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BANG!

My eyes shot open as I tried to sit up straight, but was stuck between Ned and the backseat of the car. Wow, that wouldn't sound good on paper.

I tried to release myself from Ned's grip, but he was so limp, that all of his body weight was pushed against me. Then reality set in. I was sleeping with Ned in the backseat.

My heart began to race and suddenly I felt claustrophobic.

"Ned!" I whispered.

He stirred a little, but nothing more than a quick squish against the seat.

"Ned!" I whispered louder.

"What? What's going on?!" Ned scrambled up, kicking me in the back.

"Shit! Ned shut up!"

Ned looked around and his eyes landed on mine.

"Are you okay? I'm so sorry!"

"I'm fine. I need you to sit up. There was a noise outside, I want to check it out.

"You're not going alone!"

"Why not?"

He stared at me, blushing, and trying to think of an excuse.

"No reason... you just shouldn't. It's dark outside."

"You're point?"

"Nothing. I'm coming with you though."

"Whatever."

We climbed out of the car, making sure Cookie was still asleep. A large, but welcomed gust of wind blew against my bare arms. It was so warm, I'd forgotten there was a temperature below 30 degrees Celsius. I assumed Ned saw me shiver slightly because he offered to go back and grab his sweater.

"No, I'm good. Help me find that thing that made the noise."

"Fine."

We searched around, but found nothing. Of course, when we actually took notice of where we were, we'd realized, we didn't know where we were. At all.

"Why do I let curiosity get the best of me? Seriously, what good does this ever do for me?"

"I told-"

"Shut it."

Ned zipped his mouth shut for the next five minutes.

"I think we should stop and stay still for a while. If we keep moving we'll get more lost and no one will find us."

I sighed. I knew Ned was right, so I was forced to agree.

"Yeah, okay."

I stepped forward and I felt my body lose it's balance. My foot was stuck and I was falling forward.

"MOZE!" Ned dived forward, but it was too late.

I'd stumbled, flailed, and flew down what seemed to be a lame excuse for a cliff. I knew I'd broken something, but my whole body ached so there was no way that I'd feel anything at the moment.

Ned didn't say anything. He scrambled to my rescue, but I hated being the damsel in distress. I can do things on my own just fine. Suddenly, there was heat again.

Ned had pulled me onto his lap and cradled me close to his body. I closed my eyes, trying to think of anything else besides where I was.

"Moze, look at me." He tilted my head towards him, but I kept my eyes shut.

"Look at me." Suddenly, against everything my head was saying, I opened my eyes.

He looked at me, my eyes locked with his. He began to lean down, and I though he was going to try and kiss me, so I inhaled a deep, sharp breath. His fingertips traced a painful cut along the side of my face. He wasn't going to kiss me, he just wanted to make sure I was fine.

Then I knew. He wasn't lying about what he'd said earlier. He just had awful timing.

Then I knew we'd be friends again, if nothing else.

"Does it hurt?"

"No, not at all! In fact, after falling over in a ditch, I'm pretty darn well."

"Stop being so Goddamn sarcastic all the time! I'm really trying to get through to you here!"

Suddenly I knew it was time to quit being an ass.

"I- I know." Then, I kissed him.

Despite the pain of the large cut that was drowned out by the massive electricity that surged through my body, the kiss was incredible. At first it was a simple kiss, then it was a full on make-out session. We'd kissed and kissed, lips to lips, angst to angst, heart to heart.

The walls were broken and we both knew this was a vital step to recovery.

His hands ran along though my hair, gently stroking it. My left hand cupping his cheek. I breathed him in. He smelt like the woods, but then again, we were lost in the woods, so I don't think that was his real scent.

I pulled away in a surge of pain that struck my leg.

"Ahhh." I sucked a large gulp of air, letting it sit at the back of my throat.

"Are you alright?"

"My-my leg. It hurts."

"It's broken. We need to get you help. How are we ever going to get out of here?"

"Forget that. Just for one second. We need to talk."

"I know. I've been trying to talk to you for days."

"I'm sorry. I just- I really hated how you just abandoned me, for my best girl friend. It hurt like Hell. Especially since I was falling for you." I whispered the last part, hoping he wouldn't catch it. Of course, he actually did hear what I said, despite his awful hearing back in middle school.

"You... you were? I didn't know..."

"I know you didn't. Ned, you may have great advice but you were never the brightest bulb in the bunch." Ned smirked at the little analogy.

"I fell for you too, stupid. I was in love with you in grade 8. You were just too busy with Faymen Fortune to take notice. Then again, I wasn't about to serenade you in front of the entire school either. I thought getting together with Suzie would change things. I guess it didn't."

I let a tear fall from my face, then laughed.

"What? What's so funny?"

"I vowed to myself that I wouldn't cry over you anymore."

"I made you cry? I made the rough and tough Jennifer Mosely cry?"

"I'm not heartless you ass. I have feelings."

"You were a lot less vulgar in middle school."

"So... where does this leave us?"

"I love you... do you love me?"

"I do... but I think we need to start over. I can' just let things pick up from where they left off."

Ned's smile fell.

"I guess that's a good start. Just one more thing before we go and find our way out of here."

I posted a confused look on my face, until Ned leaned in.

We kissed for a long time after that, and I'm not sure we even went to go look for help after all of that drama. The real question now was what next?