Shipwrecked

Chapter 27

Gibby's POV

I was dancing around freely without any shirt on, in the Cheesecake Warehouse. I was out with the most perfect girl ever. We danced on the table as people around us cheered to the rhythm of the song that was playing. Around the table, were the huge cakes that they gave out for desserts in this whacky restaurant.

The girl dancing with me was beautiful. The first thing you notice about her are her gorgeous green eyes, and her fiery red hair. She seemed like such a familiar stranger. We danced and danced and danced... Until the song was over. After that, we both sat down in our chairs and resumed eating our huge cheesecakes.

My beautiful dream girl smiled at me when I finally realized who she was. Wendy. Wendy Parker.

I woke up looking around rapidly, searching for the girl I had been dreaming about. She was supposed to be here, but she wasn't. Freddie wasn't there either. Had they left me? I was completely alone.

I got up and exited the cave. The sun had just come out and it was still pretty dark outside, but it wasn't raining anymore, which I liked. I never liked the rain so much.

As I went out of the shelter I noticed two pairs of footprints in the wet ground. I assumed they were Wendy's and Freddie's. I still couldn't believe they left me- How could they? I decided to follow their footsteps.

My bare feet melted into the muddy ground beneath me as I walked, carefully looking at all of the dents in the land, searching for the ones that looked like a human's footprint. I followed the path for a good 20 minutes till I finally saw something that literally made me gasp for air.

Freddie's POV

I had no idea for how long I had been asleep, all I knew was that I couldn't wake up. That is until I felt a soft and gentle hand carefully shaking my shoulder. I wasn't fully conscious, so I thought it was a dream.

''Freddie, wake up.''

''Wha-Mom, just five more minutes...'' I mumbled sleepily, still not realizing anything that had been going on. I was hoping to wake up, safely, in my warm bed.

''Freddie?'' The voice repeated a little louder than before, continuing to gently shake my shoulders. I slowly opened my eyes, while my vision was still a blur. Even though I had problems with seeing right then, I could still recognize the person standing in front of me. He finally moved his hands away from me, a content look on his face, for he had finally woken me up.

''Morning, dude.'' he said, giving me a slight smile. ''You've been out all night, plus the yesterday's afternoon.'' he told me, when I finally noticed that it had been dawn, though it wasn't that bright yet. I blinked a few times, adjusting my view to the circumstances.

''Have you been awake all that time?'' I asked, curiously.

''Yeah, I actually was. Neither Sam nor Wendy woke up yet.'' he said, looking at the sleeping girls. Wendy was now leaned against my shoulder and Sam was curled up on the ground, a pillow under her head and two blankets wrapped around her hurt body. She seemed so small and helpless...

''Anyway, I just wanted to wake you up so you could take care of the girls and make sure that nothing goes wrong while I'm gone.'' Reuben interrupted my thoughts.

''Where are you going?'' I asked.

''I need to get us something to eat. Sam's really weak right now, she needs some energy.'' he explained.

''Oh, okay. I get it.''

''Hey, could you, please just lay there next to Sam?'' he asked, but I could see that he didn't really want to. With a smile on my face, I accepted his offer. He faked a smile back at me and helped me move next to Sam by holding Wendy in his arms. I lay next to Sam and carefully wrapped my arms around her, trying my best not to wake her up. Reuben slowly moved Wendy over to me, too. I hugged her with my free arm, pulling her into me as she mumbled something in her sleep.

''Okay. Don't worry. I'll be right back.'' he said and started exiting the cave.

''Hey,'' I stopped him. ''Don't ever say ''I'll be right back.'' Only dumb people in stupid horror movies say that and then they never come back.''

''Yeah, but we're not in a horror movie.'' Reuben released a smile. The moment he'd said that, a tiger jumped inside the cave and ripped his head off. I couldn't believe my eyes. Blood splattered all over the walls and Reuben's head rolled over near my leg, his eyes still looking at me. Suddenly his ripped head smiled at me and said: ''I'll be right back.'' My eyes widened in terror.

''Okay. Don't worry. I'll be right back.'' Reuben said and smiled at me as he went for the exit of the cave. What the? Wasn't he just splattered all over the cave? Okay, this is really freaky.

''Uh, Reuben, wait!'' I said, still not realizing what had happened. One moment his head was ripped off of his body and the other he was perfectly fine! I guess I just had a vision or something...

''What?'' He asked, turning back to me.

''Just.. Just be careful.'' I told him. This time, he grinned at me and I could see that it was deep from his soul. He smiled such a truthful smile that I felt something I've never felt before.

''Okay, I will.'' he nodded, still smiling. ''I appreciate your advice, Freddie. I really do. I know that we've never had any kind of interaction before, and I can feel that we've definitely started off on the wrong foot. But I hope that will change. I really mean that. I hope that, maybe, one day we could actually be friends.'' He shot one last smile at me as he left the cave, without saying another word to me.

Hey, guys! Here's another update! I know the chapter isn't that long, but it's still a chapter and a pretty quick update! I guess... Well, you see that? Reuben wants to friends with Freddie. Isn't that the cutest thing ever? Kidding, they're not gay! I just want to show you guys that Reuben is a really nice and sweet guy and that you guys shouldn't hate him! He didn't do anything wrong, so guys please stop insulting him! It makes me feel really bad :( See?

-Alex(andra) :D

P.S Review, please! And stop hating Reuben!