Rhea Brenner's Story

"I don't know why, but I have this crazy feeling that tomorrow might be a lot more stressful than today." Emily nodded, "The second day is always the worst." She peered at him, and frowned. His ankle was swelling very badly, and his head had started bleeding again. "Devon, we need to take care of your injuries. It looks like they hurt." She looked outside at the rain and thunder, biting her lip.

"Hold on." She said before standing up, using the wall of the shelter for support. "The first aid kit is in the other shelter, with everyone else." She looked at Devon, at his bleeding head and swelling ankle, and recalled the painful memory of him practically saving her life. Her mind was made up. "I'll be right back," she said, stumbling out into the darkened air and pouring rain.

She was soaked almost immediately, but it felt nice, in a way. She could see the other shelter a few feet away, and she made her way towards it. The wind had picked up and was blowing against her, so the walk was hard, but she knew it was the right thing to do. When she reached the shelter, she turned the corner quickly, and looked at the four faces of Rhea, Tim, Chloe, and Leo nestled inside.

"D-Does anyone h-have a f-first aid k-kit?" She asked, mentally cursing herself at the reappearance of her stutter.

She had inspected Leo's wrapping before laying back down. "Don't mind me I'm probably going to fall asleep" "Go ahead. Could use the rest." Tim had caught up with them, making it a full house. They could fit more, but Leo didn't want to take it as a challenge. "Darn...didn't think about this rain being so bad.." It was raining pretty hard out there. "I know, hey, I'm still hopin' for snow." He knew it wouldn't come, but it was a nice thought. Tim asked if anyone wanted a drink, Leo declined, as he wasn't too thirsty. "No thank you." Watching him unwrap it, he scooted the kit to him. "This might help ya."

A loud sigh next to Leo was followed by "I'm so booooored!I wanna dooo somethiiing!" She crossed her arms and was now pouting. Still concerned over her, and a bit bored himself, he spoke up. "Alright, what you wanna do then?" There's a lot of things we could do.. He hadn't thought that it was raining and she may not want to leave the shelter, and it probably wasn't too wise to go anyway. But, he did want to do something, and left the specifics up to her. "D-does anyone have a first-aid kit?" "Ask him." Leo hated to just throw responsibility at Tim, but he had pushed it to him.

Rhea covered her ears at Chloe's obnoxious wails for attention. "Go put a bucket outside and collect rain water" She mumbled, if she even had a bucket, which she probably didn't. There had to be some sort of bowl she could find. Rhea sighed one last time before falling asleep. She could still hear people talking but there voices were distant. Rhea rest peacefully her hair matted from blood and mud. It didn't matter though, as long as she woke up the next morning alive, she'd be happy.

"There's nothing to do on this stupid island! I wanna go home!" Chloe was the only thing between Ray and sleep. The girl was whining like a 5 year old. "Chloe shut up!" She yelled surprisingly loud. At first Rhea wasn't sure why she'd raised her voice but after a moment of thinking she remembered she hadn't taken her pills. They were destroyed in the fire she knew it and now Chloe was choosing to test Rhea's limits. The pills had helped Rhea to control anger, and helped her concentrate better. Now she could only do her best to not punch Chloe in the stomach. Ray kept her eyes shut tightly.

(OOC: sorry its so short!)

Leo waved to Tim as he left. "Alright." Rhea was trying to sleep, and spoke against Chloe's outbursts. It was clear she was upset. "There's nothing to do one this stupid island! I wanna go home!" She fell backwards and there wasn't much Leo could do about her falling, but she was pretty loud. "Hey, come on. She's trying to relax a bit." waving his hands back to Rhea's direction. "This is the worst vacation ever!" He couldn't blame her for squirming, as he frequently just flailed. Though he would take action with her outlook on the situation, but Rhea beat him to it. "Chloe shut up!" Oh boy. She yelled, and he jumped back a bit. Leo was ready to jump in- ready to go- seeing the temper in Rhea's eyes. Leo's fears that the two would wear him out were coming closer. "Look, if we can just go to bed, tomorrow'll come, and everything will just ride out. Okay?" Maybe asking nicely will work. If not, Leo still had a backup plan, though it would be a bit rougher.

Chloe's face flushed with anger. Slowly, she sat up, a look of complete anger on her face. She ignored Leo, although she was a bit ticked that he wasn't taking her side, and glared at Rhea. "You can't fucking tell me what to do. I've been TRAUMATIZED from that plane crash. Maybe you handle it by sleeping it off, but normal people like me have feelings, so excuse me for expressing them. If you don't want to hear it, then maybe you can go sleep in the rain tonight!"
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Before Devon knew it, Emily had returned. Also with her was Timothy, which he did not expect at all. It was a little frustrating, but he figured he was going to help and then be on his way. He watched Emily unpack the first-aid kit and rummage through the various ointments and bandages. She then came to him with an alcohol pad.

"I'm really really sorry, but this is going to sting." She said to him, and he knew it would. Putting on his manly brave face, he nodded to her. "Well, no pain no gain." He said sarcastically. When the pad made contact with his skin, it did exactly as she said: stung. It probably wasn't as bad as getting bits of metal pulled out of your side, but it still hurt pretty bad. He scrunched his eyes tightly to help handle the pain. He sighed with relief when she took it off and then bandaged it up.

"Okay, that should help. We'll probably have to put a new bandaid on it tomorrow. Now, let me look at that ankle." Emily said, and then she moved to the other side of him. That was NOT something that he wanted right now. "Wait wait wait, we can do that late- AH!" He couldn't help but exclaim when she touched his ankle. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, trying to get through it. . "I don't think it's broken, but it is severely sprained, and you probably bruised the bone as well. I'm going to wrap it, and it's going to hurt, I'm really sorry." After that, she said some other things about ice and said sorry again, but he wasn't really listening. He was trying really hard not to focus on the pain, which was just making him focus more on the pain. As she wrapped up his ankle, he bit his lip and tried not to scream in agony. When she finished, he instantly un-tensed all the muscles in his body and slumped back, supporting himself on his palms. "Thanks..." Was all he could manage to mumble.

"It's really rough out there, you probably shouldn't go out again until morning." Devon snapped out of his pain-filled trance and looked at Emily to see her talking to Timothy about staying. Fuck! That ruins everything! he silently raged in his mind. Before he could say anything, Emily had turned to him again. "Is it at least feeling a little better? You probably should walk on it as little as possible, and don't move until morning." She looked pretty concerned, so he didn't want to tell her that it was still hurting like hell. "Yeah, it feels a bit better now. Thanks." He smiled reassuringly at her. "You seem pretty tired, you should definitely rest."

"You can't fucking tell me what to do. I've been TRAUMATIZED from that plane crash. Maybe you handle it by sleeping it off, but normal people like me have feelings, so excuse me for expressing them. If you don't want to hear it, then maybe you can go sleep in the rain tonight!" Chloe hissed at her. "Well maybe I would if I could! Please your not traumatized you're just being a 5 year old brat" Rhea yelled back equally as angry. At this point those pills would have been useful but Rhea's mind had the ADHD 'disease' and there was no filter between her brain and her mouth. "Just shut up and whine in your head, you think this is enjoyable for everyone else?"

Leo was on edge and ready. "You can't fucking tell me what to do" Yep, there we go. The insults were going back and forth, and he wanted to shout as well, but someone had to keep their head. "Well maybe I would if I could! Please your not traumatized you're just being a 5 year old brat." He couldn't be just a spectator any longer. "That's enough! And you're doing no better!" staring down to Rhea, his movements were fast and twitchy with anger. His father always said he had a bit of a temper, and now he had to speak like him to keep control. Dad must of known a bit. "Just shut up and whine in your head." Staying silent for a moment allowed him to recollect himself, for a short while. "Yes, so just be quiet, and go to sleep" nudging Chloe to lay down on the last word. He was gentle with her, but there was still reinforcement to his movement. Wouldn't be giving much give for her to spring back up.

"Well maybe I would if I could! Please your not traumatized you're just being a 5 year old brat". Chloe wanted to lash out and claw her fucking eyes out right about now. She would have done it, too, if it weren't for Leo's loud yell. "That's enough!"She turned to Leo. She hadn't seen him angry the entire time. With a loud "hmph!" she allowed Leo to push her down on her back

"Thank you Leo for being polite about it." She said this loudly and glared at Rhea. She then turned to Leo and looked up at him. She pulled the whole "puppy eyes" routine and made herself look as if she was hurt. In a quiet voice, she asked, "Leo, you don't think I act like a five year old brat do you?" She batted her eyelashes. Rhea may have gotten him to yell at her, but she wouldn't go asleep without him being on her side.
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"I need to find this boy..." Devon looked at Timothy as he said these words and then departed without another word. In his head, the evil part of him instantly cheered. Of course he felt bad somewhere inside, but he was still a member of the male gender, and he had priorities.

"Tim, wait!" Emily was obviously very concerned for Tim, which didn't surprise Devon at all. "Ugh. He's going to get himself killed." Devon didn't think so at all. From the mere hours he had known Timothy, he had proven himself a really tough guy. He'll be completely fine. He's a trooper. He thought. He looked back at Emily, who was combing through her hair. She really was attractive, that was no secret. While she was busy, he began thinking about how he would play out the last few nights of his life, assuming that he would even survive that long. He figured he'd get Emily first, then make a move on Rhea, and then see how it played out. There was something in his brain telling him not to do that with Emily, but he didn't really care at this point. He was going to die soon, so it wouldn't even matter.

"You get some sleep too, okay? Tomorrow is not going to be good." Emily snapped him out of his thoughts. She was lying really close to him now, which reinforced his earlier assumptions about her feelings for him. He gave her a warm smile, looking into her eyes. "Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are?" He asked in a mesmerized voice. Now he just hoped that she wouldn't slap him.

Rhea could barely control herself as Chloe glared at her. "Thank you Leo for being polite about it." Chloe said to Leo though it seemed to be directed at Rhea herself. Ray turned on her side facing the shelter wall. She could feel her face getting hot and tiny hot tears ran down her face. Where were all these emotions coming from? Rhea had never gone this long with her medicine before but she decided not to tell anyone, in fear of being weak."Leo, you don't think I act like a five year old brat do you?" Rhea couldn't see Chloe but she was sure the girl was sucking up to Leo, and boys were so clueless he'd fall right for her, she was sure. Quickly Ray wiped away any last tears and tried a second time to fall asleep.

Leo was glad she'd gone down, and he didn't need to push her. "Thank you Leo for being polite about it." He didn't say anything, only sighing in response. At least the yelling was over, and it didn't seem like they were going to kill each other. Chloe was down when she asked him "Leo, you don't think I act like a five year old brat do you?" Looking to her, he was taken back a bit. My god.. He laid next to her, and didn't answer right away-buying time and thinking of what to say. Turning to her, she was batting her eyelashes. "No.. course not. Look, the crash's got everyone all worked up." Unaware he'd fallen into her again, and that he was just proving the assumptions about him. He'd speak to Rhea tomorrow, if they were ever alone.

"Why? Is that what you think?" Emily was now looking away from Devon, and he couldn't help but smile at her shyness. He placed his hand on her chin and turned her face back to him. "I think you're gorgeous Emily." He looked into her eyes deeply. He really meant what he said about her being beautiful. He could tell that she didn't totally trust him yet, but he wasn't surprised about that. Everyone knew his reputation. But he had his ways around that.

He cupped her cheek and stroked it with his thumb. "I think guys should tell you that more often." Then he tilted his head a bit, not breaking eye contact with her. "Do you trust me, Emily?"

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"No.. course not." He said something else, but she didn't care about whatever that was. She looked at him and smiled widely. "Thank you, Leo. That makes me very happy." She let out a quiet giggle, then turned to look at the ceiling.

"You know, this could be much worse. At least I can get tan tomorrow."

The sun had risen early this morning welcoming a new day of chaos ahead of them. Rhea was choosing to sleep in though. She was sleepy and in pain so why not. The others would probably wake up before her. But the less time she had to deal with Leo and Chloe the better. Ray had got to bed mad at both of them and that's how she planned to wake up...when she did wake up.

(OOC:posting this now b/c I have a beach vball tourney tomorrow and won't be home till after lunch Ray will be asleep till then)

Others had snuggled with their damsels, while Leo had to calm a few tempers. Some hadn't completely cooled, but he would deal with that when she woke up, not wishing to add to the list by disrupting her. He though Chloe wanted to say something else to him, but they'd fallen asleep. Leo had slept well, the events of yesterday tiring him. Chloe must of slept well too then Sitting up, he debated with himself whether to wake Chloe or let her sleep. She'll probably be mad. Oh well. Well, maybe.. ah screw it, why not fucking pet her. Putting his hand gently on her shoulder, he didn't nudge her awake. It was more over, softly rubbing her arm, running his hand slowly across her shoulder. Least she might not be as pissed

As soon as the sun began to rise, Devon was stirring. He was always a morning person, waking up every morning no later than 6. This morning was no different. The first thing he noticed when he woke up was, surprisingly, the fact that the storm had passed and it was now very sunny. It wasn't until he blinked a little that he noticed Emily laying right next to him, his arms around her. His eyes widened a bit as he remembered the fact that he fell asleep while kissing her. Nice going dumbass. That's how a real man gets a girl. Falling asleep on her shoulder.

Carefully, he moved his arms from around her, laying her back down where she was originally. He stood up, rubbing the sand out of his eyes. As soon as he put weight on his bad ankle, he let out a cry of pain and collapsed back down on the sand. Even though it was feeling better than it was last night, it still hurt like hell. Realizing that he had just made somewhat of a loud noise, he held his breath and turned to Emily, not wanting to wake her up.
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The next morning, there was a rescue crew waiting for them. Chloe got taken home on the plane, and she got back to her normal life. Everyone at school looked at her as a hero, and she was famous, all over the news. Everything was alright.

Chloe felt someone rubbing her shoulder. She groaned, but the rubbing didn't stop. Now she was starting to get upset. In a half-asleep state of mind, she opened her eyes slowly, seeing Leo looking down at her. It was barely light out, so she knew it was well before her usual wake up time of eleven, so she was not happy. Not completely thinking straight yet, she pushed herself up so that she was sitting, turned to Leo, and slapped him across the face. "Unless I'm about to die, I do not appreciate being waken up until I'm ready. Understood?"

Rhea woke up startled. She'd barely opened her eyes when she heard Chloe and Leo talking, well Chloe was yelling more. Ray was still onl half a wake but she sat up. The sand was all Dow. Her back and in her hair. Bleh. "Chloe I'm in forcing a new rule called no yelling In The shelter." Rhea whipped her hands off on her shirt and them rubbed her eyes. Surprisingly she was wasn't hungry at all. Her bandages leg was doing good. It wasn't bleeding that was for sure. Rhea wanted to go outsid. "Leo maybe if you have time could you get some big sticks and string or something. She was deciding to spend the day in the shelter making a crutch, the. She would be able to help out more and care for other people who were injured.

Watching Emily wake up was almost adorable in Devon's mind. She yelled at someone who obviously wasn't here, probably forgetting she was here in the first place. He sort of envied her; he had never been able to forget the situation even for a second. When she woke up, she started asking him about his ankle. "I heard you cry out. How's your ankle?" While he would never admit it, it felt really nice to have someone concerned about his well-being. "It feels better, thanks." He smiled at her. Emily was smiling at him, and he couldn't help but notice how freaking cute she looked.

"Well, it probably wouldn't have felt better without your help. I owe you one." He gave her a little wink, then walked over to her. He looked down at the home-made bandage made of his ripped up shirt. While it seemed to be working, he figured that he should probably get it disinfected and wrapped in a proper bandage. He then looked up at her. "Okay, we have to change that and clean you up before it gets infected. I don't want you getting sick, alright? So sit down and let me look at it." He grabbed the first aid kit and sat down on the sand, motioning for her to sit in front of him.
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Leo was trying to tell Chloe some story justifying his actions, but she really didn't want to hear it. "Don't give me your bullshit right now, it's too early for that." Then, of course, Rhea decided to wake up and chime in like she always did. "Chloe I'm in forcing a new rule called no yelling In The shelter." Chloe gave her a dirty look. "You are more than welcome to find a new place to sleep, it's completely fine with me hun." She emphasized the hun in a way that gave a different meaning to the word, showing that she definitely didn't mean it in a nice way.

Standing up, Chloe brushed the sand off of her designer jean shorts and tee-shirt. "Ugh! These were a gift!" She stamped her foot angrily, then took a deep breath and calmed herself down a tad. "Okay, I'm hungry, what are we going to do for food."

Leo was thinking of how stupid he had just sounded, and Chloe was honest about it. "Don't give me your bullshit right now, it's too early for that." "Eh, fair enough. Have to wait 'till later." Rhea had woken up, and without thinking Leo spat out "Mornin' gorgeous." He didn't know why he said it, the compliment just flowed out. She had a few things to say however. "Chloe I'm enforcing a new rule called 'no yelling in the shelter.'" She was still upset from last night, Chloe was too. "You are more than welcome to find a new place to sleep, it's completely fine with me hun." Leo knew he must of been the odd one out. Everyone was freaking out, yelling at each other, planning for their survival, and there he was, just riding on a fucking wave, out of everything. Fine by me "Leo maybe if you have time could you get some big sticks and string or something." "Huh? Oh yeah, yeah." Chloe had stood, brushing her clothes and upset that her gift had been dirtied.

"Okay, I'm hungry, what are we going to do for food." He was glad that she'd breathed a bit to calm herself. Still upset, and he knew that, but it was better. Standing himself, he recapped. "Well what you in the mood for?" Leo was mainly joking, but it did matter somewhat, even though it'd probably be an unfeasible request. He was thinking up a plan on what to get first, because he wanted to be sure she was coming with him. Leo didn't want to be alone, and he sure didn't like the idea of leaving the two of them together to kill each other. "So, we can get some of that stuff, and something to eat too?"

Rhea wrinkled her eyebrows as Leo looked at her saying "Mornin' gorgeous." Ew, come on Leo. She was still upset obviously. Chloe responded to Rhea's new rule negatively. "You are more than welcome to find a new place to sleep, it's completely fine with me hun." Well at least she would be out of the shelter soon. Leo responded blandly to Ray's request. Was he even listening to her? She was reassured when he made another joke then said "So, we can get some of that stuff, and something to eat too?" Rhea pursed her lips. She really wasn't even that hungry. "I'll just finish off my peanuts" She murmured patting her pockets looking for them. "You too run along and go find stuff..." She waved her hands to the exit of the shelter. Though she was anxious to be able to explore it was nice to not have Chloe around, well at least for an hour or so when she got tired and would come back.

Devon was a little irritated that Oliver came in now, when he was going to deal with Emily's wound. However, when Emily cut off his shirt, he could tell that he really needed the attention. So he just watched Emily deal with the injury, and then zoned out just a bit.

"Oh dear. Well, there isn't any burn cream in here. But I know how to make some. Hopefully this island has the proper ingrediants. I'm sorry, Oliver. I'll look for the ingrediants and make the cream as soon as I can, but there isn't anything I can do for you right this minute. I promise I'll start looking now, though. I just have to look at Devon's ankle, and then I'll go searching." Emily's voice snapped him out of his trance, and he saw that she was done with Oliver. She really seemed to know her shit, which he admired about her.

Then, Emily came over and started looking at his ankle. "Emily, I think your wound is more important..." He began protesting to his treatment, but she was already pretty far along. Plus, numbing cream sounded really good right now. "Alright, fine." She began spreading the cream over his ankle, and it really didn't feel good. "I'm so sorry, I know this must hurt. But the cream should take affect immediately, so you won't feel it for much longer." And she was right, it really felt better. Afterwards, she re-wrapped his ankle and he could barely feel it anymore. She's amazing... He thought after watching her stand up.

He watched her fall down, and for some reason he felt compelled to help her up. He walked over to her and took both of her hands in his, pulling her up onto her feet. "So I guess you're a bit clumbsy aren't you." He smiled at her. "Now will you please let me change your bandage before going outside? It's my turn to be the doctor here."
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So Leo was still on her side it seemed (thank God), and Rhea was going to leave to find some stuff (thank God again) and so now it was just her and Leo. They basically got to figure out random stuff to do in order to stay alive. Now that she thought about it, it sounded like a lot of work. She wrinkled her nose a little bit.

"Leeeeeeoooooo." She whined. "Can you go get me some food while I lay outside in the sand? My back really hurts right now and the hot sand might really help it. Pleeeease?" She looked up at him with innocent puppy eyes, hoping that he was still easy to fool.