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5: One Bed

Your POV:

No one tells you how exhausting life on Pandora is, even as a scientist who studied for years for this mission I'm exhausted on a daily basis. Every day is the same, we collect samples as avatars, study them, journal, and report findings in a video diary. I had been excited to hear my colleague Dr. Tom Sully was coming out to join the mission, only to be disappointed when his ignorant, marine brother arrived attempting to fill very large shoes. 

Jake believed himself invincible in his new avatar body, and after being paralyzed on earth, I can see why he has taken such a liking to Pandora. The only problem with his curiosity is his complete disregard for the dangers on the planet, and we have often found ourselves in messy situations because of his carelessness. Most of the other scientists have refused to go on expeditions with him because of the attention he draws toward us. I'm not one to let a man stop me from what I came here to do, so for every mission for the last month he has followed me like a lost puppy.

"Are we there yet?" He was out of breath after the long day of hiking.

"No. Jake, we are still miles away from the pickup point," It takes everything in me to not grab his skinny little neck and throw him to the ground.

"Oh, come on," He looked around shocked that we were still nowhere close.

"I told you, if you didn't want to come on the long expedition today, you should've stayed back," I kept moving forward as my boots were stained with mud.

"But you would've missed me!" He playfully reached out to grab my tail. I turned around and hissed at him, as he stumbled backward and fell out of surprise.

I giggled with satisfaction, "For a marine, you sure are skittish," I then walked away leaving him to crawl out of the dirt himself. 

We had been walking for a while, in what I thought was the right direction but nothing around me seemed familiar. I took in my surroundings and it only took minutes for me to realize we were severely lost.

"Okay, Jake. Don't be mad," He had also been looking around, he always takes in the beauty of Pandora. He looked over to me and his face changed from playful to pissed as he realized I had gotten us lost.

"No way," He said dropping one hand from the gun he was holding. "No way, after all the shit you give me. Did you seriously get us lost?" He was looking at me with a strong glare as I held an awkward smile on my face.

"God, I try to be so nice to you. I make jokes, I compliment your science stuff or whatever and this is how you pay me back. You judge me, tell me to focus, look at me with disdain, and then get both of us lost in a forest. You know you have made this last month so intolerable, that I can't even be with you anymore. What the hell do you want from me?" He was coming after me and I'd be damned if I didn't give him a piece of my mind.

"Fuck you, Jake. I needed your brother, you know the Ph.D. who studied for three years for this mission. All I get is a trigger-happy, washed-up marine who is more concerned about how hot the local Na'vi are than helping me with my research. You are so arrogant to think everything is about you," I ripped into him, everything I had been holding back for a month came pouring out of me. His eyes continued to narrow as I spoke, and he placed his hand back on the gun. His jaw was clenching and his lips were pressed into a hard line.

"I'm sorry my brother was murdered," He shot back at me. Fury raged between us.

"God, that's so like you. Not everything is about you. I mean-"

"Shut up," He interrupted me and no way in hell was I taking that.

"No, I'm not going to shut up like those other pissy girls who are-"