Easy now. You're safe

John approached her cautiously.

"Hi, my name's John. We were in a ship wreck, can you tell me your name?"

"My name's Jasmine."

Visibly shaken her eyes dart back and forth, scanning for the familiar structures of civilization...

"Where are we?"

A frown crossed John's lips.

"I... I don't know. Somewhere in the south Pacific. We crashed yesterday. Are you sure you are ok? You've been asleep a long time..."

"I think so...do we have any water?"

Passing her the canteen she takes it in her shaky hands.

"Take small sips." he cautioned.

They sat quietly while Jasmine came to terms with the situation. After around 5 minutes she had calmed down enough to talk.

"What do we do?"

"I've had a fire burning-" he points to the remains of the fire "-but we weren't scheduled to reach land for another week...no one will even start looking until they notice the boat didn't turn up..."

Jasmine nods...

"Are we dead?" she says, flashing her infamous smile.

"Don't think so...haven't seen any polar bears!"

They laugh momentary as the gravity of the situation collapsed on them.

"Are we going to die?" All humour left her face and she turned as white as a wraith.

_No. I don't think so. _He thought.

"We just need to find fresh water. Then at least we have a chance...but first, let's eat."

John restarted the fire much to Jasmine's amazement and began cooking some tinned food.

"How did you do that?" Jasmine asked quizzically.

"Don't you know this?"

"No."

"Ok then. Watch this." John said and Jasmine watched quietly and somberly as he start a second fire.

(I'm not gonna explain the bow drill method to you. Look it up. It's interesting and easy once you get used to it.)

After around 20 minutes of fiddling around the fire began to roar, the smile returning to Jasmine's face. Locking eyes they stare at each other for a moment.

Jasmine thought to herself as she starred into his azure eyes..."Why am I not afraid? I feel safe? Lord is this a sign?" realising she was still staring at John, she looked away, blushing.

"I managed to find your suitcase."

Jasmine jumped up. "Where?" John pointed at the black suitcase down on the beach.

"I opened it. I was looking for clothes. Don't worry once I realized it was yours I closed it."

Jasmine flashed John a smile of appreciation and hurried over to the suit case.

"Jasmine?" John asked quietly.

She turns her head. Hair flying in her face. "Yes?"

"I'm going to go explore. See if I can find fresh water. Maybe a better base camp. Want to come with?"