I woke up and stretched my arm out to hold Mel, just to place my arm over an empty spot. I sat up and saw her at the other end of the raft. I crawled over to her, laid beside her, and I kept thinking about what I did that would make her upset with me. was she even upset with me?? It didn't feel natural to wake up without seeing her beautiful face first thing when I opened my eyes. I felt ashamed of myself for feeling sad that she didn't want to cuddle with me. my thoughts stopped in their tracks when her eyes fluttered open and looked at mine. she sat up immediately. "Jake, what are you doing?" I realized she was probably upset with me. "I just wanted to cuddle you Mel.." she looked down at her hands and quietly said "I don't want to cuddle with you.." It surprised me when I felt my heart ache. Her words stung me like knives. "Okay mel... if that's what you wish.." I got up and put my dried shirt on and grabbed the paddles so I could start rowing again. she put on her clothes. I looked away while she did. I was too sad to look at her beautiful body. after a few hours of nothing but silence I heard mel shout with joy "Jake!! An Island!!" I looked up and started rowing as fast as I could. I jumped out of the boat when the water was just 4 feet deep. I pulled the the boat to the sand and Mel jumped out with the supplies. "Mel, it looks deserted" "oh well, it's still land!!" she exclaimed. to the right there was trees and greenery. I walked over and picked up two thick strong branches and tipped our raft over and propped up part of it with the sticks. "this will make good shelter" I nodded my head to Mel, thanking her for the comment. my heart hurt every time I looked at her.. what changed her feelings towards me?? I couldn't take it anymore.. I grabbed Melina by the shoulders and looked her in the eyes "What's wrong with you melina?!" she looked shocked. "There is nothing wrong with me!" "then why are you acting like this?! do my feelings for you disgust you?! am I not good enough?!" she started yelling " Oh, so you think I'm mad at you? Well maybe I'm pushing you away so it won't hurt when you say you don't want me anymore!" I went silent. "You want me to say it?! Yeah, I am falling for you and it scares me!" I felt my heart beat faster. "See, this is exactly why I started to push you away, because I knew that this was the reaction I was going to get! I'm going out for firewood." As she was starting to walk away I grabbed her wrist. she looked at me confused and annoyed. "Let me go assho-" I stopped her sentence with a kiss.