'Sam come back now!' I yelled at him. I sounded so much like a mother telling their child not to run off. He ignored me and carried on walking in the rain. The wind pushed me back but I was determined to get to him. Most of the journey was uphill so it was tiring but Sam made it look easy.
'Sam!' I continuously shouted at him but he ignored me completely. When I finally caught up with him, I was at the top of the hill and we were overlooking the town. I grabbed his arm and he span round and kissed me.
My body no longer tensed and my shoulders sagged as he held me by my arms. He held onto my wrists and leaned down to kiss me.
'Sam,' I said, 'we have to go back.'
'No. I want to stay here.' He declared, as his hair dripped with water. It dripped from his to mine and we were both wet. Kissing in the rain was one thing I wanted to do before I died and I was standing here with Sam, a guy I'd only met for a few hours, kissing him while our bodies were soaked in the rain.
'I can't.' Sam said as he pulled away. He started to walk away but he stopped mid-step.
'Why?' I asked confused. Sam spun round and walked back towards me and took his hands in mine.
'Because... because I can't, okay? I can't be with you and we can't carry on like this. I... I hate to do it but I have to hate you.'
I stared at him in disbelief, utterly confused.
'W—what? Why?'
Sam looked away, and his hair continued to drip. His muscles flexed and he played with his t-shirt. It was thin so I could see through his shirt... and... mmmm... oh shut up.
'Why, Sam?'
'Because... because... it's safer to hate you.'
I'd never heard something so ridiculous in my life. I went to say something but Sam pressed his finger to my lips. Then his phone started ringing and he jumped with excitement. He looked at the caller ID and sighed with relief. He picked up and started talking fast.
'Hey Dan, yes it's me. I'm sorry I'm late but please just listen because I don't know how long I've got. Dan just shut up a minute. Yes okay, I know you're mad but—'
Sam was cut off from the other end of the line by Dan's yelling and then Sam's sudden outburst made me jump,
'DAN SHUT THE FUCK UP! I'm stranded in the middle of nowhere with a girl and I need picking up. The car's stuck and there's no way of getting out and this storm is getting worse. Please Dan, save the arguments for later. My girl needs to get home.'
My girl?
I smiled at that for some reason and I slid my hand to entwine with his. He didn't grasp my hand because he was too busy on the phone but he didn't pull away.
'Okay, fine Dan. I don't give a shit but please just fucking get here now.' Sam put down the phone and turned to me. 'I'm sorry.'
I squeezed his hand, 'for what?'
'Just... I'm just sorry, okay?'
I was really damn confused. 'Why do you have to hate me?'
Sam dropped his hands to his sides.
'Because I can't love anyone. If I end up loving someone, I forget about everything else and I screw my whole life up. That's what happened with my other girlfriend; I loved her but then I forgot about everything I already had.'
I went to hold out my hand to grab Sam but I stopped myself. At least when I got back home I had other things to concentrate on than trying to convince someone who was basically leading me on.
'I want to go home.' I moaned, and that was the first time I'd ever said something like that. Right now, I couldn't bear staying out here any longer in the rain and I was panicking in case something terrible happened.
Like now.
'Oh my god Anna, look out!' I turned around and saw a tree was starting to sway violently in the wind and at the bottom of the trunk of the tree, it snapped and started to sway even faster now and it was unstable.
Sam went to grab me to drag me away but it was too late. The tree only just missed my torso by inches but the next thing I knew was that I was on the floor and my leg was stuck under the trunk.
Then, the pain exploded through my body and looking at the sight of my crushed leg under the tree made me heave. It was so painful and so excruciating; I wanted to die right then. Sam still had hold of my wrist but he let go when he saw what happened.
'Oh my god, I'm gonna call an ambulance.' Sam said. He let go of my hand and went back to stand in the same position he'd used when he'd been speaking to Dan. I ignored what he was saying because it wasn't important and I was more focused on my leg.
It was bleeding quickly, the blood dripping from my leg and onto the grass and it didn't look like it was going to stop. I could feel my leg go dumb which wasn't so much of a bad thing though I could somehow still feel the pain. I went pale and I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment. I turned to Sam who was on his way back now.
'An ambulance is going to be here as fast as possible. Just hang in there; it's gonna be okay.'
He rubbed my arm and I fell into his embrace. Even though we were both wet, I felt warm and I tried not to pass out but I couldn't help it. All I heard before I fainted was the faint sound of sirens approaching...
