Thank you so much, Fia and ObsessedTWfan! You guys encouraged me to go with this story. :) So here's the next part. Enjoy.
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Together We Can
a Greg & Sara story
Part Two
Panicking, Sara grabbed the gutter with her other hand too. She swung back and forth, kicking out her legs.
Desperately she tried to find any support, anything to put her feet upon, but her shoe soles just scratched over the bricken wall of the house.
"Greeeeg!" she screamed.
Sara looked up and saw Greg's widened eyes staring down at her. He clearly was in shock.
"Greg, come on! Are you gonna let me hang here!"
Sara's shouts made that Greg quickly climbed onto the window sill himself. He stepped onto the gutter, just like Sara had done earlier, looking more scared than ever.
But despite that, he held onto the window frame with one hand and reached out the other one for Sara to take.
"Try taking my hand, Sara!"
Sara took a deep breath and let go of the gutter with one hand, reaching it out.
Their fingers touched each other, but slipped away immediately.
Sara closed her eyes for a second. Her arms started hurting. She couldn't hold this much longer.
Then she tried it again and this time she felt his fingers tightening around hers.
Sara's weight almost dragged Greg down too, but he managed to remain standing.
"Now try pulling yourself up!" Greg shouted.
Sara attempted to do what he said, but her arms simply couldn't do it.
"Aaah! I can't! It's too heavy!"
Cramp was slowly flooding from Sara's wrists up to both of her arms. She kicked out her legs in frustration, once again in a trial to find something to stand on.
But she failed, again.
"Greg... I really can't hold this anymore!"
"Sara, you have to!"
Greg's thoughts were working on high speed. Should he go and get help?
No, he couldn't let her hang there by herself. She'd definately fall and then...
He couldn't let that happen. He didn't let that happen.
"I will pull you up!"
"Nooo, don't. Just let me go, Greg! Before I drag us both down!"
"What the hell? I am not letting you go at all, Sara. Never."
Sara couldn't help but smiled. But then her face darkened again, feeling the pain in her arms.
"Try pulling yourself up, Sara!" Greg shouted again.
He used all of his strength trying to get her up, as Sara tried hard to do the same.
Just at the moment they almost succeeded, their hands slipped away of each other.
Sara screamed, quickly grabbed the gutter again, now with both hands.
There she was hanging on her own again. Cramp, cramp, cramp.
Sara felt how her arms were slowly giving up on holding onto the gutter. Her heart was bumping like crazy.
She couldn't hold this anymore. She couldn't...
"Sara, take my hand again! Come on!"
"I can't..." Sara's voice sounded weak.
Greg saw her hands slipping away slowly. Panicking, he grabbed one of her wrists.
"I will not let you fall."
A literal cliffhanger. ;) To be continued soon...