Alex POV

It had been twenty minutes since I had last seen Anna. The others and I were all standing on the water's edge searching the water for her.

"ANNA! ANNA!" yelled Zack frantically. "No, no, no, this can't be happening. Where the fuck is she?" he growled angrily at no one in particular. His hands tugged at his hair in exasperation, "Let's split up and search for her," Zack grabbed his surf board and started to paddle out in to the sea, looking for her.

My heart was pumping so fast it could rival a humming bird's wings. I followed Zack's example and dove into the sea, hoping to find the girl I loved more than anything in this world.

Behind me I could hear two more splashes, as Rian and Jack joined me in the water. Coming up for air Rian spoke to me.

"Matt and Vinny have gone to look for the lifeguard." I nodded, acknowledging the piece of information and carried on searching for Anna.

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I had lost track of time, yet now it didn't matter to me any more. Tears stung at my eyes and I stood in the water hoping that she would just magically appear and laugh as if it was all a joke. I knew it was not to be though.

" What the fuck happened?" screamed Zack in pure fury. He was the only one who could possibly understand how I felt right now.
" Where can she have gone? What could've happened?" he continued to scream, snapping a random twig in half in frustration.

" We don't know, calm down man." said Rian trying to calm Zack down before he did anything regrettable.

" Don't tell me to fucking calm down! Anna is out there somewhere," Zack shouted back and motioning to the ocean, "and I know she's in danger. I can feel it."

I blocked them out of my head and tried to process all that had happened. We were playing and messing around in the sea. We split up and I swam towards the shore, expecting Anna to meet me there. Each minute that passed and she didn't arrive, my heart cracked a little more. Eventually we all realized that something was wrong and met up on the sand. Anna was still missing.

The wind blew on me, making me shiver, a reminder of how alone I was without her in my arms.

My despair turned to outrage at how stupid I was to split up from her. I found my feet pacing me around, my destination unknown.

Matt and Vinny joined our group.

" We can't find the lifeguard anywhere," Matt panted as Vinny rested his hands on his knees catching his breath.

"I'm calling the police to file a missing person report," declared Zack walking back towards the house to find a phone.

I looked up and spied the lifeguard hut a few meters away.

"Did you try the lifeguard hut?" I asked pondering.

"No it was locked," replied Vinny.

"What? It was locked? What the fuck is up with this place? It doesn't even have a lifeguard," ranted Jack in anger. His anger was contagious as I felt the fire pulse through my veins. Against my will I started to pace towards the hut. My hands balled into fists. I reached the door and began pounding against it with my fists; taking out my anger. This was unusual because usually I was a non violent person.

"Alex! Stop!" warned Jack trying to stop me. This only drove me on. The door hinges started to creek and soon the door broke open. What I saw inside made me gasp.

Inside was Lisa making out with the lifeguard. She must have followed us here. I heard everyone gasp behind me. My disbelief turned to madness. I pulled the two apart and grabbed the lifeguard's arm and pulled him out on to the beach.

"Alex! What are you doing?" Lisa squealed.

Ignoring her I turned my attention to the lifeguard.

"Listen here, my girlfriend is out there somewhere and we can't find her. Do something!" I spat, pushing him in the direction of the water.

"As for you," I hissed turning to Lisa. "Why do you have to ruin everything? If it wasn't for you, that lifeguard would have been looking for Anna about an hour ago and maybe could have found her and saved her!"

At the end of my rant, I broke down and cried uncaring who saw. Jack pulled me into a hug and I sobbed into his shoulder. Pulling away from him I sank to my knees on the hot sand and screamed into the air.

"ANNA!"

Third Person POV

As Alex's shouts and yells filled the air, Anna's lungs filled with salty water.

Despair hung like a thick blanket on the beach, wrapping around everyone on it.

The lifeguard had spotted something a few miles out and had started up the engine of his motor boat to go and discover if it was indeed Anna he had spotted.

As he took off in the boat, Zack came out of the beach house running towards then.

"What happened?" he asked them, tear tracks down his cheeks.

No one dared to answer. Zack, Alex, Rian, Jack, Matt and Vinny all stood watching as the boat stopped and the lifeguard reached into the sea and pulled something out of the water.

Half strangled cries were emitted from Alex and Zack's throats. The boat came back and they all stumbled towards it, afraid of what they would find.

Alex POV

I inched closer to the boat, my stomach in a knot. I peered in and felt my stomach drop completely.

Inside the boat, Anna lay motionless. I gently picked her out of the boat and held her in my arms. I fell to my knees and I felt her limp body rest on me. Her pallid complexion caused more tears to fall.

Cradling her against my chest I stroked her wet hair. I heard ambulance sirens getting louder, but I ignored them.

"Oh no, Anna, Anna, oh please no," I begged, my fingers stroking her cheek.

"Anna please wake up, please, listen to me! I love you, come back to me. Please," I whispered to her, brokenly.

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