“Christian, put me down!” I scream as I flail about.
His response is a deep chuckle, followed by, “Just enjoy the moment, beautiful.”
I ignore his compliment as he enters the water. He continues further into the lake until the water is a bit above his waist. When I think he’s about to stop, he keeps walking forward.
Without a word, he drops me into the water. The cold instantly shocks me and I’m completely under the water. I fly up to the surface, have to shred the water to stay above. When he begins doubling over with laughter, I glare.
“I’m so sorry, I forgot how short you are!” he continues to die.
I swim past him and get to a spot where the water is just at my chest. From where he’s standing, the water is barely at his elbows, and I truly admire his height.
“What if I couldn’t swim?” I accuse.
He walks towards me. “I already asked Ariel. I was trying to figure out why you weren’t in the water with the rest of us.”
“Whatever,” I dismiss, flipping onto my back and allowing myself to float. My eyes are closed until I feel a presence over me. “Can I help you?”
When I open my eyes, I’m surprised to see that it’s Ace above me. The third oldest brother grins down at my floating form. Suddenly, my body is being held under water. I thrash about, trying to free myself, but it only lasts for a few moments.
“Ace, you asshole!” I hear Ariel yelling once I reach above the water.
His back is to me as he laughs crazily. In that moment, I do the only thing I can think of.
I run at him, as fast as I can through the weight of the water, and jump onto his back. The force knocks him over, while I hold on for dear life. I push all of my weight onto him and hold him down for as long as I can before he rises back up with me now on his shoulders.
Instead of being mad, he begins laughing again. I join in too. I feel as if I have no cares in the world as I sit several feet in the air, arms wrapped around his neck. It takes a while before we can sober up, and as soon as he looks up at me from between my legs, I start dying again.
“You dumbass!” I choke. “You could have killed me!”
“The opportunity was there! I have zero regrets,” he chuckles, placing me back where I can stand.
This is what I enjoy about the Scotts. You really can’t be mad at them for long.
“Fuck off,” I let out my last long laugh before turning to the others. “Are you guys ready yet? I’m starving.”
*
The rest of the day is spent drinking and goofing around. I enjoy having the other girls around: much more than I thought I would. Addison is the oldest, she’s 23, which makes her a year younger than Adonis. Hailey is 22 like Alex. Next comes Olivia, who is 20 just like Christian. Finally, there’s Zoe and Maddy, who are the same age as us. I remember Zoe from high school, but we never spoke much before. She’s also the younger sister of Addison.
Now, it’s around 8pm and the sun has begun to set. We’re all broken off into little groups, doing our own thing after eating dinner. Although we’ve been drinking all day, we’ve been pacing ourselves and no one is completely drunk yet. Clearly, it isn’t going to stay this way for long.
“Guys!” yells a tipsy Hailey. “Gather ‘round!”
Everyone follows her command, and takes a seat around the fire.
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Teen Fiction"Here," I say, passing the paper to my left. "We need to finish this by the end of summer." I pray that no one asks a certain question as my list continues to circulate. One by one, devilish grins form on the faces of my friends. "I'm in," they begi...
