...More Than This..
"What???" Aeris called out, staring at the deep waters before her. She hesitated, as her eyes gazed up at Cloud. He stared back at her, one hand grasped tightly against her wrist.
"Just follow me, this is the only way out," he uttered, his eyes deep with tension.
Aeris quickly pulled away, staring up at him, "What do you mean this is the only way? We don't have to swim across. We could always wait and take a boat..."
Cloud bit his bottom lip, as he gazed around the empty field. "That's not gonna happen," he answered, his eyes staring around, "I never said we were swimming across."
"Under?" Aeris questioned, startled. She hated water, her eyes quickly fixed onto the dark gloomy lake. What was he thinking? Everything hadn't at all made any sense to her.
Cloud turned to her, "You'll understand once we're there....trust me." His hand slowly reached out to her, waiting, patiently. Aeris took in a deep breath, as she felt her heart skip a beat.
"You don't understand...," she began, "ever since I was little, I never...."
"Just trust me," Cloud interrupted, suggesting her to follow, "I wouldn't let anything happen to you..." The young woman hesitated, as she reached for his hand and followed his lead.
"Hang on to me and close your eyes," he replied, calming her, "once we're in the water, count my heartbeats....when you get to a hundred, you can open your eyes....and by then, we'll be out..."
"But how will I---," Aeris began, nervously, clutching tightly to his hand.
"Don't worry...," Cloud replied, simply. She paused, then nodded her head, walking in front of him. Her tiny arms finding way around his neck, as she held tightly onto him, burying her head deeply into his broad chest.
"You ready?" Cloud questioned, his voice sounding so distant. Aeris nodded her head, along with a soft whimper, as she felt the cold, damply fluid coming up her legs, and covered her entire body.
"You okay?" Cloud asked, as he kneeled beside the young woman. Her long locks tangled, and knotted together, dripping wet from head to toe. Aeris' eyes slowly fixed upon him, as she felt herself breathing heavily, even worse than before. She stared down at herself, as she quickly removed her red jacket and tossed it onto the damp ground. Revealing a white taut tank-top. Her slender fingers pressed against her face, as she ran them through her hair, soon after.
She slowly turned to him, her emerald eyes filled with something he couldn't quite make out. "I felt like I died before, someone placing me in such cold water...in an abandoned lake. I couldn't even move...not even an inch, like sailing down. Couldn't breathe..but I heard noises. Sounds of some sort. And this time, I listened for your heartbeat...."
Cloud stared at the young woman for what had seemed entirely long, savoring every single word she had uttered to him. They sounded so familiar.
"This isn't where you belong," he mentioned, his eyes not once blinking. She questioned him, a bit concerned and dazed of his actual words. "That wasn't where I belonged...someone came to me in that room, telling me that. She reminded me of you. Talkin' bout a time World. Where two places meet. A crossover...that was where I was. It's between past and present, Aeris. You were my past..."
She hesitated, gaping at the young man, water dripping from his hair, "...." She shook her head, "I don't understand..." He let out a soft laughter, hiding his frightfulness. He had to mention, he couldn't quite make out the words he had just said right then and there, either.
"You'll see," he uttered, standing up, as his hand reached down to her. Aeris took it willingly, as she grabbed for her jacket, and followed him. His words seemed to echo silently in her head. What was Cloud talking about? Had the water got the best of him? She didn't understand, that was the only thing she knew and realized well enough. But certain intuitions seem so unbearable.
NOTE NOTE:: OOOO...strange! LOLZim jus playin...I was actually talkin bout mah stori...but yea...review please? Im kinda hea wit WRITERS BLOCK...so lost.. Suggestions please??? should i continue and how?
