A Year With You

Chapter 12

                Before I could even step on the wet white sand, I felt Kyle’s strong arms on my legs and carried me in bridal style. We felt the cold water, clear and soft on our skin. Our body crashed towards the waves. Well, not to mention that as the waves crash towards me, I easily get carried away but since Kyle is just behind me, when I get carried away, he holds me on my hips to prevent me from falling. Even though the water is cold, all I can feel is her warmth.

“feeling cold?” Kyle teased.

“not really…” how can I feel cold when your body is against me? I almost continued.

“wanna play?” he said.

“what kind of game?”

“tag..” he said blankly.

“so, who would be the ‘it’?” I smiled.

“I’ll be the ‘it’ first… I’ll give you ten seconds to swim far, no getting out of the water..” he said.

“but, that’s impossible…. How can I run properly when I’m in the water…” I pouted my lips.

He just shrugged his shoulder.. “ten!” oh, great he’s counting already.

“nine!” he said.

I swam as far as I can. “eight!..... seven!”

I look at him, I’m not yet so far away from him. He smirked at me and resumed counting.

“six!” I’m such a turtle! I complained in my head.

“Five!” run!!!  That’s all I shouted in my mind.

“four!” okay, I’m soo dead.

“three!” I’m far from him but since he’s a good swimmer, he’ll catch me in any seconds.

“two!”  please, don’t let him catch me quick!!!

“one! …. Zero!...” he started to swim towards me and I make my legs go fast but the current is just strong.

Please don’t let him catch me. I chanted in my head.

“oh Caaaaasssssey… here. I. come babe!” he teasingly shouts.

                I swim as fast as I can but he is just that fast that whenever I get an inch farther than him, in just a second, he can catch-up already. I swim harder, thrusting my feet harder in the water. I thought I lost him when the water peacefully settled. I look around and didn’t see Kyle.

“gotcha!” Kyle jumped out of the water and hugged me. I screamed out of my surprise.

“you’re it.” He smiled at me, the teasing kind of smile. I narrowed my eyes at him. He laughed and started running away from me. I smashed the water and started chasing him.

“Can’t you go slow?!” I shouted.

He just laughed and swam harder. I tried my best to keep up.

“Kyle!” I called out again.

“come on, you can’t be that bad!” he grinned. I swim so hard, I suck at playing this kind of game. I was about to give up when I thought of something good.

“ouch!” I pretended.  Kyle looked at me with doubt.

“Kyle!, I can’t move my other leg!” I pretended to sink.

He swam quickly towards me, I can see his worried and it made myself proud of how good I am in acting.

“Which of your leg hurt?” he said as he hugged me. I rested my head to his shoulder and smiled.