Chapter 10: Memories
"Sometimes in life, things need to be let go. Things you care about and love the most, charashing like nothing else in the world, need to be earased from your memories at some point."
"Okay, Liam you can open your eyes." Liam uncovered his eyes to see a boat parked in the water.
"Did you rent it?" He said with a smile.
"Maybe.. Were all going on a ride around the lake all day today!" Jack said, looking at Liam who was smiling a smile that said, 'Hell yes! Lets go!'.
After an hour of going out, getting food and drinks, and packing a bag of sunscreen, Jack, Liam, and the kids all loaded onto the boat and started to drive slowly out into the water. About ten minutes of cruising across the water they reached a narrow canal, that was supposedly leading to a small private beach.
"I think I see it!" Fernando shouted as they approached a small, sandy beach. The water was chrystal clear, but the bottom was pretty covered in branches and grass. A few beers and boxes were left on the beach, obviously indicating that there had been people here before. Fernando and Destiny hopped out of the boat quickley, jumping into the waste high water as Jack pulled the pontoon boat up onto the sand.
"Can we swim?" Fernando said.
"Of course, but watch out theres a small current, so dont go too far out." On the other side there was a tree hanging over the water, it looked perfect to jump off of. Fernando instantly spotted it and turned to Destiny, who had the exact same look. "Can we go jump off it!?" Destiny turned back to see Liams obvious answer on his face.
"Sure! I'll go too!" Jack said, pulling Liam toward the water.
"WOAH WOAH WOAH! NOOOOO!" Liam shouted at the extended hand Jack had. "Thats a terrible idea!"
"Oh come on! Liam it will be fine!" Jack begged, somehow convincing Liam to come swim across the canal with him. The water was deep enough over the tree. But one thing scared Jack and Destiny as the approached the tree. Spiders were all over it, nothing but webs covered the limbs. Other than the center.
"OH HELL NO!" Jack yelled as he saw the tree. "FUUUUCK NO!"
Jack and Destiny both swam as fast as the could as Liam and Fernando stared with a grin. "You can just swipe them off you know!" Liam shouted over the canal. "Its not that bad!"
"Are you crazy?!"
Liam laughed and continued to walk to the tree, he climbed up the back of it and swatted the webs that were on a few of the limbs. He reached the top of the tree and jumped, landing in the water with a huge canon ball, making a massive splash and earning a huge laugh from Destiny. Fernando started to walk up the tree and got to the end, almost falling. He jumped, breaking a branch and hitting the water with the loudest smack they ever heard, a pure belly flop. He broke the surface thrashing for air as it was knocked completely out of him. Laughing too hard to breath as he started for shore. His chest and arms were extremely red and bruised.
"I GOT IT ON VIDEO!" Destiny shouted across the canal to Fernando, who gave her the dirtiest glare ever.
"I SWEAR TO GOD DESTINY!" Fernando shouted back, "Watch this! I'll show you!"
Fernando started climbing to the top of the tree, and stood up on the branch. He took a huge lunge, doing a clean backflip into the water. Everyone started to cheer. Then ten seconds passed, and still no sound of Fernando.
"Fernando!" Jack shouted as he jumped into the water, which had started to move faster. He started to swim as fast as he could downstream, looking everywhere for Fernando.
"GUYS! HELP!" Jack shouted as he continued to swim faster and faster. Destiny and Liam both jumped into the water as fast as they could. Downsteam they heard shouts coming from a head that was bobing up and down quickly.
"HE- HELP!" Fernando yelled louder and louder. Jack started swimming torwards him with all of his power, grabbing him by the arm and pulling him up. He started to head for the side of the shore, Fernando was struggling to breath and swim. They got to shore and Fernando started coughing and choking on water, Liam patting his back as he did. Jack looked down at his leg, that was bleeding prefusley. There was a massive gash on the bottom of his foot, and his back was completely cut up and bruised.
"I-.. I hit the bottom and my legs and back were the first to- hit it.." Fernando said coughing and wheezing in pain. "It hurts, really really bad." He said, reaching over for his foot, only to cry out in pain.
"OW!" Fernando yelled as he moved his arm. It sat awkwardly at a weird angle in his shoulder, obviously dislocated.
"Oh my god.. That river really.. Really fucked you up..." Destiny said earning a stare from Fernando, who was not amused. The three picked Fernando up gently, carrying him into the water and slowly making their way down it. Fernando squealing in pain every step. As they got to the boat the all helped Fernando up onto the deck, and covered his foot in Jacks shirt, which was instantly covered in blood. Liam jumped into the drivers seat as Jack tended to the wounds. He gunned it down the canal, yelling to other boated he passed that he was sorry and that this was an emergency. He raced all the way back to the cabins where he was able to park the boat at the small docks.
"Why are you back so early?" Diana asked as they pulled up by the dock.
"Emergency, go get the car, Fernando is hurt." He replied, Diana started to job back towards the cabins to get the car. They all escorted Fernando to the car and hopped into the back, Jack setting a waypoint to the nearest hospital.
Uh oh, well hey. Theres some action right? Long chapter too!