Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

SAD TRUTH LUKE

The sand shifted under my feet as we trudged along the beach; Josh was helpingwalk because of my fucking

leg. Sarah was silent and trailed a few steps behind us. Each step felt heavier than the last, and my leg throbbed

beneath the makeshift tourniquet. "I keep thinking we are going to turn a corner and, | don't know, find a

massive mansion or something," Josh muttered, and the truth was-so was I. Yeah, well-

we better. | don't feel like a Blue Lagoon remake."l muttered, and Sarah chuckled behind us. Luke, you'd make a

beautiful Brook Shields, though." She teased, and | appreciated it.

A girl who could hold her own. If we end up being the last 3 people on this island, then at least | won't have

shitty fucking

company.

"Maybe Tom Hanks - Cast Away we just need a ball..." Josh joked, and | groaned when the muscle in my thigh

spasmed.

"Sorry, man. | didn't focus there for a second. Do you need to rest?" he asked, clearly concerned about the leg.

Honestly, so was I.

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| kept looking around, hoping we'd see something-anything- that would tell weren't alone. A building, smoke from

a fire, maybe even a passing plane overhead. But the island was hauntingly quiet, nothing but the crash of

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rustling of palm fronds overhead,

Sarah finally broke the silence. Her voice was small, barely louder than a whisper. "Do you think... anyone else

survived?"

Josh and | exchanged a quick look, each of us silently avoiding the question. The alternative was hard to

consider, and | could tell Josh was thinking the sthing. We'd been lucky-or unlucky, depending on how you

looked at it-to have washed up here. "Maybe this island has a resort or something," Josh offered, a weak attempt

at optimism. He kept his gaze forward, eyes scanning the dense jungle stretching beyond the shore. "Or... who

knows, maybe it's scelebrity's private island. They own islands, right? We can't Sarah just chewed the inside

of her cheek, her gaze distant. She looked like she wanted to say something but was holding back, her eyes

darting around as if she could see sinvisible map in front of her.

"Sarah?"

She looked up, startled, her blonde hair blowing across her face, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. She

hesitated before speaking, her voice cracking slightly.

"I... | spoke with the captain just before..." She trailed off, her eyes darting to the sand as she gathered herself.

"All I know is that we diverted the flight because of sbad weather ahead. Then that storm hit us hard, and it

messed with the navigation system. | remember the captain saying he thought we might' ve... lost our bearings.

He wasn't sure exactly where we were." She paused, her gaze fixed on the horizon as if seeing

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something we couldn't.

"To be honest... | don't think we're anywhere close to where they'd be searching. Most of the flights would have

been diverted toward the islands up and down the coast, but... we weren't close to Indonesia."

Josh and | both stopped walking, turning to stare at her. My gut twisted, and frustration bubbled up from

somewhere deep inside me. | clenched my fists, fighting to keep my voice level, but the rage burned hotter with

each second. She was saying we were off-course- possibly in the middle of nowhere. Somewhere, nobody would

even think of searching for us.

"Fuck it!" | spun around, my fist slamming into the rough bark of a nearby tree. Pain shot through my hand, but it

didn't compare to the ache building in my chest. The hopelessness was like a weight pressing down on me,

suffocating.

Josh just stared at

Sarah, his mouth slightly open, the

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gears turning in his head. "So you're

saying... if this island isn't inhabited.

nobody would think{didoifor us

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| clenched my fists tighter, feeling the

rough bark against my scraped

knuckles. My heart pounded {A mt

ears, dripping out Shire else.

We Were stranded. We were God

knows where, and if what she said

was true, then we could be

completely off the radar. No rescue

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Josh broke the silence, his voice a little harder than before. "So what now? We just... what, wait and hope?"

Sarah lifted her chin, her eyes filled with a mix of fear and determination. "We survive. We make a signal. We

gather food, water, anything we can find. And we keep hoping... because we don't have a choice."

She turned, scanning the treeline, her face set with a kind of resolve I didn't expect. Josh sighed and ran a hand

through his hair, glancing over atas if looking for an answer | didn't have.

| took a deep breath, forcing the

frustration down and pushing the

hopelessness aside. We had peridea

where W§ Pee ma Pe

would ‘ever find us. But standing here,

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wasting tand energy, wasn't

going to help us get out of here. If we

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