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(Written by Mat49324)

8:20 a.m. -- Spies' Villa

We all woke up out of bed at the same time. We were all downstairs in the kitchen.

"Who's up for a swim before breakfast?" Sam asked.

"I am!" Nick and Haruka said at the same time.

"A swim before breakfast is a great idea, Sammy," I said, agreeing with what she said.

"You betcha. Now, let's get swimmin'," Clover said.

We all went upstairs to change from our sleep clothes to our swimwear. Sam was now wearing her green bathing suit that was identical to her light pink one. I was wearing my same swimshorts, Alex was wearing her two-piece yellow bathing suit, Haruka was wearing her one piece azure bathing suit that was similar to Sam's bathing suit, Clover was wearing her two-piece blue bathing suit, and Nick was wearing his same brown swimshorts.

"That's a pretty nice bathing suit, Haruka," Sam commented.

"Thanks, Sam," Haruka said.

"I've always liked blue colors, rather than red, when my mom bought me a red bathing suit 3 years ago for my birthday."

"Hm, so does my sister; She likes blue colors as well," I said.

"Cool, cool," Haruka said to us.

With that, we dashed outside, climbed on the diving board, and we all jumped into the pool one at a time, Sam first, me second, Haruka third, Alex fourth, Nick 5th, and Clover last. We all had so much fun splashing each other, dunking each other, and having swimming races with each other. In fact, just to show off some diving skills, Haruka dove off the diving board, doing a 360 degree front-flip into the pool and we were all impressed.

"Nice dive, girlfriend," Clover said.

"Thanks, Clover," Haruka said to her.

"You oughtta go on the swim team at your school," I complimented.

"Really?" Haruka asked.

"Definitely," I said. "You'd beat your competitors by a mile, hands down."

"I have to agree with Mathew. With a little more practice, you could waste the competiton!" Nick said.

"Thanks, guys," Haruka said, blushing a little.

"What do you think, Sam?" I asked.

"Oh, definitely. You should go on the swim team at your school, Haruka. I agree with what Mathew said, girlfriend," Sam said.

"Thanks, Sam," Haruka said.

(Written by S.P.D. Gold Ranger)

(Haruka's P.O.V.)

I giggled a little, remembering some of the nice things my classmates said about my swimming skills. Oh, if they only knew where I got all my skills...

I was so caught up in my thoughts, I didn't even notice Nick sneaking up behind me. I noticed Alex waving at me in a "signal" type of way, but before I could ask Alex what she meant, it was too late. I felt Nick's hands on my shoulders as he pushed me underwater. While submerged, I could hear everyone burst out laughing, in a friendly way. Sneak attacks, huh, Nick? Well, 2 can play at this game, I thought as I swam gracefully towards Nick's dangling legs like a shark, grinning the whole way.

"She always falls for that," Nick said to Alex, who simply giggled. "She always finds some way to get me back for it, though. Speaking of which..."

This was my moment.

With a swift movement, I grabbed both of Nick's legs, taking pleasure in his frantic wailing. With that, I pulled him underwater so fast that Sam, Alex, Clover, and Mat barely saw him moving.

Once underwater, Nick gave me that "I suppose we're even now?" look. I nodded to him and took his hand as we swam to the surface. I could still hear Mat and the girls giggling up there.

As we surfaced, Nick and I shook the excess water out of our hair. "Even?" Nick asked me. I clasped his hand and said, "Even."

Suddenly, I could see Sam and Mat sneaking up behind us. I nodded to Nick, and we dove underwater again just in the nick of time. As the couple looked around for us, we surfaced silently right behind them. "Up and over, Nick?" I asked him.

"Let's do it," he replied. Apparently, he'd been wanting to try this trick for a while. We backed up, then jumped towards Sam and Mat. As we flipped over them, we did a quick handstand on their shoulders, pushing them both underwater. We flipped back to a standing position once they'd submerged. I burst out laughing as they surfaced.

"Well, I guess the couple that dives together, stays together, right?" Nick said while laughing. Suddenly, I felt a splash hit me. I turned to Clover and splashed her back. Suddenly, we were in an all-out splashing war that only ended 5 minutes later when Nick came up from below and threw his arms out in a shockwave-like fashion, creating a mini tidal wave that drenched us all. "Now's who all wet?" he said as we all burst out laughing. I couldn't remember the last time we'd had this much fun.

Mom...Dad... if you could see me now, you'd be so proud of me...

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And that's that!

Hope you liked "Music Monster Much?" Be sure to review. Also, for anyone on FF who's also a member of FictionPress, check out my first original story there, "Turning The Tables".

Ja ne,

S.P.D. Gold Ranger