Chapter Fifteen

We walked in silence to Jeb's room. It was the ideal time to search for the box with the camera because it was dinner time and everyone was in the cafeteria. Kyle was the first to go inside, just opening the door and bursting in. I, however, was a little hesitant at the door. After all, this was only my second time actually going inside. It was a lot weirder without Jeb there.

"So where did he say it was?" Kyle asked, already searching around the room.

"In a box full of junk."

"Well that really narrows it down." I laughed. Kyle was right, there were boxes of stuff all over. More so than there had been when I was in here earlier. "I mean look at this stuff. Where did it all come from?" He held up an old clock that looked like it had the Sesame Street characters on it.

We continued our search for what felt like a long time. I looked up to see Jared standing by the door. "You could help, you know."

"I'm keeping watch. It shouldn't be long before dinner is over."

"Yeah, but we need all the help we can-"

"Is this it?" Kyle yelled from across the room. He had his face in a box with his hand lifted above his head. I saw a black thing in his hand and dropped what I was holding to run over to him. I grabbed the mysterious black object out of his hand and examined it.

"Behold! The evidence I need to prove I am right." I smiled excitedly and started to do a victory dance.

"Not so fast," Jared said as he took the camera out of my right hand, interrupting my dance. I sighed and put my hands on my hips. "You don't know what's on the camera. For all you know it's just pictures of kittens or something."

"Well it better not be naked pictures of me or something. I mean I know I'm sexy and all, but that would just be too weird." Jared and I just looked at Kyle with confused expressions on our faces then just turned back to each other. His comment did not deserve a response.

I took the camera back. "Well it's a digital camera so we can just look at them." I pushed a button to turn it on. Nothing happened. "It needs new batteries."

"Or maybe you are just pushing the wrong button," Jared said. I tried to keep the camera in my hands, but failed as Jared grabbed it back. Guys. They think they know everything about technology.

He pushed a button. Nothing. So he pushed another button. Still nothing. He then continued to press every single button on the little camera, starting out softly and then smashing them. Yeah, because that totally helps.

"Needs new batteries," Jared said confidently.

"That's what I said." He may be my fiancée, but boy was he really starting to get on my nerves.

"Okay, okay. We've established that it needs new batteries," Kyle broke in. "So where do we find some?" This was the second time in one day that he had saved us from another argument. He was really getting good at it. I needed to remember to thank him for it.

As we were all pondering this we heard voices coming down the hall. We all just looked at each other, waiting for someone to make the first move. As they say in psychology, you are less likely to react when in a group than when you are alone. I guess it's true because we all stood there like idiots until we heard the voices right outside the door.

Jeb.

"What do we do?" Kyle whispered frantically. His eyes were wide, just like mine. I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came out. I turned to Jared who, by the looks of it, was experiencing the same thing I was. Shock. If Jeb was to find us in his room it would be the end.

"The closet!" I whispered. I grabbed both of their hands and turned my body around, looking for it. I quickly realized that we were still in the caves and there were no closets. It was at that point that I realized how stupid you act when scared. Now it makes sense why people do crazy things when in desperate situations.

My heart was pounding. There was nowhere to hide. We would just have to wait for Jeb to come in and try to come up with a good excuse about why we were here. Sure it would be difficult, but there was a slim chance he would buy whatever we tried to sell him. My suffering intensified as I started to hear the conversation outside.

"Look, kid, I'm busy. Why don't you go show someone else?"

"Because everyone else always says the same thing. You're my grandpa and we haven't spent much time together. Can't you just watch me do one trick? I won't ask you for anything again." Jamie? Could that be him? But what could he possibly have to show Jeb? More importantly, why?

"Alright. One trick, but that's it. Then I'm coming back to my room for my alone time."

"Awesome!" Jamie yelled excitedly.

I was so confused at this point. Jamie usually never talked to Jeb by himself, he never had a reason to. So why was he starting now? We stood there for another minute before accepting that the coast was clear.

Kyle was the first to break the silence. "Was that Jamie?"

"That's what I thought," Jared said as he walked over to the door.

This seemed like a good time to ask aloud what I had been asking myself. "But why would Jamie be talking to Jeb?"

They both shrugged. "We can ask him later, right now we should worry about getting out of here before he gets back." We all agreed and made our way back out into the hall. As we had before we walked in silence back to Kyle's room. Once inside with the door closed we all breathed a sigh of relief.

I jumped on the bed and stretched my legs out. "What kind of batteries does that thing take?" I asked.

"Hmm, let me look." Jared twisted the camera in his hands, looking for where the batteries were supposed to be. He opened the side of it and studied the batteries. "Wait a second..." He took one of the batteries out and turned it around. "There, let's try that." He flipped the camera back over and tried pushing a few buttons. "Ta da."

"No way?" Kyle sounded surprised. "Let me see."

"Let's all look together. I don't want someone deleting any of my evidence," I said, getting off the bed.

We all sat down next to each other, myself in the middle with Kyle on my left and Jared on my right. I held the camera out in front so we could all see and pushed the playback button. A picture filled the screen – a waterfall.

"Hey didn't you say that you say something about a waterfall in your dream?" Jared asked.

All I could do was nod. Could it just be a coincidence? I was determined to find out so pressed the arrow key to see the next picture.

(A/N: Blah. I really don't like this story, but I figured you guys at least deserve an ending. I'll try to finish it soon so I can just get it all over with. Don't forget to click the review button below... OH! There is also a new chapter of 'Never My Love' up so if you haven't done so already you should go check it out. It's heating up! =).