Crashed

Song to listen to this chapter: Crashed - Chris Daughtry.

Disclaimer: All characters are the sole property of Charlaine Harris. I just like to take them to the beach and try to drown them. (I'm just kidding)

Chapter Two:

Eric was burning up as he stared down at his watch waiting for his relief guard. He needed to take a dip in the water to cool off for more reasons than one. He sighed and thought back to his modeling career.

Eric started modeling at the tender age of 12. As soon as his pictures begin to circulate throughout the industry, he became a hot commodity. Even at a young age with his piercing baby blue eyes and masculine facial features, the camera loved him.

After he graduated from High School, Eric soon began to travel to different countries for exotic photo shoots and he dawned the covers and many insides of popular magazines in which he helped advertised everything from underwear to soap. In those days he partied like a rock star and got to "know" many beautiful women. But those days were long gone. Eric's father, Alex, needed him home to manage a few of the dance clubs he owned here in South Padre. So of course, Eric being the good obedient son, packed his bags, and headed home.

Just as Eric was about to send a text to find out where in the hell his coworker was, Tray bustled out the door of the Life Guard tower or what they called The Clubhouse. The Clubhouse, is where the lifeguards spend their time when they are on break. It's air conditioned, stocked with plenty of food and drinks, a TV, Wii, and a computer at their disposal.

Tray ran over to Eric, "Dude, I am so fucking sorry...I lost track of time. Your cousin was kicking my ass at Wii tennis and..."

"Save it..." Eric said abruptly, and held his hand up in the air, "...it's cool man, I'm gonna take a dip in the ocean. It's hot as fuck out here." Eric stood and leaped down from his perch.

Tray then climbed up the stand and assumed Eric's previous position. As Eric walked towards the waves, Tray called: "Man if you had texted me and told me sooner about the VIEW from up here maybe I would have not been late." As Eric looked back, Tray inclined his head in the direction of the three hot ladies that had caught his eye earlier.

"You snooze you lose bro!" Eric shouted.

Eric decided to test the waters. He slowly made his way to the beach just in front of the women whose attention he sought. He then stood for a moment facing the water; he loved gazing at the ocean and would never get tired of it. With a large smile on his face, Eric bent down and gave the illusion of picking up shells. He heard a loud audible gasp come from behind him. Yep, he had gotten their attention alright. Turning slightly still bent he saw the three ladies were all sunbathing on their stomachs, with their sunglasses down to the end of their noses, no doubt to get a better view. With a satisfied smirk, Eric spun around, ran, and dove into the oncoming waves.

Sookie, Amelia, and Hadley were all drooling on their towels and in complete shock of the beautiful specimen of a man that had just stood, bent over, and stood again in front of them. The Viking, Sookie decided to call him, looked like a peacock fanning his feathers for the peahens. Why the zoo animal reference, she didn't know, it just popped in her head.

Hadley broke the silence, "Oh ladies is it getting hotter out here or what?" She fanned herself with her hand.

"Uhh yeah... we're at the beach dumb ass." Amelia replied.

Hadley smirked and slapped her arm, "I'm talking about the large, Godlike lifeguard who just bent his fine ass over for our viewing pleasure."

Amelia replied, "How could I miss those buns of steel? They were right in front of my face. If he came any closer I would have grabbed me a handful."

"Stop drooling over those buns, If anyone is getting a handful it's me." Sookie said as she peered at her two best friends.

"I'm sure you will if you ever get the courage to approach him. I can't wait for the show." Amelia said teasingly, while she stared at the lifeguard in the water.

Sookie, laid back down. Her mind swirled thinking about: the lifeguard, his perfect abs, legs, that ass, his big hands, big feet, and you know what they say about big hands and feet. Geez, she was starting to think like Amelia. She did not even know this man and he was had such an effect on her. As she let her mind wander, she closed her eyes, and soon Sookie drifted off to a peaceful rest.

"Shit! I should have put money on it! I knew she wouldn't do anything." Amelia said to Hadley in a bitchy tone, while noticing the lifeguard resuming his post. She saw him talking to another lifeguard and nudged Hadley, "Hmm he looks like he likes to have a good time." Amelia waggled her eyebrows at her.

Hadley turned to take a look, shrugged her shoulders and rolled over. "Meh...I'm not into tall, dark and hairy."

Sookie, who was now awake, "I resent that remark." she said with her lips in a fine line and determination written all over her face. "Now that I'm rested, I'm going to make my move."

Amelia and Hadley sat up at the same time and Hadley clapped her hands with excitement and said, "Oh...this is going to be good."

"Well, if you don't get his attention, trust me Sookie, I will." Amelia replied dryly as she squeezed her arms together to emphasize her cleavage towards Sookie.

Obviously, taking matters into her own hands was the only way this would work because she knew she didn't want to leave it up to Amelia. Sookie stood, dusted the sand off and made her way towards the ocean.

Her plan was to wade into the water, show off her back stroke a bit then act as if she was drowning. She'd get his attention once he rescued her. 'Hopefully he'll help me with a little mouth to mouth resuscitation while he's at it?' She grinned like the cat that ate the canary as she slowly swayed her hips into the waves. The water was a bit cool at first so she allowed the waves to crash into her while she got acclimated to the temperature.

She turned around to wave at her friends and sneak a peek to see if The Viking was looking in her direction. By the way he quickly turned away, she knew she'd caught his eye. Turning back around she dove into the waves and made her way into deeper waters.

"This is good. I know this will work." Sookie reassured herself.

She began by doing the backstroke, which accentuated her breast, she noted. All of those years on the Meadowbrook's Country Club swim team had finally paid off. Unfortunately for her, she tired quickly. Sookie soon realized she had not eaten or drank anything since breakfast, which was a bad decision on her part. One can dehydrate quickly at the beach.

So, she decided to tread water for a bit, until she could find the courage to start her little charade. Sookie looked towards the beach to get her bearings, then suddenly felt a sharp pain in her upper thigh. 'Oww! Oh God this can't be happening!' She reached down and massaged her leg. But it didn't help. She hoped the muscle cramp would pass quickly. But another sharp pain shot through her leg, and she knew it wasn't just going to go away. Sookie started to panic after the third mouthful of salt water and she thought, 'Oh great, I planned to fake a drowning and now I'm actually drowning. How embarrassing.' She was having a hard time keeping her head above the water so she frantically waved her arms in the air hoping, no praying, someone would see her. Dizziness, sharp burning sensations in her legs and arms, and a tightness in her chest was all she felt.

Eric kept his eyes on the blonde as she swayed those delicious hips. 'Mmm what I would give to put my hands on those hips' Eric thought as he groaned. He needed to keep a watch on the other swimmers but she teased him with her back stroke. He felt his shorts vibrate so he pulled his phone out to check his message.

Pam, his cousin, texted 'I hear through the grapevine you've found some lovely girls for us to play with!' She and Eric have worked as lifeguards for the past two years. She was as much into the ladies as he was. Pam was gay, bi, tri, whatever took her fancy at the moment. She wasn't much into labels and very open minded about sexuality. He shook his head, laughed and texted her back. 'Why don't you come out here and see for yourself?'

Eric glanced back out to the water to search for the lady that had somehow captured his interest. He could not find her and wondered if she had returned to her towel which she previously occupied. He looked towards her friends and didn't see her. Now he was worried. Eric stood to cast his gaze over the water, and out in the deep ocean, he saw an arm flailing about of someone struggling, and he immediately jumped into action.

Ignoring Pam who called out to him, Eric ran towards the victim with his rescue tube in hand. He hurdled over the waves as he threaded the strap of the tube over his head and across his shoulder. He dove into the water and started swimming the crawl as fast as he could to where he last saw her.

The waves had pushed Sookie back towards the shore and she was pulled under by a huge wave that crashed on her. Suddenly she felt her top being ripped from her and tried to grab for it. She swallowed more water and prayed 'Help, Please someone rescue me' and then her world went black...

As Eric swam closer to the site, he didn't see the girl so he frantically dove down to find her. He saw the girls arm reaching up to the surface limply so he grabbed it and pulled her towards the surface. Gently, he placed both of the girls arms over the tube and pressed her back to his chest. When she was secure, he quickly towed her back to shore.

He carried her up the dry sand and saw she was unconscious. Next he listened for a heartbeat. When he found a pulse, he said a silent prayer of gratitude.

Pam had ran into the clubhouse when she saw Eric headed for the surf. She grabbed the rescue kit and called Tray to help her out. They both ran to Eric's side as he laid the girl down.

"Pam get that oxygen ready, we're going to need it." Eric ordered.

Pam unrolled the face mask and tube from around the oxygen tank, waiting to help Eric with the rescue.

Now, he needed to perform mouth to mouth resuscitation. Eric made sure she was on a flat surface and he gently opened her mouth to make sure nothing was obstructed in her airway. Next, he tilted her head back and opened her jaw. He caressed her chin, pinched her nose, blew two quick breaths and watched her chest rise and fall as she exhaled. He took a breath then bent and blew air into her mouth again. He groaned lightly as he looked down at her bare breasts but continued the two quick breath process over and over until the girl began to cough. He sighed in relief before he rolled her onto her side to allow the girl to purge all the water from her lungs and stomach.

Sookie blinked her eyes as she regained consciousness. So grateful to be breathing, not so much to be puking her guts up but nonetheless grateful to be alive. Once she was done, she rolled over onto her back and looked up into the face of her savior. She rubbed her eyes and saw an angel with sea blue eyes above her.

Eric lifted her head and placed the mask he grabbed from Pam over her nose and mouth. "Welcome back to the land of the living" Eric smirked, while allowing his eyes to gaze at her naked chest.
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WARNING: Drowning is serious business. I, in no way suggest that anyone fake a drowning to grab a hot lifeguard's attention. I'm sure if he found out he would not be amused and neither would the paramedics who show up to save you.

Remember don't do as Sookie does. She's a fictional character so she can always be written back to life. Bringing you back to life...not so easy.