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Thanks all of you! I love you !
Please be nice on this chapter! I know I could have done better but it was surpsisingly hard to write! I also need help writing in more detail too. It is my weak side so if anyone's willing to help me improve please do!
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Sasha took the phone away from her ear for second, eyes wide as she gasped. She then put it back to her ear. "I don't know who you are," she said, voice shaky. "But I am Sasha…. And Nick's not breathing, okay?" her voice choked up as she spoke.
The guy named Jack cussed. "I'll get there as soon as I can. Where are you?"
Sasha gave him the directions to the beach.
"Try CPR, Sasha. Or just try something." He told her before hanging up.
She hoped he came quick.
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A raven haired man ran out onto the beach. He got on his knees at Nick's side, opposite to Sasha, who was currently using CPR on Nick. She didn't seem to mind the mouth-to-mouth part. He had front spiked raven black hair and sea-glass green eyes.
Nick finally took a gasping breath of air.
Sasha sat back, taking a moment to register that Jack was there. "Jack?" she said, letting out a sigh of relief.
"I'm guessing you're Sasha. It's nice to finally meet you." He put emphasis on the word' finally'.
"He talks about me a lot?" Sasha gasped again, blushing.
Jack looked at the ground, knowing he'd said too much. "Sorry about the phone call. You weren't supposed to know."
"Doesn't matter. I already know."
Jack raised an eyebrow, but decided not to continue the awkward conversation.
Nick looked up weakly. "Help?" he managed to say.
"Let's get him to my car. I called the others. They'll be at the boat." Jack picked up Nick with some strange inhuman strength.
"Whoa, how the heck can you do that? And what 'other's? What boat?" Sasha asked, following Jack as he walked back to his car and placed Nick in the backseat. They quickly pulled away from the beach.
Nick's rough breathing could be heard in the silence. Sasha sighed and wrapped her arms around herself, leaning towards the window. Even though she hated admitting it, Jack was really, really cute. She flushed miserably. She was in a car, with a total stranger, who was really cute, but freaking her out at the same time.
She slouched in her seat, remembering her date with Bobby, but then thinking of what Nick had told her.
Nick liked her in a more-than-friends way.
Sasha knew she would probably end up not having the date tonight. She wished she hadn't worn belly-showing top.
"You okay?" Jack asked.
Sasha sat up quickly. "I'm fine." She lied automatically.
"Well, we're here."
Sasha glanced up to see that they were parking at a dock. Jack jumped out and helped Nick out, who could walk a little still. His hand looked horrible.
Sasha made a choice. Even though she felt slightly self-conscious as being known as Nick's somewhat crush, she got out the car.
Two motorcyclists pulled up to the curb behind them. Well, one was a policewoman. She stepped off her bike and pulled off her helmet in one motion, letting her vibrant red hair tumble down her back.
The other pulled off his revealing a brown haired man. He had the build of a football player and his bike was more like the kind you found at races.
He rushed over to help Jack and Nick, but stopped a second to look at Sasha. His eyebrows raised when he saw her. Sasha felt the need to hide in the car again. Sasha could have sworn she'd seen the brown-haired guy before, like in a sports magazine somewhere.
"Hey, Rocky. Where's Tanya?" Jack said to the brown-haired guy.
Rocky shook his head as he helped Jack hold Nick up. "I don't know. She's probably on the boat with Rick." Oh, there was that Rick guy again.
Who the heck are these people? Sasha wondered as she watched from the car. The red-haired woman glanced over from her place on her bike. There was that surprised look again, green eyes wide. Sasha sighed and stepped around the car and onto the curb, heading towards the boat Jack and Rocky were going to.
These were Nick's friends? They seemed really helpful in Nick's situation. Sasha stopped walking for a second, feeling sudden guilt. Nick told his friends everything. Sasha herself had been unable to tell her best friend about anything. And she'd yelled at him for being a loner. For a second, Sasha felt jealous of him and his group of friends. It made her feel even lonelier than she already felt.
It was still hard to comprehend the fact that Nick Shadows had friends. Other friends. And they looked like they could be in college too.
Solo, she made her way up on to the deck of the boat and into the room where Nick was being laid down on a hospital-like bed. Sasha felt like it was her fault he'd let the change happen to himself. The red-haired woman followed behind her, sighing softly.
A guy with surfer-style brown hair glanced up as he attached something to Nick's injured arm.
A dark brown haired black girl leaned on a counter, leafing through the contents of a file. She set it down when she saw Sasha.
Sasha realized all of them were staring at her, except for Nick, who lay looking almost dead on the table. "What?" she said, eyes narrowing.
"Are you… Sasha?" the red-haired girl asked.
Sasha nodded. "How do you all know about me?"
The others glanced at each other, looked down at Nick, then back to Sasha.
The guy she who she guessed was Rocky scratched the back of his head. "Nick told us." He replied bluntly.
The black girl glared at him. The red-haired girl elbowed him. Rocky flinched.
Sasha looked down at the floor and sighed. "Well, I'm sure you all know enough about me then. Who are you guys? Are you in high school? Because you really don't look like it."
The black girl sighed. "Well, we're all older than 21. But I'm Tanya. I'm a scientist. That guy," she pointed to Jack, "is a bum."
"I'm not a bum! I'm a photographer!" Jack yelled indignantly. They all laughed.
"Anyways!" Tanya continued on, laughing. "The guy working on Nick is Rick. He's a surgeon. Rocky, the guy who loves his motorcycle, does racing. You've probably heard of him before."
Rocky stood a little straighter at the acknowledgement of his small celebrity status.
Tanya stopped, and the red-haired woman continued on. "Call me Ann. I'm a policewoman."
"Oh, I thought you looked familiar. You ticketed my mom last week... Dang, was she mad." Sasha teased.
"Don't even get Ann started on speeding. She already has enough to deal with when Rocky starts running red lights." Tanya remarked, earning a roll of eyes from both Ann and Rocky. "And then, Nick's here, but of course you already know him. He's your boyfr-"
"Shut up!" Ann hissed.
"You guys don't have to keep doing that." Sasha said sheepishly. "I already know."
"You do?" Jack asked.
"He told me." Apparently Sasha had been the topic of many conversations among the group. "Did he… talk about me a lot?" Sasha asked.
Jack sighed. "Yeah, he did."
"What did he say?"
"A lot." Jack continued on. "At first he said you were a stuck-up brat, but then he said you were a 'nice, young lady.' Apparently he was wrong." Jack chuckled, scanning Sasha.
Rocky gave a low whistle, finally noticing what she was wearing.
She blushed again, remembering that she wasn't exactly wearing something 'nice young ladies' wore. Her mom probably would have yelled at her just for going outside with it.
"Is this what you usually wear?" Ann had enough guts to ask.
Sasha shook her head, struggling to find words to explain. "I was…."
"Yeah?"
"I was going on a date."
"With Nick?" Tanya and Ann said in unison, suddenly looking more excited.
Sasha shook her head again, looking guilty. "It was another guy."
A complete awkward silence ensued. No one looked at each other.
Rick finally broke the silence. "Are you going to stay here until Nick's better or are you going to leave?"
"I'm staying."
Tanya glanced up at that.
"Well, I guess you'll need a doctor's note to get out of school. How long do you want to stay out for?"
"So you were the one who wrote the doctor's note for Nick. Can you do the rest of the week?"
"Not a problem." Rick grabbed a piece of paper off the counter and scribbled something down.
Sasha looked instantly relieved. The other three still looked uncomfortable knowing Sasha had been ready to go out on a date. "I don't think… I'll go out with the other guy." Sasha told them quietly.
Jack glanced up and nodded, awkward conversation forgotten.
"Hey, can I borrow someone's car? I need to go home and change." Sasha said, tugging down the bottom of her shirt a little, but it didn't help cover up much.
Jack tossed her the keys to his car, which he was still holding. "Have fun," he grinned.
"Thanks," she answered, stepping outside.
"Dang, Nick's got good taste!" she could hear Rocky say about her once he thought she was out of earshot.
She smiled, then sighed. It was all too hard for her to deal with right now. Lost in thought, she didn't notice the alien car parked behind Jack's.
As she reached out to open the door, a gun was rammed into her back and a hand clamped around her mouth. "Don't say anything, Sasha." A calm, familiar voice whispered.
The scientists were back.
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Okay, here's a guide to all the new characters:
Jack: black hair, green eyes, photographer/traveler, closer to Tanya than the rest of them.
Rocky: shorter brown hair, blue eyes, races anything- cars, bikes
Ann: red hair, green eyes, policewoman, dislikes Tanya somewhat
Tanya: Half African American, dark brown hair, brown eyes, scientist in robotics/nanotechnology(Hint hint hint!), closer to Jack than the rest of them, dislikes Ann
Rick: longish ear-length brown hair, blue eyes, surgeon, Jewish.
I'll go into more detail on their pasts later. I think they all have very interesting pasts and lives. All of them have been orphans and parent-less for a very long time. And Nick is actually 20, but I'll explain that later too. Please review and even a 'Hello' is loved and welcome!