An awkward night and making up in the morning... kind of

I rubbed my face, "Fuck," I sighed heavily. 'Did I really overreact? I really shouldn't be having those kinds of thoughts about her. And she was right we don't really have all that much privacy, I shouldn't be shocked to see her... like that... Fucking damn it! I should probably apologise, but I should give her some space right now.' I thought as I paced back and forth.

I sat by the fire stoking it and adding fuel. Maybe twenty minutes later Alice came walking back and sat by the fire as far away from me as possible. I could see she was still cold and shivering but I could also see that she definitely didn't want me to talk to her.

I wanted to get a blanket or something to wrap around her but we didn't have anything like that. I could hug her to share warmth but the glare she gave me as I stood, told me it was a bad idea, "Night.... and sorry," I muttered as I headed over to the hammock shack.

I opened the door to the 'bedroom' and looked for a moment before deciding that it would be best to let Alice had the hammock and I'd sleep on the floor, the leaves I'd spread out underneath were still there and climbing under they were moderately comfortable; better than sleeping directly on the floor but far less comfortable than a real bed or the hammock.

I felt exhausted and although my mind tried to keep me awake by telling me all the ways I fucked up and how I did and said all the wrong things, I still managed to drift off.

"What are you doing!?" I jumped awake at the sound of Alice's voice.

I rubbed my eyes, "What?" I rasped, then cleared my throat, "I didn't think you'd want to be in the same bed as me, so I thought you should take the hammock."

"I already told you, you shouldn't sleep on the floor, bugs and stuff will get you, not only that but you are shivering from the cold. Now get up and get into the hammock," she ordered.

I was too tired to argue, and my eyes refused to open for very long so I just did as she told me. Climbing into the hammock, I could definitely feel the difference, it was much more comfortable, then Alice climbed in right after me. I wrapped my arms around her, and she began whispering to me but I was so tired I couldn't hear her, I managed to mumble out "Love you." before I was asleep again.

The morning I woke with Alice still draped over my chest, I laid thinking to myself but soon after I could feel Alice moving, I looked down and she looked like she was about to get out without saying anything to me. I wrapped my arms around her, "Alice, wait. I'm sorry, you were right, we have no privacy on this island and me overreacting probably doesn't help anything at all," I wryly smiled, "But, we shouldn't just strip down nude every chance we get either."

"Is that really all you listened to yesterday while I talked? You heard that we have no privacy and that you kept blowing up at me?" Alice asked.

"Uuuh, n-no? Listen, you said a lot of things and didn't give me the time to process or think so I guess I just latched on to that, sorry," I confessed, shifting uncomfortably.

She grunted in frustration, "You're hopeless! But fine I'll take your apology, as for the not stripping down, speak for yourself. I'm at least going to let the girls out, do you know how uncomfortable it is to have them locked up at all hours of the day? And since I assume you aren't going to want me sleeping topless that means that I'm going to be setting them free during the day. You can either get over it or look the other way but it's happening regardless," She stated, I could tell there was no talking around it and I guess it made sense.

I let go, and Alice clambered out of the hammock with me following along. Today's job was to take down the tarp above our hammock and replace it with a thick layer of palm leaves, making it 6 inches or so thick should protect us from rain and should also help to insulate keeping the heat in when we need it. Taking down the tarp would also mean we can have it for other uses, though right now I wasn't completely sure what to use it for.

I know this one is a short one, but it was a hard follow up after the last chapter since I am trying to make these characters kind of believable as real people.