Kaylea had stepped away from the guys. She saw Kami turn around in a storm of rage and slap Mark and Jamie in the face. They were now sitting sullenly on the ground, for all the world looking like a pair of big babies.

“Oh come on guys, you totally deserved that.”

She said and took the backpack from Jamie. Jamie shot her an angry look.

“Don’t look at me like that Jamie; it’s your own fault. If we can all just be adults here on the God forsaken place, I think it would be a lot easier to live together. For all we know we will be trapped her for years to come. We might never get rescued. And seeing as we are the only people on this island, it would be better if we could all get along.”

Mark sighed and looked at Jamie.

“She’s right, you know. It was quite childish. We expected some nefarious thing and all Alexandra had been doing was taking care of a serious wound while we were off running around in the jungle.”

Kaylea smiled at them. Alexandra coughed to cover up a snort, Mark looked up at her.

“What’s so funny?”

He asked, raising an eyebrow and looking really puzzled. Alexandra waved her hand back and forth.

“You using the word nefarious. I find that quite funny. I didn’t think you would know that word even existed.”
Mark grinned at her.

“I was an English literature major in school.”

That bit of information to everybody off guard. None of them had expected that Mark would actually be that smart. Mark smiled at them.

“So now I will get a little respect around here.”

Alexandra threw the baby towel at Mark’s head. He ducked and laughed.

“You might have been an English major, Mark, but you are still a dope. Now you are just a dope with brains.”

They grinned at each other. Kaylea gave a sour look when she saw the two. If she wasn’t careful, Mark would start flirting with Alexandra again. She turned her back on them to stare at the ocean.

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