Why Me?

Chapter 9

I have a pic of Drake on the side ;D

Noor:

            I screamed as I hit the freezing water.  I sank quickly in the rushing tides, and got slammed against a section of sharp rocks.  I felt many small cuts starting to cover my arm, and the salt water stung them.  I tried to get to the top of the water, but I wasn’t sure where the top was.  I tried opening my eyes, but the saltwater made that impossible.  I quickly closed my eyes again.  My lungs screamed for air, but I wasn’t able to give them any.  I frantically flung my arms around until it hurt too much to even move.  My ribs felt like an invisible giant was squeezing me to death.

            I started to give up and just let my arms and legs go limp.  I started to drift with the current and I could barely think. Tiny pebbles hit me, creating small cuts and scrapes all over me, but I didn’t even pay much attention to them.  I watched my life flash before my eyes and started to feel a sudden peace.  Suddenly, I felt something tugging at my arm.  I wondered if a shark had gotten to me.  Maybe it was Jasper himself, ready to judge me this time.  I wondered where I would go.  Suddenly, I was above water.  I kept my eyes closed.  Was I dead?  I didn’t hear the screaming like I did last time when I died.

            “Noor!  Noor, answer me!  Noor?  Oh my god, no, no no no, please,” said the voice, begging.  It definitely wasn’t Jasper’s deep voice.  It was a bit higher.  I opened my eyes to see Drew’s face hovering above mine.  Around him, there was a crowd of about six or seven people. 

            I tried to say something, but instead I started coughing like crazy.  I rolled to my side and threw up a bunch of water.  A bunch of girls stepped back, saying “Ew” and “That’s disgusting!”.  The water kept coming out.  I wondered if it would ever stop.  Someone was patting my back.  After a few minutes, I stopped coughing.  I looked back up to face Drew.

            “What?” I said, confused.  I was pretty sure I had died.  Apparently not. 

            “Noor?  Are you okay?” he asked, looking concerned. 

            “I, I don’t know,” I mumbled.  “I just, I...”

            “I saw him pushing you off.  What is his problem?  And what did he mean by ‘You were supposed to die’?  Should I call the police?  That was attempted murder!”

            “Noor!” Sophia called, running up to me.  “Oh my goodness, are you okay?  Did you drown?  I knew that Jasper kid was trouble!” she said, skidding to a stop in front of me.  I just noticed that I was still lying down, with my head in Drew’s lap.

            “It wasn’t Jasper.  Death,” I said.  The world seemed to be spinning around me.  My eyesight was turning blurry.

            “Should I call the police?” Drew asked again more urgently.

            “Drake?” Sophia said questionably.

            “No, yes,” I said, trying to think straight.

            “So I should?” Drew asked, pulling out his phone.

            “Shut up, she was talking to me!” said Sophia angrily.

          “No, she was talking to me.  And don’t just tell me to shut up!  I’m the one who saved her life while you were chatting away over there,” Drew said with the same amount of venom.

            “I- wait, what?  You saved her life?” said Sophia in shock.

            “Yes, yes I did,” said Drew, sounding smug.  “I jumped in after her when I saw Drake push her off the edge of the cliff right there.”