Drowning+in+Lies

===The water looks deep and inviting. This is what I try to convince myself anyway. “I have no idea why I ever signed up for this lifeguard job, I don’t even like the beach and to be quite honest I am deathly scared of the ocean” I silently rant to myself. As I look out at the screaming children below me I thank God that I am sitting in this nice shady lifeguard tower instead of down there with those terrible little monsters and their crazy parents. There is one in particular that seems to want to drive his mother to insanity by screaming at her because she won’t buy him a puppy. I shudder and think to myself about why I’m never having kids when all of a sudden all 6 feet 2 inches of tan delectable skin walk in and I remember why I am at this despicable job in the first place, Khyle Tanner. I’ve been in love with him since the second grade when he moved in to the house next door to mine; however, I don’t think he even knows I exist. This summer though I made a promise to my best friend, Lindsay, that I would get him to notice me and with my mousy brown hair and plain old brown eyes that was definitely going to be a hard thing to do. It was then as I began to imagine him coming up to me to profess his undying love that Lindsay began to snap her fingers in my face. “What?” I asked shaken out of my stupor. ===

“You were staring again” Lindsay irritably announced.
===“Sorry, but it is kind of hard not to stare when someone looks that perfect.” I stated in a dreamlike haze not apologetic at all. === ===“You know if you like him that much you should just go for it. Just walk right over to him and kiss him, I can guarantee you he’ll remember you then.” ===

“I don’t know he’s Khyle Tanner the most popular guy in all of Bridgeport, I’m just plain old Emily Stone.”
===“Em, don’t talk about yourself like that you are ten times better than half the girls at our school and if he can’t see that ,well then he is a butt head” ===

“Whatever you say I will do it” I happily agreed
===“Alright here is the plan you and I are going to go on top of those rocks in the peninsula and I’m going to push you in the water where you will then pretend you are drowning and then he’ll come sweep you up into his arms and give you CPR where once he sees that you are an amazing kisser will have no choice but to ask you out.” === ===Fifteen minutes later: “I cannot believe I actually agreed to this crazy plan” I think warily. “Waaah, I don’t want to do this I feel so stupid” I whine to Lindsay as we stand on the bronze colored rocks. She responds with “Good luck, sweetheart” and then she pushes me into the ocean. I immediately began swimming until I remember that I am supposed to be drowning. I then start chanting, “Help me, Help me, I’m drowning!” As I’m doing this I realize that I’m the most pathetic fake drowning person that has ever lived so I start waving my arms, too in what I hope is a drowning like fashion when I see Khyle swimming towards me from my peripheral version. I begin to emerge myself in the icy waters where I will wait for my tan prince to come rescue me. I don’t have to wait for long and soon his beautifully sculpted muscular arms are wrapped around me carrying me to the shore. As my head hits his chest I can’t help but inhale his addicting scent that seems to cling to everything he touches. I lay there in his arms savoring the feeling of him when I realize his steps begin to change as he hits the soft sand. He quickly lays me down and begins to give me mouth to mouth and I can’t help but think that I’ve finally reached heaven. After about the fourth time his luxurious lips touch mine I can’t take the temptation anymore and begin to kiss him back. He stands up suddenly and looks around him where he sees Lindsay standing in the lifeguard tower saying “You go ,Girl!” === ===He looks down at my open eyes in astonishment as he realized that he has been played. “That was not a funny joke”, he yells at me. I cannot think of anything to say so I simply just lay there as I see him glaring at me while he boils inside with rage. He slowly turns and walks away from not only the beach but from me and it’s in that second that I realize the enormity of what I’ve just done. I’ve ruined any chance I have ever had with this guy just because I decided to listen to Lindsay and play this stupid practical joke on him. I sit on the beach and cry all night because I realize his footprints in the sand are the last thing I will ever see of him. ===