Breathing Water

CHAPTER 14

"So where were you today? You never told me you were going out with Glimmer," Mom asks as she places our dinner plates in the sink.
"Oh, I wasn't with Glimmer. The girl that rescued me when I drowned wanted to hangout and give me some breathing exercises." I pick up our glasses, place them in the sink, and fill them with water.
"Thats nice. What's her name?" Mom gets a rag wet and starts wiping the table.
I grab some paper towels and follow Mom around the table drying where she wipes. "Her names Shelly. She is really nice." Mom puts her rag by the faucet and I throw my paper towels in the trash.
Opening the dish-washer Mom says, "So how did you go from almost being the next teen drowning victim, to a more beautiful version of yourself, to spending time with someone other than Glimmer in less than five days?"
"I don't know, but I think I'm happy about it. I'm going to shower, then head to bed. Goodnight, love you you Mom." I kiss her on the cheek and walk upstairs.
"Goodnight, love you too sweetheart."
Getting ready for my shower I notice something strange on my stomach. Examining it closer it appears to be a very faint scar all the way around my mid-section. It looks like ocean waves or a series of connected 'u's. As I look at the scar on my mid-section I notice something similar on my hip. It turns out to be on both hips and has the more definitive shape of an oyster shell.
In the shower I try to scrub these strange markings off my body. When they don't come off I think about how they got there. Finally I remember the burning sensation from when I was drowning and decide that they must be connected to that. I must have hit or touched something that left these marks on my body.
Climbing out of the shower I notice that they are slightly darker than before getting in. As I dry off they fade again. Dismissing it as an illusion from the water, I prepare myself for bed.
In my sleep I have a strange dream of happily breathing with ease. I am swimming near the bottom of the ocean with different sea creatures and I have a tail for swimming instead of legs.