Jackson and Taylor pulled away from each other, Taylor with a smile on her face and Jackson with a frown.

"Now I know, but what am I supposed to tell Taylor?" Jackson asked himself.

"Jackson, I thought that you didn't like me in that way." Taylor told him, still smiling, "But I'm glad to see that you do."

"Agh." Jackson took a deep breath, "No, I don't think you understand. I don't have any feelings for you. I just... I had to check."

"What do you mean?" Taylor asked, "If you had no feelings than why did you kiss me for so long?"

"I'm not sure. I think it's just that I needed someone. I did have a feeling, but not feelings of love." He glanced up at her.

"Then what kind of feelings did you have?" Taylor gave him a stern look, unsure of what was going on.

"It was just…It was an escape. Through some kind of lust, I guess. I just needed that escape. All the things going on here on the island are stressful, and it's a good feeling to be able to let it all out like that." Jackson wasn't sure what else to say.

"So…You're going to pick Melissa? You have feelings for Melissa?"

"I think so, I'm not sure yet. I mean, when I'm with her it's nothing like when I was with you. That was all just physical contact, but with Melissa…I might love her." Jackson was hesitant to speak his last words.

"Then why didn't you let out your frustration on her?" Taylor herself seemed frustrated and a bit hurt by what Jackson was telling her.

"I didn't want to hurt her, or ruin our chance of being together. But you were just there…And I knew of your reputation back at school. I guess it just brought out the worst in me." Jackson was disappointed in himself for thinking that way.

"Wait a second, you let out all of this on me because you heard that I was easy?" Taylor yelled at him.

"It must've been subconscious. I didn't even realize until just now…" Jackson only looked up at her. She glared at him and then walked back in the direction she had come from.

Jackson remained where he was, feeling horrible about what he had done to Taylor. He also thought about what he had said to Melissa, and if anything could go right. Jackson slowly laid himself down on the floor of the jungle and looked up at the sky.

"This will not sit well."

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Video Diary, Taylor

"I can't believe that Jackson did that to me! I mean, he used me. I bet he doesn't care about me even as a friend, he just didn't want to hurt Melissa with his emotions or whatever. Ugh! I hate him."

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Hours later, Jackson headed over to the plane. The sun was slowly setting, and he wanted to get some things. As he approached he saw that Daley, Nathan, and Eric were huddled around Melissa while Lex sat near Taylor who was lying on a beach towel reading a magazine. Daley got up and ran over to him, a frown on her face.

"Uh-oh" Jackson thought to himself. "Hey, what's going on?"

"Melissa's upset" Daley noticed Jackson's facial expression change, "She's been crying off and on for hours. Do you know anything about this?"

Jackson sighed and quickly ran up to Melissa, but Nathan and Eric blocked him.

"What did you do?" Nathan asked Jackson. Eric said nothing, but seemed to back him up.

"What did I do?" Jackson verified the question, "Alright, I'm calling a meeting. Now. Daley, send Lex to sleep and tell Taylor to come over here. We need to talk."

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By the way, don't get so used to the speedy updates that you freak out when I take longer. I do have to go back to school soon, and it will slow down. Trust me. Plus I have massive rehearsals. Opening night coming up this week.

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