Jacqueline POV
Why was Ross so anxious to keep me away from Riker? Riker was so nice...and honestly, I'm a little scared of Ross's temper. But I loved Ross...right? Yes, of course. I saw that he was looking at me, as if waiting for an answer...only I didn't know what he had asked.
I said, "Let's have a contest! I get a ten second head start and if you can catch me, you get a kiss." And with that, I dove into the water. I heard him counting to ten and then I heard splashing behind me. He was bigger and stronger than me and would catch me soon. But I swam to a big rock and stood on top, screaming, "Catch me if you can, slow poke! My grandma can swim faster than that!" At that, I saw Ross' face come out of the water looking angry. "I'm just kidding!" I yelled down, not wanting him to get worked up again. The anger flushed from his face and he climbed onto the rock before I knew what was happening. He wrapped both arms around my waist from behind as I tried to jump into the water.
He turned me towards him and smirked, "I believe we had a deal."
"Yes, we did."
He leaned in and whispered in my ear, "I love-" Just at that moment Ellington flipped off his board accidentally and it flew up and hit Ross in the back of the leg. I heard Rydel and Riker laughing hysterically...I guessed Rocky and Lindsay were still going at it. But Ross dove into the water and swam as fast as he could to the shore. I tried to chase him, but there was no chance.
Chapter 22
Riker POV
All I saw was ross swim all the way to shore. "What happened? I asked jacqueline. She looked scared. "I think he was going to tell me he loves me, but then the board hit his leg and he swam off." I responded "oh. Crap. I'll talk to him." I was about to swim away when she grabbed my arm. "What is it jacq?" "It's just...I'm kind if scared if ross when he gets angry. It kinda seems to happen a lot. And I don't know I just-" "oh is that why you've been avoiding being alone with him? Jacqueline, he's really not like that. Trust me. Lately his emotions have just been running high so he gets worked up more quickly." She looked relieved "okay!" She said. "Then I'll go talk to him. Can u round up the rest and bring them to shore? There's somewhere I wanna take you guys." I was happy to see her happy "sure!" I said.
Ross POV
Why is this not working out for me? Ugh. I laid down at the edge of the water and closed my eyes. After about a minute I felt something touching my chest. I opened my eyes and saw that is was Jacqueline. She was sitting strattle legged across my chest.
"Hey babe" she whispered. I smiled. I love the feeling I get when she touches me. She spoke again, "Look, I'm sorry about that earlier. But I want you to know that I love you." Then she leaned in and kissed me. She ran her hand through the back of my hair as she did so. I rolled over so I was on top of her now. Finally she pulled out and I said, "I love you too." Then she said "come on! The rest of them will come up here soon. I have something I really wanna show you guys." Sure enough the rest if my family and Ellington came out of the water and jacqueline said "follow me!" Man, I loved this girl.
