A/N- Instead of having my day to have FanFiction Sunday, I made it Monday because I was visiting with family yesterday and didn't have much time. By the way, I'm in the car typing this; though I'll be home by the time your reading. Here's the chapter!
Disclamer- I still own nothing.
Chapter 16
"Why'd you even watch the tape in the first place?" Taylor asked.
"Because…I…I…" Sharpay stuttered.
"You…?" Gabriella said.
"What did I get myself into!?" Sharpay thought. She looked around and realized Zeke was gone, "Well I guess it won't be as embarrassing if Zeke isn't here." "I watched it because I like Zeke and I wanted to see if he said anything about me on his tape. There! I said it!"
Jason and Chad we're trying to hold in there laughter, Kelsi and Martha we're staring at each other with weird looks on their faces, and Gabriella was blushing because she felt embarrassed for Sharpay.
"You invaded somebody's privacy over a crush?" Taylor asked.
"Yeah." Sharpay said.
Troy looked around to see Zeke's reaction when he realized he was gone, "Guys, where did Zeke go?"
Chad looked up, "He's right-," he stopped and looked around, "He was there a second ago."
"He must of left during the video!" Gabriella exclaimed, starting to panic.
"What if he went into the jungle? Me, Taylor, Troy and Gabriella got lost pretty quickly in there." Chad added.
"Guys! Calm down a bit! Zeke's smarter then that, he'd know not to go in the jungle. Right?" Troy said.
"Yeah, maybe. But that video was pretty personal. He might not care if he's lost, as long as he got away." Taylor said.
Ryan walked over to Sharpay, "Look what you did!" he whispered shouted.
"Sorry! I wasn't expecting anything like that!" she whispered back.
"So what are we gonna do now? We can't go after him when we don't even know where he went off to." Martha said.
"She has a point," Jason added.
"I guess we'll just have to let him come back on his own for now. If he doesn't come back in a day, we start a search party." Troy said.
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Zeke was walking along the edge of the jungle towards the entrance to the trail that led to the river. He had been running for about ten minutes, but then decided he was far enough from camp for anyone to be able to see him. He took a sip from the water bottle he had brought along. It was almost gone. He'd have to make it last until he got to this river, but according to the four who found it, it would take awhile. When he did reach his destination he would try to make some sort of shelter, start a fire with the pack of matches he had found in the plane awhile ago, and then try to boil some water fom the river. (He didn't know how clean it was.) "I'll go back to camp when someone finds me while getting water," he decided.
He picked up his pace as he scanned the trees next to him, looking for the letter "T" Troy had engraved in a tree. He found it about 50 paces later. He stopped walking for a minute and looked into the dense jungle. It seemed to go on forever. "This will be a long hike" he thought and then started to walk again.
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About an hour after the Zeke incident, Sharpay was lying on the beach, like the nothing had even happened.
"So you don't even feel the slightest bit guilty?" a familiar voice asked.
Sharpay opened her eyes, "Huh?" she asked.
"You're laying on the beach like nothing happened." Ryan said, "Not even a little bit of guilt?"
"Why should I feel guilty? I did nothing wrong." She asked.
"Zeke's gone because you showed everyone his video diary. Who knows what he's doing. He could be lost by now!" Ryan yelled.
"Oh, well, he'll find his way back, I know Zeke." She stated.
"You don't even want to look for him?"
"Nope."
"Well the least you could do is help out the group. You know, collect fire wood, find food, get more water." He suggested.
"Ew, you want me to work?" she asked.
"Yeah, that would be nice." He said, "You know what? I think you should be the one to get the water. Tomorrow morning, your going to take a container, walk down the beach, into the jungle, following the trail, and to the river. Then at the river, you'll fill up the container, and walk all the way back."
"Now way! You can't make me!" she protested.
"Maybe I can't, but if everyone else agrees, then I can. C'mon." he said.
Ryan pulled up Sharpay and dragged her to camp.
"I want to say something!" he announced loudly. Everyone looked at him.
"Go on…" Taylor said.
"As we all know, Sharpay played Zeke's tape causing him to runaway. So I thought, as punishment, she should be the first to go get water from the river. But I say this mostly because she hasn't done anything to help. Who agrees with me?" he finished.
"I think it's a good idea. We need water, and Sharpay needs work." Taylor agreed.
"Fine by me," Chad added.
"Go ahead, I'm sick of watching her lay on the beach all day." Martha said.
"That leaves Jason, Kelsi, Troy, and Gabriella. Do you agree?" he asked. They all nodded. "Then it's settled. Tomorrow morning, Sharpay brings us water." He walked into the woods to get firewood, not just proud he got Sharpay to do work, but proud he stuck up for himself against his evil twin.
A/N- So what did you think?? Reviews please!! Also, for F29DWN fans, again, please check out the forum I mentioned in the past two chapters. Thanks!!