FISH OUT OF WATER
Serena's POV
The first thing I remember is the ocean. The scent of the salty water, the sound of the waves crashing viciously against the rocks, how even though it was cloudy when I first opened my eyes I felt as though the sun's rays were embracing me. Suddenly feeling my chest heavy and exhausted, closed my eyes again letting the heat embrace me.
The next time I opened my eyes I was lying on the sand away from the shore, wrapped in what felt like a coat or a blanket.
"Are you alright?" I blinked several times, my mind unable to comprehend where the voice was coming from, my eyes unable to focus on anything except the sky above me. "Hello?"
Despite how stiff my neck was I was able to turn my head just enough to see that three boys we standing about three feet away from me their eyes were filled with worry.
"My name is Quil, do you know who you are? How you fell into the water?" The boy seemed to be talking to me, fell in? I realized that I was damp and my mouth tasted like saltwater. Did I fall in? Do you know who you are? I searched and searched but my mind was full of darkness, Who was I? I didn't have a single clue. I suddenly felt panicked, who was I? I tried to quickly sit up only to feel pain all over, especially in my head.
The boy–Quil's– friend rushed to push me back down, his hands were so warm like...rays of sunshine. "Woah, easy there, you're all right...I think."
There were so many things I wanted to ask: Did I really come out of the sea? How did I get here? Why can't I remember anything? Where am I? Who am I? But when I opened my mouth no sound came out. He looked at me as if trying to determine whether or not I was actually okay. His eyes were so kind. Immediately earning my trust.
"I'm Jacob, Jacob Black. Quil over there saw you floating in the water while Embry over there jumped in to save you. We thought you had already drowned by that point since you were pretty much unresponsive. We saw your eyes open and close again so I performed CPR and got you to cough up most of the sea water." Drowned. How did I drown? So these three saved me...but who exactly was I?
"Well, you're obviously not from here. But, you were in the water pretty long judging by how cold your skin is," As if remembering my body shivered in response to this, "we should call Carlisle." Embry said this but, who was Carlisle? I tried getting up again, slower this time, Jacob supported my back but I couldn't feel my legs much, probably because of the water…
"I guess you can't exactly walk right now and you shouldn't try to," I gasped as he suddenly lifted me up into his arms, so warm, "It's alright, I won't hurt you. We'll take you back to my place and the doctor will make sure you're okay. After, we'll work on figuring out who she is, understood?" He looked at the other two who smiled at me as if to reassure me and nodded in agreement. I nodded, mimicking their responses causing the three boys to laugh. Jacob's chest rumbled with the sound. As we walked onto the road, he walked behind Quil and Embry at what seemed to be a pretty fast pace and I looked over his shoulder, to the shore and then, to the ocean, the vast and mysterious place from where I began.
"Did you leave something in the water, fish bait?" I crinkled my nose at the nickname causing Jacob to laugh again, "Well I'm gonna have to call you something since you can't seem to talk or remember much right now." I shook my head mouthing the word No. "Alright, no more fish bait, but really, did you want to wait for someone back at the shore?"
I thought for a second, looking into the kind brown eyes that reflected my own worry back at me. Stay at the place where I lost everything or stay with the boy who radiated the warmth of the sun and cared about my well being. In response I wrapped my arms tighter around Jacob's neck and he cradled me closer as if sensing how cold and weak my body felt, and kept walking along the road, "Alright, don't worry, you're safe with us."
I believed Jacob Black, who seemed like my anchor, keeping me the broken ship from floating away into the chaotic sea again. He walked on steading me in his arms carrying me oh so carefully, together watching Quil and Embry laugh and joke ahead of us constantly looking back at me, and in that moment I felt whole despite all the memories I seemed to have lost.