Stranded with Louis Tomlinson

Chapter Six

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Louis' P.O.V.

Day 4 on the island.

When the sun came up, I barely had enough energy to sit up. In front me, I saw some stuff that had washed up on the beach while we were asleep. My eyes scanned over it. Most of it was just wreckage from the accident. Then I saw something that caused me to do a double-take. It was one of my bags!

"Amber!" I said, shaking her awake. Her eyes opened slowly. "Amber, that's mine!" I said, pointing to the bag.

I got up and my legs were shaking. I stumbled over to my bag, picked it up, and brought it over to Amber. I knelt down next to her. Quickly, I unzipped the bag and pulled out the bottle of water I'd bought for the trip.

"Oh my God," she said, sitting up.

"Here." I took the cap off and handed the bottle to her. She took a swig of it and gave it back to me. We passed it back and forth until it was empty.

"Louis, we can use this to collect water when it rains," she said.

I smiled, because now I knew we actually had a chance.

I unzipped every pocket in my bag, turned it upside down, and let its contents fall to the sand. A cable-knit beanie, a hoodie, a couple of T -shirts, some shorts, underwear, socks, jeans, a toothbrush, and a tube of toothpaste.

I put a bit of toothpaste onto the toothbrush and offered it to Amber. "You can use it first," she said.

I brushed my teeth and rinsed the toothbrush with some ocean water. I handed it to Amber and she put more toothpaste on it. She brushed her teeth, rinsed the toothbrush, and gave it back to me.

Later in the afternoon, it rained. Amber dug a shallow hole in the sand, put the bottle in it, and molded the wet sand around the base of the bottle so it would stay put. We eagerly watched the bottle fill to the brim with water. Amber and I drank it. It continued to rain long enough for the bottle to fill halfway again. We decided to save it in case we got thirsty later.

We layed down in the sand, but neither of us were asleep. I was thinking about Harry, Niall, Zayn, Liam, my sisters, and my mum. I thought about Eleanor. I wondered if she knew about the crash. Of course she did. She probably thought I was dead. I didn't want to imagine how she felt.

"Good night, Louis," Amber said, breaking my thoughts.

"Good night."