Something Like Perfect by S. C. Stephens

Author:S. C. Stephens [Stephens, S. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781713505969
Google: mVvzzAEACAAJ
Amazon: 1713505967
Goodreads: 49919778
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2020-06-14T23:00:00+00:00

I almost felt normal in the morning. Even more so when I finally realized I could do the one thing I’d been wanting to do for a long time. “After fishing, I’m going to take a bath,” I stated, a bright smile on my face.

“Be careful,” Jake responded, a crease on his brow. “We don’t know what types of wild animals are on this island with us.”

“I will, but I think it will be fine. It’s not that far from camp, and so far, we haven’t come across anything on this trail.”

“Yeah, but I thought I heard pigs last night.”

My grin widened. “Pigs? Like bacon?” That sounded amazing.

He grinned at my enthusiasm, but it quickly fell off him. “Wild pigs are actually quite dangerous. You don’t want to come across a group of them without protection.” He rubbed his jaw as he thought. “I should make some spears out of stone, just in case.” He paused to nod. “Yeah, I’ll do that after making the bonfire.”

He seemed excited to get started on his day, eager to be doing something useful. I wondered if that was because of the situation, or if he was just a genuinely productive guy. There were things about Jake I just didn’t know yet . . . things my sister probably knew. But I supposed now was as good of a time as any to find out.

“So how do you know about all of this survival stuff anyway?” I asked as I sat on a rock beside him.

He cringed as he looked up at me. “Does it seem like I know what I’m doing? I suppose that’s good, but I’ll be honest—I’m winging it.”

That wasn’t exactly the answer I’d wanted to hear, but I had to give him points for being honest. And “winging it” was working so far; we’d made it through some pretty dire situations.

Jake shrugged as he watched my reaction. “I’ve always been pretty good at problem-solving, and I watch a lot of documentaries on stuff like this.”

I raised an eyebrow at that. “TV? That’s how you’re keeping us alive?”

He grimaced again, and I laughed. Lightly laying a hand on his arm, I told him, “So long as it works, it doesn’t matter where you learned it.”

Jake silently studied me, his smile warm, his eyes soft. The look on his face pulled at something inside me, an ache for attention, a need to feel appreciated and desired by him. It was getting harder to ignore the ache, but for the sake of my sister, I had to.

Removing my hand from his warm skin, I told him, “I should go get started on that fish. I do not want to go hungry again. That sucked.”

Jake made a jerking motion, like he’d been under a spell and was suddenly snapping out of it. The reaction made a flicker of that ache return, but I forcefully squashed it down. Jake shifted his gaze to the dormant fire. “Yeah, I should go too.” His eyes returned to mine.

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