"I...Did I reach the tree?"<br/><br/>Aaron's brow pulled down in confusion, only serving to make his head throb. He put his hands on either side of his head, adding pressure to his temples in any feeble attempt to get the pain to stop. His eyes raised from the girl to the rest of the island; there were trees all along the beach, some raining coconuts and palm fronds, and one in particular towering about the rest of them. He wasn't sure that was the tree that she was talking about, but he offered a pained smile down at her regardless. "Yeah. You reached the tree," he assured her, dropping his hands from his head and offering one down for her to pull herself up.<br/><br/>There were other cries. Shouts of names on the beach, cries to God coming from the water further out. God couldn't hear them, and if he did, he didn't seem to want to help very much. The most God had ever done for him was put him on this fucking island instead of in the sea, drowning alongside the other fliers. He could at least be thankful that he wasn't the only survivor, but what good would that do them, in the long run? Larger groups were easier to find on cays and isles like this, but they didn't exactly have food to feed even one person, let alone four or five.<br/><br/>As Aaron reached down to take the woman's hand, an explosion rang out and fire rained down from the sky around the mostly-submerged plane, along with various luggage, pieces of plane and what Aaron refused to acknowledge as blasted apart bodies. Luckily they were too far out to be impacted by the explosion, but he could still watch as what was supposed to be a much needed vacation erupted in flames and began to sink fast to the bottom of the ocean.<br/><br/>Some trip to Hawaii this turned out to be. He'd left his life, Jade, Alexis,<span style="font-style: italic">everything</span>in Florida. He'd promised Jade he'd come back, that they'd talk about things when he had a fresher outlook. He never should have left. He should have told Jade that they'd forget about it, that they'd start over. Alexis was still his daughter, even if she wasn't. If he'd just stayed and not over reacted, he wouldn't be here, on this cay, wondering about what would have happened if he just never left.<br/><br/>Well that was just his fucking luck wasn't it?