Things We Will Remember

Chapter two

Chapter 2
I opens my eyes to the soft light flooding in through the tent. bugs where making a hissing sound wile birds sang among the branches. I could hear small monkeys screeching in the distance. I pulled the covers off me and tuned and opened my eyes. I took a deep breath in, inhaling the humidity and the smell of pancakes. I was suddenly aware of how hungry I was. I sat up in the cot my body felt heavy at first ignoring the feeling I slipped on some sandals  and walked across the tent into the bathroom. I opens a small bag that was on the sink. Put on a small amount of protect. I walked back out and into the anointing tent where kristen had the radio on and was swinging her hips as she pored batter onto a hot pan. Next to her was a plate of pancakes.
" good morning" she said with a warm smile.
" morning" I say back with only slightly less enthusiasm as her.
" have fun sleeping in? Iv been up for bout 3 hours organising things." I hadn't noticed but the tend was cleaner and more put together. I sat on a cold metal  chair. Kristin came to me with a cup of coffee,
"Here doll" she said looking at me with a sympathising look.
" thanks kris" I said with a soft smile.
" so uh is jenson up yet?"
"He's outside getting our day packs ready."
" oh" I look out the door of the tent seeing nothing but blue sky.
"Alright " I says shrugging, downing the coffee. Kristin smiles and grabs the pot filling my cup up again. I smile at her then down that too. She laughs and says
" alright alright have a pancake we need to get going" I grab a plate and some pancakes, I bite into it. It tastes like a box mix that you make when your camping it brings back pleasant memories of camping with my mother, Kris cleaned and I helped her.
"ALRIGHT GUYS LETS GO" jenson said from outside. We looks at each other and rolled our eyes and smiled walking outside to meet the impatient  jenson packed and ready. We slung out packs over our shoulders
" alright pick a direction " I said enthusiastically. Kristin closed her eyes and spun around pointing her finger, she stopped and I looked at my compass, south it is. We all walked in that direction. I led the way, talking a small machete out and sacking at leaves as to make the Trek  a little bit easier. The smell of the jungle filled my noise, the fresh air felt so clean in my lungs. The green of the trees and plants engulfed us as we walks through them. I stop abruptly looking in front  of me too see a light purple flowering plant, the flowers dropped down like a blue bell would. Small darker maroon spots covered it. I got close to it, knelt down too see it better.
"Wesak" jenson said. He was behind me looking at it too. wesak or dendrobium macarthiae was a fair orchid indigenous to the jungle. I smiled, touching it with the machete moving the leaves. Kris came up and handed me a small jar. I used the machete to cut one of the flowering buds from the plant and placed it in the jar caping and handing it off to kris again. I stood up and looked at my team.
" I can still see the tents and we already found Weask. I said with a glow.
" this jungle is full of life " jenson said it with a exited tone.
" alright alright let's go "
We walked off into the thick underbrush. Passing large trees that seamed to go as high as the heaven itself , we spend a the rest of the month doing just that, hiking taking samples and bonding. We all became so close. we would sit around a fire sometimes and talk about our lives before we all knew each other. On the second day of the second month we all got out early and where walking and taking samples when all of a sudden we hear running water. I stop,
"Hey,guys do you hear that" I look around me trying to see a brake in the trees where the water might be. Kristen breaks the silence and goes running past me. I look at jenson, smile then take of after her. I pushed thick waxy leaves away from me and ducking to avoid mossy branches and low hanging vines. As I ran I could feel my lungs start to burn. Some small rat like mammals moved out of my way shacking, leaves and bushes as they did so. I was almost up to where kristen was, my legs hurt and I could hear my heart in my head. Finally panting I reach her and gaze out at what was in front of us, it was a beautiful. The clear water flowed over the mossy rocks into a bigger pool that looked like it went down several meters. Foliage shrouded the pond making it look like a post card. I stood there hands on my hips still breathing heavily.
"Woh " I said looking at kriss and smiling wide.
" this is why I took this job" she said smiling back turning her head not taking her eyes off of the view. Jenson came running up behind us putting his hands on our shoulder so that we might support him as he wheezes and tried to fill his lungs with air again. Looking up he saw the waterfall and stained at it like we did.
" Let's get in" I said excitedly as I put my pack down and started to take my boots and socks off. Kristen and jenson slung there things down and followed suit. I jumped into the water fully clothed and in my tan shorts and black tank top. The weight was more then I was used to. I opened my eyes to see a small school of little fish swimming  in the distance I looked around the clear water to see the rock walls and some algi  growing on them in small spread out patches. My hair started to swirl around my face surrounding me in thin wisps of honey blonde. My lungs where beginning to hurt so I kicked at the water and tried to push it away with my hands. I reached the air and took a big breath of it. I opened my eyes once more to see   Kris jump in making a larger splash next to me. I spit out some water that had gotten into my mouth and wiped some from my eyes as well. Just in time to repeat the action as jenson jumped in too. When I opened my eyes this time kris's head popped out of the water and splashed me, I splashed her back and we both broke into laughter. The sound of water falling into itself as a pleasant background noise to our splashing and laughter. The day passed quickly as we splashed and swam in the little grotto talking of pointless things to pass the silence. And when silence finally did fall jenson was on the bank sleeping while Kristen was braiding her hair using the water as a Comb while I was laying on my back letting the water float me as I staired into the sky, my view was framed by the canopy and the occasional bug or bird that came into my view.
"If we want to be back before dark we better get going" his voice broke the silence and shook me back to reality.
"Yep alright let's go we shouldn't be her past dark"
We all picked out things up and slung them over our shoulders. I was still wet so it gave me an unclean and uncomfortable feeling. My close rubes where my joints moved and didn't dry until we where almost there and even then we where still damp. Once we got back we put our damp cloths on a line in one of the tents. The sun has set and you could hear the bugs come out and sing louder and some buzzed around the tent. "Slap " the sound echoed in the silence I had splattered a mosquito on my lower caf and wiped it off with my hand then wiping that on my cloths. The diverting my attention back to the journal with the small reading light attached to it that made a blue white faint light in the otherwise darkness surrounded me. I played with the black pen in my hand as I considered my next sentence. This journal consisted my finding wile I was here as well as something to look back on. I touched the pen to the paper and started to write again.