If You Do Swim, You'll Drown (ft. Roadtrip)

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Kirsty's POV:

The beach and a barbeque, that was the way to spend a hot summers day. The Roadtrip boys had bought a beach hut and they has invited me and Jack down for a little party, we had a really nice time. Jack grilled up burgers whilst I sunbathed, which was quickly interrupted by a water fight. I was lucky enough to grab one of the limited water pistols and showed the boys that I always win.

"Kirsty...stop aiming for me...that's not fair, I can't see!" Brooklyn pleaded as I managed to floor him, I was repeated spraying him in the face.

"Man, I want you on my team!" Rye said running over and grabbing me.

"Not on my watch, Buster! Anyway these burgers are ready." Jack said, claiming me back from the other boys.

"Thanks for saving me." I laughed as I looked up at my hot burger chef.

"There was no way I was letting you on Rye's team, we are the iconic Squish Munchkin, no one could ever separate us." Jack said before kissing my head, I leaned into him as he wrapped his arms around me, my head against his warm chest.

"Ugh, you're putting me off my food!" Sonny said, getting all grossed out by his self proclaimed 'lovey dovey' actions.

"Shut up, Sunjob. You're just jealous." Jack said before childishly sticking out his tongue towards him.

"You would be absolutely correct!" Sonny said, we all dropped to the floor laughing before we all ate the feast that Jack had prepared for us all.

Sunbathing take two. I was now on the sand instead of on the green near the beach hut, I felt the sun against my skin for the first time in forever as England is never this hot. Luckily, there was a heatwave.

Suddenly, I felt cold and wet hands on my waist before my body was being lifted. I screamed out of the shook and saw that Jack had picked me up and was running with me towards the water.

"Jack, put me down!" I laughed as I kicked my legs out to try and wriggle from his grasp, he was just too strong. I could smell the salt water coming nearer.

"Jack, please it's gonna be cold!" I begged, still laughing as I awaited my fate. My toes touch the water as Jack entered the water, a chill raced up my spine. It was cold, oh so cold! Jack grabbed my waist harder and bent his arms ready to throw me in.

"JACK!" I screamed as I defied gravity as I was launched into the blue sky, my legs kicking about as I plugged my nose ready for the plunge. The cold water surrounded my body, my shoulders feeling extremely sensitive to it but in the heat of the sun it felt amazing. I got up from under the water, took a deep breath as I reached the surface before trying to locate where Jack was. He was with the boys laughing in the more shallow water. I ran over as fast as I can before using my arm to make a big wave to splash them.

"Jack, I'm going to kill you!" I exaggerated as he ducked and missed my incredible arm wave. He stood up laughing.

"I'm sorry, Bubs. We were playing dares." Jack said pulling me in for an ocean hug, I guess this is nice. I forgive him.

"My bad, I'm sorry."  Harper said holding up his hands, to be honest I was expecting it to be Brooklyn that dared him.

"It's fine, but you have to buy me an ice cream later." I said, making a deal with Harper which we secured with a quick handshake.

"Come on, let's have a chicken fight!" Brooklyn said as he enthusiastically jumped up and down in the water.

"SHOTGUN JACK!" Rye said as he pulled him away from me, causing me to fall over back into the sea as I was leaning against him. 

"For Christ Sake!" I said, annoyed that I fell in again but that was soon forgotten. I was picked to be on Andy's team and we were going up against Jack and Rye. I got up upon Andy's shoulders and Jack was on Rye's.

"Oh come on, that's not fair. He's much more taller than us." Andy said looking at the giant Rack tower that stood before us.

"Soz Fovvs, but that is just the rules of shotgun!" Rye stated as we started our round, I immediately went for Jack's shoulders. I wanted to beat him so much! I tried my best to push him off, and he did with me but neither of us were moving. Suddenly Jack's fingers went straight to my stomach as he started to tickle me, I'm pretty sure that's cheating. I kicked my legs out for him to stop but doing so I leaned back too far and I fell and did a backflip off Andy's shoulders back into the water. My hair was going to look so messy late because of all this salt!

"I'm sorry Andy, I didn't kick you did I?" I asked as I got back up to the surface.

"No, but I would like to kick your boyfriend's team for making us lose." Andy replied, I looked over and saw Rye parading the sea with Jack still on his shoulders as they did their victory lap.

"Look at them, they only won because they are fucking giants!" Andy moaned, getting a bit touchy about his height again. I just rolled my eyes and laughed at them, as Rye ran back towards us I notice Jack fell off his shoulders but he seemed so far away?

"JACK, COME OVER HERE!" I called out, hoping that he would hear me. I could see in the distance that Jack was just being pulled out further and further, he couldn't manage to swim back towards us. I think he's caught in a rip current!

"JACK!" I screamed as I tried to run over to him, but I couldn't as I felt someone grab my arm.

"Kirsty, no. It's not safe!" Sonny said pulling me back, I turned back towards the sand and ran out of the water. I was followed by the boys. I kept my eye on Jack as he was being taken further out to sea, he was panicking I could tell. He violently hit the top of the water as he tried to fight the current, but it was no match for him. I ran up the beach until I reached the lifeguard's tower.

"Guys, I really need your help. My boyfriend's in trouble!" I told them, I was very scared for Jack. He was becoming further and further out of sight from us all.

"Of course, where is he?" The man said standing up and getting out a pair of binoculars.

"He's out there, I think he is caught in a rip current or something. He keeps going under water for a long time and he's struggling to stay up, please help him!" I pleaded as I pointed out to where I could just about see him. The two lifeguards put on their life vests before getting onto their rescue boat, I stood at the edge of the water with the boys all gathered round beside me as we watched with great anticipation of whether or not Jack was okay. The boat finally approached him, the lifeguards managed to pull Jack onto the boat and they quickly made their way back to shore. Me and the boys gave the boat some room to dock as they brought Jack in, they laid him down on the sand. I immediately knelt down next to him and held his wrinkled hand.

"Oh Jackie, you scared me so much. You're going to be okay. He is going to be okay, right?" I asked the lifeguards.

"We are going to call him an ambulance, he had swallowed a lot of salt water and has become very dehydrated. I think he'll be fine once he's been treated." The lifeguard said, I nodded before turning back to Jack. He was coughing a lot, he was assisted onto his side before he started coughing up a lot of the sea water that was inside him. I rubbed his back as the boys watched with concern yet slight disgust.

The ambulance came and took Jack to the hospital, the managed to get all the nasty sea water out of his system and treated his dehydration very well with a lot of fluids. It could have been a lot worse for him, I was just so glad that he was safe. The boys came to visit with a card from Rye to say that he was sorry for calling shotgun on Jack and tossing him about like a sack of potatoes, Jack did forgive Rye of course but by the end of the day all the boys owed us ice cream.

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Sorry if the whole rip current and rescue section was a bit short, I'm not great at dramatic stories. Hope you liked it anyway x 



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