At first, I thought he was joking, and that he may have said something else. But when I looked at him, I realized that I heard him right. I lost my train of thought for what seemed like ages. I just continued to stare into his gold eyes as I felt my body go all cold for just a few seconds, wondering to myself if this was real life right now.

Did he actually just ask me to kiss him?

"W-What?" I whispered.

He smiled that handsome, dark, malicious smile of his. "I dare you to kiss me." He said again.

My heart began to race. I felt as though everything had suddenly turned surreal. Once again, I didn't move. I didn't say anything, I didn't move an inch. I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that he was asking me this.

"Why?" I asked him.

He leaned back and laughed. "Don't tell me you're gonna back out on a dare, Brittany. A dare's a dare."

I frowned a bit. Was he teasing me to annoy me? Or was he teasing me on purpose, just to get me to kiss him? But I still couldn't believe that Alvin Seville, the guy I've known for years, the guy who literally annoys me on a daily basis, wanted me to kiss him.

But deep inside, I knew that this was something I wanted. I couldn't hide from the fact that I am, in fact, in love with him.

I scoffed. "I'm not gonna back out." I said.

He raised his eyebrows. "Really, now?"

"Yeah." I said, hating the fact that he was taunting me now.

"Then prove it, Brittany." He teased, leaning in closer to me. But then he pulled back and smirked. "Unless you're scared."

I scoffed again. "Scared? Puh-leez. Maybe you're the one that's scared, Alvin."

He laughed. "Right."

My blood began to boil under my skin. He was so arrogant, so cocky...but that's what made him himself. And to be brutally honest, I wouldn't change a thing about him.

Scared? Ha. I'll show you.

I waited no time and leaned into him, finally pressing my lips against his. His lips were warm and soft against mine. I couldn't believe I was kissing him, but there was no way I would end this kiss so soon. Our kiss started off as gentle. I could feel that Alvin was slightly hesitant, as if he didn't want to hurt me. But I could feel that he wanted this as bad as me.

Oh my God, oh my God. Was this actually happening right now?

Seconds later, I was feeling the kiss become more intimate and more natural. We started to kiss each other even deeper, more passionately now. He was kissing me with more passion, and I couldn't help but do the same. I felt his hands go to my waist, gently touching the sides of my body. I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling our faces closer to each other's.

I completely lost myself in the moment.

Just when it seemed as though we've been kissing for, well, who knows how long, we pulled away. To be honest, I don't even know how long we've been kissing for! I could hear the soft breaths coming from the both of us as we pulled away from each other, staring at each other in the eyes.

Did that really just happen?

He cleared his throat. "Wow, I uh...that was, well, wow."

My head was still spinning, but I could feel the insides of me bursting with a feeling I had never felt before. It wasn't just because of the fact that I had just kissed him, but it was because of the fact that I knew that I loved him, loved him in a way that I had never felt for anyone before.

I felt so uncomfortable, yet, so relaxed in Alvin's presence. We both looked away, as he looked out of his window, while I looked out of mine. The rain kept on pouring. I closed my eyes for a few seconds, trying to get over what had just happened. It was just so weird, yet at the same time, it felt so...amazing.

And oh my gosh, he was such a good kisser.

"Britt?" He asked, turning back to me.

I looked back at him. "Yeah?"

"That was just a kiss, right?" He asked me. "N-Nothing more than that?"

I looked at him, wondering what he was trying to say. Just a kiss? I sighed ever so quietly to myself, bringing myself back to reality. We didn't kiss because we felt something for each other, we kissed because of a stupid little game of truth or dare...

I nodded and looked at him. "Yeah. It was just a kiss."

But on the inside, I could feel my heart shatter after I said that.

The next morning, I was glad to see that the rain had completely stopped. I turned to look at Alvin, who was fast asleep. We both slept in the front car seats last night, him sleeping in the drivers seat, while I slept in the passengers seat. I looked out my window, noticing that it was slightly light outside. I assumed that it was probably still early in the morning.

It was now day 3 of being stranded in the middle of the woods, and no one has found us yet.

I was beginning to lose hope. I wasn't so sure if anyone was gonna find us soon. I was starting to think that maybe no one will ever find us at all. But then I thought back to what Alvin said, saying that he knows that our friends and families won't stop at nothing until they find us.

I sat up and sighed. I tried my very best not to think of what happened last night, but everything came back. The secrets we spilled to each other, the embarrassing moments we admitted...the kiss.

The memory of our kiss kept me up for a few hours last night. Everything felt so fresh in my mind; the feeling of when we kissed, the feeling of when we pulled away...

I sighed and shook my head as I zipped up my sweater and got out of the car. It was a bit chilly, and the ground was still slightly wet, but it'll have to do. I went back to the lake to get some water, before lighting up our campfire again. I sat down on a log, waiting for the water to come to a boil when I heard the car door open.

I looked up saw Alvin climb out. He yawned but came over to me when he saw me sitting beside the campfire. I could sense some weird tension between us, but I tried my best to just forget everything that had happened last night.

"Good morning." I said.

"Good morning." He said before sitting down beside me.

"How'd you sleep?" I asked. I wanted to keep our conversation going as normal as possible. Like I said, all I wanted was to forget about everything that happened last night between us.

"It was okay. You?" He asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, it wasn't too bad."

"So, how many days has it been now since we ended up here?" He asked.

"3 days." I sighed.

"Already?" He said.

I nodded then shrugged. "But being out here in the woods has been nice. As much as I want to go home, at least we've been able to survive long enough."

"Yeah, I guess. But I really hope someone finds us before we run out of food." He said, before standing up. "Speaking of that, I'll go get breakfast."

I sighed as I watched him to go the trunk of the car. I could tell that he was feeling a bit weird around me, as I was with him. I knew Alvin was thinking about our kiss last night as much as I was thinking about it. He soon came back with food, and as we ate, no one spoke a single word.

But halfway through, Alvin spoke up, bringing up the topic that both him and I knew we wanted to avoid.

"Brittany, about last night..." He sighed.

"It's okay. It was nothing." I said automatically, not even daring myself to look up at him. I kept my eyes on the ground the entire time.

"Look, the kiss was suppose to be a dare. I didn't mean to ask you outta the blue, I just thought, you know, since we weren't doing anything..." He trailed off.

I looked up at him and forced a smile. "It's okay. It wasn't just you, after all. I kissed you as well."

He half-smiled and said, "I hope it won't make anything awkward between us."

I smiled and shook my head. "Don't worry. It was just a kiss, Alvin. It was nothing."

I felt my heart break when I said it, but I knew I had to act as if nothing was wrong. I had to pretend that nothing was bothering me for the sake of our friendship because if things continued to become more awkward, then I don't know how I'll be able to deal with it. But I'm glad that Alvin brought it up. At least that was now out of the way.

We continued to eat, before I heard Alvin sigh. I looked at him, and noticed that he was staring at his car. I followed his gaze, remembering how damaged his car was. His car was in such a bad state due to our little car accident that ended us up in these damn woods in the first place.

"Dave is never gonna let me drive again." He said.

I looked back at him and said, "It's not your fault, though. Whatever we saw on the road couldn't have been avoided. And besides, your car could have ended up in worse conditions."

"I guess so." He said before looking at me. "I'm gonna go look at it and see if I could fix anything."

I nodded as he got up and got over to his car. I watched as he tried fixing it, but looked away a few seconds later. I didn't know what I was gonna do anymore.

I wanted to tell Alvin that I loved him, but where would that put our friendship? Our friendship meant so much to me that if I ruined it, I would never be able to forgive myself. I couldn't risk losing Alvin as my friend. But again, I was starting to feel so damn sick and tired of keeping my feelings away from him.

I couldn't hide my feelings from him anymore. I wanted to tell him so bad, but it took every ounce of me to hold myself back in case things can get even worse.

Within these past 3 days of being stuck here with Alvin, I was beginning to fully realize how important he is to me. Behind that self centered ego he puts on whenever we were in school, I knew that I was the only one who has seen this soft, sweet and mature side of him.

Alvin continued to examine the damage to his car for about 10 minutes more before I heard him sigh in frustration.

"I give up." He groaned as he stood up and walked back to me.

"Can't fix it?" I asked.

He shook his head. "It's way too damaged to even attempt to fix it." He said, pulling out his cell phone.

"What time is it?" I asked him.

"It's almost noon." He answered, putting his phone back in his pocket. "Wanna go get some more firewood for tonight?"

I nodded, looking at our campfire. We barely had enough wood to last us another hour, and besides, we literally had nothing better to do after all. Alvin and I began to walk around, making sure we didn't go too far. As we searched through the forest, I began to notice how quiet it was between us.

If you knew me and Alvin, then you would know how we never stop arguing with each other. Our mouths just keep rambling on and on nonstop. The two of us can never shut up, but as of now, it was so weird to be around him without much words being said between us.

I soon spotted a bunch of wood a few feet away, but as I went over to get it, I slipped, forgetting that it was still wet from last night's rain, and fell onto the ground. Mud and dirt got all over my hands, but I soon quickly wiped it away onto my sweater. But when I tried to stand up, I began to feel a searing pain on my leg.

"Brittany!" Alvin said, going over to me. He dropped his pile of firewood beside him and crouched down beside me. "You okay?"

"I think so." I said, trying to get up, but again, I was in pain.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I fell." I sighed.

Alvin looked down at me and looked at my leg. "God, Britt, you're bleeding."

I looked down at my right leg and soon realized why I was in pain. I guess when I fell, I must have scraped my leg on something. It was beginning to sting as my skin started to get more red in color.

"I'm so stupid." I groaned.

He helped pull me up onto my feet. "Can you walk?"

I tried walking a few steps, but the pain kept on interfering. "Ow, ow ow!" I exclaimed. "I think I sprained something."

My ankle was starting to hurt, so I assumed that I must have sprained that. I groaned, feeling so useless now. The last thing anyone needed when being lost in the middle of the woods is to get hurt.

"I should take you back to the car." He said.

"No, it's fine. Let's just keep searching for more wood." I said.

"Brittany, seriously. You're hurt. I should take you back." He insisted.

I sighed. "How? It's gonna take me forever to walk back." I said.

He laughed. "Do you think I want you to hurt yourself even more? Come, I'll carry you."

"Are you sure you won't hurt yourself?" I said teasingly.

He rolled his eyes. "I'm a pretty strong guy, Britt. Now come on."

I sighed as he swooped me into his arms. I tried biting my lip as I felt the pain in my leg increase, but I didn't want to look like a loser in front of Alvin. Slipping and falling and hurting myself was already embarrassing enough.

"Wait, what about the firewood?" I asked him as he started to walk back to the car.

"I'll get it later. You, in the mean time, need to get back before you can injure yourself any more." He said.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine."

We soon got back. Alvin set me down on the log, where he wrapped a piece of paper towel on the part of my leg where it was cut. I smiled to myself. I've never seen this side of Alvin before. I mean, he doesn't even seem like the same Alvin Seville that I see in school.

"Don't touch it, okay? And since I don't have any ice to put on your sprain, the best you can do is to try and keep your leg still." Alvin said.

I nodded.

"Is it a big sprain?" He asked me.

I moved my ankle a bit, but shook my head. "It hurts, but it's bearable. I'm sure it'll go away in a few hours."

He nodded. "Okay."

"I never knew you were good at helping the disabled, Alvin." I teased.

He rolled his eyes but laughed. "I'm not. I'm just guessing what to do along the way."

I rolled my eyes but I couldn't help but smile. I was actually pretty surprised by the way he took care of me. In a way, I knew he did it in a way to show me that he cares about me as his friend, but I couldn't help but wonder if he was actually doing it for another reason.

"Alvin?" I called.

He looked up at me.

"I, um..."

No. Do NOT tell him.

"Thanks. Thanks for helping me." I said.

"No problem, Britt. I wouldn't want you bleeding all over the place anyway." He joked.

I smiled and rolled my eyes again. I was so, so close in telling him how I felt. But I knew I couldn't. I just can't...

The morning soon passed, and the afternoon flew by quickly as well. The bleeding on my leg had stopped, and I was beginning to feel the pain in my ankle disappear. Today has been such a boring day, mainly due to the fact that I was sitting around all day because of my injuries. But Alvin managed to get some more wood for our fire, along with a new bottle of fresh water from the spring.

It was now night time. The sky was beginning to get a bit dark, but our campfire illuminated our surroundings. I was guessing it was a couple of hours before midnight.

"Brittany?" Alvin said from behind me.

I turned around. "Yeah?"

"I'm gonna go take a quick shower at the spring, alright? You don't mind staying here for a few minutes, do you?" He asked me.

I looked at him weirdly. "You're gonna take a shower now? Alvin, it's like...10pm."

He rolled his eyes. "Don't worry, I won't get lost or eaten along the way."

"Fine." I said, turning back around. "Don't blame me if you do."

I just heard him laugh from behind before he walked away, leaving me alone. I sighed as I put my head in my hands. I closed my eyes. As much as I tried pushing and ignoring my feelings away, I just couldn't let go of it. Every time Alvin did something, especially in times like these, it just made me fall in love with him even more.

I began to cry.

With all of these feelings locked up inside of me, I needed some type of release. I'm now feeling something for him I would have never ever guessed. With last night's kiss, with the way he took care of me today...it made me fall more in love with him. I hated what it was doing to me, but I hated myself even more for not being able to admit it.

Minutes later, I heard Alvin come back. But I didn't look up. I stayed seated, with my head in my hands for a long time.

"Brittany, you okay?" He asked me.

I didn't move.

I heard him walk over to me, and felt him sit beside me. "What's wrong, Britt?"

I looked up at him and wiped the tears away with the sleeve of my sweater. I smiled weakly and shrugged. "I just want to get out of here. I wanna go home."

He just looked at me, studying me carefully for a few seconds. I bit my lip and looked away. I knew what was coming next, but I didn't want to show it. The last thing I needed right now was to surrender to my feelings.

He sighed deeply and said, "Why don't I believe you?"

I froze, looking up into his eyes. Alvin knew me way too well. And though I knew I was able to tell him almost anything, this was one of those times where I knew I couldn't tell him. I looked down to the ground, feeling tears fall down my face every time I blinked my eyes.

"Brittany, tell me what's wrong." He whispered. "Maybe I can help you."

I closed my eyes and shook my head.

I heard him sigh, and before I knew it, he wrapped an arm around me and pulled me closer to his body. I began to cry softly into the sleeve of my sweater, leaning into him gently.

"We'll get out of here soon, Britt. I promise." He whispered.

Despite the fact that he didn't believe me when I said I was crying because I wanted to get out of here, he still knew how to make me feel better. But I continued to sit here, crying softly as he held me, because I was literally on my breaking point.

Alvin doesn't know the real reason to why I'm crying; I love him, I love him so much and I wanted to tell him, but I knew I had to hold myself back before any of us could get hurt.

I continued to cry as I felt his grasp on me get a little tighter, as he gently rubbed my arm with his other hand. The way he held me made everything so much worse because it just made me love him even more, literally making me feel like I wanted to scream how I felt about him.

But I knew I couldn't tell him. Like I mentioned, our friendship meant so much to me that I wouldn't know what I'd do if I ruined it.

I blinked away hot tears as I buried my face into his jacket, feeling him hold me even closer against him.

I just didn't want him to let go.

So they kissed! But gosh, it must be so awkward between them now...

And poor Brittany. She cares so much about Alvin that she can't even bring herself up to tell him how she really feels :(

And when will they ever get out of this damn forest? LOL

Thanks for reading, and please REVIEW! :)

PS: This isn't going to be like, a 50 chapter long novel, just a short chapter fanfic. But I swear, I have much more stories in store for you guys :D