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.

did Ryan

beam from Ryan's back and the paramedics quickly

Lora up, his face full of

Jason asked Lora, looking her over. He held her

go with him... he got hurt because of me," Lora said instead, her eyes

need to

go with Ryan. I need to make sure he's ok," Lora pleaded with

couldn't just let Ryan go alone

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

and pulled away from Jason's

Ryan did save her and she just wanted to make sure he was ok. However, he still wished he had been the one to

to know why you did that! Why did

on his back and arms. Intense guilt crept into her Things between us had ended a long time ago, Ryan. Why did you put your life on the

en

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

is that why he saved her? Because

many questions but Ryan couldn't hear or answer them

him, her heart breaking as his skin grew paler by

she said in her mind, tears

opened his eyes and found himself in a

a truck. Images from earlier flashed through his mind and he remembered the fire, his heart jumping to his throat. "Lora!"

The heart monitor's beeping

bed despite the sharp pain that shot through him. He

lose consciousness without making sure she was out of