HAVE YOU GUYS been watching the new private show? I HAVEN'T .
stupid out of the states policy. its cool though (: I guess i could wait...
but for nowwwww, heres my continuation of what I envisioned Suspicion to be.
Disclaimer : props to KB.
As I sat in the sand, I couldn't help but think back to that one specific day. The day I had mistaken Sawyer for being 'Upton, the single most hottest male specimen ever to walk the earth'.
"Wait. Is that Upton?" I had said while examining the rest of Sawyer leaning against the railing in his black shirt and battered jeans.
All four of them had stopped, and then laughed.
"No, no, no, no. That is not Upton. That is Sawyer Hathaway" Paige had said with defiance.
"So very not Upton," Noelle had added.
I remembered that. Remembered them laughing at the thought of me mistaking Sawyer for Upton. Boy how I was wrong. Sawyer was definitely not Upton.
He was different. And I liked that about him.
Not too long after he had saved me from drowning in the middle of the ocean, he had brought me back to the boat where Noelle was ordering everyone to back off to let Sawyer perform CPR on me. Apparently Upton and Poppy were still M.I.A during the whole thing, but what did I know? I was half unconscious.
After I was taken back to Noelle's house to be cleaned and warmed up, because I was shivering so much that my teeth were chattering, I had not left the house for 3 days. Except for today. But everybody thought I was still tucked in bed, with the exception of one person.
"So, you go here a lot?" I decided to ask.
"Uh, yeah." He replied walking towards me wearing a white shirt and plaid shorts, looking a bit awkward from the question, "It's not that far from our island. And not a lot of people know about it, so yeah…"
"Yeah, that's true, it took me so long just to track this place down. There were so many turns in your directions" I joked but decided to let it go seeing that he was feeling uncomfortable for some reason.
I was sitting in the sand with my legs bent up and my arms crossed over to make a bridge over my two knees, as I looked out into the ocean. The ocean I would have died in if it weren't for--
"So you really don't know who pushed me off ? You didn't see anyone around?" I asked more out of frustration than to get an actual answer out of him. I already knew the answer because he'd told me every single time I'd asked since I had arrived.
"No." He sat down beside me in the sand, mimicking my sitting position except he made a loose circle with his arms around his knees. "If I knew, I would have told you the moment you asked. Really."
I sighed. I had been thinking about this constantly since three days ago. I knew my killer wouldn't be that easy to track down. It could have been anyone, just look at my past attempted killers. First, Ariana the quiet 'innocent' one and then Sabine, her conniving, befriending, bitch of a sister…
For all I knew I could have been sitting right beside my killer.
But as I turned to look at Sawyer, his brooding face and his distant look, I just got that feeling from him that he would never try to hurt anybody. Especially because of the way he's been mourning over the loss of his sister.
"How.. How did you find me anyways?" I decided to finally ask.
"I'm not the one who pushed you if that's what you're thinking," He turned away from whatever he was watching in the distance, to look at me with total seriousness.
"But, if you really have to know… I.. I just came out to look for you," He paused looking at the ground for a brief second, "to thank you for helping me win, you know in blackjack."
"And then I saw you weren't there, but your dress was floating…So I did what I could."
Oh. Yeah. I had helped him win, but only through encouragement. I probably shouldn't have used up all that luck in one night though, seeing as what happened only a few moments later, but now wasn't the time to relay over everything that happened.
"Do you know if Upton tried visiting me while I was --"
"No." He replied so quickly, I was so taken aback by it.
He saw the confused look on my face, and decided to say "Well, we haven't seen him or Poppy since we got off the boat. So I doubt he tried visiting you" he said, his jaw clenching slightly, or was that me? As he started drawing circles in the sand with his index finger.
I was kind of hurt by how harsh he sounded towards Upton, even if what he was saying was true, though not only today but on Christmas when Upton had tried to greet Sawyer, he was so quick to shrug his hand off of him and ran as quickly as he could out of his presence.
At the time, we both thought it was because he was having a hard time coping with spending the first Christmas without his sister, but now I was really starting to think he didn't like the guy at all.
So many questions I wanted to ask but none of them seemed like I would be able to get an answer out of him. Like, how did his sister die? where did he think Upton and Poppy had actually went? What did he have against Upton? …The questions went on and on…
The sun was now burning hot on my bare skin, since it was already mid-morning when I had called Sawyer and told him to help me sneak out because I needed some 'answers'. I had shed my nightgown, only wearing my bathing suit so that if I were caught I could just say that I was laying out on the beach…all the way out here.
Though Sawyer didn't tend to look in my direction very long, I had briefly caught him a few times accidentally glancing over my lower chest area, but never to be rude, it was probably really distracting to be this close to a girl. Especially since they've told me how he's probably never even kissed a girl, so how much harder would it be having to sit beside a half naked one? I suddenly remembered something.
"So was I like, your first kiss?" I decided to say to break the air.
He stopped his finger in the sand mid-sentence, his ears and cheeks turning red all over again. He looked up at me with wide eyes, I couldn't help but chuckle at the horrification written all over his face.
"Wh-what?"
"You know, like mouth to mouth, full on…" I joked.
"N-no, I wasn't trying to kiss--" He tried explaining.
"Ha ha, Sawyer I'm just kidding. I know you were just doing CPR," I said trying to relieve him from embarrassment. Wow, this kid needed to breathe.
"But, I just wanted to say thanks for everything. No really, first you saved my life, then you came out all the way here really early just so you could answer some questions, you probably just revealed to me this really good hiding spot that you weren't planning on sharing with anyone and I don't know how I could ever repay you…"
My voice trailed off because in that moment, he looked at me full on in the eyes, as if he were finally ready to say something. His mouth rested slightly open, but after a brief few seconds he closed his mouth deciding against it and just nodded his head.
I really wanted to know what went on in his head sometimes. He was too conserved. He needed to say what was on his mind, or just enjoy life, because coming from someone who had almost died three times, time was very limited.
That's when I realized, maybe he just needed a friend. Someone who he could talk to. Maybe that's what his sister did for him, so I was going to make it my duty to help him open up…
"Hey, maybe we could--" I got cut off by the ringing of a cell phone. It was coming from the pocket of my nightgown. I took one look at the cell phone then back at Sawyer, letting out a grunt of annoyance as I jumped to my feet to answer a, most likely, angry Noelle.
I pressed answer.
"Reed?" Noelle's voice boomed on the other line, "What the hell do you think you're doing? If you're gonna sneak out at least tell me so that I could cover your ass. They've been thinking you were like, kidnapped or something, all morning." She said, sounding like it was foolish of them to even come to conclusions like kidnapping.
"Oh by the way, Upton and Poppy came back too" She added the last part sounding nonchalant about it but you could just hear the curiosity ready to burst out of her.
"Yeah, sorry about that." I decided to say. " I just decided to…lay on the beach for a bit. You know, get some fresh air after three days?" I tried using the lie but knew it was useless. Because come on, this was Noelle we were talking about.
"Whatever Reed," She said as if she were laughing at the fact that I had tried to get through her with a lie, "just get your ass over here as soon as possible…Okay?"
And hung up.
That was weird. She almost sounded as if she was worried? Maybe she really did think of me as a little sister. And that after everything that happened she was starting to see the seriousness of the situation.
Oh well, I'd have to deal with that later but for now I had to go face a mob of worried people and the return of two people I was so not looking forward to seeing.
I don't have much to say this time except, I HAD THIS CHAPTER READY SO YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY IT CAME QUICK. (: this is fast in technofever time hahah
