"Hmmpf.., Hmmpf.." slowly opening my eyes, I gave my best to fully wake up. Bright sunlight shined through the little window into the hut. "It's morning" My eyes landed on the ceiling, which is made out of wood. It's impressing how fast they built these huts, in a short amount of time. I mean, the Tsunami hitted Palawan 9 Days ago.

"Why are you looking at the ceiling?" In a flash, my gaze wandered to the man, standing at the door frame. Since when has he been here?!

"What are YOU doing here?" I said confused and at the same time not amused to see him this early in the morning.

"You didn't locked up your door, so I just came in. A wonderful morning to you too" with a pouty face, he walked to the edge of the bed. The next thing I felt, was his whole body weight, falling onto my knees. I sighed, pushed his body to the side and stood up to wash my face.
"So when do I have to start?" I asked him with my back facing him.

"Starting what?"

"Sarah said yesterday, Dwayne and I have to work, in order to stay here. I have to cook, while Dwayne has to go out with you guys." There was a few seconds of silence, until he said something which confused me more than the fact, that my math teacher was still using his roller every day to come to the school at the age of 51. And let me tell you one thing:
He's a married man who has a car and lots of money. I mean, his wife was using the car.
Did they had an argument every morning, so she didn't gave him the permission to use the car? It could've been one explanation. Or did he thought, that his wife cannot drive and is actually just taking the safe way out? Gosh, so many questions, but no answer...

"Oh, you mean that. No, you are going to be with Dwayne" He said, stretching himself on the bed.

"What do you mean with 'going to be with Dwayne' ?"

"Sarah told me to take you with us. I asked her why, but she mumbled something about Dwayne, money and a contract-, don't ask too much,okay?" Money? Contract? What is he talking about? If I'm not allowed to ask much, I'm going to think more!

"Where is he?" 

"Who?" 

"Dwayne. Why is he not here? If he's so desperate to have you with him, then why is he not here?!" He stood up.

"That's exactly what I was thinking!" But why do I care?

........

"What now?" I asked Hans who stood right next to me. An hour passed by and we already ate our breakfast at the Campfire. Dwayne didn't showed up, neither did Sarah.

"We have to wait for that idiot of course."

"Since when are you calling him a idiot?"

"Since he's being an ass and had been hanging out with Sarah instead of being punctually here" he angrily stomped with his feets. His words actually made me chuckle. Hans looked at me for a second, until we both started giggling like there's no tomorrow.                                                                   'I never knew that giggling could feel so refreshing and wonderful at the same time.'

"What are you both giggling at?" A deep icy voice said behind us, gaining both, Hans and my attention. A emotionless Dwayne came back to the world y'all!
"Nothing." Hans answered sarcastically and instantly took my hand, dragging me away.
"Holly do you want to play a game?" He asked me a little bit too loud, for everyone to hear. Why does that sound like, he's about to do some dumb stuff?

...........

"I spy with my little eye something green" I smirked.

"Hey, that doesn't count. Everything's green here, we are walking through a flipping Jungle!" He said angrily, stomping a few steps. Hours passed by and we didn't found anything useful. Hans told me, that we have to find some medicine, in case something bad happens. But we weren't successful till now. Which stressed out the all of us. Dwayne was walking right behind me, while I was walking next to Hans. I don't want to exaggerate, but is it odd to say, that it feels like, Dwayne's gaze is on me? And does that bother me? No, not at all! He can do whatever he wants to, so do I.
"It's now my turn!, never have I ever experimented to see my sexual orientation" Hans asked me and throwed one arm over my shoulder, wiggling with his eyebrows. Am I just imaginating something or did I just heard Dwayne coughing behind me?!

"Never. What about you?" I answered honestly, smiling at him. He instantly leaned down to my ear and whispered something which took me off guard, but at the same time not... does that sound weird?

"I'm gay"

"No way, is that the reason why you asked me if he was single?" I whispered back, giggling with him. Hans nodded and took his arm off of me, stretching himself.

"Wait, you've never been in a relationship? So that means there were no kiss kiss, lick lick?" He wiggled his eyebrows again. I mouthed him a 'no' expressionless."Ugh...Nevermind, It,s your turn Honey-" There it is again! That coughing! I'm not imaginating y'all!

"Never have I ever...-" Wait, did Hans said the truth about being gay? Let's find that out!
"Never have I ever lied in this game"

"Are you telling me that I just lied to yo-.... You snitch I said the truth!" He said while slapping me on my back, laughing. "You're really something Holly! Okay, ATTENTION! It's my turn, never have I ever made fun of my best friend"

Silence.

Completely silence. A best friend. I never had one. What are best friends doing in their free time? Would someone really make fun out of their best friend? Looking up at Hans, I searched for answers. There was none, no answer I could reach up to...It was like everything in me was falling apart. My real life.... or should I say my lonely life? All of this is just temporary. And I know that. I know exactly that after this, we will all go different paths. I don't even have a phone, nor do I know what will happen when I'm back in England. I can't even go back home! I don't even have a home to go back to. Hans began to notice the uneasiness in me. What should I say? Should I tell him the truth? I know, that I feel comfortable next to him, but is that the reason to tell him everything? If I would ask someone for their opinions on this, they would probably say, to only tell him 'a little bit'.

A little bit for Hans, probably means everything what happened right after, I was born. We all know exactly, he's not someone who's satisfied with a few informations... Oh, I mean, I.N.F.O.R.M.A.T.I.O.N!

"You look disgusting when you're sad." He said while giving me a disgusted out expression.
"You know, I suspected something from the beginning, you sat next to me in the plane. I don't know what it was, but the moment, the plane headed up, you looked more relaxed, yet somehow still stressed out. And if you ever dare to smile as fake as you did to me in the plane, you're dead, you heard that?! Try on a better smile the next time you meet someone new."

Again there was silence.

"Do you want to know the reason why I came here?" He said now looking back at me.
I shaked my head for a 'no' as a response.

"The plane ticket was cheap, HAHAHA" I think this is the first time hearing someone laughing soooo loud. No, this can't be considered as loud. This is DEAFENING!!

"What about you? Why are you here?" Hans asked me, smiling brightly. Why I'm here? That's a long story Hans. You should go and grab a cup of coffee before I start to talk. Oh, I forgot that we are walking through a jungle... my bad.

"I think I call it 'escaping from my past'."

....

"HEY THERE IS A LITTLE PHARMACY" A man called. We all looked to our right to see a half destroyed pharmacy. I was about to go there with the others, when suddenly cold strong hands held me by my wrist. I turned around to meet arctic cold eyes. There was a few seconds of silence until everyone reached the pharmacy to collect the undamaged medicine. 

"Are you wearing the clothes he gave you?"

"Why do you want to know that? Don't you have enough to do with Sarah and your fully packed backpack which you didn't left in the hut, so that I don't look into it?"

Silence. Dwayne looked me into my eyes for a few more seconds before he looked away, and continued to talk.

"Holly what are you talki-"

"HOLLY THERE ARE SOME BODY LOTIONS DO YOU NEED SOME?" Hans screamed from the pharmacy and smirked widely. When I say he screamed, then I really mean it. And why is this guy even smirking so widely? What is he up to, again?

"NO, THANK YOU" I shouted back and instantly turned back around to Dwayne.Is that.... Is that anger in his eyes? Why? I should really go and do a check up! 

"The reason I was with Sarah was because I wanted you to be-" Ugh, not now Hans! "I GOT YOU SOME LIP BALMS, WAIT, I THINK I JUST FOUND SOMETHING USEFUL" There we go...

"You know what, keep your reasons for yourself, I don't need them" I turned around to go to the pharmacy. To be honest..., I want to know the reason, but it seems like Hans is not going to give me the chance to listen to Dwayne. Especially not now. Out of nowhere, I remembered something that Hans told me this morning:

"Holly do you want to play a game?" Did he meant this, by playing a game?

After we collected as much as we could, Hans and I continued to talk about random stuff. Actually he was the one talking, I was more absent. His words didn't gave me the chance to think of something else. What  do you wanted me to be Dwayne? Is it what Hans tod me? being next to you? But why? It doesn't makes sense!

......

It's getting dark by now and we are a few minutes away from the camping place.
Dwayne and I obviously didn't talked after our conversation, which was interrupted by Hans.

"Tell me" 

"Tell you what?"

"Everything, I want to know your story"

"I don't think that this is necessary" I began to tighten my grip around the medicine.

"I'm your friend Holly you can tell me whatever bothers you." A friend? Did he just said, he's my friend? He really did say that! How should I describe my feelings now? It freaking hit me like a wrecking ball! 

"Gosh could you just quit all these thinking sessions? I'm your friend you dumbhead and now talk, I don't want to wait for a whole day for my I.N.F.O.R.M.A.T.I.O.N!" Do I really think too much? Oh god, I do! "Yes you do! And now talk, I want my I.N.F.O.R.M.A.T.I.O.N!" Holly, take a deep breath in  and start talking!

"Hans you should know that-, this is my first time telling someone my stor-"

"Skip that shit and give me my content!" Hans furiously said.

"My name is Holy Beckett and I'm 22 years old. In my 22 years, I never had the chance to hang out with anybody. My mother once went to my school and told everyone not to hang out with me. Since then, everyone avoided me and never tried to get to know me. I wasn't even allowed to go to school excursions because it would just 'drop my grades'. I had to obey everything my parents said. My father somehow ignores my existence and my mother fakes her love to me. They never gave me the feeling of being welcome or loved. My mother even took my monthly intake and buyed herself new stuff. But I faked it and was able to save some money to escape from them. And now I am here." Well done Holly, now you can finally breathe out.

"So..., you never had anyone to talk to?"

"No, it was just me and no one else. Actually there was a guy. His name is Drake and he was my partner in every school project we had. He was my project-partner only because I was good at school, not because he wanted me to be friends with him." This time Hans was the one being silent.

"I'm going to smack all their ass-"

"Welcome back guys. The food is already ready. Oh, and Dwayne, we have to talk." Sarah directly said and walked off with Dwayne. And I don't care! Do I really?

After dinner, I cleaned my jeans and my T-shirt and hanged them outside of the hut. I totally forgot to wash them yesterday! Only because Hans wanted me to hurry up, so that we don't get too late for dinner. "I should go and freshen up" I said while sighing. I was about to leave the hut, when suddenly Dwayne entered the Hut. 

Silence.

The way he was looking at me-
No, the way his eyes speaked more words, than this guy himself was impressing!

It was a clear and sharp  'We have to talk.' But everything that happened after wasn't just talking...

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Hey Lovelies,

I hope you liked this chapter!Holly has her first Friend. Yay!
(Or should I say a real 'player'?)
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