EPOV
My legs felt like they were made out of led. My eyes still stung from all the salt water, and my contacts had been lost, so everything around me was blurry. Not that there was anything around me but water, anyways.
Well, there was Bella.
I wish I could look at her without her face being blurry.
I was praying to any God that would listen for someone to rescue us, or at least find land. I just didn't want to be in this water anymore.
Jasper and I had been trying to not to tell the girls too much, because we didn't want them to freak out more than they already were, but we weren't even close to the Bahamas and we'd already traveled too far away from the States.
It's not like we could just swim back.
My main concern was Bella and Nessie, though. If we didn't get help soon, we'd die from dehydration. All of us were already hungry and terribly thirsty, Nessie kept crying when she woke up, and Bella would have to find some way to comfort her, which was only wasting what energy she still had.
A few hours passed, none of us really talking, trying to conserve energy, when it was time for Bella to switch off with Alice again.
She slid off the suitcase into the water beside me and I instantly wrapped my arm around her waist to help keep her afloat. Alice carefully climbed on and let out a little groan of relaxation as she collapsed on it.
"Are you alright?" I asked Bella softly.
She glared at me for a moment, narrowing her eyes at me.
"Oh yeah, I'm just fucking peachy." She snapped.
Guess I deserve that for such a stupid question. That's why I don't talk to girls; I always say the wrong thing and they get pissed.
"Sorry." I muttered and looked away.
Bella sighed and I felt her hand on my cheek, making me look at her again. "No, I'm sorry. I'm being a bitch. I just don't feel good and I'm tired and hungry. I'm sorry I snapped at you." She apologized.
"I guess it was kind of a stupid question anyway." I reasoned. "Out in the middle of Atlantic with no food or water and I'm asking if you're okay; course you're not."
"I'm sorry I snapped at you anyway, no matter how stupid the question is, you don't deserve that." She whispered.
"You two are so freaking cute." Alice cooed, smiling at us.
Even floating out at sea and dehydrated, Alice is still Alice.
"Shush." I mutter, but I gave her the best smile I can manage.
"Hey, what's that?" Bella asked, pointing to my left.
I squinted at where she was indicating, but I couldn't even see three feet in front of my face, so it was a wasted effort.
"It's a raft!" Jasper exclaimed, showing the most energy he had in several hours.
"Is there someone in it?" I asked, wondering if it was some kind of search party looking for survivors.
"I don't think so. It looks empty." Jasper said. "I'm going to go get it."
I watched apprehensively as Jasper swam away until he was too blurry. Bella pulled away from me and swam over to Nessie, who was thankfully sleeping.
A few minutes later, Jasper was back, dragging the lifeboat with him. It wasn't much; just one of those orange inflatable ones, but it was big, enough for all five of us.
"Problem. Well, not really a problem - she's alive." Jasper said as he reached us.
"What?" All three of us said in unison.
I squinted over the edge of the raft to see a vaguely familiar woman sprawled out.
"Oh no! It's fire crotch!" I heard Bella moan.
Fire crotch?
AN
*gasp* Not fire crotch!