Krystal didn't return to school. She couldn't be bothered. Instead she walked along the shoreline of the lake, crying bitterly.
'I can't believe him,' she mentally screamed. Walking knee deep out into the water she wiped her tears away. Diving under she felt the fresh water instantly loosen he cheeks, tightened from her tears. Gasping for air, she resurfaced and began to swim out further. She swan this lake at least three times a week, training for the summer races.
She switched from freestyle to backstroke and lazily slowed her pace to drifting as she watching the clear blue sky.
Diving under again, she ran her fingers through her long black hair and swam down a bit deeper. She had just come back up when she felt the bracelet fall from her wrist.
"Shit," she swore out loud, "that's Kaylas."
'Not like she's coming back Krystal, she left you here alone,' that evil voice in her head snarled at her.
She took a deep breath and ducked back underwater. She luckily wasn't out too far so the water was reasonably shallow. She saw the jewels of the bracelet catch the light; it was lying in the sand, next to a pile of rocks. She swam down to it and picked it up.
'Why bother?' the voice echoed through her head.
'Shut up!' she shot back at it.
She started to swim back up when she realised she wasn't actually getting anywhere. She looked down to she her ankle tangled in a bit of net left over from a fishing trip someone must have had. She doubled back to try untangle herself.
'Don't panic,' she chanted in her head, 'don't panic!'
Grasping at the fishing nylon she pulled one end of it, only to find it tighten. Struggling, she decided to pull the whole net and swim back up to shoreline with it. Pulling it she heard a crack…