This is about the characters in the Private Series and none of those characters belong to me. They belong to Kate Brian. I only have certain extra characters that are a figment of my imagination. Please review!!!!
I felt the freezing water trying to swallow me whole and all I keep praying was that I still had some of my "nine lives" as Gage so adequately put it. After everything I have been through, there was no way that I was going to die at the hands of the ocean. I started to tread water and I was trying to scream as loud as possible in case one person may hear my desperate pleas for help.
"HELP!!!!!! Somebody PLEASE HELP!!!!!" I screamed in a pitch that only dogs could probably hear. I screamed for as long as five minutes before I gave up. I started to think about things logically. We were probably nowhere near land because we had been on the sea for quite some time. And eventually I would not have the strength to tread water any longer. I was going to get tired and then I would start to fall under the surface and breath in water. Which would cause me to drown in the matter of minutes. I would die out here and no one would notice.
Upton would not notice that I was gone because he was off comforting Poppy. This cannot be happening. I took a deep breath and went under the surface a bit in order to reach around and unzip my dress. This was either a really smart move or a really stupid one. I would either die of drowning a bit faster because the dress was so heavy or I would die of Hypothermia. Either way, at this moment I was screwed. I took another breath and started to swim toward the boat.
After about twenty minutes of vigorous swimming, I was within a hundred yards of the boat. It looked like the boat had stopped and there were searchlights coming from the upper decks. Good they realized that I was gone and they are searching for me! That gave me a bit of hope as I swam as hard and as fast as my tired arms and legs would take me. I looked like I was close enough to get someone's attention so I started to yell and splash. This made me even more tired and I started to fall even further under the surface. I accidently took in a breath while I was under and I started to choke and panic.
When I resurfaced, I vaguely heard a splash somewhat near me and I barely felt the strong arms that surrounded me. I vaguely remembered hearing the pleas of one soft and sweet voice.
"Please Reed, Stay with me…. Please. I love you Reed. Please stay with me!" Upton urged as a started to black out.
I felt cold and numb as someone was pounding on my chest. I suddenly started to panic thinking that I was drowning because of all of the water that I was choking on. And I thought that maybe a Great White shark and gotten a hold of me and was playing with his food before he savored my blood.
"Come on, Reed! Wake up!" I heard a voice yell. I felt the hard wood floor under me as someone was putting pressure on my chest once again. I started to cough and choke once more and then I felt the sensation of air filling my lungs once more.
"Omigod! Reed! Thank God!" I heard Taylor's voice scream out. I opened my eyes and I looked around at all of the faces surrounding me. The first face that I saw was Upton's face and he had the most scared look on his face. It was the same look that Josh had for me every single time he was seriously worried about me. For a second, I forgot all about Upton running after Poppy Simon. And how he had left me in a moment of need to comfort someone whom he said he didn't care about.
Noelle was next to him looking at me with the wide-eyed scared expression on her face. And for some reason, even though I was laying on the ground in my bra and underwear and I was freezing and barely breathing I wanted to make her feel better so that she would not have that look on her face.
"Every back up, now. She needs to get some air." The captain said wrapping my inside of a blanket. I suddenly wanted to disappear but at the same time I wanted to tell everyone that there was a killer among them. As I thought about this, I had this sick sensation inside of stomach of déjà vu.
And then it hit me. Upton, in a way, was Thomas. Upton was Thomas in the sense that he was a player and every single girl wanted him and yet he chose me. He was also Thomas with his charisma and hot body. Thomas had the same effect on a ton of girls at Easton. And in the end, it was one insane girl whom I trusted that tried to kill me. It was all happening all over again. Why was it happening all over again? I suddenly felt bile rise up in my throat and I turned my head to the side and started to throw up. I saw the glimpse of a green gown before I started to retch again.
The sun was burning my face and my body was sweating in the intense heat. I was surrounded by soft pillows and blankets. I felt weight on my legs and when I turned in the bed to look the opposite way, I was looking at a sleeping Noelle. And right next to her was Kiran who was sprawled all over Noelle's waist and part of my leg. Taylor was the person who was lying on my feet. When I moved, I woke the others and they all jumped up when they saw me.
"Oh thank god, you are finally awake." Noelle said pushing my un-kept hair out of my eyes. I yawned and looked at the three expectant faces looking at me.
"Someone pushed me off of the boat." I said quickly. They all looked at each other and then back at me. I wasn't sure if they would believe me or not but I wanted them to. I wanted them to be there for me.
"Reed, Honey… are you sure? I mean the decks were slippery and you could have easily have fallen." Noelle said softly as if she was breaking bad news to me. I looked at her and shook my head. They had to believe me after everything we have all be through. After everything I have been through.
"Yes, I am sure! I was standing on the deck looking out at the water and then I felt someone grab at your necklace and choke me with the necklace while pushing me over the railing. I didn't see who it was but I know that someone tried to kill me." I said in a rushed sense. I felt the old paranoia set in as I looked at each of their dubious faces.
"Reed…" Kiran started. I stopped her by putting my hands up in the air and jumped out of the bed.
"Listen guys, I swear to you that someone is trying to kill me. Don't you know by now that when I say stuff like this that it is actually happening?" I said a little too loudly.
"Ok, fine. Say that someone is trying to kill you. Who would it be?" Noelle said in her usual standoffish attitude. I thought about that for a second and a few names came to mind. The first and obvious name would be Poppy. She hated me because I was the one hooking up with her "boyfriend". Then there was Paige because I was the one who stood up to her when I first got to the island. It could have been Amberly, Daniel, or a number of people on the boat that did not like me one bit.
"How about Poppy for one?" I said stating the obvious. Each girl shook her head at that suggestion. Why was it so outrageous that she was as insane as Ariana? She hated me just like Ariana did and when she was at Easton. I started to feel frustrated.
"That's not possible. Poppy had run through the casino crying and she headed to the bathroom. There was no way that she was going to get out of there. Everyone saw her. She had a ton of girls surrounding her the entire time." Noelle explained. I shook my head wishing that I was not believing it. Wishing that it were that simple and she was the one trying to kill me. I wanted to know, if I knew then I could have peace of mind.
"Reed, I honestly have known all of these people since we were kids. I don't think that they are capable of murder at all." Noelle said and the other two girls nodded in agreement.
"You thought the same thing about your best friend, Ariana." I said quietly. I didn't want to bring that up but she was all I could think about. The look in her eye that night when she tried to kill me kept creeping into my mind. All over one boy who rejected her and chose me. I was tired to being of attracting those kinds of psychos.
"Nice one, Glass-licker. I was just trying to help you." Noelle said getting up off the bed. She looked like she was hurt for a split second and then her regular relaxed, in control self was there again. I did not want to hurt her like that but I was so scared at who might be stalking me and trying to kill me.