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The water ran hot over my back, easing the tightness in my muscles as | rubbed my hand over my face, letting
the steam envelop me. | barely registered the creak of the shower door before | felt her hands on me- Jess, her
fingers warm as they roamed my skin, lingering in a way that sent a wave of calm throughbefore it turned
hot.
She slid an arm around my waist, pressing against me, and I indulged in the velvety feel of her behind me. My
hand found her wrist, holding it, feeling her pulse there, pumping fast.
| turned slowly, lifting my hands to her face, cradling it like something precious. My thumb brushed over the
tender spot
just behind her ear, and her eyes fluttered closed, a small, contented sigh escaping her lips. The urge to kiss her
swelled up in me, overwhelming and fierce. | leaned in, her warmth drawingin like a lifeline. Then, something
shifted. The warmth disappeared, the water turning frigid in an instant, biting into my skin like a thousand tiny
knives.
"What the hell..." | whispered, my words swallowed by the icy water, the comfort of the moment vanishing into
something darker. | took a step back, heart hammering, but Jess was still there in front of me, her expression no
longer soft. She looked worried, reaching out for SAL, SUN, SAND
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Her face was different-strained, unfamiliar, almost unrecognizable. She opened her mouth, but the sound that
cout wasn't hers. It was someone else's voice, distant and strange.
| tried to say her name, but a sharp, salty taste filled my mouth, burning my throat. My lungs felt like they were
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇton fire, the water rising up inside me, thick and unrelenting. My hands flew to my neck as | stumbled backward,
clawing for air. My vision blurred as | blinked throu droplets, but the water kept running out of my mouth as if my
lungs were the fountain. "Luke!" Her voice reached me, distorted but desperate. "Luke! Wake up!"
It grew louder, sharper like someone was shouting from far away. | tried to focus, to breathe, to hold on, but Jess
faded, her form dissolving like mist as | fought to reach her.
And then she was gone.
| woke with a jolt, my heart hammering as the echo of her voice hung in the silence. Bit by bit, reality slipped
back in, pullingaway from her touch, her face, her warmth-none of it real.
| wasn't in the shower with Jess, not wrapped up in that brief, impossible peace. | was somewhere much colder
and rougher, a harsh reality pressing againstwith the unforgiving floor beneath my body.
Groaning, | lifted my head, feeling the ache in every muscle, the bitter, salty taste still clinging to my lips like
seawater. That dream-no, that nightmare-
had been too real, Jess's face right there in front of me, her touch warm and steady, grounding me. | could still
feel her heartbeat thudding against my wrist, the
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softness of her skin. It was everything I'd been missing, everything I'd been holding onto.
But it was all in my head, a hollow illusion, a desperate longing my mind had twisted up to keepgoing. The
sting in my throat, the rough, gritty texture of my skin under my touch-proof that Jess wasn't here, hadn't been
here. "Luke!" A voice broke through, yankingback to the present.
| forced my eyes open, blinking until the blur cleared, and there was Josh's face, his expression tight with
tension, his lips pressed in a line. His eyes searched mine, worry etched deep, doing
his best to mask his own exhaustion. He looked just as worn out as | felt, the sunyielding frustration in his
gaze.
"Hey, man, you with me?" His voice had a sharp edge, a note of worry he couldn't fully hide.
| swallowed, the taste of seawater
refusing to fade, and forced myself to
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