DazedAndConfusedxox

Carey's P.O.V.

I krept into the dark rain forest, farther and farther. I guessed that it was around 1 or 2 in the morning when I saw lights from fires nearby through the trees. Confused and surprised, I walked as quietly and slowly as I could to get a better look. When I got close enough, I noticed it looked like an Indian tribe- teepees and fires and a few tan men in loincloths walking around and congregating. I noticed one teepee had two guard-like men out front, with long spears in their arms...standing at either side of the door. I bit my lip and thought. If Danny went missing..maybe he didnt do it voluntarily. I was almost sure that he was in this camp somewhere..and I was about ready to put my money on the large tent with the two guards. I slowly made my way towards it, trying to remain in the shadows as much as possible- to go unnoticed.

I snuck to the back of the tent- the opposite side from the guards and started to untie the rope which held the cloth down. When I got it loose enough, I squeezed myself under the tarp and into the tent, which was dark. VERY dark..with only a little bit of moonlight coming through a hole in the roof.

"Danny?" I whispered so quietly it was barely audible. "HM?!" I heard him exclaim from nearby. As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I was able to make out the outline of his body- which was in the middle of the room, his arms tied to a pole behind his back. I smiled, relieved I had found him. However, then I realized...this PEOPLE..whoever they are, are obvoiusly not friendly. I bit my lip as I started to untie his hands quickly. "Lets get out of here" I whispered as I grabbed his hand and led him to the untied flap on the back of the tent. I lifted it up and stuck my head out, checking to make sure the coast was clear before I pulled my body out and held it up so that he could climb out too. Dawn was approaching. The sky was getting lighter, and we no longer had the cover of darkness on our side.

I grabbed his hand and he laced his fingers with mine, making me pause and look down at our hands before catching his eye and smiling slightly- remembering we weren't completely out of harms way yet. I made my way back for the woods I came from. We were walking quickly and I failed to notice a large boulder in front of me.

"AH" I squealed. It was highpitched and quick, as I tripped and fell to the ground. Danny helped me back onto my feet and we started to run into the forest, hearing people racing and yelling behind us. I ran as fast as my feet could carry me, Danny pulling me along behind him. His legs were longer, so he could run faster and was practically dragging me behind. I didn't recognize the way we were running though, and realized this wasnt the way I came. After about 20 minutes of running, with sounds of the angry hostile natives trailing close behind, we came to a cliff and stopped short.

I looked around, for an escape, breathing heavy and tired. "Danny..." I said, catching my breath "What now?" I asked, my hand over my chest. He looked around, biting his lip and furrowing his eyebrows thinking, before looking over the cliff to the river rushing by about 20 feet below. He smiled and raised his eyebrows at me, still slightly leaning over. "Danny!" I gasped, "No!...we cant!" I exclaimed, worried and nervous. I peeked over the edge of the cliff, shaking in my shoes. I hate heights. I hate heights. I hate heights. Gulp. He grabbed my hand and we both watched as the water rushed past, until we heard the native calls behind us. Danny nodded, "On three" he said, "one...."
'Shit' I thought 'I cant believe i'm doing this'...
"two..."
Here goes nothing..
"THREE!" he shouted, as i jumped as far out as I could, holding my breath and squeezing tight to Danny's hand. As I hit the water, the force of the fall swept us apart. When I surfaced, he was a few feet away, rushing down the river ahead of me. I choked and coughed as the water was swept into my mouth as I struggled to keep my head above water, the rapids pushing me quickly downstream. "Danny!" I yelled, wading in the water and trying to swim towards him. He put his arms out and grabbed me pulling me close to him and wrapping his arms around my back, under my arms- as we swept down the river away from the angry calls and chants of the natives, standing at the edge of the cliff.

"Uh-Oh" I heard from Danny, still staring back at the cliff we just jumped off. I turned my head and gasped. "HOLY SHIT" i shrieked. We were heading RIGHT for a waterfall. I tightened my grip around his neck and closed my eyes, pressing my ear to his.

Harry's P.O.V.

Yawn. "Morning Harry" I heard Brianna's voice. I opened my eyes and sat up, wiping the sand off my cheek. "Yo" I said unenthusiastically, still groggy. I looked around the beach. "Wheres Carey?" I asked, starting to get nervous.

Brianna frowned and shrugged. "No idea... I was starting to get worried when you woke up." She said. I groaned, pounding my fist against the sand. "Three guesses who she went looking for, and the first two dont count..." I complained. 'Shoot' I thought to myself. 'If anything happens to her, Danny's not gonna be happy with me for letting her outta my sight.'

I sighed and stood up, wiping the sand off my bum. "Should we go looking for them?" Brianna asked. I stared out into the ocean waves on the horizon. "Yeah.. we need to be careful though.. I have a feeling somethings going on out there... " I replied, as I started over to a group of guys gathered around the water bottles and supplies, hoping for help to form a search party.

Danny's P.O.V.

I held my breath and gasped as our bodies were carried towards the end of the waterfall. As we were swept over the edge, I felt weightless...falling to the pool of water below, trying to hold Carey close so that we wouldnt get separated..but it was hopeless. As soon as we hit the water, and the falls pushed us under, I had to let go and swim for the surface as I was running out of breath. A second after I popped up, she surfaced too and I grabbed her arm as the water continued...this time slightly calmer.

By the time the water had calmed down into a slow moving pool, we were capable of swimming to the edge of the water and pulling ourselves up onto the dirt and grass. I crawled onto my hands and knees before standing up completely, still breathing heavily from exhaustion. I turned around to make sure Carey was okay. "OUCH" she yelled, lifting up her wet teeshirt- revealing several leeches attached to her stomach. She screamed, ear piercingly and started to flail and pull them off in a panicking manner. I looked down, wide eyed, as I too was covered in leeches. I danced around as I kicked off my sneakers and socks, pulling off my clothes which were covered in the slug-looking bugs and threw them into a pile, pulling the leeches that had already attached themselves to my skin off and throwing them towards the water. Carey was still screaming and jumping around, crying and shrieking. I tried to help her pull of her layers of clothes and pull the bugs out of her hair as they tried to attach themselves to her.

Harry's P.O.V.

After I had convinced 7 or 8 big guys to come with me, we all packed supplies into backpacks and other sort of bags- shoving whatever we could into our pockets. Bandaids, bananas, waterbottles, etc. I started to look for Brianna, to tell her we'd be back soon...when she came up behind me and scared me. "LOOKING FOR ME?" she yelled loudly in my ear, causing me to jump. I turned around and laughed. "How'd you guess?" I asked sarcastically. I noticed she had a backpack and sneakers on, as opposed to her bare feet. "Uhh.." I started. She shushed me. "Before you say anything... Danny told me to look AFTER Carey... now...if you're going.. I'M going.." she said. I tried to argue back. "But suppose one of them comes back..they wont know what happened, or where we are.." She shook her head, "I told several people to pass the message to tell Danny or Carey where we went if either of them should come back before us." She smiled. I rolled my eyes. She was always 2 steps ahead of me. "Alright then.. but you're not leaving my sight for an INSTANT.. i'm not loosing you too" I said, wrapping my arm around her shoulders as she smiled proudly and nodded accordingly.

So that was that, and we headed into the forest...AGAIN... I was beginning to hate trees...and grass... and all other forms of forest life.

Carey's P.O.V.

"This is so embarrasingggggg.." I moaned under my breath. "Huh?" Danny replied. I whimpered, flopping my forehead down against my knees, which were pulled tight into my chest. All of our clothes were in a pile a few feet away, still covered in leeches..and Danny and I were sitting back to back. "Nothing" I sighed. This was like, the epitome of a nightmare and I was mortified... stranded, naked, in the middle of the forest with a beautiful guy I barely knew. I felt self conscious and shy, hugging my knees tighter.

"You have a thing for me..dont you" he giggled. My eyes opened wide, "Uh...why?" I asked, nervously. He laughed, "You keep taking off your clothes whenever your around me...." he joked, "You must really have the hots for me!" he said, turning around slightly, just enough to shove me playfully. I laughed. "You give yourself alot of credit Danny Jones...but I beg to differ... I think YOU have the hots for ME. After all, you keep coming around WHILE i'm naked." I joked back. He laughed.

BOOM. I looked up to the sky, juuuust as it started to downpour. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!" I yelled angrily up at the clouds in the sky, enfuriated by the way I seemed to be cursed. I sighed, feeling defeated, when I suddenly tipped backwards as Danny stood to his feet. I turned around slightly, to see him standing, his hands cupping his 'family jewels' as he nodded with his head to stand and follow him. "Danny!" I exclaimed, trying to protest the fact that i didnt have any clothes. Too late, he started walking away without me. "UGHH!" i yelled, as I stood to my feet and tried my best to catch up to him. When I was behind him. I threw my arms around his chest, under his arms. "Turn around and I hurt you!" I barked. He laughed and patted my arm. "Darling.. you forget i've already seen you in the buck" he replied giggling. I felt my face burning red, as I leaned my cheek against his back...embarrased and wanting to simply crawl under a rock and die.

"Danny...where are we going? We left our clothes back there?" I asked as he led the way slowly through the downpour of the rain and the mud forming under our feet. "Theres a cave..." he said, lifting his arm and pointing. I peeked around him and noticed a few large stone caves through a few trees. "Hm!" I exclaimed, kind of impressed with his discovery.

By the time we had taken shelter inside the caves, me still standing behind him...refusing to let him turn around, the rain had really picked up and the sky had grown darker. I think it was a mixture of dark rain clouds, as well as the dusk. As the sun went down, and it grew darker and colder, Danny stood up from where he was sitting by the opening of the cave and started to walk deeper into it towards me. "DANNY!" I shrieked. He laughed, "Come on, its cold and dark... dont worry about it." he assured me. I sighed, and against my better judgement, shifted my weight and let him lie behind me...his bare chest pressed against my back as he slung his arm over my side, his hand resting on my shoulder, his elbow resting in the sand in front of my chest. Gulp.

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