I was screaming and my eyes were shut as the car continued til downhill. My heart was beating a trillion times per second, and I could feel tears rising up in my eyes.

We're gonna die, we're gonna die...

But just when I thought we were gone and done for, the car came to a stop. I opened my eyes, my breathing was heavy and fast. I literally felt paralysed. I just couldn't believe what happened. What the hell did happen? Everything felt so surreal right now.

"Brittany!" I heard Alvin exclaim.

I gasped and looked over at him. We just stared at each other for a few seconds, both still unable to wrap our minds around what had just occurred He looked as shocked and terrified as I was. I felt all my limbs go frozen, I didn't know if I was even able to say anything at this point.

"Britt, are you okay?" He asked me.

I gulped. "Y-Yeah."

"Are you hurt?" He asked.

I shook my head. "N-No..." I whispered. "Alvin, what just happened?"

He looked out of the window. We were surrounded by trees. Everywhere we turned, there was nothing but trees. It seemed as though we were in the middle of the forest, far, far away from civilization. Alvin and I looked back at each other, and that's when we knew we were lost.

Lost, and stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Alvin suddenly took off his seatbelt and got out. Luckily, the car was still right side up. I, though still shaken over what just happened, followed him. Alvin stood back and looked at his car. I followed his gaze and frowned. His car, or at least the front of it, was smashed and battered up.

"Shit..." I heard Alvin say.

I looked at him. "Alvin, are-"

He suddenly turned to me and shot me a look. "Are you happy now, Brittany?" He fired.

I closed my mouth, shocked that he was suddenly angry at me. "W-What?"

"Look at what you did. If only you had left me alone while I was driving, then none of this would have happened! And look what happened! We're stuck in the middle of God knows where, we almost got hurt, and now my car is all fucked up!" He shot.

I stepped back, truly hurt that he was blaming this on me. "Are you blaming this on me?"

"Well, do you see anybody else around here that I could be talking to?" He fired bitterly.

I couldn't believe him. I said, "What the hell are you talking about? Why is this my fault?"

"You could have just left me alone while I was driving! But no, you just had to interfere." He shot.

"For your information, Seville, you were about to drive into something! I was only trying to stop you before you drove into it!" I exclaimed, trying my best not to show how hurt I was.

"But look at where that got us, Brittany. Who knows where we are? We can't even see the damn sky from here!" He fired, turning away from me in frustration.

I looked around us. He was right. There was nothing but trees, rocks, more trees and more rocks. I looked back at him, suddenly feeling my eyes water, and before I knew it, tears were streaming down my face. I couldn't keep it in anymore. I was just so hurt that he was blaming me, and I felt even more hurt, knowing that he was right.

"Do you think I wanted this to happen? Stop making me feel worse than I already do." I said, choking back tears.

He turned his head up to look at me, but then I saw his expression soften when he realized I was crying. Alvin turned to me and said, "Britt, look, I-"

"No." I fired, trying to hold back tears. "You're right. This is all my fault."

He sighed, walking closer to me. "It's not-"

"Leave me alone, Alvin." I shot, walking back into the car, and slamming it closed behind me.

I pulled my knees up to my chest. I didn't know what to do. Could this day get any worse? The car rolled down a massive hill, Alvin and I are now lost in the goddamn wilderness without anyone around, we have absolutely no idea where we are, his car is now broken, and now Alvin's blaming all of this on me.

Seconds later, I heard the drivers seat door open, and felt Alvin climb in.

"Britt?" He asked gently.

"Go away." I said.

He sighed. "Brittany, look, I'm sorry for yelling at you, but it's not your fault. I swear, it's not."

I looked up at him. "You said it yourself. If it weren't for me, then we wouldn't have gotten into this mess."

Alvin sighed. "Look, this is no one's fault. Accidents happen, but we'll get out of this, I promise."

"How are you so sure? Alvin, we're in the middle of a frickin' forest, miles away from the city. We'll never get out of here." I said.

He sighed deeply. "Britt, people are gonna notice that we're missing. They'll probably send some people to look for us."

I closed my eyes as I put my head in my hands. "The party..."

Reality soon began to sink in. There was a 0% that Alvin and I were going to make the party in time, if we were even going to make it to the party at all. It was just me, Alvin, the car, and a bunch of trees. Who knows how long it'll take before we get out of here?

"Who cares about the party, Brittany? That's the least of our concerns. All we need to focus on now is getting out of here." Alvin said.

But then my eyes widened as I thought of something. I reached into my bag and pulled out my cellphone. "Alvin, we could just call someone to get us!"

He sighed. "Britt, I don't think-"

But my heart automatically dropped to the bottom of my stomach the phone I saw the 'no signal' sign on my phone.

I looked at him, suddenly feeling hopeless. "Alvin, what if we never get out of here?"

"Brittany, we're going to get out of here, okay? Like I said, people are going to realize that we're missing, and they're going to send the police or whatever out here to find us. Calm down, okay?" He said.

But despite his words, despite how much I wanted to believe him, there was just a small part of me on the inside that was still feeling hopeless and lost. But for Alvin's sake, I just nodded my head.

Alvin sighed deeply. "Dave is gonna murder me once he sees my car..."

"Miss Miller is gonna murder me once she finds out what happened." I sighed.

Alvin looked over at me and half-laughed. "Well, I guess we're stuck here together until someone finds us."

"If someone finds us..." I muttered.

He sighed. "Will you stop? I already told you that someone will eventually find us. Just not...now."

I sighed deeply to myself. I guess Alvin was right. Things could have turned out worse. For one, we could have died. Two, the car could have been upside down, but thank goodness it was right side up. And three, well, I could have been stuck with someone else.

And though we were in this situation, I would rather have been stuck with Alvin rather than anybody else.

"And I'm sorry that you're missing your party. I knew how much it meant to you." Alvin said.

I smiled softly but shrugged. Though it did hurt to know that I was missing the party of the year - the party that I spent so long to plan - I knew that there was nothing I could do about it.

"Oh well. I'll get over it." I said. "But how long do you think it'll take for our friends to realize that we're not there?"

"Not too long, hopefully. I just hope that they'll send the cops out here to find us before things get worse. In the mean time, it looks like we have to deal with each other even longer." He said, sighing exasperatedly.

I couldn't help but laugh, knowing that he was trying to lighten up the mood. That's one of the things I love about Alvin, the way he can make anybody laugh no matter what situation you're in.

"Kinda sucks how we're in our party clothes too." I said.

"Yeah..." Alvin said. "You look...great, by the way."

I felt a bunch of butterflies swarm the inside of my stomach when he said that. It's been a while since Alvin complimented me in, well, anything. But the fact that he said I looked great, despite the lack of clothing I was wearing, and the amount of skin I was showing, made me feel all weird and giggly on the inside.

"Oh, thanks. You look great too." I said. "I didn't really recognize you at first without your varsity jacket and stuff."

He laughed. "So you're telling me that after being friends with me for years, you didn't recognize me?"

"Not that I didn't recognize you, it was just, well...you looked different in casual party clothes. I like it on you." I admitted.

"Well, you know, I gotta impress the ladies." He said.

"Ugh." I muttered, rolling my eyes.

He laughed gently, before it became quiet between us. I looked out the window again and sighed. All I wanted now was to get out of here. I didn't even care about going to the party. I just wanted to go home. I mean, who knows how long Alvin and I will be stuck here? Here, in the middle of a forest where there is no cell phone signal, no electricity, barely any light, and worse...no bathroom.

Silence swept over the two of us for what seemed to be a long time, until I finally spoke up.

"What are we gonna do, Alvin?" I sighed, continuing to look out of the window.

He sighed. "I guess there's nothing we can really do until someone finds us."

"How are we gonna survive though? We have no electricity, no food, no bathrooms..." I sighed.

"Brittany." He said.

I turned to him.

He smiled and shrugged. "We'll just have to do it on our own like we're camping, or something."

I laughed. "Camping?"

"Why not, right? If we're gonna be stuck here for who knows how long, we could at least pretend we're doing something fun." Alvin said.

I laughed lightly. This was another thing I loved about him. No matter how bad the situation is, he was always able to turn it around and make it into something else. Though Alvin and I argue at times, over the years of knowing him, I've learned to appreciate him a lot more.

"Wait...what if there are bears here though?" I asked, suddenly frowning.

He rolled his eyes. "We live in Los Angeles, Brittany. I doubt there are any bears here."

"You never know!" I said, looking at him.

"Trust me, there aren't any bears in the place." He said.

"Then what was that thing I saw earlier? The thing I saw on the road?" I asked.

"It was probably a deer. I know that there are deer in LA." Alvin said.

I sighed. He was probably right. "Ugh, stupid deer."

Alvin checked his cellphone. "Wow. It's almost 7pm."

"The party probably already started. People are probably wondering where we are." I sighed.

"At least we aren't hurt...or dead." Alvin said.

I sighed but laughed. "Yeah. That would've sucked."

He laughed too. "So, what are we gonna do tonight? We might as well do something that won't bore us to death. We are lost in the middle of nowhere after all."

I rolled my eyes but smiled. But then I frowned when I heard my stomach grumble. It was around 7pm, which was usually the time I ate dinner. And since I was planning to eat at the party, I had saved my appetite for then. But since we were still in the middle of the woods, I was starving.

"What are we gonna do about food?" I asked.

"Got it covered." Alvin said before he got out of the car.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

But he didn't answer me as he shut the drivers door and went to the back of his car. Wondering what he was up to, I got out of the car and followed him to the trunk of the car. He opened it, and in the trunk, was food - junk food, to be exact. There were bags of chips, pretzels, candy and at least 2 bottles of soda.

"Where did you get all of this?" I asked.

He shrugged. "Sometimes after football practice, the team and I take turns in who's in charge for bringing snacks."

"But it's all junk food." I said.

He scoffed. "So?"

"But you're a football player. Shouldn't you be eating healthy stuff?" I asked him.

"It's not like we eat this stuff 24/7, Brittany. And besides, have you seen my body? I've already got a 6-pack. I've got nothing to worry about." Alvin said.

I rolled my eyes at his cockiness, but then again, that was Alvin for you. But he was right. I have seen his body a few times whenever we, along with a group of friends, were at the beach. And damn, a girl could stare at his body for hours without getting tired.

But there was no way in hell I was ever going to admit that.

I frowned. "But it's different for me, I-"

He rolled his eyes. "You look fine. I mean, look at what you're wearing. You have nothing to worry about."

Right, I forgot that I was wearing nothing but high heeled boots, jean shorts and a strapless tube top. And though it made me blush extremely hard to know that Alvin was paying attention to not only my clothes, but to my body...ugh, I was feeling all weird on the inside.

"Alvin, It's not that I don't eat junk food, because I do, but I don't want to eat just junk food for the next few days, or however long we'll be stuck here." I said.

Alvin shrugged as he grabbed a bag of chips. "Suit yourself, but don't blame me if you starve to death." He said, before closing the trunk and walking away towards the hood of the car.

I rolled my eyes as I followed him. I got on the hood of the car and sat on it while he half-sat, half-leaned onto it. He opened the bag of chips and passed me some. Over the next few minutes, the two of us quietly ate as we stared into the darkness of the forest. It wasn't like it was completely dark, but it was dark enough that very little sunlight was shining upon us.

I looked over at Alvin as he ate. Deep inside, I knew I loved him as a friend, but for some reason, I was wishing that there was something more...

Even though Alvin can come off as obnoxious and a showoff, I know him well enough to know that he really does care for people. And I was lucky enough to be his best friend, as he is mine. And I've mentioned this before, even though we fight and argue, I still care about him. And despite the situation we were in right now, I was lucky to be stuck with him instead of someone else.

Is it wrong to feel these feelings about your best friend? No, of course not. But there was just something inside me that was afraid of letting me feel this way.

I pushed thought thoughts away as s small breeze flew past me. I shuddered.

Alvin looked over at me. "You cold?"

"No, I'm fine." I said.

He half-smiled at me and said, "Wrong day to pick a seductive outfit, huh?"

I raised my eyebrows knowingly at him.

His eyes widened, realizing what he just said. "N-Not that I think you're seductive. I-I mean, you do look seductive, but it-it's not as if I'm, you know...I mean..."

I looked at him again.

He sighed and laughed nervously. "That didn't come out right."

I smiled. "It's okay."

Alvin smiled and said, "What I meant to say is, well, you look great in your outfit, but as your friend, I'm not gonna say anything that'll make you want to hit me."

I laughed and looked at him. "So, you think I look seductive now, do you?"

He rolled his eyes. "I didn't mean it that way, Britt."

"Then what did you mean?" I asked, playfully teasing now.

He sighed deeply before removing his leather jacket and wrapping it around me. At first, I felt butterflies swarm my stomach again, but then I relaxed, feeling the warmth of his jacket come off to my skin.

"You didn't need to do that, you know. I have a sweater inside the car, remember?" I asked, referring to the clothes I had worn over my party clothes.

Alvin shrugged. "I don't want you to freeze."

"What about you? You're gonna catch a cold." I said, looking up at him.

"I'll be okay." He said, smiling down at me.

I sighed. It was probably past 7pm. There was literally nothing to do except to kill time. I looked around. It wasn't exactly dark, I mean, the forest was still clear and it wasn't as if it was near midnight yet, so after a few more minutes of silence, I hopped off the hood of the car.

Alvin looked at me. "What are you doing?"

"Let's explore this place." I said.

"Uh, we're in a forest." He said.

"So what? If we're gonna survive living here for the next day or so, we need to get familiar with this place." I said.

"You're joking." Alvin said.

"Well, I don't see you coming up with any ideas." I said.

"Britt, the last thing we need is to get lost even more, okay?" Alvin said.

"It's not like we're hiking a trillion miles. Let's just walk around, please?" I said.

He rolled his eyes and groaned. "Fine."

I smiled as I took off his leather jacket and gave it back to him. I went into the backseat of his car to grab my own sweater, before Alvin stopped me. He went into the trunk of his car again and pulled out a pair of shoes.

"Here, put these on. I don't want you walking around in heels all day." He said.

I looked down at the shoes and realized it was one of his many, many pairs of gym shoes. I looked up at him and said, "I can't wear these."

"Why not?" He asked.

"It doesn't go with my outfit." I said.

"Are you being serious right now?" He groaned.

I laughed as I kicked off my high heels and placed them back in the car. "I was kidding. God." I said before slipping into his shoes.

"How do they feel?" He asked, putting his jacket back on.

"They're quite big, but they'll do. My feet feel way better." I said.

"See? I'm always prepared." He said.

"Oh, Alvin. What would I ever do without you?" I said sarcastically.

He just rolled his eyes and said, "Whatever. Let's go."

We decided not to go far in case it gets too dark or something. We walked around for about 10 minutes before we finally spotted something we did not expect to see - a lake.

"Alvin, look!" I exclaimed.

"Oh great. Now we can go fishing." He muttered sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes. "No, stupid. This means that we have water to drink!"

He gave me a weird look. "Brittany, I wouldn't drink that water if I were you."

I rolled my eyes again and sighed. "It's not like we're gonna drink this right out of the damn lake, Alvin. But if we had a source of fire, we can boil the water, which can kill off all the bacteria. Then it'll be clean enough for us to drink."

He looked at me for a few seconds. "Was it just me, or did you sound like Jeanette? I didn't know you were into science."

"I'm not. But unlike you, I actually pay attention in biology class." I said.

"Whatever." He said.

"If only we had some fire..." I looked at him. "Do you know how to build a fire?"

"No...but I do have a lighter." Alvin said.

I gasped. "That's perfect!" But then I looked at him. "Wait. Why do you carry a lighter around?"

"I don't. I just carry it around with me in case of emergencies." Alvin said.

I crossed my arms and looked at him.

He groaned. "I don't smoke, Britt, if that's what you're thinking."

"You sure?" I asked.

"I swear, okay?" He said. "But really, I just carry it around in my car just in case I need it."

"Fine. Well, that's good then. At least we know where to get water in case we need it." I said.

Alvin looked at his phone and said, "It's almost 8pm."

"Wow, already? Should we head back to the car, or do you want to keep on walking around?" I asked.

"I think we found what we need. We can explore this place some more tomorrow when the sun is actually up. Let's just go back." Alvin said.

We soon returned to the car, where Alvin and I sat back on the hood of the car where we continued to eat the bag of chips. We talked a bit more until it was starting to get a bit darker. Usually, I would be freaking out. I mean, who wouldn't? Imagine being lost and stranded in the middle of the woods at night?!

But for some reason, I didn't mind. With Alvin here with me, I felt safe, as though I had nothing to worry about.

"What time is it now?" I asked him.

"A little past 8:30." He said. "Wait, where's your phone?"

"Inside the car." I said.

"Why?" He asked.

"Well I figured that if your phone ever ran out of battery, we could use mine. Hello? Logic." I said sarcastically.

"Gee, sorry." He said before laughing. He sighed and said, "So, what are we gonna tell everyone when we get back?"

"That you - the captain of the football team - and I - captain of the cheer squad - almost died on our way to the party, and had to spend a night in a forest by ourselves, surrounded by nothing but trees and darkness." I said.

Alvin laughed. "We're gonna sound like such losers."

I laughed too. "Oh well."

We continued to just sit here for a long time. I was guessing that it was only 9 o'clock, but I was already getting a bit sleepy, which was weird because I usually slept at 11pm, and if I was at the party right now, I probably wouldn't have gone to bed until 3am.

I yawned.

Alvin looked at me. "Are you sleepy?"

"Sorta." I said.

He hopped off the car's hood and said, "Alright, come on, let's go in the car. It's getting kinda cold out here anyway."

I nodded as I jumped off of the hood as well. I followed Alvin around the back and saw that he opened the door to the backseats for me.

"You can sleep in the backseat. It'll probably be more comfy for you anyway." He said.

"What about you? Where will you sleep?" I asked him.

"I'll be in the drivers seat." He said.

I frowned. "Won't that be uncomfortable though?"

"It's a reclining chair, don't worry. I'll be fine." He said.

I couldn't help but smile. "Thanks, Alvin."

"No problem. So, good night?" He said.

I raised my eyebrows. "Wait, where are you going?"

"I'm just gonna stay out here for a bit. I need to figure out a way to get out of here by tomorrow, before Dave and Miss Miller find out we're missing." He said.

I frowned slightly. "But it's cold out here."

He laughed. "Don't worry, Britt. I'll be inside once I'm done."

I sighed and nodded. "Okay. Goodnight then."

"'Night." Alvin said.

I was about to get inside before I realized I forgot to say something. "Oh, and Alvin?" I called.

"Yeah?"

I smiled and shrugged. "Thanks for, you know, taking care of me in a situation like this."

"No problem, Britt." He answered.

I smiled again before I slowly climbed into the backseat and sprawled on my back, staring up at the car ceiling. I felt the car push down a little, assuming it was Alvin, leaning against the hood of the car again.

Today has been such a hectic day, I just couldn't wrap my head around it. A part of me wishes I was at the party with all of my friends right now, another part of me wishes that I could get out of here and go back home.

But for some reason, I could feel another part of me - an even stronger part - that didn't mind the fact that I was stranded out here in the woods. Being with Alvin made me feel so safe that it made me kind of hope that we would be stuck here for another few days. It was just him, and me, alone...

I sighed and shook my head, pushing all those thoughts away. I snuggled deep into my hoodie, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

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