Breathe (Bondi rescue fanfic)

Chapter 19

Then a big wave hit us all. I could hear the guys laughing, teasing the ones who fell off their boards. But I wasn't laughing. I couldn't swim. I tried my best to use my arms to keep me above the water. I tried to reach the surfboard. I couldn't. I felt the water around me as I drifted towards the sea floor. Then someone wrapped their arms around me.

I gasped for breath as we broke the surface. "You gotta stop doin' that!" I heard the person holding me say, but I could hear he wasn't really angry. I turned myself around. Azza was my saviour. "Thank you Azza" I say, "please don't tell Chappo that happened." He nodded and smiled. It was then I vowed to become friendlier with Azza. Heck, I didn't even know his surname! "Tiff, can you not swim?" He asked. "No" I whispered sheepishly. "Well, we can work on that once you're better."

I spent the rest of the night messing about with Azza and the rest of the guys. It was the best time I'd had in ages. By the time Chappo and I got home it was already 11pm. We had spent over 3 hours in the sea.

Chappo plonked me on the couch as he went to make us a snack. I flicked on the tv. Supernatural was on. "Chappo!" I shouted, "Supernatural has started!" I heard him mumble "shit" and knock loads of things over as he ran in. We loved supernatural.

Just after 12 we made our way to bed. I don't know where it came from, I kind of just said it. "Chappo, why don't you move back into your room" He stared at me for a minute before he got what I was saying. "I'd love to move back into MY room, Tiff" He chuckled, wheeling me into "our" room. Our room.

That was the first full night sleep I got since the accident. So, of course, when I woke the next morning full of energy. Chappo didn't know what had hit him. I actually somehow managed to sneak out of the room while he was sleeping and make him breakfast. I gave it to him in bed. Neither of us had work, so Chappo planned a "funday" but wouldn't tell me what we were doing. But he had that mischievous look in his eye that told me I was going to love it.

We started off the day together with a "stroll" down the beach. It was beautiful. I could see the guys working away, so obviously Chappo and I couldn't help but act super happy while passing them, rubbing our day off in their face. We laughed. A lot.

The rest of the day went even better.

***
Wow sorry about the 3 week gap in updates! I'm coming up to important exams in school, so updates might be sparse until summer... I'll try my best to get one a week.

And thank you all so so so much for over 13k reads! That's phenomenal! I'm so grateful! Thank you!

Please feel free to comment :)

-Niamhxoxo