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Gabriella woke up to a beautiful rising sun. It had poured all night, and was still drizzling a bit now. She figured she should wake Troy so they could get an early start in the jungle, but then she decided she'd let him sleep a little longer.
After watching the sun for awhile, she grabbed Troy's scratching stick and started doodling in the muddy ground. She wrote her name, she wrote Troy's name, she drew flowers, she drew herself, and she drew hearts. Her mind started to wonder off to home and she drew her house, and her mom, and her puppy, Wildcat, that she had gotten a couple months ago. A tear ran down her cheek as the memories came flooding back. For some reason, she couldn't keep home off her mind.
Just then, a pair of arms wrapped around her waist. "I miss home, too." Troy said, hugging her.
"I don't know what I'd do if he wasn't here," she thought.
"C'mon, we should get going." He said, getting up and picking his stick from off the ground. He marked his signature X on a nearby tree.
"Ok," she said walking towards him. She stifled a yawn and started to wish she had slept in a little longer. The sun wasn't even fully up yet.
After walking for about an hour the sun finally rose enough so you could see the entire thing. "How big do you think this island is?" Gabriella asked Troy, sitting down on a large rock.
"No clue," he answered sitting down next to her. "But we have to be near an ocean, we've been walking forever."
"I hope you're right, I'm sick of walking to what seems like nowhere."
"Definitely. Now get up! If we wanna get to a beach soon we have to keep walking."
"Fine." she said, slowly standing up.
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"I can't believe you actually drink ketchup!!" Taylor yelled laughing. Her and Chad had gotten up early so they could get a head start on walking.
"Well I'm not the one who pinches myself five times before I go to bed!" he said, laughing as well.
"It's a ritual! I can't fall asleep without it!" she cried.
The two had spent hours talking about their favorite things, deepest darkest secrets, embarrassing moments, and so much more for hours before finally falling asleep.
"Look," Chad said pointing, "Another X!" They started to run.
As they ran, something in the dirt caught Taylor's eye. "Is it just me, or does that say 'Gabriella'?"
Chad stopped and looked down, "You're right." He lifted up his foot, "I think I stepped on a heart."
"They had to of been here, and before the rain, or the doodles would be gone."
"Look!" he cried, "Footprints!"
"Forget the X's, c'mon!" she yelled and they started running faster then ever.
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Jason stared into one of the big containers they used to collect rain water. "Do you think it's safe?" he asked.
"No," Kelsi answered sarcastically, "there's always acid rain in the middle nowhere!"
Martha dipped her hands into the container and took a sip. "Tastes fine to me." After hearing those words, Zeke immediately dipped his bottle in, filling it up as much as he could.
"Wait!" Martha yelled, "Don't fill it up too much. We don't know if Troy and Gabriella found water, and we definitely don't know how long it will be before it rains again. I hate to say it, but we gotta ration."
Zeke slowly poured out half of his bottle, "Great, now I'm hungry and thirsty!"
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Troy and Gabriella slowly walked through the jungle. They had been up late last night, listening to the pounding rain, and were exhausted. As they slowly made their way, a noise came into sound.
"Do you hear something?" Gabriella asked, stopping in her tracks.
Troy stopped to listen, "Yeah, it sounds like running or something."
"You don't t-think it's a wild a-animal, or something, right?" she said, stuttering in fear.
"I…don't…know." Was all he managed to get out.
Without saying a word, they both started running for their lives.
A/N- So how did you like this chapter? I've come up with a strategy to get my ideas down at school, and then write the chapter when I get home so hopefully this will me with updating faster, Review please!!!