Lost in the Wind

Chapter 7

The wind scours my skin like sandpaper. It feels like hundreds of tiny hot pins are being jabbed into me. Help! Somebody! Everything is darkened as the sand covers the sun from my view. Then I hear a voice. Only a little over the loud storm but still audible. "Rose!" They have to find me! "I'm here!!!" I cry out, my throat completely dried out. I cough and hear the voice again. "Rose! Where are you?" "Here!! I'm here!" I croak barely able to speak. "Rose! Why the heck did you run back?!" Out of nowhere, Noah stands in front of me his blue eyes flashing with worry and anger.I look at him frozen with fear. "Take my hand!" He yells and grabs mine tightly. He starts pulling me in a direction but then the storm hits us even harder than before. "Hold on, Rose!" I try, but my hand jerks out of his on account of the force of the wind. Cold fear courses through my body. "Noah!" I choke out. A few moments later , I feel 2 strong arms closing around me, bringing me to safety. He pulls me to a few bushes and drops down, pulling me with him. Here on the ground in the bushes, it's a little more protected from the storm and I can finally breathe a bit better. I turn over to see Noah, who's still holding on to me. His face is dusty and his bright blue eyes look worriedly into mine. "You okay?"
I suddenly forget all about our arguments and everything and try to say something but can't. My throat seems to be swelled shut and I feel a tear running down my cheek, streaking through the dust. Noah's face becomes incredibly soft and he pulls me closer to him so that I can rest my head on his chest. My back heaves with sobs that I can't stop. "It's going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay." He murmurs into my hair and I cuddle closer to him, just concentrating on his calm breathing. I relax after a while and my crying subsides. We just wait holding each other close. After a while the storm lessens and Noah reluctantly lets me go. "We need to find the others while the storm isn't so intense." I nod and take his hand as he helps me up. The wind is blowing hard and sand is still thick in the air but at least we can see more than before. I hold onto Noahs hand with all my might and his thumb gently caresses my hand to calm me down. I concentrate on his voice, so I don't freak out. He's the only thing that's keeping me from breaking down in a heap and never getting up again. Every two minutes or so he says something encouraging like, : "Don't worry, we'll make it." "Almost there!" "Just a few more steps.." And suddenly we are at the rim of the hollow and fall into it. I land on Noahs chest and just stay there, I'm way to exhausted to move. We made it. We're ok. Everybody's safe. We're ok.
The words keep repeating themselves in my tired brain. We're ok. You're ok. Noah saved you. "Guys!! They're here!" I look up into Jasmin's dusty face.

Her eyes fly back and forth between me and Noah and I suddenly realize in what position we're lying and I quickly roll off him. Before I can say anything I'm pulled into a big hug from Chase. "I wanted to go find you, but I didn't notice you were gone until Noah was already off to get you. I'm sorry.." I pat his back and smile tiredly. "It's ok. I'm fine." Just as he lets go Keira lets me topple over to the ground with an intense hug. It's definitely Instagram-Hug-Video worthy. "I was so scared you were lost forever and that you were going to die and and..." her voice trails off and she just holds on to me. Whatever grudge I still may have had against her whatever I might have been annoyed or mad about, it melts away at this touching moment. Oh my gosh, I love her so much! How do I deserve this girl? As we finally get up out of our hug I see Lindsay and Enna holding up their phones, filming us. "You two are so cute! You should start your own Instagram-Friendship page!" Lindsay gushes. Her green grey eyes have the same color as Jasmin's and they used to have the same blond hair, but Lindsay colored it red and let hers grow long, while Jasmins is shoulder length. "Oh!!I already have a name! How about rosaisforever?!?!" Enna throws in high-fiving her best friend. She has long brownish blonde hair with brown eyes "Yaass! That'd be the best name eveeeer." Lindsay retorts. We others just shake our heads but I have to laugh a bit. Then the storm gets stronger again and everybody immediately turns serious. We huddle up on the ground. Jasmin quickly runs to Noah and he puts his arms around her. Chase on the other hand, hugs me from behind and we sit down across from them. The girls are huddled in the middle. My gaze meets Noah's and he looks at Chase's arms around my waist and his expression darkens once more. He then looks away and kisses Jasmin on the cheek, making my heart ache. We were so close only minutes ago. What happened? The storm howls louder and I cuddle a little closer to Chase. What are we going to do?
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