Thank you for all the feedback of the previous chapter. This chapter is dedicated to 'Valvox', as she left me a really great review, and about that, I'm sorry Valvox, that Ashley and Hayden didn't manage to dig all the way through to Australia, maybe they will one day. I hope that you all enjoy this chapter. Hopefully this is where the drama begins, and Demi and Selena will meet.

Chapter 2 – Fun at the Beach?

"So, Demi, why are you so scared about moving on"? Mandy asked; the four of them were slowly making their way up the steep path to the cliff top, and the ice cream parlour. Hayden and Ashley had run on ahead, kicking the small tennis ball that Demi had produced from her bag.

"I'm not scared" Demi replied indignantly, rolling her eyes and then laughing nervously,

"Then why haven't you been on a date in four years" Mandy deadpanned.

"Honestly," Demi started, giving up the charade, "I don't want to replace Jamie, he's Ashley's father, my first love,"

"Demi, you are 26 years old, you should be living life to the full, not shying away from it, and whether you find love with a man, a woman, or even a sodding alien, then I won't mind. But you're too gorgeous to be alone"

"Thank you Mandy," Demi replied,

The four of them reached the cliff top, and Demi and Mandy sat themselves down on an available bench, watching as their children continued kicking the ball about, "So, how's David"? Demi asked, referring to Mandy's husband, and Hayden's father.

"He's great actually, he just got promoted at work" Mandy gushed, and Demi listened, noting how her friend's eyes lit up at the mention of her husband. Demi wondered when she would find someone like that. Most of the men she knew were either married or gay, so a no go zone there. 'Maybe I should go out to a club, or maybe a dating agency, no, definitely not a dating agency' Demi thought, "And we're going out for dinner tomorrow night" Mandy continued.

"Ashley, please come away from the edge" Demi shouted at her daughter, from where she sat 20 feet away, interrupting Mandy,

"I had to get the ball mommy, Hayden threw it too far" Ashley replied, wondering why her mommy was shouting at her,

"Well you have it now so come back" Demi said, her eyes watching her daughter at all times.

Ashley took a step forwards, but then she noticed the spider crawling across the grass in front of her, in a panic, she threw the ball at it, but it missed, and the spider changed direction. Straight towards her. Full of fear, she took a step back, and that's when the rock gave way beneath her feet, and she felt herself falling. Demi watching in horror, and she screamed as her daughter disappeared into nothingness.

Demi ran forwards immediately, laying on the edge peering down the 100 foot cliff, to where the sea was crashing about below, Demi craned her eyes, frantically looking for the pink t-shirt her daughter was wearing. And then suddenly, there she was, laying on a ledge, 30 feet down, Demi couldn't see whether she was breathing from this distance, but she looked unconscious.

The next few minutes happened in a blur, as someone informed her they had called an ambulance, the police, and the fire service. But Demi couldn't hear them, she was watching, she wasn't hearing though. Mandy wrapped her arms around her, and Demi did all she could to allow Mandy to lead her back from the cliff edge, and not fling herself over the edge for her daughter. This couldn't be happening, first her fiancé, and now her daughter, she couldn't lose her.

The police arrived first, cordoning people back, taking statements. Next came the fire crew and the ambulances, within minutes of one another, and the firemen took control of the situation, with the paramedics peering over the edge.

"Are you the mother"? A kind looking paramedic asked,

"Yes, I'm her mum," Demi said tearfully, wondering how this happened, she was moving away, and then suddenly she stepped back and fell.

"Well, I'm afraid that we can't reach your daughter with the fireman's ladders, so we have called the army. They are sending out a rescue helicopter with a trained army medic on board, so hopefully we'll be able to reach your daughter and get her to a hospital as soon as possible" the man explained,

"Can I come"? Demi asked,

"You'll have to travel by road ambulance, as soon as we have your daughter in the helicopter; they have to go straight to the hospital. What's her name"? he asked,

"Ashley, her name's Ashley, and I'm Demi," Demi was talking fast, in complete turmoil,

"Well Demi, the ETA for the helicopter is two minutes; and then hopefully we can reach Ashley, I'm Scott by the way" Scott explained.

Suddenly the whirring of Helicopter propellers interrupted them, and a huge army helicopter appeared over the head of them. Demi watched it land 50 feet away, and two women and a man jumped out as the helicopters stopped.

As soon as she left the helicopter, Selena and Wilkins, with Frank unloading the abseiling equipment behind them, as they women made their way over to the cliff edge, Selena lay down, exactly as Demi had earlier, while Wilkins went to discuss what was going to happen with the firemen and the paramedics. She noticed the young girl, about 4 years old, unconscious on the cliff edge, if she was actually still alive, Selena shook the latter thought out of her head, jumping up again, and making her way over to Wilkin's.

"Ma'am, what do you think, I don't think we have any option but to abseil,"

"I agree, Frank's just getting the equipment, I'm going down, then we're going to have to get an airlift, providing she's still alive" Selena muttered, as Wilkins ran off to help Frank attach one end of the ropes to a stable object, in this case, a concrete pillar by the picnic area. Selena caught the harness that Frank threw towards her, and slipped it on over the top of her all in one camouflage suit, buckling the straps, and tightening the straps around her legs and waist, before making her way over to the mother.

"Hello, I'm Selena Gomez, a corporal in the United States Army, I'm going to abseil down to your daughter, and then I'm going to travel with her to the hospital, and with good authority from Scott, you can travel to the hospital in the ambulance" Selena smiled, in what she hoped was reassuringly, grasping one of Demi's hand's.

"I'm Demi, I just want to see Ashley, that's my daughter" Demi cried, grasping back at Selena's hand,

"I'm afraid that can't happen now, but you have to trust me, I promise you, I'm going to do everything I can to help your daughter"

"Please just look after her, she's all I have left,"

Selena had to admit, the mother was rather attractive, but that wasn't important right now. And as she made her way back to the cliff, she attatched herself to the ropes, and with one look at Wilkins and Frank, she jumped over the edge.

She soon reached the ledge, and as soon as she was down, she unattached herself from the ropes, and signalled up to Wilkins she was OK, she checked Ashley's vitals and with relief realised that she was still breathing, and she had a strong heartbeat. She shouted up,

"Wilkins, tell Scott I need his kit, and the spinal board, then get that helicopter in the air, she's bleeding, and I'm pretty sure she has a broken legs, and maybe broken ribs"

"OK, I'll get Scott to send them down"

And sure enough, within a minute, an orange spinal board, with the neck brace attached, was lowered down on a rope. Selena, managed to role Ashley's small body onto the spinal board, but due to the limited space, it wasn't as easy as it looked. She placed the neck brace onto the small girl, and secured her head. Using the medical kit, a small oxygen mask was placed over her face, and the tank was strapped to the board. Ashley's leg was then placed into a leg brace, blood seeping from a wound on her knee to the ground.

There was nothing else she could do in this space, and so she was relieved when the helicopter appeared overhead, harness and ropes being lowered. There was a 70 foot drop below them; and one wrong move, the cliff could collapse, and they would fall into the sea below. Attaching the special harness to the spinal board, it would allow the board to be lifted up horizontally, Selena then attached herself to the rope, so that her torso would be above the board.

Signalling, the helicopter started lifting the injured girl; and the army medic to safety. Selena looked around. This is where she loved being, in the army, saving somebody's life, especially being lifted out, it was a rush, it allowed her to think clearly, made her feel happy, knowing that she was making a difference.

Once inside safely, the doors closed, and Selena and Wilkins were able to properly examine Ashley, as Frank started the journey to the hospital.

Demi watched as the attractive woman jumped over the edge of the cliff, and again as things were lowered over the edge by Scott. This was a good sign she thought, as she stood gripping Mandy's hand. They wouldn't be doing this if Ashley was de... No, Demi couldn't even think that.

She watched as the helicopter started, and both her daughter; and Selena were lifted up. As the helicopter flew off, she heard Scott telling them to get in to ambulance, but Demi still had her eyes trained on the spot the helicopter had disappeared into the distance.

Wait, she thought suddenly, did I call her attractive in my head?

As she climbed into the ambulance, the doors slammed shut, and the sirens started. Mandy sat with Hayden on her lap, and the ambulance pulled away. Demi had one thought on her mind though.

Ashley.

So, that wasn't as dramatic as I thought it would be, but they have now met, and Ashley's going to be OK. Or is she? Mwahahaha!

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