A/N- I am sooooo sorry for making you guys wait 2 months!! I have a million excuses but basically I've been really bust with school, and I have a writer's block :P Plus, I'm hooked on the Twilight Saga now, (I've got less than 50 pages left in Breaking Dawn but I really wanted to update!) and it's taken me about 3 weeks to finish those. But anyway, here's the chapter!!
Chapter 26
Day 7 – Night
Night had fallen and Kelsi and Trent were still hobbling their way through the jungle. It had gotten to the point where it was so dark, they couldn't even see the marked trees, and were now just using the sound of the river, pleading they didn't get thrown too far off course.
"I think I see an opening in the trees," Trent said, squinting to be sure, "The river's probably up ahead."
Kelsi began to speed up.
"Slow down! We've got time. It's not like we can walk back tonight anyway."
Kelsi sighed, "I'm just worried about Zeke. You may not care too much, but I have a feeling they're almost out of water. They were counting on us to get back tonight, or at least tomorrow morning."
"I'm sure everything's fine," he lied, because he really doubted it. Even if there was enough water for Zeke, someone else was bound to get dehydrated, too. He was feeling a little parched himself.
About ten minutes later, they finally reached the river. Trent turned the container he was dragging along with his free hand upside-down and let Kelsi sit upon it.
He scanned the area around him doing his best to make out what the dark figures around him were. "If Zeke made any kind of camp, we're nowhere near it," he concluded, "Looks like we're sleepin' on the ground."
Kelsi yawned. "Yay," she said drowsily, yet still sarcastically as intended. She scooted herself off the container and lied on the ground. Closing her eyes she said, "Whatever, I'm too tired to care where I sleep."
Trent quietly chuckled and lied down next to her leaving a foot in between them. Eventually, he drifted off to sleep.
End Day 7
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Day 8 – Morning
Zeke woke up with a pain in his stomach and a scratchy dry throat. He felt even worse than yesterday. Funny, he thought, I thought sleep was supposed to make you feel better. He reached to his side for his water bottle which only was a quarter full. He took a small sip, almost positive it was the last of it. It didn't do much.
Suddenly he heard tapping on the tent. "Zeke? You up?" Martha said.
"Yeah," he croaked, jumping at the new sound of his voice.
She unzipped the tent and stepped inside. Zeke squinted as the sunlight poured in.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"About eleven. Everyone's up now. It's ok, though, you need to sleep as much as possible."
He nodded.
"You feel any better?"
"Worse," he groaned, clutching his stomach, "Hold on." Martha cleared the way for him as his darted out of the tent and into the jungle.
Zeke came back a few minutes later, "I feel a little better now."
"That's good. We'll give you another pill in a couple hours."
"Alright." Suddenly he leaned back, moaning.
"Are you ok?!" she asked, startled.
"I'm…fine." Zeke said, wincing in pain.
Martha silently got up and left the tent.
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Sharpay was sitting by the fire with her head in her hands. She didn't even care how much hotter the fire was making. Nothing could get her to stop thinking about Zeke.
The she saw Martha reappear from the tent with a glum expression.
"Is he ok?" she asked anxiously.
Martha shook her head, "Worse than yesterday." She trudged over to where Taylor was, by the first aid kit.
Sharpay felt tears gathering in her eyes, but forced them back. She'd cried enough the past few days. She got up and headed for the food container, hoping that some food could help get her mind off of Zeke for a little.
A/N- Yay!! I feel relieved after writing this, lol. Hopefully I'll get another chapter up within this month. I'd like to have an update after HSM3 premieres (3 DAYS!!) But I'm not gonna make any promises, just in case. Reviews please!!
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