"Get in the water!" Tate yelled at Violet and pointed at the pool water that he was waist deep in. Violet glared at him and put her hands on her hips. "I'm sorry, baby. Please get in the water."

Tate watched as Violet shook her head and stayed where she was, safe on the concrete patio that surrounded the pool. Tate's eyes ran over her slim figure, admiring how much skin the small bikini showed off. Violet had told him that she had to borrow her mother's swim suit because she didn't even own one. The suit was bright red and was tied onto her body with strings. Tate had to coax her to take off her towel because the suit made her extremely self conscious. Now he was in the pool, and she was standing by the stairs, refusing to move any closer to the water.

Tate slowly waded through the water until he was standing in front of the stairs. Violet watched as he moved closer to her. Every step he took made Violet that much more nervous. She trusted Tate with her life, but she hated water. She crossed her arms over her chest and stood firmly on the ground.

Tate extended one of his hands out to Violet, and she stared at it. "Come on, Vi." Violet was already shaking when she slowly moved her arm and linked her hand with his. Taking his hand felt like giving her life over to Tate. She knew she was overreacting, but this was a huge deal to her. Facing one's fears is never an easy task.

Tate smiled when Violet grabbed his hand. He could feel her shaking, and he pulled her hand until her toes where on the edge of the concrete. He looked up at her and smiled, trying to ease her nerves. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you, ever." Violet smiled shakily at his words and took a deep breath before stepping into the shallow water that flooded over the first step.

The water was a lot warmer than Violet had imagined. She stared down at the blue green color of the water, admiring how pretty the pool lights looked as their light danced through the water whenever she moved. She took another step, moving deeper into the water so that it splashed against the middle of her calves. Tate grabbed her other hand and placed them on his shoulders before his hands moved to rest of her waist. It looked like they were trying to slow dance. Violet was eye level with Tate because she was standing on the stairs. Tate smiled at her before leaning forward and kissing her nose. Violet scrunched up her nose and giggled at his innocent sign of affection.

"See, this isn't so bad." Tate spoke calmly. Violet nodded her head before taking another step down. This step was bigger than the others, and she gasped when the water splashed against her upper thighs and bottom. Tate laughed and pulled her close to him. "I'm proud of you." He whispered into her ear and he leaned down close to her. His lips trailed across the soft skin of her shoulders, causing Violet to shiver and bite her lip. She was so lost in the feeling of his lips on her skin that she didn't realize that Tate had been pulling her farther into the water until she felt it touch the underside of her breasts.

"Tate!" Violet tried to push him away and moved back to the shallow end, but Tate held her firmly to him.

"It's okay, Violet. I've got you." Tate bent down and wrapped one of his arms around the back of Violet's legs before picking her up so that only her back and bottom were touching the water.

"What are you doing?" Violet asked with wide eyes as Tate moved deeper into the pool until the water was hitting him in the middle of his chest. Violet wrapped her arms tightly around his shoulders.

"First lesson, floating. All you have to do is let go of my shoulders and lean backward."

Violet looked at him like he was crazy and shook her head.

"Violet. I told you that nothing was going to happen to you. Don't you trust me?"

Violet took a deep breath and nodded. "Of course I do. Just don't let go."

"It's okay, Vi. I'm never going to let you go."

Violet reluctantly released her tight grip that she had on Tate's shoulders. She still held onto him with one hand as she slowly leaned back against the water. Tate kept one of his hands wrapped under her legs, but his other hand moved to rest under the middle of her back, holding her up in the water. He watched as Violet's hair fanned out in the water, surrounding her head like a halo. My angel. Tate smiled at the look on Violet's face.

"You're floating." He whispered and slowly moved in a circle. Violet smiled brightly as she felt the water moving around her. She couldn't believe that she was actually floating in the water and not sinking like a rock.

Within an hour, Tate had Violet treading water without any assistance from him. She still refused to go out in the deepest part of the pool, but she managed to get to a place where she couldn't touch the bottom. Tate whispered loving encouragements to her the entire time, telling her how proud he was of her for facing one of her fears.

Violet was currently swimming sloppily back and forth from one side of the pool to the other. Tate was leaning against one side of the pool, watching Violet with a smile on his face. He watched as she swam closer to him, and when she was close enough, he grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him. Violet gasped as Tate threw her off her balance, and she clung tightly to him.

"Tate! I can't reach right here." She said in a panicked voice as her feet dangled beneath her.

"Just wrap your legs around my waist." Tate whispered huskily. His tone made Violet shiver, and she wrapped her legs around his waist, still holding on tightly to him. Tate was significantly taller than Violet and could stand on the bottom of the pool where they were. He spun them around and pressed Violet's back against the edge of the pool. Violet could feel Tate's arousal pressing into her core. He had been watching her the entire time she was swimming and getting more and more turned on by her in that little red bikini.

"Tate…" Violet moaned when his lips pressed against the sensitive part of her neck. She gasped when he pressed his hips into her. "What if my parents see us?"

Tate's lips hovered over her skin. "Live a little, Vi. It's not like we haven't been caught before." Violet playfully slapped his shoulder at his joke. Tate laughed before going back to kissing her neck. Violet let her head fall backward, giving Tate better access to her skin.

With the chance of getting caught playing in both of their minds, they both silently agreed that this time would be quick and fun. They hadn't been together in a few days, and both of them were more than ready. Tate's fingers quickly untied to sides of Violet's bikini bottoms and slipped his swim trunks down. He kissed her lips to smother the loud moan that escaped from her throat when he pushed into her. Violet couldn't hold in her moan. They had never had sex in this position before, and the feeling she got when Tate entered her was amazing. His thrusts were deep and slow paced at first. Both of them wanted to prolong the moment even though they knew they needed to be fast.

Tate held Violet to him with a hand on the small of her back, and his other hand grabbed the back of one of her knees and pulled her leg up so that it rested against his shoulder. This changing of position allowed Tate to push even deeper into Violet, and one of his thrusts made Violet almost cry out in pleasure.

"Tate!" She called out as each of his thrusts went deeper and deeper. Violet could feel her climax building inside of her. She held on tightly to Tate's shoulders as his thrusts became faster. She leaned her head back and closed her eyes tightly as her release started to rock through her body.

Tate couldn't take his eyes off of Violet. The way she leaned back gave him full sight access of her chest. He loved to watch her breasts bounce up and down in the same rhythm as his thrusts. His gaze moved to Violet's face when he heard her moan loudly. Watching her come was his favorite part. The way her eyes shut tightly and her mouth opened into an "O" shape made his release explode through him seconds after hers.

Tate pulled out of Violet and pulled her body close to his. He loved the way her body would shake every few seconds after she came. Violet buried her face into the crook of Tate's neck and placed gentle, loving kisses along his skin. Tate ran his hands up and down Violet's back, watching as the water around them moved back and forth.

"That was…" Violet couldn't finish her sentence because she honestly had no idea how to describe what had just happened.

Tate nodded his head. "I know."

Violet smiled and wrapped her arms tighter around Tate's shoulders. She didn't want to let go and end the moment that they were having. Her favorite part was always how they would hold each other when they were finished. It was when she felt loved and when she knew that she loved Tate with everything inside of her.

The moment ended all too soon when a car horn honked down the street, making both of them jump and pull away from each other. Tate grabbed Violet's bikini bottom from where it was floating in the water and handed it to her. Violet pulled it on as she moved to a place in the pool where her feet touched the bottom.

Tate watched her as she moved and wondered how he had gotten so lucky to have her in his life. If she had never moved here when they were young, his life would have been completely different. Hell, he might not even have a life right now. He could be dead like the spirits that haunted his house. But he wasn't, and it was because of Violet.

Violet turned around and noticed that Tate was staring at her with a goofy expression of happiness of his face. She tilted her head to one side and stared back at him until he snapped out of his thoughts and blushed when he realized that he had been caught. Tate moved closer to Violet and took her into his arms again.

His black eyes looked into her light brown ones. "Thank you." He whispered.

"For what?"

"For always being there to save me." Tate smiled.

Violet smiled up at him. "I love you, Tate." She meant it. She would always mean it.

"I love you too, Violet." Tate leaned down and placed a gentle kiss against her lips.

This chapter was the calm before the storm. Ye have been warned… O.o