"I guess we'll just have to be screwed up together."
Evelyn Woods is a 17 year old girl on the verge of being forced to go to rehab. When she meets a boy named Gustav, what happens when she realizes there's someone worse off than her?
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"i don't wanna die alone right now, but i admit i do sometimes. these drugs are callin' me, do one more line, don't fall asleep. this is the song they played when i crashed into the wall, this is the girl i told that we could have it all." ________
EVELYN
"gus!" i shrieked as he playfully splashed water at me and chased me down the beach.
the sunlight was reflecting off of the ocean water, giving the two of us the most beautiful view. i stopped at the edge of the sand and the waves that continued to come in covered my toes every time.
peep stood behind me and wrapped his arms around my midsection, resting his chin on my shoulder while i attempted to catch my breath.
"it's beautiful." i whispered in awe.
"so are you." he told me and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.
all of a sudden, i was in shrill, freezing water. for it being the beginning of may it was completely the wrong temperature. i didn't feel gus push me, but he must have.
i kicked my feet to try and propel myself to the top. for pushing me into the shallow water i seem to be pretty far out.
no matter how much i kicked my feet i couldn't reach the top. panic set in and i opened my eyes.
what the fuck?
my toes touched the muddy feeling sand at the bottom of the ocean floor. how did i get down here? what is happening?
looking upward, i seen the tiniest bit of light. my arms grew tired quickly from trying to swim to the top without moving anywhere.
i wasn't budging from my place and holding my breath was become increasingly more difficult. the pain in my lungs made me feel like i was going to explode and the pressure of the water was crushing me.
the freezing water caused me to shiver and considering i was locked in place i know i will have to just wait it out and pray my body temperature adjusts and i become acclimated to the water.
tendrils of my long hair floated in front of my face, looking like purple seaweed cast away into the water to float around alone, forever.
is that what's happening to me?
i stared down at my hands, trying to make sense of how this actually happened. my vision was slightly cloudy from being underwater but i could still see well enough.
