Chapter 2

It was hard for the survivors of Flight 29 DWN to adjust to home. So many things were different, and everyone constantly asked them questions about the island.

People always asked Nathan if he ever got to see Taylor naked, if Jackson ever tried to kill them, if Daley was just as bossy there as here, or if Eric actually saved them all. People always asked who hooked up with whom, and no one ever understood when they explained the no relationship rule.

"What? No relationships? Come on Nate. I see you with Daley now. Can you honestly tell me that while you were stuck on some beautiful deserted island with no parents, you didn't get any? I mean seriously. No one was around, sunsets on the beach, sipping from coconuts. Man how much better could it get?" Nathan's friend asked.

"Dude, it wasn't even like that. You make it sound like it was some vacation. We had to survive, and 'getting' some' wasn't really at the top of the list," Nathan responded.

"Whatever, you don't have to tell me what really happened," Nathan's friend said as he walked away.

One of Melissa's friends saw her kiss Jackson on the cheek before she went to class, and she ran over to Melissa.

"Hey Sara!" Mel said.

"Did you just kiss Jackson?!"

"Yeah, why?"

"Mel, you realize he's like a criminal right? He got kicked out of his other schools for fights, and I heard he put a guy in the hospital," Sara had heard about what happened with Jackson before they left for the trip.

"Sara, you don't even know him. He's a great guy," Mel said with a smile.

"I'm just telling you to be careful, but whatever. Do what you want. I just think he's dangerous, and I thought you were smarter than to go for a guy like him, but like I said…do what you want," Sara said as she walked away.

Melissa started to think about what everyone had been saying to her since she had started dating Jackson, and it was starting to get to her. No, they just don't know him like I do, she thought to herself. He is amazing, and he held us all together on the island, but we aren't on the island anymore, she though.

If they could stay together on the island, how come home tore them all apart? This wasn't just survival anymore, this was high school. Compared to surviving on the island, high school is the most difficult thing in the world.