nervous laughter...
swish...splash...bubble...gasp...swish...splash...bubble...gasp...
....
gasp...pant...gasp...pant...
"I liked your gargle bubble splash." came a voice.
...my hand to my ear, looking up at the young girl sitting atop the high chair above me...
"I blubber gargle flibble scissor kick!" She repeated.
"Oh!...pant...pant... Thanks!" I reply. "It's one of my favssbbldlblddd...spit...cough..."
...nervous silence...pant...pant....taking my pulse again, 154..not bad...
"You know...you'd probably never know from my Adonis-like physique that I use to be one heck of a swimmer, you know, back in the day!!" I yell over the splashing of the pool's edge.
...nervous laughter from the 19 year old disgustingly fit and half naked life guard...
"A lot can happen in twenty years! Let this be a warning!" I yell again, as I turn around and prepare to push off...then I kick off from the side, and scissor kick my way into another college student's nightmare of how they could turn out...
Another kid, warned and terrified. Another life, scared straight and saved. It's been a good day.
....
gasp...pant...gasp...pant...
"I liked your gargle bubble splash." came a voice.
...my hand to my ear, looking up at the young girl sitting atop the high chair above me...
"I blubber gargle flibble scissor kick!" She repeated.
"Oh!...pant...pant... Thanks!" I reply. "It's one of my favssbbldlblddd...spit...cough..."
...nervous silence...pant...pant....taking my pulse again, 154..not bad...
"You know...you'd probably never know from my Adonis-like physique that I use to be one heck of a swimmer, you know, back in the day!!" I yell over the splashing of the pool's edge.
...nervous laughter from the 19 year old disgustingly fit and half naked life guard...
"A lot can happen in twenty years! Let this be a warning!" I yell again, as I turn around and prepare to push off...then I kick off from the side, and scissor kick my way into another college student's nightmare of how they could turn out...
Another kid, warned and terrified. Another life, scared straight and saved. It's been a good day.