I pushed and struggled under his burnt arms. I could feel the air being squeezed from me slowly and I clawed at his arm frantically.
“How are you alive?” I said as I gasped for air before my lungs burst.
“Well let’s just say, people have imaginations.” His croaky dead voice suffocated my mind and blackness swirled around me. I could feel his hold becoming stronger and he edged me towards the deep end of the pool. Moving my legs as hard as I could I dug my feet into the patio and tried to push away from the edge.
“Step closer…” A voice spoke into my head.
“No no Chris I can’t swim.” I said desperately. He turned me around and I came face to face with the burned body I last saw in a fire. His eyes shot out at me compared to the scarred and charcoal skin. But they were bright yellow. I saw the fire blazing in them and tried to move from his tightening hold on my wrists. My sling had been throw off by him when he grabbed me and my broken arm was screaming for help.
“I don’t care if you can’t swim because I can’t love you.” He let me go slightly before catching me again and I screamed from been dangled above the water.
“Chris” I said his name nervously and his hold tightened on me.
“Let’s see. You and Harry just had sex. Pretty awful sex though, I would’ve done it much better.”
“You- you are sick.” I said quickly, my heart was beating rapidly. If Chris let go of me I would fall into the water and end up drowning.
“Am I? Or are you suicidal?” He smirked at me and he pulled me up to him, wrapping his arm around my back and his other moved the hair from my face. “Harry does this doesn’t he? Takes that one strand of hair…and tucks it behind your ear.”
“Almost there…step closer.” I squeezed my eyes shut trying to block out the imaginary voice.
I tried to move away from him but he pulled me hard against him.
“It’s funny how you tried to kill yourself in a bath and now you have a whole swimming pool to do that. Poor little Samantha. It will break Harry’s heart knowing he was around a minute away from you when you died. Sleeping in that bed, thinking you were right there next to him. It’s okay though you will be in the ground next to his parent’s soon.” He laughed and I felt my body moving backwards, closing to the deep blue surface.
“Harry!” I screamed for him but Chris’s burnt hand found it’s way into my hair and he pulled hard. A small whimper of pain was released and I stumbled back even more.
“You don’t want to live. You want to die. Step closer.” I shook my head and bit hard on my lip tasting a small drop of salty blood on the tip of my tongue.
Chris’s arms wrapped around me and I saw him smiling. His lips came down onto mine and I screamed loudly. His burnt lips were forced against my mouth and struggled underneath to pull free.
Finally he gave up with me struggling and started laughing.
His hands were now on my hips and we were on the very edge of the pool. My feet only half on the ground, half hanging off above the water. I could feel my heart beating faster, and my mind becoming cloudy and dizzy. The voice in my head was trying to break through to get me to do something. Make me say something.
“Night Night Samantha Noles. No one loves you and I’m not real. Sweet dreams.” Chris pushed me backwards and I stumbled into the pool.
“And jump…”
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My back hit the surface and I heard a noise signalling the crack of the water spreading apart to let me sink down. I quickly fell to the bottom and tried to kick my legs up but they were completely dead and numb from the freezing temperature of the ice cold water. Opening my mouth for air I automatically choked back on more water and started to gag. My long blonde hair started to float around me, small bubbles hooking onto each strand. It was serene. My hair enclosed me and floated in front of my widening eyes. The chlorine started to sink into them and I could feel it burning. But it felt calming to now soon this would all be over.
My heart started to slow in my chest and I moved my arms frantically trying to grab something, anything. I was floating around like a doll. Every nerve became loose and I could no longer function. My mouth opened again for air but I couldn’t find it. Desperately I kicked my legs harder and harder but realised it wasn’t doing anything but creating bubbles all around me. A cooling sensation tickled my fingers making me remember back to tracing the warm skin of Harry’s torso before he kissed me.
Blackness swirled as my heart shrank in my chest even more and a shadow fell over me. I was dying.
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Donny’s POV
Finally Tanya had fallen asleep. After constantly going on about how sick she felt. We ended up not getting any food at the restaurant because everything made her feel dizzy. It took a few hours for her to fall asleep. Harry and Sammi were already sleeping together and I had to sit stroking her hair carefully making sure she wasn’t going to be sick. Luckily she wasn’t and finally dozed off.
I made my way downstairs and into the kitchen, grabbing a glass and filling with ice cold water. I started to to drink it’s cooling sensation when I hear footsteps running down the stairs. Harry appeared in the door way pulling a shirt on over his head. He was wearing grey joggers and looked at me nervously.
“What’s up?” I said to him, but his eyes showed horror.
“I can’t find Sam-“ He was cut off by a loud scream and a splash of water onto the patio outside.
Sam. If anything happened to her I would never forgive who did it. But thinking back to the things I was forced to do made me feel sick. No wonder Harry hated me.
We quickly ran to the back door and threw it open. The pool area was completely deserted apart from a white piece of cloth dropped on the floor and ripples slashing in the water.
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Harry’s POV
Before I even had time to think I pulled my top off and dived into the huge pool. My brown curls fell in front of my eyes and I swam to the bottom of the darkness. I saw her pale skin against the deep blue hues from the water. Her hair fanning around her like she was an angel.
My arm frantically wrapped around her waist and I tried to pull her to the surface but the coldness of the water was making my muscles numb. I strained as hard as I could and pulled her to me, her whole body fell wherever the water moved her. She was completely lifeless. Her lips were purple and her lashes were coated with small bubbles. If anything she looked like a body slowly turning into a corpse. Yet somehow she still looked beautifully calm.
Finally I reached the surface and I found myself taking a huge breath of air, I shook my head and my soaking curls fell back into position. I lifted her up even higher out of the water and Donny was at the edge of the pool helping me to lift her water soaked body out.
I swung myself out and sat on the floor next to her. My arms pulled her to me and her back rested against my chest. Her head fell back onto my shoulder and started to cough and splutter water as tears cascaded down her freezing cheeks.
A sob escaped her trembling lips and she started to gag even harder for air.
“I think she tried to kill herself…” Donny said, his voice shaking slightly. How could this happen? Why would she try and do this? If she was upset she should have told me. This is all my fault.
A cry fell from her lips and I quickly kissed her cheek as she shook.
“Shhh Sam, it’s okay you are safe now. You aren’t in the water.” I tried to soothe her but she kept screaming and crying out from being so confused and scared. Her whole body was shaking and Donny ran to get some towels.
I felt her spasm under my hold and I quickly brushed the hair from her face and held her tightly to me as she moved suddenly now and again. Donny was back and wrapped towel’s around her as fast as he could.
“She needs to get that t shirt off now.” He said and slowly I pried the wet top from her cold skin. I heard her cry out again nervously and started to scream.
“Chris. Chris he’s here. He’s alive. Stop stop stop.”
“Sammi Chris is dead. He’s not here.” Donny said, when I met his gaze he looked terrified and I felt my heart thud against my chest heavily.
“No no Chris threw me in the water. Chris wants me dead dead. Dead. You have to-“ She coughed again harder this time as though she was about the throw up. When she did nothing but water came out and she started to cry even harder. “Chris-“ Her body gave another spasm and I tried to stand her up. Her knees were knocking against each other hard from the cold of the water. She fell slightly and my arms went under her legs, hauling her up into my body.
“Get her inside now.”
Nodding I quickly ran to the back door and Tanya stood there in her pyjamas.
“What’s going on?” Her mouth fell when she saw Sam’s soaking, shivering body and she quickly urged me to follow her. We made our way to the far end of the house. Sam’s sobs escaping now and again, screaming for Chris to leave her alone.
We came into a darkened room and Tanya hastily turned the dim lights on, she then knelt down in front of a fireplace and started trying to heat the logs as quick as possible. Sam let out another cough and her body shook frantically.
I sat on the sofa, still holding her body to me and grabbed the blanket there. Wrapping it around her small body as quick as I could.
“Harry-“ Her eyes opened and they were blood shot from the chlorine. My arms tightened around her and I ran my hand everywhere over trying to warm her up as much as possible.
“Do you think she tried to kill herself?” Tanya turned to look at me but my eyes never left Sam’s. She was like a baby on my lap, crying for help. Crying for me. Her brown eyes now empty as though nothing could comfort her. But I had to try.
“I-I don’t know…” I shook my head and squeezed me eyes shut tightly to stop the tears forming. I pushed my palm to my eyes and saw Tanya watching me.
“I’ve never seen you cry before.” She sat down the other side of Sam who still clung to me shaking rapidly. Her hand went to Sam’s back as she started to try and warm her up too.
Slowly I watched her eye lids flutter closed and her heavy head fell into the crook of my neck.
“She’s so beautiful. I’ve never been jealous of someone before, but the first time I saw her. I automatically wanted to look like her.” My heart dropped from Tanya’s words and Sam’s breathing also calmed.
Donny ran in through the door and his eyes fell upon Sam’s shivering sleeping state. He shook his head almost trying to deny what had just happened.
“No one is outside. No one. Chris is dead. He died ages ago. Sam tried to drown herself.”
“No. She wouldn’t.” I clung to her more as I said these words and pressed my forehead down against hers. Her eye lashes were fluttering and her chest rose up and down steadily.
“Donny we should leave Harry to be with her.” Tanya stood up and took Donny’s hand pulling him out of the room.
As soon as they were gone I could feel the tears pricking the corners of my eyes whilst I watched the girl I love find her breath again after almost dying. Sam wouldn’t try to kill herself. But Chris was dead…maybe she imagined him…
“You cry a lot for a guy…” Her small voice barely spoke and I quickly looked to her. Her eyes were open and she was smiling at me. Before I knew what I was doing my lips crashed against hers and she pushed hers back against mine. My hand ran into her hair and I softly caressed her aching head.
“You scare me a lot for a girl…” I smiled when she did again and her lips were on mine. The thought of never being able to feel her like this again scared me to death. The thought of her body turning cold from her heart no longer beating, the thought of her deep brown eyes fading and turning wispy scared me. My weakness scared me.
A few tears dropped onto her nose and she let a few go from her eyes too.
“I didn’t try and kill myself Harry…” I ran my hand down her cheek slowly and brushed the hair form her view. Her skin had started to regain its colour from the warmth the fire was emitting.
“I know beautiful.”
“Chris was there, I swear on my life.” She cried frantically and I kissed her softly.
“Don’t swear on your life…this is the second time I almost found you dead.” Carefully I picked her up and walked her back to her bedroom. Tanya and Donny were discussing nervously in front of the stairs.
“She needs hel-Oh hey Harry everything okay?” I glanced from Tanya to Donny and walked around them up the stairs.
“Yup we are just going to bed again.” I carried on walking with her body my arms. She was trailing kisses along my jaw making me smile from the touch. But my mind couldn’t stop thinking about Tanya suggesting help for Sam. But I was here. I was going to help her. Chris was haunting her mind and I had to help her forget it.
We came into the room and I laid her down onto the messy sheets from when I had thrown them off realising she wasn’t here. When I moved the blankets from her I realised she was completely naked other than her panties, however they were completely soaked.
She sat up slowly and tried to take them off but I moved in front of her, helping. She let me guide her shaky hands to them and I carefully pulled them down her still cold legs. I moved into the bathroom and put them into the wash basket before rummaging for some more of her underwear.
When I turned around she was sat with her knees into her chest, her head was against them and her hair was falling all around her. I pulled off my joggers and boxers and pulled a new pair on before making my way over to her. I sat down next to her and brushed the hair from her shoulder. Leaning down I kissed it lightly and she looked at my through her falling hair. Her cheeks were blushing and her eyes were widening.
“I’m naked again.” I laughed at her comment and took her legs in my hands. She lay down on the bed and I kissed up her legs as I pulled her underwear up them. “Can…can I have your ramones shirt?” She looked down at me and I helped her to sit up again. Climbing off of the bed I rummaged into the boxes and pulled out my creased shirt.
Gently I pulled it over her head and fitted her arms through it. It looked like a blanket on her but she smiled from my gesture. Her sling was still outside but I didn’t dare leave her alone.
“Still smells nice.” She said quietly and I felt my fingers brushing the fallen strands of hair from her face.
“Will you promise to stay with me now?”
I watched her nod slowly and I kissed her forehead gently before wrapping my arms around her into a hug.
“You scared me so much Sam.” Her head fell onto my chest and I stroked her hair gently, trying to get rid of all the hurt she had ever had.
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Samantha’s POV
We sat next to each other on the bed and my hands took his and played with his fingers.
“How did you get your hands this big?” I said still surprised by the length of his fingers and the size of his palms. He laughed and I smiled because I was making him happy again. I didn’t want him to worry about the fact I almost drowned. I wanted him to feel good.
“They aren’t even that big.” His velvety voice spoke as we sat still in darkness. The only light was the moon coming through the glass doors leading onto the balcony.
“Not that big?! Look at them.” I put my small hand against his and he kissed my forehead softly. His fingers entwined with mine and I felt his other run through my knotty hair.
“My hair is so gross, I need to brush it.”
“You need to shower.”
“No. No water.”
“Okay okay, no shower.” His arms wrapped around me and I could feel his body warmth soothing my aching body. My breathing calmed and I closed my eyes as I leaned against his torso.
Harry left me and then I felt him once more behind me a few moments later. He carefully took my hair and started to run a brush through the knots and wisps. I could feel myself blushing uncontrollably and he kissed my neck softly as he brushed. My hair slowly became more tame and I felt myself nodding off from tiredness again. Harry’s sweet voice sang to me as I fell back against him, and my eye lids fluttered shut.
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I woke up alone in the big white bed the next morning. The sheets were hanging off of the edge and I was sprawled out on the mattress like a star fish. I could hear the shower running in the bathroom and Harry’s low velvet voice singing under the falling water. I felt myself smiling and I sat up. Suddenly my arm sent a shot of pain to the rest of my body and I winced under my breath. My arm wasn’t slinged up and it was hurting from the lack of support.
My sling was by the swimming pool. But I didn’t want to go out there alone. Chris’s yellow flaming eyes kept crawling into my view. I shuddered and the bathroom door came open. Harry smiled when he saw me and his body was wet with water. His brown curls hung lower due to the shower and his skin looked even more dewy. A towel was slung low on his hips and he made his way over to me.
I leant up onto my knees and kissed him hard when his lips brushed against mine.
“Morning beautiful.” I bit his lip softly and he lowered me down into the bed as his hot mouth pressed against mine.
“Harry I need to…shower but I don’t want to-“
“Do you need some help showering?” He looked completely concerned and understood exactly why I didn’t want to be alone under water. I nodded and he lifted me up off of the bed. “You need a towel, I’ll go get you one from the other bathroom wait here.”
“No Harry it’s okay I’ll go get it.” I smiled and he kissed my forehead and then my nose lightly.
“Down the hall third door on the right.” He said before I grabbed my pyjama shorts and pulled them on. I made my way down the hall and came to a door. It was slightly ajar and I could her someone crying inside.
Carefully I pushed it open and Tanya’s frail body was hunched over the toilet.
“Tanya!” I quickly knelt next to her and move her brown ringlets from her face. She looked at me quickly before throwing up into the toilet.
“Do you want me to get Donny? Are you ill?” I spoke this words more quickly than I imagined and she moved back and sat against the bath, tears spilling down her cheeks.
“Sam, can I tell you something? You promise not to tell anyone? Not even Harry.”
I nodded and could fell my heart thudding against my chest.
“I think I’m pregnant with Donny’s baby.”
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Notes

Thanks for reading. This chapter sucked :(

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