IV

                                    

                                          
All of us take our stuff to the lounge chairs that line the beach. The guys practically throw their stuff and run right over to the cliff. Us girls stay and make our little spots in the chairs. We lay our towels out on the chairs and take off the clothes that cover our bikini. 
I take out my book 'I, Lucifer', and lay down to start tanning. The other girls chat about boys and which boys they want to fuck first. They come to the consensus that Carter and Luca are the hottest, but it doesn't faze me too much. Luca nor Carter are mine, and I'm not looking for them to be. Well, maybe Luca. 
"I heard that", Luca's voice appears in my head once again. "You know I'm sexy as hell". 
I glance over at the cliff he's about to jump off him, and I can just barely see him wink at me. I roll my eyes and look back at my book. 
"Have you seen the way Luca looks at her", Cora, a girl from our dinner table, suggests, nodding her head at me. 
"For real", Sky agrees. "He looks like he wants to rip you to shreds and hide the body". 
"Maybe he does", I joke, all the girls laugh. 
"Maybe I do", Luca comments to me. 
I look back over at the boys, and I watch Luca catapult himself into the water 20 feet below the cliff's edge.  
"Not very funny". 
The girls continue their conversation about the guys, and I read my book, blocking out their words. 
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Last night we stayed at the beach until 10, when Jay was finally bored of sitting there all day long. Jay let Garret sneak in to grab food from the Mess Hall and bring it back to us for dinner. 
Today we're back at the beach, and it's even hotter than it was yesterday. 
As I walk down the stairs, I hear a knock on the screen door. Turning the corner to actually see the door, Carter sing songs through our house "Oh, ladies". 
"Good morning, Carter", I smile at him. "Come on in, guys" 
Carter rips open the screen door. Him, Garret, Seth, and Luca walk in. The first three take a seat on the couch, but Luca leans against the doorframe. 
Lil, Eden, and Sky make their way downstairs. All of us are in different bikinis than we were yesterday. Today, mine is a scalloped navy blue top with pink flowers, and light pink bottoms, and I put a maroon Kimono over it. The rest of the girls wear string bikinis, which I've never been quite comfortable in, but they look amazing in them. 
"You still look beautiful in yours", Luca tells me. I shoot him a look, and he shrugs his shoulders.
"Everyone ready?" Sky asks. We all say our forms of yes, and we leave the cabin, locking our door behind us. 
"Come on, Superstar", Carter pulls me in front of him and hoists me onto his shoulders.
"I swear to-"
"I swear to god, Luca, chill". I can hear his grunt from a few feet away, which he hides by clearing his throat.
We meet the other girls on the way, and we make our way to the beach as a whole.
"You're jumping off the cliff today", Carter tells me as we reach the lounge chairs and lets me down. 
"No, I'm not", I laugh. "I really don't want to die".
"What if I throw you off the cliff", Carter jokes.
"What if I hit you over the head with a bat".
Everyone 'oooooo's in unison. I look up at Carter. I put my hand on his cheek in a mocking way. He smiles down at me.
"You're going too far", Luca suggests as I speak to Carter.
"You will never see me jump off that damn cliff". All of the girls laugh from behind me.
Carter snaps his fingers in defeat. "Okay, Superstar. But you still gotta watch me do my awesome flips and tricks". 
"Okay, Carter. I will".
With that, the guys all drop their towels at the chairs and run off to the cliffs once again. I sit down with my book and the girls lay down to bask in the sun. 
Probably about a half hour later, my reading trance is disrupted by Luca. "Come on, Mia Cara, come jump".
"No", I object. 
"Come on, Adley", I hear Carter's voice yell over to me. 
All the girls sit up and look around at each other. I'm just shaking my head 'no'. They start chanting my name "Adley, Adley, Adley", then the guys chime in to join them. 
"Oh my god", I stop them. "Fine". 
I put down my book, and take my shades off. I get up from the chair and readjust my top so my boobs don't fall out in front of all the boys. I make my way up to the cliff. "You'll be fine", Luca tells me. "It'll be fun". 
As I get to the top of the cliff, a wave of fear rushes through my whole body. I start deep breathing to try to calm myself down. The guys stand on either side of my pathway, kind of like a tunnel to the edge. Luca stands closest to me, his eyes don't leave mine. 
"I promise, this is nothing. Just jump". 
"Okay", I take one last deep breath and start my run off the cliff. My last step on the rock, I push myself off to be far away from the cliff. I hold my breath and wait for my feet to hit the water. 
Within a second of hitting the water, my foot gently hits the bottom of the lake. I push myself up to get back to the top, but then I'm pulled back. Something holds onto my foot.
Through the dark water, I can see pieces of grass, or seaweed, wrapped around my foot and ankle. I try to pull, but I'm stuck. I try to swim down to pull, but I don't have the strength.
"Help", I scream to Luca. "I'm stuck, help". 
"I'm coming. Hold on".