Hey guys, so like I said. I'm rewriting some of my stories. Parts will be the same, parts won't be. This story is now officially rewrited though so I can start a new chapter on this one.
Eddie's pov
It stays silent for a few seconds but then I say, "You know. It's weird how much you noticed me but how I never noticed you. "I think you noticed me but just never really..noticed me." I look at her weirdly, making her explain. "Okay, that came out wrong. What I mean is that you must have see me a few times. But you probably thought like, 'hey, that girl won the volleyball tournament'. But then you probably just forgot about it again and the next time you noticed me you wouldn't even know that it was the same girl." I look at her confused for a few seconds, trying to understand. Then I think I do, "It's a...complicated theory but it could be true. But why would I forget about it?" She chuckles, "I don't know. I'm not you. Maybe it wasn't worth remembering to you because I didn't have anything to do with poplarity or something like that." I frown, "You make me sound like a dick." She chuckles, "Maybe you are a dick. I mean you did blundly state that you wanted to fuck me." "Hey!", I say. "I didn't actually mean it like that. It just came out wrong!", I add, trying to defend myself. She chuckles, "Right. Still was a dick move though." "I guess.", I say. After a few seconds I say, "You really won the volleyball tournament?" She nods, "Yup. Two years ago." "Is it like your hobby or something?", I ask. "Not really. Melissa and I just thought that it would be fun to sign up and it turned out that I was kind of good at it.", she says. "How about Melissa?", I ask. "She was pretty good too.", she says. And we just continue talking about random things like that. I don't know where the hell Chloe is but it's kind of perfect that she isn't here.
Melissa's pov
Ian's at my house again. We've been spending a lot of time since he found out that Loren and Eddie were both missing. He has been kind of great. Having him here, someone who knows exactly how I feel, it has made it easier. I never thought that he could be a nice person but he kind of is. He hasn't been the dickhead he usually is. If Loren's alive, I hope that Eddie has turned out to be the same because I don't know how she would survive with someone like dickhead Eddie around her. It's actually one of the things I've been thinking about. All I think about is Loren. I'm not able to think about anything else. School starts in two weeks but I can't even think about that. I don't even know if Loren will be back by then. So that leaves one thing to think about, Loren. What else can I do? There's nothing to do except for waiting. I just can't stand the waiting. I've basically known Loren since we were in diapers so I'm not able to just wait until she comes back or not. If she doesn't come back, I will never be the same. "Ian, let's go find them.", suddenly comes out of my mouth. I didn't mean to say it but now that I have, I realise that it's what I really want. Ian looks at me confused, "What?" "Let's get a boat and go look for Loren and Eddie." He looks at me like I'm crazy, "You want to get a boat?" "Yes! We could just hire a motor boat or something. That shouldn't be too expensive." "Melissa, are you crazy?! In the best possible situation, we will get stranded!" "I don't care!", I scream at him. "I can't stand the waiting anymore! I have to do something. My life doesn't have sence without Loren in it. She's the one who keeps me going. I have always known that she would be there for me no matter what. She's the only one who cares about me that much. Of course, I have my parents but they're mostly busy with Phil. Loren always puts me first. I can't loose her. I have to put her first now. You don't have to go with me but I'm going.", I add determined.
He looks at me, a little taken back by my little speech. But then he sighs, "This is crazy." He closes his eyes for a few seconds but then opens them again while saying, "But I'll go with you."I squeal and hug him, "Oh my gosh, thanks!" After pulling back, I grab a bag and put necessary, and also not necessary stuff actually, in it while Ian goes home and does the same. Why shouldn't I take everything I think could be useful? If we find her, all she has is a bottle of water. I grab a hair brush, a bag full of clothes, a bag with a few pair of shoes, a bikini, a few bottles with water, some fruit, a bag of bread, a lot of make-up, sunglasses, my phone of course and a gun. Yes, I said a gun. My dad has one hidden in his room and he doesn't know that I know about it. But I do and I don't know if it could be useful. I know make-up is probably not useful in a situation of life or death but it can't hurt. After I check one more time if I didn't forget anything, I drive over to Loren's house and pack some of her clothes too. Then I drive to the harbour and see that Ian is already there with far less stuff than me. He looks at me like I'm crazy. "What is all that stuff?", he asks. "Why does it matter? We should take as much as we can right?" He shakes his head and then we go look for a boat that we can hire. To our luck we find one and after we dump our stuff in it, we drive away. We did make sure to put an extra can of petrol in the boat. "This is a crazy plan.", Ian says. "No, not crazy. It's a suicide mission.", he adds. "I know Ian but I would rather die, trying to find her than live and loose her." We stay quiet for a few seconds but then I tell him that I'm going to call Nora real quick. "Hey Melissa, what's up?" "Hey Nora, where are you? I was at the house but I didn't see you." "I'm with Max. We're gonna try to go with the police on their search." "Really? That's great.", I say. "So, was that all?", Nora asks. "Ehm..no actually. I also wanted to say that Ian and I are on our way to go look for Loren and Eddie." Nora sounds confused when she says, "What do you mean on your way?" "We hired a motor boat?", I say. "You did what?!", Nora says shocked. "Are you crazy?!", she adds. "I know that it's stupid but I don't want to just wait any longer." "Waiting is better than trying to get yourself killed!", Nora exclaims. "No it isn't.", I say. "Maybe it would have been better for me to stay at home but maybe, just maybe I'll actually find her." "Melissa, please. Just come back." "I'm sorry Nora but I'm going to look for her." And with that I hang up.
Loren's pov
I wake up and feel something soft underneath my head. I sit up and see that my head was on Eddie's chest. We must have fallen asleep while talking. My stomach grumbles, we must have forgotten to eat too. I grab some fruit we gathered and start eating it a few inches away from Eddie. After a little while, he wakes up too. "Hey.", he says. "Hey.", I respond. He sounds sleepy, it's kind of adorable. He sits up and grabs some of my fruit. "Hey!", I say. "Grab your own!", I add but then I smile at him and he smirks. "Where's Chloe?", Eddie asks me after taking a look around. "I don't know.", I say. "But I think that she didn't come back because by the looks of it, we fell asleep while talking." Eddie stands up, "Then where is she?" "I have no idea.", I say. Eddie sighs, "I'll see if I can find her." "You want me to go with you?", I ask him. He smiles at me, "No, that's okay." "You could ask Tyler if he has seen her.", I say. "Yeah, I'll do that.", he says but he doesn't look too happy at the name Tyler. He then leaves and I busy myself with strengthening my shelter.
It's almost getting dark and I have done quite a lot today. I have expanded my shelter. It's now about twice as big and it's stronger. I'm kind of losing hope of getting found soon so maybe it's best if I make my stay here as comfortable as possible. So the next time I have time, I'll make the fourth wall in my shelter and I'll make a door in it or something. That way I'll have a little privacy too. I also caught some fish for dinner. Eddie's still not back. That's when I hear something and at first I look at the woods, thinking that it's Eddie and maybe Chloe but then I realise that it's coming from my other side. It sounds like a boat. I stare into the darkness and see that it's indeed a boat. I think that there are two people in it. I start jumping and screaming. Maybe this is the help we've been waiting for. The closer the boat comes, the more familiar the two people in the boat look. Suddenly the motor stops. I swim towards it so that I can help them and I see something that can't be possible. It really is Melissa and Ian. Melissa starts screaming like crazy but I help them get to the shore first before I start freaking out. We dump the boat on the beach and then I run up to Melissa. We start hugging and squealing like crazy and we're both crying by now. Ian's just standing next to us like not knowing what to do. "Oh my god! You're alive! I really found you!", Melissa squeals. "What the hell are you doing here?", I squeal in return. She pulls back, "I couldn't just wait for you to get your lazy ass back to me. So I made Ian go along with my crazy plan and here we are!" "You're really crazy. You know that right?", I say while smiling. "I love you Lo.", she says and we hug again. "I love you too crazy." We pull back and I see Eddie walking out of the woods. He looks kinda out of it. Then he finally looks up and notices Ian and Melissa. He fastens his pace and as soon as he reaches us, he pulls Ian into a hug.
"Ian, what the hell?", he exclaims. They pull back, "Don't what the hell me mate. It was Melissa's idea." "Does the boat still work?", Eddie asks hopeful. Ian sighs, "No, I think that we used all the petrol so it's useless." "I guess we're with six on this island then.", I say. "6?", Melissa wonders out loud. "Yeah.", I say. "Long story short. This guy, Tyler, lives here because he doesn't have anyone in the real world and he likes to live here.", I add. "That's weird.", Melissa says while frowning. "You should ask him about it some time.", I say. "It actually kind of makes sence.", I add. Then Chloe walks up to us too. She looks more annoyed than happy to see us. I look at Melissa and see her smile at the sight of the legend that's Chloe Carter looking all ugly without her make-up. I grab Melissa's bags and put them in my shelter. "Wow Lo, this actually looks really great.", Melissa says. "Thanks. I'm getting the hang of it. It's not done yet though." Melissa walks up to Chloe. "Okay listen barbie. If you touch my stuff, I'll know and I'll cut you. Clear?" "They should really lock you up.", Chloe responds. "I mean it Chloe." I link arms with Melissa and we walk to the other side of the island. There we sit down. "So what happened? How did you end up here?", Melissa asks me. "Well, at the party Chloe started pushing me because I was talking to Eddie. I fell off the boat and I grabbed her so she fell too. Eddie jumped after us and prevented me from drowning." "Wow, that's rough.", Melissa says. "Yeah. It kinda was. But the real reason we're here is because Chloe was stupid enough to untie the rope." "I could kill her.", Melissa responds. "Yeah, you and me both.", I say.
Then after a few seconds I ask, "How's my mom?" "She's sad. She really misses you." A few tears well up in my eyes. "Hey, don't cry. She's okay. She spends a lot of time with Eddie's dad. He's nice to her and he's helping her get through it.", Melissa sushes. I sigh, "I just want to get back to my old life. Well, without the drama then. Without my dad." Oh my gosh, that last part was supposed to stay in my head. I quickly try to make up an excuse. "Why would you want to get rid of your dad?", Melissa asks. "Well, we just don't really get along well and he doesn't treat my mom the way she deserves.", I say and it's not really a lie. He doesn't treat her right and we definately don't get along well. "Well, they're getting a divorce so I guess you'll get what you want.", Melissa says. "They are?", I say suprised. "Yes.", she says but then hestitates, "Your dad cheated on your mom with Jackie Carter." I sigh, "I wish I could be there for her." Melissa then changes the subject, "So, did anything exciting happen here?" I hestitate, "Okay Mel, you have to promise not to tell anyone anything about what I'm going to tell you." "I promise.", Melissa immediately says. "Not even Ian.", I add. "I promise.", Melissa says a little louder. "And especially not Chloe.", I add. "I promise!", Melissa yells at me. I wait a few seconds, "Okay, so...Eddie and I kinda." I wait another few seconds, "Kissed a few times?" "You what?!", Melissa responds shocked. "I know, it's crazy right! It's Eddie!", I say completely embarrassed. "OH..MY..GOD!", Melissa exclaims. "Who would have known it took being stranded to get Loren sexual active.", she adds while smirking. "It's not funny Mel!" "He's with Chloe right?", Melissa then says while frowning. "Yes! That's one of the problems!", I exclaim. It stays silent for a few seconds. Then I speak my mind, "I just can't help but to think that he's only trying to get into my pants." "Or he's really into you."
"Well, either way. He won't leave me alone.", I say while getting out of my clothes. Melissa laughs while she follows my example, "Gosh, I missed the drama." "It's not funny!", I say again. We get into the water and swim around for a couple hours talking about anything and everything. "So do you like him?", Melissa asks. "Who?" "Eddie! Duuh.", she says. "I don't.", I immediately respond. "You so do.", Melissa says while smiling. "I don't like him that way.", I say. "You do but you're just scared.", Melissa disagrees. "I'm not.", I say determined. "Gee, I forgot how you never admit you're scared.", Melissa complains. "What about you and Ian?", I turn the question around. "What about me and Ian?", Melissa says in a weird voice. "Don't tell me that you were never tempted to kiss that hot piece of guy." She chuckles, "I have been. See, I admitted it. It's not that hard." "I'm not denying that I'd like to kiss Eddie. Just that I like him." "You want to kiiiis him?", Melissa says stretching the 'i' and wiggling her eyebrows up and down. "Of course I do, have you seen the guy? It's Eddie Duran." I wait a few seconds and then ask, "So are you and Ian like a thing?" "No, we're just friends." That's when Tyler yells at me from the shore, "Loren!" We look at him and see him standing there in his swimming trunks. Since he's not wearing a shirt, I immediately see Melissa checking him out as we swim up to him.
"Who is that hottie?", she asks. "Tyler.", I respond. "Did you hit that?", she asks while smirking. "No!", I exclaim. She chuckles. We walk out of the water. "Hey Tyler, where have you been?" "Oh, I've just been exploring a little bit. Who's this?" Before I can even say something, Melissa starts talking already, "Melissa Sanders but you can call me Mel. I'm Loren's fabulous best friend." Tyler studies her, then asks, "Is this the bitch who pushed you off the boat?"