Kapitel 26: Couldn't help but smile

I felt helpless and regretted for being able to do nothing for my friend. Why did I even come with her when I can't even do anything for her? A long sigh left my lips when I looked back at Min to see her face now turning a little pale. "Hey! Are you okay? " I hurried to sit beside her as I held close to me.

"It's cold. " She said in her faint little voice. I rubbed my hands and covered her chicks from time to time to make her feel a little better.

"Where are they? " I said to myself.

"Call them again. " Min whispered.

"Ummm… let me see. " I checked my phone to see that all the signal bars were gone.

Min's wound bleed more as we waited for them. I had no choice but to do something on my on. I looked inside my bag to find something. I could only find a notebook. If only I had a lighter. It almost time for us to leave the spot and go back to the motel.

I sat beside min as we both hugged each other closely. " You can take the jacket. " She offered. I refused to take it and she laid her head on my shoulder.

"Hey!!"

"Bella!"

"Hey? "

"Can you hear me? "

A faint voice said.

I could feel warm hands cupping my face. Are we back to the motel? Did we get help? I tried to open my eyes slowly as my neck felt sore, immediately making me grab that part. Turning to my left I saw Min's face glowing from the light coming from the other side. She was looking at me with worried eyes. I jumped to sit up in my place and look if she was okay,only to find that her wound was already taken care of. That's when I felt the same warm hands cover the small of my waist making turn to gaze straight in those Hazel eyes. I couldn't help but smile back at that charming smile.

" When did you…" I was about to ask when I heard Ari's voice calling me from the other.

"I… I brought some water. " He said, panting.

"Oh… thanks. " I took the bottle from him and handed it to Min first. She immediately grabbed it from my hand and gulped in almost half of it, leaving the rest for me.

" How did you guys find us? "I asked once I had overcome my thirst. It took me a moment to notice that the rain had now stopped but our clothes were still very wet. The sky was darker but I was only able to see each of their faces because of the bonfire.

" If it wasn't because of the rain we could have met faster. "Chris says as he is still sitting close to me.

" And where did you get the water? There's no shop nearby. "I asked Adi curiously.

He tilted his head and then said " I got it from someone else. Our teammates have built tents here and all of us are staying in the forest for tonight. "

"Huh? " Min and I said in unison.

"Yes it was raining so heavily that our supervisor asked everyone to wait here for the night. They were able to find a place surrounded by trees so they just built tents there. "

"Is it safe to stay here? We almost thought we would be someone's food by tonight if there was no one coming. And where did they get things to build the tents? " I asked with wide eyes.

"Oh….it's quite safe here. It's not really inside the forest with wild animals otherwise why would they make this place a tourist attraction spot. After we cross these rows of trees we actually see a huge waterfall, that's it." Adi explained as he sat near the fireplace and rubbed his hands in front of the fire to warm them up.

"And for the tents, the supervisor actually asked a few students and his assistants to bring the materials just in case we needed them. " Chris clarified.

" So that was why their bags were so huge. I thought they were carrying bodies in there. " Min said and laughed at her own words. Adi rolled his eyes while Chris just smiled.

"So are we leaving now? " Chris said, looking at the fire.

"Where to? " Min asked.

Adi smirked at her and then turned to Chris who had a confusing look just like me. " Now is the time. "He said and made a fake laugh, the one that villains do in the movies. For a second I almost fell for it but then Chris elbowed me and signalled to look at Min who was somewhat frightened by that little acting of Adi.

" Let's leave. Everyone is waiting for you guys. "Adi said while picking up Min to stand on her feet and then turning his back towards her. He tapped on his shoulder and let her hop onto his back while I stood up along with Chris. Adi allowed Min to carry the torch for them and he took off the moment she showed him the way.

While Chris had to put down the fire first, I carried our belongings. He offered to carry them but I refused because they weren't that heavy and I wasn't hurt or anything. " Let's go. " I said and he showed me the way with his torchlight.

" 60333***** "He said all of sudden while we were walking.