empheral ; stilinski

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  Beacon Hills was the average town with: regular high school with bitchy kids, white picket fences, and an pretty low death rate. But most importantly, it was home to my friends and I. My family and I have resided in this town since as long as I can remember. Almost instantly, I became best friends with my fellow neighbor, Stiles Stilinski. The following years passed quickly, Stiles, Scott and I always hanging out, and getting into trouble with Old Man Stilinski. When high school came along, I had managed to attain a friendship with the Lydia Martin through a science project about why human need to breathe back in ninth grade biology. 

 Funny thing about breathing, we all need oxygen to live, that's simple. But why do we feel the need to breathe? The answer is breathing is a survival instinct. Take drowning for example, except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs. Drowning people's mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people's mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water. 

 Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water's surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water, permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment. From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people's bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. 

 But that wasn't the kind of drowning I was experiencing the night I went out looking for half of a body. I was not drowning in water, but in my emotions. At first I felt everything all at once: all the pain, hurt, fear, and even confusion. Then I didn't feel anything at all. That wasn't the worst part though. The worst part was not knowing. I didn't know which was worse: drowning beneath the waves, or dying from the thirst... 

 Nocturnal; Book One in the Ema McCall Series. 

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