Stranded

Chapter 9

I open my eyes groggily and try to see my surroundings. Wait a minute. There are no surroundings. The only thing surrounding us is water.

"Get up! Guys get up!" I say and shake them all awake.

"Lilli? What the hell are you waking us up for?" Olivia asks, a bit cranky that I've interrupted her nap.

"Look around us. What do you see?" I ask. They all slowly start to get more and more awake as they realise that there's nothing.

"Ohmygod! Where are we?! Harry!" Eleanor yells and then shoves him.

"What the fuck was that for?!" he yells.

"I thought you were supposed to be keeping check while we slept!" she yells back.

"Well sor-ry! I fell asleep too! I'm only human you know!"

"Hardly." I say underneath my breath. He hears and glares at me.

"Nobody asked for your smart arse comments!"

"That's only one! I've had to deal with the shit you dish out every day for the past five years!" I yell back at him. That gets him to shut up.

"Bitch." he says underneath his breath and crosses his arms.

"Bastard." I say underneath mine and then we glare at each other.

There's no way Harry and I will ever get along. He's just done way too much for me to ever forgive him. The stuff he's done to me definitely won't be easily forgotten.

"Guys, if we have any chance of finding help or anything, we're gonna need to set aside our differences." Liam says. Everyone except Harry and I murmur their agreement.

"Lilli." Niall says pleadingly. I sigh.

"Fine. But as soon as we get the hell outta here, don't expect for anything to have changed. I'll still hate you." I direct towards Harry.

"Ditto."

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"I'm hungry." Niall complains.

"What else is new?" I joke.

"Seriously though, let's see what we have. I'm sure there're first aid kits, food, things like that in here." Liam says. We all search for a little bit and find exactly what he says. There's a first aid kit, a couple backpacks that are filled with pillows, blankets, food, water, batteries, flashlights, a radio, and walkie talkies.

"Okay, we've got food here, but we're gonna have to ration it. So that means, Niall, that we can't pig out on it. We have to use it sparingly." Liam says and Niall grumbles. 

Liam dishes out five crackers and a peice of beef jerky to each of us. I nibble on a cracker even though I'm starving. It seems as if it's going to be a long night. 

After I finish my crackers and jerky, I lay my head down on Niall's chest, listening to his heart beat. The last thing I remember is him wrapping his arms around me and whispering good night.

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"Guys! Guys wake up! I see something!" 

I groggily open my eyes and wipe the sleep from them. I look in the direction that Eleanor's finger is pointing and I can just make out what looks like land. 

"Alrighty then. Guys come on, let's start paddling." Harry instructs. We each grab a paddle and start paddling as fast as we can. 

"Those clouds don't look so well. I think it's going to-" Olivia starts to say. Just then, it starts pouring rain, lighting flashes, thunder roars. "Rain." she finishes her sentence.