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A/N- Decided to do a flashback thing since the last update was awhile ago.

Last Chapter- Sharpay found a knife next to her sleeping bag and Trent confides in Kelsi about his criminal past.

Chapter 23

Day 7 – Morning

As Kelsi walked backed to camp, she thought about everything Trent had told her. She could barely believe it. Other than the two murder attempts, he seemed like a nice guy. She couldn't help but wonder why Trent had chosen her to confide in out of everyone else.

When Kelsi arrived at camp, everyone was eating breakfast around the campfire.

"Is everyone sure they didn't bring the knife into the tent with them?" she heard Taylor ask.

Everyone nodded.

Kelsi silently walked up to the fire pit and took a seat next to Jason.

"Hey Kels! Where were you?" he asked.

"Oh. I was just, um, in the jungle."

"Why?"

"Trent needed to tell me something."

"Tell you what?"

"Nothing."

"C'mon, Kelsi. Everyone knows that when you say nothing it really means something. You can tell me."

"Look, I promised not to tell."

"Alright." Jason got up and went to make a video diary.

Jason VD:



I think Kelsi's hiding something from me. Back at home, she told me everything. But now that we're here, on this island, things are just… different. But we've been here for a week, so I can't blame her for acting different. I guess I'm just worried about her. Especially with this Trent guy. To be honest, he's creeping me out.

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Zeke was trudging through the dense jungle. All he was carrying was the water bottle he had brought along when he had first made his journey to the river. But still, the jungle was thick. And it was hot. Hotter then any day they had before. He stopped, took a chug, and went on.

By the time he reached the end of the jungle, his water bottle was almost empty and he still and the beach to cover. Not to mention, he was thirsty. He took a little sip and headed on.

Not even half way to camp, Zeke tried to take a sip of water, but his bottle was empty. He turned it completely upside-down and shook it over his mouth. He only managed to get a drop to land on his tongue. "I'll be alright," he said aloud to himself. He wiped his brow, "I'll be alright."

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After making his video diary, Jason realized his water bottle was empty. He walked over to the fire pit to see if there was any boiled water left, but all the extra bottles were empty. He walked over to the large container that was supposed to be filled with river water but there was only a little bit stuck in the crease of the container. "Time to call a meeting," he thought.

He first went to the tide pools where Troy and Gabriella were fishing. "I'm calling a meeting at the fire pit."

"What is it?" Troy asked.

"Nothing huge," he answered, "Well, it's not huge yet."

He walked off to find the others. Sharpay was tanning on the beach, Ryan was getting fire wood, Martha an Taylor were using a textbook they brought from school to see if they could identify any eatable plants, and Kelsi and Trent were looking for food. "Wait, since when was Kelsi hanging out with Trent so much?" he shook the thought out of his mind deciding to deal with it later.



"Alright, this may not be a big problem yet, but were out of water." Jason began.

"You brought us here to tell us were out of water? I think we could've figured that out ourselves." Sharpay said.

"But that's not the point. First, someone needs to go get the water, which will probably be an overnight trip. But even bigger, that one container of water only lasted a few days. Either we need some sort of schedule for someone to get water every other day, or we need more people to bring more containers at once." Jason replied.

"Well we do have three containers. Two of them are really big, one's small. We probably only need two people to do the job." Taylor added.

"Well I'm definitely not doing that again." Sharpay said, crossing her arms.

It was silent until Trent spoke up, "I'll go."

"He speaks!" Chad said. Taylor nudged him, and then gave him a warning look. "Sorry," he mumbled.

"So who wants to go with him?" Gabriella asked.

It fell silent again.

"Please raise your hand someone. Please!" Kelsi thought, "Anyone?" She sighed and said, "I'll go with him."

Jason jumped at the sound of her voice, "Are you sure, Kels?"

"I'll be fine. No one's gotten lost taken this route yet. I know it's safe. And who knows, maybe I'll get Zeke to come back."

"Alright then, you leave this afternoon." Jason said.

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Zeke was now exhausted and extremely thirsty. But he was close to camp. If he looked closely, he could see a little dot of fire and his friends moving around camp, but they looked smaller than ants.

His mouth felt like sand paper and his could barely move his legs. And for the past twenty minutes his stomach had been killing him. All of a sudden he felt something building in his throat. He fell 

to his knees and empty out whatever was left in his stomach. His stomach stopped hurting, but he knew that throwing up wasn't a good thing. He crawled a few feet.

"Help!" he tried to yell. But his voice hurt when he talked. He needed water, "Help!" he called again. But it was useless. Nobody would hear him.

He crawled closer to the edge of the jungle where the trees cast a shadow over the sand. It was nice and cool, the perfect place to rest. He lay down, and went to sleep, deciding he would be able to make it back after his nap.

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It was now late afternoon and Trent and Kelsi were preparing for their departure. They were hoping to get it a little faster then Sharpay considering they volunteered to do the job and they planned on bringing a bigger container to scoop the water in. If everything went well, they'd spend the night and be back by morning.

After walking along the water for about 15 minutes, Kelsi spotted something laying on the ground near the jungle.

"Do you see that?" she asked, pointing.

Trent followed her finger, "I think it might be a dead animal."

"I don't know. I'm gonna go see what it is." She began walking toward the figure dragging her container behind her. Trent rolled his eyes and followed her.

Ten feet later, Kelsi was able to tell what the figure was. "Oh no," she said aloud, "This can't be happening," she dropped the container and began to run, "Zeke!"

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Jason was gloomily staring into the fire. He was supposed to be tending the fire, when Gabriella came up to him.

"Aren't you supposed to be making sure the fire stays lit?" she asked, staring at the small burning embers that were supposed to be fire.



"I am," he answered. Then he realized what the fire looked, "Oh," he said, throwing a log on top. He sighed and rested his head on his hand.

"What's up?" Gabriella asked, sitting on a log next to him.

"I don't know. I guess I'm just worried about Kelsi."

"Because she's alone with Trent?" Jason nodded, "Well Trent hasn't hurt any of us since he got here, just attempted to. I'm sure she'll be fine." Gabriella reassured.

"But it's not even that. They've been spending a lot of time with each other."

"So you're saying you're jealous?"

"As weird as it sounds…. I think I am."

"Jason, Kelsi really likes you. I mean, really, really likes you. You have nothing to worry about. I'm sure Trent is just a new friend to her."

"I hope you're right."

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Trent and Kelsi were kneeling on either side of an unconscious Zeke. At first they thought he was just sleeping until they found the empty water bottle and the spot where he puked.

"Zeke!" Kelsi said, tapping him lightly on the cheek, "Zeke!" but he was out cold. "We have to do something, he's dehydrated!"

"How about this, you stay here; I'll run back to camp to get help."

"Alright."

Trent began to sprint to camp.

"Wow." Kelsi said aloud, "He's fast."

A/N- Sorry for the long update!! I made this chapter a page longer than usual to make up for it. But before you x out of this, I need everyone's opinion. Obviously, this story is getting pretty long. It's 23 chapters and we're only on day six. So I had a thought. I'm considering turning this story into a series, because I'm probably going to end up with over 50, maybe even over 60 chapters with what 

I'm planning to do. And that's a lot. So tell me in your review and/or vote in the poll I'll be putting on my profile. Thanks for your help!! No go review!!