Chapter 10. Wow ten chapters in ten days. That is really amazing for me. I hope you have been enjoying them. Here is chapter 10.
Special note to Anonymous reviewer Megs: I am so glad that someone that has been to the Vineyard is reading this. They will defiantly go out to Oak Bluffs at some point and down to the Black Dog. I love the Vineyard too. Thanks for the review.
Disclaimer: I do not own characters I did not create.
Spoilers: Ten chapters later it is still AU.
"Do you want to go for a swim?" Abby asked Kate as they once again finished breakfast on the porch.
"Yea sure," Kate replied a little hesitantly. This would be the first time that Abby had been in the water since the accident and so Kate was a little worried.
"Don't even think about thinking about it," Abby instructed her friend glaring at Kate.
"Too late," Kate told her.
"Stop thinking on egg shells," Abby told Kate exasperatedly, "It is not like it can read your mind."
"Yes you can," Kate replied, "you do it all the time."
"True," Abby agreed, "Now let's go swimming." She pulled her shirt off to reveal the bathing suit underneath.
"You are glad I didn't say no aren't you?" Kate said with a laugh.
"But I knew you wouldn't because I can read your mind," Abby reminded her. Then she admitted, "The fact that you too are wearing your bathing suit also helped.
"Right," Kate replied surprised that Abby had noticed. "I just need to leave a note and we can go for a swim."
"Does your family just leave notes on the table and if you can't find someone you look there first?" Abby asked because it seemed to her that anytime anyone went anywhere they would leave a note on the table. Kate walked over to the table and started scribbling a note. Towards the end she paused and looked at Abby.
"Do we want to swim out to Vitesse?" Kate offered.
"Yes we do," Abby replied her eyes lighting up. Kate talked about Vitesse a fair bit but Abby had never actually been on the boat.
"Alright," Kate said scribbling the last line of the note and signing it with both their names. Together the headed back out to the porch where they remove all t-shirts and shorts. Then they grabbed their goggles and walked down to the beach. They stood out on the end of the dock for a moment and waited. Each was waiting for the other to make the first move.
"You ready?" Abby asked Kate excitedly. Abby didn't wait for an answer. She ran and jumped off the dock. Kate shook her head and as Abby surfaced Kate smirked. "I hit the bottom," Abby told Kate.
"That generally happens when you go off the high dock," Kate told her friend. Kate then walked down a set of stairs onto a smaller, lower, platform. "This is the swimming platform," Kate announced. Then she did a very pretty dive into the water.
"Show off," Abby muttered under her breath. "Now which one is Vitesse?"
"That one," Kate told her pointing to a sleek black boat directly in front of them.
"Are we going to swim all the way out there?" Abby asked guessing to the distance to be about two hundred yards.
"Yes," Kate told her friend. Abby had suggested it. She was not allowed to change her mind. "It is not that far and you are on swim team remember."
"Yea, yea," Abby agreed before Kate could continue. "Let's go."
So they set out for Vitesse. They were both doing a weird mixture of breaststroke and freestyle resulting in what would probably define as a glorified doggy paddle. It allowed them to swim and talk at the same time and they were chatting. They had made it a little way before Abby shrieked.
"What is it?" Kate asked worriedly.
"Seaweed," Abby told her moving quickly away from the spot.
"We are in the ocean," Kate emphasizing every word. "There is going to be seaweed."
"I don't like seaweed," Abby told her, "It is all slimy."
"Get over it," Kate said as nicely as possible. Then she hurled a clump of seaweed at Abby's head. Abby ducked and the seaweed went flying into the boat behind her. They looked at each other and both started laughing. Then they picked up the pace to get away from the scene of the crime.
They reached Vitesse a few minutes later. She was a beautiful boat. Abby looked up at her and realized why Kate loved her. Abby floated in the water for a few moments then looked at Kate.
"Is there anyway to get up on her?" Abby questioned her friend.
"If you have decent upper body strength," Kate told her, "then yea. Watch and learn, Grasshopper."
"Since when did I become Grasshopper?" Abby asked.
"Since I knew how to do this and you don't," Kate replied. With that Kate lifted herself onto the back of the boat and pulled herself the rest of the way up. Then she turned around and looked at Abby. "There is a cleat in the middle of the deck," Kate revealed, "Just grab that and pull yourself up."
Abby did as she was instructed and within a minute she too was up on the boat. She looked around at the white painted decks and the different cleats and ropes that stretched across it. She swallowed. This sailing thing looked a whole lot more complicated than she had originally thought. She was very glad that she had decided to watch the first two races from the shore. She was especially glad because from what she had seen of the first races, they had spent most of their time keeled way over.
Kate was sitting up on the bow of the boat looking out over the water. She loved watching other boat sail. They were all so pretty. She looked back at Abby who had not moved yet.
"You can come up here," Kate told her, "Vitesse won't bite." Cautiously Abby stood up and walked the length of the boat and sat down next to Kate.
"She is really pretty," Abby commented.
"I know," Kate replied happily, "We really need to get you out on her sometime."
"As in sailing out on her?" Abby said throwing another glance at all the ropes and cleats, "I'm good."
"I don't think I phrased it as a multiple choice question," Kate pointed out.
"Neither do I," Abby agreed with a grimace. Kate just smirked.
Did you like it? I am sorry for the slight bragging about Vitesse but she is base of my family's boat and I very proud of my little girl (the boat). Anyway please review and tell me what you think.