Chapter 9

Swimming Lessons

I could here Ethan asking Warren what took him so long as I started digging through my dresser. I may not swim but I do have a swimming suit to go tanning in. It's a two piece that I feel in love with first time I saw it.

The top has a black strip that goes over my breasts. In between the breasts is a part that has two strings coming from it.

You could tie it in three ways. You could tie both strings in a keyhole that would make it like a tube top. You could tie both strings around your neck to make it have a V between your breasts. Or You could do what I was doing and tie one string to make the keyhole and the other around your neck to hold the top up better.

Over the black strip and hanging down to my belly button was a black and pink camouflage fishnet. Then the bottoms I had were black short shorts with pink stitching.

I quickly changed and headed downstairs. I walked outside and hesitated when everyone looked at me. Kitty smiled.

"You going to tan. That's cool we wanted you to come down and hang out with us."

I nodded and walked over to the shallow end of the pool. I have a pool chair down there that I would usually lay out and tan on.

Warren was standing in the shallow end leaning against the wall. He smiled at me as I walked over and jerked his head for me to go over to him.

I did and stopped about a foot in front of him. The others had went back to their game of water football which was currently boys against girls.

Warren looked up at me with a obvious patience.

"Sit down and put your feet in the water. I know your afraid but nothings going to happen."

I inched forward and sat down just to the left of him with my knees to my chest. I was starring at the water and almost jumped when he grabbed my ankles.

I looked at him questioningly but he just smiled and slowly pulled one of my feet in the water. As soon as I felt the liquid I tried to flinch away but he wouldn't let me.

"Relax. It's okay."

I took a deep calming breath and forced my self to relax glad that I had learned how to in karate.

He lowered one leg into the water and then the other and simply stood in front of me and started talking probably hoping to make me relax more.

"See not so bad. Now come into the water. It's not even going to reach your chest. You'll be fine, I promise."

I tensed but complied as he took my hands and started walking backwards to give me room. I slid into the water and automatically started to panic but forced my self to relax.

He smiled at me and started to lead me further into the water.

"It's okay. We're just going to go a little deeper so that I can teach you how to keep yourself up."

I frowned but complied. That is until the water hit my neck. I turned around and started heading back to the shallow to get out of the water but Warren grabbed me around the waist and pulled me back against his chest.

It was then that the others noticed us. Kitty looked and sounded shocked as she was the first one to say anything.

"Holy shit. Jess you're actually in the water!"

I started taking deep breaths and Warren talking softly into my ear telling me that it was okay and he would let anything happen to me allowed me to calm down and answer.

"It would appear that way wouldn't it."

Kitty rolled her eyes and answered everyone's unvoiced questions.

"Jess can't swim and she's been afraid of water sense she almost drowned when she was seven. That is why I'm so surprised to see her in the water. God Warren did you convince her to get in?"

Warren stopped whispering in my ear and answered her.

"Yeah I told her I'd teach her how to swim."

I don't know if he did it intentionally or subconsciously but when he stopped whispering in my ear he had pushed the hem of my bathing suit top up a little bit and started tracing soft soothing circles on my skin.

Kitty frowned at his answer and turned her attention back to me.

"Why bother. I can give you my memories of learning to swim."

I frowned at her. With telepath's it only hurts the one receiving the memory but if a telepath is taking a memory from a non telepath it only hurts the non telepath.

"Are you sure?"

She nodded with a grin.

"Yeah I mean if it gets you swimming with us then yeah. Plus I can always go take some aspirin afterwards."

I chewed my lip but seeing her pout and everyone else's confused looks I shrugged.

"If your sure."

I entered her mind slowly and she immediately focused on the memory making it easier for me to find. Once I had a good hold on it I pulled out taking the memory with me.

I swayed as my mind processed it a lot faster and easier because it wasn't pushed onto me.

I looked up at Kitty to see her massaging her temple. I frowned at the thought that I had caused her pain and used my telekinesis to bring a cup of orange juice and four ibuprofen out.

Kitty gratefully plucked the items out of the air and took the medicine before drowning the orange juice.

Everyone looked confused and Kitty was still warding off the head ache so I decided to spare them.

"She just gave me her memory of learning how to swim and it pretty much gave her an instant migraine. She's been trying to get me to do this for a while now but I kept refusing because I didn't want to go near the water. Warren convinced me to get in the water so I couldn't exactly refuse any more. And plus it saves Warren the trouble of teaching me how to swim."

Zack stared at me with wide eyes.

"Man that has like gotta be the most words you've said to any of us at one time."

I just shrugged and smiled at him and he frowned turning to Maj.

"It's because I said something isn't it?"

I chuckled smiling at him. It was Will who pointed out the one thing I was hoping no one would notice.

"Hey are you guys together or something."

Once again the evil silence. I really didn't know how to get out of this one with out offending anyone. So I did the best thing I could think of, I played dumb.

"Don't you have to like, like someone to be together with them."

I tilted my head to the side and bit my lip in a fake thoughtful pose. Maj was the one to answer.

"Well yeah, if you want an actual relationship. So do you like, like Warren."

I frowned and paused for a moment doing my best to keep the clueless act up.

"I wouldn't know. I've never like, liked someone before. What's it feel like."