Chapter 7

Ty didn't know why he came here. He glanced at the sun's reflection on the water. 'The Office' always had the best view.

He started walking down the beach, camera in hand. He rewound the video footage and watched Reef and Fin surfing a nice wave. He watched as they surfed together, almost in sync, when on the very edge of the screen he saw Emma. She was surfing the same wave that Reef and Fin were surfing, yet he failed to record her specifically. The last glimpse he caught of her was her looking confident, smiling.

Funny, it almost looked like she was gazing right into his camera.

Ty sighed as he closed his camera. He never really realized Emma before, and he didn't even know why. It's not like she was ugly. In fact, she was one of the prettiest girls that he had ever seen, always so sweet and perky.

Lo always complained that she could never understand him, and this time he couldn't even understand himself!

Ty looked over near the waterfall. The rocks. That's where the rocks were where he and Emma were holding onto dear life.

That must be why she was pulled out of my reach. The force of the waterfall created a strong current that pulled her under.

Before Ty could think of anything else, something caught his eye. He squinted his eyes in curiosity and began to approach the brightly colored object. After walking a few feet, he realized what it was.

Emma's surfboard.

Ty walked over to the surfboard and picked up to examine it.

Seems to be in perfect condition. The surfboard got luckier than Emma did.

His mind then placed the image of Emma, beaten and bruised, into his mind. He knew he had to talk to her, or at least see that she was okay.


Emma was having a nightmare. She was surfing a beautiful wave, when suddenly a storm appeared, and lightening hit right beside her, causing her to fall from her board. She tumbled through the waves, and grabbed a hold of something hard, but it wasn't a rock, it was Ty. She looked up with pleading eyes, but all he did was shove her away and watch her scream as the water pulled her under again.


After Ty found Emma's surfboard, he tucked it under his arm and headed towards Emma's cabin.

As he reached the door, he tried to prepare a speech, but ended up with nothing. He lifted his hand to knock on the door, but hesitated when he thought that he might wake her up if she was asleep, so instead he cracked the door and stuck his head in.

After seeing her in the bed asleep, he quietly walked over to the closet and propped her board against the wall. He was planning on just leaving when he heard her moaning.

"Ty, no, please! Can't…….breathe!"

Ty hurried over to her and began to shake her shoulder. Emma's eyes immediately sprang open and darted around the room, like she didn't know where she was. Beads of perspiration were shining on her face, which he knew were burning her cuts and bruises. After Emma finally calmed down, she noticed Ty.


Emma was spiraling in the water, when suddenly she was awakened by a jolt. She snapped her eyes open and was relieved to see that she was in her bed. Not in the water. Safe. As she took a calming breath, she looked up and was startled to be looking into Ty's eyes.

"Ty? Am I awake?" Emma's face was burning, and when she reached up to wipe away the sweat that was burning her cuts, she winced with pain as she accidentally rubbed her hand down one of her worst bruises. Ty grabbed her wrist and said, "Hold on, I'll get you a wet towel."

Emma nodded her head. Many questions were popping into her mind.

When did he come in? How long has he been here?

The running water in the bathroom silenced her thoughts for a moment. She rolled her head to the side, and was surprised at the sight she saw. "My surfboard!" Emma smiled in surprise, and when she rolled her head back over, she saw Ty leaning over her.

As he gently dabbed the cool water on her face, he explained, "Yeah, I saw it while I was walking at 'The Office'. I thought it would cheer you up." Emma beamed up at him, almost making her bad eye shut completely, "Thank you so much! I thought it would be broken after……." Her sentence trailed off as her smile disappeared.

Ty laid the towel on the floor and stared at his hands for a moment. "Emma, we need to talk." Emma just nodded her head, ready for the lecturing to begin.


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