Analise

Chapter Eight

"You've never been on a boat?" Jack asks Chloe. She shakes her head standing like a board.

"Relax or you're going to fall over," Layla says. Chloe glares over at her and quickly walks over to a seat at the front of the boat.

"Alright, everyone on?" Isaac, the guy driving us asks.

"Yeah," Leland says nodding his head. Leland, Layla, Carson, and Julia go to the front. Taylor travels to the back and takes a seat. Austin, Analyze, and Jack follows behind her. She closes her eyes and lets her arm hang over the boat.

It begins to move and she feels little droplets of water hit her hand. She moves her hand with the wind and just lets her mind wander.

Austin glances over at Taylor and smiles as she looks beautiful. He watches as she seems to relax and not be thinking about something. Jack elbows him in the side. He looks over at him confused. "Checking her out?" He asks knowing the answer. "Just make a move." He says and Austin gives him a look.

"You shouldn't be talking." He says and looks over at Analyze. She's leaning against the back of the boat and staring off into space.

"I'm getting there."

"Are you?" He asks and Jack shrugs.

"What if she... I don't know. I don't wanna make it uncomfortable." He says and rubs his neck looking over at her.

"Dude, she hasn't dated anyone since you to meet, you two are always hanging around each other, she already asks like your girlfriend. Trust me, you guys will be fine." Austin says and Analyze looks over at them. She smiles before looking back towards the front.

"Yeah, I guess." He says with a shrug.

"Man up and just ask her out. It's not life or death." Austin says with a light shove at him.

"It kinda is. I can't live without her. She's my best friend and I don't wanna f*ck something up with us. I know I would and then I'd lose her. I rather have her be my friend than to not have her at all." He says with hurt in his voice. Austin stares at him not sure what to say. "Don't give me that look. I already know I'm in love with her." He says and Austin smiles. He pats him on the back and Jack begins to laugh.

"Man, you gotta say something." He says and then Analyze comes over and pulls him up. She drags him to the side of the boat and is pointing at something. He looks over at her with a smile and nods his head putting an arm around her side.

Austin shakes his head before turning back in his seat. He looks over towards Taylor and sees she's kneeling on the seat and looking over the railing. "What you looking at?" He asks standing up. He walks over next to her and seas fish. Fish with every color swimming everyone.

"It's so pretty." She says almost mesmerized. The boat begins to slow down and Leland hollars for them to come up to the front.

"So, has anyone not been snorkeling?" He asks looking around at our group. Everyone raises their hands except for Leland, Taylor, Austin, and Jack. "And you all signed the contracts?" He asks. Everyone nods. "Alright, you four can get ready, the rest of you pay attention." He says.

Taylor and Leland walk over to the goggles and snorkeling tubes. "How have they all not been snorkeling?" Jack asks taking goggles of his own. Leland shrugs and takes his shirt off ready to get into the water. He then begins to get his flippers on.

Taylor takes her shorts off and then begins to carefully remove her shirt. Once she's in her swimsuit she walks out to the little ledge and sits down letting her legs get wet first. Leland comes running off the boat and jumps in causing the fish around him to swim in different directions. "Leland you're going to scare all the creatures." Taylor scolds him as he comes back up.