The next morning, I woke up to find two arms wrapped around my body. I shivered from the coldness, and realized where I was- in a dark, cold cave. Zac shifted his weight on my side, and when he saw I was awake, he smiled at me. "Hey, Lauren, how are you feeling? You passed out during the night, and you wouldn't come through. I thought I lost you."

My eyes widened. "You mean...I could have...died?"

"Uh..Yeah," Zac lowered his eyes. "I was so scared."

I smiled. "Thanks for being so concerned about me. If it wasn't for you, I would still be in the ocean. Thanks, Zac, for everything. I mean it. I owe you one."

Zac laughed lightly. "You don't have to repay me. Really, Lauren, I did it because...um..nevermind why I did it, I just did." He stuttered.

Now I was curious. "Come on, Zac, why did you do it? You must have a good reason. I mean, You risked you life for me...Why?"

Zac blushed. "Because..." he searched for his words. "Because I love you Lauren. I always have, and I always will. The moment I layed eyes on you, I knew it was you I wanted."

My jaw dropped. "R-r-really?"

"Really." Zac raised his eyes to mine.

"No one has ever said that to me before...I..I love you too Zac."

"You..You love me? You love me...You love me!"

I laughed. "Yeah, Zac, I do...I guess I never realized it until now. I mean, I had a crush on you when you were famous. I bought all your CD's and everything, but I never thought I was in love with you. You know what I mean?"

"Yeah, I know Lauren..."

I leaned forward, and kissed him. Not just a peck on the lips. I really kissed him, with all the strength in me. It was wonderful. By the meaning in it, I knew it was love I was feeling. I collapsed in a heap on the groung, smiling. I sighed contentedly. Nothing could ruin my good mood. Not even the fact that we were stranded on an island, all alone, freezing...Things were starting too look down again.

"Lauren, why don't we go out onto the sand, and try to signal for help. Just to see it anyone is looking for us."

"OK," I pulled myself up off the ground, and let Zac take my hand, leading me out of the cave. The morning sun shone down on me, and I was starting to warm up. I grabbed a long stick and wrote in big letters in the sand: H-E-L-P-! I knew it wasn't much, but if we weren't around, people we know that we were there.

"Good idea Lauren," Zac said, underlining the word 'HELP'. "Thanks Zac," I replied. "Is there anything else we can do?" ,p>"We can sit here and wait," Zac suggested. "Because, I am not going back to that cave!"

I smiled. "Me neither. It's too cold, and damp, and wet, and..."

Zac laughed. "I get the point." He walked over to me, and put his arms around me. "It OK, Lauren, we'll get through this- together."

"I know. It's just hard to believe that I'll ever see my family again. We've been away for so long. Five days. Do you think they have any idea where we are?" I asked.

"I don't know, Laur. I mean, I don't even know where we are." ,p>"I wonder if Lindsey, Taylor, and Ike made it off the boat or not..I hope their not with those awful men still...Being on this island is much better than being on the boat with them," I declaired.

"Tell me about it. I still can't believe all this happened to us. It must've happened for a reason...I just don't know what that was."

"Of course it happened for a reason. It brought us together, didn't it?" I smiled, and kissed his cheek. "I love you, Zac."

"I love you too, Lauren." All of a sudden, the wind started to blow. "Thats strange," Zac said. "It was so calm a minute ago!" I looked up at the sky. "It's a helicopter!"

"Oh my gosh, you're right!" Zac and I started to wave our arms up and down, yelling, " Were down here! Help us! Please!" The helicopter started to lower. "Are you two Lauren Rennylds and Zachary Hanson?" Someone called from a megaphone.

"Yes!" We yelled.

"It's them," I heard a man yell. "Dad!?" I called as loud as I could. "Is that you?" I strained my eyes to see who it was stepping out of the helicopter. "Daddy!" I cried. He rushed over to me, and wrapped me in a hug. He let go of me, and hugged Zac too. "Um, you guys, I'm afraid I have some bad news..."

"What dad? What is it?" I asked.

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