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Jaden's POV
We got down to breakfast with only a minute to spare. We grabbed some of what they had left. They didn't have much but we managed. We walked out of the hotel and instantly felt the change in temperature and humidity. Chazz was the very first to complain. Yeah, big shock there.
"I'm going back into the nice air conditioned hotel. You guys have fun at the pool." He turned around and was about to walk back into the hotel but Zane stepped in the way of the door.
"Nice try, Chazz," he said coolly. He glared at him but didn't say anything. Zane looked over at Bastion.
"How hot is it?" he asked. Bastion pulled out his DAP and checked.
"It's about 95 degrees," he answered. Chazz groaned.
"Nice low 90s there, Einstein."
"Chazz…," Zane warned in a low tone. He turned away from him and said nothing.
"How far is the pool?" Blair asked. Bastion started typing some things into his DAP but I couldn't stop myself from what I did next.
"Not far, Blair. We just have to walk three blocks that way," I pointed straight, "and then turn onto fifth street. Go straight to the corner of fifth and fourth street. It's right across the street," I said. Zane whipped his head toward me. Everyone else was looking at me in shock. Bastion looked at his DAP in disbelief.
"He's right," he said.
"How did you know where to go, Jay?" Syrus asked. I shrugged.
"An old friend of mine lives in the city. I've spent a few weeks out of the summer here." Everyone looked away from me then shrugged. I looked at Zane. He looked relieved that I thought of something so quick. I was, too.
"Well, let's get going then. I want to get out of this sticky humidity," Mindy complained. We all nodded and started walking to the pool.
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We reached the corner of fifth and fourth and walked across the street toward the pool. We reached the entrance of the pool and checked how much it was to get in. It was free today, grand opening.
"Lucky us," Hassleberry said.
"Yeah," Atticus agreed. We walked into the building. There was a little old lady sitting at a make-shift table. She looked up from her knitting at us.
"Hello, dearys. Are you here to go swimming?" she asked kindly.
"No, we're here to learn how to knit," Chazz mumbled under his breath. He was standing next to Jasmine who also heard him. She elbowed him in the side.
"Yes, we are," Zane said, stepping forward for the old lady to see him. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Alright then. Ladies' locker room is on the right side, boys on the left." She pointed to the two doors on each side of her.
"Thank you." She smiled and nodded. Then she went back to her knitting. Mindy and Jasmine walked quickly to their locker room. Then they turned just at the door and looked back at us. Blair was standing next to Hassleberry not moving and Alexis was still holding my hand, not moving either.
"Come on, Blair." Mindy called. She walked over to the locker room in annoyance. Jasmine looked at Alexis. She wasn't looking at her.
"Lex…," Jasmine began. Alexis put up her right hand.
"Be there in a minute," she said. They rolled their eyes but smiled and walked into the room. Blair glared at Alexis but followed them. Hassleberry, Syrus, Chazz, Atticus, Aster, and Crowler were already in our locker room. Zane was standing next to me.
"Be in there in a minute," I said. He nodded and walked into the room. There was a phone ringing so the old lady left the table and disappeared behind the door behind her. "Blair's fuming…," I began. Alexis shrugged.
"When isn't she?" I laughed silently. I looked over at her; she was looking at me. I smiled.
"Better go before Mindy and Jasmine get anymore annoyed." She sighed.
"Fine." I was waiting for her to release my hand but she didn't. I sighed. So it's gonna be like that huh? I looked back at Alexis. She was looking away from me.
"Alexis…," I began. I saw her smirk but she didn't look at me.
"Yes?"
"You're gonna need to look at me." She laughed a little but turned toward me. I bent down and placed my lips on hers. I felt her kiss back and after a moment, I removed my lips from hers. She was smiling. "Happy now?" I asked smiling myself. She nodded and released my hand finally. Then she turned and walked to the door to her locker room. She looked back at me with her hand on the doorknob. I smiled at her, she smiled back. Then she turned the knob and entered the room. I turned and entered my locker room.
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Narrative POV
Alexis entered the locker room and nearly turned around and left again. The locker room was all shades of pink with some baby blue and light purple in the mix. It looked like a six year old girl made the room. She closed the door and turned around the large column towards the showers. Mindy and Jasmine were sitting there on the bench, staring in the general direction she was going to come when she entered the locker room. Their hair and bikinis were already wet.
"Already taken a shower?" she asked as she took off her halter top.
"Of course," Mindy said.
"So…," Jasmine began. Alexis knew what was going to happen next.
"What took you so long?" they both asked in unison, pure curiosity in their voices. She sighed and reached around Mindy's head to grab a metal basket. She set it on the ground at her feet and put her halter top into it. She took off my flip flops and set them underneath her top.
"Nothing that you two need to know about." She took off my shorts and put them in the basket. Then she picked up the basket and put it in the locker next to Mindy's and Jasmine's. She noticed Blair's around theirs as well. "Where's Blair?" she asked, changing the subject. She turned around and Mindy and Jasmine were standing right behind her. Their arms folded across their chest.
"She's already out by the pool," Mindy said.
"And don't change the subject. What took you so long?" Jasmine demanded. Alexis headed towards the showers and turned one on. She stood underneath the water and let it wash over her body and hair.
"I told you. Nothing that you two need to know," she stated over the rushing water.
"Nothing we need to know or nothing you want us to know?" Mindy pressed. She sighed and turned off the water. She looked over at Mindy and Jasmine and folded her arms across her chest.
"Either way, I'm not going to tell you," she stated with authority. Mindy opened her mouth to say something but she interrupted her. "Not." Mindy closed her mouth. Jasmine opened hers to say something but was interrupted.
"Are you three ever coming out of there?" Blair called from outside the locker room.
"Yeah, just a minute," Alexis called. Mindy and Jasmine looked back at Her. "Come on guys. Let's get moving." She headed for the door to the pool. When she passed Mindy and Jasmine she heard them sigh in defeat. They followed after her.
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Jaden's POV
I walked into the locker room. It was shades of dark blue and black. I saw Chazz arguing with Aster about something I couldn't make out. Zane leaning against the wall next to the showers. Syrus was sitting on the bench next to Hassleberry. Atticus was taking a shower and Crowler was gone. Zane looked up at me when he heard the door close. Syrus and Hassleberry looked over at me also. Chazz and Aster continued to argue and Atticus couldn't hear me over the shower.
"What did Chazz do now?" I asked. I reached over Syrus and grabbed a metal basket. I dropped it on the ground next to the end of the bench where he sat and stripped off everything but my trunks, placing them in the basket and then back on the shelf.
"Oh, you know. Anything and everything," he said. I laughed.
"I mean, what's the problem now?" Zane let out an exasperated sigh. I looked over at him. He was still leaning against the wall.
"Chazz is just complaining about having to take a shower before he can go swimming," he answered. I looked over at Chazz who was the only one in the entire room, aside from me, that hadn't gotten wet yet. He was still arguing with Aster.
"Lemme guess. Chazz has never been to a public pool?" Zane nodded. Chazz heard me talking about him and he whipped around and looked at me.
"Why would I need to go to a public pool when I have a huge pool in my own home!?" he asked me. I rolled my eyes and started walking toward the showers, which Chazz and Aster were standing in front of. Atticus shut off his shower and walked over to where they were standing.
"Hey, Jaden," he said. His hair was dripping down his back.
"Hey, Atticus." He walked past Chazz and Aster, toward Syrus and Hassleberry. I walked past the arguing pair and headed into the showers. I turned on the shower closest to the door, on the side that Aster was standing on. The water started pouring from the head of the shower. Then I grabbed Chazz by the arm and threw him in front of the pouring water. I gripped both of his forearms tightly.
"YUKI!" he screamed. He tried to get out from under the water but I held him there.
"Yes, Chazz?" I asked casually. Everybody started laughing at what I was doing to Chazz.
"You're dead, Yuki!" he screamed. It sounded a little gargled, probably from the water flooding into his mouth. "DEAD!" After about a minute under the water, I decided he was clean enough and released him. He practically jumped away from the shower. I stepped in front of the water and let it run over me.
"What, Chazz? Is the water suddenly poison?" Aster asked, laughter on the verge of his voice. Chazz glared at him.
"Watch it, Aster!" he hissed. Zane interfered as soon as Chazz finished speaking. I turned off the water and stepped away from the shower. Syrus and Hassleberry walked over to us, Atticus followed.
"Nice work, Jay," Syrus said, trying to stop his laughter.
"Yeah, good work, Serge." Hassleberry said snickering.
"Alright, enough. Now that we are all nice and clean," Zane began. He looked over at Chazz with that last part. He glared at him. I smiled and everyone else snickered, aside from Zane of course. "Let's go out to the pool. I bet Crowler and the girls are waiting for us." We all nodded. Chazz was the first out the door. He groaned as soon as he stepped out of the door.
"What is it now. Chazz?" Atticus asked, stepping out after him.
"You know that idiot from the biking park a few days back?" he asked everyone.
"Idiot?" Syrus repeated confused.
"I mean the idiot that waved to us when we started biking back," he elaberated slightly annoyed. I was confused at who Chazz was talking about. Zane grabbed my arm and stopped me from moving any further. I looked at him; he knew who Chazz was talking about.
"What about him?" Hassleberry asked.
"He's here." I looked back at Zane.
"Is the person Chazz is talking about the person I think he's talking about?" I asked. He nodded. That was all I needed. I practically jumped over him and through the doors that lead to the showers. Syrus turned around and saw that I jumped away from the door.
"What's the matter, Jay?" Syrus asked. I peaked my head around the corner of the door to see him and Hassleberry standing there staring at me. Zane was standing next to me. Aster followed Chazz and Atticus out after he found out that the "idiot" was there.
"Ah…I'm not feeling so good right now. I think I need to sit down for a minute or so," I lied quickly. Thank God those two weren't Alexis.
"You can sit down out there ya know," Hassleberry said.
"NO!" I practically screamed. They looked at me confused. "I mean…people will stare at me and ask if I'm okay. I don't want them to worry." They shrugged and left the locker room. I sighed and walked over to the bench that they were sitting on only a few minutes earlier. Zane followed. I fell onto the bench and rested my elbows on my thighs and started rubbing my eyes with my fingers.
"He works here?" Zane asked me after a minute of letting me think.
"She convinced her dad to hire him as a life guard."
"He's a good life guard?" I shrugged.
"The best in the city actually." I leaned back against the cold, brick wall and rested my head on the counter behind the bench. "I can't go out there you know." I stated to him after a few minutes of total silence except for the splashing in the pool outside.
"I know." I brought my head up and looked at him. He was leaning on the wall he was previously.
"What are you going to tell the others?" He thought a moment. Then he looked at me.
"I'll tell them that you're not feeling so hot right now and might be out later." I cocked an eyebrow.
"And if I don't come out?" He though another moment.
"Then you're not feeling any better."
"He'll go on a tangent if someone says my name around him," I warned him. He nodded and stepped away from the wall.
"I'll make sure no one says it then." He walked through the showers and reached the door exiting toward the pool. I jumped up from the bench and ran over to the gateway to the showers. I stood there and rested my hands on the cool, brick frame.
"Hey, Zane." I called. He stopped and looked at me, his hand on the doorknob.
"Yeah?" I smiled.
"Thanks." Zane smiled back at me, one of those rare ones that makes you forget he's usually all dark and emo-like.
"How many times do I have to tell you, Jaden? You don't need to thank me."
"I know. But I still want to." He chuckled silently and looked at me.
"Well then, you're welcome." He turned the doorknob and exited the locker room, closing it quickly behind himself. I headed back to the bench I was sitting on a moment ago and sat back down. I laid down on the bench, my bare back against the cold, metal surface made me shiver. I rested my left arm behind my head and my right hand rested on my abs.
'I hoped he wouldn't be on duty today,' I thought to myself sighing. 'She mustn't be working than either.' I sighed again. 'Well, days like today are the main reason why I'm so glad that Zane knows everything.' I frowned at what I just thought. 'Well, almost everything.'
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