Beautiful Burn(53)

My world swayed and tilted again and her mesmerizing brown eyes fluttered open to meet mine when the sound of the plastic bottle crackling in my fist erupted in the air between us. I dropped to my knees and clutched my chest, my heart pounding in an inferno of flames.

"Reed!" She dropped with me, palms on my face, searching my eyes for answers.

"Call an ambulance." I whispered as my heart slowed to an unnatural pace.

"Breathe deep, just take deep breaths." She kept repeating as she fumbled with her phone. "Just breathe. I love you so much, please, breathe. Just breathe." Were the last words I heard before my muscles loosened and I knew I was falling. Not for her, as I had the moment she'd came into my life again, but away. So far away.