No, Just Bestfriends

Chapter 9 "Faith and Hope"

I woke up, still shaking from the impact that still haven't stopped. I moved a hard novel away from face.
"Noah!" I screamed searching for him, lifting my body up slowly trying be steady.
"Noah!" I scream as the quake got worse, I crawled seeing it was the easiest way to move. "Noah!" I yelled as I felt something warm slide down between my lips.
I trailed my finger following the liquid trying to see where it start. "Fuck." I shrieked feeling the gushing deep cut on the side of my forehead.
I decided to keep looking for Noah.
I crawled over shelves that used to have books.
The quake finally stopped and I was able to stand. Tears poured down my eyes.
Noah was stuck under a shelf, I ran to him trying not to trip on anything.
"Noah! Wake up please." I shook him but as much as I doubted it he was out cold.
I tried to push the shelf off of him but it was to heavy. "Noah please wake up, I can't do this without you." I cried.
I looked for somebody but we were the only ones in here I'm guessing they left before I went out cold.
I whipped my tears and looked for his phone but it was crushed. "Fuck!" I cried more scared not for myself but for Noah, the love of my life is being crushed to death.
If only I could find something to slide under the shelf so I could slide him out.
"I'll be right back Noah." Even though he wasn't awake I had hope for him.
I ran looking in the back of library where they hold storage.
I climbed over the front desk, I tried to open the back door but it was locked. I looked for the keys on the floor I finally found them.
I opened the door, climbing over the objects in the storage room.

I found an huge object. I had no idea what it was for but it looked like it was useful. I wrapped my hands around it as soon as I pulled it towards me, it cut my hand.
Blood was dripping everywhere. I sucked it up and pulled again as the object cut deeper into my cut.
"Mmmmph" I cried as I felt my hand becoming numb. I'm almost there I repeated to myself as I felt blood dripping all over the books.
I made it and I wasted no time, shoving the object under the shelf as it slowly rose the shelf.
I pulled Noah from under but it's wasn't easy feeling the cut leak.
I dragged him to the front of the library kicking every obstacle in the way.
Until I dropped to my knees. No this can't be happening, another earthquake!
The lights flickered as I laid on top of Noah covering him like a shield. "It's gonna be okay." I whispered to him but all he did was moan in pain.
I cried on him. "I love you." I sobbed on his shoulder. I was scared and I completely given up.
The walls rumbled and I closed my eyes. "I'm in love with you every since we met. I can't breathe without you I need you-"cried, "Don't give up, no not me but yourself." Noah whispered as he tried to open his eyes.
I stayed silent until I heard one of the walls crack. "Noah, we need to go now. The walls are about to fall."I said trying to wake him up.
His eyes opened and I whipped my tears. I shakey-stood up, holding on to his hands ass I shriek in pain, the cut widened.
I pulled him up but he was wobbly as me. A hole cracked open in library making me doubt even more that we won't make it out. Noah squeezed my hand saying have a little hope.
I tried to speed walk but the earthquake was to strong.
It's like walking in a fucking bounce house with kids jumping. We're almost there I repeated to myself. As we came closer my eyes got watery feeling joy.
Then SLAM! "No! This can't be happening!" I cried as the roof crumbled blocking our only exit.
I sobbed and final gave up. I sat on the floor letting Noah rest his head on my lap. "I'm sorry Noah. I'm giving up." I cried kissing him.

"They'll come for us." Noah said but it just got me more madder because it seems that every time I had a little fucking hope something bad happened.
"Nobody's coming for us, Noah! Why do you have so much hope when everything keeps going wrong!" I snapped.

"Because like I said you give me hope for everything and anything. My brightest star." He said calmly.
And I finally understood what he meant. I looked in his eyes and it gave me something I was missing, faith. "Sorry." I cried.

"Don't cry, I love you." He said as I was seeing double him. I start seeing black dots and I fell back.

Noah POV
"Arianna!" I pulled her up. Fuck she's out cold. The back of the library finally broke down in a loud rumble.
Then it just stopped. All the shaking and the rumbling stopped.
Think! Think! Where can I escape. I looked around, then I remembered.

The storage room.
I picked Arianna up holding her over my shoulder. I ran as fast as I could. Jumping over computers and bullshit.
I slid over the front desk opening the storage room.
I stomped over laptops and books and all kinda of shit but my main focus was the window. BOOM! Behind the door I realized that was the library giving up and crumbling down.
Running over the objects and finally reaching the window. I tried pulling it up but it took to long so I punched the window shattering glass as my hand bleed.
I slid Arianna through first just incase of anything. I looked at the window and realized there was a latch. Really?
I jumped through the window wasting no time I picked up Arianna over my shoulder running towards the parking lot.

Because if I'm right that building will collapse crushing our bodies. The car! The car!

BOOM! The building collapsed but I made it to the car already. I laid Arianna in back. I rushed to the hospital as she was losing blood. Fuck I can't go, their probably pack already. I made a huge illegal "U" turn.
I was heading to my house, I had an idea. We made it home and I ran in the house.
My mother was gone, I got the house phone pushing numbers.
"Hello?" The woman in the phone greeted.
"Mrs. Carter, we had a huge earthquake! I have no time to explain Arianna is losing blood what do I do?" I snapped as I was afraid of losing my hope.
"Okay, Noah I need you to be calm before you do anything I tell you." She said
"I'm calm."
"Check for where, the wound is. When you find it, grab a hot towel. Rub it on wound. Get alcohol I don't care if it's a big wound okay pour it on the wound. She might wake up but calm her down. Find a needle and hurry and stitch that wound up."
" I don't have a first aid kit!" I freaked out, because I wouldn't be able to find it even if I tried all our shit is on the floor.
"Calm down Noah! I have one in my study room run in the house and and open my desk."
I ran towards the house snatching the key from under the fake rock. I opened the door running pass their stairs into the study room.
The desk was holding the door as I tried to open it. I gave it one last push as the desk flew.
I flipped the desk over staining my blood all over. I checked the drawer.
I running back to the house I did what I was told.
When It came to the Alcohol part she screamed in pain. Arching her back as the wounds were deep.
"Arianna shhh." I said trying to soothe her before I tried to stitch her up.
After I finished I whipped her eyes as there were tears.
I carried her upstairs as she wrapped her arms and legs around me. I opened my bed room to see my old trophies laying on the bed.
I pushed them off laying her down as she was still crying. "Don't leave." She sobbed but I was just closing the door.
"I'm not." I said laying with her as I checked her stitches.
"My forehead hurts." She pouted as she tried to touch the stitch.
"And my hand." She made a puppy face. I kissed her grabbing her close.
She pulled my hand out the cover. "Why is your hand wrapped and hurt?"she asked. "I had to break a window." I said putting it back under the covers.
"I saw." My eye brows furrowed at her comment.
"Saw what?", "Faith. You gave me faith." She smiled as I whipped her tears with my thumb.
"Stop crying.", "I can't." She sobbed resting her head on my shoulders. I just rubbed her back.
It didn't take long before she cried her self to sleep. I kissed her forehead and holder her hand and drifted off to sleep.