She stayed limp on the stoned shore unconscious. as the bright sunlight falling over her evaporated the water she was drenched in, bit by bit.
he laid beside her. taking in huge gulps of air as he was exhausted from swimming back to the shore.
he looked beside him to find her still unconscious. a strange fear started to grow in his heart. questions like what if she died started to pollute his mind. he got up from his lying position as his body protested in pain.
he brought his finger near her nose to check if she was still breathing. weak puffs of air hit his finger.
he held her shoulders from both sides trying to shake her. her head bobbed back and forth as he shook her. but it was of no use she still stayed in slumber
he tried slapping her "helloo"
"wake up" he said in between slaps.
but she remained unconscious.
he regretted not listening to his medical training CPR classes.
he pulled up his now almost dry sleeves till the elbows. the water beads on his forearm glistened due to the sunlight falling over him. he joined both hands bringing it closed to her chest and then pushing it hard. his veins n his forearm became prominent as he did the process. after a few tries there was no use. he brought his ear closer to where her heart was. he could hear faint beating of her heart against her chest. a small wave of relief washed over him. confirming she wasn't dead yet. he tried again and again.
all of a sudden she sat up straight. surprising him as he retracted his hands away.She coughed out water, burning her throat as she gained consciousness. the intense sunlight almost blinded her she blinked to get the view into her vision.
"are you okay" someone spoke beside her she turned around, looking at the guy in wet clothes and messy wet hair looked at her with concern. her brain processed who he was and it finally hit her like a bomb as images before she almost died flashed in her mind.
"you" she whispered shouted "you almost killed me"
(Sarah's p.o.v)
"I almost died saving you" he scoffed receiving an eye roll from me.
"what were you thinking why were you on that cliff...."
i opened my mouth to reply when i was cut off.
"..do you really hate your life that much. that you wanted to kill yourself.
That scene came back to my mind and I was reminded of my first night there was something similar about the both incidents that I just couldn't point my finger at. it was like it was their and it was not. when it finally clicked in my mind and I figured it out.
"it was that gunman from my roof who came in front of my car" I mumbled
"huh!!you had seen him" he seemed surprised. more like shocked.
"I did" I nodded "do you know why was he there that day. why did he want to kill me or you whoever. in fact why were you there that day. it was you wasn't it"
"we will think about that later I think we should first get out of here" he suggested trying to change the topic.
I reluctantly nodded not having enough strength to argue back. it was like the sea had sucked up all ounce of energy in me.
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We were in his car. as the heater in the car warmed us. he was driving staring ahead at the empty roads and I was still lost in my thoughts staring outside at the blurring world.
"what is your name" he asked suddenly
"hmm.. uh Sarah connor" I came back to reality at his sudden question. "whats yours"
"Alex rover" he replied shortly.
"Alex rover" I gasped "the rude heartless arrogant heir of howard corps, one of the biggest business group in Canada owning humongous expensive malls that also somehow bought our boss's business. leaving people like us jobless i guess that is why they call you heartless. you are mean " I blurted. I wish I had kept my mouth shut was he really Alex rover that everyone talked about so much.I secretly glanced at him.
"wow! you seem to know a lot about me" he was amused
"entire world knows"
We came in front of a tall glass covered building. it reflected the buildings and sky built in front of it. i looked at it with awe. there was something about buildings that always attracted me
"this is one of our main buildings the lower part is the mall and the upper part is where our office are" he spoke
i was pretty amused seeing this .I strolled in behind him. Why were we here I thought to myself . we went inside the glass elevator as i admired the wonderful interior he pressed the button to the 3rd floor there was food court written beside it.
'oh, finally, i felt really hungry' as my stomach growled in agreement.
as the elevator finally dinged open. we found ourselves standing in front of rows and rows of chairs and tables. while food brand stalls lined along the corners. There weren't many people around it was mostly empty, few people at the corners were scattered around. we took an empty table at one of the corners and sat there in silence. I have never been good at socializing. it always found it too tiring.
"I'll get us some coffee" he offered finally breaking the silence I just nodded.
Everything dawned onto me just that moment; I had lost everything I came to Canada for, I was stuck in this unknown country and guess what no one even knew me here except of course that gunman ( who god knows why was trying to kill me) and Alex rover (who I bet wouldn't even care about my existence after today). Tears rolled down my cheek and unfortunately I was unable to stop them or control them, I heard footsteps approaching and cleared my eyes with my hands but I knew my tomato red nose was enough to blow off my cover. I took a deep breath and tried to hold myself I seriously needed my pillow right now to cry into.
He came to his seat in front of me and placed the coffee in front of me the steam rose from the coffee and it's aroma refreshed me. I held it with both my hands and it was really good, nothing like i had tasted ever before.
"Why are you crying" he suddenly asked out of nowhere.
"umm i am not crying"
"then why do you have a cherry tomato on your face"
"oh that" I hid my nose with my hands.
"What were you doing in a middle of nowhere you definitely didn't go there to explore"
Tears started to trickle down across my face again, and he just stared at me.
"I am not from Canada" I started "I came here for a job its been more than a month now"
"So how did you ended up in middle of nowhere" he spoke with impatience
"The company closed down today they were paying me half salary I got angry and threw the salary at the boss and left that building driving to the end of nowhere when that stupid gunman appeared out of nowhere" I said cutting the long story short; circling the edge of the cup with my finger.
"so basically you were driving into nowhere because you got mad at getting a half salary"
"no idiot i was angry because i lost my job as well do you even know what that means for me it means that my.... wait why am i even explaining this to you; you wouldn't even understand this after all you are living a prince's life"I scoffed
"well i can offer you a job my PA just left and until i find someone you can fill the spot and look for a job and if you do a good job i might just give you a permanent spot and I will pay you full salary"either he didn't hear what I said or either he chose to ignore it
"what" i asked amused my brows shot up
"don't make me repeat myself" he simply shrugged
of course he could give me a job after all he was a "prince" i just lost a job and got one wow heavens might be on my side.
"OK so what about my car now that has probably hit the surface of the ocean by now"
"you can always use the company's car" he simply shrugged
"huh" I looked up at him in confusion now he was literally surprising me,suddenly his phone started to ring and we both looked at it.
"I have to go we will talk about this tomorrow at my office goodbye until then" and he rushed out of there leaving me dumbfounded.