When everything goes blank, it's only for a moment, and my eyes open and sting instantly while I'm underwater. My mouths open, taking in all the water, I'm trying to go up, trying to find the top of the water, but I can't, my legs and arms feel like they weigh a ton, and I feel like this is it, the end. My eyes start to close themselves, and I struggle to keep them open, but I can't do it, they close.
My eyes flicker open, and it's dark, my lips have a warm feeling, and I look up and Austin is hovering over me. I just coughing and spitting out water. Austin's hand lays on my back as he helps me sit up and continue coughing up water.
Dez is on the phone with someone, standing to the side. Austin's face is full of worry and complete horror, "Ally!" he yells, rubbing my back while I finish coughing.
I look at him, and look around and the true horror of what just happened hits me, I almost just drowned. "Austin?" I say.
He brings me to his bare chest and hugs me, and I'm frozen by his gestures, he didn't like me ten minutes ago, or was it even ten minutes ago?
"Are you okay, your heads bleeding, this is horrible for your concussion, and you almost drowned." Austin goes on and on and I can't find the words to answer his questions. He pulls me from him and looks me in the face. I just stare at him, "Ally?" He asks slightly calmer now.
"What happened?" I ask him, and I start to cry, fear striking me.
"A wave brought you down and you couldn't swim and you hit your head on something." He tells me.
Dez runs over now, "Austin saved you." Dez says, "He kissed you!" He yells.
I look at him confused, Austin rolls his eyes, and "I gave her mouth to mouth, idiot." He tells him.
I touch my lips softly, remembering the warmth I felt on them when I woke up. I had a sudden urge to feel his lips on mine. I just stare at him still, trying to take things in. He rubs my back more, trying to comfort me.
"The ambulance is coming." Dez says.
"No!" I scream, I hate ambulances and hospitals, and I'm already so scared.
"Ally you must go, you hit your head again, it could be serious." Austin says.
"I don't want to go." I say through tears.
And just then the ambulance pulls in and Dez shows them to way to me. They run out and check me over, and after a few minutes they tell me they are bringing me to the hospital. I start to freak out and Austin keeps his arms around me trying to calm me down, "Don't leave me Austin." I beg him.
"Is your boyfriend riding with you?" One of the crew asks.
Before I say anything, Austin says, "Yes." And he helps me into the ambulance. Dez said he's following us in Austin's car.
The ride there is a blur, all I know is Austin didn't leave my side, and I was too scared to talk or react to anything, I just wanted to be home, in my bed.
After waiting a while and the doctors looking me over, I have another concussion that is slightly severe because of my previous one, and I'm not allowed to do anything for a few weeks, like watch T.V or read or anything like that. Austin drove us back to his place, and when I went inside I was smothered with questions from his parents and Dakota. When I couldn't answer any of them since they were all at once Austin told everyone everything, and I begged his parents not to call my father, I didn't want him to come back early and be worried. Finally, when they noticed hoe exhausted I looked, Mike and Mimi went to bed, and Dakota told me she was glad I'm okay, and then went to her room.
He walks me up the stairs slowly and brings me into the guess room, "Why am I sleeping in here?" I ask him.
"Because Dakota is loud and obnoxious and she won't let you get your rest that you need." He says while making the bed for me.
"It's fine." I tell him.
"No, it's not. You need to rest so you can feel better." He says.
He motions for me to lie down, "I'm not in my pajamas." I tell him.
He nods, "Oh, right. Be right back." He says.
I sit down on the bed and wait for him. After a few minutes he's back with a bunch of my clothes. He puts them in the drawers in the room and I clear my throat, "Did you serious just like go through my clothes and bring them in here." I say.
He looks at me, embarrassed, "I didn't touch your underwear." He says.
I laugh at him, which makes my head hurt and I touch it. He runs over to me and sits down, "Are you okay?" He asks.
"I'm fine." I assure him.
"Okay, well I guess I'll let you get some rest." He says and stands up.
"Austin, wait." I say to him.
He turns around and looks at me, "Thank you, for saving my life." I say.
"Don't mention it." He says and starts to walk out again, "Seriously Austin, you don't know what it means to me." I say, and he nods and walks out, not letting me say anything else.
I get into my pajamas and get under the covers. The bed is a lot more comfy than the bed in Dakota's room, and I drift off to sleep fast.
The water is filling my lungs and I can't breathe, I try to scream but the water won't let me. Everything's blurry and all I feel is pain. I can hear Austin screaming my name, but I can't reach him, the breathing gets more difficult, until I don't try anymore, and I slowly sink to the bottom…
I wake up, and i immediately start crying, crying so hard, and probably loud, but I don't care. My nightmare felt so real, it was so awful.
My door opens suddenly and Austin walks in, and he comes over to my bed. I don't stop crying and he sits next to me and wraps his arms around me, "Ally what's wrong?" He asks.
"I had a bad dream, I-I drowned." I say threw sobs.
"It's okay, it was just a bad dream, and you're here, your fine." He says, rubbing my hair.
I cry for a little while more until Austin has completely soothed me, and I start to doze off on his chest. He starts to get up, "I should go." He says.
"Please, don't leave me." I whisper.
He hesitates, but he doesn't leave. He gets under the covers next to me and lies down, I lie down next to him and but my head on his shoulder and hand over his chest. He keeps his arm wrapped around me, and I feel safe, safer than I ever have, even though I know this is a terrible idea, we could get caught and be accused of a lot worse, but I don't care, I need him.