My Only Sunshine

Chapter 2

One word, ouch.

The moment I opened my eyes the first thing I noticed was the back of my head was throbbing, the second was that I wasn't alone.

"Are you alright?" He asked, his deep voice sending shivers down my spine.

The guy from the locker room was crouched down in front of me and looking down at me with intense eyes as he stared directly into mine, a stoic expression on his face.

I didn't know what to say, so I nodded my head and pushed my hands against the sand to sit up, my head painfully throbbing in the process.

"You shouldn't move, you hit your head pretty hard on that bottle." He man said, just as I felt his large hand touch my shoulder.

His touch felt electric, and hot, making me shift away from him as I stared at his hand as he moved it back, it was so foreign and weird, but I didn't hate it.

I was pretty sure I had a concussion, because there was no way I really got electrocuted by his touch.

"M-My friends-" I turned to look around to see that police had shown up and were questioning Auster and Aaron.

"They're fine." The man's voice came off as rough, as he stood up to his full height, making me look back at him.

I don't know why but suddenly I felt like I had just annoyed him, but I have no idea how.

I was starting to feel a bit better, so I got to my feet and held the back of my head with my hand, luckily, I wasn't bleeding, it just looks like I hit my head and passed out.

Cool, I passed out from a bottle, and not in a cool drunk way either.

"Thanks for um... looking after me." I say to him, smiling awkwardly, as his eyes never left mine.

I only now just noticed that he was shirtless and still in swim trunks, his hair was damp at the ends and his friends were waiting nearby where the cars were next to the beach.

It felt awkward being next to him, he was clearly out of my league, even if I was interested in his mysterious vibes he was giving off, there was no way he'd be interested in me, practically a kid compared to the women he was with.

"I should get back to my friends, and so should you." I say to him, bending down to pick up my shoes and my bag.

The moment I stood back up I felt dizzy, and two warm hands touch me, helping me stand up, suddenly his face is inches from mine as he stares into my eyes, I could feel my face suddenly get hot.

"Let me take you to the hospital, you might have a concussion."

Well... no shit, I wanted to say, but stopped myself as I bit the inside of my cheek.

"Thank you but-"

"Aelia?" A worried voice calls out as I turn around and see that it's Aaron, with Auster.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" He asked, putting his hand on my shoulder, as he shifted to look at the back of my head.

"Is she okay?" Auster asked the man, who I still didn't know the name of, or who he was.

"She needs to get checked out at a hospital." His deep voice says, not missing the way his eyes hardened at Aaron's hand on my shoulder.

"He offered to take me." I pitched in, cringing from the pain.

"What?" Auster frowned.

"Yeah, but I'm just going to catch a cab." I said before turning to the dark eyed man. "Thank you for the offer."