Pushed in the Deep End
"Opal, we're about to leave," my sister says, her head poking into my room.
"Wait," I groan, searching through my drawers. Where are my sunglasses?
"Mom can't wait. She's already in the car," she replies in a bored tone.
"Gemma, just please tell mom to wait," I say through my frustration.
Instead of replying, she rolls her eyes before heading back downstairs.
Finally, after searching for almost twenty minutes, I find it under some of my clothes on the floor. Yes, I got a messy room. Don't judge.
I tie my hair into a bun and place my sunglasses on the top of my head. I quickly grab my bag off my bed and rush downstairs.
"I'm here! I'm here," I shout breathlessly, as I arrive in the car.
"God Opal, we're not deaf. We can hear you," Gemma says, rubbing her ears.
"Ready to go?" My mom calls out from the front seat. "Yep," both me and my sister reply. We're heading to the pool today, just to relax.
"So, what do you plan to do at the pool?" I ask annoyingly, facing Gemma. She's keeping her eyes on her phone.
"Opal, how about you shut up so this can be a peaceful car ride," my sister says tiredly.
"Gemma, don't talk like that to your younger sister," my mom scolds.
"Mom, you say it as if I'm a five year old."
"Well, you still are my baby," I hear her say. Even though mom is facing the road, I know she's smiling.
Then after a while, Gemma got what she wanted.
A peaceful car ride.
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I sit on a chair in my bathing suit, as I apply some sunscreen onto my body. We've just arrived at the pool, and my mom and sister decided to buy some drinks in the store nearby. Without me.
So now, I'm by myself at the public pool. There's already families here having fun with their kids. There's some couples here, too.
But they're not what I'm looking at.
I'm staring at the boys goofing around on the other side of the pool. Because I know them.
They're the type of boys you ladies out there would fall for. Boys with jawlines and light-colored eyes. Or maybe that's just what I like..
The first that catches my eye is Derek Sandro, who is just a year younger than me in his sophomore year. He may be annoying as hell, but he's a cutie.
Right now, he's "wrestling" in the pool with Will Parker, my classmate in biology. He's a classic player, flirting with girls here and there. He does have good looks, light brown eyes and all. Heard he got it from his mom side.
As they wrestle, Kyle Hughes records them on his phone. Kyle is pretty mature than his friends, and he got good looks, too. It's why my friend has a crush on him. Even though he's a year older than us in his senior year.
And finally, the one beside Kyle is Nathan Adams, who's currently applying sunscreen. He's actually new to our school, moved in my neighborhood last week. He's my classmate in a few of my classes, and even though he's new, he fit easily with the popular group.
Girls practically drool when he walks by in the hallway. I can't blame them, though. The boy has been blessed with the good looks of a Greek god. He's seems to be bit of a player, too.
Remember how I said every girl in school falls for these boys? I made a mistake. Not every girl likes them.
And I proudly claim that I'm part of that population. I just want to get through high school, and make it to a good college.
After applying my sunscreen, I head to the pool. What I usually like to do, is put my feet in first and just relax like that for a while. So that's what I do. I let the warm water surround my feet, as I hum a tune in my head.
After a few minutes, I'm ready to get my whole body in the pool.
But someone did it for me. Oh fuck.
I feel two hands on my back as I'm pushed into the pool and water immediately surrounds me. I quickly swim to the surface, coughing up some water. My eyes search for the jerk that pushed me.
I look up and my eyes are greeted by fascinating green eyes. The green eyes of Nathan Adams. They seem to flicker with amusement as I just glared at him.
Derek is beside him, laughing like there's no tomorrow.
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