I'm The Alpha

Chapter 1

Call it miracle, but I didn’t feel like I was dying and I didn’t feel the need to breathe in any oxygen.  I was just moving like a fish in the water; my hands were at my side and I copied some of the movements of the swimmers that I had watched on TV.  

As I reached deeper into the water with each stroke I felt more at peace.  There wasn’t any noise around me, just quiet here.  It felt like home.  I got the feeling of being safe.  I felt happy and strong.  I don’t know what was happening to me, any other time I would have been scared of drowning, but now, I was joyful and it felt right.

Suddenly I felt someone grab my arm with more force than necessary.  I started kicking my legs and felt myself swallowing the cold salty water as I struggled to breathe and grew panicked.  I felt weak and like I was going to die.  I tried to see who was holding me but I couldn’t.  The last thing I remembered was being pulled to the surface of water, and then darkness welcomed me.

“Hey, open your eyes.  Can you hear me?”  I heard the faint voice of a girl asking me.

I was trying to open my eyes but found it difficult.  Finally, when I did open them everything was a blur to me.  I blinked several times, unable to bear the early morning rays of the sun boring into them.  I sat up straight and immediately regretted it.  My head hit someone else’s nose hard.

“Oww.” 

“I’m sorry,” I said and looked to the girl in front of me on the sand.  She was around my age and had brown hair green eyes with shades of grey in them.  She was insanely thin and looked like she had nutrition deficiency.  She was wearing a pair of shorts and a tank top which were both wet.

It was then I realized I was wet too and started shivering.  If the water of the ocean had been that cold why didn’t I feel it when I was in it? What had happened in there just now?  I brought my thighs close to my chest and rested my chin on my knees.

“Are you okay?” I heard her asking me and I nodded in answer.

“Um… sorry about that,” I apologized, pointing to her nose which had turned into a light shade of pink.  I noticed she actually looked really cute with that pink nose.

“It’s okay,” she said and gave me a warm smile.  I couldn’t help but smile back. 

“By the way, why were you trying to kill yourself?” she asked after a moment and I noticed that the smile was long gone from her face.

I looked at her in shock.  I wasn’t trying to kill myself.  Okay, maybe it had been stupid to step into the freezing cold water like that, but I knew I had no plans of suicide.  I didn’t like the thought as it brought back memories of my mom.  I shook my head to quickly rid my mind of the memories.

“You seriously okay?” I heard her asking me and I looked to her.