When I woke up, I saw that Dash was awake. He was eating a coconut.
"Hey?" He said.
"Hi," I replied. I picked up a mango and started eating. I was still a little mad about last night, but if it was sensitive to Danny, then I had to respect that. Soon, all the others woke up and started eating. We only had one mango left.
"We need to find food," Paulina stated.
"No shit, Sherlock!" I exclaimed. Danny snorted and rolled his eyes.
"Today is food hunting day! We will all split up and find food." Tucker said. I nodded in agreement.
"Alone?" Danny asked.
"No, we can go by two's. Dash and Paulina, Danny and Sam, and me and Jazz," Tucker told us. Great! I was stuck with Danny.
I looked at Danny and saw him smirking. Oh god, what was that boy up to now?
I walked over to Danny. "Just because we're food hunting partners, doesn't mean I'm still not pissed at you." I said coldly.
"Ooooh, Sammy's tryin' to be threatening!" Danny teased.
"Call me that again, and I will break both of your arms," I threatened.
"Sammy, Sammy, Sammy!" Danny mocked. I looked at him menacingly. Then, I pounced on him, knocking him to the ground. I took one of his arms and started bending it so it'd hurt.
"Ahhh! Sam, stop!" Danny was laughing and trying to wriggle his way out of my grip. I pulled his arm and Danny yelled in pain.
"SAM! That hurts! Stop!" Danny cried out, still laughing a little. I grinned and sat on his stomach.
"Did you learn your lesson?" I asked. Danny quickly nodded.
"Good. Don't ever, ever, call me Sammy again," I told him. I got closer to his face with each word. I was really close to his lips. I started blushing, so I quickly got up and helped Danny up. Then, we hunted for food.
Danny and I walked through the jungle and found watermelons growing on the ground.
"Danny, look!" I pointed excitedly at the fully-grown watermelons. They looked so good! I opened my bag and put two watermelons inside. It was really heavy! I carried it for about 10 minutes. Then my back started hurting.
Danny took my bag and slung it on his shoulder. I smiled gratefully and we kept walking.
Danny was ahead of me, but I followed closely behind. We trudged through some bushes. There was a huge bush the size of a truck. Danny fought through the leaves and branches. Then, he gasped.
I went through the bushes and opened my mouth in shock. There was a beautiful waterfall that was really big. Under that, there was a giant lake.
"So much water!" I exclaimed. I ran up to the river and filled my canteen. There was a rainbow at the base of the waterfall. On the side, we found a big tree with apples. I grinned and shinnied up the tree. I grabbed about one-fourth of the apples on the tree and climbed down. I put them into the backpack. Danny put the backpack behind him and stepped towards the water. I did the same.
"This place is amazing!" Danny whispered. I looked at him and saw a smile on his face. That made me feel happy inside. I smiled too, and he looked at me. Our eyes met, and I swear we were standing a lot closer than we were before. I looked down and saw that Danny's hand was really close to mine. I decided to be brave and grab his hand. I did, and he looked at me, surprised. He smiled lightly, and our fingers intertwined.
My heart was doing jumping jacks. I felt the butterflies in my stomach. I tried to look as calm and relaxed as possible.
"This would be a good place for us to bathe." I stated. Danny nodded.
"But we don't want the water getting dirty. We could drink from this," Danny added. I agreed.
"This lake can be where we take a bath, but if we need water, we can collect it from the waterfall, so it's fresh and not touched by our dirt." Danny said, emphasizing dirt. I laughed lightly and smiled in agreement.
"Or we could take a swim here." I replied. Danny's face instantly brightened. He took off his pants, so only his shirt and boxers were on.
"Danny!" I cried out, blushing madly. I looked away. Danny started laughing.
He took his shirt off.
DAMN! I thought. He was SO HOT. He had muscle and abs. How did he get so strong if he was so skinny? I stared at him until he snapped his fingers at me.
"Staring at my sexy body, huh Sam?" Danny teased. I blushed madly.
"How did you get so muscular if you're so skinny?" I blurted out. Danny looked at me in surprise. He didn't expect me to ask.
"I'm just hot like that." Danny stated. Then he jumped into the lake.
"Oh my god, this is amazing!" He cried out. I laughed and admired his enthusiasm. I watched him play around for about a minute. He was so adorable! I seriously think that I'm falling for him.
He got out of the water.
"Done already?" I asked.
"Nope!" He exclaimed. He lifted me up bridal style.
"No, Danny!" I exclaimed. He ran and jumped into the water with me in his arms. We both started laughing. His skin felt so warm. Every fiber of my being loved being in his arms. We were both dripping wet. I started laughing more and he did too. I jumped out of his arms and went underwater. I saw rocks and coral. I came back up and Danny grinned. He splashed my face. I gasped and splashed him back. When he tried splashing me again, I went underwater and swam so I was behind him. I rose up and jumped onto his back. Danny, who was startled, starting laughing and trying to get me off his back. We were playing around until—
"Danny! Sam! What are you lovebirds doing?" A voice called out. We immediately jumped apart. It was Tucker.
Dang it Danny and I were having a real romance moment here! I screamed in my thoughts. Danny and I got out of the water and walked to Tucker.
"That was so fun!" Danny exclaimed. I laughed and nodded.
Jazz walked up to Tucker and looked at us.
"You guys are soaking wet!" Jazz cried out.
"But we found watermelons and apples!" I ran over to the bag and brought it back to them.
"Nice!" Tucker exclaimed. Then, all four of us were walking back to the main site. I walked behind Danny and Tucker. I was quietly whispering to Jazz. I told her the whole story.
"You two were about to kiss?" She whispered excitedly.
"No! But he carried me into the water and we were both laughing. We were having a good time and stuff. It was like a movie.
"But then Tucker interrupted you guys," Jazz stated bluntly. I nodded and she had an irritated look on her face.
"I need to clue him in on you two." Jazz said. "So you really like Danny?"
I nodded. "We've been here for what, a week or two? I'm already falling for him. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing." I said, sighing.
Danny looked back at us for a second. He smiled at me. When he turned around, I blushed and Jazz giggled. When we got to the main site, we saw Paulina and Dash sitting under a tree, making out. I made a disgusted face and pretended they weren't there.
At least Paulina got her guy to like her.
Jazz must've known what I was thinking. She sat down next to me.
"He'll come around. You two will be together, I know it." Jazz said.
"I hope so." I agreed.
The six of us ate our fruit after sunset. I was pretty tired, so I went to sleep before everyone else.
I woke up around 4 or 5 in the morning. Everyone was asleep, but Danny wasn't there.
"Danny?" I called out softly. I looked for him. I found him standing in front of the ocean. The waves make his toes wet. He looked upset.
"You okay?" I asked. There was a dim light, so I could see part of his face. His eyes were red, and he had tear tracks on his cheeks.
'He's crying,' I thought.
"M-My parents, I'm never gonna see them again." Danny stuttered, choking on his tears. I felt tears in my eyes.
"Danny, we all lost our parents." I murmured quietly. Thinking about my parents made me upset. I was always trying to distract myself.
Danny nodded and closed his eyes. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him. I felt his around me too.
"It'll be okay," I kept whispering. We stayed like that for a while – in each others arms.
After a long silence, I said:
"Jazz saw me crying a few days ago about my parents. I told her not to tell anyone, especially you. But she told me you were a really caring and understanding person when you could be." I told him. Danny smiled lightly and rested his head on mine.
"Why not tell me?" He asked.
"Because at the time I didn't really like you and you were annoying," I told him. Danny laughed and I smiled at him.
"And what about now?" He asked.
"I think of you as a fun person who can be really sweet and fun but really annoying at times." I said.
"That's me, minus the annoying part." Danny said. I laughed.
"What do you think of me?" I asked. Danny looked at me.
"I think of you as an independent, smart, violent, and fun girl," Danny said. I grinned at the violent part.
I relaxed my head on his chest. His arms were around my waist. I felt like Danny and I were on a honeymoon in Hawaii or something.
After about twenty minutes, we walked back to the main site. Paulina and Dash were making out, again.
"Ew." Danny muttered. I burst out laughing. Danny smiled and told me to hush.
Paulina and Dash looked at us.
"Can you believe it? The hottest chick on earth is my girlfriend!" Dash cried out.
"And the hottest boy is my boyfriend!" Paulina exclaimed in her annoying accent.
'The hottest boy on the planet is Danny.' I thought. Tucker and Jazz were cuddled together.
"Danny, look! Your sister and Tucker!" I exclaimed. Danny looked and gasped.
"Jazz and Tucker? Cuddling? Oh my god!" Danny exclaimed. I laughed at his reaction.
"Actually, they'd be cute together. Tucker and Jazz Foley. Jazz and Tucker Foley. Jazz Foley. Hmm, not bad." I thought out loud.
Danny's eyes widened. "Maybe. Tucker is a good guy." Danny pondered out loud.
'So Paulina and Dash end up together, Tucker and Jazz and gonna hit it off, but what about me and Danny?'
"What if Dash went out with Jazz?" I asked Danny in amusement.
"Ew! Gross! Never going to happen! I'm not gonna allow that!" Danny exclaimed in disgust. I laughed.
"You and Paulina?" I asked.
"No. She's a whiny person who seems very spoiled." Danny replied. That made me feel happier because I was the only girl left on this island who he could actually date.
"Danny? How long have we been on this island?" I asked.
"About two weeks, I think. Not too sure, but at least we are all well-fed and alive, right?"
"What if it rains? Where are we going to sleep?"
"Under the trees, maybe. Or we can make a cover."
"And what if it snows and it is freezing? We would die of hypothermia or frostbite."
"We all huddle together for warmth."
"Ew, huddle with Dash? I think I'd rather have frostbite."
Danny laughed. I loved his laugh. It was so… relaxing and comforting. Every time he laughed, I felt happy inside and felt like flying.
"Why do you think Phantom left us here and didn't take us back to main land?" I asked.
Danny's face suddenly became serious.
"Um, he probably can't carry all of us back to main land. It's probably far away and he'd get tired." Danny replied.
"Do you think he sent help?" I asked.
"Maybe."
"Why are you so nervous when I talk about Phantom?" I asked.
"Can we just not talk about it?" He asked, getting slightly irritated.
"Sorry," I muttered. I gave him a look that said I was mad and I walked away, annoyed he wouldn't tell me anything.
"Sam. Stop doing that!" Danny cried out, running after me.
"You know what, Danny? Chances are, we might be stuck on this stupid island for a LONG time. Maybe more than a year. But you know what? Within that time, you learn to trust those people that are with you, or in Dash and Paulina's case, get to know them better. You freakin carry me into the water and act as if we are best friends or something, but you can't tell me one little thing that's not even a big deal! You're being secretive, and I hate that! If it's something really personal, then fine. You don't have to tell me. But if it's something like this, then why are you getting mad at ME for asking?" I yelled. Danny looked at me.
"Because it is personal, Sam! It might not seem like it, but it is. I will tell you LATER." Danny said.
"When's later? Two years? Three years? When we get off this island? Don't lie to me, Danny! You seriously don't think I'm trustworthy?"
"You are trustworthy! I know that for sure. It's just hard to tell something like this because it's actually a huge deal, and when you find out, you'll realize why."
"Whatever." I stomped away and sat down. He was hiding things from me. Maybe it was a big deal?
"Sam. Please don't be mad." Danny walked over to me and sat down.
"I'm not mad. I'm just upset over this whole situation. My parents are gone, we're trapped on this island with no way to get help. No one sees the fucking SOS sign. We're gonna be trapped here forever, Danny. There's no way we're getting out of here!" I felt tears rolling down my cheeks.
Danny wiped my tears and pulled me into an embrace.
"Sam, we will get out of here. And if we don't, we are still together. All of us. This means friends for life. It'll be okay." Danny whispered. His embrace felt so good. Jazz was right, Danny is really understanding. I was mad at him, and he's still trying to comfort me. He's a good friend. Friend.
I stopped crying.
"Jazz wasn't lying when she said you were understanding. Why are you such a good friend?" I asked him after a while. Danny smiled at me.
"I'm just hot like that," Danny said, exactly the way he did before.