Unexpected

Chocolates and Elephant boy

My eyes flickered open, someone was pumping my chest. Gasping for air, I looked over at the boy with toffee coloured curls that was knelt beside me, he was pushing on my chest. Annoyed, I was about to tell him to get off me. Then I realised, he was the reason I was awake right now. There was crowd of people around me. He lifted his hands off me once he saw that I was okay and breathing.

“You just saved a boys’ life by jumping in front of a van. I don’t know if you remember anything but I need you to lie still, you could have brain damage or spinal cord injuries. You blacked out and stopped breathing for 3 minutes, but I revived you. I need you to stay with me, that is very important.” It could have been the boys electric blue eyes staring into mine, or the fact that his car had ran me over not 5 minutes ago, but my heart fluttered. Feeling incredibly drowsy, I nodded. Black kept threatening to envelope me but I fought it. Something wet was dripping down my cheek, blood? Maybe tears, or a mixture of both. But of course, I never cry. The blonde haired boy I had saved was stood with a woman I recognized from somewhere, was she my old piano teacher? Maybe I’d never know. She stared at me, a wondrous look on her face.

“Did you know that adult elephants can’t jump?” The gorgeous boy said to me and I shook my head, smiling slightly in astonishment, he was trying to interest me so that I wouldn’t fall unconscious.

“No I didn’t know that,” I grinned at him as best I could, he seemed like a weird person. Weird meant different, and different meant not boring. I could take that.

“Well now you do. Also, did you know that the elephant is the only animal with four knees?” I shook my head,once more giggling. 

“I’m going to tell you a secret, a secret so big that we have to pinkie swear on it.” Our little fingers shook and then he smiled.

“Okay lean in closer, noone can know this. Closer, closer,” I was so close I could smell his minty breath, “okay here’s the secret: I love elephant facts.” I laughed aloud and then it must have been contagious, as this boy laughed with me. He threw his head back when he laughed, so contented and his eyes shone. He looked like a kid when he laughed. Soon there were multiple sirens blaring all around me, as an ambulance came for me, and social services arrived for the boy I saved. I hoped he’d be okay, I didn’t want to be the reason his family got split up or something.

“You’ve done very well. I’ll go with you in the ambulance. I phoned your parents from your phone, your dad will meet you at the hospital however your mother didn’t pick up.” I rolled my eyes, work. My heart fluttered once more as the boy looked at me intently, holding my hand. His hand was warm, or maybe mine was cold. It felt nice, our hands fit together just right.

“Thank you, by the way. And my name’s Allison Brooks.” He nodded and flashed me a crooked grin, showing his slightly crooked white teeth.

“There is no need to thank me, this is entirely my fault and though we have just met I give you permission entirely to hate me. Hello Allison Brooks, I’m Peter Anderson.” I smiled and then the ambulance crew headed over to me. I was put on a stretcher and carried into the ambulance, and Peter never let go of my hand the entire time. Two paramedics stayed in the back of the ambulance with us. One of them, a young woman possibly in her mid-twenties, came up to me just as the ambulance shuddered to a start.

“That was a very heroic thing of you to do, saving that little boy. He’d be dead right now if you hadn’t.” I nodded, but I didn’t feel heroic. Actually I felt like there wasn’t enough oxygen in the room so my breaths were pretty raspy. A lock of hair fell into my eye and I lifted the arm that wasn’t holding Peter’s hand, to move it out of the way. Pain shot up my arm as I tried to do this.