Shipwrecked

Chapter 30

Sam's POV

''What? Shannon, who's coming?'' Reuben held the freaked brunette as she gasped for air. She looked as if she was about to pass out, her curls were dry, tangled to one another, her skin pale, and her eyes dark as the night.

''The-They… They killed…'' she coughed and widened her eyes as if the realization had just strcuk her.

''Wendy, give me the remaining water!'' Reuben panicked as Shannon almost coughed her guts out.

''We have to go…'' Shannon whispered. ''We-They're coming!'' She screamed, her voice hoarse. She continued gasping insanely and reached for the water Wendy had brought her. She drank from the coconut, not caring if she spilled the water around.

When she emptied the coconut, she threw it to the ground and her eyes widened again.

''We gotta go!'' she shouted, her voice sounding a bit better, somewhat stronger.

''Why! Shannon, tell us what happened!'' Reuben tried to reason her, but Shannon just kept shaking her head and repeating the word 'no'.

''Shannon, calm down!'' Freddie grabbed the brunette by her shoulders and shook her. She didn't do as he said, though. I remebered that she has always had a massive crush on him.

''Look, Shannon, if you tell us what happened, I'll kiss you!'' Well, I guess I wasn't the only one who remembered. Though it kind of pulled at one of my heart strings to hear him say that. He was just kissing me a few moments ago. How did he become like this?

''You know, Freddie, kissing isn't the answer to everything.'' I heard Reuben's angry voice interrupt Shannon's quiet weeping. The look in Reuben's eyes said it all. He knew. He saw us. Darn it.

Wendy rolled her eyes and lifted Shannon's head up.

''Look, I know it's hard for you, Shannon, but you have to tell us what's happening. And you have to do it right now, because I sense that it's not good. Pull yourself together, we need you. Calm down and tell us.'' Wendy assured her, and Shannon nodded.

'I-I… Me and Anna.. '' Anna was one of Shannon's best friends. ''We were hiding in a cave. And then, then, they came and they… They-they…''

''They what?'' Wendy asked firmly.

''They killed her!'' she shouted and burst into tears. I shivered and felt my blood draining from my face. Gibby pulled me closer, convincing me that everything was going to be alright.

''Who? Who killed her, Shannon?'' Reuben took over the questioning, since Wendy had started to drift off in her thoughts. Anna was Wendy's friend as well.

''Those… Those freaks. I-I don't know who they are. The-They're… Something like…'' Shannon stuttered through her tears.

''Like what?'' Freddie hurried her.

''Native people.'' Shannon said. ''This is their island.''

''Maybe we could talk to them!'' Gibby suggested.

''I don't know if they speak english. They were saaying some weird stuff. I couldn't understand them! And then they attacked her! And I didn't… I didn't know what to do.. So I ran away… I-I left her… And they ki-!''

''Okay, that's enough, Shannon. You did the right thing.'' Reuben hugged her as she began to cry again.

''What do we do know?'' Freddie asked.

''Where did they go, Shannon? Did they follow you?'' Reuben ignored Freddie's question.

''Yeah, I think so.'' She mumbled.

''Then we have to get moving. Fast.'' Reuben said.

''How?'' Wendy asked. ''How will Sam go?''

''I can carry her.'' Gibby suggested.

''To my judgements, it is logical that we get back on the beach. And the beach isn't that close to here. You can't carry her all the way, Gibby.'' Wendy said, pointing out the obvious.

''That's okay. We'll take turns.'' Reuben said, coming closer to me and Gibby. ''I'll go first.'' He bent down and took my hand in his, then smiled at me, like he was promising everything would be alright.

''How much until they're here, Shannon?'' Reuben asked her.

''Around 20 minutes. My footprints are out there, they will find us easily.''

''Yeah, shoot, it was raining.'' Freddie spoke. Shannon broke out crying once again, so him and Wendy comforted her.

''Gibbs, you gotta do me a favor.'' Reuben whispered.

''Anything, man.'' Gibby nodded.

''You have to get them out of here for two minutes. I need to check something with Sam, okay? We need to be left alone for it.'' Reuben explained.

''Sure, no problem.'' Gibby said, understanding the situation. He got up and simply dragged everyone outside, saying that he needs them to do something.

Finally, Rueben and I were alone.

''Do you want me to take a look at it or..?'' he asked carefully.

''Sure.'' I grimaced and lifted my shirt up, leaning my head on the cold stone behind me. I let out a deep breath when I felt his hands on the gauze he'd put over my wound.

''Sorry.'' He said, his eyes apologizing for every move he'd made.

''Is it bad?'' I asked when he slowly detached one end of it and peeked inside.

''No, it's not. It'll be alright.'' He put the gauze back in its place and pulled my shirt back down. After that, he just kept staring into my eyes. I could not believe the two words that had escaped my mouth at that moment.

''Kiss me.'' I whispered.

''What?'' he was confused.

''Please. Just do it.''

''Why?'' he became serious.

''Because I want you to.''

''Don't you remember what happened last time? You dumped me. Without any reasons or explanations.'' He said.

''I know I did. But I promise it won't be like that this time. I really wanna be your girlfriend.'' I watched him swallow as he thought it through.

''I'm not gonna hurt you, I promise. You helped me so much, you care about me, I just wanna give that back to you. I really want to.'' I could not believe the words I was saying. I had been pouring my heart out to him. He changed me, he made like this, all vulnerable and sensitive. But I liked being like that when I was around him.

''But what about what just happened with you a-''

''Forget it.''

''Are you sure?'' he slightly touched my cheek.

''Yes.'' I confirmed. Next thing I knew, he was slowly closing the small distance between us, and I felt his warm lips gently touching mine. The kiss was so light I could barely even feel it. But I enjoyed it the way it was. I ran my hand through his golden hair and looked right into his eyes. I laughed a little and brushed my nose against his.

He smiled and got up. He put one of his hands under my knee, one under my torso and lifted me up, taking my blankets with me. I put my hands around his neck as he carried me out, bridal style.

Gibby's POV

I dragged Wendy, Freddie and Shannon outside to give Sam and Reuben a little privacy they asked for. I wondered what they were doing.

''So what did you need us to do?'' Freddie asked, already having looked towards the cave, like he didn't want Sam and Reuben in there all alone.

''I wanted us to try and cover up Shannon's footprints.'' I said at the top of my head. ''Maybe we can make it look like she went into another direction.''

''Yeah that's pretty smart, Gibby.'' Wendy complimented me, and I smiled at her in return.

''Freddie, you and Shannon should quickly indicate a lot of footsteps up there,'' I pointed at a small hill that ended with a field of grass and a buch of trees, ''Wendy and I will try to clear these.''

Shannon dragged Freddie away, pushing her feet into the soft ground as if she hoped that would keep the native people away. As if it would fix things. I wish.

Wendy tried to rub out the footprints with her own feet and I joined her, but what we made was just a bunch of other footprints.

''This isn't working out.'' Wendy sighed. ''It's pointless.'' She turned around, twitching at the sight of our friend's dead body. She suddenly slipped on the mud, so I had to react fast. I grabbed her arms before she could land in a pile of mud.

''Gah, I hate this island!'' she sounded frustrated. I think we were all frustrated in that moment. Two of our friends got killed, we had been chased by a tiger, and now we were a target for the native people of the island.

''It'll be okay, Wendy.'' I said helping her get out of the mud. I took her hand in mine and lifted her up from the puddle. As she stood normally on her own, she looked at me, right in the eyes. I got lost in hers. They were pure green, like of that tiger that had chased us. They were just gorgeous.

''Where are Freddie and Shannon?'' I heard my best friend's voice interrupt us. I turned around and saw him carrying Sam in his arms. She didn't look at me though, she kept her eyes focused on him. It was as if nothing else existed for her. Just him. Was it possible that she was in love with him?

''They're here.'' I pointed at the duo returning from their mission.

''This isn't gonna work out,'' Freddie started telling me, ''Now there's footprints to there and then ba-''

''Doesn't matter. We have to get going.'' Reuben interrupted him. As soon as Freddie saw Sam in his arms, his eyes got darker and his expression changed. But of course, Sam didn't notice him either. Instead, she closed her eyes and leaned her head on Rueben, completely relaxing in his arms. Reuben turned around and started leading the way. I hurried and followed him, dragging Wendy behind me.

Sam's POV

I relaxed in Reuben's arms as we walked away from the place I thought was safe. I opened my eyes and looked at the blonde boy before me. I could not get enough of looking at him, it was as if he was my drug. He noticed my staring and smiled at me, like he wanted to convince me that everything would be alright. I lifted my hand up to his cheek and gently carressed its soft skin as he tried to pretend that nothing was happening, he didn't want to draw attention. He was so shy. He was good, I could see it in his eyes.

I should have said yes to him long before, but I was too stupid to see the real him. He's such a perfect guy. Caring, loving, gentle, understanding… And he was hot. Seriously hot. And his hair.. Oh, my God, his hair was just perfect, that golden color and the way it shone in the sun. His dark, dark eyes, so mysterious, so distant, yet so comfortable and attractive. And when he smiled, showing his perfectly white teeth... Oh, dear Lord, I could fall to my knees. When I was with him, I felt important. It was as if nothing else in the world existed for him but me. He made me feel better, significant. He was so fucking perfect. But he can never know I think that. Never. He'll think I'm weak. I don't want him to, I want him to think the best of me. The best that's possible.

Suddenly, I felt pain striking me through my chest. I took a quick sharp breath which caused Reuben to look at me worriedly. His eyes questioned me boring into my soul. He wanted to know what happened, he wanted to know if I was okay. The pain left, so I swallowed and answered him.

''I'm okay.'' I whispered, so that nobody else could hear.

I looked around and saw Gibby. Something was bothering him, he wasn't the usual Gibby. There was something in the way he looked at Wendy. She walked before him, and his eyes glistened as he watched her move. As if he wasn't sure about something. I thought he liked her. Maybe he did, but he didn't want to admit it to himself or anyone else. His feelings were always complicated for me to understand.

Shannon walked next to Gibby, hugging her own arms. She was still shaking and I could clearly see fear in her eyes. She was totally freaked out, and I could've imagined why. The same thing happened to me and Reuben. Well, not the same, but pretty similar. Shane was killled by a tiger right in front of us, and her friend Anna was killed in front of her, but by people. I didn't know which thing was worse.

Finally, I looked behind Reuben's shoulder and saw him. As I looked up to his eyes, I saw that he had already been watching me. Our eyes met. It was as if the world stopped. He looked at me with so many feelings, I could not recognize them all. He was angry, and he was sad. I think he noticed the change between me and Reuben. I knew, now, that he liked me.

Freddie, the geek who's always been chasing my best friend Carly. If he'd only remebered to tell me that before. When I was deeply in love with him. When I couldn't think of anything else but him. After our first kiss… I fell for him, and I fell deep. But he continued his obsession with Carly, which made my crush weaken dramatically. I knew I could never have him, I knew he was too good for me, so I gave up. I didin't wanna have my heart broken again. It was too much pain.

I broke our eye contact and turned my head the other way, leaning it on Reuben's shoulder once again. I put it closer to him, snuggling carefully. I lightly kissed the space between his neck and jaw, watching a small smile appear on his lips. To forget all of my worries, my stresses, all of the pain, I focused on him, just him and nothing else. I closed my eyes and enjoyed his closeness, his warmth and his smell, and I slowly drifted off.

Gibby's POV

I watched her walk in front of me, as wind blowed her red hair back. She moved so gracefully, like a doe. I loved watching her, she was so beautiful. I could not separate my eyes from her for more than a few seconds.

I didn't know what was happening to me. I thought I fell for her, but I didn't want to admit that to myself. I didn't want her to break my heart like Shannon did 3 years ago. Since I wasn't sure that Wendy liked me, I wouldn't tell her I liked her.

I shook my head and slowed my pace a little, so that I was walking next to Reuben and Sam, while Shannon and Wendy led the way. I noticed that Sam was looking back at Freddie and he was looking at her. He seemed a bit sad, but he also looked like he could kill someone. Reuben, I assumed.

Sam turned her head back and leaned it on Reuben's shoulder. Next thing I saw with the corner of my eye, she kissed his neck. My eyebrows went up when he lowered his head and smiled. There was something happening between them, something serious. And I was pretty sure Freddie wouldn't like it.

Shannon's POV

I still couldn't believe what happened. They kiled Anna! My bestest friend in the world! How could I go on without her? She meant so much to me.. She was the only one who understood me, the only one who always knew what to do when I was sad, she knew how to make me laugh, she knew everything about me. And I knew everything about her. We were always there for each other, but now.. Now I don't know what's gonna happen.

I realized that my hands were completely shaking so I hugged myself, as if I was cold. But it wasn't just the coldness that made me shake. The sight of Anna.. Those mean people. When they killed her. And when she bled. It was horrible. I didn't do anything to stop them, because I was too afraid.

I was so disappointed in myself. I couldn't believe what I've done. Actually what I haven't. I ran away, I ran away from them. I left her alone, bleeding. And then when I found the cave, in front of it… Shane! Dead as well!

I felt a tear escaping my eye. I let it fall to the ground, trying to focus my mind to something else. But instead, so many more tears fell down my cheeks I couldn't even count them. I used my sleeve to wipe them off. But they just kept on coming. Gibby came from behind me and put his hand around my shoulder trying to comfort me.

''It's not your fault, Shannon. You did what was right to do. You did amazing. Now just stop thinking about it, okay? Everything's going to be fine. Reuben here will take us somewhere safe, right?'' Gibby looked over to Reuben who nodded slowly, but hesitantly. Wendy turned around with a sad expression on her face.

Wendy's POV

I continued to think about what happened. Anna was dead, one of my very good friends, and I would never ever see her again. Shane was dead as well. He was never my friend, but I'd had a crush on him two years ago. I was terrified of this island, I just wanted to leave. I just wanted to go home, to be somewhere safe.

I didn't need this. It was too much for me to handle. I wanted someone to be there for me right now. I wanted someone to hug me and tell me everything was going to be alright.,

''It's not your fault, Shannon. You did what was right to do. You did amazing. Now just stop thinking about it, okay? Everything's going to be fine. Reuben here will take us somewhere safe, right?''

I turned around and saw Gibby's arm around Shannon's shoulder. She sniffed and burried her head into his shoulder as he helped her walk downhill.

Something inside of me made a loud crack. Why? Because I was in love with him. Yes, I admit it. I was in love with Gibby. I wanted him to be the one who would comfort me. I wanted him to tell me everything would be okay. I wanted to cry in to his chest while he carressed my back. I wanted him to cry with me. I wanted him to hold me in his arms, and I wanted to fall asleep there, to have him sing to me and gently whisper in my ear that he would do anything to make me feel good. I wanted to be the only one who existed for him.

But instead. He comforted Shannon. He held her close to himself, and he whispered soothing words in her ear. Not mine. Hers. I was sad, I was jealous, I was broken-hearted once again.

I looked at Sam and Reuben. Sam looked so relaxed in his arms, she watched him with such love, with such interest and amazement. She was in love with him. She really was, I could see that. And him, he enjoyed every second of being with her. He looked at her as if she was the Goddes herself. As if she was the most precious thing in the world. I wanted that kind of closeness.. I wanted someone to look at me like that.

Reuben nodded his head slowly, he was unsure about what Gibby asked him.

Reuben's POV

''It's not your fault, Shannon. You did what was right to do. You did amazing. Now just stop thinking about it, okay? Everything's going to be fine. Reuben here will take us somewhere safe, right?'' Gibby asked me, looking into my eyes as if he was expecting a positive answer.

I slowly nodded my head, but what I felt inside wasn't that positive. They all relied on me to save them. But what if.. What if I couldn't? What if something went wrong and I couldn't help it? I wasn't able to save Shane, how could they think I could save all of them? Of course I would try to, I care about all of them, but I didn't want them to depend on me.

''You can do this.'' Sam whispered really quietly in my ear as she carressed the back of my neck.

''I can't.'' I whispered back, slowly staying behind. I let Freddie pass me and join Wendy.

''Yes you can.'' Sam stayed firm.

''But I… I don't want anyone to be disappointed in me. I don't want them to depend on me.'' I said quietly, so that no one else besides Sam could hear me.

''Reuben, I trust you. All of us do. And you don't have to find this as a kind of pressure or a stress. If you do something wrong, it won't matter. We'll forgive you, we're here for you. But I doubt anything will happen.'' She smiled truthfully, and to be honest, she made me feel better. Well, at least a little.

''Thank you, Sam. But I don't think all of you trust me.'' I said, directing my thoughts at Freddie.

''Look, Freddie can go screw himself,'' she said without even looking away from me.

''What?'' I asked confused.

''Don't act surprised, He treated you like nothing but shit, even though you are constantly trying to help him. And I don't like that.'' She sighed.

''You're good, Reuben. You really are. And we're all just lucky to have you with us. He is the only one who doesn't want you here. Well, he should better start trusting you before he's dead.''

''Why are you talking like I'm the leader that you all trust and depend on? Sam, I don't want that.'' I said, avoiding to talk about Freddie.

''Because you saved us.''

''How?''

''Well, take me for example. If it wasn't for you I'd be dead right now.'' What she said made me blink hard and swallow, remembering the night I found her. When she was almost dead.

''But how did I save them?'' I changed the subject once again, trying to forget the memory I just had.

''It's enough that you saved me. You've earned their respect that way. You were there for Wendy when she cried. You helped Gibby when he saw Shane. You were the only one that acted composed through the whole situation.'' She explained. Then, out of nowhere, she pulled my head closer to her face and kissed me. It wasn't a french kiss, it was a firm kiss that lasted about one second. Then she pulled away and smiled.

''I know it's hard for you right now. But we'll get through it. You'll see.'' She leaned her head back on my shoulder and I picked up my pace to get closer to Gibby and Shannon.

Normal POV, Seattle

''I can't believe this, Carly. I can't believe they still haven't found them!'' Spencer shouted from the couch. He was watching TV and the news were on. There was a report on the progress of finding the children who were lost on the ship.

''What did they say now?'' Carly asked from the counter. She had been on SplashFace, chatting with Jake.

''They found the ship.''

''What!'' Carly instantly turned around to the sound of her brother's voice.

''Yeah, it sunk, but luckily no one was on it. And there were no bodies anywhere near. They said they would continue searching.''

''Well, thank God! Something, at least.'' Carly sighed. ''Anything else?''

''Nope. Just the same old shit how they're gonna 'fix the situation' and 'do everything in their power to help'.'' Spencer qouted. Carly closed SplashFace and sat next to Spencer on the couch.

''Do you think they're okay?'' she asked her big brother.

''I don't know, Carly. I really, honestly, don't know.''

''We've got to find a way to get to them, Spence.'' Carly said.

''I know.'' He muttered.

Mrs. Benson sat peacefully at her kitchen table. She had been going through her old picture albums. She looked at photos from Freddie's past, from when he was a kid. His dad was still alive then. Mrs. Benson cried without making any sounds, whatsoever.

It was so hard for her withot her little Freddiebear. She wanted him beside herself. She would do anything just to have him back. She would unlock all of the channels on his TV, she wouldn't make him wear anti-bacterial underpants, she wouldn't cook him food that he doesn't like, she'd treat him better, she'd even tell him about the ch-

Oh my Gosh, Mrs. Benson thought to herself, OH MY GOSH! She'd finally realized what she had to do! She knew it! She remembered!

Mrs. Benson got up from the kitchen table, closed up her photo album and put it in its place. Then she walked over to her bedroom, hurrying towards her night table. She opened up a drawer and pulled out a small device, and after she sighed of happines, she ran quickly over the Shay's apartment.

''I've got it!'' Mrs. Benson yelled as she got into the residence.

''You've got what, Mrs. Benson?'' Spencer asked.

''I've got a way to get our children back!''

Reuben's POV

It's been about 40 minutes since we first started getting away from the cave. We fastened up our pace as well, which only made it harder for me to carry Sam. I was tired, and my arms were starting to feel sore. If you add up that I haven't had any sleep last night, I was totally not in the condition to carry her right now. Suddenly, I tripped on a rock and almost fell down.

''Are you okay?'' I heard Sam's soft voice next to my ear.

''Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little tired.'' I tried to shift her weight in my arms by moving her a little, since she was getting a little too heavy for me to carry.

''Maybe you should let Gibby carry me now.'' She suggested, but I didn't want to accept it.

''I said I'm fine.'' I told her and kept walking as normal as I could. As faith would have it, I slipped on a pile of mud and fell backwards on my butt. Thankfully, Sam was still safely in my arms, and wasn't showing any sign of hurt, just amusement.

''I don't think so.'' She chuckled and pinched my cheek.

''Fine. Gibby, take her.'' Gibby approached us, bent down and took Sam in her arms. I got up, too, trying to get rid of the mud on the back of my pants. Unfortunately, I couldn't.

I continued to follow the crew downhill, as we were just nearing the beach. I noticed that Sam was looking at me over Gibby's shoulder. I smiled at her and kept the eye contact until I had to carefully climb down a bunch of tangled tree roots. When I looked up again, Sam was still watching me. What was it with her? I mean, sure, I enjoyed the fact that she'd liked the sight of me, but this was kind of creeping me out. Not in a bad way, though.

We all stopped when we heard distant noises. Turning around, I noticed something moving at about 400 feet away. Suddenly, and image of half naked shouting people materialized in front of my eyes. They were running towards us with an incredible speed. In one swift moment, something flew right by my head and sunk in the tree next to me. An arrow.

''It's them!'' Shannon screamed and started running towards the beach. All four of us followed, Gibby carrying Sam. I slowed down a bit and helped him get down some rocks. After our feet hit the sand, I didn't know what to do. We though we would be safe on the beach. Guess we were wrong.

I pulled at Gibby's hand and followed Shannon, Wendy and Freddie as they ran down the beach.

''They're gonna kill us!'' Gibby yelled as I pushed him to run in front of me.

''No, they're not Gibbs. Just keep running, please. Faster!'' I hurried him and looked behind. The native people finally popped out of the trees and onto the beach. Their leader yelled and they ran towards us.

Suddenly, Freddie tripped and fell down, as the freaks kept approaching dangerously.

''Just keep running.'' I told Gibby and caught sight of Sam's worried face. She knew what I was up to.

I promised I'd take care of them, I said I'd get them somewhere safe. So I have to do this. I stopped running and turned around. Freddie had barely just gotten up. What I noticed in the background is that one guy was ready to shoot an arrow right at Freddie.

I was aware of what I was doing. And I wasn't scared. I ran up to him with such force I didn't know I even had, and I knocked him down in the white sand. It was as if everything was happening in slow motion right then.

''No! Reuben!'' I heard Sam's voice yell from the back. Why was she calling my name in such a scared tone? I just saved Freddie.

I looked down at Freddie whose eyes were wide open. I tried to find the reason he was so freaked out. And I found it. There was blood on his left hand. A lot of it.

''Are you bleeding?'' I asked. What if that arrow had gotten him?

''N-No. You are.'' he stuttered.

''What?'' I asked, hearing the confuse in my own voice.

Sam's POV

''No! No! No!'' I tried to break free from Gibby's grip, but he wouldn't let me, so I threw myself down on the sand. I moaned when I hit the ground with my front side, while Gibby fell to the ground. I crawled away from my blankets and then tried to get up.

I couldn't believe this. No. This couldn't be happening. The arrow went through Reuben's shoulder when he was trying to save Freddie. He had been bleeding a lot and those native people were still running towards us. I got up on my feet, picking up all of the strength that I had left inside of me. My sprayed ankle hurt so bad that I couldn't think. But I walked towards them.

''Sam, no!'' Reuben yelled when he saw me hurrying over to them. ''Gibby, get her!'' he shouted. I turned my head and saw that Gibby came running after me, so I picked up my pace even though it pained my soul to do that.

When I was half way there, I simply fell down. I didn't know what the hell was wrong with me, I just crumbled down in the sand. Those people were very close to us now, and one of them prepared to shoot another arrow at Rueben.

''NOOO!'' I screamed the loudest I could. ''PLEASE, DON'T HURT HIM!'' I begged. At that moment I noticed that my face was wet from all the tears I hadn't even noticed I had cried.

Suddenly, one guy came towards the one who was about to shoot the arrow and stopped him from doing so. I felt that Gibby hugged me and didn't expose any parts of my body to the sight of those freaky people. I cried softly into my hands. Partly from the pain, but mostly because Reuben was hurt. I looked up at him from under Gibby. He smiled, as if he was assuring me we'll be alright. He winked at me and held his shoulder tightly. I tried to even my breathing when I heard the native people talking in some strange language. It sounded as if they were fighting. There was silence for a moment.

''Good day, young people.'' I heard a deep male voice. I peeked from under Gibby and saw a guy standing at the front of the people. He had black ruffled hair, and he looked the most normal out of the others. He had been wearing a pair of ripped and worn out jeans. Nothing else. I could see that he was not over 20 years old.

''My name is Erik. I apologize in the name of my.. uh, friends?'' he said with an american accent. ''I'm sorry we scared you. And about the arrow thing.'' About the arrow thing? About the arrow thing? Was he normal? He could've killed Reuben! He could have killed Freddie as well. I pushed Gibby off me and continued to crawl towards the guys.

''You're crazy!'' I shouted at that Erik guy.

''I'm really sorry.'' he apologized.

''You could have killed him!''

''I know! I already said I'm sorry!''

''Fuck you.'' I said. I was just a few feet away from Reuben when he reached out his arm and carefully pulled me closer.

''Are you okay?'' I put my hands on his cheeks.

''I'll be alright, Sam.'' he whispered.

''You're hurt.'' I cried.

''It's not such a big wound. Don't cry, please.'' I smiled at him, wiped away my tears, leaned down and kissed him.

Freddie's POV

I had to distract myself not to push Sam off of Reuben and kill him at that moment. So I got up and started a conversation with that Erik guy.

''Who are you?'' I asked.

''I'm Erik.'' he said. Okay, he was surprisingly stupid.

''Besides that.''

''Well, I got washed away on this island around a year ago, if that's what you mean. I'm from L.A. But I can't find a way to get back home.'' Erik guy explained.

''And your homies?'' I pointed at the people behind him.

''They live here. And they don't speak English.'' he said.

''Then how do you communicate with them?''

''I've learned their language. I've adapted.''

''Nice. I guess.. So they're not gonna kill us?''

''Nope! I've got that all settled. They should leave you in peace.'' his eyes found its way to Sam who was lying on the ground next to Reuben. She was pressing on his wound and telling him everything would be alright. ''But um.. I think I'll stay here with you to make sure you're all okay.'' he said and bit his lip, for Sam had only been wearing a small shirt and her black panties..

Shannon and Wendy stopped running and slowly approached us when they figured out that everything was safe, and that those mean people weren't going to attack us. Erik said something in that weird language, and the moment after, people that stood behind him went back into the jungle, without saying another word.

I sighed of relief and turned around to see my friends. Gibby was laying on the ground, breathing heavily, Wendy and Shannon were hugging each other and crying, but it looked more like Wendy was comforting Shannon. Finally.. The couple in the sand. Sam pressed her hands at the top of Reuben's shoulder where his wound was bleeding like hell. He put his hands over hers while she cried into his chest.

''So... What's you name?'' Erik guy asked from behind me.

''Freddie.'' I said, and turned to help Gibby stand up. Even though Sam was madly hurt she had still managed to throw Gibby off of herself.

''Um... Do you guys want to tell me your names? Do you have any plans on how to get off of this island? Maybe we should-''

''Just shut the fuck up already!'' Sam's broken voice interrupted Erik. ''If you want to help, fine. If you don't, then get away from us!''

''Fine, I'll help.'' Erik guy said and bent down next to Sam and Reuben. He forced Sam's hands off of her ''love'' and pushed her slowly away. Sam, though, found her way to Reuben's hand and held it tightly in her own. She twitched when she saw Erik take out a knife from his pocket. He ripped Reuben's shirt off and took a part that wasn't messed up with his blood.

''It'll be okay. It's a minor wound.'' Erik said as he wrapped the cloth around Reuben's shoulder.

''He'll be okay?'' Sam asked the Erik guy with her teary eyes.

''Yeah.'' he said, and Sam hugged him for a second, then she turned back to Reuben. But unlike usually, he didn't have his full attention directed at Sam. I saw him looking at Erik from the corner of his eye. And it was NOT a good look. He didn't like Erik. Neither did I. Well, there's at least something we agree about.

Suddenly, we heard noise coming from the other end of the beach. Out of the trees flew a bunch of people. They all seemed familiar. One guy was leading them, and they were all yelling the word ''ATTACK!'' over and over again. Erik instictively took out his knife and prepared himself for a fight. Wendy, Shannon and Gibby had all hidden behind him immediately.

''Wait, stop.'' I said, holding him back. I took a good look at the people nearing us. I recognized them, and they had obviously recognized me as they came closer.

''Principal Franklin?'' I questioned, for he had not looked as our principal at all. His clothes were all ripped up, and his face and skin dirty from mud. The rest of them didn't look any better either. Miss Briggs was standing right next to Ted with Mr. Howard behind her. There were a few students with them, too.

''Freddie? Sam? Gibby, Wendy, Reuben? Shannon? Is that you guys?''

Okay, there's just one thing I need to say.

I'M BACK, BABY!

Yes, you've heard it right, I am back! I've finally gotten some free time and I didn't know what to do, so I went on FanFiction to read Seddie stories. Then, I opened up my profile and went to see if there was any reviews on this story. Finally, I ended up reading all of the reviews I'd gotten throughout the story. Correctly- 451 comments and I read them all. In all of the reviews I've only noticed ONE hater (but I'm not so sure what he's talking about all the time). Anyways, I got to that authors note that I posted a few months ago, and I saw all of the nice reviews you guys had left me. You said you were sorry about this story ending and everything, and you've all been there with me, so I decided to come back. I've missed you a lot :'-) And now that iOMG has happened, I've gotten my inspiration back.

Enough about me, though. How'd ya like the chapter? Mrs. Benson found a way to save the kids! What do you think she remembered of? Oh, and what do you say about Reuben saving Freddie? Any thoughts on the hot Erik? Leave your reviews below and tell me what you think!

Free virtual cookies for everyone! I love you guys!

I've missed you so much, you have no idea.

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