Sorry for the late update I was working a little bit more on my other story Revolutionary Beginnings, since that one is my main priority as of now. ALSO... Tom Raider came out on Tuesday so I was having fun playing that. So yeah, enjoy this chapter. :)

-Shadow-wild

Chapter Four

Sweat beaded down my brow as I sat motionless on the freezing tile floor.. It was almost 100 degrees and it wasn't even noon yet. The heat swelled to 102 degrees. I groaned and hugged my bottle of ice cold soda closer. All of us were sitting on the couch, staring blankly at the t.v. Everyone looked on the verge of melting.

"Can we go to the pool?" I asked Parker. He was laying face down on the couch. He ignored me. "Parker?"

"I think he's dead." Maria said, poking my big brother in the ribs. He rolled over and coughed. I stood up and walked over to him.

"Parker..." I held the 'r' for as long as I can while poking him. "Can we please go to the pool?" I asked him. Again, he didn't respond. I heard a muffled "I don't wanna move" come from him. I rolled him over. The rough material of the couch was imprinted on his face.

"Whatever I'm going to the pool. Maybe Jennifer can come with." I said. I went to my room, changed into my swimsuit and threw an oversized blue t-shirt over it. I grabbed a towel and texted Jennifer.

"Hey you wanna come to the pool with me? It's freaking hot here." I asked. She replied instantly.

"I'm already there." I smiled. I went back to the living room. everyone was still just sitting there motionless. Except for Malik. He was sprawled on the floor.

"Seriously? None of you people are gonna go swimming with me?" All of them instantly perked up at 'swimming.'

"I wanna go..." Leonardo whined like a child from the couch. I went to my dad's room and grabbed a pair of swim shorts discarded on the bed. I went back to Leonardo and threw it at him.

"Here, see if those fit. They're for swimming." Leonardo nodded and went to the bathroom. He rejoined me later with the swim trunks on and his shirt still over it.

"Okay, so I'm just gonna now, so bye." I grabbed Leonardo and dragged him through the door with me. We walked on the hot cement bare foot.

"Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow." He mumbled with each step as we burned our feet. We broke out into a sprint towards the pool, with me dragging him along the way. The pool wasn't that far from our house actually. Within five minutes we were there. I could see Jennifer's head bobbing in and out the water. Her yellow labrador, Charlie, lounged on te grass next to the pool. Jennifer popped up from the water and smiled broadly.

"Hey Sarah!" she slightly yelled. She looked at Leonardo. He shifted uncomfortably as she looked at him up and down.

"Is he one of your brother's friends?" Jennifer asked.

"Yeah." I said. At least I wasn't entirely lying. Leonardo and Parker have been getting along okay.

"Well, he's hot too." She said not so quietly. Leonardo blushed furiously and looked down at his feet. Damn it Jennifer learn to keep your mouth shut. I took off my extremely large t-shirt and tossed it on the chair next to Charlie. I bent down and stroked him behind his ears gently. Charlie licked my hand. If dogs can smile, then Charlie would be smiling all the time. I took a running start then did a canonball into the pool. The cold water instantly woke me up. I felt a hand grab my arm and pull me up.

Of course, it was Jennifer.

"I think you just landed on me." She muttered.
"Sorry, dude." I laughed. I noticed Leonardo still standing there, unsure of what to do. While Jennifer was underwater I swam to him.

"What are you waiting for? Take off you shirt and get in the water!" Leonardo's ears turned a dark red.

"But I'm only wearing pants..." He mumbled.

"It's the 21st century, you're not gonna get thrown in jail because you're not wearing a shirt." He reluctantly took off the sweat soaked shirt and went into the pool. He sunk underwater for so long I thought he drowned. I went under water and I realized he was swimming around. I shrugged and went back to Jennifer.

"How are all of your brother's friends so handsome..." She said.

"Dude, you're only 15. They're like twenty." I replied while rolling my eyes.

"Still..." Moments later Parker and all the assassins came to the pool. They all looked extremely uncomfortable wearing swimsuits.

"I mean, look that them!" Jennifer continued. Not again, I thought. "Are they like models or something? Even the dude with one arm is pretty good-looking." I splashed some water in her face.

"Oh my god stop thinking about guys for five minutes!" I snapped as she sputtered through the water.

"Hey Sarah, I think the air conditioner broke." Parker said as he jumped into the pool. I glowered at him. Just great. It's the middle of summer and our A.C is broken. Just great. I sunk down and enjoyed the cool water. While I was floating around I noticed all the assassins standing awkwardly in the water. I swam over to Malik.

"You guys... Don't just stand there like a bunch of idiots. Do something." I said. Aveline looked at me strangely.

"Like what? You can't really do much in water." Aveline said. I quickly splashed them in a huge wave of water.

"What was that for?!" Malik hissed. I shrugged. He reacted instantly by splashing me back. I ducked underwater before the water could reach me. I resurfaced and splashed more water on the now very angry assassin. I kept swimming until Malik had given up and resorted to talking to Ezio. I looked over and saw Altair sitting on the edge of the pool, just dipping his feet in the water. I swam over to him.

"Hey wassa-matta you Altair?" I asked.

"Excuse me?" He replied while staring at me as if I was insane.

"Nevermind... Why aren't you in the pool?" He looked down and didn't say anything.

"I can't swim..." He replied after an awkward silence.

"What?!" I exclaimed. I always thought the reason Altair couldn't swim in the game was a glitch in the Animus but now... "But, you're like an assassin! How do you not know how to swim? You can jump off a hundred story viewpoint and climb buildings, but you can't swim? I mean, Malik only has one arm and he can swim, well kind of swim."

"I never learned how."

"Well you can at least get in the water and not look forever-alone just sitting there." I replied. He slowly sunk into the pool reluctantly. "See it's not that bad."

"I still don't want to learn how to swim." He muttered while going over to Maria. I swam over to Jennifer and Aveline lounging by the steps.

"Wait so are you like French or something? You have a cool accent." I overheard Jennifer ask Aveline.

"Oui. My father is French, while my mother is an African sl-" Oh crap, not again.

"Stylist! Her mom was a... um... hair stylist." I know, crappy excuse ,but whatever... Aveline was about to open her mouth to protest before Charlie decided to dive not so gracefully into the pool. With a huge splash, Charlie jumped into the water and was now happily swimming around us.

"Oh god there's dog hair everywhere." said Jennifer while plucking the wet dog hair that had stuck onto her. Laughing I hugged Charlie and squeezed him tightly. I heard a slight wheeze come from Charlie before I let him float away.

"Ha, sorry Charlie." I said while petting his wet matted fur. Charlie swam towards Connor and Ezio. Connor stroked and rubbed Charlie lovingly. I laughed while watching Connor hug and kiss the fat yellow labrador. Soon, the day bled into night and we had to leave. I wrapped myself up with a towel and sat next to Jennifer while waiting for the others.

"Hey can I come over to your place tomorrow? My mom and dad have to go on a business trip to San Diego and they don't trust me home alone." Jennifer asked.

"Considering you almost burnt down your house with a microwave last time, I wouldn't blame them." I laughed.

"So is that a yes?" I nodded. Parker waved me over. I said goodbye to Jennifer.

"Well that was fun." Maria said as we walked. When we got home I went to the bathroom, changed into my pajamas and started blow-drying my hair. Leonardo poked him head in.

"What is that?" He asked with intrigue.

"It's called a blow dryer. It, like dries things." I replied.

"How does it work?" He asked again. I turned on the blow dryer and pointed it at his face. Strong winds blew on his face as he shut his eyes tightly. He took the blow dryer from my grip and started turning it on, then off then on again.

"This. is. amazing." He exclaimed in between gusts. I went to my room to go to bed. I was exhausted after all that swimming. While lying in bed I could faintly hear leonardo's happy exclaims and the blowdryer being turned on and off again.

Btw, Charlie is real. He's my dog ^_^ Idk I just wanted a dog in the story and ... Charlie ^_^
Sorry for the late update again, I had some crap to deal with and yeah. So did you guys like it? Please review, favorite and follow :D