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Kala's P.O.V

Chapter 28:

Everything hurt.

Well, mostly it was just my stomach, but other stuff hurt too. Like my throat, it felt all sore and scratchy, like a hedgehog climbed down it.

My stomach though, that really hurt, the skin felt tight and it was throbbing. Like I had really bad sunburn on it.

I didn't know what was going on, I could faintly hear voices but they were fuzzy and I couldn't distinguish the different ones.

I tried to open my eyes and I felt like it was taking all my strength to do so.

They fluttered for a few minutes and everything was fuzzy but the voices were becoming clearer.

"She's awake." Said one voice. Who was that? Where did I know it from?

"Finally." Another voice said. I definitely knew that voice. Ryan.

"Kala." That was Seb.

"Kal?" Tom.

What was going on? Where was I? What happened?

"She doesn't know what's happening." The first voice murmured. Who was that? Wait… Edward?

"Yes Kala." Oh! It was Edward!

So where was I… My vision was still blurry but I was starting to get my other sense back. I could feel warmth around my hand. So warm I think I felt sweat. Seth?

"You're at our house Kala. Do you remember what happened?" Edward asked me.

Oh! I was at the Cullen's! Why was I at the Cullen's?

"What's wrong? Why isn't she talking? Can't she see us? Can she hear us? Is she sick? Is she okay? You said she was going to be okay Carlisle!" Seth's worried voice raised an octave with every question he asked.

Finally my vision cleared and I could see clearly again. I saw Seth, on his knees, on my right side, holding onto my hand with Tom next to him. Ryan and Seb were on my left side, both looking at me weirdly. I could see Edward with Bella and Nessie at the front of my… bed?

I tried to talk but all that came out was a croaky noise, like a frog. My throat burned.

Why was it burning? Why did everything hurt?

"Carlisle, she doesn't remember what happened." Edward spoke to Carlisle who was obviously somewhere else in the room.

"Maybe shock…" Calrisle's voice came from behind me.

Shock? What happened to shock me? I don't understand… Then I remembered something.

"I should have brought Alice's dress back with me!" I groaned/croaked.

Seth's head dropped to my shoulder at this, Tom sighed in what I think was relief, Seb and Ryan both laughed but heir laughs sounded weird, sort of off and when I looked at them again I could see that their all their eyes were red.

"What happened?" I croaked out.

Tom dragged a chair from somewhere behind him and dropped down into it, he put his hand on my foot and said, "You were surfing Kala. We were at First Beach remember?"

I started to shake my head but stopped. I did remember.

Flashback

I had just stood up on my board again when all of a sudden there was a jolt beneath my board and I wobbled.

"What-" I started to say when suddenly the front nose of my board was pushed up and back and I was sent flying backwards into the water.

I didn't even have time to take a breath before I smashed into the water back first.

I couldn't see anything, just the swirling, dark blue of the water.

What's happening? I screamed in my mind. Nothing like this had every happened to me before and I had no idea what was going on.

Suddenly I saw a huge dark shape coming towards me, fast. I tried to swim away but my lungs were already burning from my lack of oxygen.

I swam up for air as fast as I could, trying to escape the huge black mass. As soon as my head broke the surface I gulped in as much air as I could, and about half the ocean while I was at it.

Then I saw my board and started swimming towards it, I still had no idea what was going on or what the black thing was, or where it was now.

But as I reached my board I discovered that I'd only reached half of a board.

"Oh God." I whispered, panic filling my mind.

What was going on?

All of a sudden I felt a massive pain on my left side, I screamed as I was pulled back under the water with a swift tug.

Water filled my lungs as I looked down to see that the massive black thing was actually a massive black shark, massive black shark that was latched on to the left side of my stomach.

Oh crap. I thought to myself as I started punching the shark's nose, trying to get it off me. I could feel myself tiring with just a few hits, I needed air and the water made my punches slow and un-effective.

The pain was getting worse where the shark was still latched on to me. I'd never felt anything like this before it hurt so much.

Was this it? I thought, even my thoughts sounded tired and painful. Was I going to die? What about my brothers? They'd just lost Mom and Dad and now me? What about Seth? He was my soul mate and now I was going to lose him?

It wasn't fair. I know it was a selfish thought but I think I deserved to be a little selfish when I was about to die.

And suddenly the pain was gone. Well not gone, but the shark was gone.

Without waiting around to see what had happened I immediately swam up for air.

I sucked in huge gulps of air, pressing my arm hard against my injured side, trying to stop the pain and the blood.

What had happened? Why did the shark go away? Was it going to come back?

My questions were answered when Seth's head popped up out of the water.

"Kala!" He said and pulled me against him.

"Seth? Thanks." I told him sleepily. I was so tired. I needed sleep. I slowly closed my eyes, ready for the darkness of sleep to take me blissfully away.

"No Kala, open your eyes, you have to stay awake okay? Stay awake till we get to shore." Seth said franticly in my ear.

I opened my eyes a crack and remembered my broken board, "Stupid shark… need a new board." I muttered to no one.

"That's good Kala, just stay awake, I'll get you a new board." Seth told me. I could feel his strong, swift strokes in the water, bringing us closer to shore.

"Shark… Never been bitten by a shark before." I muttered again. "Hurts."

Seth said something else but there was a ringing noise in my ear and I couldn't hear him. I was drifting away.

I tried to hang on to him but I was too tired, "Sorry… Too tired." I could hardly understand what I said but I hoped Seth heard me. I was so tired.

Seth said something else, I heard the words 'stay awake' and 'brothers' but nothing else. Brothers? My brothers. I needed to stay with them. But I was so tired. I felt myself being laid gently down on the ground but even the slightest movement caused pain to course through my body. It hurt so much.

"Kala, oh God, Kal…" Someone said. Tom? It was Tom. My brother, my twin. I tried to open my eyes wider but they only opened a crack more. I tried to say something, assure him I would be fine and that there had better be a plate full of chocolate chip cookies waiting for me at home when I got back from wherever I was going. But I couldn't say anything. I just didn't have the strength to.

There was someone else talking now, a few people, but I couldn't hear what they were saying. They ringing was getting louder and was really starting to annoy me. I felt my eyes droop closed again and this time I didn't have the strength to open them even a crack.

"Kala, stay awake, you can't go to sleep understand me? Stay. Awake." Someone was talking to me. I knew that voice. That was Ryan. I could feel someone pushing down hard on my injured stomach and I tried to open my eyes or tell them to stop. It hurt. But I couldn't. My eyes wouldn't open, my mouth wouldn't move and I could no longer hear what was going on around me.

Sorry Tom, sorry Ryan and Seb. I can't stay awake. I love you guys. And you Seth. I love you so much, I wish we could have met earlier but I'm pretty sure someone's got it out for me, so we couldn't. I told them silently in my head, praying that they would somehow hear it and know that I was saying goodbye to them.

I couldn't feel anything now. And I liked it that way, no more pain, no more worrying. I would see Mom and Dad again soon so that was good. I just wish I had more time with Seth.

And then everything went black.

End Flashback

"Shark." I croaked.