All Chapters of Our Surface: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Caden’s POV“What happened to you?” I knew what happened to her already, I wanted to hear her say it. I wasn’t an investigator but I was trying to connect the dots here.It was a simple question yet Anna acted as if I slapped her across the face.Then it happened too fast, too many emotions were flashing through her face, switching colors like party lights.“Anna?” I called out but she didn’t respond. It made me panic and I moved towards her.“Anna?” I tried again, snapping my fingers in front of her.To no avail.She looked like she was trying to get her composure to herself yet she was still mumbling incoherent words to herself and I couldn't tell what the problem was.She seemed to go low-key hysteric and I could tell there was a torment- no a battle going on in her head.“Mom, shut up, stop, I know! Please stop! Shut up!” those were the only words I could pick out, the rest came out too fast, way too fast for me to comprehend them.When the words rushed out faster than possible, h

Anna’s POV“Are you going to keep hugging your knees or you'll tell me what you and Caden Gallagher discussed or did?'' Erica wriggled her eyebrows suggestively at me and I just stared at her as if she had committed an abomination.Her blonde hair was pulled up in a complicated bun, but it had already come undone and now hung down her back in loose curls. She wore an oversized sweatshirt with a graphic of the ‘Punch’ logo on the front. “Come on! Give me some credits. I am trying to make you happy here. I know something happened, there was this tension in the air between you too” she continued wiggling her eyebrows. “Now are you going to talk or do I have to make you” She raised both arms as if she were about to strike me and I started to smile. “Did you guys kiss?” She pressed on.I groaned and facepalmed myself.“Oh my goodness! you did kiss” she squealed.“Hold your horses! nothing happened” I managed to croak. “And why would we kiss?”She looked at me as if I was stupid as if s

Anna’s POVThe following week I resumed work, and everyone, even those who didn't like me, sent fake smiles and sympathy my way every time I walked in. The whole office knew by now what had happened, and most of them were gossiping and taunting about my situation. It was sickening how much attention it brought me, I wasn't used to having people pay me such respect and deference like they were( it was all fake and that was the part that drove me insane), but I wasn't one to complain. If everyone treated me like shit because of what had happened, then that was fine. No one else wanted the same treatment as I had got anyway.Trevor's hug didn't make me feel warm like it usually did, it sent weird shivers down my spine that made me paralyzed and unable to hug him back.I wanted to get away from him as fast as I could. I had no idea why I was suddenly afraid of everything and why it felt as if they were eyes everywhere watching us.“Sorry I couldn't come visit at the hospital” he apologi

Caden’s POVShe must have dozed off from all the anger she was trying to keep inside her. Her mouth was partly wide and I chuckled at how adorable she looked.Suddenly her eyes slowly fluttered open as if she felt herself being shaken gently. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion and squinted them to try and focus on what was happening. And she realised that she was still in my car.Her green eyes met mine and I drew in sharp breaths, taking notice of their colour. They were deep and captivating, and they gave everything a certain mysterious quality I couldn't -can't explain.“We are here” I forced myself to say. Turning my attention from her eyes and lips. I would have kissed her right now and taken her back to my place to do all of the sinful things running through my mind if she was one of those girls. But she didn't seem like them, she looked too fragile and secondly, she didn’t want to be around me.This was the first time.Maybe it was because of what had happened in the hos

Anna’s POVThe first time I knew my head was fucked up was when Erica came home crying.It was the first time I had seen her cry apart from when I told her my story.Her blonde hair was mussed and she looked as though she’d been crying for hours. Her makeup was smeared but it only served to make everything worse. I sucked at consoling people and didn't know what to do, eventually, I went to her and she hugged me burying her face in my shirt and soiling it with her tears and eyeliner. She clung to me like a life preserver in the middle of the storm. Like we were both scared shitless, but we also needed comfort, I guess. She sobbed against my chest until her voice was hoarse. She pulled away from me finally looking me dead in the eye and said "Danny and I fought”She said it almost inaudibly and with such conviction that my heart broke. My throat tightened and I reached over and grabbed her hand in mine. “What happened?”I asked quietly, afraid to break her composure further. It took