Beck looked around, scanning the landscape for his best friend. He started to get really nervous. Why would Andre leave without telling them? What if he was hurt? Beck didn't think he could take care of him and Jade while trying to get off this island. Jade. How long could she last without proper medical care? If her wound was infected, it could be fatal out here with no medication. Beck broke into a jog and started calling for Andre. It had been 20 minutes of this and Beck's heart was pounding in fear. He looked around at the palm trees surrounding him hoping maybe Andre would be playing some twisted game of hide and go seek. Suddenly, he heard him.
"Yo man I'm over here!"
"Over where?" Beck yelled in reply, relief washing over him.
"Follow my voice!" Beck did as he was told, until he came across Andre. Andre was smiling ear to ear.
"Look what I found!" He said, and he sounded like a little boy on Christmas morning. He gestured around him at the glorious sight. There was a small freshwater river trickling over pebbles and stones, surrounded by dozens of banana trees. Not only this, but Andre had collected an abundance of coconuts from the palm trees and was currently trying to sharpen a piece of rock, Beck assumed for opening the coconuts. Beck's jaw dropped, and he couldn't say anything. He was so grateful to Andre that he completely forgot to be mad at him for leaving without letting them know.
"Not bad, huh?" Andre said with a proud grin.
"Not bad? This is great!" Beck exclaimed. "Seriously, now we may actually have a shot at getting off this island alive!"
"Yeah! How long do you think it will be until Jade's head will stop bothering her?" Andre asked, he couldn't wait for them to all start working on a plan to get home.
"Oh. Um…I'm not sure about that." Beck said, and his excitement was completely gone when he remembered the image of poor Jade's bloody head. Andre noticed tears forming in Beck's eyes.
"What is it Beck?" He asked, fearing the answer. Andre had never seen Beck look this worried.
"Well where the Jet Ski hit her head…" He trailed off then and composed himself. He was overtired and stressed and crying about his girlfriend's injury wouldn't solve anything. He just wished there was something her could do to ease her pain! "It's ugly man. There's a huge cut, and it's extremely deep. There's a lot of dried blood around it, and it's probably still bleeding because we've done nothing to stop it and it won't scab over for a very long time, considering its size. I'm just praying it's not infected yet." Beck finished.
Andre swallowed. He winced at the amount of pain Jade must be in. He also felt a rush of another emotion he couldn't quite name. It was stronger than sympathy, and perhaps stronger than his fear for a friend should be. Andre couldn't deal with his random hormones and wonky feelings right now though. He pushed them away once again and focused on what he could do to make her feel better.
"We should probably clean her cut out." He said in a monotone voice. He wasn't giddy about his important findings anymore. He just wanted Jade to be okay. Why?, he asked himself. Because she was hurting and they were friends. Just friends. Andre thought and let out a sigh.
Beck nodded in agreement. They had fresh water now; the only problem was how to get it to Jade. Then Beck got an idea!
"Andre, can you hollow out one of those coconuts?" Beck asked hopefully.
"I think so, I just have to get the milk out. Hold on, Sikowitz taught me how to do this once." He said as he poked his sharpened rock into the 3 holes at the top of the coconut. Then he flipped it over and they both watched as the white liquid flowed out. Maybe their teacher wasn't as insane as they had thought! Andre then started to drink it. "Damn that's actually good!" He exclaimed. But the milk was gone all too soon, and it was back to the task at hand. Beck submerged the hollow shell in the stream, until it had filled with water. He dumped it out to rinse all the traces of milk, then filled it again. They repeated this four times, one coconut full of water for each of them to drink, and one to clean Jade's wound. Beck picked them all up while Andre tucked some bananas into the pockets of his swim trunks to bring back for Jade and themselves to eat at the cave, then some into Beck's because he couldn't put down the coconuts. They both laughed at the awkward contact and Beck dumped the water onto Andre's head while he was bent down.
"RAPE!" He yelled at the top of his lungs. They both burst out into hysterics, forgetting everything that was happening and just being best friends. Corny but true. The fun ended too quickly though, and their thoughts went back to Jade. Beck ridiculed himself for joking around if even for a minute while Jade was hurt. She was probably freaking out by now, because he had been gone for pretty long. Hopefully she had gotten to sleep though, at least then she wouldn't be needlessly worrying about him. All she should worry about was herself and getting better. Beck rushed to refill the coconuts and Andre gathered a bunch of shells and rocks to make a trail from the stream. Then they started the walk back to the cave that had become their home.
Jade laid on the freezing ground in utter despair. Where were they? She had no way of keeping track of time, but she was positive it had been at least an hour since Beck left, probably longer. Her head was in searing pain. Complete agony. She didn't know something could hurt this bad. Every second dragged on, they seemed to get longer as she got more and more worried about Beck and Andre. She shouldn't have let Beck go. Ugh, no what was she saying? Of course he had to look for Andre! She just wished Andre had never been gone in the first place. Jade just lay there shivering as the clouds shifted and blocked out the little afternoon sun that was coming into the cave.
Just then, she heard a noise. It was coming from deeper inside the cave. Jade's body went rigid as she listened more intently. Yes, she definitely heard something. It sounded like a little animal or something running around, so Jade bit her lip to distract her from the pain in her head as she got up to look. All she saw was black darkness. All of the sudden, Jade got scared. Not rollercoaster scared, but terrified for her life. She had no idea where Beck or Andre was, or if they were even alive. She could very well be all alone on this godforsaken island, not to mention her head felt like it was about to fall off of her body. She almost wished it would because then at least it wouldn't hurt so much. Jade had no way to get food or fresh water, but she was starving, thirsty, cold, alone, worried, scared and the list just kept going on and on! So Jade decided she wasn't just going to stand in that horrendous cave waiting to be bitten by god knows what else was in there with her. Jade West does not do scared and vulnerable. So she unsteadily took a step towards the opening. Then another. She was dizzy and off balance, but she was walking. She slowly made her way out of the cave. Now she had no walls to lean on or hold her up, so she started to crawl through the sand. She called out Beck's name, but her voice was so weak and scratchy that it just came out as a pathetic and painful whisper. She imagined what she must look like right now. A demented girl still in a bikini with blood in her hair crawling down the beach whispering her boyfriend's name. First class freak. She let out a hard laugh at the image and pushed on, searching for Beck and Andre. She kept on going down the beach, but after a while she realized they probably wouldn't be relaxing and getting a tan so she turned and made her way to the trees. When she got to into the forest she reached up and grabbed a tree trunk to help her stand up. Jade looked around, she hadn't noticed how far she had gotten from the cave until now. She had been crawling for a while, but she was going so slow she figured she hadn't gotten anywhere. She was wrong. Jade also hadn't noticed how lightheaded she was, but she couldn't stay upright without leaning all her weight on the tree next to her. She knew this was bad. Now not only was she alone and hurt, but she was also totally lost. "Beck?" She called out again hopelessly, before she was overcome with dizziness and slumped to the ground on the outskirts of where the forest met the beach. She couldn't control her eyes as they shut and she heard the birds' chirps fading away as she slowly lost consciousness.
A/N: Ok hear you go:)! This is a long chapter and I'm not sure if I will be able to keep making them so long, but I will try. Also just to clarify Jade's head is infected it's just a big concern. Sorry for any confusion! Now this is a long chapter for me, so PLEASE REVIEW(:(:(: xoxo
