Air

Chapter 1

"Doctor! We need a doctor now!" I heard the receptionist scream. My mum was desperately trying to clear the space around me since a crowd had started to form. I wanted to look up; I wanted to find the boy who had caused this but I simply couldn't because right then breathing was my priority.

"Oh brilliant Y/n, great first impression you're giving right now," I told myself but soon wiped my negative thoughts out of my head and focused on two words:

In

Out

In

Out

I-

"Can I help in any way?" I heard a voice say. My gut told me that the person was important so I spun my head quickly to check who it was speaking. And there and behold was the boy. And what a suprise, my now-sort-of-under-control breathing was manic once again.

"Yes please, can you go get a doctor please Shawn?" The receptionist replied.

"Of course," he said, the sound of his footsteps rushing down the hospital corridor.

And despite everything happening at that moment, there was only one thing going through my mind: Shawn. His name was Shawn.

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I woke up in a hospital bed.

As my eyes opened, I felt my hand be released and soon saw my mum's face as she smiled brightly and pulled me in for a kiss.

"Are you alright Hon?" She asked, worry obviously present in her voice. I nodded in reply and asked how long I'd be in the hospital for.

"The Doctor said she'll assess you in the morning so just try and get some rest," she told me, patting my arm gently.

"I don't think I can go back to sleep to be honest mum. Can I have a drink?" I asked her, going to sit up. However, she stopped me and shook her head.

"You're not going anywhere right now. I'll go and get it. What do you want?" She asked me.

"Just a coffee please," I said. She nodded in return, got her purse out of her bag and left.

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After about five minutes of my mum leaving, I heard the door crank open. I sighed because- even though I wanted the coffee and appreciated how my mum was treating me- I was just about to fall back to sleep again.

I looked up, expecting to see my mum but I was shocked when I realized that it was in fact Shawn instead.

"Hi," he said, approaching me cautiously. I smiled at him, signalling that I was fine with him being there. He smiled back and soon made his way over to my bed.

"My name's Shawn," he said, holding out his hand, "what's yours?"

I very nearly forgot to reply, I was completely mesmerized by his beauty.

"Y/n," I stuttered, my mouth failing to co-operate.

"Well how are you? Are you feeling any better?" He asked, leaning closer.

Not right now I thought to myself. To be honest, I was having trouble controlling every single part of me despite just knowing his name and that his face was attractive.

"A bit better. I'm used to it really," I replied, impressing myself by actually answering him without managing to sound like a maniac, "well maybe not on such a large scale..."

He laughed a bit but soon stopped himself to ask me another question, "You get these on a regular basis?"

I nodded in reply.

"Wow, I can't imagine not being able to breathe," he told me, eyebrows raised in both wonder and concern.

"Neither could I until my lungs decided not to work!"

He laughed again, harder this time and without stopping himself. I joined in with the laughter but not at my comment but at the fact that I was actually dealing with the situation.

"So how did it start?" He asked, somehow managing to get even closer to me, arms resting on the side of the bed.

I admired him for that short time before I had to answer his question. I admired the structure of his face: how well built it was. I admired his hazel eyes that somehow caused me to calm down just by looking at them. I admired his hair and how the light made it shine a golden brown. I just wanted to run my hands through it and press my lips passionately against his own softer looking lips.

"It's a long story," I said, glancing down at my hands.

"Well I have time. Especially for you Y/n."

And even despite everything in that sentence, I amazingly carried on breathing.

AN: the first chapter!! What do you guys think so far??

Also, REALLY IMPORTANT!! Would you rather the character be called Y/n or an actual name? x