Chapter 6

Mason's POV

"Are you planning on getting in soon?" Ben asked me. He crossed his arms on the edge of the pool and looked up at me. His blonde hair was wet and sticking all over the place.

"Ehh..." I looked around at everyone showing their skin and immediately felt self conscious. "Nah. I'll just stay here." I said.

"Alright man. Just saying, water's fine." He said. He turned and went under water before coming back up and arching his back like Ariel from the Little Mermaid.

"Who is that guy? He looks hot as fuck." A girl next to me said.

"I don't swing that way, but..." A guy said.

"They're talking about your man." Carol said to me.

"I, wh- huh? He's not my man!" I said a little too loud.

"You sure? Cause Amelia is basically naked and flirting with him but Ben keeps looking back at you." She said. I turned and caught a quick glimpse at Ben. When he noticed me staring, he turned away.

"It could be a coincidence. Maybe he's actually looking at you." I said to Carol. Carol facepalmed herself.

"Since y'all got here, Ben has been looking back at you so many times." I kept thinking. No. Maybe he's just getting closer to me. I looked back at Ben to see Amelia beginning to sit a little too close to him. Ben moved away.

"Uh-oh. She's goin in." Carol nudged me. "Better do something quickly." She said.

"Like what?" I looked at the diving board. Shit! Should I jump off? I used to be really good at jumping, either off of diving boards or to conclusions.

I got up from my seat and took off my shirt. Carol lightly smacked my back, making me red in the face. Immediately Ben's head turned to stare at my chest. Not too skinny, just enough to be toned.

"He's looking." I whispered to Carol.

"Perfect! That's step one!" She said.

I began to walk and made my way to the diving board. It's bigger in person! Like, 10 meters tall! Do I really want to do this?

I climbed up the board slowly.

"ALRIGHT MASON!" Ben's voice cheered me on. A few cheers came on. I'm doing this to impress a guy.

"Okay, okay, okay. Breathe." I told myself. My feet landed on the top plank and stepped on it. I slowly waddled my way to the edge and made the mistake of looking down. Not only was I beginning to chicken out, but almost everyone was looking at me.

Carol blew bubble gum, Amelia was touching Ben's shoulder, and Ben was watching me with huge eyes and an idiot grin.

"JUMP!" Someone yelled.

"I BELIEVE IN YOU, MASE!" Ben yelled, giving me confidence.

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So, you know those moments in life when you know you are doing something you're gonna regret but can't stop yourself because your body is already moving? So your mind is just right there watching as your ultimately fuck up your life. You know those moments?

Yeah, that happened when my foot slipped and I fell face first into the pool. My ears, full of water, could hear the groans of people who witnessed my disgrace.

My body floated in the deep abyss. This reminds me of when I was first created in my mother's womb. Just me, in fluids, swimming around.

Except I'm not swimming. I forgot how to swim. Now I'm floating down. Going deeper and deeper as the sunlight begins to disappear. And then my vision begins to blacken.

I start to panic and flail in the water. But no matter what, nothing worked. So I went to sleep underwater.

This is how I die.

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bye! i love you all!

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