Chapter 7:
Author's Note: Wow, chapter 7 already?! I've only been writing for a few weeks, but I'm getting really into it. I'll try to update as fast as I can, for you guys. Like I said last chapter, if you have any ideas for the future of Thrown Back into It, tell me! Sorry for the long pause though, I had almost finished this chapter, but stupid word didn't save.
Thanks for reading guys! I have an idea which I really can't wait to start next chapter!
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"Oh, sorry guys, wait for me!" Lawliet caught up to the others carrying his stuff.
"Oh, you came, just in time." Finch said. They walked out of the school grounds as a group.
Lawliet tried to grab onto their conversations, but it was too much for him. To put together their scenarios, personalities in so little time was too much for him, especially since his social skills were, lacking.
"Where are we going?" He asked when he noticed their conversations paused.
"Depends. Do you like waves." Finch turned around and replied.
Definitely not. Lawliet was capable of a thousand things, but swimming was not on the list. He remembered going to a pool once, when he was very young, and the experience had left him scarred.
"Not particularly, no."
Val shrugged. "We'll go to Chinaman's beach, that pretty flat, and we don't have to change buses.
After the 30-minute bus ride and the 10-minute walk, they had finally reached the beach. There were no waves, and only about a dozen people there. There were boats anchored right above where the ocean floor dropped off.
What am I going to say? They all seem so familiar with swimming at the beach. The truth, or should I make up and excuse, which would be more practical.
"I think I'll just sit here and wait, I feel too cold to swim." Which was as complete lie. He said turning around, holding his arms in a shivering position.
"Lawliet, it's 27 degrees, something's up if you feel cold today. Come on, the water will be warm." Val said.
They threw off their clothes that were layered over their swimmers and dove in straight away. The 5, Gunner, Rowan, Finch, Remy and Val seemed to be having fun. Lawliet looked at them.
When I was their age, I was already going out and solving major offences in crime syndicated and gangs. These people, they go to the beach together.
"Lawliet, are you sure you don't want to come in, it's really shallow up until over there." Remy pointed out a couple of metres.
"I'll consider it, I'm not very much of a swimmer."
Lawliet was hoping Vesta would appear at that moment
After watching the others go about their thing, Lawliet decided that he would join them.
The waves don't seem extremely large, and it's quite hot here. If it's shallow until so far out, then it can't hurt to enter the water.
As he walked into the water, he couldn't help notice how nice it was. The small waves of cool water lapped over his ankle, reach higher on him as he walked deeper into the ocean. He stopped at around waist height, about 5 metres closer to shore than the others.
Every so often, to avoid the waves, he jumped above the surface.
Finch swam up to him.
"Huh, you did come into the water."
"Yes, it would be a waste not too. It was considerably hotter than I imagined it to be back on the sand." Lawliet replied, still jumping over the small unbroken waves.
"How are you for swimming?" Finch asked, keeping himself afloat with just his arms.
The boy looked towards his bare submerged feet.
"In a pool, I have difficulty where I can't stand. In this situation, I don't feel all that confident." Lawliet said.
"Ok, so this is new to you. If there is a wave, you can either dive under it, like this," Finch dived under the water with his arms above his head, then resurfaced. "Or if it's small enough, just turn to your side, jump if you need to."
"Thank you, I'll try that." He replied.
"You can always turn around and swim with it, as well. Just try not to drown."
Little waves came and went, and Lawliet was beginning to gain his confidence in the water.
If the waves stay as they are, this is going to be much more pleasurable than I first expected.
Almost as if it was a curse, a few dozen metres out, a large wave started racing towards the shore.
It was large, but surely wouldn't be too difficult to bypass, would it?
Lawliet turned around and stretched his arms out. I'm going to have to swim against this one. If I try going under, no, that wouldn't work.
It was almost behind him, gushing up. He turned his head to judge its distance.
About 3 people were above the surface of the water.
Everyone had dived under.
This is not going to end well.
The wave crashed over his and pushed him to the bottom of the sandy floor. It dragged him along and twirled him around, but it wasn't a life-threatening scenario.
Being tossed by a wave isn't as bad as I suspected, he thought as he pushed himself up to the surface of the water.
Then it hit him, literally.
A new set of waves, large ones started rolling in. Lawliet only managed half a breath as the next pushed backwards. A sharp pain in his leg paused his sharp panicked movement. The wave was rolling hi over.
No, this was as bad as I thought it could be.
Once again, the wave rolled over him. Without using his injured leg, Lawliet managed to resurface again.
"Lawliet!" He heard a frantic voice scream. It was Val, swimming towards him, a mere 4 metres or so away.
"Get down!" There was another colossal wall of water moving towards them. This time, the 2 of them sank beneath the waves. Val reached her hand out to the boy and he took it firmly.
After all 6 of them managed to get out of the water, then sat on the shore, breathing heavily.
Rowan started. "Well, that escalated quickly. It went from flat to surfing conditions in a second."
"I know, weird. And Lawliet's done a muscle as well. This is going to be fun, trying to get back to school." Gunner replied, flicking sand of his arms.
There was a short pause.
"Well, we aren't going to get back just sitting and talking about it." Val stood up and picked up her towel.
"Come on, let's go."