Find That Girl! (5SOS/Ashton Irwin FanFiction)

The sun was just staining the sky pink when I fell to my knees, and dropped the body that was half lying over my shoulder onto the sand. My hair whipped my face from the strong breeze as I searched blindly along the deserted beach for help. 

I crawled over to the man. Straddling  his bare chest, I grabbed a handful of his wet, curly hair and tipped his head back. His eyes were shut and his lips were turning a pale shade of grey. Unconscious.  

I gulped, I never though I'd give my first kiss to an unconscious- and possibly dying- man. 

Taking a deep breath, I squeezed my eyes shut and smashed my lips down on his, pinching his nose and forcing air into his lungs until his chest rose underneath my thighs. 

"Come on, don't die on me pretty boy." I muttered under my breath, pumping on his chest. Leaning in, I breathed into his mouth again but still, nothing happened. Tears welled in my eyes as I realised that this guy was actually going to die right underneath me, and there was nothing that I could do about it. A horrible sensation of dread crawled through my body, and I started to panic.

"NO. You can't die on me, damnit. Wake up!" I sobbed. Before I realised what was happening, my hand flung back and slapped the man across his cheek. I recoiled back in horror. Did I just slap a dying man? I crawled back to his body and gently brushed a piece of hair away from his ear. Leaning down so that my lips were at his ear, I whispered,

" I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that I wasn't watching you. I'm sorry that you have to die so young. Please, just wake up for me. I'm begging." I let my tears fall freely onto the sand beside his head, collecting into a pool before disappering into the sand. I had given up all hope of getting this man to survive.

Suddenly, the man rolls over and coughs violently, water spraying out of his mouth.  I recoil back in shock.

"Hey, are you ok?" I ask, hesitantly reaching out and patting his shoulder. He turns to face me, and I stare into his deep brown eyes, struggling to find the right words to comfort someone who just came so close to death. I was hyper aware of his naked chest just inches away from me. I felt a blush rise on my cheeks as I realised that he wouldn't know that I practically made out with him while he was unconscious.  

Our eyes lock again, he was still staring at me,  most likely in shock.  

"Uh, yeah. I mean....I think so." His deep voice sent shivers down my spine. I looked away, and spotted my beach towel and bag on the sand a few metres away. I realised suddenly that the guy still needed to see a doctor after what just happened to him. I stood up, brushing the sand of my knees and jogged over to where a phone lay on a towel, assuming it was his as no-one else was around on the deserted beach. 

I fumbled with his iphone, attempting called emergency services when the camera flash went off in my face. Really, I am the most technologically illiterate person you could ever meet. Laughing at myself, I brought the water bottle over to where the guy sat hunched over in the sand. Thrusting the bottle at his face, I sat down beside him again. 

He just stares at the bottle like it was a foreign object. "Drink it please. You need to after all of the salt water you just swallowed." I tried to give him my best stern-but-kind glare, but I think I just looked like a constipated puppy. He just shook his head, and his lips curled upwards in a hint of a smile.  

"I just can't resist you begging me, can I?" 

I gasped in shock,"Wha...what did you say?" Oh god, did he know that I gave him mouth-to-mouth? Was it like when people are in a coma and they can hear why you are saying? I felt my cheeks heat up with embarrasment again. 

The wailing of sirens in the distance grew louder until an ambulance pulled up at the beach. I turned back to the guy. 

"What do you mean? I'm pretty sure I have never met you in my life."    

"Well, you've met me now. And now you wil never get rid of me." He laughed, " I'm Ashton. " He said  holding his hand out for me to shake. I hesitated for a seconds, for some reason shaking his hand was oddly formal after I had ust given him mouth-to-mouth. I mentaly shook my head and reached my arm out. His eyes didn't waver from mine in an intense stare as our hands touched, his large, warm one wrapping easily around mine. It felt nice there, like I was protected and safe. I wanted to hold it there forever, and capture this feeling of safety. 

"Hey!" Two ambulance officers runs down the beach towards us, holding  plastic stretcher between them. They look between the guy and I, clearly trying to figure out which one of us was dying. 

"Did you call and ambulance?" The short, greying one asks me. 

"Yeah that was me. I ust pulled this guy-uh, Ashton- out of the water. He was unconscious for about three minutes before my CPR worked."  

"Ok, you did well miss. You a first aid officer?" He asks. 

"Yeah, I got my certificate last year, luckily for Ash here."

The officers crowd around Ashton, blocking my view of him. They shine a light into his eyes and take his pulse, muttering things about concussion and shock.  I step back knowing that Ashton would be alright, I felt useless now. 

Turning, I glanced one more time at Ashton, memorising his features, and etching them into my brain. Somehoe I knew that no one else would ever capture my attention the way that Ashton did. Wrapping my arms around my middle, I headed up the beach. 

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Ashton's POV  

The ambulance officers cleared me to go, calling Luke and the boys to come and pick me up from the hospital. I drummed the side of the hospital bed with my fingers. Why did the girl just run away? Something about her just drew me in- she had that natural air of mystery that is so attractive to guys. God knows it's captured me. I couldn't get the image of her face hovering over mine out of my head. 

 I don't even know her name. 

At this moment, I decide to make myself a promise.  

1. I will find her. 

2. I will learn her name 

3. I will thank her for saving my life 

4. I will kiss her senseless and make her mine. 

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