeping in each other's arms. Daley was next to him and Lex was on her other side. It took Nathan's brain a minute to register that there were two people missing. He hung his head, he was hoping that Melissa and Jackson would turn up sometime during the night, but they hadn't. Quietly he crawled out of his sleeping bag and out of the tent.

The sun had just barley risen when Nathan got the fire started. He kept looking down the beach, hoping that Mel and Jackson would come walking down it, but they didn't. What it they had gotten hurt? What would he do? Melissa was like a sister to him, and Jackson, well Jackson was, well he was always there.

"Hey," Daley said sitting down next to him.

Nathan smiled and put an arm around her. "Hey."

"It's all right, we'll find them." Daley said.

"I don't know what'd happen if we lost them," Nathan said staring out over the ocean.

Daley laid her head on his shoulder, "We'll find them."

They sat like that until Lex walked out of the tent. He looked over at them and sighed, great they were having a "moment." He turned and walked towards the garden.

Nathan and Daley watched him leaving. "What's wrong with Lex?" Nathan asked.

"I donno," Daley said "I'll go find out." She got up and headed towards the garden.

She found Lex watering the tomatoes. "Hey," She said walking over. "The garden looking good."

"Thanks." He muttered moving on to the peppers.

"What's wrong?" Daley asked.

"It's just every time I see you you're with Nathan." Lex said shrugging.

"Does that bother you?" Daley asked. "Because if it does tell me alright?"

Lex nodded and moved onto the squash that looked like they'd be ready any day now.

"Hey, you'd tell me if something's wrong, wouldn't you?" Daley asked.

"Of course Day," Lex said smiling at his sister.

"Great, well I'm gonna go get some fruit for breakfast, and then we'll go look for Mel and Jackson."

Lex nodded.

"Great see you back at camp." Smiling she headed back down the path.

Lex sighed; he hadn't seen Daley this happy since they'd crashed. He didn't want to spoil it for her by saying that he didn't want her to be with Nathan. But seeing them together all the time made him feel almost invisible. He finished water the garden and headed back to the camp.

F29DWN

"Morning beautiful," Eric said smiling as Taylor woke up. "How'd ya sleep?"

"Lousy," Taylor groaned sitting up, "The sooner they get that shelter built the better."

"Tell me about it, Nathan snores louder than my dad, and he's the king of snoring."

"Thanks for sharing." Taylor said smiling at him. A month ago if someone told her that she would be falling in love with the class clown she would have laughed, now here she was sitting alone in a tent with his arms around her. And they were alone.

"Eric, Taylor come on we know you're up." Nathan's voice came through the fabric of the tent.

Groaning the two slowly made their way out of the tent.

"Come on; as soon as you two finish eating we're gonna go look for Melissa and Jackson." Daley said.

"Wait, their not back yet?" Eric asked his voice slightly high with worry.

Nathan shook his head.

"Lex, you come with Daley and me, we'll go into the jungle. Eric and Taylor, you walk along the beach. If we don't find them by noon-ish, come back to camp. Got it?" Nathan directed.

Eric and Taylor nodded, picking up a small pack each they headed down the beach.

Nathan gave them one last look before following Daley and Lex into the jungle.

F29DWN

Melissa lay on her side facing the open space between to two cots. Jackson lay away from her facing the wall. The sun was up and they were still in their cots. It was probably the latest they had slept since the crash. Although the cots were more comfortable than anything else she'd slept on recently Melissa couldn't sleep. She kept on thinking about what Jackson had told her last night. How all that had happened to him and he was still the strongest (emotionally) of the group.

Sure Daley's mom had died and Lex's dad had left him and his mom. Their families found each other and were whole. Jackson lost his sister, mom, and dad, she couldn't figure out how he kept on going. She had been devastated for weeks when her grandmother died. She sighed and watched his sleeping form sill wondering about all the mysteries that still lurked around him and his past.

Jackson pretended to be asleep. He knew Melissa was watching him, just like everyone else did when they found out about Anna. He missed her every day, her smile, her laugh, the way the smallest thing made her excited. But she was gone; there was nothing he could do about it, so why stress about the past. The sooner everyone here learned not to stress about the past the better off they'd be. He closed his eyes and surprisingly drifted back off to sleep.

F29DWN

"Eric can we turn around yet?" Taylor asked as she and Eric walked down the beach.

"Let's just go around this bay." Eric said pointing to where the beach stuck out into the water.

"All right," Taylor sighed, it didn't look that far away.

So they walked down the beach, hand in hand.

Eric chuckled. "Who would have thought we'd ever be holding hands?"

"I know it wasn't me." Taylor said smiling. "I would never have thought that I'd be with someone like you."

"Thanks, that's a real moral booster." Eric drawled.

"Fine, you don't like being with me," Taylor said, letting go of his hand. "Than I don't wanna be with you." She turned and stomped down the beach.

Eric shrugged and kept walking the other way, muttering to him self. "Three…two…. one."

On queue Taylor came running up behind him, and jumped on his back. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

"I know, babe," Eric said hugging her. "I know."

They kept on walking until they came around the small peninsula.

"Holy cow," Taylor said.

"Am I dreaming or are those…"

There ya go, sorry I haven't updated in a while, and life's been kinda hectic lately with two jobs, bowling and school. Now that it's holiday break I'll prolly update more. Thanks for all the reviews.