<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: lovelygirl11</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">She noticed he avoided the statement about a girlfriend, so either he didn't have one, or he didn't want her to know about it. Either way, Emily didn't care, it would figure that here was a brilliant doctor, and naturally he wanted to get off the island. "Well if you and your friends want to get off the island, good luck. We tried for a while, using parts from the boat and never got far. You're welcome to try, but I can tell you, I for one won't be going back." Now he probably thought she was crazy, but this was home now for her, and she didn't want to be anywhere else. <br/><br/>Emily did notice that Jared was slowing down, "Are you ok? Do you need to rest?" She figured that the shock and injuries of the crash might be setting in. "We can stop if you need to. There's a canopy of trees over there that can keep us quite dry." Emily turned and looked into his eyes, she melted, she just couldn't help it. She turned away once more and blushed, not wanting him to see her attraction to him. He probably didn't feel the same attraction anyway. As a doctor he must have had lots of girls wanting to date him. She just shrugged and moved towards the trees so he could sit and rest.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Slowing to a stop, Jared bent down, resting his hands atop his knees. "I'm sorry, I guess I was beaten up a bit more than I'd thought. A few minutes to rest would probably be good." Glancing up at her again, he saw her quickly turn away from him. Though he didn't see the blush on her cheeks, he wasn't ignorant of the fact that she tried to avoid looking at him as much as possible. Even when she did, it seemed the moment she caught him returning her gaze, she glance away quickly. Was she shy around men, now that none had been around her all these years?<br/><br/>Giving a mental shake, he slowly moved towards the strand of trees that Emily had pointed out. "At least we'll be out of the rain again. You might be used to being drenched like this, but it's pretty unusual for me." He said with a soft chuckle. Reaching one of the trees, he let out a groan as his aching muscles bent, letting him rest his back against the trunk and slide to the ground. Resting for a few moments against the tree, his head came up as he though he heard a scream echo through the trees, followed shortly by what sounded like someone's name being called out. "Did you hear that?" Jared asked, glancing over at Emily with a slightly alarmed look on his face.