Hidden Meanings

I Swear I'm Going to Kill You [Cousin one-shot, I guess...?]

I guess you could say this is a one-shot between the relationship of Una and I...when we're not having our best days.

"Found another one!" Una burst out of the water, swimming over to the stairs in the water before plopping the seashell on the ground. "That's my sixth." She said smugly, and I rolled my eyes, rubbing at my arms with a towel.

"Look, I get it that Shelly likes you more," I mumbled, and her mouth twisted upwards, "but I have Rocky on my side."

Una flipped onto her back. "Yeah, I know. The dude hates me. You gonna come in the water, Tess, or what?"

"Yeah, yeah, coming-" I muttered, slapping my mask on. "Get out of the way."

My cousin obeyed, shooting away from the area of coral and towards the raft. "Is Sara coming? Or Vita?"

"Sara's coming in a few days-" at this, Una slightly growled, "and Vita's somewhere."

"Very informative, Tess."

"Shut up."

I took a running start before spreading out into a dive, Una shrieking as she darted to the side to avoid getting hit. The sky vanished above me as I kept underwater, eyes flickering side to side to look at the fish.

Someting beside me swam forward at an alarming fast pace, and bubbles exploded from my mouth, grinning as Una mirrored it. She smiled as well, her blonde hair framing her face and spreading around her like a halo while she was underwater.

We both fired upwards at the same time, breaking into gasps as we blinked at the sky above.

"Race ya to the raft."

"Psh, as if you could beat me, Tess."

"Unlikely, but still."

Both of us were going at an easy pace, swimming a gentle breatstroke towards the small raft my dad put up. Una grunted as her hands scrambled at the handles before tugging herself up.

"Man, after a year, you kinda forget how to climb this thing..." she muttered, and I nodded my agreement, pulling myself up after her.

"Wanna do what we did in the old days...?" I asked, and she snapped her head towards me, raising an eyebrow. "How long can you stand on this thing?"

Her eyes lit up. "Get off, I'm going first." Without much objection, I slid off the now-slippery raft and into the water.

"Three...two...one...LET I- I mean stand!" She released a bark of laughter before pushing herself up, loosing her footing in about two seconds before a flurry of blonde hit the water.

"My turn." I said, and she resurfaced, glaring at me expectantly as I climbed on. I gripped the handles tightly as I prepared myself.

"Three...! Two....! One....stand!"

Let's just say I slipped and fell before I could fully stand, mmkay?

"My turn again!"

I spit some water from my mouth. "Three..two...one...stand!" She slowly stood up, sticking her arms out to balance herself.

Una looked at me, grinning. "Ha! Beat that- OH NO, BAD TESS!"

I grinned, rushing forward to bump the raft with my head. Yeah, head-butting it. A screech told me that Una had lost her balance, and a loud splash afterwards told me that she hit the water.

Her head plopped up, green-brown eyes staring at me, eyes narrowed. "Tess... " she seethed, " I swear I'm going to kill you."

♥ Love ya, Una.