The Outcasts *On Hold*

Chapter Nine

(Pic of Thea)

We sat by the pool, talking. Sammy made us change into swim wear. I had on a light green and grey two piece (I borrowed it from Sammy), Killian had blue swum trunks on, and Sammy had a pastel pink and yellow bikini.

"So guys, which gate did you come from?" I wondered.

"There's one about twenty-four miles west from here. At a mall too," Killian replied.

"The gate guardian was male. Average hight with dark curly hair, brown eyes. I think his name was Winston." I almost choked on my water.

  "You okay there?" Killian asked.

  "Yeah, I'm fine. Just casually choking."

  "Okay," he said and proceeded to talk to Sammy.

  I slipped into the pool silently as he talked. I swam underwater until I reached where Killian was siting. Grabbing his ankle, I yanked him into the deep end. He gave a yelp of suprise as he splashed into the pool. I surfaced and laughed until he pulled me under by my calf. Then we looked at each other and nondded, swimming to where Sammy was still sitting and laughing. We popped out of the water and grabbed her, pulling her down into the water.

  We resurfaced to breath, taking a moment before we start splashing each other. I splash Sammy and she splashes back. Then I give her the look and we turn on Killian. He splashed us back simultaneously, then went under water to attack from there.

  After a few minutes of this, I decided to get out and have a bite to eat.

  "And where are you going?" Killian asked.

  "To get food. Sammy, want a hamburger or two?"

  "Yeah, I'll take two. Make another two for the retard over here," she requested as I walked to prepare the burgers. I got the meat out of the fridge after I washed my hands, and made five patties. After starting the grill on the patio, I brought out buns, condiments, and the now seasoned patties. After the grill heated up, I put the patties on the grill and waited to flip them. The whole time I was doing this, Sammy and Killian were talking to each other about random stuff. I flipped the patties and put the buns on the grill to toast them. I finished and let the siblings put their hamburgers together. I had mine with ketchup only.

  "Mmhh... these burgers are delicious, Alex," Killian said.

  "Why, thank you," I said.

  Have you forgotten about me? Chester had been watching from by a pool chair. I'm a growing pup still. Pleeaaseee?

  "Fine, have some," I said. "Needy pup," I mumbled as I gave him some of my hamburger.

  These are good. Will you make them more often at home?

  I nodded and went back to eating. We finished and dumped our paper plates in the trash. I walked to one of the pool chairs and laid down on my stomach to rest a little. Sammy went to one on my right, I heard a splash and asumed that Killian had jumped into the pool. Soon enough I was asleep, taking a light nap.

Someone shook me. "Hey, time to switch to the front. Don't want an uneven tan do we?" I switched, as Sammy had a good point. Then I promptly went back to sleep.

"Hey," someone shook me. "Hey, hey, hey, Alex. Time for showing off what we can do." It was the idiot I knew to be Killian.

"Five more minutes," I grumbled. I then heard someone lifting something filled with a liquid. My mind was still sluggish and when I finally realized what was happening it was to late. The water was cold. And wet.