Ｏｃｅａｎｓ - ａｐａｒｔ

F O R TY

*Wynter's Pov!*

Tonight was dark, and quiet. No sounds sneak in, just pure silence.

I turn over to see Artemis fast asleep, but I'm not. So what do I do now? I know, swim. So without thinking anymore, I sit up, grab my bathing suit and get ready to go. I make sure to be extra quiet so I don't wake him. It didn't take me long, it never does. So whenever I'm done, I run down the stairs. I head for the back door, and slowly open it. I wanted to run, but I just walked instead.

I admired the sky, and how pretty it looked. It was chilly out today and I shivered against it. But I didn't care. Because I knew the water would heal the cold feeling. And It did, because once my feet felt it, I allowed the rest of my body too as well.

It felt so warm, and perfect just like it always does.

I will never get tired of the ocean, If I could marry the ocean I would. Trust me, I'd be the one on one knee hoping the waves would say yes. So for the next twenty minutes I just swim, admiring God for allowing such an amazing thing to exist. I wish I had that much power in my mind, to create such a happy thing.

I want to enjoy it more, but a wave of uneasiness suddenly comes over me.

My eyes shift towards the shore, because of this weird feeling. One that I can't shake off, I have never felt this before. So I go lower into the water, allowing the warmth to calm me. But it doesn't, It might feel nice on my skin but not my mind.

I start to look around, trying to see if I can find anyone. But I can't, I don't see anything. My mind was in flight or fight mode, this didn't feel right. None of this felt right. So I keep myself down, quickly trying to leave the water.

My heart was pounding inside my chest like a hammer. I wanted to get back inside, and my mind was desperate too. I always swim alone, every night is the same.

But not tonight.

I tried to swallow this feeling as I finally hit the shore, but it only builds up more.

Suddenly my mind runs in panic as I feel someone behind me. I run at this point, my hands shake in fear. I go to my back door, head inside to lock it. My body slams against it, as the lock clicks. I try to stop the tears, but they all come rushing out as I hit the floor. Never have I ever felt so much fear inside me before.

I know someone was there, I just know it.

I begin to cry harder but that all stops quickly as my mouth runs dry. My ear shift, hearing movement at the side of my house. Shit, the fucking front door. I run to it desperately, I can't breathe. I can't, I need to get to the door. Once I finally reach it I mentally go to turn on the hall light but I stop myself.

My skin goes pale as I see it, through the window stands a guy in all black.

He heads down, but once he looks up and notices me. He bolts, running to the door to open it, but I slam it shut and lock it. I run back to the security system, clicking safety mode. My hands scramble at the numbers, typing in the password. I hear the beep, signalling all the windows are now locked.

I want to be relieved but I'm too scared to move. I can't, I'm terrified. Every bone in my body is shaking, waiting to crack open and breakdown into a million pieces. I try to breathe, but my mouth is dry. The only thing that is working, are my eyes. Because tears won't stop cascading down them.

I just go into a corner, hugging my knees. I rock back and forth, sobbing every second. My body shakes, as I scan the rest of the house. He could be here, watching me, hidden around a corner. I can't sleep, I can't move, I can't do anything knowing he might be here.

The stairs creak, my eyes quickly move to them. Each movement down the steps builds fear in me more and more. I beg that I'm hearing things, but I'm not. I just close my eyes, I don't want to see it. But once I hear the last step, I snap them open. "Wyn? Holy shit, are you okay?" Artemis rushes to me.

I just start to cry harder as I see who it is. "No Artemis please, don't." He stops moving, confused about what's going on. "I saw someone, I went swimming...and I felt someone w-watching me and..."

I start to cry, and Artemis brings me up to him. His arms immediately wrap around me in a loving way. "Wyn, let's go to my house for the night. Is that alright?" He asks, I easily say yes. I needed to get out of here. "But I need to change." I tell him, he shakes his head. "You can wear some clothes at my house, for now you can wear my jacket to cover up more." He says.

I watch him take it off, and hand it to me. I quickly put it on as we headed to the garage. "I'll drive." He says, getting into my car. "What about my phone?" I ask, he smiles taking it out of his pocket. "I thought you were watching tv downstairs so I grabbed it to give to you." He says.

I quietly thank him as I put in the password to open the garage.

Thank god for phones.

We finally left after making sure everything was okay. I even turned on the cameras, just to be extra safe. And soon we were headed to his house. On the way there he started to ask me things about what happened. "Did you see anyone outside?"

"No, but I did once I did get inside. He was in the window beside the front door." I said, Artemis quickly turned to me. "Wait so you actually saw a person standing there through the window?!!" I could tell he was starting to panic as much as I was. "Yeah and he ran for the door as I locked it." I said, shaking heavily through the words.

Artemis grabbed my hand, bringing it to him. "Wynter we need to tell someone, this isn't good okay." He says and I immediately agree. "I know, I'm just so freaked out right now."

"Wyn, I know. I'm really sorry." He says, pulling into his house. I would expect to see the lights off, but they were on. I went to open the car door, but he grabbed my hand to stop me. I hate to admit this, but I smiled so hard as he walked around to open the door for me. I stepped out, looking up at him. "Thank you."

"Don't mention it." He says, taking my hand and leading me inside. 

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