Kim's car pulled into the lake parking lot. As soon as the car stopped, Cash got out and started running down the hill to the water, yelling, "Last one in's a rotten breadstick!"

Sage and June got out and just stared down at him. "Rotten breadstick?" said Sage, looking at his girlfriend.

June shrugged. "He's very strange."

Kim got out of the passenger seat. She waved at her husband inside the car. "Bye sweetie!"
The car drove off. Sage made a face. "Dad's not staying?"

"He can't," Kim replied. "It's a work thing."

Sage looked down. "Oh."

June smiled. "It's okay! We can still have fun, just the four of us!"

"Yeah!" Kim agreed. "Water and the chance of being brutally drowned by either the currents, an underwater pool, or a non-trusted person always cheers everyone up!" She clapped her hands and pranced down the hill, leaving both June and Sage speechless.

Cash had worn his swimming trunks underneath his pants, so he didn't have to change. He was just taking off his shirt as the rest of them arrived. Cash pointed at June. "You're last, June! That means you're a rotten breadstick!"

June shrugged. "What does that even mean?"

"It's an updated version of rotten egg!" Cash exclaimed, running into the water. "Ain't I smart!"

Everyone laughed. They all headed to the bathrooms. Sage came out first since he didn't have as much to take off or change into. He put his clothes down on the ground next to Cash's and waded into the water.

Cash was in the middle of the lake already, underneath the water. He was trying (and failing) to do an underwater somersault. Every now and then his head would pop up for air, and then he'd head back under to try again. At one point he'd even hit his head on a rock. It hadn't felt good.

Sage swam out to the middle where he was. Not paying attention, Cash swam upward and crashed his head into Sage's stomach. Sage tilted backward and fell underneath the water. He came back up, laughing. Cash came up as well and looked at Sage. He was breathtaken.

Sage didn't really have abs, but he had a really nice body. He was smiling and his curly hair had turned fairly straight and was dripping down over his forehead. He ran a hand through his hair and swam toward Cash. "You did that on purpose!" he said, laughing.

Cash shook his head. "N-no, I didn't…"

Sage made a face. "Hey, man… you okay?"

What was he thinking? He'd never thought about another boy like that! He was straight! He didn't pay attention to other males' bodies or the way their hair looked! He didn't care! What was going on?
Cash tried to clear his mind of those thoughts and smiled. "Yeah, I'm good." He went back under and started swimming away.

Kim and June came out of the bathrooms just then and headed into the water a little farther from where Sage was floating. Kim waved. "Hi, sweetie!"

Sage smiled and waved. "Hey, Kim!"

June swam over to Sage and took his hand under the water. "Hi there! Don't you look cute without your shirt on?"

Sage blushed, but then Cash came up behind June. "Excuse me?"

June jumped and spun around. "Whoa! Where'd you come from?"

"I swim like a shark," Cash replied. "I'm quiet… like Jaws." He started doing the Jaws theme song, making both Sage and June crack up. Boy, Sage looked cute when he laughed. NO he didn't!

"Hey guys, look!"

They all looked up on the bank where Kim was. A rope was hanging from a tree and she was gripping it. She smiled at them.

"Whoa! Kim, are you gonna jump?" June yelled.

"Yep!" Kim closed her eyes, ran, and jumped into the water, screaming as she went in. Cash, June, and Sage clapped when she was done.

"I volunteer Cash next!" Sage exclaimed, hitting Cash in the back.

Cash smiled and looked at Sage. "Oh, no problem! This'll be easy! But you have to go after me!"

"Okay, fine!" Sage laughed and pushed Cash a little. June rolled her eyes at both of them and started swimming toward the bank.

Once they were all on the bank, Cash grabbed the rope and looked around. "Well, okay… here I go…" He didn't go anywhere.

June crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Come on, you chicken! Just go!"

"I'm going!" Cash said, readying to jump. "Just give me a minute."

June looked at Sage. "Okay." She ran and pushed Cash. He yelled and flew across the lake, screaming. He looked down and instantly let go of the rope, and splashed into the water below. Everyone cheered like they had done for Kim.

Cash swam back up to the top and laughed. "Whew! What a rush!" He pointed at Sage. "Now it's you're turn!"

Sage grabbed the rope. "Well, okay… I've never done anything like this before." He grabbed the rope. June gave him a kiss on the cheek. "You can do it!"

Sage chuckled. "Yeah, I'm sure I can…" He looked in the water at Cash, then backed up and ran forward, flying over the water. He let go of the rope and Cash knew what was coming. He yelled as Sage landed on top of his head, forcing him underneath the water.

They both came up a few seconds later, Cash coughing violently. Sage looked at him and hit his back hard. "Hey! Cash, Cash! Are you okay?"

Cash, still coughing, choked out, "Yeah, I'm fine."

Sage looked upset. "Wow, I'm sorry… I didn't mean for that to happen."

Cash cleared his throat and looked at Sage, whipping his hair a little. "Yeah, it's okay." He smiled and looked into Sage's eyes. Sage looked back. The world seemed to stop for a minute. Then…

SPLASH.

June appeared next to them. She came up, laughing. "Oh, wow! That was great! I'm going again!"

Sage looked at Cash, then looked at June and started laughing. Cash smiled, but his thoughts were too cluttered right now to even think about what was going on.

A/N: So. What did you think? Thanks to the reviewers from last chapter You're both awesome!