Bubbles rising.....can't breathe.....eyes closing.....I let the pool swallow me up and all goes dark. It's getting colder, this falling sensation is... comforting, it's almost as if the cold arms of sea are slowly carrying me further down into their depths, to the unknown, yet.... I'm not scared. Why ? I should be fighting for breath, splashing and struggling to get to the surface yet I feel safe. Where am I ? What's happening ?
I open my eyes. I'm still falling deeper into the pool but I can breathe. Something is coming, coming closer and closer until I realize it's Malcolm. He came for me....; when I suddenly lose consciousness.
...drea, An...., Andrea !!!
Who's calling me ? Its like absolutely no-one here wants me to get any sleep."Ungh....what ?", I groan.
I'm embraced suddenly, this warmth, I recognize this feeling, who....? "You're alright. Thank Crizon...I mean God, Thank God, you're alright", someone says. I get up rather uncomfortably and look at this someone while my hazy vision comes into focus.
"MALCOM ?!!! WAIT WHAT HAPPENED ??!! We were falling, then drowning and then and then...", everything rushes back overwhelming me . I just jumped off a roof with a guy I've known for less than half a day and I'm, I'm ..."You are alright. Andrea you're alright, look at me Andrea. We're alright. Breathe, yeah that's it just breath." I realize I'm staring into his eyes but they're not yellow anymore they're just your regular brown. "You're eyes, they changed colour", I say almost whispering. "Oh no umm... my lens must have fallen out ", he says hesitantly. "Your hair, it's totally black" I say, this is weird he's ..different, was I just imagining his hair colour ? because that sure as hell couldn't have fallen out. "No, my hair it's uhhh ..", he gets cut off as we hear someone yelling at us. " You two ! We've been looking all over for you, the principal would have had my head if he found out you had been lost, hurt or even worse...", Miss Monstrosity rattled on.
We get sent to the paramedics that have arrived at our school. We're confirmed to just be a little tired, nothing a good night's rest wouldn't fix. While our school is being hosed off our interrogation begins. Miss Monstrosity really has it in for us. "What I still don't understand is how you didn't follow the students out of the school and arrive at the fire exit safely. Instead you were at the pool ?! What were you children doing ???", she went on hysterically. Before I could reply Malcolm covered for me. " Well Madam unfortunately I got lost in the crowd and Andrea came to my rescue, before we knew it we ended up taking the other staircase at the far end and that's where we met you outside the pool", he seamlessly lied through his teeth as if it was the absolute and undeniable truth all with a calm demeanour and a poker face to shame the greatest sham-ers. This guy was something else.....
What I didn't realize though until later was the fact that neither of us we're dripping wet from the pool and my ankle was no longer sprained .
After all the excitement of the day Malcolm insisted that he should walk me home so that I'd reach safely. The guy had saved my life and what could a little walk back home together possibly do anyways ? I came to know that he had travelled here from overseas and that he was living alone right now in a studio apartment while his parents we're working in a different country . I didn't get a whole lot of details but this was just part of the small talk we made as we walked. The sun was setting and my pent up exhaustion finally hit me like the polar express on its way to the North Pole. I stumble and graze Malcolm's shoulder as he is in the middle of saying something. "See this is why I didn't want to let you go back by yourself ", he justified. It was getting colder, winter was rather late this year and I had forgot my coat before running out of class. I'm still leaning on his shoulder and he feels me shivering.
"For once in your life, stop toughing it out idiot ", he says as throws his hoodie at my face.
NO , he did not just throw his hoodie at me, that too in my FACE ! , " Ughh you don't even know how to put it on do you ", he grumbles. Before I know it he takes it from me and wraps it around me, its huge on me and I shiver again. Distracted by all this I fail to consider the garbage on the road and I manage to trip AGAIN. Malcolm sees this coming and puts his arm around my shoulder stopping me mid- fall before my face could be flattened. I feel his warmth through the jacket and look up, he's blushing again and looking away muttering ".....seriously I can't take my eyes off you for one second", wait was he flirting or was that genuine annoyed muttering ?? I let it pass. I begin to blush as I realize how people on the road are staring at us, WE LOOK LIKE A COUPLE , SHITTTTT. By this time we had already reached my house, I mutter a thank you and run up to the porch shutting the door after I stumble in and fall to my knees. What just happened ??? Why is my heart beating so fast ??? I suddenly hear him walk up to the porch and say "You can keep the hoodie", I open the door hurriedly but he's gone.
"What the ...?"
Hey guys !!!!! I know its been months since I updated, I'm really really sorry. I hope you guys enjoyed this new addition and there will be a whole lot more although I can't make anymore promises as to when I'll publish next but look forward to another chapter for sure in the coming week and maybe even one more before the week ends XP . Till then, SAYONARAAAAA
PLEASE VOTE, COMMENT AND SHARE - Yours truly, ZanyZero ;"3
