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Disclaimer: I don't own Lord of the Flies. Or a boyfriend. I blame the government.

Warning: Language! My fav!

Note: This chapter is kinda short, but chapter 7 is on the way!

Chapter 6

I thought I was going to cry when I woke up. I sat up and saw Beth. She was...sitting up? Wait, and eating? She saw that I was awake and smiled.

"Hey Avy." I stare at her, absolutely dumbfounded.

"How...are you doing?" I ask her. She frowns.

"I think I feel fine. I only threw up twice last night. And I'm not in immense pain anymore. I...I think I'm getting better." I feel like I'm going to cry at this point.

But I'm also furious. Beth's story of Jack poisoning her piece of meat is making more and more sense. What if all she had to do was throw up enough to get better and stay alive? I tell her I'll be right back and run off to find Jack. I spot him and run faster, seeing only red. I approach him. He opens his mouth, but I don't let him say a word. I punch him square in the jaw.

"That's for Beth, you bastard! How dare you fucking poison her!" I scream. He holds his face, chuckling.

"The bitch had it coming."

"Excuse me?"

"Yeah. I figured I could get her out of the way." My eyes are blocked by red again and I lunge at his throat.

Someone touches my arm and I jump.

"Avy. Avy, wake up!" I blink myself awake. I turn to my right and see Ralph.

"Ralph?"

"You need to go see Beth right now." he whispers. My head is spinning and Ralph leads me to the shore line where Beth's chest is submerged in salt water.

"Avy?" I rush over to her.

"Beth-I-you were fine yesterday. Or this morning? You were sitting up and eating and said you had only thrown up twice." She frowns.

"No, I wasn't. Aves, I've gotten sick twenty-three times since last night." My heart drops and my stomach feels like it has a block of lead in it.

"Avy, today is my last day. I can feel it." she whispers. I'm sobbing as I try to talk.

"No. No, it isn't. You can't. You can't leave me. I won't let you."

"Aves, I'm in pain. REAL pain. I can't go on like this. You need to focus on rescue and survival, not trying to keep me alive. So just let it happen. I...I wish I could have made it long enough to see my dad again. But life doesn't always work that way. Even if we got rescued now, I wouldn't make it to see next week. I hope you'll understand. Please don't mourn over me. I've had such a good life and nothing short of perfection. I met the best friend I could ever have. I can never forget that. I will never forget the fantastic friendship you gave me. Hopefully you won't forget either."

"Never." I wail. I take a deep breath, sighing. "Beth, did Jack poison you? I have to know. Did he?" She stares at me and I wait. She beckons me down and I lower my head so that my ear is by her mouth.

"No." The block of lead in my stomach sinks lower and I look at her. "Why would you think that?" I shrug. "I'm infected. I've got such a bad infection that it took over my body. To be honest, that metal that cut me? It must have been dirty as hell. And then my mistake with the sand can't have helped. It's just the way God wanted it."

My sobbing continues and she touches my leg. I take her in my arms and just rock. We sit like that for hours so it seemed. After a while, I feel her take a big gasp for air.

"Goodbye Avabeth. I love you." she whispers and closes her eyes.

"I love you too." I choke out, barely more than a whimper between my sobs. She smiles a bit and I feel the life leave her body.