When I met you.. ||(completed)||

Chapter 43

"Remind me why you're here again" Ethan gritted out at Sean as we all walked the streets of Paris.

"Ethan, stop picking a fight. We're supposed to have fun in Paris not end up in the police station again" I said, rolling my eyes.

"So you already went to the police station" said Sean in defiance.

"Yeah, and so did your sister" replied Ethan smugly.

"Jane?! You never told me about this!" Sean yelled out in disbelief.

"Yes I went to the police station for committing murder and I'll do it again if you don't shut up and stop embarrassing me in the middle of the street with all your bickering" I threatened as quietly as I could to not draw more attention to ourselves.

They all quietly continued walking which was something I was grateful for, I admired the beauty of the streets of Paris which became one of my new favorite things to do.

"Why did you end up at the police station?" Sean asked, breaking the silence.

"Some guys broke into our house in the middle of the night and Ethan and I fought them away until the cops came" I replied.

Sean looked at Ethan who was smugly staring back at him, proud to be there to protect me and stay by my side.

"What does it feel like to get your ass saved by a girl who's two years younger than you" Sean mocked, raising his brow.

"What does it feel like when your own sister can't stand your sorry ass" Ethan replied, matching his mocking tone.

Ethan and Sean were about to say something when I cleared my throat and glared at them, successfully shutting them up.

I sighed in defeat and looked up at the beautiful blue sky, it's my favorite thing to do, the sky calms me down and makes me happy and at peace.

Suddenly, I felt my foot slip and the next thing I know, I drowned in water.

My vision became blurry and the light slowly faded away, my suppressed fears all came back and I felt my limbs freeze, my throat closed up and my heart was about to thunder out of my chest.

'No no no I can't drown again' I thought to myself but I couldn't do anything to stop it.

After the accident, I developed a huge fear of water and swimming. I didn't swim or get anywhere in water for years, even diving into a bath took me a lot of effort as a child.

My eyes started closing and my head started hurting more and more until I was enveloped in darkness.
Just as I was about to slip into unconsciousness I felt two strong arms wrap around me and I was pulled up to dry land.

I started furiously coughing and my body was shaking from both the cold and fear. I looked around the people around me but instead of my friends, I saw nothing but dark figures starting right back at me.

Before I could yell or ask for help I passed out.

"She has a phobia of swimming or getting into water after the accident, who knows what might happen to her!"

"Before she passed out she had an expression of fear and terror, obviously it wouldn't take rocket science for any of us to realize she's scared of water!!"

I heard Sean and Ethan fight beside me as I slowly started regaining consciousness but as soon as I remembered the fear I felt as I plunged into the water my whole body stiffened and my throat starting closing up again, I coughed, desperately trying to breathe.

"Are you okay?" Beth asked as soon as she heard me, rushing to my side.

"There there everything will be fine" she hugged me and rubbed my arm, trying to calm me down and strangely, it worked and my fear started to fade away into nothingness.

"Are you sure you're doing good? You don't need anything? Do you need a drink? A blanket? Something to eat?" Corey rushed, unsure what to do or say.

"No, I'm fine" I said but weirdly my voice was barely above a whisper, my throat hurt like I had been screaming for hours and even swallowing my own saliva hurt too much.

"Come on let's give her space" Brandon said.

"No! Please stay by my side" I almost yelled, regretting it immediately because of the pain in my throat caused by the sudden action.

They all looked at me but still stayed by my side, their presence alone made me feel safe and protected and my fears and problems seemed so trivial and insignificant.

I slowly started falling asleep and my whole body relaxed.

'It's gonna hurt when they leave me all alone...' I thought one last time before I fell into deep slumber.
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I don't know why it feels like I haven't updated this book in forever but I'm terribly sorry for the short chapter it was so hard to decide where to exactly end it and this seemed like the best point to cut it.
I'm really sorry, again, for the short chapter my book almost reached 1000 reads and I feel bad because I can't give you guys more updates or chapters because of school and family issues that I need to deal with.
I'll make sure to make something to celebrate this milestone so if any of you have suggestions please drop them in the comments.
Updates might be a bit slow cause of exams for the best two weeks, again, I'm really sorry and thank you for your support it means the world to me.

-Alexandra Banger