Wow, heaps of ppl have been begging me to post the next chapter asap so here it is! I hope that u like it…I had a bit of trouble wit this wasn't sure if I wrote it that well but yea. Anyway this is from Anna's point of view at the party and then it comes to Seth. Thanks again for the awesome reviews! U guys rok .
Chapter 6Anna stood alone on the dance floor.
Not exactly alone, as she was surrounded by sweaty, dancing teenagers she couldn't recognize.
But Anna still felt alone, deserted. As if there were no one else around her.
She scanned the crowd for anyone at all she would recognize, but no such luck.
There was only one person she was looking for, and that person hadn't arrived yet.
Anna wasn't really in the mood for dancing. She pushed past the sweaty dancing teenagers around her, and headed for the back verandah to get some air.
She gasped as she took in her surroundings. It was the most beautiful view she had ever seen. The summer air floated pleasantly around her, the smell of frangipanis and the sea, strong in scent.
She breathed in the air wholly, trying to capture the true essence of the moment, committing it to memory so she would never forget.
Anna drew her hands around her as the wind picked up, and stared, entranced, at the beach in front of her. She felt so insignificant compared to the ocean. She wished so much she could leave this stupid party and go sailing and be carried away with the ocean breeze. At that moment she was envious of the house, of whoever lived here. They could enjoy this, all of this, whenever they wanted.
Whoever lived there was defiantly loaded.
Anna laughed to herself. This party was a sure reminder she was back in Newport.
No one in Pittsburgh had private parties in mansions which included a free bar and dance floor as added extras. Oh and a view to die for.
She would have been surprised if Ryan and Seth even knew who was hosting the party. But she was pretty sure they didn't really care.
God, it was going to take her a while to get used to the Newport lifestyle again.
At that moment she remembered Seth and frowned. She really shouldn't have left him alone at a time like this. Especially for her selfish reasons. It didn't look like the person she was expecting was going to turn up anyway.
She bit her lip, hesitating. One last glance at the gorgeous ocean view and she was off. Off to find Seth.
But as soon as she turned she ran into someone.
"Oh sorry." She muttered, avoiding eye contact of whoever she had barged into.
"Anna." A familiar voice said, amused.
Anna looked up, shocked.
"About time. I didn't think you were coming." She said smirking cheekily.
She wrapped her arms around Luke as he kissed her on the cheek.
"God, you smell good."
Anna actually giggled like a flirtatious schoolgirl. God, she hated those girls. She used to make fun of them with Seth.
She playfully slapped his arm as he took her hand, leading her back outside.
"So, have you got your stuff here?" Luke asked eagerly.
"It's at Seth's house. I'll pick it up when Ryan gives me a lift home,"
There was a short pause before Anna whispered,
"We're really doing this aren't we." She grinned, as if she was hiding a secret she could no longer contain. She felt as if her insides would explode from happiness.
Luke smiled. That smile that drove Anna crazy.
"We're doing this." He nodded, obviously happy with himself.
Anna stared out at the ocean again, smiling to herself as Luke watched her.
He leaned in, tilting her head to face him and kissed her longingly, just as Ryan and Marissa swept through the door and onto the balcony.
For a moment Ryan and Marissa didn't say anything. Not a word. They stopped dead when they saw the spectacle in front of them. Ryan's hand fell beside him, dropping the phone that he had been holding.
The sudden sound of the phone hitting the marble floor, made Anna and Luke jump apart.
They spun around to face Marissa and Ryan, both with shocked expressions on their faces. Ryan was partly amused however.
After they had stared at each other for a moment in unbearable silence, Anna and Luke both beat red, Ryan remembered he had dropped his phone.
He bent down to pick it up, relieved it was still intact.
"Er…" Ryan began then stopped, not able to form any other word.
Still silence.
Marissa was the first to break it.
"Well Luke, you're back hey?" she said smirking.
Luke opened and closed his mouth like a goldfish, as capable of forming words as Ryan.
Then it hit Ryan. He had come to find Anna and tell her Seth had been in an accident. He shook his head, cursing himself for his stupidity and told Anna in a rush of words that didn't really make sense.
"I'm coming with you." Was the first thing Anna said.
Before Ryan could argue, the three of them turned to leave hastily, leaving Luke behind.
"Oh shit!" Ryan muttered, his head in his hands.
"Seth's got my car. How are we meant to get there?"
Marissa grabbed her keys out of her pocket.
"Come on, we'll take mine." She said taking the lead, not waiting for a response.
It had taken them longer to get there then Ryan had hoped. He was beginning to panic. Summer's voice was still clear in his mind. God, he was throwing up blood. Ryan began to blame himself. Why hadn't he just stayed with him? What kind of a brother was he? Seth had taken his car without Ryan even knowing. But in truth, it was very uncharacteristic of Seth to do that. He had to think when Summer answered the phone. It took a while to process. God, how could this happen.
There was a truck in front of them slowing them down.
"Come on!" Marissa yelled, hitting the steering wheel in frustration.
Ryan turned in his seat to look at Anna who was considerably pale in the face.
"Where were you when this happened?" Ryan spat.
Anna looked taken aback by Ryan's wrath.
"I…I went to find…."
"To find Luke?" Ryan finished for her, fuming.
"You know he wouldn't be in this mess if you just stayed with him!"
Anna changed from hurt to indignant.
"Umm if I'm not mistaken Ryan, you left first!"
Ryan opened his mouth to argue back but Marissa cut them off.
"Stop it! Look, there's someone in the middle of the road…. In front of the truck."
Then Ryan spotted his and Summer's car on the side of the road.
Marissa pulled over behind them and they all piled out of the car to see whoever it was in the middle of the road.
They watched in terror as the truck sped closer to the figure on the road. The figure didn't seem to be moving and the truck was not showing any sign of slowing down.
"Oh my god." Anna put her hand over her mouth as another figure ran across the road to push the other person out of the way.
"Oh my god it's them."
Marissa ran back to the car, Anna and Ryan on her heels and they all jumped back into the car and rounded the corner to where Summer and Seth lay.
They parked on the side of the road. Ryan ran out first. As he reached them he stopped breathing as he saw the sight that lay before him.
Summer's face stained with tears. Seth lying on the ground motionless, hair sticky with sweat and blood. His clothes were soaked and the ground around him was covered in what Ryan hoped was not blood. Seth looked so sick. His face was sunken and ghost like.
"Ryan! He's not breathing!" Summer screamed, her voice thick with fear.
Ryan felt as if he couldn't move. He barely noticed as two pairs of feet joined him and stopped dead at the scene in front of them.
It was with great difficulty that Ryan could use motion to move his legs to bend down to Seth.
Ryan didn't know CPR. He leant his head against Seth's chest and was reached with the same verdict as Summer's. He could defiantly hear no breathing. Maybe he wasn't doing it right? Summer and him weren't exactly experts on the matter where they? They had no idea.
Ryan tried his best to stay calm. He couldn't bear to look at Anna or Marissa. Seeing Summer was worse enough.
She held onto Seth's hand desperately. Marissa bent down and put her arm around her, holding her close. She couldn't speak.
Ryan looked away from the scene. He wouldn't let tears fall from his eyes. He was too stubborn for that.
Then, as if witnessing a miracle, Seth eyes fluttered open.
Summer screamed, causing Seth to groan.
She clapped a hand over her mouth, horrified that she had caused him pain.
"Wh-Where am I?" Seth croaked, his voice cracking and dry.
"Shh. It's ok, you're ok." Summer soothed.
Seth furrowed his brows, obviously confused as he saw Summer, tears running down her face and Anna, Ryan and Marissa all staring down at him, with worried expressions.
Seth curled his arms around him and shivered.
He turned on his side and had another coughing episode, more blood splaying on the ground.
Ryan, seeing it first hand, swallowed a huge lump in his throat.
His head pounded with a million thoughts.
Marissa and Anna watched on in distress.
"What are we going to do?" Summer said fervently.
After Seth had finished coughing he began to wake up to reality. He was scared. He had no idea what was happening to him. All he knew is he felt like shit. His whole insides burned and he felt like getting up and running and staying and sleeping all at the same time. He tried to pull himself up but found he was weak and slumped back to the ground, Ryan catching him on his way down.
"Seth, buddy, you're going to have to do me a favour,"
Seth groaned, wishing whoever was talking would stop. Every word drilled into his head. God it was so loud. And god it was getting hot.
"We're going to move you in the car. You just have to trust us ok?"
Marissa turned to Ryan.
"What? We can't move him. Look at him!"
"Well, what are we going to do? Leave him here! We have to get him to a hospital."
Seth was burning up now. He started to remove his t-shirt and found the action hurt his arms. They felt so heavy.
Then, everything slowed down. It wasn't trippy fast speed now. It was just slow.
Seth felt as if he was going to throw up again.
He felt nauseous. He needed to get out. He wanted off.
Summer grabbed Seth's phone out of her pocket.
She dialed 911.
After a few rings, someone picked up.
"Hello? My… My boyfriend…he's sick. Please, we need help. He's been drinking and someone spiked his drink or something."
There was a pause in which Ryan registered the fact that Summer had said "my boyfriend" but was shook out of his pointless thoughts when Summer yelled out to him.
"Where are we?"
In all the drama, Summer's mind had gone blank. She handed the phone to Ryan and he quickly told their location.
After he hung up, everyone was silent. That was until Seth started to moan again.
Summer turned away into Marissa's arms as Ryan held down Seth. He was shaking so bad now.
He held him until Seth's eyes went dark and he stopped shaking.
"No…not again." Ryan whispered.
Summer turned around just in time to see Seth pass out again.
His body was giving out on him.
Summer sobbed as the ambulance pulled up seven minutes later.