Our Summer

The Unknowing Cupid

Still Mila's POV

"Hey guys!" Sammy waved to us as we got closer, making the boys notice us too, "The water's great!"

Then I got an idea. Ohh... she's gonna hate me.

"C'mon Esmé! It's the first one of the summer, might as well make it a splash." I grinned and winked at her, grabbing her arm and running to the pier.

"MILAAAAA-AHHHHHHHH!" She screamed as we flew a good 10 feet from the dock, crashing into the lukewarm water. I dared to open my eyes as we were below, and I saw Esme sinking. My eyes widened as I swam towards her, arm outstretched. She slipped just between my fingers; my lungs took over my body and I resurfaced.

"HELP!" I shouted, trying to refill my lungs with air. Daevd turned to me since he was the closest.

"Mila, what's wrong?" He asked calmly. I felt like strangling him.

"It's Esmeralda. She's drowning, we gotta-"

"I got this." Andrew announced as he dove down, cutting me off. God, I hope she's ok....

THIRD PERSON TIME

Mila and Ted swam to the dock to wait for their friends, Ted trying his best to calm her down.

Seconds felt like hours, nobody saw either person emerge. Sammy and Daevd had offered to go, but nobody had let them.

"Oh God, it's all my fault... She was that close! And I wasn't able to grab her..." Mila had begun to cry, leading into hiccups. Sammy hugged her and didn't let her go, giving Mila some encouraging words that nobody else could hear.

Meanwhile, in the water

There she is!  Andrew thought to himself as he finally saw Esmeralda. Her brown hair floating around her, face peaceful, and tan skin practically glowing.

He swam as fast as he could, arm outstretched. His lungs were burning, that's for sure, but he grit his teeth and finally managed to grasp onto her arm.

He linked their arms and began to swim like hell towards to surface.

Back to the Group

"Guys! C'mon, Andrew just surfaced and looks like he's about to black out." Ted spoke, pointing and immediately diving into the water. He didn't even wait to see if anyone was following him.

Surprisingly enough, Noel jumped in while Kelsey ran to get a first aid kit. Everyone else anxiously waited at the dock.

Both boys were swimming fairly easily with the "lovebirds" on their backs.

"Race you." Noel smirked, Esmeralda on his back. Ted rolled his eyes.

"Nah. I think that we've got more important things to deal with right now. Like, I don't know, potentially our friends' lives?" He hissed. Noel shot a look at Ted before picking up his pace, "Hey, wait up douche."

And back to Mila's POV

Noel heaved Esme onto the pier. I immediately went to grab her, Daevd helping me.

I watched anxiously as Sammy preformed the Heimlich maneuver, until water sputtered out from Esme's nose and mouth.

"Ughh..." She hung her head after a coughing fit, puking slightly afterwards.

"Get her back to the cabin." Sammy demanded. Kelsey was long gone and I couldn't move my legs.

"I got her. If that's okay for me to go into your cabin?" Andrew asked. Sammy raised her eyebrow, then turned to Daevd for consultation.

"Don't look at me, it's your  cabin. But he's reliable, he won't do anything." He assured her.

".....Fine. Keep with her, but as soon as she falls asleep or one of us is back, you leave. Got it?" She poked a finger at Andrew's arm. He winced from the impact.

"Got it. Don't worry, she's gonna be alright." Andrew proceeded to pick up Esmeralda bridal style, carrying her down the trail.

We continued to swim and prank each other in the water, including Ted going under and yanking us along by our ankles. At one point, Noel grabbed me from behind and slammed me into the water.

Time Skip  (Because I said so)

"Hey Mila, wait up!" Ted jogged up to me. I froze and politely waited, even though I really needed to get to the teambuilding exercises.

"Hey Ted. Whatcha need?" I asked.

"I just wanted to say thank you."

"What for?"

"For being Andrew and Esmeralda's accidental Cupid today. You helped get them closer together, and that push is exactly what Andrew needed."

"... Does he like her?"

"Something like that." Ted smiled before running to catch up with Daevd and Noel.

Boys are so weird...