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i was sitting on the edge of the pool, feet in the water, when ethan came up behind me
"y/n" he whispers
i turn around and look at him "yeah?"
"can i tell you a story?"
i shrug "sure"
he smiles and sits on the pavement next to me "there once way a little boy who loved to swim. he and his younger brother would go swimming almost everyday whether it was raining or not. they would stay in the pool all day and have wrinkles everywhere when they eventually got out"
i giggle as he smiles and continues
"one day, a relative came over and brought her little girl. she was a couple years younger than the two brothers, but she loved to be near the water. she never entered the water though because she said that she couldn't swim. the boys ignored her and continued to splash each other as if she wasn't there. all of a sudden they see splashing from the deep end of the pool and hear the little girl yell 'help, i'm drowning' the relative ran outside and pulled the little girl out of the water, but she was too late. for the little girl had lost all of her oxygen and drowned. the older brother found himself sad. not because of the little girl's death, but because he could no longer hear her cries for help"
ethan pauses and stares at the water "several years later, the boy turned 12. he still loved to play and swim in the pool, but had the urge to hear the little girl's cry for help once again. as sick as it sounded, he wished that another girl would drown so that he could hear the cries for help once more. fast forward to when the boy was 16. he was young and in love, or so he thought. he found his girlfriend making out with another guy on the edge of a pool. he walked over to them and pushed the guy away, punching him in the face. the guy ran away as the boy faced the slut before him. 'it didn't mean anything' the girl claimed. the boy didn't believe it. out of anger, he pushed her into the deep end of the pool. he watched as she struggled to stay on the surface of the water, treading to save her life. 'help' she cried out. the boy smiled and watched as her head went under the water for a few seconds before resurfacing again. 'i'm drowning' she cried before her head went under the water again. but this time, her head didn't resurface. the boy walked away with a smile on his face, for he had found a way to hear the little girl's cries again"
ethan looks at me and whispers "the end"
i get a gut-wrenching feeling just as ethan pushes me into the water
a month earlier
i wrap my towel around myself as i start to exist the pool area. i look at my phone and accidentally bump into someone. i look up and see two hot twins
"oh sorry" i say feeling the heat rise to my cheeks
they both laugh "it's okay"
"i'm ethan and that's grayson" the one with longer and messier hair says
i smile "nice to meet you. i was actually just leaving"
"aww too bad" grayson says
"yeah, but i've got to go" i say
"we'll probably run into you again sometime. we love to swim" ethan says
i smile and wave "bye"
"bye" they say waving back
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