A/N This chapter is written from Ailish's point of view. Enjoy!
I ran off. I couldn't go back to school, not now. I just had to make sure Rob thought I was. I reached the fence on the edge of the school property and turned left and ran along the line. After going about two hundred meters I turned back into the forest. I walked. Just walked. Just to clear my head. Only after another twenty minutes did I stop and think. Why did it have to be him? Of all the people who could've been different, it had to be Rob. I stood up, feeling fire spreading through my body. I clenched my right fist and smashed it straight into the trunk of a gum tree. I split the outer layer of bark and penetrated deep inside the tree, straight to the inner rings of the magnificent seventy-six year old tree. I saw the charred bark around the hole and looked down at my hands. They were literally burning up, literally. I knew I had to calm down, but I couldn't!
"Close your eyes. Take a deep breath," a mans voice said, low and resonant throughout the forest. I didn't reply. I realised that the voice was right but I didn't want to hear it. I recognised the voice. It was my dad. He was talking again. "It's fine. No matter what, I'm here. Please, look at me." I couldn't do it. I stood there for 10 minutes, listening to the birds, taking in every single little noise. I could hear the birds fluttering their wings, hear small creatures racing along the ground in pursuit of their prey. Finally I brought my hair up, and there was nothing. No more trees, no more birds, no creatures, no sound and, most importantly, no ground. Everything around me was a monotone grey. At that moment, I started to fall. Not straight down, but across in a slow descent towards whatever it was that was down below. Then I had a thought, what if I don't stop falling? What if I end up living like this for eternity. No food, no water and no entertainment, or anything else for that matter. I would rather die.
As I had this thought, the sky opened up, and I was gliding. High above the clouds seeing the turrets, yet I was still scared. Scared that i would start falling. I knew though, that if I fell, I would die. Plummet straight down into the earth and smash. Then the most ridiculous thought popped into my head. Why don't I let myself fall, then let the air be manipulated, and land softly wherever I happened to land, although that was the crux of the matter. Where would I land? What country was I in. Was I even on Earth anymore? I decided to enjoy the moment, think about nothing but what was going on around me right now, and what I could see.
The view was amazing as you would expect. The clouds were perfect. Pure white with a tinge of pink of the sunset in front of me. I looked around, letting my eyes soak in the pure and magnificent moment. I had to capture it. This was something that was absolutely and truly unforgettable. If I could wish for one thing right at this very moment, I would with that everyone that I loved was here, experiencing this with me so that we could share the moment. I heard a loud crack next to me. I panicked and looked to my right to where I'd heard it, thinking that it was lightning.
"Thank God it's just you Rob, I was scared half to death thinking..." I trailed of when I realised what i was looking at. It was Rob. Sitting down on a small puff of cloud. Smiling. "Wait, how come you're here?"
"You wished that everyone you loved was here, didn't you? If you didn't, I guess I'd better be on my way," Rob said, smiling openly the whole time.
"No I did, stay," I replied. I didn't want to miss this opportunity. "Come over here." I watched as he glided over. When he was close enough, I grabbed his arm, pulled him over and slapped him in the face. "That's for freaking me out in the forest," I slapped him again. "and that's for making me fall in love with you."
