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Xander and Ito fold in on thes us more water

“Thanks,” I tell her with a grateful smile If they hadn’t found us when they did we’d still be lost in the woods

“What exactly happened?” Cade asks, now in concerned brother and friend mode

I shrug, twisting off the cap of the water “We both kind of zoned out and e ca over this waterfall—”

“You fell off a waterfall?” Cade looks horrified

“Like a baby one,” I explain “It was probably six feet”

“Six feet is more than you think,” he says

I shrug “It wasn’t so bad The sorse, and then the walk” Xander grunts “Okay, so he carried me, so it wasn’t so bad for me” I lift my foot in the air “The river atemy hair over one shoulder “I could really use a cookie after this Can we go home now?”

Cade nods “Yeah, let’s go You guys need to shower”

Iwe smell? How rude”

He grins “You definitely smell, but I’m happy you’re alive so I won’t complain too much” He reaches over and ruffles my hair

“Ow,” I cry, when his fingers tangle in the strands Between the beating in the water and the trek through the woods while sweating bullets, my hair is a matted mess

“Sorry,” Cade says sheepishly, untangling his fingers fro at him

We stand from the table and head for the area where we parked It’s not really a parking lot, rass that everyone decided to pretend was one

We say goodbye to Nova and Jace, even though we’ll see thelad now that he drove and we all rode together, because I feel like collapsing, and I’m sure Xander does too