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I tried not to stare as Rosie skipped towards the water to meet me. Staring wasn't a classy thing to do, especially when the person you're looking at was stark naked. Rosie probably wouldn't have minded if I hadn't moved my gaze from her slim body, but I did so just in case, instead becoming suddenly interested in how very sparkly the water looked today. I heard her feet splash into the water, but then--just silence. Involuntarily, my eyes shot up to hers just as the water passed her waist. Her arms were folded across her chest as she waded in. Was it really that cold? I kept my brown eyes occupied on her blue ones so they wouldn't drift downwards as I cupped my hands around my mouth and called out, "Come on, just jump in!"

Rose was walking towards me, but it seemed like it was taking years. Then suddenly, she dropped in the water, her head disappearing beneath its surface. Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten to tell her about the drop-off there. I smiled slightly, knowing she'd bob back up in a few seconds coughing out a few choice words at me for that. But then, a few seconds later, she still hadn't resurfaced. Maybe she was a slow swimmer, I reassured myself, and I waited a few seconds longer. My stomach floated up into my chest and my heart began to flutter in panic as I realized--she wasn't going to come back up.

Shit. I frantically paddled towards the spot where she'd fallen in and sliced through the water with my arms, diving in. Shit. Kicking my legs as fast as they'd go, I propelled myself deeper into who-knows-where. Shit. There she was, eyes shut, her limp body drifting downwards and Oh ripred she's not breathing. My arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her into my side, and I began to awkwardly kick and paddle upwards. She was all dead weight, and it seemed to take hours before we reached air. My head broke the surface of the water and my lips gasped for oxygen as my thoughts ran rampant and jumbled together. I had no idea if the wetness on my face was from tears or just the water. Rose wasn't breathing, and I had no idea how to perform CPR. Drew had done it once before on me, but I'd been too out of it to see what he'd been doing. I remembered feeling pressure on my chest, but I didn't know where, and if I tried to guess it on Rose I'd probably push in the wrong spot and hurt her. There's water in her lungs, Trey, my head screamed at me. Get it out.

Deciding she'd die anyways if I didn't do anything, I curled my free hand into a fist and threw the side of it into Rose's sternum, a difficult thing to do while trying to keep two people afloat on one pair of legs. The moment it connected, her eyes shot open and she started coughing up water. I laughed out loud, not because anything was funny, but because my emotions were in such a crazed state that my body must have mistaken it for a sob. I hugged her close to me and patted her bare back with my hand while she coughed. "Rose," I sputtered out, coughing back a sob. "Rose, I'm so sorry." This was all my fault, I should have told her. I'd had no idea she couldn't swim. Dammit, I was so stupid. Why had I even suggested this in the first place? "I'm sorry, Rose," I repeated, unable to form any other words. After her coughing had grown less frequent, my arms wrapped tightly around her waist. My lips connected with hers with surprising force--I was done teasing, all the playing around I'd done earlier seemed stupid now. What if she'd drowned? Then the last few minutes of her life would have been spent being denied of a kiss. I pulled away so I could breathe, running my fingers through her soaked hair. "You okay?" I ask, though the words are barely a whisper.

{ooc-sorry for the lateness. hope this is okay}

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Rose answered by pulling my lips down to hers, and I took it as a yes. Her red lips drifted down my neck to my collarbone as she wrapped her arms around my neck. I leaned my head back with a sigh, forcing myself to remember to keep treading water so we didn't sink. "I guess so, huh?" I said with a regretful chuckle, after she'd made her comment about having to drown to get a kiss. I rested my forehead against hers so our noses were touching as she continued speaking. Her hands ran down my shoulders, leaving trails of goosebumps in their wake.

"You'd better," I taunted. "Though I don't know if you have a choice. I'm not easy to get rid of," I reminded her with a grin. Each touch of her skin sent sharp jolts of electricity through me, drawing me magnetically closer. That's what we were, two magnets, useless apart but so strong together that nothing could ever separate us once we'd connected.

I swam Rosie to a more shallow part in the pond, where the water rose a bit below our shoulders. It felt good to stand after treading water and carrying another person for so long. When we stopped moving, I dug my bare toes into the mud beneath the water and wrapped my arms around Rose's waist. We stood there in silence for a moment, but then I broke it with another kiss, pressing my lips against hers more gently than I had before. We had a lot of these moments, where neither of us knew what to say. Sometimes, however, a kiss was better than words, better than long speeches or even the best cheesy love poem there was. It was all that needed to be done--each kiss was a proclamation of love all its own. When we pulled away, I watched her blue eyes, waiting to see who would speak first.

{ooc-sorrysorrysorry and lol I couldn't think of anything for him to say}

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