Chocolate Emergency

Six Tears

Recap: Alice, a girl with case of diabetes and an undying love for chocolate, one raining afternoon after school stumbles upon a brown eyed guy, Devlin. He pays for the chocolate bar she is buying (quite rudely) and helps her when she gets a low sugar attack. Twist of fate, they meet again in school at some career counseling session where Devlin is the counselor and we find out that he's a medical student. They get into an argument at the counseling session. Then after school they bump into each other again, Alice has an urge to paint his eyes and she asks him if she can and he says yes, letting her paint his eyes.

One month later, Alice fails her exam and she leaves her father and sister because she considers herself a burden on her father's shoulder. Alice jumps off the edge of cliff to end her life. Let's see what happens after that.

Extra: Oliver, frenemy of Alice. Sandy, Alice's good friend who loves SpongeBob. Liza, Alice's sister.  

Six Tears

Warm, soft lips were forcefully planted on mine, bringing me to life, breathing air into my lungs, returning the breaths I had just lost. My muscles were sore; my sight was hazy-though even in the mist of confusion- I could make out those eyes-those warm golden brown eyes. He was trying to bring me back but I didn't want to come back. I had no reason to.

But he wasn't letting me go, damn his stupid stubbornness, his gaunt fingers held onto my hand tightly-it made my heart contort, twisting achingly- it was more agonizing than my half dead state. Again, another ounce of air entered my mouth, again my chest rose; again his chest fell but this time my lungs took the air in on their own.

I pushed him, away from myself once I found the strength, once I calmed the rapid beating of my heart. His lips parted from my mine, leaving a lingering taste of their presence. This time I didn't bother to open my eyes, my eyes lids were tightly shut. I wasn't ready to face the world.

"Are you alright?" He asked, I don't know if he accepted the typical answer 'yes, I'm fine,' or if he wanted me to answer honestly but people usually don't want an honest answer, no-one wants to deal with someone else's problem or listen to them.

I didn't answer him-because I didn't know what to say, I wasn't in the state to lie again. The silent sound of the river filled the awfully empty air. It was cold outside and dark on the inside but I didn't mind. I felt nice.

Strangely-I never thought I would use that word to describe anyone other than myself- he started laughing, the loud, hearty sound of his laugh caused me to open my eyes, my head lay still on the ground beside the river, peeking through my lids I saw him gripping his stomach and laughing to his heart's content like tomorrow's sun would never rise through the horizon. His back fell onto the blanket of moss, he rolled to my side, six tears (yes, I counted them) falling out of his eyes. He was facing me, laying on one side, one laugh after another left his mouth.

 Out of curiosity, I couldn't help but ask. "What's so funny?"

He smiled, that charming smile- prince charming would give to Cinderella. Unfortunately, I wasn't Cinderella and he was definitely not my prince charming.

"Things that I have to do to make you talk," That smile wasn't leaving his face and it was beginning to scare me because I liked the way he smiled way too much. I liked how a small dimple would form on his left cheek, how the side of his eyes became crinkly, and how his lips would stretch perfectly like two red strokes of paint.

"You're weird," I muttered. I tried getting up from the ground into a sitting position, partially because I felt uncomfortable lying next to him with his breath falling on the side of my face. "Very Weird,"

He didn't make a move to get up from the ground. He placed his hands behind his head; laying his head on top of the nest of hands- I noticed that he too like me was drenched in the saline, river water. His brown checkered shirt, slickly stuck to his slim chest. I didn't want to think about how my transparent white tee looked, I crossed my arms over my chest-saving the scraps of dignity I had left.

"All of us are weird in our own weird way,"

 "I guess,"

"You know," He spoke slow, dragging each syllable. "The sunrise looks beautiful from the here," Just as those words escaped his mouth, my head turned in the direction of his wistful stare. A startled gasp escaped my mouth as I almost fell back on onto the ground.

From the edges of the jagged cliff- the one from which I had tried to end my life- a golden sun radiating a warm, satisfying glow illuminated the entire sky-darkness was fading- the color was rising-no, not in the sky but on my cheeks. Devlin, yes, he was the reason why my cheeks were painted the color of a stop sign- he was staring at me, his eyes watching-with more warmth than the sun, basking in the morning light, each and every contour of his face was brightened.

"There are few things that make life worth living," He smiled, almost invitingly. It was an open invitation for me to trust him. "And this happens to be one of them,"

I honestly did not know if was talking about the sun-rise or.....me.

"I slipped err I kinda tripped on the edge of the cliff. It was not like I did it on purpose," I let my damp hair fall in-front of my face, suddenly I felt ashamed of what I had done.

 "But I didn't ask you that," He replied, nonchalantly.

"You were implying-"

He stood up abruptly, brushing off the dust. "Words are words. You can twist them in any way you want,"

I don't want you to judge me for what I did.  I wanted to say but couldn't. I didn't have the courage.

"After all who am I to question what you did? It's your life. It's your choice to do whatever you want with it,"

There has to more to his words. He definitely didn't mean that. "Why did you save me?"

He shrugged. "I wanted to play hero,"

And like before, he walked away, and like before I was left with unsaid words, dissolving in my mouth.

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Note: I feel like there aren't enough dialogues in this chapter. Hmph. Okay, so I'm updating after what like 2 freaking months plus there was a time when this book went off wattpad. Now I'm seriously wondering if I have any readers left. Knock, Knock anyone there reading this. I'm wanted to apologize for doing what I did. I shouldn't have left this book with a cliffhanger. I'm sorry for breaking that invisible rule between a reader and a writer. Forgive me.

By commenting- Just let me know if there's anyone reading. I'd love to update soon.

Oh by the way, they kissed (CPR kissed but still..) – I think that deserves some comments or not.  ;)