I was having fun.
Then my life changed forever.
It was at the graduation pool party at our community pool. It was pretty cool, they shut down the pool to the public, and the graduating students got to go there for the length of the school day. We were all having fun, jumping off the deep end, or chilling with friends.
We were about 3 hours into the pool party when all the sudden there was an uproar from the people on the other side of the pool. I quickly swivelled around to see what all the commotion was. Once I saw what it was, I called over to my friends;
"Yo, they got the snacks and drinks stand up!"
We speedily ran out of the pool and around to the other side. The pool was nearly quiet already as word had spread so fast. I looked and saw that only one person remained, about to go off the diving board into the deep end. I turned and heard a splash.
It seems like they jumped, I thought, it's so silent now. I waited for about another minute before I realised something was wrong. Shouldn't they be out of the pool by now? I looked in the pool, and I saw, through the ever-shrinking ripples, a dark mass that seemed to be just under the surface. I knew that I couldn't swim very well, if at all, but I didn't care, or I didn't realise. I turned to my friends;
"Be right back." Then I jumped into the water.I attempted to swim to where he was, which soon I realised was unnecessary. I grabbed his shirt then hoisted him up above me; his head barely above the water. I started to swim as hard as ever, and I soon saw I was converging to the side of the pool. Even though I felt tingling and the sharp, burning sensation of pain, I pushed harder and I eventually I reached the edge. I looked up, and with my last of the breath. With all my remaining strength, I pushed him onto the ground. I opened my mouth wide as a cave to let the air flow through me once more, suddenly realizing my mistake. I fell slowly into the water, nobody noticing me until afterwards; they were too focused on the person I had rescued. My chest and abdomen were felt as though I had been rammed by a truck. Soon, the regret sunk in and I cursed myself for taking on such a risky venture. My strength was failing, and I was slowly falling to the bottom of the pool, my body in complete pain and my mind filled with frustration. My eyesight began to turn black around the edges, and my pain and disappointment was almost unbearable.Luckily, my last thought turned out the lights as it went.
