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Now that Violet was very far from her camp she didn't mind exploring further, which is what she and Ben were doing. The two did a lot of walking because they decided to leave Ben's camp to search the area more.

"If you could run into anyone else out of the group besides me, who would you want to run into?" Violet walked beside Bumpy who was in the middle of her and Ben.

Ben put his hand under his chin with a hum. "Maybe...Darius? He's the dino-expert and I don't need to hide behind Connor and Kenji anymore." He turned to look at her. "I can take a good guess on who you would pick."

"Really?" Violet also turned her head to look at him, leaning a bit forward because Bumpys big head was in the way. "And who would that be-"

"Yasmina." Ben turned to look forward with a sly smile on his face. He glanced at her to see her face full of confusion. "C'mon, Vi, everyone knows that you two are closer than close."

Violet furrowed her brows with a scoffed chuckle. "Says who?"

"Says my eyes." Ben turned to her, looking her in her eyes.

Violet opened her mouth, unable to form words. "Wha-I-What does that even mean? Closer than close." She forced a nervous laugh. "We're not that close. I just annoy her like I do Connor. Plus, she hates me." Violet stared down at the ground. "She probably hates me even more now. I said I would stay." She smiled at Ben. "And then I didn't. But it's okay because they made it off the island."

Ben hummed again as he pointed at her, "You think Yaz hates you? I highly doubt that. How do you feel about her because every single thing reminds you of her."

"Not-not everything." Violet quickly spoke, acting defensively. She looked up, trying to think of something that reminded her of the others but her mind kept going to Yasmina. Violet blamed Ben, he brought it up, and now she couldn't stop thinking about her. She forced herself to think of something else. "Our superstar, Brooklynn. How about her? Think about it, she knows everything. She has to know about survival too...or Kenji. I could have chosen him too. He's my best friend."

Ben had a thought go through his head that made him question her. "You already knew the basics of survival, so Brooklynn is out. Try again."

"Well...They're great for conversation-" Violet turned to him, seeing a disapproving look on Ben's face. "...Okay, fine. Yes, my first choice may have been Yasmina. I'm not confirming it." She glanced down as she kept walking. "But I wouldn't want her to be separated from the group with how her ankle was." She then looked at him. "Do you think her ankle is still-"

Ben nodded, looking at Bumpy, "I knew it."

Violet snapped her head at Ben, "That was dirty Ben." She pointed at him, "You've changed, you played dirty."

"I listen, Violet." Ben softly smiled at her. "I may have been in the background, scared of dinosaurs but I listened and watched. Especially when Sammy was rooting for you two to be friends. She talked about it a lot. Once, Connor heard you two up at night and that one conversation we had that night when Bullet snatched the fish. So, with all the evidence, I came down to a conclusion. You favor Yasmina over the others like how I-"

The two stopped walking, seeing a knife on the ground. They looked at each other, being quiet now as they quietly followed the whispered voices they heard.

"It's not as dire as you think, babe."

"Really? 'Cause I think it's super dire, Mitch!"

Violet turned to Ben, lifting her sharpened spear up but her head turned back to the adults they saw once the voice was spoken again.

"Hap! Just the man we wanted to see. Where are the kids?"

Both Violet and Ben glanced at each other after hearing the word, kids.

"Still in the bathroom yurt. The chatty internet one is getting suspicious and the jock one isn't the easiest to control. He doesn't listen and he insults me every chance he gets."

"See, babe, I knew I wasn't the only one. The jock bullies Hap too."

Now knowing that the kids they spoke of were in fact their friends, Violet's mouth dropped, slightly open as she stayed hidden beside Ben, eavesdropping on the adults.

Ben silently gasped from hearing the same.

"Hap, buddy, relax. We got a plan and we'll fill you in later." The male adult with the hat put his hand over the mercenary-looking guy's shoulder, Hap. "Let's just go back before they realize we're gone."

Ben and Violet turned to each other with a nod as they went to follow the adults.

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A/N

Updates been a bit slower because act 3 is taking a long time to write but I want to do double update because this chapter wasn't much

I should do double update