Drowning- A Conor Maynard Love Story

Chapter 17- All Out In The Open

Chapter 17- All Out In The Open

 “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”~ Mahatma Gandhi

... He calls me.

I don’t answer.

He calls me again.

Once again I don’t answer.

I feel his body shake as he laughs to himself.

He calls me again.

I still don’t answer.

He picks me up and turns me to face him.

And from his breathing I can tell he's broken from what he's seen...

Conor's POV

My tears started falling. Hot and sticky. I never usually cry but right now I really can't help myself. I try to move but I can't. I feel like I'm stuck in this one second time frame. I look at her. Her beauty fading from her face. The colour from her face fading. The happiness she was just feeling disappearing off her face.

"Anna..." I whisper. That’s all I can get out...

 I let go of her and she collapses onto me.

Conor don't cry. Be strong. She'll be fine. Why am I so hurt? I feel this piercing pain shooting right through my heart. I stroke her hair as she cries on me. I try to speak again but I can't get anything out.

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Anna's POV

We sit in silence for a while. He strokes my hair as I silently cry on his chest. We have probably sitting here for minutes, hours, days... I don’t know. But I don’t want to move or speak. I hope that Conor doesn't speak. I feel embarrassed from my crying outburst.

I cried like a baby and I couldn't stop myself.

After about another 20 minutes Conor breaks the silence.

"Anna babe?"

I close my eyes and ignore him. I know he will want to know why I'm so upset but I'm not sure if I'm ready to tell him just yet. I know I told him that I love him. I know that I like Conor, but not sure if it's love just yet. Maybe one day. But for now I just want to sit here while he holds me.

"Babe?" His voice is so quiet it’s almost like a whisper. He gives me a light nudge. "Anna?" He takes a deep breath. "Anna, babe. Please don’t ignore me. We don’t even have to talk about it, but seeing you hurt it killing me. Please? Just say something."