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Eric walked the beach in solemn confusion. He had thought the kiss he and Melissa had shared had been amazing. He hadn't stopped to think what the kiss would mean to Melissa. She had written it off to Lex as a one time thing and treated it as a mistake. Eric was not the kind of guy to get emotional but it made him feel like crap. He had put all his longing and pent-up love into that kiss and had it all thrown right back at him. He was sure that it'd solve everything. Looking back on his thought process now, it all seemed idealistic.
Eric walked back to camp having figured out few things from his walk. All he knew was that he had to talk to Melissa. She kissed him back which meant she did feel something; it was just a matter of what.
"Hey." Lex welcomed Eric as he entered camp. Lex was sitting beside the fire filtering water.
"Hey buddy." Eric responded with a warm smile. Lex was keeping his secret and his ego had taken too much of a blow for him to be sarcastic or snide.
"Eric." Nathan said coldly as he entered the camp. Ah shit, he's still mad at me cause of the whole Taylor-and-me-telling-his-secret-over-dinner thing.
"Could I ah, talk to you Nathan, in private?" Eric asked.
Nathan paused what he was doing and looked at him. "Why?"
"About what happened before," Eric answered vaguely, but knew Nathan would know what he was talking about.
"Fine." Nathan grunted and walked out into the jungle. Eric followed. They walked a reasonable distance into the lurid green terrain then stopped. "What about it?"
"Look, Taylor told me about it so I agreed to 'help her make a plan'. As soon as she was gonna tell everyone I realized she was doing it for ulterior motives and it was too late. I'm sorry, ok? It was a crappy thing to do."
"What ulterior motives?" Nathan questioned him.
"I don't know something to do with impressing Jackson or whatever. I don't know; chick stuff." Eric shrugged.
"Hmm, weird," Nathan noted thoughtfully. "Alright, I forgive you."
"Thanks man." Eric grinned. "Oh and will you pass it on to Daley; that I'm sorry I mean?"
"Sure." Nathan said.
They walked back to camp with a new sense of resolve. It wasn't until they came back to see the rest of the survivors yelling at each other that this feeling was gone.
"Wow guys chill!" Nathan bellowed trying to get their attention. "What's the matter?"
"Lex's keeping a secret and I want to know what it is!" Taylor screeched.
"He's already told you Taylor. He is not keeping a secret so drop it!" Daley furiously answered.
"I'm not dropping anything. The kids been chewing his fingernails all day long. When I asked him what was wrong he couldn't even look me in the eye! He's clearly keeping something from all of us!" Taylor yelled exasperated.
"Ugh!" Daley grunted. "Look Lex, just tell her you're not hiding anything ok?"
Silence.
"Lex?" Daley asked nervously.
"See? He is hiding something!" Taylor proclaimed triumphantly.
"If Lex has something he wants to tell us, he'll tell as. Just lay off, ok Taylor?" Jackson bellowed.
Taylor shrank back. "Fine."
"Maybe we should just go back to doing our jobs." A timid Melissa offered.
"Sounds good to me," Taylor answered harshly as she stomped back to the beach to tan. It wasn't her job but at least it got her to go away.
Eric went back to lugging water and Nathan scurried off into the jungle to find fruit. Daley went to do some laundry. Lex continued to filter water. Melissa and Jackson were the only ones left not doing anything.
"Hey Mel, wanna go fishing?" Jackson asked her.
"Sure!" Melissa grinned. "Just let me get me sweater; it's chilly." She pecked him on the cheek and went to go find it.
Lex took note of their exchange. "Are you two dating?"
"Yup," Jackson grinned proudly.
"Oh, I see." Lex said thoughtfully. Well, things just a lot more complicated. I wonder if Eric knows…?
"Hey Jackson," Melissa breathed as she walked back to him. "I got my sweater."
"Sweet, let's go." Melissa and Jackson walked over to the rock pools that met the water down at the beach.
Lex looked pensively at the fire. He wondered what Melissa and Eric actually felt for each other. He was always taught that a kiss meant some sort of love or affection but seeing the way Melissa looked at Jackson, he didn't think he liked Eric in the same way. But when he was lecturing Melissa and Eric after the kiss, he had seen Eric look at Melissa that same way. He just hoped that everything wouldn't blow up in their faces. He might as well go tell Eric about Melissa and Jackson before he found out from a haughty Taylor…
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