A Whole New Life; Book 2: Alone

Chapter 13

Josh's POV

Cameron saved Aqua from starvation? I can't help but feel grateful for Aqua to have him in her life. Even though I am grateful for Cameron saving part of Aqua's life, I'm still boiling with anger for the employee that beat up Aqua and threw her out in the rain. No one should be treated like that just because they're different. And Aqua was just trying to feed herself. Hell, she even dug through trash cans so she could eat. She could have gotten pneumonia. She was lucky it was just a bad cold. Aqua was close to death before. She almost starved, she almost got pneumonia and she almost killed herself.

"Cameron saved you from starvation?" Jen asks.

"Yes. I also would have gotten pneumonia if he hadn't put that piece of cardboard to shelter me," says Aqua.

"Have you told anyone about you being close to death a few times?" I asked.

"No one would listen. They didn't care about me. They just said I was making it up for attention. The employee that threw me out even lied about it saying that I did it to myself," Aqua said as tears started streaming down her face. It starts to rain lightly.

"Cameron needs to know how thankful we are to him. Does he know it was you he saved?" I asked.

"I don't know if he remembers. When I bumped into him on my way home the other day, I felt as if I already knew him. Think about it. If Cameron had a twin brother, he would have told me. And the resemblance between Cameron and the boy who saved me is crystal clear," says Aqua.

Cameron's POV

Ever since I bumped into Aqua-Flower, I couldn't help but feel as if I already knew her at some point. I never saw anyone with such red hair before or such icy blue eyes. Actually I have when I was about twelve. This girl was sitting outside in the rain wrapped in a blanket. I was guessing she was locked out. He hair was soaked and she was shivering and sneezing constantly. The blanket was pretty soaked too which made it worse for her. I told my parents to stop the car. They looked outside and saw the girl. We all felt sorry for her. I decided to help her by placing a large piece of cardboard on two trash cans to cover her head. We were coming back from food shopping anyway so I gave her some bread, some apples and a water bottle. Her head was hanging down but I could still tell her lips were blue, dry and cracking. I could tell she wanted to say thank you because of the look in her eyes. But I also saw fear in them. I lifted up her chin so I could look into her eyes and told her to hang in there. My parents told me that not many people have the heart to do what I just did. Now that I think about it, her icy blue eyes and the blue streaks and yellow tips in her hair kind of make her look...like...Aqua-Flower...AQUA-FLOWER! It was Aqua-Flower! No wonder she looked so familiar. Why the hell didn't I notice that when I bumped into her? It was Aqua-Flower who has been put in the rain. It was her I saved from starvation. It took me this long to realise that? I don't know if she remembers. I mean, it happened about three or four years ago. I can't expect her to remember something from that long ago.