"Good thing I packed my two-piece swim suit", I said 

Britt spoke up, "It's pretty, all white and purple with those cute flowers, by the way how many ladies are we going with"

"About seventeen, although only a few of them have their bathing suits", I answered

"That means majority of them are just going along to watch", Britt speculated

"Anything that gets them out of campus, I guess", I answered her before heading out of our room to shout to the other ladies, "Time to go!!!"

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"Alright, there's not enough vehicles for us all but the location is not so far", I spoke up, "But as many as the available space can contain should go with them along with my brother Ash over there in the black tee and cargo shorts and Chase, the other buff guy wearing the white polo shirt and dark blue jeans"

"I will also go together with Ash", Britt added

No surprise there

"Okay...then the rest of us that don't mind taking a walk will catch up with you guys", I continued, "Rick, that guy in black fitted jeans and a green Henley shirt and I will lead this group to the location"

Rick walked closer to me then whispered, "Don't I get an adjective or at least a noun?"

"What would that be?", I asked right back, "That sexy guy in black fitted jeans and a body hugging green Henley shirt or simply my friend Rick"

"So you think I'm sexy?", He replied with an eyebrow raised

And that was the only thing he could  get out of my entire speech. Way to be cocky!

"That's not the point and you're yet to choose one", I said

"I like you calling me Rick better and I would like to think that over the cause of these few days we've known each other enough to deserve the title of friends", He replied

"Friend Rick it is then", I accepted

"Now that that's settled, on a scale of one to ten how good are you at swimming", He asked

"Sad two", I answered

"Why exactly?, your brother from what he told me should be at a seven or eight"He inquired

"I guess swimming is not everyone's cup of tea", I said resignedly, "At least I don't drown in still water"

He nodded in agreement, "True, so what do you like to do for fun?"

"Dancing, singing, reading and traveling"

"Reading?", He turned to look at me quizzically

"Mostly wattpad, how about you", I asked, "What are your hobbies"

"Oh okay...I love to dance, listening to music but i'm definitely not a singer, traveling and swimming"

"Cool, look we've arrived at the place", I pointed out

Here goes nothing, I thought as I put my toes into the water, then my feet moving deeper until the water got to my knees then further up as I entered the pool and headed straight for the orange floater

The pool had about five ladies and eight guys already in it while the entire pool area had people all around laughing, dancing and drinking

Guess we got our pool party

SPLASH!!!

"Hey! watch it", I yelled as someone dived into the pool

The figure swam expertly underwater in my direction before surfacing right in front of me

"Show-off", I said to Chase while rolling my eyes at his dramatic entrance, "Just because you're good at it doesn't mean you have to rub it in our faces"

Chase just laughed and replied"I could teach you to swim without a floater, I am actually a certified swimming instructor"

"Fine, try your best", I conceded

"Alright, first thing you have to learn is to let go of the floater then walk towards me", He told me, "Relax you're at the shallow end"

While giving him my best glare, I slowly removed the floater keeping my eyes on him the whole time and walked towards him

He just chuckled and said, "Cute face, now climb my back"

"Why should I?", I asked confused

"So that I could teach you to move your feet under water", He answered

I climbed his back holding on with my arms wrapped around his neck and he began to swim towards the deep end with my feet still moving just the way he taught me. 

When we got there, he gently removed my arms from around his neck (in my defense, I assumed he was feeling constricted and wanted to change our positions) and then he swam away from me

Oh no!, I thought before my survival instincts kicked in and I swam toward the edge of the pool before realizing that I wasn't dead

Then I felt hands around my waist trying to pull me away from the edge, I gripped on, screamed and turned to come face to face with Rick

"Don't worry, I'm trying to help you get back to the shallow side", He said, "I think you've had enough lessons for now"

I didn't disagree with what he said but what my brain was still trying to comprehend was the feel of his hands on my bare waist and why for some strange reason it felt warm on my skin considering we were in a pool