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So…Good news: I'm finally on summer break! I'm currently sitting on my terrace, looking at the sea, so…yeah. Life's good.

Anyway, HAPPY JULYYY! :D Hope y'all have an awesome month, and an awesome summer in general! I love you all, amazing readers! :3 xoxo Thank you for everything!

Oh, and I wanted to share with you that I finally read the Hunger Games…so, I have a really good idea about this story. But I might use it for another one. I'll see. Oh, and if you have read the Hunger Games, or seen the movie, do you ship Katniss with? Gale or Peeta?

Yeah…I talk wayyy too much. ;)

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*Ally's P.O.V*

I woke up with a start. I saw the sun high up in the sky, and, judging by its position, I assumed it was late morning, probably around 11pm. Then, I was alarmed by the fact that I could actually see the sun. Wasn't I supposed to be at the beach, in our fort?

Looking to my side, it all occurred to me as I saw Austin's face; eyes close, a slight snore escaping his lips. He must've fallen asleep. He had failed to wake me up, and we had ended up spending the night here. Fortunately, we were safe. No animals had attacked us, which was a miracle.

Austin eyes darted open, and he rubbed the sleep out of them with his fists, as I shook him awake. "Where are we?" He muffled. I couldn't help but giggle at his sleepy eyes, and bed hair.

"We're at that waterfall we were yesterday. Y'know…that place I fell asleep at, and you were supposed to wake me up before dark."

Austin jolted up in shock. He looked around, then back at me, his eyes widened. "Oh, my…Ally, I'm so sorry! Dang it, I should've stayed awake!"

Smiling at him, I took his hand and squeezed it gently. "No worries. No animals got to us; that's the most important thing. Now, we just have to get back to that camp we made."

The blond boy nodded. "Okay. Poor guys, though. They're probably worried about us."

I shrugged. That was unlikely. Sure, maybe they were worried about me, but not Austin. They didn't care about me, and I wasn't friends with either of them. Okay…maybe except for Abigail. But she was probably too lost in her own world to even notice our disappearance.

We collected our things, not that we had much, and then jumped on our feet. Funny, the forest now looked completely unrecognizable. I had no idea where we had come from yesterday, which was odd, considering I have rather a good memory.

"Now, where to?" I asked Austin who was looking around, the bag slumped on his right shoulder, his left hand in mine.

He shrugged. "Will I scare you if I told you that I have no idea?"

"Yes. You will." I hoped it was just a joke. Austin will surely remember our way back to our camp. He's been in these woods numerous of times, collecting the water and food. "But you do have an idea, right?"

Austin shook his head, and looked me straight in the eye. "Nope."

Okay…so we had a small problem. But I was fairly good with my senses of direction, so it mustn't be too hard to find our way back. "Hm…fine. From here, there are three exists. It's more likely that we came from this one, "I said, pointing to the one that was closest to us. "I say we go there."

He, on the other hand, wasn't so convinced. "I don't know, Ally. Are you one hundred percent sure?"

I shook my head. "No, but it's worth a chance. If worst comes to worst, we'll just come back here, and try a different passage." That seemed to convince him. And off we went.

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Well, I was wrong about that exit. And I was wrong about saying that we'd find our way back to the waterfall. Now, we were standing in the middle of the forest, even more lost then before. And worst part is, the sun was starting to set.

I collapsed on the ground, and groaned; both from worry and frustration. "Ugh. I'm so sorry, Austin. I just led us to nowhere. And now, we can't even go back. I'm such a fool."

Austin sat beside me, and put a protective arm around my shoulders. "It's ok. Really. We'll just have to camp out here for the night."

"What?" I exclaimed. "Are you crazy? We can't go camp out here for the entire night! The animals will kill us!"

The boy shrugged. "We did it once, didn't we?"

"I don't know, Austin. We shouldn't push our luck."

Then, Austin stared at me for a while, straight into my eyes, without saying a word. It was as if he was studying me, trying to know what I'm thinking. I tried my best to hide my emotions, but I knew there was no use. He knew that I was scared.

"It's going to be ok, Ally." He finally said. "Trust me."

And I did trust him. But maybe, that was a big mistake.

Before the sun had totally disappeared into the horizon, we managed to make some sort of bed made from leaves and mud. It wasn't the most comfortable thing ever, but it was ok. For now.

Then, as we lay, side by side, close to each other to preserve body heat since it had gotten chilly outside, my stomach started growling, and I remembered I hadn't put anything in my mouth since the little bites of fruit I ate yesterday morning. And now, my stomach felt empty, and it made me sick.

I groaned.

"You hungry, too?" Austin asked, out of nowhere. Gosh, that boy knew me so well, that it somewhat scared me. I had started talking to him just a few days ago, and no, it almost seemed like we were best friends.

I nod. "Yeah."

He turns to me, and smiles that charming lopsided smile that had me hooked the first time I saw him. "Listen, how about I look for some food around here? You stay here, and I go, alright? I'll be back soon, promise."

I'm immediately up, looking at him and protesting, but he doesn't want to hear it. Before I can blink, he leaves me alone, and heads into the trees.

Lying back down, I can practically hear my heart pounding in my chest. It's like I'm paralyzed. I don't there to move, because I'm too scared. Austin took away the last piece of comfort I had since the shipwreck. But, I force myself to stay calm. He'll be back. He promised. And of course, I believe him.

*Jason's P.O.V*

"Jason, we've been looking all day, and still no sign of them. Let's just go back to the camp. It's getting dark." Selena muttered behind me.

The whole team and I had gathered some supplies, and went out looking for Austin and Ally. Two days. Nearly two days since we had last seen them. We were worried, all of us were. We weren't in the mood for losing another one of our friends.

"Shut up, Selena. I think they're close. I can feel it." Jackson muttered.

And after that, none of us talked. We just kept walking. Suddenly, before us in the darkness, I saw a silhouette. It was tall, obviously a boy, and well-build. It had hair, blonde, if I'm not mistaking. I looked back. Jackson nodded. We had finally found them.

"Austin!" Selena yelled as she yelled towards the figure in front of us. The boy turned around, eyes full of alarm. Selena came crashing into him, and he reluctantly took her in his embrace. After a few moments, he pulled away and shushed her.

Then, Austin turned towards us. "What're you guys doing here?"

I shrugged. "We were worried. New question: Where the heck have you been?!"

It's his turn to shrug. "We went out for a walk, and then we fell asleep. The next morning, when we woke up, which was today, we found out we were actually lost. By the time we got anywhere, it was already dark, and we decided to camp out. Ally's still sleeping out there, but I came to get some food, we were starving. But I haven't found any."

Jackson walked forward. "That's alright; we still have some. C'mon, let's get to Ally. It wasn't a good idea leaving her alone."

Austin nodded, and I knew that he must feel bad now. We head off in the direction that Ally is, and we see her there, lying on the ground, her eyes pressed tight together.

I, of course, imagine the worse, thinking that she's dying. But when she opens them and sees us, she jumps to us, hugging even Selena.

"I was scared." She finally says.

Austin hugged her. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have left you. But I thought you'd be tired enough to fall asleep. " He kept a hold of her, and pushed her back in his arms when she tried to pull away. That made her giggle.

"It's ok, Austin. Relax."

Then, all of us decided it would be best if we go back to camp in the morning, we improvised some beds, and then fell asleep on the ground.

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So…yeah. That was it for this chapter. I'm not too proud of it, but I guess it's ok. I hope you liked it, though! Tell me in your awesome reviews what YOU thought of this chapter!

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