Sable's POV

I had been seeing Caleb for several weeks when he kissed me. The anticipation I had up to that moment was quite girlishly fascinated. The kiss though nice was lacking feeling on my part. I just didn't feel right, I felt as though I had just been unfaithful. All I could think about is that Embry had quit school at the same time I started seeing Caleb and he had moved out of the house and in with Sam and Emily. I felt the cause for this, Linda didn't blame me, she blamed herself for talking me into teaching.

Today, Caleb was taking me to the beach, I hoped that it would be fun, but I just couldn't seem to feel anything for him past friendship. He was a good man, but not the one for me. I knew that now, the kiss was more like I was kissing a cousin then a boyfriend. We went to the beach, we played in the surf, then he took me for a swim in to the underwater caves. They were beautiful, the coral, the sea life. As we were checking out one of the many caves, we got separated and everything seemed to look the same, like a maze. I swam out of one caverns and then found my self in another, I was loosing oxygen quickly and began trying to see any air pockets. I found one and drew in as much air as possible. Then I went looking for my way out again, but it was just another cavern, I knew I would drown soon, I knew I was going to die. My mind began to race and all I could see was that smile, that beautiful ray of sunshine. "I love you." I said to the vision of Embry swimming towards me and then I was gone.

Embry's POV

Walker took my love and was playing in the surf, soon they were running toward the tidal pools, he was going to take her to the underwater caves. They were going to look at all the wonders of the sea. They went down and I knew she would be enjoying the beautiful coral and sea life.

I watched for several minutes, then I felt an aching in my heart like I had never felt before, I knew that my love, my life was dying. She must have gotten turned around in the maze of caverns. I ran so fast that I was a blur and dove in the pool at the same time that Walker came up for a breath, he went back under a frantic look in his eye. I knew he cared for her too, but she was mine. I would not let her be taken from me. As I swam by my senses I found her grasping at her throat, when she saw me her eyes widened and she smiled. I shook my head for her to not to speak. She mouthed the words 'I love you.' Then she went still her eyes focused on nothing I screamed in my mind and grabbed her arm pulling her to the surface, she hadn't known how close to escape she had been. We broke the surface and I put my arm around her to keep her head above water and swam quickly to the shore. As soon as we were on the beach I began trying to resuscitate her. First getting the water out of her lungs then using CPR. I felt my tears dampening my face and hers as I breathed into her. I went back and forth from her mouth to pumping my hands on her chest, but nothing. Walker soon took over on her chest and together we worked over her. After several minutes Walker gave up, but I couldn't, I just couldn't let her die. I blew into her mouth again and then couldn't take it any longer. I screamed.

"I love you! You hear me, I love you! Don't leave me!" I burst in to tears and pumped her chest again, one, two, three, four, breath, one, two, three, four, breath, then I felt it, I felt her cough when I went to breath into her. I set her up and she gagged as she spit the remaining water out of her lungs. She coughed again, and again, then took a long rasping breath and then another. I cradled her to me, rocking her gently.

"Take me home." She stated to me. I lifted her effortlessly into my arms and carried her as she circled my neck with her arms and placed her head on my chest. I didn't stop, even when I opened the door to the house and noticed Sam, Billy and my mother sitting in the front room. My mother covered her mouth with her hand in shock as she saw me cradling Sable, I continued up the stairs and took her to the bathroom, I grabbed a towel and rapped it around her. Rubbing her dry, then I carried her to the room and flew the covers down and placed her on the sheet and covered her up. I was just about to go to the chair next to her bed when she grabbed my hand. "Don't go Embry." I couldn't move, my love had asked me to stay and I couldn't leave her, and I never would. Not again. I sat on the floor next to her bed, watching her sleep, her hands holding my hand and arm in a vice grip. Several hours later she woke and looked at me, she smiled. Her eyes were bloodshot and I knew she must hurt all over. She loosened her grip on my arm and went to sit up.

"I need to take a shower, well you be here when I'm through?" She asked, all of her love and hope in her beautiful eyes.

"I'm not going anywhere with out you." I stated and she seemed to let out a breath she must have been holding. I stood and helped her up, she rubbed her chest and then looked at me. "Thank you for saving my life." Then she looked into my eyes and slowly raised up and kissed me softly on the lips. My heart soared.