MY DREAM JOB

I DIED AT BONDI

EMMA POV

I STEPPED OUT OF MY CAR AND MADE A DASH TOWARDS THE SAND HOPEFULLY I COULD FIND A SPOT WHERE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SHADE TODAY WAS A SCORCHING 40 DEGREE DAY WITH NO COOLING BREEZE AND IT WAS ALSO VERY HUMID AS WELL TO MAKE THINGS FEEL EVEN GROSSER

THANKFULLY I FOUND A SPOT WHERE THERE WAS SOME SHADE AND WAS CLOSE TO THE CARPARK SO I WOULD NOT HAVE TO RUN ACROSS HOT SAND AND FEEL LIKE MY FEET WERE ON FIRE

ONCE I HAD PLACED MY STUFF IN MY SPOT I MADE MY WAY INTO THE NICE COOL REFRESHING WATER AND AS SOON AS I ENTERED THE WATER I FELT SO MUCH BETTER TO MAKE THINGS EVEN BETTER THE WATER WAS A PERFECT TEMPERATURE AND IT WAS NOT TOO SALTY TO SWIM IN

AS I WAS COOLING OFF IN THE SURF I SAW A MAN WHO KEPT ON STARING AT ME AND TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO ME I KEPT GETTING A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS MAN SO I TRIED TO GET CLOSER TO ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SWIMMING IN THE FLAGS AS WELL

BUT JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO JOIN THE GROUP I FELT A LARGE HAND ON MY SHOULDER I TUNRED AROUND AND SAW IT WAS THE CREEPY MAN FROM EARLIER I WAS ABOUT TO YELL AT HIM AND ASK HIM WHAT THE HELL WAS HIS ISSUE WITH ME BUT BEFORE I COULD DO IT HE KNOCKED MY LEGS OUT FROM UNDERNEATH ME AND HELD ME UNDER THE WATER

I TRIED TO LOOSEN HIS GRIP ON ME SO THAT I COULD COME UP AND GRAB SOME OXYGEN INTO MY LUNGS BUT HE HAD AN IRON GRIP ON MY SHOULDER I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE THIS YOUNG I HAD A FULL LIFE AHEAD OF ME AND I HAD PLANS I WANTED TO COMPLETE THERE WAS NO WAY I WAS GOING TO LET SOME RANDOM DUDE KILL ME BEFORE I DO THEM

BUT THE HARDER I FOUGHT THE MORE AIR I WAS LOSING I FELT THE WATER ENTER INTO MY LUNGS AND I PANICKED I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME I EVER SAW ANYTHING

WELL MUM AND DAD I GUESS IT'S MY TIME TO BE REUNITED WITH YOU AGAIN I THOUGHT TO MYSELF AS I GAVE IN TO THE SWEET DARKNESS WONDERING WHAT AWAITED ME ON THE OTHER SIDE...

MAXI POV:
IT WAS ANOTHER HOT AND VERY BUSY DAY HERE AT BONDI BEACH I WAS STATIONED AT THE RED AND YELLOW FLAGS IT WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND RELIEF FROM THE HOT SWELTERING WEATHER I WAS LOOKING INTO THE SURF MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY WAS IN TROUBLE

THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED A YOUNG WOMAN MAKING HER WAY TOWARDS A GROUP OF PEOPLE NOW NORMALLY I WOULD THINK NOTHING OF THIS BUT I SAW A MAN BEHIND HER WHO LOOKED TO BE GOING AFTER HER I DEICED TO KEEP MY EYE ON THEM IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENED

THEN SUDDENLY I SAW THE MAN KNOCK THE WOMAN OVER AND HELD HER UNDER THE SURF I KNEW THAT THIS WOULD TURN UGLY RATHER QUICKLY SO I QUICKLY GRABBED MY SURFBOARD AND MADE MY WAY TOWARDS THEM

AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE PAIR THE MAN LET THE YOUNG WOMAN GO AND SWAM OFF I QUICKLY MADE GRABBED THE WOMAN ONTO MY SURFBOARD AND I TRIED TO FIND A PLUSE BUT FOUND NONE I KNEW THAT IF I DIDN'T ACT QUICKLY SHE WOULD DIE

MY MATE JESSE WHO WAS ALSO STATIONED WITH ME MUST HAVE ALSO SEEN WHAT HAD HAPPENED BECAUSE HE HAD GOTTEN ANOTHER LIFEGUARD TO TAKE OVER WHILE HE WAITED WITH THE FIRST-AID GEAR ONCE I HAD REACHED THE SAND I GENTLY PLACED HER ONTO THE SAND AND JESSE HANDED ME A TOWEL TO DRY HER OFF SO WE COULD PLACE THE DEFIB PADS ON HER

THE DEFIB MACHINE TOLD US TO START CPR AND I HOPED THAT WE COULD SAVE HER

EMMA POV:

I WAS SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS HELLO IS ANYBODY THERE I SHOUTED INTO THE PITCH-BLACK DARKNESS AT FIRST NOTHING HAPPENED AND I STARTED TO WONDER IF THIS WAS HOW I WAS GOING TO SPEND MY AFTERLIFE IN A ENDLESS SEA OF DARKNESS

I STARTED TO CRY I THOUGHT THAT ONCE I DIED TO WOULD BE REUNITED WITH MY PARENTS AGAIN BUT I GUESS NOT I WAS SO BUSY CRYING THAT I DIDN'T NOTICE TWO PEOPLE COMING TOWARDS ME IN A BRIGHT LIGHT GETTING RID OF THE DARKNESS AROUND ME

I LOOKED UP WHEN I SAW THE DARKNESS RECEDING FROM ALL AROUND ME AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW THEM MY MUM AND DAD STANDING IN FRONT OF ME LOOKING HAPPY AND HEALTHY NO SIGN OF THEM EVER DYING IN A HORRIFIC HOUSE FIRE THAT KILLED BOTH OF THEM LEAVING ME ALONE IN THE WORLD AS A YOUNG AND SCARED TEENAGER

I RAN TOWARDS THEM BOTH AND THEY CAUGHT ME WITH OPEN ARMS I HAVE MISSED YOU BOTH SO MUCH I SOBBED

SHH MY DARLING GIRL YOU HAVE BEEN SO BRAVE AND YOU HAVE MADE US SO PROUD TO BE YOUR MUM AND DAD MUM SAID TO ME

I SIGHED HOW MUCH I HAVE MISSED THEIR WARM AND LOVING HUGS I FELT CONTENT IN THE LOVING EMBRACE OF MY PARENTS BUT A SMALL PART OF ME KEPT NAGGING ME AND I COULD NOT WORK OUT WHY

MUM WHY DO I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT I ASKED HER LOOKING UP INTO HER FACE

MY DAUGHTER THE REASON WHY YOU ARE FEELING LIKE THAT IS THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU DONT REALLY WANT TO DIE AND IT IS NOT YOUR TIME TO BE REUNITED WITH US

NOW MY SWEETHEART YOU HAVE A TOUGH CHOICE TO MAKE YOU CAN EITHER JOIN US IN THE AFTERLIFE AND BE CONTENT WITH US OR YOU CAN GO AND LIVE YOUR LIFE KNOWING ONE DAY YOU WILL BE REUNITED  WITH US FOREVER

HOW WAS I MEANT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH I HAD MISSED MY PARENTS SO BADLY AND I COULD SPEND FOREVER WITH THEM NOW BUT NOT KNOW WHAT COULD ACHIEVE WITH MY LIFE OR I COULD SAY GOODBYE TO THEM, FOR NOW, LIVE MY LIFE AND WHEN ITS MY TIME BE REUNITED WITH THEM

AFTER SPENDING A FEW MINUTES CHOOSING WHAT TO DO I HAD COME TO A DECISION I WOULD LIVE AGAIN AND KNOW THAT ONE DAY I WOULD BE WITH THEM FOREVER MUM MUST HAVE KNOWN WHAT I HAD DECIDED BECAUSE SHE SIMPLY KISSED MY HEAD AND I WALKED INTO THE EVER GROWING LIGHT

I COULD FEEL SOMEBODY PRESSING DOWN ON MY CHEST AND THAT'S WHEN I HEARD SOMEBODY SHOUT OUT I HAVE A PLUSE I FELT ALL THE WATER COMING UP MY THROAT AND SOMEBODY GENTLY ROLLED ME ONTO MY SIDE I COUGHED ALL OF THE WATER OUT OF MY THROAT AND I FELT SORE AND EXHAUSTED I OPENDED MY EYES AND I SAW A GROUP OF PEOPLE AROUND ME BUT I SAW A VERY HANDSOME MAN IN FRONT OF ME

HE HAD SANDY BLONDE HAIR AND BRIGHT BLUE EYES THAT MADE ME THINK OF THE OCEAN WHEN HE SAW THAT I WAS AWAKE HE QUICKLY COVERED ME UP WITH A BLANKET AND SAT WITH ME UNTIL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED TO TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL