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probably would have lied to her in order to stay alive, though in that particular situation she wasn’t quite sure if it would have even helped. The woman seemed furious with Brynn and she was almost certain no matter what answer she gave, the whole thing s till wouldn’t end well for her.
But there was something the woman had said that still bothered Brynn. Not quite as much as her lungs were currently bothering her from her apparent lack of concern for their well-being, but it bothered her enough to make her continue ignoring her body to attend to the mental battle she was currently fighting. What had the woman said? Something that was ri ght on the tip of Brynn’s tongue.
Just as she was certain she couldn’t stand to be without air any longer, she felt something hook under her arms and drag her to the surface. She sputtered a bit as the cold air hit her skin and she greedily sucked in oxygen as if she had been just about to drown. A wave hit her in the face with such force that it brought her surroundings back i nto painfully dangerous detail.
What was wrong with her? She had been about to drown and didn’t even care. She was so wrapped up in solving the mystery of her dreams that she didn’t actually take time to make sure she’d be alive to see the problem through to the end once she did solve it.
The hands that had saved her and were currently dragging her out of the water and up onto the sand were apparently much more logical and concerned with the present than she had been only moments before. She could only imagine how crazy she must have seemed to this person. A girl by herself, running into the ocean like a mad woman then putting up no fight against the waves and just le tting herself be dragged under.
As her head hit the soft, dry sand right next to her discarded boots and jacket, Ty appeared in her line of vision, looking both worried and furious at the same time. The effect was actually quite terrifying. His sandy blonde hair stuck to his forehead in dark clumps and his brown eyes were narrowed as he watched Brynn carefully, looking for signs of any permanent damage.
“What were you thinking?” he asked in a voice much louder than necessary.
Being under the water for so long had only made Brynn’s headache worse and his shouting wasn’t helping at all.
“I just wanted somewhere t o think,” she answered shakily.
Ty saw her shiver and put her dry coat over her, but he wasn’t going to le t her off the hook that easily.
“So you decided the freezing cold, violent, deadly ocean would be a good place to do that?” he asked incredulously.
“Somehow it made more sense when I was doing it,” she said between hiccups from all of the water she had swallowed. “How did you come get me out? You never even set foot on the sand,” she added, knowing that Ty was so terrified of the ocean that the closest he’d ever gotten to it was the top of the sandy hill, and even then, he would look longingly back at the city.
“I wasn’t going to just let you drown,” he answered matter-of-factly.
Brynn noted guiltily that his lips were blue from the freezing water he had just braved to save his friend.
“But can you please not ever do that again? I don’t think I’m up to being brave more than once in my lifetime,” he said, finally calming down a bit as he let his head hit the sand next to hers.
“I won’t,” she assured him, and for a moment she meant it.
The water may have cleared her mind and made it easier to remember the things she’d heard in her dream, but almost drowning w asn’t quite worth the memories.
“Promise?” he asked, hooking her pinky with his and bringing his thumb to his lips.
“Promise,” she sai d as she kissed her own thumb.
She did feel a pang of guilt when she realized that this was a promise she may not keep, but tried to ignore the thought.
“What are you even doing down here?” she asked him, trying to take her mind off of the way her lungs had
But there was something the woman had said that still bothered Brynn. Not quite as much as her lungs were currently bothering her from her apparent lack of concern for their well-being, but it bothered her enough to make her continue ignoring her body to attend to the mental battle she was currently fighting. What had the woman said? Something that was ri ght on the tip of Brynn’s tongue.
Just as she was certain she couldn’t stand to be without air any longer, she felt something hook under her arms and drag her to the surface. She sputtered a bit as the cold air hit her skin and she greedily sucked in oxygen as if she had been just about to drown. A wave hit her in the face with such force that it brought her surroundings back i nto painfully dangerous detail.
What was wrong with her? She had been about to drown and didn’t even care. She was so wrapped up in solving the mystery of her dreams that she didn’t actually take time to make sure she’d be alive to see the problem through to the end once she did solve it.
The hands that had saved her and were currently dragging her out of the water and up onto the sand were apparently much more logical and concerned with the present than she had been only moments before. She could only imagine how crazy she must have seemed to this person. A girl by herself, running into the ocean like a mad woman then putting up no fight against the waves and just le tting herself be dragged under.
As her head hit the soft, dry sand right next to her discarded boots and jacket, Ty appeared in her line of vision, looking both worried and furious at the same time. The effect was actually quite terrifying. His sandy blonde hair stuck to his forehead in dark clumps and his brown eyes were narrowed as he watched Brynn carefully, looking for signs of any permanent damage.
“What were you thinking?” he asked in a voice much louder than necessary.
Being under the water for so long had only made Brynn’s headache worse and his shouting wasn’t helping at all.
“I just wanted somewhere t o think,” she answered shakily.
Ty saw her shiver and put her dry coat over her, but he wasn’t going to le t her off the hook that easily.
“So you decided the freezing cold, violent, deadly ocean would be a good place to do that?” he asked incredulously.
“Somehow it made more sense when I was doing it,” she said between hiccups from all of the water she had swallowed. “How did you come get me out? You never even set foot on the sand,” she added, knowing that Ty was so terrified of the ocean that the closest he’d ever gotten to it was the top of the sandy hill, and even then, he would look longingly back at the city.
“I wasn’t going to just let you drown,” he answered matter-of-factly.
Brynn noted guiltily that his lips were blue from the freezing water he had just braved to save his friend.
“But can you please not ever do that again? I don’t think I’m up to being brave more than once in my lifetime,” he said, finally calming down a bit as he let his head hit the sand next to hers.
“I won’t,” she assured him, and for a moment she meant it.
The water may have cleared her mind and made it easier to remember the things she’d heard in her dream, but almost drowning w asn’t quite worth the memories.
“Promise?” he asked, hooking her pinky with his and bringing his thumb to his lips.
“Promise,” she sai d as she kissed her own thumb.
She did feel a pang of guilt when she realized that this was a promise she may not keep, but tried to ignore the thought.
“What are you even doing down here?” she asked him, trying to take her mind off of the way her lungs had
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