Stranded

Five

Drew's POV

It hurt me to think Levi thought I hated him, I could never hate him. He sounded so innocent and sad when he asked why I was ignoring him, I was just being stupid and as always my actions cause others to feel bad. I'm happy we cleared everything up and can go back to normal, I missed being weird and derpy with him. Somehow I managed to fall in love with two people at once which means twice the pain, at first it was Nate then talking to James made me realise maybe it was the both of them. Trust me to fall in love with both my best friends.

3 days now we've been here, somehow we are surviving just fine. I would say give it a week before everything goes down hill as its already  starting to. I left James to think about what I said, everyone can tell that Tris likes him. He just needs to open his eyes and realise, I can tell he likes Tris as well. I just want to push they're heads together and make them kiss but it's up to them not me there's not much I can do.

Austin has wondered off with Brad somewhere I don't know what they're doing I haven't really talked to Austin as much since we got here, I feel like everyone is drifting apart. I don't want that to happen, my goal is to make sure I talk to everyone at some point of the day everyday until we leave. Con seems a little distant, like he'll seem happy but when no ones looking he'll look really distant and out of it. Like he's lost in his thoughts, he seems so strong always joking having fun whenever you see him but I don't think people realise that something might be wrong. I hope he's okay Con is really great I wouldn't want anything to happen to him, he catches me looking and smiles. I smile back and turn around. Levi I think has gone to the waterfall claiming he wants to wash off, so it's just me and Nate over here while James, Tris and Con are on the other side.

Nate, the little blondie that hasn't spoke to anyone in three days. I miss hearing his voice and laughter, he seems so lonely? All most like he's invisible to us. The other day when we wondered off into the woods he didn't say a word just head gestures and some smiles. Maybe somethings wrong with his voice. I never thought of that, "Nate" I call getting his attention

He looks up from the sand he was doodling on, he smiles and goes back to it. I sigh and walk over to him I wrap my arms around his shoulders shaking him a little "c'monnnnn talk to meeee" I whine, he sighs and stares at the ground.

"Somethings wrong I hate seeing you sad"

He continues to stare, "is it me?" I ask and he doesn't do anything, so it is me? He starts to tear up, did you hear that? It's my heart slowly breaking. "No no no please don't cry" I say hugging him properly, he rests his head on my shoulder and I feel the tears dripping onto my shirt. I feel so horrible I didn't want him to cry, I pull away helping him stand before taking his hand and leading him into the woods. I guess the woods is everyone's get away really, it's just a place we all go to get away from everything or for some peace. I walk past the waterfall down to the place where I ran off when I was upset.

He leans against a tree wiping his eyes, I wait for him to say something but he makes it clear he isn't going to talk. "You don't have to tell me what's wrong if you don't want to but can you at least talk to us?" I ask and he wipes his face again

"I'm sorry" he whispers so quietly I almost didn't hear it, I pull him into another hug rubbing his back and holding his head. He hugs me back just as tight letting his head rest on my chest, I start to tear up myself. It's rare to see Nate cry he's always so strong and happy I never see him cry, to see him so hurt makes me hurt. Why did I have to fall in love with you?

I kiss his hair "you have nothing to be sorry about lil one"

Don't ask me where I got that pet name it just slipped out, he pulls away wiping his face again. It's not like he's going to be able to hide the fact he was crying, trust me I would know. I smile at him a little "let's go back, you mister are going to talk to me" I say and he chuckles. We start walking back, me trying to remember the way that we came. It would be one thing getting stranded but I'm not up for getting lost in the woods. I smile when we find the waterfall, my jaw almost drops when I see Levi walking out dripping wet with nothing but his boxers on. I quickly look away so I don't get caught staring but damn you can't do that to me. "What happened?" He asks when he sees Nate's tear stained face, he pulls him into a hug looking at me from over Nate's shoulder. I shrug when he mouths 'what happened?'