POV: Sam

I tried to take a gasp of air, but all I got was water. A huge lung full of it.

I was choking and spluttering, but I couldn't resurface. I couldn't even move.

I felt frozen in place, my lungs ached from lack of oxygen.

Suddenly I felt something tugging at me.

I couldn't see who or what it was though, for my vision had already gone dark.

It was pulling at me persistently, trying to take me farther into the darkness.

The presence was so comforting I was almost tempted to go with it, but there was another force.

Something or someone was pounding on me urgently and it hurt.

That was reality.

I had to go to it.

Suddenly my eyes flung open and I gasped finally tasting air.

I immediately started coughing and sputtering and I wretched out water beside me.

I heard someone sigh in relief above me.

I blinked rapidly, attempting to get the water out of my eyes.

Light washed into my vision and I squinted against it.

A figure began to form above me, still swimming in my vision.

"Harry? What the hell- you scared the shit out of me you ass hole!" As soon as I realized who it was I slugged him in the shoulder.

"Ow! Why would you do that?! What no "hey thanks for saving my life!"? You really are ungrateful." Harry was sitting beside me in the mud beside the creek. We were still in the cleft that held the stream only a couple inches from the water. After saying that he abruptly got up and started to climb the 5 1/2 ft dirt wall to get out.

"Wait! Come back..." I only called him back because when I tried to stand I just got a major head rush and blacked out.

Harry was quick to turn back around to come back down to me. "Oh, did you have something else you wanted to tell me?" He asked smugly as he plopped back down into the mud, not caring about his pants and smirked at me.

"As a matter of fact I do!" I felt anger bubble up inside me at his arrogance. "You are an inconsiderate jerk! If it hadn't been for you stalking me in the woods, I would never have fallen into the water at all! I almost died, because of you! My phone is probably never going to turn on again, BECAUSE OF YOU! Why can you not just leave me alone!" I screamed at him, my voice cracked a couple times from the water and coughing.

Harry looked at me a bit shocked, but then his face grew sad and then his own anger started to appear.

"Look lady, I was just doing what Sydney told me to do! SHE told me where you were going to be and that I should go and cheer you up! I thought I was being nice, but I guess I can't do anything right!" His voice raised as mine had, but at the end of it he took a deep breath and calmed himself. "I'm sorry scared you, and I'm sorry your phone is broken..."

It was then I realized the circles under his green eyes, the abnormally untamed & messy curls, his attire that wasn't his usual "I care about what I wear", and the tear streaks that seemed to be permanently stained to his face.

I inhaled and exhaled deeply before speaking, "I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have screamed at you, it was an accident I guess... I just... have been a bit stressed and on edge lately." I tried to justify myself, but despite Harry's slight reassuring smile, I still felt terrible. "Thank you... for ya know- saving me and everything?"

Harry's smile grew as he grabbed one of my hands and pecked the back of it swiftly. "You are very welcome m'lady." He spoke in a way that a prince would after he had rescued his damsel... My face, of course, was literally a red hot inferno.

I tried to push my blush away as I pulled my hand from his awkwardly. praying he hadn't seen my face. "I uh- guess we should be going back, right?" I said quietly, but I made no move to get up.

"I guess we should, but then again we don't have to. We could just lay here and let mud soak into our clothes and the bugs crawl all over our bodies." He pointed out jokingly as he looked over at me, causing the sun, from one of the beams fractured by the leaves of the tree above us, to flash his already blindingly green eyes.

"That sounds kind of appealing... Except for the bug part..." I sighed as I lay back down in the mud where he had laid me before.

When I heard Harry lay beside me I asked, "How did you know what to do? To save me that is... Were you a lifeguard or something?" That would make a lot of sense considering how cute he is.. Not that all lifeguards are cute or HAVE to be cute, but when you imagine a life guard- or at least when I do, I'd think of someone like Harry.

"Other than the common sense of getting you out of the water? Um well I took a lifeguard class at my school, but I never actually got a job as one." He stated kind of sadly and I wondered why he was never able to.

"Did you erm- have to do.. uh mouth to mouth?" I stuttered awkwardly and I made sure to continue looking at the tree's leaves above us and not towards him.

"Well yeah, I tend to have to do that when the victim stops breathing. I also did some CPR, but your heart was still beating, it was just getting the water out of your lungs." He answered like it was the most normal thing in the world to save random girls.

"Ah." Despite my attempts to stay stoic, I felt a chill go through my body at the thought of his lips on mine. Such a strange thing, kissing. I never thought I would find it so appealing...

Okay did I hit my head on a rock when I hit the water?! What the actual crap is wrong with me?

I think Harry felt me shiver because he sat up with eyes filled with concern. "Okay I really do think we should go back now. You are going to catch your death of cold." His accent made me want kiss his face even more.

ALRIGHT THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY NOT RIGHT!

I sat up swiftly and nodded in agreement, but before he could get up I grabbed his hand and pulled it close to my face. He was a bit surprised, but he didn't resist. When I went past my cheek and continued up to my head he just looked confused.

I brought his hand to the top of my head where I left it resting there amidst my damp and dirty curly hair.

"Um-" He started awkwardly, but I put a finger to his lips to keep him from talking.

"Shh. Before you say anything, do you feel any odd bumps on my head?" I asked him as I looked at him, serious and unsmiling.

He moved his hand around my head a couple of times, feeling my skull thoroughly. "Erm no don't think so... Why? Did you hit your head on a rock? Are you having weird hallucinations or something?" He asked with raised eye brows.

"Pretty much yeah. It's quite insane. I find my self actually finding you attractive. AND -get this it's extremely hilarious- I want to kiss you so bad it hurts." I giggled at myself and laughed hysterically as I saw him grin cheekily.

"So why don't you kiss me? Maybe you'll find out if it's really from a rock." He asked seriously. I expected him to say this, but I thought he would be cocky and ya know- like a teenage dude. He wasn't though he kept a straight face and looked at me with honesty.

"Hm now there's something I'd regret tomorrow." I sneered as I wrinkled up my nose. With that I stood up hastily and started to find my footing to get up the dirt wall.

I heard Harry get to his feet behind me, but I refused to turn and look at him.

All of a sudden, as I lifted my foot to step on a root, I felt rough hands grab my waist and spin me around so that my back was pressed against the wall. I looked up to see Harry right up against me, studying my face as I stared at him unsure what to do. My heart of course threatened to burst in my chest, but I was so shocked I literally lost every thought that was ever in my head. All I could do was look into his eyes with my arms awkwardly limp at my sides.

"Sorry I just couldn't help myself..." He growled as his face moved even closer to mine. "But as long as we're here..." He didn't even bother finishing before crashing his lips into mine.

For the record, I had never kissed well... anyone EVER, so when I say I had no idea what I was doing you can imagine how bad I was at this.

I instinctively wrapped my arms around his neck as I pulled my body up against his and he lifted me up higher, using the wall as leverage to keep me up there. I could feel the dirt getting smashed into my hair even more so than it was, but I didn't care. I was literally squashed between a soil wall and his toned body.

I tangled my fingers into his already messy curls as I tried to replicate what I had seen in chick flick movies (which I've only seen two of in my lifetime), but when I felt his tongue begging for an entrance I was way out of my league.

I didn't let him at first because I always thought that was kind of gross, but when I had to open my mouth to breath he got in anyways. I groaned in annoyance, but I think he mistook my groan for a moan and with that encouragement I felt him reach up the back of my shirt to my bra strap.

I yelped at the sudden warm flesh against my own and I heard Harry laugh under me, but made no motion to stop what he was doing. Instead he just bit my lip playfully, but I had had enough. I knew that I shouldn't move this fast with ANYBODY, especially this player.

I bit his lip, hard. I actually thought I tasted blood.

"Ouch! Geez, don't get too kinky." He muttered, but he didn't take the hint and started kissing my neck instead.

I sighed in irritation as I grabbed his hands pulled them out from under my shirt violently and pushed him away as hard as I could.

He looked at me confused and he backed up a couple feet as I attempted to catch my breath from the ordeal.

I felt the lack of his body on mine like a burst of cold air on my still wet body, but I stayed far away from him, still leaning on my wall of dirt as if it was the only thing that would keep me standing.

Thinking that maybe I was just being a tease, Harry came back towards me, but I held my hand out in front of me to stop him.

"Don't come any closer." I tried to say strongly, but my voice just came out raspy and pitiful. "I don't know what's wrong with me right now, but this is so not helping."

"Sorry.. I thought you wanted it." Harry looked slightly embarrassed as he rubbed his neck and looked at his shoes.

"Of course I did! That's why I know there's something wrong with me." I protested, not removing my hand from his chest to keep him at arms length.

"Would it be so horrible that you do like me? Was what we did so wrong to you that you never want to do it again?" He rasped, but his voice wasn't pitiful it was... hot? Oh gosh I'm so weird...

"I- I didn't say that. If you're asking if I liked it, no friggin duh I did, but I have no idea what's good or not because I've never-" I broke off and stared at my water logged shoes, it was my turn to be embarrassed as my face caught on fire.

"Bloody hell, you've never kissed a dude before?!" Harry looked at me shocked with eyes wide.

"It's not that abnormal of a thing... I'm not that old..." I protested, feeling my face get warmer.

"It's not that, it's just that you're so pretty and you really weren't that bad at it. Except for the biting of my lip a bit too hard. That actually hurt quite a lot." He reasoned as he took advantage of my fallen hand and came close to me.

"I did that part on purpose to get you off of me, but the rest of it you're just trying to be nice, I am probably terrible. I was literally was scared out of my wits because I had no idea what to do." I laughed despite my lingering anger at him.

"It's easy. Just do what you did last time. Let instinct take control and let me do the work. All you have to do is move your mouth to match mine and always find a place for your hands." He stated quietly and when I looked up I realized that his face was centimeters from mine again.

I shouldn't let this happen again... I can't... He is my dead friend's ex boyfriendish... Wait I thought I was trying to convince myself NOT to do it...

As soon as he was right there in front of my face, his breath billowing against my lips, he stopped. He didn't pull away, he just stayed there staring into my eyes as if he could see the conflict within me.

"Fuck it." I muttered finally as I closed the extremely short distance between us and wrapped my arms around his neck again as I pushed closer to him.

Abruptly, I felt Harry stumble below me and he fell onto the ground on his back with me tumbling on top of him.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry." I immediately started apologizing as I started get off of him, though I wasn't even sure who's fault it was.

"Hell no you're not going anywhere." I heard him growl as he grabbed my hand and pulled me forcibly back on top of him so that I was straddling his lap as he connected his lips to mine as soon as I was sat down.

I went along with it immediately as I grasped the back of his shirt in my fists as his kisses became more heated and quick.

He wrapped his arms around my back to keep me pressed against him as he lay on his back. I had to put my hands on both sides of his head to try and keep my weight off him, but it didn't really work.

I tried to ignore the awkwardness of this position, but I really couldn't. I could feel EVERYTHING, if you know what I mean... I didn't have time to dwindle on the awkwardness of it before I felt his hands on my butt. I squeaked in surprised, which he took advantage to slip his tongue in again.

He seemed to push my butt so that it was rubbing up and down against him, but I wasn't very good at doing what I was told so I think he just got frustrated. With that he flipped us around so that I was the one being pressed into the dirt, but I still had my legs wrapped around his hips which were grinding against mine at an increasing rate.

I had no idea people did this... It seems weird, but it also wasn't at all. I felt a strange heat growing in the pit of my stomach, but that only confused me. Was the friction from the movement heating it? No, it couldn't be, it was more a feeling than a burning.

I put my hand up in front of Harry's mouth this time instead of biting his lip since that was read wrong last time...

I felt him sigh in disappointment against my hand as he stopped his movement. I felt a strange tug at me when he did, I then realized that I didn't want him to stop...

"What is it?" He asked softly as he looked down on me with kind eyes despite the feeling he gave me.

"I uh feel really warm... Like I have this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach." I explained awkwardly. I wasn't really asking what it was, I just didn't want him kissing on me if I was going to throw up, but it wasn't that kind of stomach ache. It was below my usual stomach aches. "I don't think you want to be sharing my germs if I am sick or something from the water..." I pointed out when he started to laugh.

He laughed harder as he tried to speak. "Wow you really are innocent aren't you?" He laughed more and I looked up at him confused. When he saw my blank expression he hung his head with a sigh before looking back at me. He smirked and pecked my lips. "All that I'll tell you for right now is that it's our signal to stop if we don't want go any further." He whispered causing my jaw to drop and my eyes widened with realization. I felt my cheeks heat up redder than ever.

Harry laughed again before getting off of me and getting to his feet briskly. He held out a hand to pull me up as well. When I took it he yanked me up so far that my body collided into his, where he held me.

"If it makes you feel any better, the feeling was mutual." He whispered huskily with his forehead rested on mine. It certainly did not make me feel better, just caused me to blush more.

He smirked and let go of me. "I really do need to get you home now or you're going to be sick for real." I nodded in agreement and looked at the sun that was already on it's way down the sky.

I watched as Harry climbed out of our pit like sanctuary and turned back to me to help me up the steep wall.

When we had both made it out we began the brief journey back to my house, during which I didn't say a word to Harry. I didn't trust myself with words yet.

Finally, as my house came into view I saw that Harry's rental car was parked in the street while Sydney sat in the grass in the middle of my front yard on her phone. Strange...

I knew when she had spotted us because she immediately hopped to her feet and sprinted over to us.

"Ginger! Why are you all wet?! Did you-" I cut her off in annoyance.

"Look, I'll tell you later. I'm just really tired right now and I need to get out of these clothes." I explained to her as all three of us walked up my driveway.

As Sydney jumped ahead of us and went inside I felt Harry's lips near my ear as he whispered, "If you need help with that, I can come in with you." I looked at him puzzled as he smirked.

"What? Help explaining to Sydney? I think I can handle that much." I muttered as I stepped onto the front step in front of the anterior door of my house.

"I meant the part where you said you needed to get out of your clothes, but if you want help with telling her I'm here for that too. Whichever is more fun." He spoke normally now as he looked up at me with a cheeky smile.

I blushed again for the umpteenth time and I broke his gaze as I headed for the door.

"What? No goodbye hug? I thought we had a connection." When I turned to him defeated, he had raised his eyebrow knowingly. I couldn't help but laugh at his weird expression.

Reluctantly I walked over to the edge of the step before accepting his hug, but when I pulled away he grabbed both sides of my face and kissed me right on the lips gently. It only lasted about 3 seconds before he pulled away beaming.

"That's just so you don't forget me." He stated boldly before spinning around and heading to his car.

I didn't even wait to see him get in, I just raced inside as fast as I could to find Sydney and tell her what had happened.

Author's note: Sorry for never finishing this, but I just started other stuff and yea I didn't know where else to go with it. I will probably write like 2 maybe 4 more chapters if I think of more stuff, but I hope you were satisfied with this for now. I doubt anyone really reads this still, but this is just in case :p