Chapter Five
Part One
If You Start Sinking I'll Grab You
Divine Angel
"Gene?" He frowned slightly squeezing through the small break in the fence before turning around.
"Shh what did I say, be quiet." He frowned, watching the blonde hair silence immediately as his scarred hand held the fence open. The blue eyes quickly squeezing through easily. "Come on." He took the light hand quickly walking forward into the sun and away from the fence. If all went well, which it should, today was going to be a nice day. It had been years since he had been in water deep enough to swim in. Earth was probably the last time, the ocean. Now that was something, hard to remember what it looked like though.
"Gene?" He glanced back down, the blue eyes squinting as they looked up at him. "Isn't Iris gonna get in to a lot of trouble? That card doesn't belong ta us." He grinned at the blonde hair. The small pair of jean shorts and loose white t-shirt talking to him, now eight. The light hand pointing to the pocket of his baggy pants where Iris had given him a small scan card to borrow. A very expensive piece of plastic left in her bar by someone who had paid what they would consider, months of food money to be able to get in here.
"Naa she won't, cause no ones going to know, and we're not going to rat on her right?" He grinned, blonde hair nodding as they came up to the small gate. His dark eyes watching the blonde hair open it and walk in, glancing back. He was never told where they were going. Loose white shirt moving forward more as Gene kept following before stopping.
His scarred face grinned, it was huge, maybe the biggest pool he had ever seen. They weren't kidding, this place had more money then they lived off and spent. Clean concrete surrounding the brilliantly tiled heated pool that stood with convenient turns and curves, maybe some mile long. "Hey where are you going?" Hr frowned, snapping down at the blonde hair that suddenly started back out the gate. Blonde hair and blue eyes looking up at him as the scarred hand grabbed his shoulder pulling him back in.
"That doesn't look safe." The light face frowned, as he grinned. Scarred shoulders shrugging.
"Sure it does come on." He tugged lightly watching the blonde hair shake no. "No?"
"Gene, that doesn't look..." The blue eyes trailed running back over the massive amounts of deep water that didn't have any sort of wall or anything. Just, walk right in and sink to the bottom. "I don't think that we should go." The scarred face grinned at him, shifting the small loose book bag he had over his shoulder slightly.
"Sure you do." He grinned "Try it, if you don't like it ,you can go and I'll stay." The blue eyes frowned immediately.
"What?" They spit concerned watching the unruly red hair start in grinning.
"Yeah that's the deal now come on!" His scarred face grinned harder listening to the blonde hair quickly rush up to his side. Blue eyes running over the settings, frowning at the incredible tank of water before following the red hair more. Unruly color chuckling at him as it walked through a small doorway to the cooler damp concrete inside. "Here." The blue eyes looked up. Watching the scarred hand dig through the book bag. "This is yours."
He looked at it. "You bought me shorts?" The blue eyes frowned baffled, taking them from the scarred hand. "Blue?" The scarred face grinned.
"Come on." The scarred hand motioned towards a long hallway of small curtained dressing rooms. Blue eyes running around the rest of the open concrete space intercepted only by small drains into the floor, streams of lockers, the small bathroom area and several benches. "Blue looks good on you." The scarred face grinned. "And their not shorts, it's a bathing suit." The blue eyes shot him a dull expression. "Shorts you wear when your going to go in the water." The dark eyes chuckled walking into on of the small dressing rooms and closing the curtain. Grinning as he listened to the curtain across the hall shut to as the blonde hair went in.
"What are we doing after this!?" He pushed unruly red strains from his eyes as he pulled his own loose black bathing suit up.
"Going in the water!" He grinned calling back to the blonde hair, shoving his jean shorts into the book bag as he pushed the curtain aside. Watching the blonde hair appear, now different shorts and white t-shirt.
"Going in the water?" The blue eyes repeated dully. Shoving his jean shorts into the book bag too before glancing back up at the red hair that nodded. Strong set of scarred abs and tight muscles heading for the same door they came in as the blonde hair followed. "Are we lucky this place is next to empty?"
His scarred face grinned listening to the comment, question. "Yeah well." he glanced down lowering his voice slightly. "I picked a time they weren't too busy." The light face grinned shaking its head slightly before squinting as they walked back into the bright sunlight. "You know I haven't seen this much water since I was on Earth." The scarred flash shot him a lop sided grin dropping their bag into a small chair as they neared the pool. Light skin growling at him as it looked at the edge of the deep fifteen foot section in front of them. "Did you see the ocean?" His scarred face frowned slightly, nudging the light shoulder staring at the water as it didn't answer.
"What? No I have only read about it. I never saw it." The blue eyes squinted up at him answering.
"Don't remember Earth?" The blonde hair shook no, backing up lightly as it watching him near the edge of the pool.
"Gene." He grinned hearing his name spit as a warning as he kept walking. "Hey what are you doing!?" The light hands snapped at him suddenly, pulling his wrist backward. "Don't get that close with it so deep." The blue eyes frowned at him. "What kinda idiot are you?"
"Hey shut up." He grinned, pulling his arm away. "Don't tell me your not going to get wet?"
"Huh." The blue eyes frowned at him. "Maybe wet but I am not stupid enough to get in that." He stood, perfectly still, listening to the blonde hair through his dull un-entertained expression before grinning.
"Suit yourself." He grinned taking one step forward before hopping off the side to the sound of his name.
"Gene!" He rushed forward, blonde strains running over his eyes as he looked down into the clear water. Watching the red unruly color smear around in the ripples before backing up as it came back splashing.
"Hey what's the problem?" He grinned. Cool perfect temperature droplets of water spraying onto the cement as he shook his head. Light hands now gripping his wrist tightly as they reached into the pool.
"Are you crazy!" The blue eyes scowled at him. Hanging tightly onto the scarred hand that held the edge of the pool. "People are not buoyant! Geeene get out your going to sink!"
"Alright. Shut up blast it." His dark eyes shot around, but Jim was right earlier. The place was next to deserted. A second scarred hand gripping the side of the pool to shut the blonde hair up as soon as possible.
"Gene get out come on." The blonde hair whisphered suddenly, pulling hard on his wrist to help him out. Before falling backwards slightly as the scarred wrist pulled away.
"Don't remember Earth?" The blue eyes frowned at him, watching him hang onto the edge easily.
"Gene don't you know we are too dense for water? We are gonna sink cause we're too heavy! Do you even know how dense water is!?" The blue eyes cringed concerned, watching the grinning reckless face stare back at him before kicking lightly. Pushing off the tiled wall back into the water. Dark eyes watching the blonde hair stand up immediately alarmed. Wide blue eyes watching him before growling. "What are you doing! Stop fooling around!" The blue eyes glared watching the unruly red hair easily tread above the water. "How are you doing that!?"
He grinned beckoning for the blonde hair to come. Watching the blue eyes squint at him backing up slightly. "Jim come on your not going to sink. People don't sink they swim." He chuckled lightly watching the alarmed face stare at him. "You know swim? Like that on TV. Where those hot girls rescue all those drowning guys, and when we're lucky other hot girls?" He grinned.
"Ahh if you think some girl is going to come n save ya, Gene you moron!" The blue eyes scowled at him upset.
"No that's not what I think." He frowned irritated. "*We* save *them* remember." he grinned swimming back to the side of the wall and getting out. Strong scarred arms pulling himself out as the cool water trickled off his strong top and dark black shorts. "Here we'll move, lets go." He grinned standing up and roughing his unruly hair with his hands. Watching the blonde hair lazily grab their bag before following a good distance away from the side of the pool.
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"Five feet?" The blue eyes looked down reading the number printed by the side of the pool. "Five feet of water here?" The blue eyes looked up at him questioning.
"That's what it says doesn't it." He grinned hopping in. The cool surface of water running against his lower chest as he stood. "See?" he grinned watching the skeptical blue eyes study this.
"I don't think I am five feet tall." The blue eyes frowned slightly looking down at the water and printed five.
"What? Are you saying your short?!" He grinned watching the blue eyes frown immediately.
"No! I am just saying I think there is too much water Gene!" The light hands threw their bag at the ground stomping forward slightly as the unruly red hair continued to laugh. "What is so funny about dat huh!?" He frowned watching the red hair slowly walk through the water, closer to wall again. Light face glaring at him as he grinned up before leaning forward. Watching the blue eyes lighten slightly, leaning forward to listen to his whisper.
"Jim, just get in. If you start sinking I'll grab you." The blue eyes stepped back quickly frowning at him. Watching the red unruly hair lean onto the warm concrete from inside the pool. Lazily cocking an eyebrow at the blonde hair. Blue eyes studying how Gene was able to stand easily in the water. "No offense but I don't think your five feet either buddy." He did a fast grin but the blue eyes only frowned harder. "But...if you too scared to get in...I think they have a real small pool for little girls or something over-"
"Shut up! I am not scared to get in!" The light skin growled at him stomping forward again looking into the water. Light hands griping the bottom of their loose white t-shirt. Ripping it off in one fast motion and jumping in.
He blinked, dark eyes chuckling at how fast that worked. Watching the blonde hair forget about how hard it was supposed to be glaring at him as the light hands gripped the wall tightly. Pushing off underneath with his legs to wedge himself to it tightly, the ground was much deeper under him then he had anticipated. "Your not going to do that the entire time are you?" He grinned chuckling at the blonde hair. The small hands snapping back up at the concrete to get out before sinking back to the small railing he hung onto, it was too high to reach.
"You loser Gene!" The blue eyes frowned at him shakily looking down. Watching its legs move without a trace of the bottom.
"Just let your head go under a little and you'll find it." He grinned watching the blue eyes snap up at him before lowering itself slightly. Letting the warm smooth water line trickle up over his light shoulders as he hung on to the railing white knuckled. Empty swooshing space beneath him. "Lower." he stated watching the blue eyes snap at him with the irritated Liar.
The water moved around him slightly as he walked back to the wall. Watching the light hands grip tighter as he appeared, blue shaky eyes frowning at him alarmed. "Jim I am standing on it aren't I?" He grinned watching the blue look into the water, squinting through the small glare to try and see the bottom. Nothing but the soothing blue color staring up at him. "Just hang on, and push down until you find it. Good?" He grinned watching the blonde hair shake no immediately.
"No I don't want to go under."
He cocked an eyebrow frowning slightly. "You don't want to go under the water?" He made a baffled expression watching the light face look away. "Why not?" He frowned "HahaWhere's the fun in that?" He chuckled suddenly watching the blue eyes look back at him, frowning concerned.
"I want to get out." He shrugged, moving to tread in the small five feet section.
"Your boring." He grinned watching the blue eyes frown immediately.
"Geeene." The small hands moved slightly, trying to move down the railing to get away from him as he moved over quickly. Rippling the water around him "I want to get out!" He grinned feeling the blonde hair kick him fast before quickly wedging itself back on to the smooth blue tiles.
"Well I am not stopping you" He chuckled, scarred face laughing at the blonde hair that refused to let go of the stupid railing. "Get out if you want." He chuckled dipping into the water. Watching the small teeth grit as he let the water line trickle up to his chin, the rest of him submerging in the cool blue.
"Ahh don't. Don't go under." The blonde hair shook no quickly. "Gene don't go under, what if..." he trailed looking down into the water again, the unruly color simply listening to him. "What if you can't get back up? Your going to drown cause your stupid!" The blue eyes were mad suddenly. Annoyed Gene was being so reckless, he didn't seem to care he was pressing his luck. That one slip up would leave him at the bottom of however deep they allowed this thing to go and he would drown.
"Haha!" He couldn't help it. His scarred form stood up quickly as he burst out laughing. Can't get back up, that was priceless.
"Shut up! Stop laughing at me!" The blue eyes scowled at him as he struggled to see through his booming laughter. Unruly red hair running into his dark eyes slightly as he shook his head slowly dropping down to rough chuckles before sighing heavily. The light face just frowning at him annoyed but upset. Unable to get out under it's own power but unwilling to ask Gene for help.
"Alright." He grinned sighing again as he fought down his chuckles. "Do you know how to swim Jim?" He chuckled lightly watching the light face lick it's lips shifting it's grip slightly but still hanging on white knuckled. "Huh? Can you swim?" He chuckled lightly this time, he just couldn't help it.
The light face shook absently not giving him an answer. "I dunno." His dark eyes watched the perplexed concerned expression hang onto the side desperately. His scarred shoulder shrugging.
"All you do is cup your hands like this and use your motion to push the water down and stay up." He stated matter o' factly watching the light eyes run over his hand as he cupped it, showing him. "Then you kick your feet." He shrugged matter o' factly. "Think you can do that?" He grinned
"Get away from me." The blue eyes frowned at him as he moved back to the wall, gripping tighter. "Gene I don't want to play." The small legs pushed him away as he grinned.
"Jim." He grinned, stating the name matter o' factly watching the small teeth grit again. "I am bored, so we're playing." He chuckled to himself snapping at the light shoulders quickly and yanking them backwards."
"Ahhh! Let me go!" The small legs kicked him quickly. Blonde hair pulling back from the wall at arms length, unwilling to let go. "Stop it Gene! I'll Sink Ill Sink! Stop!" He grinned, chuckling hard as the blonde hair fought his yanking before the light grip couldn't hang on any more. The small wet hands slipping off the smooth silver bar, flailing shakily before gripping his wrists tightly. "Ahhh!" He heard the blonde hair choke horrified at how far away it suddenly felt, the scarred skin continually pulling him back.
"Relax." he grinned feeling the light back and blonde hair try to cling to him as he pulled it away from the side some seven or so feet. "Think you can swim?"
"Ahh I want to get out. Now. Now Gene! I want to get out right now ok!? Now! Out Now!" The blue eyes snapped up at him shaking lightly as it hung on. Watching the dark un-entertained eyes looked down at him, dully listening.
"Fine. But there's one thing you need to know about water." He grinned slightly. "When you swim, you don't want to let water get in your mouth, or you'll breathe it in...alright?" He flashed a lop sided smile to the wide blue eyes hanging on tightly. Growing concerned as Gene gave directions, like he would actually be in the water. "Jim?" He grinned, fighting his laughter as the small chest gulped air as if preparing to not have any. "You know what kind of situation this is?" he chuckled lightly watching the light face stare at the surface of water slightly under it, as though any second it would raise and engulf him. "Hmm? Do you?" The blonde hair shook no quickly.
"Gene please, I want to get out. Don't." The blue eyes looked back up squinting in the sunlight. Watching the sly grin remain unaltered by his words.
"A no win situation. Because you can't win and your going in the water." The grin widened "Because I am bored."
"Ahh what are you doing!" The blonde hair screamed quickly, fighting to re- grip the scarred arms pulling him off before feeling the water move around him. The scarred hands shoving him away into the water, with nothing to grab.
"You better swim or your going to sink!" The unruly color yelled, dark eyes watching the blonde hair suddenly thrash around splashing in the water. "Don't splash so much or I won't be able to see you when you start drowning!" He chuckled watching the closed blue eyes fight to push the water down enough to stay above it. Quickly tiring, as the level of cool clear liquid rose higher on him.
"Ahh Help I am Sinkinnng! Gee.." He moved quickly, taking the one step to the blonde hair looking straight up trying to get air as it quickly sank into the splashing before disappearing. His scarred hands grabbing the light arms and pulling them back out. Watching the clear water run out of the blonde hair and light face that quickly inhaled before coughing. Breathing in the clear trickles that ran over his light skin and gagging on them.
"Did you breath in any water under there?" He grinned watching the light hands suddenly activate. Attaching to the scarred arm holding him as he choked. Light chest heaving up and down hysterical, sucking in more air. "Hey stop choking and breathe." He frowned slightly, before grinning again as the light face let out it's first sound. A heavily concerned exhausted moan.
"Geene." the small face struggled to catch its breathe.
"I told you I would grab you didn't I? Why are you so panicked?" He chuckled lightly watching the small hands move to grab more of him.
"Ahh I want to get out! I sank! I don't waaant to...I don't want to stay in I...Why did you do thaaat!" The light face screamed looking down into the water as it breathed heavily. Scarred arms shifting its weight up slightly. Dark eyes watching the light skin immerge out of the water entirely as he shifted it up. Blonde hair pulling its legs out quickly and pushing against his stomach to stay away from it. "Ahhh!Get me out! Pleeease!" The blue eyes cringed looking up at him upset.
"Are you catching your breath?" He cocked an eyebrow at the hysterical light face that glared up at him as he spoke. Breathing in hard audible gasps, looking back down at the water as he roughed the small shoulder clinging to him. "Are you?"
The blonde hair looked back up slowly, blue eyes glancing around before nodding. "aayeah." the light voice mumbled before sighing shakily.
"Good." he had been watching the light hands the entire time, in one quick movement he knew how to ripe them off. Watching the blue eyes widen quickly, breathing in to yell before disappearing back into the water. "Kick harder Jim!" He grinned watching the blue eyes squint this time trying to see as the light face struggled to stay above the water. Holding its breathe. "Hey! You want to breath while your still out! Don't hold you breath until you start to sink!" He chuckled lightly watching the light mouth open breathing in deeply, before he frowned. It was better with his mouth closed.
"AhhI can't! I can't stay up!" The light face disappeared under the water quickly before resurfacing with faster panicked motions. Quickly trying to scream for help as it choked before disappearing back under, unable to stay up.
"Alright." He sighed pulling the blonde hair back up. Watching the light face inhale quickly again before growling. Choking and gagging as the light hands dug him, hanging on tighter.
"You bastard! I ahhh!" The blonde hair screamed fast before disappearing under the water to the frowning scarred hands shoving him below the surface for a moment before pulling him back out fast. "Ahh UghOkIam sorrrry!" the choking scream surrendered.
"Yeah?!?" He shot back frowning, watching the wet blonde hair nod hard as it choked, shaking afraid it would go back under. "Alright. Unless of course you want me calling you names...wimp." He frowned, shifting the light weight up. Watching the choking lightly face push up away from the water. Light arms rapping around his to stay on. The small chest breathing heavily, exhausted. "You can get out now alright?" He frowned slightly, watching the upset face nod quickly, gripping harder in case it was a trick. "Not a very good swimmer are you?" He grinned lightly as he slowly moved through the water, walking to the edge. The light face turning away from him, ashamed it couldn't seem to stay up. "Here, get out." He watched the blue eyes look at the side as they neared it. Nervously reaching out before snapping at the bar and the concrete slightly above it. Feeling the scarred hands drop him, moving along side and climbing out easily. Dark eyes turning around and reaching in for him. Watching the blonde hair take his hand, using the bar as a step to get out quickly.
"Ahh" He grinned watching the blonde hair sigh heavily, sitting down immediately. Still gulping air, shaking lightly with the relief to be out and back on land.
"Hey Jim?" The blue eyes slowly looked up. Small drops of water falling from the light skin as it continued to trickle from his blonde hair. "For weighting so little you sure do sink fast." He grinned "Why is that?" He chuckled lightly, running a provided loose white towel through his hair.
"I am.." The blonde hair slurred lightly, still breathing hard. "I am too dense, dense for water." He chuckled watching the blonde hair slowly stand up. Upset blue eyes looking back into the pool before glancing at the unruly hair lazily sitting in one of the plastic chairs behind him.
"You think maybe you would swim better if I wasn't with you?" He muttered matter o' factly, but the blonde hair didn't answer. "Maybe it's not working because you knew I'd grab you." He grinned lightly standing up and walking over to the light skin and wet shorts looking into the pool with failed disgust. Tripping fast as his scarred hand shoved him hard. Dark eyes watching the blonde hair fall back in. "I am not going to get you until you really start drowning this time!" He called in, watching the light face immerge back up. Splashing excessively as it fought to stay above the water. Dark eyes watching it disappear under the surface after a minute of trying. Frowning slightly as he watched to see if he would come back up.
Everything underneath was smeared with the calming blue as he opened his eyes. Unruly color running onto the surface of ripples above him as he looked up, Gene wasn't going to get him, he was going to drown. He kicked fast, his lungs already aching but there was nothing. Water and emptiness streaming through his open hands and outstretched fingers trying hard to find something, before reaching it. There really was a bottom. The smooth glossed cement running under him as he sank down to it. Closing his eyes to the burning in his chest, soon he was going to have to inhale.
"Blast." He frowned, taking a step to the edge and hopping in. Cool sweet water running around him as he took a step through it. To the light color under the water, grabbing it and yanking it up fast. The light face gagging immediately, trying to breathe the minute things outside the closed eyes became brighter. Water running off his hair filling his mouth fast as he choked. "Hey." He frowned, moving the light weight in his arms some, patting the small back that shook choking. "Breathe buddy lets go." He ordered firm and hard, stupid kid.
The light face scrunching up as it inhaled fast and hard "Ahhhh" the blonde hair screamed its exhale. Blue eyes opening slightly as the light hands found something to grab. Quickly running around the scarred neck and hanging on.
"Jim your choking me let go." He frowned pulling the small chest away as he coughed out his words. The grip getting tighter to his pull, afraid to move away. "Hey!" He frowned, light skin shaking in his arms trying to hang on as it still struggled to breath before calming slightly. Strong scarred arms embracing the shaking light skin, feeling the grip around his neck lighten, slightly. "Alright I won't throw you back in the water." He grinned as he walked towards the small latter. Small legs and feet pitting against his stomach and abs to stay out of the water. "Come on get out." He nudged the small shoulder watching the shaky hands move towards the latter slowly before snapping at it and scrambling out. Blue eyes spinning around to him as he climbed out, eyeing the furious panicked light face that glared at him.
"I hate you! I HATE YOU!" He growled down at the small light hands beating him as he came out. Desperately trying to make its blows hurt. Using its body weight and strength as it threw each on, and they did hurt.
"Cut it out." He shoved the blonde hair, pressing against the small forehead and sending the light body back with it's head. Blue eyes snapping up at him alarmed. "You want to learn to swim or not?" He frowned watching the upset light face just growl at him, not answering. "I thought so. Now come on. While you were busy drowning I found something you'll like." He grinned, abandoning his irritated tone as the blonde hair sank to a worried lost expression. Unsteadily watching the unruly hair talking to him as his eyes wandered around the ground thinking.
"AhhhDo I have to go back in the water?" He stopped talking watching the light face snap back up at him alarmed. "Do I? I don't ahhwanna Gene! I didn't like it!" the blue eyes cringed at him alarmed as he grinned.
"No. But you might want to when you see this." He chuckled lightly grabbing the bag and starting for the very beginning of the pool. Where he noticed the very elegant stairs leading in to the one foot section that slowly declined to four feet before leading into the rest.
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He frowned hearing his name. The warm sun still putting him to sleep as he relaxed on the soft towels. He had given up watching the blonde hair that was mad at first but quickly became absolutely thrilled with water he could stand that was in all accounts way bigger then the tub.
"What?" he growled answering the familiar blonde hair. His dark eyes ignoring whatever was being said until a feminine voice joined the younger one. Unruly red hair running into his eyes as he sat up listening to her.
".is such a cutie so I just had to give him some...I hope that was ok." The shimmering black hair of the brilliantly figured white feminine bikini stood talking to him next to the blonde hair now stuffing its face with an ice cream sandwich. "I hope it's not a problem, I know I should have asked first, but when I did he said he was here with you." She smiled watching the grinning scarred face stand up. Looking good with cunning reckless eyes and strong firm muscles complete with rugged enticing scares. Her soft young face dipping to the height of his mouth, bright brown eyes watching him.
"No don't worry about it." he grinned ignoring the blonde hair that was suddenly un-entertained with them and more into the creamy vanilla and chocolate sandwich that was quickly melting. Both inside and outside his mouth faster then he could get it in. "He likes ice cream, pretty luck to find someone so beautiful to buy it for him." He watched her giggle, brown eyes glancing down slightly before asking him to eat with her. Unruly red hair running back into his eyes as he nodded, watching her walk all the way back over to the expensive court yard before grinning harder. Dark eyes glancing down to the blonde hair sitting in the grass eating. "Hey you?" The blue eyes looked up eating.
"What?" The light face smiled, coated slightly with vanilla ice cream. "You like that girl Gene?" The blonde hair chuckled at him, taking another bite before choking lightly, laughing.
"Yeah shut up." He grinned.
"She bought me ice cream you know." The blonde hair snickered at him, watching his dark eyes rise.
"So she says." He chuckled lightly watching the blonde hair nod, eating again. "Why did she think to do that huh?" He grinned
"Cause I told her that she was the prettiest girl to come in here all day." The blonde hair laughed slightly watching the dark eyes grin moaning an ah geez before laughing.
"Where did you hear that?" He frowned baffled as he grinned, holding down his laughter.
"You." The blonde hair smiled eating. "That's how you get Iris to do everything."
He frowned slightly, come to think of it. That was how he got Iris to do everything. "Yeah well." He sighed grinning. "I am going to go and play with her alright?" He grinned at the nodding blonde hair. "We're leaving in two hours, so don't get lost or drown while I am gone." He chuckled lightly listening to the shut up as he started over to the court yard. Watching the cute black hair and two other pretty chicks giggle as they saw him coming. Blonde hair running back down the steps into the shallow water with a loud excited yell and splashing excessively at nothing as it chewed. Thrilled with the incredible stretch of water *it* was taller than.
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"Well it's about time." He grinned slyly, dark eyes watching the blonde hair wonder in to the locker room, ten minutes late. Blue eyes frowning as it caught him fully dressed, now lazily waiting with the remainder of his lunch soda.
"What." The blue eyes spit dully frowning at him.
"Two hours was ten minutes ago, we have to get out of here before the evening rush. You want to get caught?" His dark eyes frowned at him lightly sitting his soda down. "I don't think we both look like ahh..." He gave Jim a look, glancing at the small id in his pocket. "..a Thomas Baker do you?" He chuckled watching the blonde hair start sucking down his soda. "Hey." He snapped pulling it away. "We're leaving in ten minutes. Go take a shower." He nodded lightly over to the row of showers as he leaned back into the cool concrete
"No I don't want to, and I am thirsty. You can't drink all of that." The blue eyes frowned at him, light face smeared with a slight red color running straight from one cheek to the other from all the sun it had absorbed.
"Bet I can, get over there and shower. There is Blue solution on you from the pool even though you can't see it. The water doesn't keep *itself* clean ya know" The dark eyes stated matter o' factly watching the blue eyes look at the large showers with no doors before down slightly. Darting around to see who was there, just some guy in the way back messing with towels.
"Yeah but..." The blue eyes looked up, watching the un-entertained scarred face just cock an eyebrow at him. "But there aren't any..." he trailed lightly grimacing to the fact there were no doors as he looked down before up at the scarred black t-shirt that started over to the showers, reaching in and turning one on.
"In." The dark eyes frowned at him before glancing at the clock and frowning hard. "I am not getting caught because *you* don't want to take a shower." The deep voice was irritated, watching the blue eyes look down starting over to him slowly. Dark eyes watching the concerned light face walk over before bolting past into the shower. Spinning around to face him.
"I want to keep my shorts on!" The blue eyes frowned yelling at him as they raised their fists to fight. Watching the cocked dark eyes just make a baffled expression.
"You think I want it any other way?" He shrugged a grin watching the blonde hair relax. Dropping its fists as the blue eyes blinked.
"I can?...Shut up!" the blue eyes frowned.
He made a face. "Jim you want to rinse the solution out of your shorts too right?" He frowned slightly. "Shower. Then change over there" He pointed to the small curtained rooms they were in before. ".Moron." He chuckled lightly letting the cool yellow liquored soda run up the straw to his cup before sliding into his mouth with the cold sweet bitter taste. The blonde hair smiling at him as it turned the water to the hottest. Scarred form trudging the small space back to the bench near the wall and slouching onto it. Lazily watching the blonde hair taking advantage of being able to enjoy the hot water without having to pay for it for the next nine minutes until he snapped a "You planning on bringing buckets of that home too?" He frowned watching the blonde hair turn around to look at him, smiling sleepily. Relaxed as the warm threads trickled down him, they couldn't afford that at home. "Lets go Jim, doesn't matter that your wet." He frowned standing up swirling the melted yellow slush in his cup slightly as he watched the blonde shut off the water.
"It's not going to take me hours to change." The blue eyes frowned at him.
"I know. But it only takes two minutes for the shifts to change. And not one person around here has ever seen us before. We broke in during the shift change so whoever came in would assume we'd legally been here all mourning . Now we better leave." He frowned firmly, watching the blue eyes roll before sighing. Still heavily relaxed and exhausted from the day. "Unless you want to stay and press our luck?" He grinned watching the blonde hair shake no quickly. Rubbing the white towel over its shorts and hair hoping to pull out as much water as possible before running after the red hair that started out the door.
Blue eyes calmly watching the unruly color above him as they walked towards the front gate. Quickly moving past the desk of kaki colored shorts and red sleeveless shirt employees temporarily busy with the shift change. "Boy did we scam them."
He grinned listening to the small snicker below him. The blonde hair silently laughing at the stupid employees as they made their way to the car. His scarred face sighing heavily, it was exhausting. Hours of sun and water, it could really wear you out. "Wasted?" He grinned watching the blonde hair climb into the front seat, sprawling out exhausted.
"Can I drink the rest of what you have?"
The hot cushion of the seat ran under him as he got in, starting the car immediately so they could blast the AC. "Don't think so, unless you want to be drunk out of your mind." He grinned lightly as he backed out of the space. Dark eyes grinning at the expensive building they did scam well, he chuckled. "Still want it?" He glanced over at the blonde hair that hand't answered, chuckling even harder at the light face that was dead asleep, before frowning. Glancing in the rear view mirror, at the yellow liquored drink that was now cooling the hot pavement from where it was thrown out the window. "It was because I said it was spiked wasn't it." he grumbled lightly before letting out a soft chuckled as he glanced back at the blonde hair. Dead tired, half buckled and pink from the sun.
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They grinned as she opened the door, lightly shaking her head at their pink faces.
"Hi Iris" He grinned watching her giggle lightly at him, no doubt he looked funny.
"Hey Jim." She nodded lightly, stepping back to let them in. The scarred face just grinning at her completely silent as he watched her. "Daniella got that stuff you wanted." Her soft eyes teased the unruly color behind the blonde hair she talked to. Light face grinning immediately as he started for her stairs, un-entertained with whatever sick game Gene and Iris were playing this time. She sighed heavily, turning back to the rough man leaning in her doorway grinning at her. "Gene Starwind." She smiled watching him chuckle, his name sounded the best running from those soft pink lips. "What do you want from me this time?" She giggled as she watched him stand up. His strong form slowly moving towards her, teasing her as he walked. Watching her laughing face back up until she bumped against the kitchen table watching him, what an animal he was.
Part One
If You Start Sinking I'll Grab You
Divine Angel
"Gene?" He frowned slightly squeezing through the small break in the fence before turning around.
"Shh what did I say, be quiet." He frowned, watching the blonde hair silence immediately as his scarred hand held the fence open. The blue eyes quickly squeezing through easily. "Come on." He took the light hand quickly walking forward into the sun and away from the fence. If all went well, which it should, today was going to be a nice day. It had been years since he had been in water deep enough to swim in. Earth was probably the last time, the ocean. Now that was something, hard to remember what it looked like though.
"Gene?" He glanced back down, the blue eyes squinting as they looked up at him. "Isn't Iris gonna get in to a lot of trouble? That card doesn't belong ta us." He grinned at the blonde hair. The small pair of jean shorts and loose white t-shirt talking to him, now eight. The light hand pointing to the pocket of his baggy pants where Iris had given him a small scan card to borrow. A very expensive piece of plastic left in her bar by someone who had paid what they would consider, months of food money to be able to get in here.
"Naa she won't, cause no ones going to know, and we're not going to rat on her right?" He grinned, blonde hair nodding as they came up to the small gate. His dark eyes watching the blonde hair open it and walk in, glancing back. He was never told where they were going. Loose white shirt moving forward more as Gene kept following before stopping.
His scarred face grinned, it was huge, maybe the biggest pool he had ever seen. They weren't kidding, this place had more money then they lived off and spent. Clean concrete surrounding the brilliantly tiled heated pool that stood with convenient turns and curves, maybe some mile long. "Hey where are you going?" Hr frowned, snapping down at the blonde hair that suddenly started back out the gate. Blonde hair and blue eyes looking up at him as the scarred hand grabbed his shoulder pulling him back in.
"That doesn't look safe." The light face frowned, as he grinned. Scarred shoulders shrugging.
"Sure it does come on." He tugged lightly watching the blonde hair shake no. "No?"
"Gene, that doesn't look..." The blue eyes trailed running back over the massive amounts of deep water that didn't have any sort of wall or anything. Just, walk right in and sink to the bottom. "I don't think that we should go." The scarred face grinned at him, shifting the small loose book bag he had over his shoulder slightly.
"Sure you do." He grinned "Try it, if you don't like it ,you can go and I'll stay." The blue eyes frowned immediately.
"What?" They spit concerned watching the unruly red hair start in grinning.
"Yeah that's the deal now come on!" His scarred face grinned harder listening to the blonde hair quickly rush up to his side. Blue eyes running over the settings, frowning at the incredible tank of water before following the red hair more. Unruly color chuckling at him as it walked through a small doorway to the cooler damp concrete inside. "Here." The blue eyes looked up. Watching the scarred hand dig through the book bag. "This is yours."
He looked at it. "You bought me shorts?" The blue eyes frowned baffled, taking them from the scarred hand. "Blue?" The scarred face grinned.
"Come on." The scarred hand motioned towards a long hallway of small curtained dressing rooms. Blue eyes running around the rest of the open concrete space intercepted only by small drains into the floor, streams of lockers, the small bathroom area and several benches. "Blue looks good on you." The scarred face grinned. "And their not shorts, it's a bathing suit." The blue eyes shot him a dull expression. "Shorts you wear when your going to go in the water." The dark eyes chuckled walking into on of the small dressing rooms and closing the curtain. Grinning as he listened to the curtain across the hall shut to as the blonde hair went in.
"What are we doing after this!?" He pushed unruly red strains from his eyes as he pulled his own loose black bathing suit up.
"Going in the water!" He grinned calling back to the blonde hair, shoving his jean shorts into the book bag as he pushed the curtain aside. Watching the blonde hair appear, now different shorts and white t-shirt.
"Going in the water?" The blue eyes repeated dully. Shoving his jean shorts into the book bag too before glancing back up at the red hair that nodded. Strong set of scarred abs and tight muscles heading for the same door they came in as the blonde hair followed. "Are we lucky this place is next to empty?"
His scarred face grinned listening to the comment, question. "Yeah well." he glanced down lowering his voice slightly. "I picked a time they weren't too busy." The light face grinned shaking its head slightly before squinting as they walked back into the bright sunlight. "You know I haven't seen this much water since I was on Earth." The scarred flash shot him a lop sided grin dropping their bag into a small chair as they neared the pool. Light skin growling at him as it looked at the edge of the deep fifteen foot section in front of them. "Did you see the ocean?" His scarred face frowned slightly, nudging the light shoulder staring at the water as it didn't answer.
"What? No I have only read about it. I never saw it." The blue eyes squinted up at him answering.
"Don't remember Earth?" The blonde hair shook no, backing up lightly as it watching him near the edge of the pool.
"Gene." He grinned hearing his name spit as a warning as he kept walking. "Hey what are you doing!?" The light hands snapped at him suddenly, pulling his wrist backward. "Don't get that close with it so deep." The blue eyes frowned at him. "What kinda idiot are you?"
"Hey shut up." He grinned, pulling his arm away. "Don't tell me your not going to get wet?"
"Huh." The blue eyes frowned at him. "Maybe wet but I am not stupid enough to get in that." He stood, perfectly still, listening to the blonde hair through his dull un-entertained expression before grinning.
"Suit yourself." He grinned taking one step forward before hopping off the side to the sound of his name.
"Gene!" He rushed forward, blonde strains running over his eyes as he looked down into the clear water. Watching the red unruly color smear around in the ripples before backing up as it came back splashing.
"Hey what's the problem?" He grinned. Cool perfect temperature droplets of water spraying onto the cement as he shook his head. Light hands now gripping his wrist tightly as they reached into the pool.
"Are you crazy!" The blue eyes scowled at him. Hanging tightly onto the scarred hand that held the edge of the pool. "People are not buoyant! Geeene get out your going to sink!"
"Alright. Shut up blast it." His dark eyes shot around, but Jim was right earlier. The place was next to deserted. A second scarred hand gripping the side of the pool to shut the blonde hair up as soon as possible.
"Gene get out come on." The blonde hair whisphered suddenly, pulling hard on his wrist to help him out. Before falling backwards slightly as the scarred wrist pulled away.
"Don't remember Earth?" The blue eyes frowned at him, watching him hang onto the edge easily.
"Gene don't you know we are too dense for water? We are gonna sink cause we're too heavy! Do you even know how dense water is!?" The blue eyes cringed concerned, watching the grinning reckless face stare back at him before kicking lightly. Pushing off the tiled wall back into the water. Dark eyes watching the blonde hair stand up immediately alarmed. Wide blue eyes watching him before growling. "What are you doing! Stop fooling around!" The blue eyes glared watching the unruly red hair easily tread above the water. "How are you doing that!?"
He grinned beckoning for the blonde hair to come. Watching the blue eyes squint at him backing up slightly. "Jim come on your not going to sink. People don't sink they swim." He chuckled lightly watching the alarmed face stare at him. "You know swim? Like that on TV. Where those hot girls rescue all those drowning guys, and when we're lucky other hot girls?" He grinned.
"Ahh if you think some girl is going to come n save ya, Gene you moron!" The blue eyes scowled at him upset.
"No that's not what I think." He frowned irritated. "*We* save *them* remember." he grinned swimming back to the side of the wall and getting out. Strong scarred arms pulling himself out as the cool water trickled off his strong top and dark black shorts. "Here we'll move, lets go." He grinned standing up and roughing his unruly hair with his hands. Watching the blonde hair lazily grab their bag before following a good distance away from the side of the pool.
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"Five feet?" The blue eyes looked down reading the number printed by the side of the pool. "Five feet of water here?" The blue eyes looked up at him questioning.
"That's what it says doesn't it." He grinned hopping in. The cool surface of water running against his lower chest as he stood. "See?" he grinned watching the skeptical blue eyes study this.
"I don't think I am five feet tall." The blue eyes frowned slightly looking down at the water and printed five.
"What? Are you saying your short?!" He grinned watching the blue eyes frown immediately.
"No! I am just saying I think there is too much water Gene!" The light hands threw their bag at the ground stomping forward slightly as the unruly red hair continued to laugh. "What is so funny about dat huh!?" He frowned watching the red hair slowly walk through the water, closer to wall again. Light face glaring at him as he grinned up before leaning forward. Watching the blue eyes lighten slightly, leaning forward to listen to his whisper.
"Jim, just get in. If you start sinking I'll grab you." The blue eyes stepped back quickly frowning at him. Watching the red unruly hair lean onto the warm concrete from inside the pool. Lazily cocking an eyebrow at the blonde hair. Blue eyes studying how Gene was able to stand easily in the water. "No offense but I don't think your five feet either buddy." He did a fast grin but the blue eyes only frowned harder. "But...if you too scared to get in...I think they have a real small pool for little girls or something over-"
"Shut up! I am not scared to get in!" The light skin growled at him stomping forward again looking into the water. Light hands griping the bottom of their loose white t-shirt. Ripping it off in one fast motion and jumping in.
He blinked, dark eyes chuckling at how fast that worked. Watching the blonde hair forget about how hard it was supposed to be glaring at him as the light hands gripped the wall tightly. Pushing off underneath with his legs to wedge himself to it tightly, the ground was much deeper under him then he had anticipated. "Your not going to do that the entire time are you?" He grinned chuckling at the blonde hair. The small hands snapping back up at the concrete to get out before sinking back to the small railing he hung onto, it was too high to reach.
"You loser Gene!" The blue eyes frowned at him shakily looking down. Watching its legs move without a trace of the bottom.
"Just let your head go under a little and you'll find it." He grinned watching the blue eyes snap up at him before lowering itself slightly. Letting the warm smooth water line trickle up over his light shoulders as he hung on to the railing white knuckled. Empty swooshing space beneath him. "Lower." he stated watching the blue eyes snap at him with the irritated Liar.
The water moved around him slightly as he walked back to the wall. Watching the light hands grip tighter as he appeared, blue shaky eyes frowning at him alarmed. "Jim I am standing on it aren't I?" He grinned watching the blue look into the water, squinting through the small glare to try and see the bottom. Nothing but the soothing blue color staring up at him. "Just hang on, and push down until you find it. Good?" He grinned watching the blonde hair shake no immediately.
"No I don't want to go under."
He cocked an eyebrow frowning slightly. "You don't want to go under the water?" He made a baffled expression watching the light face look away. "Why not?" He frowned "HahaWhere's the fun in that?" He chuckled suddenly watching the blue eyes look back at him, frowning concerned.
"I want to get out." He shrugged, moving to tread in the small five feet section.
"Your boring." He grinned watching the blue eyes frown immediately.
"Geeene." The small hands moved slightly, trying to move down the railing to get away from him as he moved over quickly. Rippling the water around him "I want to get out!" He grinned feeling the blonde hair kick him fast before quickly wedging itself back on to the smooth blue tiles.
"Well I am not stopping you" He chuckled, scarred face laughing at the blonde hair that refused to let go of the stupid railing. "Get out if you want." He chuckled dipping into the water. Watching the small teeth grit as he let the water line trickle up to his chin, the rest of him submerging in the cool blue.
"Ahh don't. Don't go under." The blonde hair shook no quickly. "Gene don't go under, what if..." he trailed looking down into the water again, the unruly color simply listening to him. "What if you can't get back up? Your going to drown cause your stupid!" The blue eyes were mad suddenly. Annoyed Gene was being so reckless, he didn't seem to care he was pressing his luck. That one slip up would leave him at the bottom of however deep they allowed this thing to go and he would drown.
"Haha!" He couldn't help it. His scarred form stood up quickly as he burst out laughing. Can't get back up, that was priceless.
"Shut up! Stop laughing at me!" The blue eyes scowled at him as he struggled to see through his booming laughter. Unruly red hair running into his dark eyes slightly as he shook his head slowly dropping down to rough chuckles before sighing heavily. The light face just frowning at him annoyed but upset. Unable to get out under it's own power but unwilling to ask Gene for help.
"Alright." He grinned sighing again as he fought down his chuckles. "Do you know how to swim Jim?" He chuckled lightly watching the light face lick it's lips shifting it's grip slightly but still hanging on white knuckled. "Huh? Can you swim?" He chuckled lightly this time, he just couldn't help it.
The light face shook absently not giving him an answer. "I dunno." His dark eyes watched the perplexed concerned expression hang onto the side desperately. His scarred shoulder shrugging.
"All you do is cup your hands like this and use your motion to push the water down and stay up." He stated matter o' factly watching the light eyes run over his hand as he cupped it, showing him. "Then you kick your feet." He shrugged matter o' factly. "Think you can do that?" He grinned
"Get away from me." The blue eyes frowned at him as he moved back to the wall, gripping tighter. "Gene I don't want to play." The small legs pushed him away as he grinned.
"Jim." He grinned, stating the name matter o' factly watching the small teeth grit again. "I am bored, so we're playing." He chuckled to himself snapping at the light shoulders quickly and yanking them backwards."
"Ahhh! Let me go!" The small legs kicked him quickly. Blonde hair pulling back from the wall at arms length, unwilling to let go. "Stop it Gene! I'll Sink Ill Sink! Stop!" He grinned, chuckling hard as the blonde hair fought his yanking before the light grip couldn't hang on any more. The small wet hands slipping off the smooth silver bar, flailing shakily before gripping his wrists tightly. "Ahhh!" He heard the blonde hair choke horrified at how far away it suddenly felt, the scarred skin continually pulling him back.
"Relax." he grinned feeling the light back and blonde hair try to cling to him as he pulled it away from the side some seven or so feet. "Think you can swim?"
"Ahh I want to get out. Now. Now Gene! I want to get out right now ok!? Now! Out Now!" The blue eyes snapped up at him shaking lightly as it hung on. Watching the dark un-entertained eyes looked down at him, dully listening.
"Fine. But there's one thing you need to know about water." He grinned slightly. "When you swim, you don't want to let water get in your mouth, or you'll breathe it in...alright?" He flashed a lop sided smile to the wide blue eyes hanging on tightly. Growing concerned as Gene gave directions, like he would actually be in the water. "Jim?" He grinned, fighting his laughter as the small chest gulped air as if preparing to not have any. "You know what kind of situation this is?" he chuckled lightly watching the light face stare at the surface of water slightly under it, as though any second it would raise and engulf him. "Hmm? Do you?" The blonde hair shook no quickly.
"Gene please, I want to get out. Don't." The blue eyes looked back up squinting in the sunlight. Watching the sly grin remain unaltered by his words.
"A no win situation. Because you can't win and your going in the water." The grin widened "Because I am bored."
"Ahh what are you doing!" The blonde hair screamed quickly, fighting to re- grip the scarred arms pulling him off before feeling the water move around him. The scarred hands shoving him away into the water, with nothing to grab.
"You better swim or your going to sink!" The unruly color yelled, dark eyes watching the blonde hair suddenly thrash around splashing in the water. "Don't splash so much or I won't be able to see you when you start drowning!" He chuckled watching the closed blue eyes fight to push the water down enough to stay above it. Quickly tiring, as the level of cool clear liquid rose higher on him.
"Ahh Help I am Sinkinnng! Gee.." He moved quickly, taking the one step to the blonde hair looking straight up trying to get air as it quickly sank into the splashing before disappearing. His scarred hands grabbing the light arms and pulling them back out. Watching the clear water run out of the blonde hair and light face that quickly inhaled before coughing. Breathing in the clear trickles that ran over his light skin and gagging on them.
"Did you breath in any water under there?" He grinned watching the light hands suddenly activate. Attaching to the scarred arm holding him as he choked. Light chest heaving up and down hysterical, sucking in more air. "Hey stop choking and breathe." He frowned slightly, before grinning again as the light face let out it's first sound. A heavily concerned exhausted moan.
"Geene." the small face struggled to catch its breathe.
"I told you I would grab you didn't I? Why are you so panicked?" He chuckled lightly watching the small hands move to grab more of him.
"Ahh I want to get out! I sank! I don't waaant to...I don't want to stay in I...Why did you do thaaat!" The light face screamed looking down into the water as it breathed heavily. Scarred arms shifting its weight up slightly. Dark eyes watching the light skin immerge out of the water entirely as he shifted it up. Blonde hair pulling its legs out quickly and pushing against his stomach to stay away from it. "Ahhh!Get me out! Pleeease!" The blue eyes cringed looking up at him upset.
"Are you catching your breath?" He cocked an eyebrow at the hysterical light face that glared up at him as he spoke. Breathing in hard audible gasps, looking back down at the water as he roughed the small shoulder clinging to him. "Are you?"
The blonde hair looked back up slowly, blue eyes glancing around before nodding. "aayeah." the light voice mumbled before sighing shakily.
"Good." he had been watching the light hands the entire time, in one quick movement he knew how to ripe them off. Watching the blue eyes widen quickly, breathing in to yell before disappearing back into the water. "Kick harder Jim!" He grinned watching the blue eyes squint this time trying to see as the light face struggled to stay above the water. Holding its breathe. "Hey! You want to breath while your still out! Don't hold you breath until you start to sink!" He chuckled lightly watching the light mouth open breathing in deeply, before he frowned. It was better with his mouth closed.
"AhhI can't! I can't stay up!" The light face disappeared under the water quickly before resurfacing with faster panicked motions. Quickly trying to scream for help as it choked before disappearing back under, unable to stay up.
"Alright." He sighed pulling the blonde hair back up. Watching the light face inhale quickly again before growling. Choking and gagging as the light hands dug him, hanging on tighter.
"You bastard! I ahhh!" The blonde hair screamed fast before disappearing under the water to the frowning scarred hands shoving him below the surface for a moment before pulling him back out fast. "Ahh UghOkIam sorrrry!" the choking scream surrendered.
"Yeah?!?" He shot back frowning, watching the wet blonde hair nod hard as it choked, shaking afraid it would go back under. "Alright. Unless of course you want me calling you names...wimp." He frowned, shifting the light weight up. Watching the choking lightly face push up away from the water. Light arms rapping around his to stay on. The small chest breathing heavily, exhausted. "You can get out now alright?" He frowned slightly, watching the upset face nod quickly, gripping harder in case it was a trick. "Not a very good swimmer are you?" He grinned lightly as he slowly moved through the water, walking to the edge. The light face turning away from him, ashamed it couldn't seem to stay up. "Here, get out." He watched the blue eyes look at the side as they neared it. Nervously reaching out before snapping at the bar and the concrete slightly above it. Feeling the scarred hands drop him, moving along side and climbing out easily. Dark eyes turning around and reaching in for him. Watching the blonde hair take his hand, using the bar as a step to get out quickly.
"Ahh" He grinned watching the blonde hair sigh heavily, sitting down immediately. Still gulping air, shaking lightly with the relief to be out and back on land.
"Hey Jim?" The blue eyes slowly looked up. Small drops of water falling from the light skin as it continued to trickle from his blonde hair. "For weighting so little you sure do sink fast." He grinned "Why is that?" He chuckled lightly, running a provided loose white towel through his hair.
"I am.." The blonde hair slurred lightly, still breathing hard. "I am too dense, dense for water." He chuckled watching the blonde hair slowly stand up. Upset blue eyes looking back into the pool before glancing at the unruly hair lazily sitting in one of the plastic chairs behind him.
"You think maybe you would swim better if I wasn't with you?" He muttered matter o' factly, but the blonde hair didn't answer. "Maybe it's not working because you knew I'd grab you." He grinned lightly standing up and walking over to the light skin and wet shorts looking into the pool with failed disgust. Tripping fast as his scarred hand shoved him hard. Dark eyes watching the blonde hair fall back in. "I am not going to get you until you really start drowning this time!" He called in, watching the light face immerge back up. Splashing excessively as it fought to stay above the water. Dark eyes watching it disappear under the surface after a minute of trying. Frowning slightly as he watched to see if he would come back up.
Everything underneath was smeared with the calming blue as he opened his eyes. Unruly color running onto the surface of ripples above him as he looked up, Gene wasn't going to get him, he was going to drown. He kicked fast, his lungs already aching but there was nothing. Water and emptiness streaming through his open hands and outstretched fingers trying hard to find something, before reaching it. There really was a bottom. The smooth glossed cement running under him as he sank down to it. Closing his eyes to the burning in his chest, soon he was going to have to inhale.
"Blast." He frowned, taking a step to the edge and hopping in. Cool sweet water running around him as he took a step through it. To the light color under the water, grabbing it and yanking it up fast. The light face gagging immediately, trying to breathe the minute things outside the closed eyes became brighter. Water running off his hair filling his mouth fast as he choked. "Hey." He frowned, moving the light weight in his arms some, patting the small back that shook choking. "Breathe buddy lets go." He ordered firm and hard, stupid kid.
The light face scrunching up as it inhaled fast and hard "Ahhhh" the blonde hair screamed its exhale. Blue eyes opening slightly as the light hands found something to grab. Quickly running around the scarred neck and hanging on.
"Jim your choking me let go." He frowned pulling the small chest away as he coughed out his words. The grip getting tighter to his pull, afraid to move away. "Hey!" He frowned, light skin shaking in his arms trying to hang on as it still struggled to breath before calming slightly. Strong scarred arms embracing the shaking light skin, feeling the grip around his neck lighten, slightly. "Alright I won't throw you back in the water." He grinned as he walked towards the small latter. Small legs and feet pitting against his stomach and abs to stay out of the water. "Come on get out." He nudged the small shoulder watching the shaky hands move towards the latter slowly before snapping at it and scrambling out. Blue eyes spinning around to him as he climbed out, eyeing the furious panicked light face that glared at him.
"I hate you! I HATE YOU!" He growled down at the small light hands beating him as he came out. Desperately trying to make its blows hurt. Using its body weight and strength as it threw each on, and they did hurt.
"Cut it out." He shoved the blonde hair, pressing against the small forehead and sending the light body back with it's head. Blue eyes snapping up at him alarmed. "You want to learn to swim or not?" He frowned watching the upset light face just growl at him, not answering. "I thought so. Now come on. While you were busy drowning I found something you'll like." He grinned, abandoning his irritated tone as the blonde hair sank to a worried lost expression. Unsteadily watching the unruly hair talking to him as his eyes wandered around the ground thinking.
"AhhhDo I have to go back in the water?" He stopped talking watching the light face snap back up at him alarmed. "Do I? I don't ahhwanna Gene! I didn't like it!" the blue eyes cringed at him alarmed as he grinned.
"No. But you might want to when you see this." He chuckled lightly grabbing the bag and starting for the very beginning of the pool. Where he noticed the very elegant stairs leading in to the one foot section that slowly declined to four feet before leading into the rest.
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He frowned hearing his name. The warm sun still putting him to sleep as he relaxed on the soft towels. He had given up watching the blonde hair that was mad at first but quickly became absolutely thrilled with water he could stand that was in all accounts way bigger then the tub.
"What?" he growled answering the familiar blonde hair. His dark eyes ignoring whatever was being said until a feminine voice joined the younger one. Unruly red hair running into his eyes as he sat up listening to her.
".is such a cutie so I just had to give him some...I hope that was ok." The shimmering black hair of the brilliantly figured white feminine bikini stood talking to him next to the blonde hair now stuffing its face with an ice cream sandwich. "I hope it's not a problem, I know I should have asked first, but when I did he said he was here with you." She smiled watching the grinning scarred face stand up. Looking good with cunning reckless eyes and strong firm muscles complete with rugged enticing scares. Her soft young face dipping to the height of his mouth, bright brown eyes watching him.
"No don't worry about it." he grinned ignoring the blonde hair that was suddenly un-entertained with them and more into the creamy vanilla and chocolate sandwich that was quickly melting. Both inside and outside his mouth faster then he could get it in. "He likes ice cream, pretty luck to find someone so beautiful to buy it for him." He watched her giggle, brown eyes glancing down slightly before asking him to eat with her. Unruly red hair running back into his eyes as he nodded, watching her walk all the way back over to the expensive court yard before grinning harder. Dark eyes glancing down to the blonde hair sitting in the grass eating. "Hey you?" The blue eyes looked up eating.
"What?" The light face smiled, coated slightly with vanilla ice cream. "You like that girl Gene?" The blonde hair chuckled at him, taking another bite before choking lightly, laughing.
"Yeah shut up." He grinned.
"She bought me ice cream you know." The blonde hair snickered at him, watching his dark eyes rise.
"So she says." He chuckled lightly watching the blonde hair nod, eating again. "Why did she think to do that huh?" He grinned
"Cause I told her that she was the prettiest girl to come in here all day." The blonde hair laughed slightly watching the dark eyes grin moaning an ah geez before laughing.
"Where did you hear that?" He frowned baffled as he grinned, holding down his laughter.
"You." The blonde hair smiled eating. "That's how you get Iris to do everything."
He frowned slightly, come to think of it. That was how he got Iris to do everything. "Yeah well." He sighed grinning. "I am going to go and play with her alright?" He grinned at the nodding blonde hair. "We're leaving in two hours, so don't get lost or drown while I am gone." He chuckled lightly listening to the shut up as he started over to the court yard. Watching the cute black hair and two other pretty chicks giggle as they saw him coming. Blonde hair running back down the steps into the shallow water with a loud excited yell and splashing excessively at nothing as it chewed. Thrilled with the incredible stretch of water *it* was taller than.
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"Well it's about time." He grinned slyly, dark eyes watching the blonde hair wonder in to the locker room, ten minutes late. Blue eyes frowning as it caught him fully dressed, now lazily waiting with the remainder of his lunch soda.
"What." The blue eyes spit dully frowning at him.
"Two hours was ten minutes ago, we have to get out of here before the evening rush. You want to get caught?" His dark eyes frowned at him lightly sitting his soda down. "I don't think we both look like ahh..." He gave Jim a look, glancing at the small id in his pocket. "..a Thomas Baker do you?" He chuckled watching the blonde hair start sucking down his soda. "Hey." He snapped pulling it away. "We're leaving in ten minutes. Go take a shower." He nodded lightly over to the row of showers as he leaned back into the cool concrete
"No I don't want to, and I am thirsty. You can't drink all of that." The blue eyes frowned at him, light face smeared with a slight red color running straight from one cheek to the other from all the sun it had absorbed.
"Bet I can, get over there and shower. There is Blue solution on you from the pool even though you can't see it. The water doesn't keep *itself* clean ya know" The dark eyes stated matter o' factly watching the blue eyes look at the large showers with no doors before down slightly. Darting around to see who was there, just some guy in the way back messing with towels.
"Yeah but..." The blue eyes looked up, watching the un-entertained scarred face just cock an eyebrow at him. "But there aren't any..." he trailed lightly grimacing to the fact there were no doors as he looked down before up at the scarred black t-shirt that started over to the showers, reaching in and turning one on.
"In." The dark eyes frowned at him before glancing at the clock and frowning hard. "I am not getting caught because *you* don't want to take a shower." The deep voice was irritated, watching the blue eyes look down starting over to him slowly. Dark eyes watching the concerned light face walk over before bolting past into the shower. Spinning around to face him.
"I want to keep my shorts on!" The blue eyes frowned yelling at him as they raised their fists to fight. Watching the cocked dark eyes just make a baffled expression.
"You think I want it any other way?" He shrugged a grin watching the blonde hair relax. Dropping its fists as the blue eyes blinked.
"I can?...Shut up!" the blue eyes frowned.
He made a face. "Jim you want to rinse the solution out of your shorts too right?" He frowned slightly. "Shower. Then change over there" He pointed to the small curtained rooms they were in before. ".Moron." He chuckled lightly letting the cool yellow liquored soda run up the straw to his cup before sliding into his mouth with the cold sweet bitter taste. The blonde hair smiling at him as it turned the water to the hottest. Scarred form trudging the small space back to the bench near the wall and slouching onto it. Lazily watching the blonde hair taking advantage of being able to enjoy the hot water without having to pay for it for the next nine minutes until he snapped a "You planning on bringing buckets of that home too?" He frowned watching the blonde hair turn around to look at him, smiling sleepily. Relaxed as the warm threads trickled down him, they couldn't afford that at home. "Lets go Jim, doesn't matter that your wet." He frowned standing up swirling the melted yellow slush in his cup slightly as he watched the blonde shut off the water.
"It's not going to take me hours to change." The blue eyes frowned at him.
"I know. But it only takes two minutes for the shifts to change. And not one person around here has ever seen us before. We broke in during the shift change so whoever came in would assume we'd legally been here all mourning . Now we better leave." He frowned firmly, watching the blue eyes roll before sighing. Still heavily relaxed and exhausted from the day. "Unless you want to stay and press our luck?" He grinned watching the blonde hair shake no quickly. Rubbing the white towel over its shorts and hair hoping to pull out as much water as possible before running after the red hair that started out the door.
Blue eyes calmly watching the unruly color above him as they walked towards the front gate. Quickly moving past the desk of kaki colored shorts and red sleeveless shirt employees temporarily busy with the shift change. "Boy did we scam them."
He grinned listening to the small snicker below him. The blonde hair silently laughing at the stupid employees as they made their way to the car. His scarred face sighing heavily, it was exhausting. Hours of sun and water, it could really wear you out. "Wasted?" He grinned watching the blonde hair climb into the front seat, sprawling out exhausted.
"Can I drink the rest of what you have?"
The hot cushion of the seat ran under him as he got in, starting the car immediately so they could blast the AC. "Don't think so, unless you want to be drunk out of your mind." He grinned lightly as he backed out of the space. Dark eyes grinning at the expensive building they did scam well, he chuckled. "Still want it?" He glanced over at the blonde hair that hand't answered, chuckling even harder at the light face that was dead asleep, before frowning. Glancing in the rear view mirror, at the yellow liquored drink that was now cooling the hot pavement from where it was thrown out the window. "It was because I said it was spiked wasn't it." he grumbled lightly before letting out a soft chuckled as he glanced back at the blonde hair. Dead tired, half buckled and pink from the sun.
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They grinned as she opened the door, lightly shaking her head at their pink faces.
"Hi Iris" He grinned watching her giggle lightly at him, no doubt he looked funny.
"Hey Jim." She nodded lightly, stepping back to let them in. The scarred face just grinning at her completely silent as he watched her. "Daniella got that stuff you wanted." Her soft eyes teased the unruly color behind the blonde hair she talked to. Light face grinning immediately as he started for her stairs, un-entertained with whatever sick game Gene and Iris were playing this time. She sighed heavily, turning back to the rough man leaning in her doorway grinning at her. "Gene Starwind." She smiled watching him chuckle, his name sounded the best running from those soft pink lips. "What do you want from me this time?" She giggled as she watched him stand up. His strong form slowly moving towards her, teasing her as he walked. Watching her laughing face back up until she bumped against the kitchen table watching him, what an animal he was.
