"Ally"
"Ally"
"Ally"
I heard someone call my name multiple times
Whack
"What! Ah" I screamed falling off of the couch. I realized Austin threw a pillow at me causing me to fall off of the couch
"What was that for?" I asked sighing as I got back up on the couch
"Come on, let's go" he said standing up when I realized he was wearing only swim trunks which caused me to stare in curiosity. I mean it was 8:00, yeah the sun didn't set.. but why swimming at this time?
"I know you like what you see, but we have to go" Austin said winking at me
"Actually I was wondering why your in your swim trunks at 8:00 at night" I said checking my watch again making sure it was the correct time
"Well to answer your question, I am going to teach you how to swim" he said as I laid back onto the couch and buried my face in a pillow
"No, Austin I'm tired." When really I was just too scared
"Okay, I guess I'll just have to poor water on you to get you up. And it's ice cold water" he said while I didn't believe him
"You wouldn't" I said not even moving my face
"5, 4, 3, 2,-" Austin started to count backwards
"Okay I'm up" I said realizing that I shouldn't have tested Austin….because he's Austin. Trust me he has poured yogurt, soup, and chilli on me at school, I'm pretty sure pouring ice cold water on me would not be an issue
"Put on your bathing suite and come outside in the pool" he said opening the sliding door. I mean maybe it was just me, but he has the beach to swim in… why would they spend more money to build a pool in the backyard of their cottage.
Austin's Pov
As I waited for Ally, I decided just to take out all of the leaves that feel into the pool which weren't a lot actually.
"Does it honestly take 10 minutes to put on a bathing suite?" I asked Ally rolling my eyes as she shrugged
"Alright, well are you going to get in?" I asked her confused at the fact that she was hugging a towel around her body
"Yeah, just uhmm… turn around" she asked me showing that she wanted to take off the towel. Instead of having her fight with me, I decided just to turn away. I mean I do not understand why she is so self-conscience about her body. I mean she doesn't have to be, she has a pretty hot body. Then the image of her popped in from the party. I still can't believe that the girl that I thought was gorgeous ended up being Ally… really Austin? Ew, I just decided to shake off that image.
"Are you done?" I asked her before turning around not caring that much if she was or wasn't
"Mhm" she said sitting on the edge of the pool dipping her legs in the water
"So are you ready?" I asked sitting next to her and she nodded her head obviously in doubt
I did a dive into the pool which was actually so relaxing. When I came back up to breathe Ally was still at the end of the pool.
"Are you coming in? I can't teach you from out there" I said swimming over to her
"Actually, maybe I should just observe from out here" she grinned hoping that I would just give in.. It's like she doesn't know me at all
"Alright fine" I said getting out of the pool and walking beside her
"Get up" I said standing beside her since she was sitting
"Why?" she said looking up at me.. Fuck she asks so many questions
"Just stand up" I said as she did stand
"What are we-"I cute her off before she could finished and pushed both of us into the pool, not caring about her reaction. I told her I was going to teach her how to swim, and the first way to teach them how to swim is… getting them into the pool
"Austin! Help" Ally said bobbing up out of the water
"Ally, just stand up" I told her and she did realizing that we were in the shallow end.
"Oh" she smiled and let out a giggle
"Do you honestly think I would throw you in the deep end when I know you can't swim" I said tilting my head a little
"Well, you are Austin Moon…. There's no telling what you would do" Ally said now staring at the water
"What's that suppose to mean?" I asked her wondering
"Nothing" she said trying to let it go, and I decided to let it go too
"Okay, so like this" I said putting her arm forward
"I did that!" she yelled seeming frustrated
"No you didn't, it's called front stoke, you have to extend your arms.. not keep them stuck you're your side" I said rolling my eyes because she wasn't getting this..at all
"I am trying Austin!" she yelled against crossing her arms
"Well, maybe if you tried a little harder" I said copying her actions
"Don't push it blondie" she said walking to the ledge of the pool
"Alright, let's try this one more time" I huffed and swam over showing her how to do it one more time and she tried doing a front crawl and actually this time, it wasn't that bad.
"That actually wasn't that bad" I said stopping her
"Really?" she said smiling at her achievement
"Yea, now can we move on the deep end?" I said swimming over to the other end of the pool
"Uhm… you know what… I-I uhm.. actually I wanted to work on that front stroke again" she smiled trying to convince me
"Ally, you're a horrible liar. I know your scared, but I'm here you'll be fine" I said swimming over to her and grabbing her hands
"Start treading" I said squeezing her hands
"Austin, I'm scared. Can't we go back into the shallow end?" she said biting her lip. I could tell she was nervous and scared, but I was going to help her get over it
"I got you Ally! Now c'mon kick" I said guiding her into the deep end of the pool. As soon she her feet couldn't touch the ground anymore she grabbed onto my arms digging her nails into me
"Easy there Ally" I said staring at her arms which were dug into my arms
"Sorry" she mumbled releasing her grip just a little
"Your doing fine!" I said as we swam to the other side of the pool
"Did I make it?" she asked looking over my shoulder
"You make it" I said smiling at her
"Alright so next-" I began but she cut me off
"I wanna try the entire pool" she said holding on the edge
"I think we should practice a little more" I said as nicely as possible. I mean Ally wasn't the best swimmer just yet, she wasn't a strong one.. that was it
"No! I want to try the entire pool. I can do it Austin" she said shooting me a glare
"Okay, Ally you can't. Let's just work it some more" I said again as nicely as possible
"I can!" she said a little more upset
"Ally, you can't, just face it! You need more practice" I said sort of yelling
"I can!" she said pretty upset if you ask me.
"What are you doing?" I asked her as I followed her out of the pool
"Stay there." She said walking over to the shallow end
"What are-" I began but got cut off
"I am going to prove you wrong" she said hopping back into the pool while I just stood on the ledge and watched her. Sometimes Ally wouldn't want to pick a fight with me, because she would know I would win. I mean I always do, I'm Austin Moon. Other times, she is so stubborn and does not listen to anyone else.. this is one of those times.
And she was actually doing pretty well. As she was nearing the end she wasn't really focusing on the wall right in front of her since she was not wearing goggles
"Ally! Stop your too close to the wall" I shouted cupping my face so that the sound would seem louder, since she was underwater. But I don't think she heard me
"Ally! Stop" I yelled couple of more times and just as I thought she heard me-
Whack!
Ally! Shit… please tell me that she just slightly tapped her head. Fuck, she isn't coming up and the only thing I knew what do to was perform CPR if she was unconscious. I dove in the water and picked up her body and brought it out of the pool.
"God, she isn't going to like this when she wakes up" I said smirking at the idea
I pumped her chest about 15 times and took two slow breathes and finally she became conscious again coughing hysterically, but still conscious
"Come on that's enough for you" I said picking her up bridal style and laying her down on the couch
"Did you just save my life?" she said coughing up water a couple of more times
"Did you want me to let you die?" I said raising an eyebrow at her
"Well, I didn't expect you to help me" she said looking at me
"Okay, I get that you think I don't like you and all, because I don't. But I am not in any way going to let you drown or die under my supervision. I'm not that cruel" I said rolling my eyes and pushing her legs of the couch so that I could sit down. I mean why would I let her die? I get it were not 'friends' but still I don't hate her that much
"You never know" she said sitting up and resting her head on a pillow. She didn't have a concussion or anything, thank god. Because then 'I' would be the person to be helping her
"Why?" I asked her
"Why what?" she asked confused
"Why? Why did you need to prove to me that you could swim that when I told you, you couldn't" I said pretty upset that she wouldn't listen to me after multiple times I told her, she was so stubborn
"I wanted to prove to you that I could do it" she said twirling her thumbs
"And how did that turn out?" I said pretty angry and she sort of giggled at the comment. Well at least she was okay…I guess that was good?
"Well, thank you" she managed to say after 5 minutes of complete awkward silence..
That was the least she could say to me considering…. I did end up saving her life.