heard shouting and turned around to face the ocean. There was a lifeguard swimming out into the middle of the ocean, attempting to rescue someone. He hauled a small girl out of the water and raced toward shore, setting her down on the sand and performing CPR. People were crowding around him as he continued the life saving procedure.
As Lola got closer, she realized that nobody was paying attention to her. It was as if she didn’t exist. When she got close enough to the lifeguard, she caught a glimpse of the little girl.
It was her.
She was reliving her memory of drowning.
She turned around, breathing heavily. Her parents were watching, clearly having a view of the little girl from their position. Surely they could tell it was the daughter. But, they weren’t doing a damn thing about it.
Lola raced toward them and stood in front of them. “That’s your own daughter! Do something!”
They didn’t say anything as they returned to their magazines. It made Lola furious that they cared so little about their own daughter.
About her.
She blinked again and was suddenly out of breath. Her eyes began to sting as she stared at the salt water around her. She was staring into the ocean and she suddenly realized she was underwater! She attempted to call out to Dean, but her mouth remained completely immobile. In fact, her whole body was immobile. Chains wrapped her from head to toe. Her hair was surrounding her as she went farther and farther underwater. She was having a hard time holding her breath, but she couldn’t get free. She wondered where Dean was.
She was going to die. Leo had won.
Everything warped around her as she shut her eyes, prepared to be enveloped in the darkness that would take her away from her soul mate forever. She could hear a loud roaring in her ears as she began to feel lighter and lighter.
Instead, she started coughing erratically as a pair of arms held her and a deep voice spoke to her. She breathed heavily as she looked around. She was on the sand, water spilling around her cheeks as she continued to cough.
Dean looked at her fearfully as he frantically smoothed her hair back. “Lola, what happened? You were holding on to me and then you were gone!”
Lola tried to catch her breath, refusing to meet his eyes. “I was underwater. I couldn’t breathe or move. It felt so real. I thought I was going to die.”
“Lola, it was real!” He paused, staring at her. “Wait a minute. It was another illusion?” He groaned in frustration. “Damn it.”
“I saw my parents,” she murmured, sitting up on her elbows.
Dean looked at her in surprise. “You did? What was going on?”
“I was there. The day I had nearly drowned? I was there. I shouted at them to save their child, but they completely ignored me. They ignored their own child,” explained Lola, shaking her head.
Lola suddenly felt completely vulnerable. She stared back at Dean and saw a world that she could never fit into. She saw a person that could never understand her. She saw a love that she didn’t deserve.
“I can’t,” she whispered.
Dean furrowed his brows. “What?”
Lola quickly sat up and put her clothes back on over her suit. “I can’t do this. I can’t… be a Manifester.”
Dean quickly held her hands, causing her to stop her movements. “What are you talking about? Lola, did I do something? We don’t have to go in the water again.”
“It’s not you. It’s me,” she said, refusing to meet his
As Lola got closer, she realized that nobody was paying attention to her. It was as if she didn’t exist. When she got close enough to the lifeguard, she caught a glimpse of the little girl.
It was her.
She was reliving her memory of drowning.
She turned around, breathing heavily. Her parents were watching, clearly having a view of the little girl from their position. Surely they could tell it was the daughter. But, they weren’t doing a damn thing about it.
Lola raced toward them and stood in front of them. “That’s your own daughter! Do something!”
They didn’t say anything as they returned to their magazines. It made Lola furious that they cared so little about their own daughter.
About her.
She blinked again and was suddenly out of breath. Her eyes began to sting as she stared at the salt water around her. She was staring into the ocean and she suddenly realized she was underwater! She attempted to call out to Dean, but her mouth remained completely immobile. In fact, her whole body was immobile. Chains wrapped her from head to toe. Her hair was surrounding her as she went farther and farther underwater. She was having a hard time holding her breath, but she couldn’t get free. She wondered where Dean was.
She was going to die. Leo had won.
Everything warped around her as she shut her eyes, prepared to be enveloped in the darkness that would take her away from her soul mate forever. She could hear a loud roaring in her ears as she began to feel lighter and lighter.
Instead, she started coughing erratically as a pair of arms held her and a deep voice spoke to her. She breathed heavily as she looked around. She was on the sand, water spilling around her cheeks as she continued to cough.
Dean looked at her fearfully as he frantically smoothed her hair back. “Lola, what happened? You were holding on to me and then you were gone!”
Lola tried to catch her breath, refusing to meet his eyes. “I was underwater. I couldn’t breathe or move. It felt so real. I thought I was going to die.”
“Lola, it was real!” He paused, staring at her. “Wait a minute. It was another illusion?” He groaned in frustration. “Damn it.”
“I saw my parents,” she murmured, sitting up on her elbows.
Dean looked at her in surprise. “You did? What was going on?”
“I was there. The day I had nearly drowned? I was there. I shouted at them to save their child, but they completely ignored me. They ignored their own child,” explained Lola, shaking her head.
Lola suddenly felt completely vulnerable. She stared back at Dean and saw a world that she could never fit into. She saw a person that could never understand her. She saw a love that she didn’t deserve.
“I can’t,” she whispered.
Dean furrowed his brows. “What?”
Lola quickly sat up and put her clothes back on over her suit. “I can’t do this. I can’t… be a Manifester.”
Dean quickly held her hands, causing her to stop her movements. “What are you talking about? Lola, did I do something? We don’t have to go in the water again.”
“It’s not you. It’s me,” she said, refusing to meet his
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