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Chapter 4 – Sam Learns to Swim
Sam and Freddie found the best camping place by the lake that the waterfall poured into. There were also fruit trees and they could get fish from the lake. One day Sam and Freddie decided to catch some fish. Freddie was busy making some sort of fishing rod.
"Ok so you have to attach the twine to this end of the stick, and some bait to this end of the twine, and…"
"Got one!" Sam declared through clenched teeth holding a fish in her mouth.
"Or you could do that." Freddie said in an annoyed tone dropping his fishing rod to the floor.
Sam continued catching fish with her method until she fell in!
"Sam!" Freddie exclaimed jumping in to rescue her.
Once they were out of the water Sam was really angry, "I hate water! How come everything we need for survival depends on water! Whats wrong with being dry anyway! Ugh!"
"Sam calm down! Maybe I could teach you to swim. How would you like that?"
Sam considered this for a moment then gave him her answer, "Ok. But only because I need it. But I'm warning you. One little trick or mishap and I'll…."
"Don't worry Sam. You're just gonna have to trust me. I wont let anything happen to you. I promise."
"Why are you being so nice to me all of a sudden?"
"Because I know that you're just upset from being stranded on an island with me when we're supposed to be in Hawaii having the vacation of our lives. I'm really bummed out too. But don't worry, we'll get out of here eventually."
They were silent for a moment lost in thought, when Sam decided to break the awkward silence. "Well let's start swimming then. We don't have all day! Well actually we kinda do."
Freddie got into the water, but Sam just stood there frozen with fear, "Actually, I don't think I wanna do this anymore."
Sam tried to walk away, but Freddie grabbed her ankle, dragging her into the water.
"EEEEEEEHHH!!!!" Sam shrieked. As soon as she was in the water she wouldn't let go of Freddie. In fact, she was clinging on so tight that she made nail marks in Freddie's arm.
"Sam you can loosen your grip! I won't let you drown!"
Sam slowly loosened her grip on Freddie. After about 20 minutes of trying to swim Sam gave up, "I can't take this anymore! I hate swimming! I'm never gonna learn to swim! I quit!"
"Sam calm down. You can't give up! Maybe we could try again later."
"NO! Water is stupid! I hate water! I never want to see water again!..."
Freddie had enough. He let go of Sam and dunked her in the water just to get her to shut up. He did it as a joke and didn't think she would get so mad.
"Freddie what is the matter with you! I hate you! I can't believe you would do that to me!"
"Sam it was just a joke! I would never let you drown for real! I just did that so you would stop yelling! You're overreacting! What is wrong with you!"
Sam didn't say anything. She just walked out of the water and sat by a tree looking down with sad eyes. Freddie felt bad. He went over to Sam and sat down beside her.
"I'm sorry Sam. I didn't know you were that scared. What's wrong? Is there a reason why you're so scared? Did something happen?"
"Yes. It's a looooong story."
"Well I have time."
"Ok," Sam started, "When I was a little girl, I wasn't the same girl I am today. I used to be a good girl. My dad was the only one who called me Sam. Everyone else I knew called me Samantha. My dad was like my best friend. I was too young to go to school so I didn't have any real friends. My dad would take Melanie and I everywhere."
"Wait. So you mean Melanie was real? No wonder I didn't feel that same spark from the first kiss." Freddie mumled to himself.
"What did you say?"
"Never mind continue your story."
"Ya it was her. But back then Melanie and I were like best friends. We were much more alike than right now. And my dad took us everywhere. The three of us always had a blast together. My mom always forgot me and Melanie's birthday. But my dad always surprised us with the best presents and our favorite cake! One summer day, when we were about four years old, my dad took us to the beach. He was planning on teaching us how to swim after we took a boat ride. On the boat, we got stuck in a storm. My dad told us to go to the lower deck while he tried to steer the boat out of the storm. We watched our dad through the door and we saw him get thrown into the water. I wanted to go out and help him, but Melanie wouldn't let me. We knew there were sharks in the area we were in. And we never saw him again."
Sam had tears in her eyes as she finished.
"Awww. I'm so sorry Sam. If I had known I never would have done that to you. I would have tried harder to tolerate with your rudeness all this time."
Freddie hugged Sam and tried to comfort her and make her stop crying.
"I'll always be here for you."
