I'll Meet You There

05

We arrived at our next location. Elton told us that we would be swimming with 250 dolphins. I've seen sharks, but never dolphins. This would be interesting; even if I'd be in the boat.

Corey started hopping like a kangaroo, making me roll my eyes.

I'm surrounded by idiots. Take a shot every time I think that.

Elton told the viewers it wasn't raining, but that the water was 45 degrees and the boys whined.

We made our way inside the building and Elton said, "The lady said there's a hundred dolphins out there."

Sam's eyes widened. "That's like ten around you at all times."

Colby grinned and glanced at me. "I'm gonna hold one. How about you, Poppy?"

I nodded and Elton said, "No, Colby, Poppy, you can't touch them."

Colby returned, "I don't care. We're gonna hold it."

"No, no. It'd be like Romeo and Juliet. If you touch them, they die."

"Speaking of Juliet," Corey began, "we all want to know. Who's your Romeo?"

Elton smirked. "We all know it's Colby."

"Guys, I hate to tell you, but Coppy isn't a real thing."

I scoffed. "Coppy? Wow. And, by the way, Romeo and Juliet didn't touch each other and die. They died in other ways. To all the 14 year olds watching, you'll read the play. I'm not giving spoilers as to what happens."

Colby sighed. "No, no, never mind."

Corey said, "But then it'd be really romantic."

"'Cause then you'd kill yourself after," Sam added.

A sneer crossed my face and I glared at them. I must have worried them or scared them enough because they stepped back.

Elton nodded. "Yeah, and they'd make a Broadway show about it like West Side Story. Poppy, it's okay. It was a joke."

"Heck of a joke," I muttered. "Can we stop talking about Romeo and Juliet and Broadway plays and go swim with dolphins, please?"

The boys slid on their wetsuits and Sam and Corey started waving their arms like weirdos. Colby lost his tail and started shaking his butt. Colby started joking about pulling dolphin tails, making the guys crack up.

We got onto a boat and I stared out into the water, seeing someone stand beside me. Corey turned to Elton and said, "I feel like a captain."

"What's your first order, captain?" Elton wondered.

"Bend over." Corey said, and Colby did so. "I was kidding. I was kidding."

Corey decided we were his seamen and seawoman.

For the millionth time, Titanic was reenacted. This time, by Sam and Colby. Elton asked Corey, "You wish you were Jack again, don't you?"

Corey made his way to Colby and placed his hands on his waist. They started dabbing and being idiots once again. Colby started acting like a dolphin. Sam commented about how Elton's mustache popped out from his scuba mask.

The boys sat on the edge of the boat, with snorkeling gear on, and each of them had a GoPro in hand. One by one, they each jumped into the water to swim with dolphins. I remained on the boat. Since I couldn't swim, I was left out of the action. This time I was rather disappointed. At least I can watch the dolphins.

When the boys got back into the boat, we began talking about what we had seen. We had seen a whale, an albatross, and the rarest dolphins in the world. Colby kept joking about talking one home.