Topher gasped for air right after he picked up Ella, who did not move. When he found her, she was resting on the bottom of the flood next to the rock. "Hang on, Ella... Please stay alive... please tell me you're just sleeping," Topher said as he looked at her concerned. He was holding her with his left arm while using his other arm to swim forward to the nearest shore. Ella's eyes were shut peacefully, her jet black hair being super wet over her shoulder-length, and she also looked lifeless as her head was placed onto Topher's shoulder. After 30 minutes of that horrible flood storm, he and Ella ended up laying on the wet sand after the wave washed them over the shore.

Topher inhaled for air, but also ended up coughing from being in the water for so long in and out as he pounds his chest to cough up a bit of water left. When they were on land, the storm started toning down a bit with the lighting and rain being gone, but with thunder remaining left. The sky's still dark and cloudy. After he breathed a few times, he quickly looked at Ella, who's resting on the sand next to him. "Ella!" he called her name as he placed his knees over her sides. "C'mon, Ella! You can't die right now! Please be alive!" he cried as he placed both of his palms over Ella's heart.

He gently, yet firmly, presses her chest a few time in attempt to get the water out that she swallowed when she was sinking in the lake. "Please Ella... please be okay! You're my only hope now! Come on!" Topher said as his tears started streaming down hoping she would wake up. Tiny drops of water came out a bit as he presses harder on her chest. "Come on!" he raised his voice a bit feeling frustrated that she won't open her eyes nor move. After a few seconds, he gave up as he rested his side of his face against her chest.

He embraced her as he started crying. "Please don't be dead. I'm begging you, Ella! Ugh, damn Chris! Why did he have to mess this shit up for us?!" he talked more as his tears started streaming down over Ella. Shortly, the thunder stopped as the sky turned to a brighter shade of blue. For hours, he had his head and embrace over Ella, who's still shiftless like a rock. The sky turned to a bright shade of orange with the mixture of blue and pink. Topher slowly sat up, picked up Ella, and held her in his arms. Still crying for her not being able to move, he started speaking.

"I don't know what to do without you, Ella. It's been hours now since you're not waking up, so I don't know what to assume. You're the only one who accepts me and understands me in my life. I'm still begging and hoping you would be okay. You can't die right now!" Topher said as his voice croaked worse than before. As he's still shaking and weeping, some of the animals, who have been seen with Ella before, started appearing out of the trees. The birds, the baby deers, the rabbits, and the white horse he knew, Agnes. They appear as each of the animals places their sorrow expressions on their face.

"You've helped me guide through some of my worst fears, and with you being able to put a smile on your face and to sing, it always helps me conquer whatever I have to do to result us going far on what we want," he said more as the animals started coming closer to them. They started grouping around Topher crying over Ella. Even two of the birds sat on his bare shoulders. "You've become an important part of my life, and I'm never gonna forget that. If you can't wake up, then the last thing that I'm going to say to you is... I love you. I love you so much, Ella. If this is how it's going to be, then I will sing a song every night to remind myself what a beautiful person you are," this is the first time Topher has told Ella that he loves her, even if he thought that she's not alive.

Agnes came over and lied over her legs next to Topher. He placed his face close to Ella's face to kiss her lips one more time. He was still holding her after he released the kiss from her lips. Agnes placed her head close to Topher as he notices her. He petted her as he's still keeping one of his arms around her. He refuses to release her as he looked at Agnes. His face was still wet from the stream of tears that ran down from his eyes. His heart was still pounding, but more slowly feeling like his life will go downhill at some point. Looking back at Ella and then to Agnes, he started singing the song he's always heard from Ella when it was about someone that she lost, which was her mom. He remembers every single word from the song.

Facing Agnes after he sang, Ella slightly moved her head to the left. She immediately started coughing from the water that sunk inside of her, which quickly drew Topher's attention. Topher directly looked at her as he's surprised to know that she did not actually die! "Ella!" he called her name after he heard her cough. She coughed for the next few seconds as she slowly sat up a bit and opened her eyes slowly. "T-t-topher?" she responded in a weak tone of voice before she coughed again. "Ella! You're alive!" he replied after she called his name and hugged her tightly. He was still shedding tears from joy that she's okay! Agnes got up as the animals looked more surprised.

Ella didn't hug back since her body still feels weak from being in the water for too long, yet she's accepting the tight embrace Topher's giving her. "I'm glad you're okay! I got so scared of losing you like this!" he said in joy. He smiled more happily that she didn't die. "W-w-what happened? The last time I remember something was being stuck in a flood storm, and somehow, I just felt weak that I couldn't swim anymore," Ella replied as she looked at Topher. Ella's voice started to revive more after coughing up more of the water that remained in her. Topher was still hugging her tightly that he didn't bother explaining what happened.

"That's not important. The most important thing right now is you're alive, you're okay, and you're here with me," Topher replied to her question a few seconds later. Ella smiled weakly, still clueless what just happened when she was at a flood storm. She's thinking that he risked his life to save her's, so she ends up embracing Topher back. "You saved me! You're my hero," she replied. "I'll always be," Topher responded as their embrace got warmer. The animals smiled at their moment. Ella still feels cold from her pink night dress being clammy from the water. "Ugh, I'm still cold, and my dress is all sticky and damp!" she awkwardly said during their embrace.

They released their embrace as Topher's about to pull something out of his jean pocket. "Oh! Here, I have something that's been in my pocket this whole time, and it's still dry," Topher responded as he peeked his hand out with a teal blue fabric sticking out as well. He pulled it out as it turns out to be that shirt he was about to put back on before Chris and Sugar walked into their privacy. It's also the shirt he lended to Ella when she was crying. She smiled as she claimed his long-sleeved shirt. "Thank you!" she replied as she placed her arms in his sleeves. After she placed the shirt over her head, the length came down between her thighs.

She felt warm, and she loves the fabric that's touching her skin. Just then, Topher got up as he's lifting Ella like he's about to carry a bride. "Lets go home," he said and smiled with one of his arms being around her back as his other arm was around her thighs. Ella locked her arms around his neck as he started walking. The animals started following along with them. They've walked away from the beach when the sun started rising. It's a true happily ever after for them.