I woke up early next morning. It took me a bit to take in my surroundings, but that's when I remembered I was in Alvin's car, and then everything that had happened yesterday had poured back into my mind. We were still lost in the middle of the woods, no electricity, no phone signal, nothing.

I yawned as I sat up. I looked out the window. Even though we were surrounded by thick trees, it was pretty bright outside. Not bright as in the sun was shining above our heads, but bright enough that I could see the depth of the forest better than last night.

But I began to wonder why we were still here, I mean, people must have realized that Alvin and I are missing, right? But then again, neither Alvin and I know where we are ourselves.

But despite the fact that we were probably miles away from civilization, I woke up, feeling fine.

I turned my head towards the drivers seat and saw Alvin there, sleeping of course. I couldn't see his face because he had the hood to his jacket over his eyes, but I could hear him softly snoring. I didn't know what the time is, exactly, but I was assuming that it was still early in the morning.

Careful that I wouldn't move the car so much, I slowly got out of the car and gently closed it behind me without waking Alvin up. I shuddered when the cool breeze hit my skin, but I shook it off.

I leaned against the car, wondering what to do now. I didn't want to wake Alvin up because, well, I didn't want to ruin his sleep. But again, I was stuck in the middle of a forest with literally nothing but trees and rocks, and I had nothing to do.

I felt my stomach rumble. I was so hungry. I knew Alvin had a bunch of food in the trunk of his car, but I figured that we might as well save that for later when we really needed it.

I came to a decision that since it was bright enough for me to walk around without getting lost, I should just walk around and try to find things that'll benefit us for today. I leaned off the car, and started to make my way towards the direction of the lake that Alvin and I had found yesterday.

Minutes later, I arrived at it. I wanted to get some water, but decided to do that later because I knew that if we needed to survive out here, we needed to stay warm. I found a few pieces of wood on the ground and carried it back to the car. I sighed as I dropped it in front of me. The wood wasn't exactly light as a feather and the fact that the lake was about a 10 minute walk away from here didn't make things any better.

My arms were already sore, but I knew I had to do this. I felt like I wanted to make it up for Alvin for just everything he's done for me ever since we got lost out here. And plus, I wanted to show him that I'm able to do something without his help.

Then I decided it was time to get some water. I searched around the back of his truck to find something that'll be able to hold some water, but the only things I found were the bottles of soda.

I sighed, taking out the bottle of root beer. Root beer was Alvin's favorite drink, but everyone with a brain knows that water is essential. And If there was one thing we needed to survive out here, it was water.

"He's gonna kill me..." I whispered to myself as I twisted the bottle cap off. I quickly drained the entire bottle out by one of the trees.

I soon walked back to the lake. Since the path to the lake wasn't exactly an easy path to get to, my legs were already sore by the time I got there. I kneeled down beside the lake and filled up the bottle with water. I secured the cap on tightly and got up, brushing the dirt that were on my knees.

I looked around. There was literally no source of food, and I knew I would be risking mine and Alvin's life if I randomly picked up some unknown mushrooms or berries, so I decided to just leave it as that. I soon returned to the car, and by the time I placed the bottle of water of the ground, I was exhausted.

It must have taken me at least an hour to go back and fourth, twice.

I got down on the ground and started to arrange the pieces of wood into a campfire. I remembered what Alvin said last night, about him keeping a lighter in his car for emergencies so I quietly and carefully got back into the car and searched through all the compartments until I found it.

I lit the campfire until a small flame flickered, then, using sticks and stones, I gently placed the bottle of water over it, making sure that the bottle wouldn't touch it, but also making sure that it was close enough to the flame so it could boil.

Once that was done, I sat down on the ground, feeling absolutely worn out. Thank God I was still wearing Alvin's shoes because if I had done this in my high heels, then my feet would have probably been bleeding by now.

I sat here for another 20 minutes or so until the water had come to a boil before removing it from the fire. I gently set it down on the ground before I got up. I looked towards the car, realizing that Alvin was still asleep.

"Unbelievable." I said.

I figured that I could use his help now, so I walked towards the drivers seat and knocked on the glass. He slowly woke up and once he came into full consciousness, I saw him mumble a few cuss words under his breath. He sat up and opened the door.

"Rise and shine." I said.

He yawned, shielding his eyes with his hands from the brightness. "What time is it, Britt?"

I shrugged. "I dunno. I woke up around an hour and a half ago. I figured that it's still pretty early in the morning."

He reached towards his phone and looked at the time. "It's a little past 9am. God, Dave is probably wondering where the hell I've gone to."

I frowned. "Same with Miss Miller."

Alvin looked at me and shrugged. "Oh well, they can't blame us for getting lost in the middle of the woods."

"Yeah, but they can get mad at us for sneaking off to a party." I said.

He rolled his eyes. "Don't remind me." He sighed. "Anyway, what have you been up to this past hour?"

"Being useful, unlike you." I said, smiling sweetly at him.

He smiled but rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah?"

"For your information, I happened to build a fire while you were asleep." I said.

He looked at me. "Really?"

"Yeah." I said, motioning towards the small campfire that was just a few feet away from the car. "And I managed to get us some clean water."

Alvin got out of the car and looked towards the campfire, then back at me. "Wow, Britt. I'm kinda impressed."

"Thank you." I said.

Then he smirked. "Don't tell me you're going all Tarzan on me now."

I couldn't help but laugh. "Don't worry, I'm not."

With the little food choices we had, we decided to eat the bag of pretzels, while drinking the water. We sat on a fallen tree trunk beside the campfire, keeping warm.

"So, figured out a way to get us out of here?" I asked him.

He frowned. "No. I guess we have no choice than to stay out here until someone finds us."

"But I find it kinda weird how no one has found us yet. People must have realized that we weren't at the party last night, and our families must have realized that we're missing by now." I said, looking at him.

"Well, hopefully we'll get out of this place soon." He said.

I sighed and nodded. A few more minutes of silence fell between us as we silently ate our not-so-healthy breakfast. It was still quite early in the morning, meaning that Alvin and I had an entire day of nothingness in front of us. And since we were out in the middle of nowhere, we really didn't have any choices than to just sit around all day. Alvin and I just sat around here for about an hour more.

"How'd you sleep?" He asked me suddenly.

I looked up at him. I shrugged. "I prefer my own bed at home, but it was alright. How about you?"

He shrugged. "Same."

"If we don't end up getting out of here by tonight, you can sleep in the backseat this time. I'll sleep in the drivers seat." I said.

Alvin smiled as he looked at me. "Nah, don't worry about it."

I frowned. "But it must've been really uncomfortable sleeping in the drivers seat all night."

He shrugged again. "It wasn't that bad."

I sighed. "Alright then."

"So, what shall we do today?" He asked me.

I raised my eyebrows as I watched the small flames flicker in the campfire. "Well, I was planning to go to the mall to get my nails done." I joked.

Alvin looked at me and laughed. "Well, that would've been great if there even was a mall around here, let alone know where the hell we actually are." He teased.

I laughed, then shrugged. "Well, I don't know. What do you wanna do today? There's not much to do if you're stuck in the woods." I said, answering his question.

He shrugged. "Can people die of boredom?"

I laughed, before sighing deeply to myself. I twisted a part of my hair around my finger and said, "I don't know about you, but I want to take a shower. Being in the woods for so long is making me all gross and dirty."

"Well, Britt, I don't think there are any showers in the woods..." He teased. "Unless you wanna take a shower in the lake we found last night."

I looked at him. "Are you crazy?"

He put his hands up in defense. "It was just a suggestion."

I sighed, looking down at my hands and knees. They were covered in soil and dirt. I sighed to myself as I said, "Well, I guess it won't be that bad..."

"Wanna check it out again to make sure there aren't any sharks in it?" He said teasingly.

I rolled my eyes but smiled. "Fine." I said before we both got up to go walk towards the lake.

I sighed to myself. This was the third time today where I had to walk to this damn body of water, but I didn't mind, especially now that Alvin was with me. And plus, I honestly didn't care where I would be showering in, I just needed to shower. Alvin and I soon arrived there moments later.

"Ugh...but what if the water is dirty?" I asked.

Alvin sighed. "Well-"

But I cut him off when I heard something. "Shh."

"What?"

I put my finger out to shush him, as I listened in closely. I said nothing as I looked up into the trees. My eyes squinted as I tried to focus in on something in the distance - and then I saw it. There, off in the distance was a small waterfall. Long story short, this means that this water was not only safe to drink, but it was clean.

"Alvin, look." I said, pointing into the depth of the woods. "Can you see it?"

"All I can see are trees, Britt." He said.

I pulled him more towards my spot and said, "Over there!"

He tried looking for what I was pointing at before he looked back at me. "Um, what exactly am I suppose to see?"

I groaned. I pointed again. "Do you see now?"

"Britt, just tell me." He groaned.

"Alvin, this isn't a lake. It's a spring!" I said.

He gave me a weird look. "A...spring. Am I suppose to know what that is?"

I rolled my eyes. "Alvin, this water is clean. It's natural water!"

"Oh." He said, but it was clear that he didn't quite understand.

I sighed. "You're so annoying. Alvin, this water is clean. It's clean enough to bathe in, at least."

He raised his eyebrows. "Are you sure?"

I grinned at him and said, "You don't trust me?"

"Is that a trick question?" He asked.

I just rolled my eyes before gently pushing him to the side. "Now if you don't mind, I wanna take my shower now."

"Wait. Brittany, are you sure this water is safe?" He asked.

"I'm pretty sure. Now go away." I said.

"And where am I suppose to go?" He asked.

"Back to the car, obviously." I said.

He rolled his eyes but smiled. "Alright, alright. Just don't drown."

"Haha, funny." I sneered, before watching him walk away.

I turned back to look at the lake - or spring, as it's really called - and sighed. Who would have thought that me, Brittany Miller, the most popular girl in school, captain of the cheer squad, would have to take a bath in the woods.

I looked around me, making sure that I was completely alone, which I knew I was, before removing all my clothes. Once I was naked, I stepped foot into the spring, surprised to find it slightly warm. I walked in deeper into the water until I was waist deep.

"Hm, this isn't so bad." I said.

About halfway into my bath, I found the water to be quite relaxing and quite soothing. Though it wasn't like the luxury showers and baths I had at home, I didn't quite mind taking a bath out here in the outdoors.

As a girl, it took me forever to finish taking showers. I was beginning to wonder how long I've been here already. Once I was completely satisfied, I stepped out of the water, quickly dried myself off (Though I didn't have a towel) and changed back into my clothes. I hated the fact that I didn't have a change of clothes, but I've had bigger problems in my life before. I walked back to the car where I found Alvin sitting by the fire.

He turned around when he heard my footsteps. "Wow. Back so soon?" He teased.

"Shut up." I said.

"I don't understand why girls take forever to take showers." He said.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't get me started."

He just laughed. "So, how was it?"

I got into the car and pulled my hairbrush out of my purse. "It wasn't that bad, actually." I said as I began to comb through my hair.

Alvin stood up and said, "Okay. Well, I'm gonna go. I wanna take a shower too."

"Oh." I said. "Okay then."

Alvin left to go take a shower, which took nearly half the time that I did, and when he came back, I was almost lost for words.

I watched him as he walked towards me, his gold hair was wet, and he was wearing nothing but his jeans and shoes, while he held his t-shirt and jacket in his hands - he was shirtless. I looked away quickly. God, his body was literally so perfect and so athletic looking, I just wanted to slap him for being such a show off right now. But then again, I don't mind...

"Stop showing off." I said teasingly.

"What? Because I don't have my shirt on?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes. "This isn't some beach, Alvin."

He laughed gently and said, "Do I intimidate you, Brittany?"

I laughed once. "Please."

He chuckled before putting his shirt over his head. "Relax. My shirt kinda got wet earlier. I just wanted it to dry off even more."

I began to curse inside my head when he slipped his shirt back on, but I just rolled my eyes playfully. Noon quickly came. Alvin and I quickly resolved a 'washroom plan' so thank goodness that was out of the way. We ate lunch, talked, sat by the fire some more, and talked a bit more, took a short walk around the woods to gather more wood, and by the time we came back, it was already 4pm.

To be honest, I barely even remembered the fact that Alvin and I are lost in the woods. In fact, it even seemed as though we really were on a camping trip together.

We re-lit the fire and sat by it. I wore my sweatpants over my shorts because it was starting to get a bit chilly. As much as I didn't really mind the situation Alvin and I were in, I was beginning to get worried. I was starting to think that we'll never get out of here.

"Alvin..." I sighed, shoving my hands into the pockets of my sweater.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Do you think we'll ever get out of here? What if no one finds us?" I asked.

He sighed deeply. "Well, if people are looking for us, which I'm sure there are, I don't think our families will stop until they do find us."

I smiled weakly, knowing that he was right. I stared deep into the fire as silence was swept between us for the longest time. It's almost been a full 24 hours since Alvin and I ended up here, and so far, everything has been going good. It may not be the best place to get lost in, but at least the both of us are here together.

In fact, I was glad that Alvin and I are getting along...kind of. At least we haven't argued and fought as much as we have 2 days ago. Knowing Alvin all my life has really been such a pain, but it was times like these where I really tolerated our friendship. I guess we really do make a good team sometimes.

"Thanks, Alvin." I said suddenly.

He looked over at me. "For what?"

I shrugged, not looking up at him. "For just...being here for me. I know that we argue and bicker all the time, but, these past few hours being stranded with you have been...nice."

"Oh. You're welcome." He said. "And yeah, it's nice to just talk with you for once, without wanting to rip each other's throats out."

I laughed. "Who would have guessed? Alvin Seville and Brittany Miller, having a nice, normal conversation with each other."

He smiled. "Well, we are best friends for a reason, even though we don't always act like it."

I looked over at him and smiled. I loved how he said that because now I know that he values our friendship as much as I do. "Yeah. When we first ended up in this place, I wanted to kill myself for being stuck with you."

"Same here." He said, laughing lightly.

I sat back. "I don't mind it as much anymore."

"Yeah. As much as I wish we were both home, it's been nice spending some time with you." He said.

"Yeah. I mean, you haven't been a pain in the ass to deal with...so far." I teased.

He rolled his eyes. "Thanks."

I laughed as I lightly nudged him. "I was kidding. Besides, It's actually quite nice out here."

"Yeah. No brothers trying to invade your space. No Dave, yelling my name every 5 seconds." Alvin said.

"I know what you mean." I said, laughing. But then I sighed. "But I'm sure they're worried about us, Alvin."

He sighed and nodded. "I know. But we'll be home soon...I hope."

I nodded. None of us said a word for a long, long time. As much as I hate admitting it, I loved moments like these; just sitting here with Alvin, doing nothing but talk, as we sat around a campfire, keeping warm.

I laughed lightly to myself.

He looked at me. "What's so funny?"

I smiled and shrugged. "Nothing, it's just, well, last week you and I would be walking around the school hallways with our own friends, ignoring each other whenever we passed by one another. And now, we're stuck in a forest with each other."

He laughed lightly, but said, "It's not that I'm ignoring you, it's just that I know you have your own friends, and that I have mine."

I smiled. "I know. I just find it so weird how so much can happen so quickly."

Alvin and I continued to carry on the conversation, laughing here and there. I soon began to realize how much I've missed hanging out with him. Ever since he became the captain of the football team, he became 'Mr popular' and his group of friends began to expand, leaving me in the background. At first, I felt betrayed because Alvin and I have been best friends since we were little kids.

But when I became the captain of the cheer squad, I shot to popularity at our school too. And though Alvin and I have our own little cliques of friends back at school, and though the two of us have changed drastically due to our popularity, we knew that the both of us would remain best friends.

But now, in this moment, just chatting with him, made me realize that we never really changed who we are on the inside.

Behind all of this popularity, behind all this 'hotshot football player' and 'preppy cheerleader' reputation we try and maintain for school, we've always been the same Alvin and Brittany we have been all our lives, and it was times like these where I finally realized it.

And I knew that Alvin is the one person where I can act like myself without feeling the need to be someone else.

It was soon getting colder and darker, and the fire was beginning to die down.

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

He looked at his phone. "It just turned 7pm."

"7? Wow, that was fast." I said.

"I guess we were so busy talking that we weren't even aware of how much time had passed." Alvin said.

I laughed. "Yeah..." I sighed.

Once again, no one said a word for another long period of time. I watched as the fire got dimmer and dimmer. Besides the soft crackling of the campfire, it was dead silent. It was nice, in a way, peaceful and relaxing, but at the same time, it was getting too quiet.

"Alvin?" I asked, turning to him.

He turned towards me. With the shadows of the campfire flickering beside us, I could really see the gold accents in his eyes.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Thank you for just always being here for me. Not just today, but everyday. I know I can be a bitch at times, especially when we argue with each other, but..." I smiled and shrugged, unable to finish.

He smiled. "No problem. Same with you. You're literally the only person who knows me as well as I know myself."

I laughed gently, looking up at him. He was looking at me back, and once again, everything turned silent. My heart began to race as I looked into his eyes. I felt myself suddenly lost in his gaze. He seemed as though his face was getting closer to mine. And I...what the hell was I doing? Was I leaning into him?

Were we...were we about to kiss?

I wasn't afraid to admit it anymore. I wanted to kiss him.

I think...I think I'm in love with him.

But I closed my eyes as I pulled away, leaning away from him. I just couldn't afford to mess up our friendship. As much as I wanted to kiss him, our friendship was way too important for me to lose. But the moment I leaned away from him, I felt so...empty.

Alvin and I sort of just stared at each other before he turned back to the fire, which had just burned out.

He cleared his throat. "Should...should we re-light it?" He asked.

"Um..."

But before I could answer, a loud clap of thunder roared throughout the sky, and literally seconds later, rain started to pour. The sky became darker and darker, and the rain began to fall even harder.

"Crap." Alvin said, before looking at me. "Let's get in the car before we get soaked."

I nodded as he got into the drivers seat while I sat in the passengers seat beside him. We both closed the door shut, and thankfully, neither of us had gotten drenched in the rain. I looked outside my window. I could barely see anything due to how hard it was raining.

I looked over at Alvin for a brief moment. I could feel tension in the air between us now.

Like I said, I wanted to kiss him so bad, I really did, but I was just so...scared to.

Whoa. Were they about to kiss? :O

I don't know about you guys, but I'm sensing a bit of romance between these two...

Anyway, hope you liked the chapter. I'd love to hear what you guys thought of it so PLEASE REVIEW!

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