You Saved Me Once Book 1

About 10 seconds after Jeff kissed me on the lips he resurfaces.

Jeff wins

I go to say something, but water gets into my nose. To make things worse the coughing went on for more than 30 seconds, Jeff starts to worry.

He guides me to the rim of the pool, where I finally stop.

"I focused on you." He smiles.

I swim closer to him and our wet lips collide. I lick the chlorinated water on my lips. He copies me.

"I'm sorry about last week." I smile.

"That was last week. This is now." Jeff says. He pecks my bottom lip. My face is beating.

I wrap my arms around his neck, I want more of him. He hugs my waist.

I haven't kissed anyone in years.

We stare at each other, smiling. We get interrupted by Rochelle, and Hayes.

"What's going on over here?" Rochelle laughs.

"Nothing." I say.

She laughs and splashes us both. Jeff smiles at me when I look at him.

"Who's ready for Fuck and You?" She asks.

This was Rochelle version of Marco Polo. Hayes and Rochelle start off as Fuck, Jeff and I are You. From there we start the game.

It's slow paced at first. Rochelle and Hayes were taking their time, or they were buzzed. Some point in this round I make noise, Hayes is now hunting me. Hayes is right behind me.

I move from one corner of the pool, to another corner. Eyes still closed, Hayes starts swimming towards me.

Hayes is right in front of me. He shouts Marco, and Rochelle cor-rects him.

"Sorry, my mistake." He smiles.

I hear his faint sigh turn to a laughter as he swims closer to me.

"Fuck?" He says. I stay quiet.

I look at Hayes, he looks young, vulnerable, but happy. His soaked curly hair hangs, he huffs when he moves it from his face.

"You." Jeff shouts, which scares me.

Hayes is still frozen in front of me. Waiting for me to respond.

"Come on Alex, you have to say it back?" Hayes says. I nervously bite my lip, about to give up.

Then Hayes starts to feel around the rim of the pool. He's inches away from me and says it again. I can feel his breath close to mine, but still I stay silent, tensing as his hands get closer to me. "Fuck." He slowly opens his eyes.

"You." I say.

For a moment everything goes quiet, it's now just me and Hayes. His smile warms me, that is before I splash him in the face.

"Alex, what the fuck dude! You're fucking dubbing the game?" He covers his eyes, and laughs.

I swim to the edge and try to get out. But Hayes grabs me by the waist and pulls me back in. We both go under, and Hayes is still hold-ing onto me.

Even when we reach the surface, he is still hugging me. I stop laughing, and soon get uptight.

"Let go Hayes." I push away from him.

There's silence once again. Rochelle swims towards us.

"Ready to switch?" She asks.

I nod and avoid eye contact with Hayes. Next time I smile at Jeff, he brushes me off.

I get a brush off? Things were going so great though.

FUCK. YOU.

"Fuck." Jeff shouts.

We wait for a response from Roc or Hayes, but nothing. They're making out. I open my eyes and see them. I'm cold again.

"Let's call it quits guys." I suggest.

"Calm down Little Richards." Hayes jokes. He's holding onto Ro-chelle.

They were both drinking, they were being careless. They're just hav-ing fun.

I'm feeling weird, seeing it all. I just want to go inside now. Instead, I say something stupid.

"Yeah. Don't fucking call me that Hayes." I offend him. Everyone's quiet.

"Fine Al. Just so we're clear, you just cheated." Rochelle jokes.

"Just so we're clear, your game is called "Fuck" and "You", and you're worried about fairness? Makes sense." I say.

"This is stupid. I'm going inside." I state.

"Just one more game Al?" Rochelle asks.

"Fuck?" I wait around.

Someone climbs out of the pool. Eyes closed I walk towards the dripping water, hitting the floor.

"Hayes, you're out." I push him.

When I open my eyes, both Hayes and Jeff are standing there.

Hayes grabs my arms, Jeff grabs my legs, and they throw me in.

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