Stranded

Stranded--13

(edited 07/30/19)

Chapter 13

"What do you want to show us?" Olivia asks for the thirtieth time. I let out a puff of air in annoyance. I've learned to live with her, but she can still make me want to wring her neck. Terry looks like he's going to say something for once, but stays quiet.

"It's right here! I had to keep it dry and stuff." Ronald mutters. Nova is squatting under a tarp that has gone missing from the hut recently. She stands when Ronald makes motinos with his arms.

"There it is!" Drake hisses and I elbow him. What was under it shut Drake up.

"Does-does it work?" Terry stutters out. I can't take my eyes off it, it cannot be real.

"I feel like it should. I'm not quite sure yet. Wanted all of you to be here. Nova and I found it and have been working on it for a couple of days now." He looks at her. She nods her head, only making eye contact with Ronald. Olivia looks like she notices this and bites the right side of her cheek.

"Ready to test it?" Ron asks. I looks at the others. Collin looks as if he's about to pass out from excitement. Alice looks nervous, biting her bottom lip. Olivia was staring at Ronald with a look I can't make out. Drake just grins down at me, taking my hand in his. I feel butterflies build up in my stomach. Not just from Drake, but from maybe being able to get off this island.

Ron picks up the radio. I hold my breath. Everyone is completely still. I realize that we should have made Lucas come with us to see this. I know he needs the warmth, but this might have helped him a little mentaly.

"Hello?" He says into it. I roll my eyes. Collin snatches it out of his hands.

"Let me see this!" He cleared his throat. "Ten-Four!"

"God you guys are dumb. Move aside." Alice shoves the two away.

"Come in." She says firmly. I raise my eyebrows at her, impressed.

"That's what I was going to say next." Ron grumbles and crosses his arms. I shake my head and pat his shoulder.

"Hello?! Is anyone there? Come in. We're the people from flight 325. We crashed and we're in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. Is anyone there? Hello? Come in."

We wait in complete silence for a couple of minutes, but it feels like hours.

Nothing.

Olivia lets out a sob. "It's hopeless."

Collin hangs his head. Alice backs away from the radio, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Aw, Alice." I whisper and pull her into a hug. She broke down in my arms. She starts sobbing uncontrollably, her whole body shaking. "I-I-want to go home. I want my mom back. Why didn't she make it?"

I look around at everyone and notice that Terry is covering his eyes from us. He too is crying. Alice and Terry are the only two here that lost someone so far.

"Sh, sh, shh. It's going to be okay. People are going to find us." I don't realize I'm crying until Drake wipes tears off my cheek. After a while, Alice pulls back, wipes her eyes and mumbled something about going to the hut for some sleep. I look up and see that Collin was staring out toward the ocean would be. He has a hand over his mouth and his eyes looked misty. Ronald, surprisingly, was holding a crying Olivia. Nova has her arms wrapped tightly around herself as she looks sadly at the radio. I look up at Drake. "Drake. What if we don't-" I whisper, but Drake put a finger over my mouth.

"Don't say it." He leans forward and replaces his finger with his lips. I close my eyes and deepened the kiss.

"Woo Miranda! Get some, Ow, ow!" I hear Olivia yell after she sniffs. I pulled back with a small smile and wipe under my eyes.