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best to smile through the overwhelming panic of having no air. He was stunned for a second, which made it easier to push his arms away. I was showing him he needed to go, and it was too late for me.
    Instantly, he shook his head, understanding my gesture. However, he didn’t seem to fight it either.  Suddenly, he grabbed the back of Emma’s seat and pushed his way out, swimming out of view.
    I was happy, just glad he had a chance now that he left me. It was at that point that I finally felt myself slipping.  Then I heard a noise and almost out of nowhere, Mr. Rush was back in front of me again. I had no idea what he was doing as he came down to me, pulling himself closer so he was even with me. He slid his hands up to my face and brought his lips to mine.
    At first, I thought he was trying to answer some dying wish of mine I never knew I made.  Maybe he just wanted to kiss me goodbye from this world. I realized that was not his goal.
    He opened my lips with his and breathed air into my lungs, giving me more time.  He let go and looked at my face, checking if his idea worked. The bastard just couldn’t go and leave me. I would forever thank him for trying but knew it had to be too late, right?
    Yet, I think he saw my eyes flutter more than before, and that’s the only good sign he needed.  He moved back to cutting the strap until it finally broke and floated. I was still fading and even more, he was fading fast too. His breath didn’t give me much, but it was enough to stay alive.
    He wrapped his arm around me, pulling me up with him until he dragged me over the bodies under us. I tried to pull my own weight, but the black spots were blocking out reality. He guided and dragged me… then all I could feel was that my lips were given access to more air someway.  I breathed in what I could, and he was back to towing me. 
    For however I got the air that time, it wasn’t enough for long.  It was like a dizzy dream and all I remember is just pushing.  Swimming and pushing with him guiding me. The air I got wasn’t enough; my eyes shut as he still pulled me through the water. I could feel the sensation of climbing, being lifted through the water after that. Then, just as that feeling of rising entered me, I felt a very deep and painful sensation cross me.  Along with a lack of air, it was that sensation that made me finally black out. 
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 4
    I felt a rough texture against my back through my wet and sandy clothes. The sound of calming waves crashing together met my ears, and a slight breeze caressed my face.  The most noticeable sensation I received was from the burning in my throat.
    I couldn’t open my eyes, even as I heard a shuffling sound around me. I did try to move a little from my uncomfortable position since I was leaning up against something rough. Even still, just at that little movement, it left me gasping and moaning in pain.  It also brought on another feeling.  Two hands steadied me against where I was leaning. 
    “Janice? Janice, open your eyes,” a familiar voice whispered in front of me.
    I knew if I did, the sun would shock my eyes.  It already was shining bright red through my eyelids.  For some reason that voice triggered something inside of me.  I opened my burning eyes slightly, taking in a mass of a man in front of me. It made me wince as the sun hit my eyes, making me close them again.
    “Open your eyes,” the voice repeated.
    I coughed as I tried to speak, finally managing even though it hurt.  “The sun.”
    He must have realized what I meant because the glowing red soon faded from behind my eyelids.  Blackness took its place, promising the sun was blocked. I opened my eyes again and this time, the man was blocking the sun from my view.  It gave me the opportunity to take in the sight before me.
    The tree I was being propped against, I saw, was on the edge of a shore of the endless ocean. The water was a pretty light blue, unlike what you