And thus! If I may say, this update was pretty fast since it is the special chapter and has almost 9,000 words. Please, sit back, take off your socks and enjoy the following chapter:
Shipwrecked, special chapter, FINDINGS AND SAVIOURS
Sam's POV
This pain has really grown since we started walking. It's only gotten worse. Man, now I wish I'd told him the truth. But, eh… It's gonna be fine. Everything will be fine. It has to be. I hope… We had been walking for about 20 minutes, and we've gone deep into the jungle. Of course, he hasn't noticed a thing. Alex was with us, but Puna was nowhere to be seen. I guess she's just wandering around here somewhere.
"You okay?'' I heard Freddork's voice in front of me shouting so I grabbed the chance and stopped a little. I couldn't tell him about the pain I felt now. Not now that we've already gone this far into the jungle. He would think I was being weak.
"Yeah, I'm fine.'' I lied again. It never hurt me to lie. But this time it literally does.
"Okay, let's move on.'' He said. Why do you keep doing this to me, Fredweird? I groaned in frustration, making him turn around.
"You say something?'' he asked.
"No.''
"Okay, let's go.'' Ugh.
"Can we, please, stop a little and rest?'' I finally asked.
"We've only been walking for like 20 minutes!'' he protested.
"Yeah, and it's gonna take LESS than 20 minutes for me to rip you to pieces!'' His eyes widened at what I said.
"Of course we can rest, Sam.'' he said like it's the most obvious thing in the world. Yeah, that scared him good.
I sat down on the nearest rock and put my hand over my aching knee. It hurt really bad, and my ankle was swollen again. REALLY swollen. How am I supposed to go on like this? I should've told him about everything while we were still on the beach. It's too late for that now.. I'd just cause him problems if I told him. He sat down on the rock next to me and looked over to my hand that was clutching my knee.
"Something wrong with your knee?'' he asked.
"Uh, no. Of course not. I'd tell if there was something wrong! It'd be stupid if I didn't…'' Yeah, stupid… I added a couple of fake laughs to another lie I made up. He just nodded. God, he's easily confused..
"Go get me something to eat.'' I ordered him to break the silence.
"There's a banana tree over there.'' he pointed to the tree nearby. I really didn't want to get up now… I don't think I even can.
"Well? Go get the bananas!'' I shouted.
"Why do you always have to be so lazy?'' Freddie sighed. Yeah, I wish it was laziness that I felt. Fredwad picked two bananas off the tree and came back, handing one of the bananas to me, while taking the other one for himself. I tried to eat mine as slowly as possible so I wouldn't have to get up that soon. Unfortunately, I can't chew on a banana for that long.
"Can we go now?'' Freddie asked. If I told him 'no' he would know something's up. Even HE isn't that stupid.
"Uh, yeah sure…'' I said and he got up from the rock we were sitting on. I tried to get up too, but I didn't see the wet grass underneath my feet, so I slipped and fell down.
"Sam!'' Freddie shouted. "Are you okay?'' he bent down to reach me and help me up.
"I don't know-''
"You're bleeding!'' he exclaimed. I looked down to see that, in fact my knee (the one that wasn't wrapped up) started slightly bleeding, and the palms of my hands were scratched from when I held my hands up as if not to fall.
"I'm okay.'' Fuck! Why, in the name of God, did I say that?
"Yeah, you'll be fine. Those are just scratches.'' he said. I felt like crying right there and then. Carly, where are you? Save me!
"Kay, let's go. We'll find a river and wash the wounds as we go.'' he let go of my hand and continued walking. I followed him and the pain returned. The new wounds only stung (but still), and the old ones hurt just as much as before, maybe even more. But I had to get through with this. I couldn't stop and whine like a little baby. It's just a little pain, so what? I can handle that, right? I'm the though girl, this shouldn't be a problem.
~fifteen minutes later~
"I hear water running, we should be near a river.'' Freddie announced. I feel like we've been walking for ages! My ankle felt really bad…
"It shouldn't be far away.'' he continued. I followed behind him, limping a little, but I hoped he wouldn't see it.
Soon enough, we found a little river in an opening. Freddie led me to it and when we came there, he sat me down on the ground, then proceeded to taking a bit of water in his hand cleaning the wound on my knee. I soaked my hands in the river, to freshen up the scratches on my palms. The water helped me feel a little better as I drunk some.
"You should really be more careful on this island, Sam.'' he said.
"Yeah, I've noticed.'' I responded with a glare showing in my eyes.
"Just trying to give you an advice, jeez…'' he rolled his eyes, then let go of my leg.
The place we were at wasn't that nice. There were torn up branches and leaves everywhere, no flowers, the grass wasn't as green as everywhere else, the water was muddy, and the whole place just looked creepy. I looked up to the sky. It was creepy looking too. It was grey and it seemed that there was gonna be a storm soon.
"So..?'' Freddie broke the silence.
"Yeah?''
"We should go cause there's a storm coming and we should probably find a shelter. It isn't really safe here in the jungle.'' he explained, looking around. I really didn't want to move, but did I have any choice? Not, really. Although, he is right. We should find a place to settle till the rain stops. That could be my chance to get some rest.
"Uh, yeah okay.'' I answered and looked around. It was getting creepier every second. The day wasn't really that bright anymore, the clouds were taking over and it wasn't as light as before. I shivered at the wind that started blowing, which caused Freddthong to look at me weirdly.
"Are you sure you're alright?'' he asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine.'' I gave him a reassuring smile. "It's just a little cold.''
"You're right. We should get going.'' He stood up and helped me, too. But when he pulled me up, we were really close again and that moment came up. He looked really deep into my eyes, and I started doubting him having some kind of feelings towards me. Was it possible that Fredgeek Benson like-liked me? Well, by the way he was looking at me, I'd say yes. Truth to be told I didn't mind him holding me since I was in horrible pain, but, man, this was weird!
I could actually feel his hot breath on my face as he leaned forward. Should I stop him? Should I say something? Or should I just let him kiss me again? Poor boy already had a lot of rejections from Carly, and if I rejected him he'd be crushed. But seeing as he would help me much more if I showed some kind of 'liking' towards him, this could be a great opportunity for me to get out alive from this island. Okay, that's really selfish! No, Sam, think rationally, Freddork as my boyfriend? I must be going crazy! But there wasn't much to do about it, since I already felt his lips touching mine. He was about to press them fully against mine, when we heard bushes rustling and screaming approaching.
I pulled away from his hug, stumbling a little, as we both looked to the place where the noise was coming from. The screaming was getting louder every moment, when, suddenly, something jumped out from the trees. Both Freddie and I twitched, but relaxed, seeing it was just a rabbit, although what worried me the most was: Who the hell was screaming? Or WHAT was screaming?
The rabbit glanced at me and Freddie, looking pretty frightened, as the screaming could be heard clearly now. I could recognize that there were two voices, obviously human, one male and one female. The male one seemed awfully familiar, like I've heard it so many times before. I looked at Freddie confusingly and he returned the look, as we both continued watching the bushes and trees, waiting for someone to jump out. As if on cue, out of the trees and bushes jumped two teens chasing the rabbit that had started running again.
The male teen, was chubby, and had no shirt, his hair messy as his eyes glistened with madness. The female teen had her hair wild and red as fire, she screamed after the rabbit, following the chubby teen. Apparently, they were trying to catch it. The chubby teen jumped at the rabbit, grabbing it fiercely, as the animal struggled, trying to make a run for it, but the teen was stronger, and had choked it. He held its lifeless body in the air as a sign of victory, as the red headed girl cheered with happiness. As soon as the boy saw us, he dropped his catch, widening his eyes as he yelled:
"SAM! FREDDIE!'' And then proceeded to running towards us and hugging us both, pressing his sweaty body against each of us. The red headed teen just smiled.
Wendy's POV (from when she disappeared)
Something grabbed my waist and pulled me back. I could feel someone's warmth underneath me, so I turned around and saw that I was sitting on Gibby's lap. I looked at him weirdly and wanted to start greeting him and hugging him, but he put his hand over my mouth and told me to be quiet.
He pulled me lower under some huge leaves, he had his eyes wide open looking everywhere around, as if he was expecting something to come. Indeed, something came. I could hear loud sniffing so I supposed it was an animal. Soon enough, a huge tiger came out from some bushes and put his head in the air sniffing it. After a few moments, which seemed like an eternity, he finally looked over to the place where Gibby and I were hiding.
I felt fear whelming up inside me. Gibby put a finger over his lips showing me to be quiet. My eyes were probably wide with fear as the tiger kept looking at us and sniffing the air. It turned to leave so I let out a sigh. Tiger's ears lifted up in the air and he turned around, quickly walking towards us.
Gibby pressed his hand to my mouth harder, pulling me closer to him. The tiger held his head up so he couldn't see us. He took one step closer and his foot stomped on my hand. I shifted under his weigh. Gibby pressed his hand even harder so I wouldn't squeak or anything. The tiger lowered his head in disappointment making himself closer to us.
Then, his ears bugged up again. I knew he could smell us. He slowly inched closer, when Gibby removed his hand from my mouth and took a small rock in his hand. I looked at him weirdly as he threw the rock to the left. The tiger immediately started running towards the noise and further. Gibby pulled me up and dragged me in the other direction, not giving me time to say anything about Sam and Freddie being back on the beach, where he just sent the tiger. A few minutes later, he stopped and looked back, letting go of my hand. He then, looked at me.
"Are you okay, Wendy?'' he asked.
"Yeah, but-'' he cut me off by pulling me into a hug.
"I'm so glad I found you! That day you went into the jungle, I was so worried about you!'' he pressed me against him harder.
"Yeah, okay, okay!'' I managed to get out of his grip. "Gibby, what up with the tiger?''
"Oh, he was following me, so I had to get away, but then I saw you and he was really close so I had to warn you. He would've attacked us if we didn't run away!'' he explained.
"Yeah, but Sam and Freddie are on that beach!'' I yelled!
"Sam and Freddie? Seriously?''
"Yeah! And you sent the tiger that way!'' I shouted at him.
"Oh my God! Why didn't you tell me?'' he panicked.
"You had your hand plastered over my mouth!''
"Oh…'' he looked to the ground.
"Whatever, we can't go back there now.'' I sighed. "Let's just… Go find a shelter. It's gonna get dark soon, we better hurry. I don't want anymore tiger attacks today.'' He nodded and followed me into the mountain. Soon enough, we found a cave. It seemed to be tiger-proof.
I told Gibby to find some dry logs that we could light up, and he listened. I sat down and leaned against one of the cave walls thinking some stuff through. I really hoped Sam and Freddie were alright. It would be on my conscious if they weren't. On Gibby's too, I guess. Speaking of Gibby, he came back carrying a few logs. He stepped inside of the cave, and put the logs down. I took two rocks in my hands and started hitting them against each other, but nothing happened. Gibby took the rocks from my hands and did what I did, but it actually worked for him. I could have sworn I saw him wink at me.
Night fell almost immediately, and we each settled against the opposite wall in the cave. It was quiet, no one said a thing. Finally, he spoke:
"So… How are Sam and Freddie?''
"I sincerely hope they're fine.'' I answered.
"Well, did they tell you anything? Did they see anyone besides you on the island?'' he asked.
"Yeah, they saw Reuben. In fact, Sam and him had dated for a while.'' Oops, I probably shouldn't have said that.
"Seriously? Sam and Reuben? I always thought Sam would end up with Freddie..'' he stated.
"Well, Freddie obviously has the hots for Sam, but she doesn't get it.'' Uh-oh. I should really learn when to shut up.
"He does?''
"It sure seems like it! And from what I've heard them talking, he's seen her naked!'' Man, I'm on fire!
"Seriously?'' he sat up,
"Yeah, they were talking when Sam took her clothes off and-''
"Sam took her clothes off? Where was I?'' he shouted frustrated.
"No, I mean, she was wearing her underwear coz we were about to go swimming and Freddie stared at her and then she said: You've already seen enough.'' I explained. I get why they call me the school's gossip queen.
"But then, what about Reuben?'' Gibby asked.
"Well, Sam broke up with him, but she told me she still had a crush on him.'' Yep, go ahead, Wendy. Tell him everything!
"Wow, that's complicated!''
"I know!''
~the next morning~
I woke up with my stomach growling. I remembered that we hadn't eaten anything yesterday. Gibby was asleep, so I looked out and saw that it was still night. The sky was starry and it looked peaceful as the moon shone, being the only light since the fire was out. I went back to sleep for a few hours.
Gibby woke me up in the early morning saying he was hungry and I agreed with him.
"So, what are we gonna eat?'' he asked.
"I don't know, but I'm kinda thirsty too.'' I said.
"Okay, we'll find something to drink first.'' he got up and walked to the exit of the cave, me following him. We started off to the left, trying to find something we could drink. Soon, I heard water running so I assumed we were approaching a river. Gibby started walking faster, telling me that we were near water. After a minute or two of walking we finally made our way to a lake. There was a waterfall above it and a lot of cute birds. I walked over to the lake and drunk some water, just about enough to satisfy my thirst, and saw fish swimming in it.
"Gibby!'' I shouted making Gibby spill water all over himself.
"What?'' he asked frustrated..
"Catch the fish! We could eat them!'' I proposed.
"Since when do I look like a… Fish catcher?'' he threw his arms in the air.
"I don't know, just try!''
"How?'' I pushed him in the water as the answer to his question. When he emerged, he started glaring at me.
"Come on! See if you can catch anything!'' I encouraged him. He rolled his eyes and bent down into the lake trying to grab a fish.
"I can't!"
"Try harder!''
He groaned, but continued. After a few minutes, he gave up his poor attempts.
"I can't catch anything! Everytime I even grab one, it slips through my fingers. It's too slimy!'' he whined. Right then, we heard some bushes rustling. Both turning around and seeing a rabbit stare at us, we got up and slowly walked towards it. We shared same thoughts; a tasty little snack was standing in front of us, and it wasn't slimy or hard to grab. We shared a glance and both jumped at the rabbit trying to catch it. It got away and started running.
"What are you waiting for? Go!'' I yelled at Gibby who took my command and started chasing the rabbit. I ran after them and soon caught up. Gibby was screaming and running as fast as he could, but the rabbit was still a little faster. I had been so hungry I pushed Gibby out of the way, started screaming myself and ran after the rabbit, getting closer and closer. I heard Gibby get up and start running again. He screamed with me. If someone saw us, they'd think we were idiots. Yeah… Like that wasn't true.
Gibby ran faster and faster until he passed me by. I was impressed with him until he tripped on something and hit the ground with a loud thud. I chuckled to myself and continued running. Gibby got up, screaming, and passed me by again. Soon enough the rabbit lost our sight, but as we came closer, we saw it sitting on the edge of an opening. We screamed and Gibby jumped right on it, grabbing it and choking it until it was dead. He lifted his catch above his head as a sign of victory.
He turned to me grinning from ear to ear. I grinned back, but he turned his attention to what was in the opening. Something seemed to catch his eyes because he dropped the dead rabbit on the ground. His eyes were wide open, filled with happiness, as he ran to the two people standing near a river, he yelled their names. I recognized who they were and smiled.
Sam's POV
Gibby had finally let go of us and we both breathed for air that he'd squeezed out of us.
"I can't believe you're alive!" he shouted. "Did the tiger get you?"
"What tiger?'' Both Frednerd and I asked at the same time.
"The tiger that almost attacked me and Wendy!'' Gibby explained, leaving our faces with his spit all over them. Wendy had quietly approached us, carrying the dead rabbit carefully in her hands. Once she'd come, she'd put the rabbit on the ground.
"A tiger attacked you?'' I shouted.
"Almost.'' Wendy answered.
"Wha- How? How did it happen?'' Freddie asked, dumbfounded.
"I was watching you guys 'fight' from the bushes and then Gibby pulled me back cause the tiger was walking around there. He almost saw us, but Gibby threw a rock in the way to the beach where you guys were and then he led me far away from the tiger. That's when I told him that you guys were on the beach. We both agreed that it was too dangerous for us to go back, so we found a cave and stayed there for the night. In the morning we were hungry and then chased a rabbit which led us to you.'' Wendy explained everything and Freddass and I both nodded.
"So..?'' Gibby broke the silence. "What were you doing? And what's that?'' he pointed to Alex.
"That's Alex, my bird.'' I said. "Say hi to Gibby, Alex!''
"Hi to Gibby!'' the bird squeaked.
"It speaks?" Wendy and Gibby said at the same time.
"Yeah, a little.'' Freddie answered.
"Shut up, Freddork!'' Alex said.
"I wonder who she's learned that from.'' he glared at me and I just rolled my eyes in return. I can't believe I was about to kiss him just a few minutes ago.
"So, what are we to do now?'' Wendy asked us.
"I don't know.'' Gibby answered her question. I still felt like hell from the freaking stupid pain. I hate being hurt. It sucks.
Wendy sighed and looked down. I could see whole bunch of emotions she was feeling. Frustration, boredom, helplessness, hurt, sadness, tiredness and wonder. She was f*cked up, probably the same as me, and everyone else. I had no clue as to what we should do or where we should go. All I knew is that I wanted to go back to Seattle, Carly and Spencer. I just wanted to be lying on their couch again. I remembered that I was the one that wanted to go on this trip so much I was happy when Cary got sick. I really hate irony. It's as stupid as pain.
"Well, Sam and I were gonna go find somewhere to stay because there's clearly a storm coming.'' Frediferr spoke. Yeah, that's exactly what we were doing..
"Do you guys know how to get back to the cave that you stayed in?'' Freddie asked them.
"No, man. I lost track. We were really hungry, we just ran after the rabbit forgetting about everything else.'' Gibson shrugged.
Great, now we're gonna have to wander around the jungle like jerks, not to mention I'm gonna have to stay put with them. It's gonna be hard to do, but I'm a Puckett, I can handle that. Right?
Suddenly, we heard quiet roaring and sniffing from behind the bushes. All four of us turned around, looking at the same spot where Gibby and Wendy came from (that's where we heard the noise), waiting for something to happen. Soon, there came a big orange cat's head out of a hibiscus bush. I gasped upon the creature's eyes meeting mine. They were clearly green, just like they were on one of my notebooks. It slowly put one of its paws out from the shadows, still looking right at me.
I didn't dare to break the eye contact with it, as if it would get mad and attack me for doing it, but I could feel the chills and goose bumps forming on my skin. I didn't know if it was the wind or the beast's cold eyes boring into mine that caused them. The sky had become totally grey as the wind carried dry fallen branches and leaves slowly around.
Gibby's eyes were wide with fear, Wendy slowly inched back closer to us, and I could feel Freddie's arm sneaking around my waist, as if to secure me from getting mauled. I gripped on his shirt tightly with one of my hands still looking at the tiger who put his other paw in front of him, taking one more step. I knew something bad was gonna happen. The animal growled looking directly at us. I saw its claws come out of his paws, a sign that he was preparing to strike. His body slowly showed up from under the leaves, as well as his tail that was slowly swinging from side to side. It stopped as the tiger lowered its head. I knew exactly what this meant.
The beast roared and jumped towards us. The only one of us that didn't scream was Freddie. Instead, he took my hand and dragged me away from the tiger. Wendy and Gibby were right in front of us. Being the chickens they were gave them a lot of speed. My God damned wounds didn't allow me to move as fast as the others and my clumsy personality made me trip and fall letting go of Freddie's hand.
He ran a little more, but then stopped realizing I'd let go of him, Wendy and Gibby were far gone. He watched as the tiger took a swing at me with its claws and hit the spot on my thigh, right above my knee. I yelped in pain, but hit the cat in the head with my foot and got up. The tiger took another two swings at me. One of the claws hit my chest, ripping my shirt and a part of my bra, the other one crashed on the right side of my waist. I looked down and saw that the upper part of my body was all bloody.
The tiger roared loudly and opened his mouth to bite me, but the helpless standing Freddie hit it with a rock and it groaned in pain. I took my chance and started running away, on the other side of the tiger and Freddie. The brunette boy had already thrown a few rocks at the tiger and had begun running in the other direction. I don't remember when I was this grateful to someone. He saved me, once again.
I used all my strength to run as fast I could, everything I had in me. My hands were covering the spots where the tiger got me. Everything started turning blurry as I ran. I knew I had to get as far away from the monster that almost killed me as possible. I didn't have much energy left. Tears were streaming down my red cheeks making it harder for me to see. I tripped and stumbled through the ground covered in roots of the huge trees surrounding me. It was dark even though it was only morning. I tried to move fast and get the hell outta there. I cried and coughed fighting for air, opening my mouth wide and sucking it up greedily. I never felt this bad before.
I ran and ran, God knows for how long. My lungs were burning and I thought I couldn't take it any more. As I stumbled to get away, I tripped on a root and, falling, my neck got embrangled with a liana that was hanging in between two trees. It tied up around my neck and I finally fell on the ground. As I struggled to get it off, it started choking me and I couldn't breathe anymore. I coughed cause I needed air desperately. Suddenly, I heard a thunder, and the rain started pouring hard. Everything slowly started fading to black, but I wouldn't give up just yet. I gathered all of the energy that was left in me and broke the liana off of my neck. My throat finally filled up with air.
I turned my head and saw a cave nearby, there was light coming out of it so I assumed someone had to be in there. I knew I couldn't get up to go to it, so I tried calling for help. I opened my mouth, but I couldn't say anything. Only quiet shrieks escaped my throat, nothing loud enough for anyone to hear. But I couldn't stay out in the open. What if the tiger finds me? Or something else?
I reached out my arm trying to grab a hold of something. I saw that my palms were all covered up in my own blood. I let out a gasp at the scary sight, rolled onto my stomach and started slowly crawling to the cave, letting out whimpers of pain. I grabbed the grass beneath me, leaving a trail of blood after me. I moved a few meters, but couldn't do any more.
My wrapped up knee started bleeding again and my ankle felt worse than ever. I couldn't move from the stupid pain that I felt. There was no more strength or energy left in me. I looked at the cave with hope that someone would come out of it. No one did.
All of the little colors that I saw started slowly fading away, all of them turning to black. I put my head down in misery, forgetting about everything, forgetting who I was or where I was. The only thing I didn't forget, was the pain.
Reuben's POV
I woke up early this morning and went to the lake I usually catch my fish and wash at. I started to smell so I thought I'd go and swim in it a little. As I came over to it I took off all of my clothes and just jumped in the water. It was refreshing. Not cold, just refreshing.
I liked what puberty had done to my body. I had nice muscles and well… Yeah, I'm not gonna go there. Anyway, I wasn't the dorky boy I used to be.
I swam to the place I threw my clothes at and took them soaking them in the water. I only left my boxers dry. I got out and put them on, carrying the rest of my clothes in my hands. On my way back to the cave I picked some bananas and a mango, taking them with me. As I came back to my cave I put the clothes out leaving them to dry and sat there eating some of the bananas.
When I was done with them I just threw the peel out on the ground. I looked up to the sky to see that it was getting ready to rain. I went inside and lit the fire, then took the wet clothes inside. I settled against a wall in the cave looking at all the supplies that I brought from an old plane I found. There was a first aid kit, some blankets and pillows, some clothes, flashlights, and a pocket knife. I dozed off, thinking about one person.
I drove up to a garage in my new car, parking it and locking it as I exited. I smiled feeling happy and went out of the garage. There was a small decent house in front of me, painted light yellow, and had a lot of flowers surrounding it. Suddenly, something ran up to me. I looked down and saw a happy golden retriever waving its tail and watching me with happiness. I bent down and petted its head, finding its collar and reading a name that it had written on it. I read it out loud: Spencer.
Spencer barked and started chasing its own tail. I chuckled and continued my way to the beautiful little house in front of me, Spencer following me. I made my way to the front porch and the doors ahead of me, taking a key out of my pocket and unlocking the door. Spencer rushed in the house and I followed him. On the right was a kitchen and a dining room, on the left was a bathroom and a staircase, and in front of me was an exit to the backyard. I shouted the common: "Honey, I'm home!'' phrase and heard footsteps from upstairs coming down from the stairs.
A few seconds later, there she was. Looking like an angel with blond curls falling around her perfect face and those gorgeous blue eyes that made me melt every time I saw them. A smile appeared on her pink soft lips as she saw me. She walked over to me and before I knew it, she had her lips pressed up against mine. We pulled away after a few seconds, she smiled and asked: "How was work?''
"Fine.'' I answered. "Yours?'' she grinned and answered.
"I got promoted!'' she exclaimed.
"Really? I'm so happy for you!'' I hugged her, lifted her up in the air spinning around and then let go after a few moments.
"You know what? This calls for a celebration. I'm taking you out to special dinner tonight, okay?'' I asked.
"Will there be fried chicken?'' she asked seriously.
"There will be anything you want.'' I smiled, knowing I gave her a satisfying answer. She hugged me and said she was going to get the table set for lunch. I rushed upstairs and into our bedroom, getting changed. I took out the box that I had hidden in one of my pockets. I opened it and saw the ring. The ring I knew Sam would like, it had black and shining crystals on it. I just hoped she would like it enough to say "Yes.''
I woke up from my nap, feeling weirded out. This was one of the usual dreams I had, but I just had a feeling something was wrong. I looked around and saw that the fire was still burning, but the rain had been falling for a long while now. I'd say a couple of hours. I tried to calm down and go back to sleep, but something kept bothering me. I couldn't figure out what it was, but it bugged me hard. Something was wrong, I could feel it. I got up and went over to the exit of my little cave. The rain was pouring hard and everything was creepy grey looking, but something eventually caught my eyes. I saw a human form lying on the ground. Whoever it was I needed to help them.
I rushed out of the cave and to the person on the ground. As I neared them I realized there was something familiar about them. It was a teen blond girl. It was Sam! I quickly bent down to her to check what's wrong with her. Her body was limp and she was covered in blood. I checked her breathing and heartbeat. Both of those were slower than they're supposed to be. She was cold like ice and passed out. God only knows how long she's been out here on the freezing rain.
I put one of my hands under her knees and one under her torso, carrying her to my cave bridal style. When I came there I put her down and took a blanket wrapping it around her. I snuggled her closer to me to keep her warm. I put more of the logs I kept in the cave into the fire to make it bigger. It grew larger with every second. That was good.
I put Sam closer to the fire and unwrapped the blanket off her body. I looked at all the wounds she had. Her shirt was ripped and blood was dripping from it. I decided to take it off of her, she would just be colder with it on. I did the same with her shorts. I started drying her with a towel that I had. When her legs were decently dry, I unwrapped the cloth she had on her knee. The sight of her knee wasn't really nice. It was all bloody and her flesh could be seen. I decided to take care of her legs first. I needed to be fast, cause she's been loosing a lot of blood and I couldn't risk her loosing any more. I took the first aid kit and got to work.
~half an hour later~
Her legs had been taken care of and her body seemed to get back to its normal temperature. I looked at her bruised face and her red neck, wondering what the f*ck happened to her. I gently caressed her cheek and then went to the wound on the right side of her waist, and all the little scratches.
~another half an hour later~
I was done with everything except for that wound she had on the right side of her chest. It was of three deep lines that led to the inside of the bra, and I wouldn't really want to clean it without her permission.
Well, by now Sam had been dry, so I removed the wet blanket from her and took another one wrapping it around her. Just then, I heard her moan.
Normal POV, Seattle
Carly Shay was in her bathroom, getting ready for her date tonight. She wore a beautiful knee length dark-blue dress with a white big belt around her waist and had white uggs boots on. She had been currently curlying her hair. She always thought she looked prettier with curls like Sam's. The moment she remembered Sam, Carly started feeling sad. It was the first time she'd gone out of her house for weeks. She'd always been alone sleeping or reading or crying.
Well, today in school Jake had asked her out. He said he felt really bad for what happened with Sam and Freddie. It had been weird at school because there were hardly any teachers or students. Everyone could fit in one class. Once, Carly had history with Mrs. Ackerman all alone. She remembered the experience and shivered.
Once she'd done her hair, Carly started applying makeup. First her eyeliner, then eyeshadow and finally lipgloss. She'd never applied mascara because she didn't think of it as necessary, for her lashes were big enough.
She looked in the mirror, satisfied with her look and went out of the bathroom, seeing Spencer that was lying on the floor.
"Why are you lying on the floor?'' Carly asked, but her tone didn't seem all that interested in what the answer was.
"I'm depressed.'' he answered. "Sam and Freddie have been gone for a long time, do you think they're okay?'' he questioned. Carly went over to the couch and sat down.
"I don't know.'' she answered truthfully. Before, she kinda hoped they were alright, she believed in it. But now Carly wasn't so sure anymore. She started loosing her faith.
"I'm sorry kiddo.'' he got up and sat next to her on the couch. "You look beautiful.''
"Thanks.'' she mumbled, still looking at the floor.
"Hey,'' her older brother started, putting an arm around her shoulder. "It's gonna be okay. You just go out with Jake tonight and have fun, okay?'' she nodded in response. In a few moments, there was a knock on the door. Spencer got up from the couch and opened the door. There was a blond boy standing in the doorway with a few colorful tulips in his hands. Carly's favorite.
She tried to put on a smile as she walked to him, kissing his cheek and taking the flowers.
"Thanks.'' she thanked him.
"No problem. Are you okay?'' he asked her.
"Yeah, I guess.'' was her answer. She wished that Sam was there so she could share her happiness about going one a date with such a cute guy. But she wasn't.
Marissa Benson had been sitting on her couch in the living room, watching the news. They were talking about the shipwreck that happened on the ship her son was on. Marissa could barely hold back her tears as she watched pictures of all the people that had gone missing since the horrible event slide on her screen. After a few pictures of the faces she never even saw, came up a picture of her dearly loved son, 'Freddie Benson' was written underneath it.
Right then, Marissa started sobbing loudly into a pillow on the couch. She couldn't take it anymore, all the pain she felt when Freddie wasn't around. His laughter never filling the room, and his rejections of the anti-bacterial underwear she had been forcing him to wear never to be heard. All she ever heard was the silence. Silence and silence and silence…
She got up from the couch she had been sitting on and walked to her son's room, opening the door quietly, hoping that, maybe, when she opened the door, she'd find him sitting at his desk, peacefully writing his homework. Then, he'd look up to her, smile and greet her.
She finally opened the door and turned the lights on. When she didn't get the sight she was expecting to see, Marissa felt crushed and started crying again. She closed the door quietly behind her, hearing a click, then went over the her son's Galaxy Wars themed bed and sat down on it. Oh, how she had wished he was there so she'd get to kiss his forehead and wish him sweet dreams. But he wasn't.
Spencer Shay had been currently saying goodbye to his little sister who was going out tonight with a guy Spencer wasn't upset about even the slightest bit. He told him to have her home by midnight and then the couple left, leaving Spencer all alone in his apartment.
He too had been missing Carly's two whacky best friends in his apartment all the time. It was too quiet for him; for he had always been used to have some kind of noise surrounding him. Spencer sincerely hoped they were fine.
He walked over to the fridge taking out the remainings of the lunch that him and Carly had had today. It was fried chicken and mashed potatoes. He immediately thought of Sam; she would love this kind of lunch. Spencer took a fork and sat down at the dining table. For the first time in his life he was truly lonely. He sat at the table, looking completely depressed, and played with the food in his plate. After a few minutes, he was done, so he put the dirty dishes in the sink. Then, he took the gluten free pie, that Mrs. Benson had brought them, out of the refrigerator and dug into it, instantly remembering Freddie. He chewed up a piece of the pie, thinking it wasn't that bad. But the taste started getting worse so he set the plate down on the island and rushed to the bathroom.
As he got in, he knelt beside the toilet and started vomiting. A few minutes later, he was breathing normally again and didn't feel sick anymore, after washing his face and mouth with cold refreshing water. He got out of the bathroom and went towards the living room. In the middle of the room was his couch, empty, which he expected it not to be. He wished Sam and Freddie were sitting on it, watching Girly Cow or arguing about something so stupid even Spencer himself couldn't understand. But they weren't.
Sam's POV
I woke up looking around, my vision still a blur. The last thing I remembered was that I had passed out outside on the rain, all covered in blood. I moaned and shut my eyes tightly. Was it possible that maybe I was dead? And that now I'm in heaven?
"Well, good morning, sleeping beauty.'' A familiar voice said. I opened my eyes.
"Reub…'' I tried saying his name, but my throat hurt a lot.
"Shh… You have a fever and I can see that something happened to your neck, am I right?'' he asked, and I nodded in response. I finally saw where I was. It was a cute little cave and there was fire burning in one corner. I was wrapped up in a blanket and Reuben was kneeling beside me. It was pouring rain, but Reuben seemed to be very well-equipped. I didn't know where he got the blankets or any of the first aid kit.
"Okay, now I need you to tell me where else does it hurt the most? Maybe something that I haven't taken care of?'' he questioned carefully. I moved my hand over to the wound I had on my chest and recognized my bare skin under my hand. I looked down and saw that the only clothes covering me were my black panties and a matching bra, although it was ripped a little, but not enough to expose anything. I wondered why the hell I was almost naked and looked at Reuben fearfully. His eyes widened when he got what I was thinking.
"Oh, Sam, I just took your clothes off cause they were wet and bloody. I swear I didn't do anything like that. Okay, Sam? I promise.'' I nodded when I made sure he was telling the truth. After all, he saved me. I could've been dead by now.
"Look, I just need to clean this last wound that you have. Okay?'' he reached to the wound at my chest, but my hand stopped him.
"Sam, I know you're scared, but I really need to clean it.'' I let go of his hand. He took a coconut shell with water in it and a piece of gauze, cleaning it. After a few moments he sighed and looked at me with an unreadable expression on his face. I sent him a questioning look.
"Uhm.. You're gonna have to take off your bra. I can't do it like this.'' his face had a look of guilt on it. I took a good hard stare at him and then shook my head no.
"Come on, Sam, I've got to clean it.'' he pleaded. I shook my head again.
"Look, I know this is hard for you, but the wound is too deep to just be left like this. Understand?'' I nodded as he continued. "If it doesn't get disinfected anytime soon you could get blood poisoning and die. Do you want that to happen?'' I shook my head.
"Now, will you let me do what I have to do? I swear I won't try anything.'' I gulped and instead of answering him, reached behind me, unhooking my bra. He reached his hand over me pulling the blanket over my legs and waited for me to take the bra off. I slid the straps off and gave the bra to Reuben who's cheeks turned a bit pink. He took the bra and set it down next to him, then pulled a bit of blanket over the parts of my upper body except for my left breast. He avoided meeting my eyes as he started to clean the cuts. I have never been more f*cking embarrassed in my life. After a few awkward minutes of silence, he spoke.
"You, uh… You have beautiful breasts.'' he complimented blushing a deeper shade of pink. This time I blushed, too.
"Thanks.'' I managed to say the word. My voice could barely be heard. I coughed afterwards.
"Oh, I forgot. Do you want any water?'' he offered and I nodded. Then, he turned around and took another coconut shell with water. He helped me drink a little.
"Okay, let's get back to work.'' He took some kind of bottle and poured a few drops on the cuts. It started to sting, but he took a bit of cloth and wiped the liquid away. I didn't know what it was, but I sure didn't like it. He then took some little sticks with wool that are usually used for cleaning ears, and he put one of his hands under my breast, holding it, while he continued to clean the wound. The places where his fingers touched my skin felt like they were on fire and the space between my thighs was burning. Soon, I started feeling a little more comfortable with him doing this, though I was still embarrassed.
"This has to be.. the most embarrassing moment in my..'' I swallowed and then finished. "-life.'' Reuben smiled and said:
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone.'' he grinned.
"What is going on here?'' A familiar voice exclaimed. Both Reuben and I looked to the exit of the cave to see Shane's face looking at us weirdly. I decided to say something I couldn't resist.
"I take that back. This is the most embarrassing moment of my life.''
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There ya go! A special chapter and a funny little cliffy :) Hope you enjoyed it. I'm writing this at 5 in the morning so that might explain why there are a couple of swears and stuff like that in there. I would really appreciate it if you reviewed! So… Review, please! I'll give you a virtual cookie :D
~Alex, duh...