The sun shined a fine May day. Winter was over, with grief, and happiness.
A warm breeze hit a blue boy's face. On the beach, he was sitting on a towel, just wearing a pair of shorts.
Albus was able to enjoy the heating sun, as he slowly leaned back, laying on his towel.
People was enjoying themselves out in the water, screaming loudly as they splashed water at eachother.
He wasn't in the mood to enjoy himself right now, he had to rest.
Strange things had started to happen. When he'd looked into his mirror this day, he looked less blue.
Being able to enjoy warmth, had been out from his reach for a long time.
Albus smiled, as his mind wandered, over to Jessie. ~ I wish she was here...~
Jessie sat on her bed. Her legs were crossed and her eyes were closed. She had her hands rested upon her knees and she was deep into meditation. This meditation wasn't to calm her down, however. It was to help her locate someone.
She was sifting through everyone's telepathic thoughts, searching for only one person in particular. So many thoughts were flying through her head that she could barely catch each one of them, and even at that her range was extremely limited. She could only hear thoughts to the beach, and no further. If someone was in the water at all, they were out of range to her.
Suddenly there was one thought that she heard. Loud and clear. It hadn't been meant for her to hear, but it was the one she was looking for.
I wish she was here... She found it ironic that he was thinking of her while she was thinking of him, but that's the way love works.
She snapped her eyes open, immediately feeling dizzy. She stood up slowly, and blinked a few times. Then she ran out the door, and into the bright sunshine. From the tone of his thoughts, Albus wasn't ok. Something was wrong.
Her barefeet padded softly across the ground and her hair flew out behind her. She was in a flat out sprint, heading straight for the beach. She slowed once she got close enough. She brushed off her tank top and jean shorts, checking to make sure she was presentable. She spoke softly, not needing to raise her voice above a whisper. "I am here."
Albus looked up, into the sparkly eyes that he loved. " Hi... Jessie..." Smiling to her, he made room for her on his towel, lying on his side. A tickling sensation went through him, getting rid of of his anxiousness, only for a moment. Whilst waiting for her to lay down, the anxiousness, took him in again.
~ What is happening to me? ~
Jessie smiled and laid down next to Albus. She looked up at him, and her smile fell a bit. "How are you?" She asked, keeping her voice upbeat. She was on her side as well, facing him. Her hand rested on his, and she looked into his eyes.
Albus looked away from Jessie's eyes, and down on the dark blue towel. He'd always had problems talking about his problems, all words failed him. " Well... Lately... It seems that... " Taking long breaks between each part, he sometimes looked into Jessie's eyes, then back on the towel again. " Well, my body is starting to change back to normal! The color of my skin is much lighter, it's nearly white some places! "
Delving into her eyes, he then smiled, he sure was stupid. " I don't really know if I want to become normal again! "
(( Now please delete all of you posts Bucky! ))
((HAHAHAHA!!!! I missed that whole thing until the posts were all gone, but it was still hillarious!))
Jessie caught his eye each time he looked up, trying to encourage him. Her eyes grew wide and she said, "I thought something looked different about you..." She took a long pause, her eyes traveling across his bare back. There were definitely a few white-ish spots. "Do you feel ok though?" She asked, tentatively putting her hand on his forehead.
(( ;) ))
" Yeah... I do but... I find myself able to enjoy this heat! " Albus took the hand resting on his forehead,
and put it down on the towel, holding over it. Deciding not to think more about it, he continued " I'm sure it's nothing special to worry about... If, i'd be feeling sick now! " The knot in his chest was still there, though he ignored it.
Jjust wanting to rest where he was, he moved a bit closer to Jessie, and closed his eyes, resting his head on the towel.
"If you're sure you're OK..." Jessie said. He took her hand and moved closer to her. Her heart beat furiously against her chest, that she thought it might burst. She looked at Albus, love filling her eyes, as he was all that she saw.
Albus didn't notice Jessie that much, even though his mind was active, he was drowsy, and unaware.
Mind wandering, the knot in his chest slowly loosened, and let go.
Albus gently squeezed her hand, holding it lightly.
Jessie pulled back, noticing Albus' absentmindedness. "Are you sure you're ok?" She asked him, worried once more.
((Woah... absentmindedness is a LONG word...))
Albus smiled as he slowly opened his eyes, if just a bit.
" I'm just..." He yawned, and then continued " Tiired... "
(( I KNOOOOOOOOOW! That was a long word too! ))
Jessie smiled, not entirely convinced. "If you say so." She said, tilting her head to the side so she could look at him.
" Seems like you need some convincing..." Albus said, as he smiled brilliantly to her.
Grabbing her sides, he smiled slyly, as he lifted her up whilst getting up. One hand under her knees, and one on her back, he carried her, towards the still winter cold lake.
Jessie smiled as he lifted her up. When she realized when he was taking her, she screamed, kicking and trying to break free. She knew he would drop her in the lake anyways, and she also knew she would never break free. Still, she tried.
Albus grinned, while he laughed. Starting to run, he went into the cold water, still carrying Jessie, until the water went mid waist. Slowly lowering his hand on her back, her head getting close to the water.
The tips of her hair hit the water, and then, he faked throwing her into the water, still holding her whilst he raised his arms. Still in his arms, he laughed at her, and her screaming.
Jessie shut her eyes as he started to throw her, and curled into his chest. Once she knew he had faked throwing her in, she wrapped her arms around him and jumped in the water, pulling him with.
Albus was pulled underwater, beaming at Jessie. The cold embraced him, and he didn't enjoy it like he used to.
Getting up again, he pulled his now wet hair back, smiling brilliantly.
Jessie came above water, soaked. Her jean shorts had gotten much heavier, but she didn't mind. She smiled at Albus, and walked backwards, into deeper water.
Albus followed, chuckling lightly. THe water now reached him to his throat, and he stopped.
" Where are you going ? " Albus asked flirtative, knowing well that it wasn't his normal way.
"I'm going swimming!" Jessie said, in the same tone of voice that Albus used, with a fun edge to it. She began to tread water, still going deeper into the water.
Albus laid down, starting to swim, tight next to her. The silent sound of water, soothed his mind, making him relax. Slowly, he turned over, and swam on his back.
Jessie watched Albus swim close to her, making her relax. The water had a cold edge to it, but it was warm enough.
Looking over to the beach, he raised his head, to see if there was anyone there, he hadn't bothered to check before now. None, as he could see.
Then, he looked over to Jessie, feeling the well known tickle in his stomach, the warm feeling, nearly hurting.
Jessie saw Albus look to the beach, she looked as well. It was still just them, odd for this time of day.
As Albus looked at her, she caught his eye, a warm feeling spreading though her.
Albus' eye got interlocked with hers, whilst he looked into her sparkly, perfect eyes, that always brought fourth his passion for her. Smiling, he continued swimming without a place to go.
Jessie noticed his eyes sparkle brighter, as hers did the same.
She disappeared under the water, reappearing farther away.
Albus continues swimming, going just a tad bit faster, trying to catch up with Jessie.
Smiling, he turned to swim normally, to catch up. Weating his hair, he tossed it back, and looked around.
It was fairly quiet, he noticed.
Jessie saw Albus look around, so she did the same. It wasn't possible that on a day like today they were the only ones at the lake!
Jessie swam closer to Albus. "Where do you think everyone is?" She said, treading water next to him.
" I have no idea! The weather is perfect to be outside for! " Albus smiled, as he thought someone
had to be there. He coughed, and covered his mouth with his hand. His hand went into the water, washing it in case some bacteria was there.
Jessie agreed. There should definitely be more than just them out in the water.
She giggled. Sometimes Albus could be such a germaphobic.
((I think the name of the title scared people away!))
Albus looked over at Jessie, smiling. " What? " She had pirked into his curiousity, and he couldn't but ask what it was. Repeating himself, " What? " He didn't get anything.
Jessie giggled and shook her head. "Don't worry about it!"
Albus was looking over at her, pleading. " Come on! " She had pirked his curiosity, and he was in the need for an answer, even though he didn't get one.
Getting tired of swimming, he wanted to go back to the beach again. " Want to go back? " Albus asked, smiling.
"Sure!" Jessie said, getting out of the water. She stood on the beach and squeezed the water out of her hair. She grabbed a towel that had appeared on the beach and dried herself off.
Albus walked higher and higher up in the water, every step elevating his body higher up.
Tossing his hair back and forth, the water flew around, leaving only moist darker than usual brown hair.
He walked over to the towel that he had brought, it was still lying on the sand: So he bent over, and picked it up, and shook it in the air, taking away all of the sand.
Knotting it around his waist, he felt it's warmth, it had been warmed by the sun for a good time.
Jessie wrapped the towel around herself and brought the loose ends up to dry her face. She watched Albus walk slowly out of the water, seeming to grow taller with every step. He shook his head and she watched the droplets of water fly in every direction, the sunlight catching them. A few hit her and she jumped away giggling, "Hey! I was almost dry!"
Albus chuckled, " Yeah, almost! " Grinning, he sat down, wondering what to do. His eyes wandered, from Jessie, to the lake, to Jessie, to the forest, and to Jessie.
Izzy began walking down the beach looking for her cousin. She'd arrived back from her trip. Her blonde hair was shorter, but her eyes still an icy blue. She had on a pink bikini with a cutoff top on and a pair of jean shorts and flip-flops. Her skin was nicely tanned.
Then she saw Jessie down on the beach. "Jess!" She yelled and waved to her and then started running in her direction. It had been along time since they'd seen each other, with a couple of letters the only communication.
"Iza?" She said, not sure if she was hallucinating. She looked at Albus, then back at he cousin. Could Izzy be here?
Once she was sure that her cousin was actually there she jumped up and ran towards her cousin. "Iza!!!" She screamed. She embraced her cousin and then stepped back looking at her.
"Jeez girlie! You got tan!" She said. Jessie had difficulty getting tan, another family curse that Izzy happened to avoid.
Albus' attention went to the voice, he'd heard it before, but he failed to put the voice, to the person.
Turning around, he saw a familiar face, he smiled warmly at the recognition, and chuckled at Jessie's reaction.
He started to walk slowly against Jessie and Izzy, light at mind.
Izzy squeezed Jessie hard when they hugged. She really had missed her cousin. She struck a pose to show off her tanness and then laughed, "Thats what a summer in España does to you! Hey Al!" She yelled to him waving at him.
"I can see that!" Jessie said giggling. She turned around to Albus, smiling at him. She looked back at Izzy and said, "So can a summer in Espana find some hot guys?" She elbowed her cousin playfully, awaiting the answer.
Albus chuckled lightly at Jessie's remark, as he shouted back to Izzy. " Hi Izzy! " He grinned, and arrived, at the spot they were standing. " What a tan you've gotten! " He said amazed, it was unormal from the normal skin of the british people.
(( Not that Al is ever gonna get the skin of normal british people... It's nearly blue! tihi ))
"Muy caliente!! Aye Aye Aye!!" Izzy said and fanned herself to illustrate the hotness of the spanish boys. "Thanks Al!" Izzy said, hoping her tan didn't look to out of place. "So what have you two been up to?!"
(Happy Birthday Al!)
Albus laughed softly, not knowing how to give a proper answer to Izzy, without dumbing himself completely out.
" Nothing! " He said, looking the other way, looking at the sky. Giggling, he waited to see what Jessie would do, if she was embarrassed to admitt it, like he was, or if she didn't care.
Izzy bit her lip, trying to keep herself from laughing. She looked from Albus to Jessie and then back again wondering what she was missing. "What!?" She said.
"Well... to put it simply Izzy... We've been making out!" Jessie said, shrugging and giggling. She never minded being direct with Izzy, mostly because they were so close.
" JESSIE! " Albus said, embarrased turning to her, giggling. Looking at Izzy, then quickly looking away, even more embarrassed.
Putting his hands in his shorts pockets, he started to whistle innocently, looking from place to place, sometimes giggling.
Izzy laughed and said, "Finally!! How long as this been going on!?". She was starting to feel like she missed alot on her trip.
Jessie looked at Albus. "WHAT!? She's my cousin! She would find out sooner or later!" she said, exasperated.
"It's been going on for a while... I think it started about halfway through your trip..." Jessie said, trailing off. "Well that's when it officially started... Don't you think?" She said, turning to Albus.
"Ah, cute!!" Izzy said, smiling. "So whats been going on with Leah!? Hows she doing?"
Albus chose to ignore the fact that Izzy was going to figure it out, and smiled.
" I haven't told ANYONE! " He giggled, it was NOT true. At ALL. " Tihi "
Jessie nodded, "Leah's doing really good! You can see her soon... in fact she's probably listening in on us right now!" Jessie fell silent, and thought she heard a distant giggle, but wasn't sure.
She turned to Albus, knowing that he was lying almost immediately. "Oh yeah you didn't tell ANYONE!" Jessie said sarcastically. "Yeah I really believe that!"
"Hey Leah," Izzy said, feeling like she was talking to herself. Then feeling her stomach growl she said,"We should have a picnic! I'm starving, and then we can catch up. Leah?! Come eat with us"
" Good! Then we already have a relationship built on trust. " Albus said, with fake dignity in his voice.
He chuckled, then, " I haven't seen Leah in a long time... "
Leah came out of the trees, jumping to the ground. "Hey Al, long time no see!" She patted Albus on the back roughly, smiling. "Now where is the one I really wanted to see?" She turned to look at Izzy, and then ran and hugged her. "Your so tan!" Leah said comparing their arms. "You're like a different nationality or something!!"
"Leah!" Izzy said. She hugged younger cousin (she's younger, right?) Izzy laughed a Leah's comment and then said, "Your looking great too!! And, I've gotta ask so i'm not suprised, who are you dating?" She laughed again, refering to Jessie and Albus's relationship
(She's two years older that Jessie...)
"Actually... no one! I've been trying, but it's hard to find a hot vampire these days! I was going out with Pete for a long time, but then he left... never told me why..." Leah trailed off, her memories overcoming her. Then she blinked and her eyes cleared. "What about you? Who are you dating?"
(sorry! I'll go back and change it)
"I'm sorry about Pete, if he could just leave like that he wasn't worth your time anyway!" Izzy said, and hugged Leah again. Then she pulled out her want and created four lawn chairs that they could relax in, and soak up the sun. She sat down in her own before answering Leah's question. Then she said, "I, uh, had a couple of 'flings' in spain but nothing too serious."
Albus smiled, sitting down in the lawn chair slowly. He just sat there, not saying a word. Falling into thoughts, his eyes rested on the magnificent Hogwarts castle. The bright sun shone, and Albus was sitting there in his bare chest, and some shorts.
Thinking of getting a T-shirt on, he decided, and stood up, whilst pushing the chair away with his knees.
He throwed his hair back magnificently, and used a dark, proud voice, drowning with an unormal tone of arrogance.
" I'm, just gonna get on a T-shirt, baabes. " Turning, he didn't give them some opportunity to speak to him, because he was already starting to run down to the beach, to get his T-shirt.
Grinning and giggling, he ran, down the moist fields of grass, a tickling sensation going through him, as the sun hit his chest,
and the grass tickled his feet.
Izzy looked from Jessie to Leah, wondering what was up with Albus. "OhhhKayy." She said drawing out each syllable. Then she said, "So? What else is new here!? Fill me in, porfavor!"
Jessie looked at Albus run, keeping her face blank, while her head was screaming ~HOTT!!!!!!!!!!!~ She blocked her mind as best as she could, almost certain that she could block out everyone that would listen.
Leah looked at Albus shaking her head. She answered Izzy saying, "Well it's really just business as usual, so you're probably behind in all of you classes, especially if you have on with Snape." Leah rolled her eyes to add to her point. "You also seem to have missed most off the bad weather here, which is great for you..."
"Well fortunately i was able to keep in school, because i went to school in Spain.. you know? kinda like studying abroad in muggle terms...." Then Izzy inhaled deeply and stretched out on her chair. "As much as i absolutely loved Spain, its absolutely fantastic to be back at the castle."
Reaching the beach, he felt the sand tickle his feet, and the soft wind play with his hair. He stood where he'd left his T-shirt, and he bent over, picking it up. Wifting the shirt in the air, sand fell down, to the ground. He put his T-shirt on, and went up to the others.
Jessie watched Albus' muscles flex as he pulled his shirt on. She sat in one of the chairs, her eyes staying on Albus the whole time.
She tore her eyes away from him to reply, "I didn't know that you were going to be in school there! Did you meet a lot of nice friends?"
"Of course!! I'm hoping the could come and visit sometime.. I need to check with Dumbledore about that..." Izzy said. Then thinking of friends she said, "I've noticed quite a few new people here.. any i should be aware of?" She knew sometimes some of the younger kids weren't always the most mature.
Leah smiled, "That would be cool if they could visit!" She looked out on the lake and then rolled her eyes, "I don't know if I could list them all! It was as if all of the older students were suddenly dirt under these new kids feet! I do give them credit though, most of them are normal now. There are still a few that I avoid, but you could probably give them a chance by now."
"Yeah..." Isabelle trailed off and then thought for a second and said, "Even with my short time here, i've notice some..." She thought about it again choosing her words carefully. ".. less than mature people." She laughed then at the sentence she had stumbled to put together. "At least I got you three, its nice to still know some people."
Albus walked in the short cut grass, smiling whilst a warm feeling spread through his body, warming. The skin under his feet was soft, after a long winter. It hurt to be walking outside with no shoes on, or socks, when there was stones spread around in the ground.
He didn't look at the ground, so when he was coming close to the picnic place, he managed to step on a thistel.
The needles cut through his skin, and he lost his balance, whilst cursing and lifting his foot up. Landing har on his back, he cursed once more, before sitting up, and pulling his foot up to his knee. Looking closely for any needles in his foot, he dragged out twice, then got up.
Slowly putting down his foot to feel for any needles there, was none, so he walked over too the chairs, openly annoyed, over stepping at the thistle. He sat down, one foot over over his knee, like an adult, and his eyes monitoring the happenings in the sky.
Jessie saw Albus fall and stood up to help him, but he had already walked over to the chairs. She had no idea what happened, so she went quickly to his chair.
"Albus! What happened? Are you alright?" She asked, speaking quickly. She sat on the edge of the chair, looking at him. Worry showed clearly in her eyes as she gazed at him.
" Yeah... I stepped on a thistle! " Albus said, annoyed at his clumsiness. Then looking at Jessie, he noticed her the uneasy feeling in her eyes, and looked deep into them. " I'm okay! It was just dumb thistle! " He said cheering up, whilst laughing.
Jessie laughed too. "It looked like you twisted your ankle or something!" She giggled, leaning into him. She felt extremely relieved that he wasn't actually hurt, even though she knew he could take care of himself.
When Albus looked into her eyes, all of her worry just fell away. She knew he was O.K.
Izzy watched Albus fall, and started laughing, knowing she would have done the exact some thing but less graceful. Then she looked over to see Jessies face. The concern in her face was obvious. Izzy stopped her self from laughing. When they embraced Izzy felt a pang of jealousy, missing her 'friends' from Spain.
Leah turned away from them and looked to the forest. When she turned back, she could see the jealousy in Izzy's eyes. What had really happened in Spain?
"So, uhm... Izzy? Was it warm in Spain? Did you uh... have nice weather?" Leah asked, awkwardly trying to start conversation.
Izzy turned to Leah grateful for having excuse not to watch Jessie and Albus. "Well the weather was fantastic, but sometimes it was pretty yucky!" Then in effort to keep conversation going she said, "Do digital cameras work on Hogwarts grounds?" Izzy was always getting confused on which muggle gadgets worked on Hogwarts grounds and which ones didn't.
Leah saw the gratefulness in Izzy's eyes, but Izzy was lucky. Leah could still see them behind Izzy's head. She trained all of her senses on Izzy, focusing on her completely to keep her attention off of Jessie and Albus. Whenever she saw them together, and saw the love in their eyes, a hard lump formed in her throat. She couldn't help but having her mind wander to Pete. Was she betraying him by moving on?
"I'm not sure if they work... I don't know of a spell that we could use instead of a camera, so I think it should be ok!" Leah tried to keep her voice light. She knew that her cousin would see right through her defenses and probably ask her about it as soon as they had a moment alone.
"okay.." Izzy said trying to read Jessie. Izzy would consider it a 'power' but she was normally pretty good at telling when people were ill at ease. She stared at her a moment longer and then said, "Well I should probably get my camera then.. Accio Camera!" She decided it was best to wait until later to ask Leah about this. Izzy wanted this day to be as fun as possible, not filled with sadness or regret.
Quote from: uglycupcakes on April 29, 2009, 07:35:32 AM
"okay.." Izzy said trying to read Jessie. Izzy would consider it a 'power' but she was normally pretty good at telling when people were ill at ease. She stared at her a moment longer and then said, "Well I should probably get my camera then.. Accio Camera!" She decided it was best to wait until later to ask Leah about this. Izzy wanted this day to be as fun as possible, not filled with sadness or regret.
((Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about! Would you mind clarifying?))
(Uh.. simplifyed? basically izzy could tell your character was upset but she didn't want to ruin the day with leah's sadness about pete leaving.. so she was going to show leah picutres on her camera.. lol! does it make sense now?)
((Oh got it! I think you accidentally said Jessie a few times so I was oober confused!))
"Oh camera!" Leah said, knowing Izzy's alterior motive. "Can I see your pictures?" She asked, cheering up. She didn't even wait for a reply. She was up in a flash and sitting next to Izzy in her chair. They were both very small and would always sit together in one chair.
((I love doing that!))
(haha yourright soo sorry for the confusion)
Izzy relaxed when Leah sat next to her. She laughed as she said, "I have a vague memory of sitting this closed to you before.. i think afterwords we continued on to have some kinda fight with nerf guns? Sound familiar?" She continued giggling remembering their last family Christmas.
Leah laughed. "Yeah I totally remember that! And then we did it at uhm... a cousin's bridal shower..." Leah snapped her fingers, trying to come up with the name. She was having a major brain gap.
Izzy laughed and then started flipping through the pictures on the camera, spending a couple of seconds explaining each one, "Look! See this? This is a computer! We wrote like all of our papers and stuff on it. We never used quill!" Izzy was still amazed at the wonders at the private muggle school she had attended.
Leah was shocked. The technology from when she was still a muggle wasn't advanced enough for computers, so she had no idea what they were. She looked at the picture closely.
"How does it work?" Leah asked, fascinated by the contraption.
(Do we live near each other.. you know, like, Leah and Jessies family and My family
((Hmm... That's a good question.. I'm going to check my bios for Leah and Jessie... I don't remember if I said whereabouts they moved to... but I think they could...))
(Mhmkay. where? you can decide.. Australia?)
"I'm not really sure..." Izzy laughed, thinking that these computer were more like magic than what they did. "During christmas break I'll have to show you!! I brought one home.." Izzy said and then flipped through more pictures on her camera showing all the beutiful landscapes and smiling pictures of her and her friends from Spain.
((No I said that her family moved to England....))
"Well didn't you use it?" Leah asked, still fascinated. "I can't wait to see how it works! And great thinking... I don't know if I would have thought of bringing it home!" Leah smiled and looked at all of the beautiful pictures.
(Okay.. well i think Izzy lives in Ireland.. because i wanna go there :]] We can just floo powder to each others homes)
Izzy continued flipping through the photos until she reached then end, "Well that was pretty much all of them.." She didn't know what to suggest they do next, although she was enjoying just sitting out side enjoying the sunshine.
((Haha nice! Sounds good to me! I always liked the idea of floo powder!))
"You got some really great pictures!" Leah said. "It sounds like it was a fun trip!" She wasn't sure what to do now either, but she decided to just sit and look at the beautiful scenery for a while.
Izzy looked over at Albus and Jessie. She yelled over to them, "Wanna go for a swim!?" She could tell but their wetness that they had already been swimming but it was a beutiful day and she didn't want to just sit around doing nothing.
Jessie looked over at Izzy. She was sorry to say, but she had almost totally forgotten that she was there. She had gotten lost within the glorious depths of Albus' eyes.
She smiled at her and said, "Sure! I'd love to!" She turned to Albus and asked, "Are you going to come?"
" Sure ! " Albus said, standing up. He stretched his arms up in the air, yawning.
" Are we going then ? "
"Ye-aH!" Izzy said and pulled of her cutoff top and jean shorts. She had a pink bikini under neath because she had a feeling that they were going to end up swimming. She then said, "Accio floaties" and a nice big blow up whale came. She sat on the whale and started kicking her way out to the middle of the lake.
http://www.target.com/Intex-Whale-Ride-On/dp/B001ET92S2/qid=1241974415/ref=br_1_2/179-8154954-2262042?ie=UTF8&node=13940981&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=13940981&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=2
^^^^^
(What my floatie whale looks like! yay!)
((I remember when we used to have one of those... my dad popped it :()
Leah laughed and ran into the water after her. She grabbed onto the whale, still mostly in the water. As she helped to kick it out into the middle of the lake, she had an idea.
"Hey, you guys! I have a really good idea! Let's play king of the whale!" She said, turning to face the shore.
"You can try but your never getting me off this whale!!" Izzy laughed and wrapped her hands under the whales belly. She braced herself for them to try to push her off!
"Oh it is SO on!" Jessie called from the shore, already running towards the lake. She tore off her T-shirt and shorts as she ran, leaving them scattered in the sand. She put her hair up into a pony, and then splashed through the water.
As she dove under, Jessie kicked her legs as hard as she could, going underneath the whale, far enough where the others wouldn't notice her. She swam slightly too close to Leah's legs, and was almost kicked in the face. She moved just in time, and surfaced, still out of view. Then she leapt out of the water, grabbing onto Izzy, trying to pull her off.
"You'll never get me off!!" Izzy yelled holding on even tighter. She laughed and then let go of the whale with one arm to push Jessie off. The whale tipped to its side and Izzy was plunged under water but still held on with her legs.. It was unexpected and when she came back up she was choking on the water. She coughed the water out and then rebraced herself for more attacks.
Jessie was pushed backward, pulling the whale with her, causing it to roll. She was underwater for a moment, then popped back out. She spat out water, and blinked it out of her eyes. It seemed as though Izzy had been underwater as well, so Jessie launched a new attack, hopefully while Izzy was still disoriented.
Izzy giggled and said, "Oh no you don't!!" She held on but she was losing her grip. After a final push from Jessie or Leah, she wasn't sure which one, she fell off and spashed into the water.
Leah had run into the water, not wanting to be left out. At the last moment, when Izzy appeared to be losing her grip, Leah had pulled her off. Leah dodged Izzy, trying to get onto the whale. Jessie had her legs wrapped around the whale's torso, and was holding on for dear life, pushing Leah back with her arms.
Izzy quickly assesed the situation. Getting Leah off the whale would be nearly impossible. So, instead of trying to pull her of from on top she dove under the water. She felt her way around until she knew she was under the whale. She pushed up as hard as she could sending the whale and Leah on to the back.
Leah saw Izzy disappear, but didn't think too much about it. She felt the whale fly up in the air, and everything went into slow motion. Her hands flew off of the whale as she desperately tried to fling herself from the capsizing mammal.
(I can just imagine the slow motion "NOOOOOOOO" bahaha)
Izzy popped up from the water, and began laughing. She was smiling from ear to ear, so happy that she had this time with her cousins. It had been forever since they'd seen each other. She began floating on her back, just enjoying the blissness in the moment.
Leah was thrown underwater and swam to the surface. She spat out water, coughing. She grimaced from the taste, but then realized how relaxed Izzy seemed to be. Leah looked round to check if anyone was watching, and then disappeared under the water.
Izzy continued floating. She used her arms and paddled over to where Jessie was swimming. "What a fabulous day!" She commented
Albus smiled, as he jumped into the water. " Really just magnificent! " He said, grinning happily.
Starting to swim around, he ducked under, keeping his eyes open. Taking the sight in, it was a wonderful view.
"Yes, yes it is a beautiful day, isn't it?" Jessie commented, closing her eyes and taking in the sun.
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Leah smiled to herself, knowing that no one had seen her disappear into the water. She swam over to Izzy silently, and then put her hands on Izzy's back, hoping to push her over.
Izzy laughed as she felt Leah's hands on her back and felt herself flipping over. She flipped into the water and the quickly came right back up. She whipped her wet hair out of her eyes and smiled at Leah as she pretend to be angry. "Your going down!" She yelled as she pushed on Leah's shoulders causing her to be dunked under water.
Leah screamed playfully, and then tried to take in a breath before she went under water, but ended up choking in lots of water instead. Her eyes immediately began to water, and she needed to cough. She sped towards the surface, spitting out a long stream of water. She coughed and laughed, tears streaming from her face.