Her Return, His Regret by Natie

Lora's heart dropped to her feet when Ryan's eyes closed. She panicked, her stomach churning with fear and worry. Was he dead?

She shook him slightly and called out with a trembling voice. "R-Ryan..."

Silence.

"Ryan... wake up, you're scaring me!" Lora cried out, her voice hoarse from the smoke she inhaled.

She couldn't move because of the heavy oak beam that had pinned Ryan and herself to the ground. It was supposed to fall on her but Ryan used his body to prevent that from happening and got hurt instead.

When Lora tried to move the beam, she felt a warm liquid on Ryan's back and her heart raced like a galloping horse, worry and fear creeping into her. He was bleeding heavily.

"Ryan!" She called out, tears rolling down her cheeks when she realised he had put his life on the line for her.

He was willing to die... for her.

Lora's heart clenched in pain, her tears soaking her face. She felt helpless.

Luckily, help came quickly. Firefighters barged into the warehouse with hoses and axes, tearing away the debris that had closed the way. They made quick work of putting out the fire and removing all sharp objects that were threatening to fall. "Ryan!"

"Lora!"

Lora heard familiar voices and her heart jumped with hope. She looked up and through the haze, she saw Jason and Adan running towards them with worried looks on their faces.

"Help, please! Ryan is dying!" Lora cried, her heart feeling like it was a foreign object in her body.

It hurt so bad, she wanted to cut it out of her chest.

Why did Ryan

back and the paramedics quickly performed

Lora up, his

looking her over. He held her in his arms, frowning when he

instead, her eyes following Ryan who was placed on a stretcher, an oxygen mask over

hurt too and you need to have a

to make sure he's ok," Lora pleaded with Adan, her eyes

just let Ryan go alone knowing he

with him in the ambulance. We will follow closely behind and I'll call Grandpa

nodded quickly and pulled away from

Lora. He had no choice but to let her go... after all, Ryan did save her and she just wanted to make sure he was ok. However, he still wished he had been the one to save Lora, not Ryan. On the way to

why you did that! Why did you act so recklessly?"

on his back and arms. Intense guilt crept into her Things between us had

en

why Ryan would save her. His words as he tried to keep her awake flashed through her

out about her... is that why he saved her? Because she's

but Ryan couldn't hear or answer them

heart breaking as his skin

she said in her mind, tears rolling down her

in a hospital room, the

hit by a truck. Images from earlier flashed through his mind and he remembered the fire, his heart jumping to his throat. "Lora!" He called out in a hoarse voice, his

The heart monitor's beeping

from the bed despite the sharp pain that shot through him.

without making sure she