Me: It's so cold here. This chapter is perfect for this time of year.

Karson27: Really now? It's winter.

Me: That's why! *bursts into song

Karson27: Sorry everyone. She forgot her medication this morning. Please read on.

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It was Golden Week, which was the Japanese equivalent of Spring Break. We were all excited about going to the beach for the vacation.

"This is going to be so fun!" Tailyr said, wiggling in her seat. We were on the private jet heading to the Bahamas. Tailyr was about to wiggle right out of the seat. With all the energy she had at the moment, she probably could've ran across the water the whole way there. "I'm so excited."

"I can see that," I said, reading my book. I was just as excited as she was but I was more controlled about it.

"I can't wait to go body surfing!" Honey said, running up and jumping into Tailyr's lap. "It'll be so fun! Have you ever went body surfing before Tai-chan?"

"Once," she said. "I once went on a trip to Myrtle Beach when I was in the eighth grade. It was fun. I worked my butt off to afford to go but I managed to get the money. One of the chaperones taught all of us how to body surf."

"What about you Kar-chan?" he asked.

"I don't know how. I haven't been the beach since I was really little."

"Can we wake board?" Marx asked. "I'm the boss at that."

"Our family has a ski boat that they'll let us use," Hikaru said.

"We wake board and water ski all the time," Kaoru told him.

"Tailyr, no. I see that look on your face. You're not wake boarding," I said. The little blondes face fell.

"Why not?" she whined.

"Because, you're the most unlucky and uncoordinated person I've met. You'll crash, bust your head open and get eaten by a shark. I don't want blood to get on their life jacket. Besides, you're not cleared to do extreme sports yet. I said no. End of story."

She looked pleadingly at me and then at Mori. That wouldn't work. I'd already talked to him. He was on my side on this little subject. Tailyr puffed her cheeks out and stood up, leaning over the seats.

"Kyoya! Make Karsyn let me go wake boarding!" she said, patting his forehead repeatedly. "Please! I'll be okay! I promise!"

"This is Karsyn's decision, Tailyr-sempai," he said, waving her hand away gently. "I have nothing to do with it. I can't change her mind anyway."

The rest of the flight, Tailyr sulked about not getting to be stupid. At least until Takeshi gave her a soda and she was fine after that.

-Tailyr-

The Bahamas were gorgeous and blessedly warm. I couldn't wait to go swimming. We dumped our bags off at the hotel and changed to go swimming instantly. Honey and I ran ahead of everyone, the sand burning our bare feet. I front flipped into the waves. I sat up and got smashed by another wave. I rolled a little towards shore, laughing.

Takeshi helped me up. I grinned at him. I noticed some cliffs a little ways from where we were swimming.

"I want to jump off of those too!" I said, noticing some other people jumping off of them and pointing wildly while pulling on my large boyfriend's arm.

He looked at me, obviously a little unsure of whether or not he wanted to face Karsyn's wrath. He shouldn't have been son scared of her. It was me that he didn't want to make angry.

"C'mon!" I said, pulling him toward the cliffs with a little more force. "It'll be fun. Let's go!"

"Where are you going?" Marx asked.

"The cliffs. We're going to jump. Just like we do at Norfork. Wanna come?"

"Of course!" he said happily.

With that, we headed off to the cliffs. The twins followed. Half way up, Karsyn and Lily spotted us.

"Crap," I said. "Marx go! Code Hurry the eff up!"

"Got it!" he called back, scrambling as fast as he could up the cliff side.

I urged the twins to move quicker and lost my footing on the slippery slope but Takeshi caught me. I gripped his hand and continued up. Karsyn, Lily, and Kyoya were gaining on us pretty quickly. Tamaki, Honey, and Haruhi were watching from below.

"Marx Austyn Vowell!" Karsyn scolded. "Don't you dare jump off that cliff!"

Marx stuck his tongue out and jumped.

"Hikaru Hitachiin!" Lily yelled. "Kaoru Hitachiin!"

"I'll pay for this later brother," Hikaru said, his voice slightly fearful.

"You can sleep in my bed," Kaoru agreed his tone matching his brothers. They jumped.

"C'mon Takeshi!" I squealed. I pulled him with me as I jumped. It was every bit of a blast as I thought it would be.

Hitting the water felt amazing and we swam back to shore. I led the way up the cliff again, back to where our angry friends were waiting.

"Tailyr? Are you crazy?"

"Yeah."

She gave me an irritated look, apparently not thrilled with my smart aleck comment. I shrugged, not seeing what the big deal was.

"You didn't even know what was down there. You didn't know how deep the water was! You could've been hurt!"

"I saw a few other people jumping so I knew it was cool. Stop being so spastic about it Kar." I told her, rolling my eyes. "I'm not a little kid anymore. You can't keep bossing me around all the time. I'm not hurt. It's safe. What's the big deal?"

She growled. "You're an idiot and you are a little kid. You act just like one."

"It's totally safe. Stop panicking."

Her face flushed.

I reached out to pat her shoulder. She stepped back away and fell off the edge. I screamed.

-Karsyn-

There was a split second between me withdrawing from Tailyr's reassuring pat and me plummeting to the ocean where I realized what was going to happen. I was going to be going off the edge of that cliff, like it or not.

I landed, mostly on my back, getting all the breath knocked out of me. I swallowed a whole bunch of water but that was okay. I couldn't panic. I knew how to swim, though I wasn't as strong of a swimmer as my friends. No biggie.

Not true.

I couldn't swim up. I couldn't reach the surface and I was being jerked around. I scraped against the coral. My lungs began to protest the lack of air and my vision started going black. I saw a figure swimming toward me as I slipped under the blackness.

. . .

I awoke in a hospital. My chest was burning, every breath feeling like fire in my lungs. My left leg hurt, the left side of my head, and my whole left shoulder-arm-back area. I rubbed my eyes, feeling the bandages tug at the skin.

"Karsyn?" it was Kyoya. I looked over at him. He was still wearing his swimming trunks and a tee shirt. "How do you feel?"

I sat up. "Been worse. How long have I been here?" I asked.

"A couple of hours. You nearly drowned." He sighed.

I took his hand. "But I didn't. It's okay. I would've been dead if you hadn't jumped in and saved me."

"How'd you know it was me?"

"It's hard to explain. For a while, I wasn't completely unconscious. I was only half asleep but I wasn't there. I heard everyone screaming when you carried me out of the water and you screaming at the paramedics when you thought they weren't working fast enough."

He smiled sheepishly. The doctor came in.

"Ah. She's awake. How do you feel sweetheart?" he asked.

"Fine."

"Well, let me look you over and then you can leave."

He checked my vitals and made sure that I wasn't going to fall apart or slip into a coma. Then Kyoya and I left.

"How's Tailyr?" I asked because I knew how the girl worked. She was probably beating herself up about the whole thing.

"The last update I got from Honey-sempai is that she's barricaded herself in the bathroom and refuses to come out or let anyone in. Even Mori-sempai."

"Wow. Well, I'll handle it as soon as I get there."

-Tailyr-

Karsyn was right. As usual. I was just a little kid. An idiot. I was just an accident. An affliction to those around me. I always got people hurt.

There was a knock at the door. It was the first one that had came in nearly thirty minutes. I'd pretty much made it clear that I didn't want to be around anyone.

"Go away," I snapped. "I don't want to talk to anyone."

"Open the door you little brat," came Karsyn's voice.

"No way. You're going to yell at me."

"No I'm not."

"You're lying."

She sighed. "Open the door I'll call the hotel manager to have him open the door for you."

"Do it."

"Tailyr," she said exasperatedly. "C'mon kid. Don't be a punk. Open the damn door."

I sighed and got up out of the bathtub. I'd chosen the bathtub to sit in because I used to hide in the bathtub a lot as a little kid. It was small and I could make a bed in it and feel safe. It didn't change as I grew up. I'd even brought a pillow, blanket, and my teddy bear in with me. I opened the door.

"Were you planning on camping out?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. It's a coping mechanism," I said passively. "I'm sorry..."

"For?"

"Causing you to fall off a cliff! You nearly drowned idiot!" I cried.

"It wasn't your fault. I wasn't paying attention and I was mad at you. It's no big deal. I'm going to live."

"But-"

She reached out and smacked me on the top of the head. "Stop arguing with me and get over it. We've got another five days here. You can't waste it all sulking in here."

I smirked at her. "Yeah. I guess you're right."

Slow dancing in a burning room! Lol. I'm listening to Justin Robinett and Michael Henry's version of it. Very good!

Anyway, make sure you review! I'm posting this on my eighteenth birthday. Aren't I cool? And I'm thinking of posting a Bey Blade Metal Masters story up. Yay or Nay?