Who Am I? (A One Direction fanfic)

CHAPTER: 15

RECAP: The realization hit me when I realized this ring is an

Engagement ring.

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Veronica's POV:

"I'm hungry Vennie," said Liam. I could hear Liam's tired feet pounding the ground behind me as I dragged myself to find food for him and Harry.
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"Look." I bobbed my head up, pointing at the detachable fruit hanging on the tree above us. They raised their heads up, but soon brought their hands over their eyes to shield them from the unwelcome sunlight.
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It was palm trees with coconuts hanging from them might I add huge trees, the coconut milk covered with a hard shell waiting to be drunk. I walked towards the tree so I could try and get the coconuts down. I grabbed one of the branches of another tree next to it, climbing it so I had more of a chance of getting the coconuts. After a little struggle the branch reached for it, I only managed to knock a few of them down, one of the coconut was nearly hitting Liam as it went to the ground.
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"You okay Liam?," I asked
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"Yeah, I'm okay, now get back down here young lady"
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"Be careful Veronica, don't fall, " Harry warned.
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"After all my years of being here, you'd expect me to be a little more advanced in my survival skills," I laughed hopping down from the branch.
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All of a sudden Harry hugged me as soon as I hopped down from the tree. I didn't expect that coming. My body becomes stiff as I'm not used to hugging. No one has ever given me hugs, after all these years living alone with my shadow all these little things make me feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
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I hesitated before hugging him. His embrace was warm, and his big strong arms seemed very protective wrapped around my frail body. The world around me melted as I squeezed him back, the hug was brief and we pulled back smiling at each other.
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"Thank you." He said
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I picked the coconuts up and handed them to Liam and Harry, with that we walked back to the shore. Sandy ground greeted us as we walked to the boys.
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"What took you so long?" Zayn asked Liam wiping the sweat from his forehead. Zayn, Louis and Niall laid the equal sized logs into the shallow water near shore deep enough for the logs to float.
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"Food." I answered, smiling. He returned my smile, but it didn't reach his eyes, then he broke eye contact and turned around and start walking over to the trees. The sun is at its highest. I know it is midday. These rays aren't dying anytime soon. So we need to find shade. I follow Zayn and sat down under the shade of a tree.
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After resting for a while we get back to work again. We distributed the tasks, Louis and I began to notch the logs near the ends with the help of the sharp rocks, this will be to create the solid grips for the lashings and will keep the raft in one place. It took us a while to notch all the logs.
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Now that we have notched them out, we begin, tying the logs together with strong vines that Niall, Harry and Zookey found in the woods, and yes Zookey is also friends with tge boys. Zayn and I tie logs together two at a time.
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"Zookey, bring me those vines quickly," I asked Zookey pointing with a gesture to the vines, lying in the distance. Zookey immediately handed me the vines and climbed up to my shoulders and perched up there.
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After tying the logs as pairs. Liam and Niall are connecting the pairs together, this will provide extra strength in keeping the logs tied.
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After that we placed a pole under the logs crosswise. We placed the poles same way on the rest of the logs. Having two poles at the each side really binds the logs together.
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After building a shelter on the raft with some wooden sticks and leaves. After all the raft is completely build. We sat on the sandy ground.
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It was sunset. I watched with an unwavering gaze, as a fiery red orb of light slowly sank beneath the horizon, and threads of light lingered in the sky, mingling with the rolling clouds, dyeing the heavens first orange, then red, then dark blue, until all that was left of the sunset was a chalky mauve, and then that melted away in turn as Stygian darkness took over the sky.
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Sequin-silver stars like the glowing embers of a dying fire winked down at me, illuminating the atramentous curtain of the sky, and then suddenly the clouds parted, and I found myself looking at a lustrous, argent disc casting brilliant rays of moonlight onto the dark grounds.
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We walked back to the cabin and the boys are sleeping. I know they're as tired as I'm tired right now. I feel as though energy is being constantly drained out of me. My eyelids start to droop and fell asleep in an instant.

*NEXT MORNING*

Harry's POV:

"So we have everything that we need?" I said.
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"Yes, we have everything that we need." Niall said after loading the raft with food.
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"You sure the raft won't sink? I mean, Do you think we can all fit on the little thing." I laughed, Veronica was about to say something but Louis interrupted her by saying
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"Harry, this isn't titanic. Your name isn't jack and my name isn't Rose, and I promise you won't die saving me." We burst out laughing.
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"Well, you can all fit in here if you squish together. This raft definitely can hold the weight of five people." She said while laughing.
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We stop laughing as soon as those words left her mouth. Five? How? We're six. What she's trying to say?.
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"Veronica, we're six." Niall said.
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"Yes, we're but..." she paused.
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"But What Veronica," Zayn asked, furrowing his eyebrows.
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"I can't leave this place."

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