5am Start

Snow White

The only reason people hold onto memories so tight is because memories are the only things that don't change when everybody does.

Yourri

A second later he lifts me up and pulls me into the water. I felt the warm water against my skin.

"The water isn't that cold" I tell him.

"Told you" he says playfully. This wasn't a side of him I was used to. It's actually refreshing seeing him like this, when he's not being or rude or annoying. I guess everyone has a good side to them after all. 

"Yeah you did" I try to sound cheerful enough, but the truth is that I'm panicking inside, what if there's some dangerous fish in the water that would bite me or what if it's infested with dracunculus medines?

"Come on let's do a mid air jump into the water" he swims toward the bridge and climbs on a nearby rock, it's not really that huge but then it can allow for a very big splash.

"You wouldn't be the death of me" I mutter to myself swimming in his direction.I climb the rock steadily making sure that I don't slip. He reaches out his hand for me to hold once I get to the top.

"Ready?" He asks me the second time this evening and I merely nod. I try looking down but he cups my cheek turning my face to him.

"You'll be alright " his warm breath fanning my face but, "do you trust me?" He asks me, do I trust this boy who has done nothing but hurt me? Even though he's mean sometimes- no no scratch that- all the time to me he wouldn't make me fall or drown right? I look up at him, he's still waiting for me to answer so I nod at him unable to make up any words.

His strong muscular arms wrap around me, drops of water on them. My hands instinctively move to his chest as he presses me against him. I shut my eyes and put my face in his neck, his breathing hitches. "On three" I wrap my arms around his waist tightly in an enclosed hug when he says, "On two"

He kisses my hair and smiles against it before saying, "one" then sending us both into the water. I feel the adrenaline in me rise as we go down.

Splash!

The impact of the water hits me and I feel my head go down, my body going closer to Xana whose arms are still around me. I hold my breath as I kick my way up in the water. I grin as we come up for air, still holding on to each other panting for breath.

"That was awesome!" He screams and i laugh hard. Yeah it was. "You up for another round? " he offers and I nod gleefully in agreement. Even though everything about jumping from that rock screamed signs of death, it was still fun.
We do a couple more rounds before we decide to race each other to the waterfall. We play splashing each other with the water. We were both cracking up with so much laughter. I can't actually remember the last time i had so much fun before moving in with the Ibn Khoury's. Not that I didn't use to have fun before, I just mean that I used to have fun that wasn't life-risking and don't ask for examples.

"I believe you owe me a question " I remind him once we swim back to the bridge and he frowns.

"Unfortunately, yes " he rubs his face with both palms, something I realised he did very often when he was frustrated or worked up.

I have so many to ask actually. Like where's your mother? Do you miss you sister? Why are you so rude most of the time? Why do you fight? Why do you live with the Ibn Khoury's? I just can't decide.

But before I can make up my mind, I just blurt, "how did you deal with your dad's death?"

He looks up at me like i just betrayed him then looks down at his feet, "over all the questions in the world Yourri why that?"