Chapter 10
In life we get moments that we wish would last forever. Like being in arms of your true love. Friday night sleepovers at your bestfriend's house. Going on a dream and long awaited holiday trip. Or when the hottest guy in the whole school after two years of being in the same class as you finally decides to ask you for a pen (or a pencil, decide what's more cheesy). But there are also moments that we wish would've never happened. The embarassing situations that we gonna reply in our head every night before we go to sleep, praying we could just go back in time and say or do something else. And you get through the life, with all of its ups and downs, worse and better moments and the pure rollercoaster of feelings. Always looking forward to something but not actually embracing it when it comes. Having something literally precious and not appreciating until it's gone. But there's also the third kind of moments, very rare but worth to mention. The unpredictable few seconds that can change your entire existance, that last longer than you could ever imagine. I finally understood why in all of these movies they are making the most dramatic events in slow motion. Believe me or not, you really feel like that, like everything around you was stopped and there was only you, with your every move that could cause a change. That was important.
It all happened in the blink of an eye. The extra step forward. The scream from the sidewalk. The light from the front car's reflectors. I wasn't really thinking about what i going to happen next, I guess I realised there isn't going to be any "next". I closed my eyes to see the infinite darkness when suddenly somebody's strong arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me back literally taking my breath away. I could only hear the squeal of tires when I've fallen hard on the ground. I opened my eyes, slowly trying to realise what just happened. The saving arms of person who was now lying next to me tried to pull me up, but my whole body refused to stand up. I was in the state of total shock, everything around me was blurry and I couldn't hear a single voice now. I really wanted to close my eyes again but somebody started to clap his hands right next to my ear. I tried to tell him to stop but my mouth couldnt let the sound out of them.
-Liv, can you hear me? Olivia, stay here, everything is fine now, everything is fine- somebody's trembling voice repeated the same words all the time. I couldn't see the person but I perfectly knew who it belonged to.
-Luke?- I used all my human power to whisper his name, hoping it was loud enough for him to hear me.
-I'm here, I'm right here Olivia, the ambulance is on it's way, just, just don't move- he took his hoodie off and covered my arms with it. He was sitting next to me, holding my hand. That meant that the arms I was lying in, the arms that saved me from being hit with the car didn't belong to Luke. My eyes finally started to clear the vision a little so I tried to look up, totally freezing right after. The arms I was lying in belonged to Ashton. He hasnt even said the word since the accident, all he was doing was looking at me, and holding me like he never wanted to let me go. In this moment I wasn't sure if being saved was such a good option. For a little while I thought that maybe it was better if I died right there.
-Get away- I whispered- Get away from me, how dare you even...- my voice started shaking as i havent had strenght to say anything else. Out of all power and with my thoughts messed thanks to the enormous headache I started crying because that's all I had left. Ashton pulled me tighter to his chest and hugged me, making me feel safe like at the very first time. I let go of Luke's hand and put mine on Ashton's arm. Suddenly the crowd around us parted on a way of men running in our direction.
-Olivia!- despite the very good look at his older age he didnt appear to be in a very good shape.
-Dad, just don't shout, I'm all fine.- I played it cool, because I was actually feeling a bit better. Everything had contours and colours now, the sounds were clear and I could perfectly feel Ashton's warm body next to me. - I just hit my head and...
