Crash - The Little Island

Barney and Megan

Part 1

"Hey kid, wake up. Wake up. Are you awake? How are you feeling?" a voice called. An American voice. I opened one eye and saw that a blonde man with blue eyes was gently shaking my shoulder.

He saw that I was awake and he sat up, relieved.

"Where are we?" I groaned, rubbing my eyes. I was on a soft, warm surface and when I looked around I saw that it was sand.

The man chuckled lightly. "You tell me."

I sat up and stretched, fully taking in my surroundings. It looked like I was on a beach. Beautiful palm trees were everywhere, and a petit brunette girl was about fifty metres away. She wasn't facing us, but I could tell that she was reading a book.

The sky was bright blue and tropical birds tweeted around the trees. In the distance, I could hear the sound of the sea, gently swishing up to the sand.

I had so many questions, so I chose to ask the first one that came into my mind. "Who are you?"

The American man smiled and ran his hands through his wet hair. "My name is Barney."

"Uh, ok. What happened?" I say to Barney, who was looking over his shoulder at the brown haired girl that I saw before.

"The plane crashed. I saw you and Megan," he points to the girl "You guys were in the sea. That's where we crashed. Megan was awake but you were unconscious. Me and Megan made a raft out of the suitcases that we could find. We put you on it and swam until we found this place." he shrugs, like it was no big deal.

"Oh. Well, um, thank you." I stuttered. Right now I was at a loss for words. I was on an island with a stranger. My plane had crashed and my mum probably thinks that I'm dead. How will she cope? How will I cope?

"No problem. I could hardly just leave you there to drown. Megan, get over here! Isobel is awake!"

"How do you know my name?" I said confused. Was he a teacher from school and I didn't realise? Is that how he knew my name?

"Megan told me." he said shortly. Who the heck was Megan and how did she know my name?

The girl came over at smirked at me. I knew exactlt who she was. "Hey Wilson." she laughs. I walk over to her and give her a huge hug. "Thank god, you're OK." she whispers into my ear.

I grin and take a step back. Megan was in my class at school. For some reason she always calls me by my second name, Wilson. Her second name is Hawley but I just stick to calling her Megan.

"You OK?" I say, glad that I wasn't on my own, and that I had someone that I knew here with me.

"Yup, same old same old." she joked. I chuckled.

"Girls, we should maybe start a fire. It'll be dark in about an hour." Barney instructs us.

"We don't have any matches or lighters." I point out.

Barney laughes sarcastically, which I didn't like. "Come on, Isobel! We don't need matches! We're in the wild!" he looks at us both again, but seriously this time. "Go fetch some wood and bring it back here. I'll find a way to light it up."

I nod. "Sure, whatever."

And I headed off into the woods. Megan skipped off after me.

"Wait up!" she said. Once she had caught up with me, I started to look around for some dry wood.

"Look, there is some here." said Megan, bending down to pick up a huge branch. The weight was too big for her, so she dropped it. Unfortunately, it landed on her foot.

"Aaah, crap!" Megan swore. She hopped about on one foot and I stifled a laugh.

"Are you alright?" I laugh.

"It's not funny!" she says with a straight face, but she couldn't help laughing at herself, too.

I sighed and shook my head. That branch would be perfect for a fire. It was dry, it was big. But it was heavy. How would we carry it back? "Megan, can you grab this end? I'll get this end and then we can get it back more easily."

Megan nodded. "Good idea, Wilson." she states as she grabs the end of the branch.

Together, we started to walk back to where Barney was sat.

"Can I ask you something?" I say randomly, breaking the awkward silence.

"Yeah, go ahead." Megan replies.

"Why do you always call me Wilson instead of Isobel?"

"I dunno...It suits you." she shrugs.

"Does Isobel not suit me?" I say, raising an eyebrow.

"No, that's not what I meant. You just..look like a Wilson!" said Megan, shaking her head.

"Sure, sure. Maybe I should start calling you Hawley?" I tease.

"No, no, no! Please no!" begged Megan. She did her best puppy eyes at me and I tried my best not to laugh at her.

"Oh look, we're here." I cheer happily. Barney turns to face us and he smiles kindly.

"Hello again. Did you find any wood?" he asks us, eyeing up our huge branch.

"Yep." me and Megan reply at the same time, then we drop it on the ground.

"Oh...good. While you were gone I made some knives out of stone and sticks..." he says shyly, whilst picking the knives.

I take one of him and examine it. It was a sharp stone, which would be excellent for cutting, and it was tied to a thick stick with thin but strong robe.

"Where did you get the rope?" asks Megan curiously, mimicing my thoughts. Sometimes it felt that Megan was some kind of mind-reader.

"Ah. I found it in a suitcase." explains Barney. He gestures over to about ten pieces of luggage in a big pile. I had not noticed them before. I noticed my big red duffel bag and I run over to to it.

"Nice!"

I pick it up and I realise that it was soaking wet. I groan dramatically.

"Is that yours?" says Barney who was walking over to me. It also seemed like he was eating a leaf. I raised an eyebrow at him and he put up his hand defensively. "Hey, I'n hungry!"

I roll my eyes. "And yes, this is my bag." I unzip my bag and empty the contents onto the sand.

Someone taps my shoulder. I turn around and see that it's Barney, who was now eating yet another leaf.

"Yeah?" I say, rummaging through my belongings. This included: several t-shirts, a few sweaters, a jacket, two pairs of jeans, leggings, denim shorts and my old Converse All Stars. My mum had bought me these last year and they were my favourite pair of shoes.

"Megan and I are going to start a fire with the wood you guys found. It will soon get very dark, very fast. Wanna help?" asked Barney. But this time he wasn't eating a leaf.

"Sure, why not?" I smiled and stood up.