Lifeguard

Chapter 1

    Brooke and Amy carry the cooler, I'm carrying a backpack full of non-necessities, and two floaties in my hands. I look back at them, "Just 10 more minutes!!", Brooke looks exhausted. Her long brown hair is tousled into a million little knots because of the wind, her freckles are coming out because of the sun and her little button nose seems more prominent than usual. She's about 5 foot 8. Amy on the other hand is a feisty woman with short red hair, her natural color is light brown, her eyebrows are thin and her eyes are a deep blue. They're both 22, so I'm the youngest.. I'm 21.
    I have long golden hair with blue eyes and porcelain white skin. My freckles take over my face, my mom called it a "freckle bomb". I'm pretty tall, 5 foot 10 maybe.
    "We're finally here!!" I yell. We pass the sign that welcomes us to the 'Quarries of Rochester'.  "We have to go back to our original spot!" Brooke points across the quarry. "That's like another 15 minute walk!", Amy moans. I walk backwards, "it'll be worth it!" Right when I turn around I bump into a lifeguard. "My bad." I apologize, "What's in the cooler?" He asks Brooke and Amy. "kool-aid!!", Amy blurts. My hand slaps my forehead. I look up at the life guard, "Can we please just get to where we're going?", he nods and let's us through. "DAMN, B!" Brooke yells in appreciation. "I'm a badass what'd I tell you!!" We all laugh and continue on.
    "That lifeguard seemed hot as hell." I say with a kick of a rock. "Yeah no kidding.", Amy responds. "Guys I think we're here!", Brooke shouts with excitement. This is definitely the spot. There's a big rock with a flat top, the highest cliff you can jump off of and a trail into the woods 5 feet away from the rock that leads to a bonfire spot. Amy and Brooke set the cooler down next to the jump off rock.
    "What's that?" We all stop and listen, rustling in the woods fills our ears. "BOO!" Seth jumps out of the wooded area and scares the shit out of everyone. "JESUS!", Brooke screams. I push on my chest, just over my heart. I see the lifeguard looking over at us. Probably because Brooke screamed. "Okay guys, chill. We don't want the lifeguards here up our asses." Seth waves people over and the area around us fills up. "Who are these people?!" Amy asks Seth, "They're party animals!! WHOOP WHOOP!" The crowd 'whoops' back and someone blasts music.
     Seth looks....like greasy. His hair is slicked back, he has a long skinny nose and narrow facial features, his cheekbones are extremely high and his chin pokes out. He's skinny, boney almost.
    "What's up, B?" He leans against the rock next to me and hands me a beer, "Same as you." I sip the beer and look out to the Quarry. "I'm gonna dance." I pound the rest of my beer and go over to my friends.
    We're close the the edge. I try to push my way through to be a little less freaked out, but someone elbows me in the forehead. My feet slip and I feel myself falling back, towards the jump. My foot slips off the edge and I'm in mid air. Screams let out of me. Terror shrieks through me and I hit the water.