Happy AWE day!! I meant to post these a lot earlier, but I went to a friend's house to swim for most of the day and only just got home. This one and the next are kind of short and not that great, but the very last one is pretty good. I'm pretty proud of myself for actually writing all 25 drabbles. I've really only taken on one challenge, and it was a one-shot. This was a big accomplishment for me, and I really want to thank all of you who reviewed. That really kept me going. :D
And now, without further ado, I give you Ankles.
Ankles
"Elizabeth, I don't think this is such a great idea," Will voiced uncertainly as his best friend pulled off her shoes. Rolling her eyes, she snorted rather unladylike.
"You never think anything's a great idea," she laughed, tossing her stockings onto the sand. "I want to go swimming, so why should anything stop me?"
"Elizabeth, it's not proper," he sighed and looked away, frustrated. "We're almost fifteen. It's really not right for us to be playing like this anymore." At this, she turned to him, her feet bare.
"You're right. We are almost fifteen. It isn't right for us to still be playmates. But until the day that my father forbids me to see you, I'm going to do it. You're my best friend, Will," she told him, putting her hands on his shoulders. "I'm not about to abandon you." He smiled at that. If only she knew how he really felt…
Elizabeth undid her blue gown and threw it unceremoniously onto the rocks, leaving her in her thick cotton shift. Will sighed again at his predicament.
"But that still doesn't change the fact that you are less than properly dressed in my presence. I can see your ankles!" She let out a huff of air before diving into the water with a splash.
"There. Now you can't." He looked down at her in the water, eyebrows raised with a look saying I'm not going to do this. "Oh, William Turner. For God's sake, will you please just hang propriety for once in your life?" She floated back in the water, letting it hold her weight.
"No." He crossed his arms. She attacked him with a splash.
"Well, seeing as I'm already wet, there's really nothing you can do about it now. I can't put on my gown until I've dried. You might as well just join me." Will glared at her while she put on her most innocent of faces.
"Fine." And, pulling off his white shirt, he dived into the cool blue depths of the water and joined his friend.
