Head over Heels || book one.

Green eyes

Cassie’s POV

“Run!” Somebody yelled.

“What? Where?” I Screamed a reply.

“Just run!” I spun around from where I was and just as I was about to take my first step, something weighed me down and I couldn’t move. Then I couldn’t breath. I was underwater and carrying somebody with me. I saw him then. I was holding him. I was trying to save his life. I looked up, I saw the surface and him. “Help.” I tried to scream but it just came out as a breath of air.

***

I shot up so that I was sitting straight. I wasn’t underwater, I was on the couch in the living room, sitting next to Zayn, who was still asleep. Jordan, I was saving him. What was I running from? Why was I running? Then the water...I didn’t know but I did want to find out.

I slowly, carefully slid out of Zayn’s grasp and got myself a glass of water. It was Zayn who had been standing up on the beach. As much as he hadn’t looked concerned, his eyes had. His dazzling eyes.

It must have been around two am and I heard whispering coming from Sarah and Josh’s room. She’d stayed.

Jordan; stupid, idiotic, asshole. Why’d you have to intrude on this relationship? I hate you so much. I grabbed my phone, held it up, preparing to throw it, but I didn’t. I went into contacts and deleted him from my contacts list.

Then I opened the back door and climbed out onto the carport roof for the second time this holiday. Our secret place, up here. It felt like we were on top of the world. I sat with my legs dangling over the edge and looked up. The milky way, southern cross, jupiter, evening star, all there, like I could touch them. This was my place.

I heard laughing and at the end of the driveway I saw two people open the gate. Immediately I pulled my legs back and lay on my stomach. As the automatic light flickered on as they walked up the driveway, I made out the two faces; Sarah W. and Niall. I knew it! They are so cute together.

“What are you talking about? You are.” I heard Sarah W. squeal.

“Nu-uh. Definitely you.” Niall joked.

I watched as the two of them walked inside then sat back up.

Stef’s POV

It ended up being a really warm night so I was glad that tonight was the night I was out sleeping on the beach...with Louis.

“So...twenty questions?” He offered.

“You know that that only started and ended with-” I began.

“Sarah and Josh as a cute couple?” Louis finished for me.

“No, actually I was going to say that they started out as strangers and ended up-”

“Sleeping together?” He again finished for me, this time smirking.

I rolled my eyes and blushed. “No!” I protested.

“And we started off as strangers, this is exactly what happened to them, so it’s still technically right.” He smirked.

“No. What I was going to say was, that they were strangers and are now foolishly in love.” I explained.

“Foolishly?” He asked me.

“Yup. Well, when you guys have to go back to England...long distance relationships never last.” I tried to explain.

“Stef. What I wanted to say before about when I go back to England-”

“You wanna break it off? I understand.” I mumbled, looking up at the stars as tears began to form in the corners of my eyes.