Lance couldn't help but blush profusely when she came back up, she looked absolutely amazing. He took a minute then jumped in after her and came up a few seconds later shaking the droplets of water from his blond hair, "The water isn't bad at all," he laughed.
"So… uh… you like Rye?" the question came out of her mouth before she could prevent it. She covered her mouth with her hand, horrified by her bluntness. "Sorry– I'm so sorry– you don't have to answer that. Moving on…!" Elsie forced a laugh.
Rye was jealous of his light hair. Being Japanese she got her father's hair, while Ty looked like their mother. He still had darker hair, but it was lighter than hers. "Weird question, but um, may I touch your hair?" Blonde hair was fascinating to her. It shined and sparkled under the sun. What was one different thing about her is she looked Japanese, but had her mother's blue eyes. Rye was only about a foot away from him, just floating, while her blue eyes looked into his green ones.
Once again, Lance blushed, "U-um sure, go ahead," he decided. He swam a little closer so she had an easier time touching his hair.
Rye used both hands to push his hair out of his face. Beautiful. His eyes were stunning. His wet hair stayed in place, with the occasional strains falling to the side. "Your hair is very soft." Her face turned a bit red. She couldn't help it, Lance was extremely handsome. No wonder a lot of girls liked him. Again she ran her hands threw it. This is like like a scene from a movie. Rye cleared her throat and put her hands back in the water. Would it be weird to say thank you? Rye decided it was so she didn't say anything.
Lance lightly laughed, "Oh, uh, thank you," He replied, he looked down hiding the red on his face and when it cleared he looked back up, "So…what should we do?" He asked, keeping eye contact with Rye.
Rye smiled, he was cute. She could see the red a little but decided not to mention it. "Want to race to that rock?" Rye gestured to a rock that was a ways away. "And the winner get to tell the loser what to do for the rest of the day." There always had to be something for the winner, that's just how Rye did things.
"We're just friends. Though it's fine…. What about you? Anyone in mind?"
He was never really one to talk about this type of thing. Though since she brought it up, why not? Right?
"Okay," Lance, nodded, overly confident he was going to win, "You say when we go," he says lining up with her.
"Ready," Rye got into a swimming position, "Go!" She yelled and began swimming with all her might. It was a bit difficult since she was going against the tides, but it made it more fun and challenging. Every once in a while, she would bring her face up to breathe and check to see where Lance was. Right now they were tied up.
Lance realized he was tied with Rye at the moment but he also realized that he was faster on land rather than water and began to drift behind slightly.
Elsie tilted her head, contemplating the question. "No," she confessed softly. "I've never cared about anyone in that way. I guess I just got used to being alone." She let out a small, sad laugh, looking away.
"That's surprising. I could've sworn you had a boyfriend…or girlfriend."
He says running his hands through his curly hair, looking down at the ground, then back at her.
"Nope," Elsie sighed dramatically. "I travel down a lonely road."
Rye knew she was close, so she decided not to even see if Lance was behind or up front.reaching out her hand she felt something hard. Popping out of the water she began to climb the rock. "I win! I'm the winner!" She jumped up and down and waited for Lance to catch up. Rye couldn't believe she won, it was a rare thing.
He let out a little laugh, his white smile showing quite a bit before it slowly disappeared. "Do at least have a friend or two?"
Lance playfully huffed and got on the rock when he made it, "Okay Rye, that means youuuu're the boss," he said pointing a finger at her.
"Indeed I am." Rye put her hands on her hips. Her eyes scanned over Lance and she laughed. They both looked ridiculous. "Hm, what should o have the popular Lance do first?" Honestly Rye had no idea. "I want to ride the carousel at the park and you have to pay." She hadn't done that since she was a child, but it sounded like fun. Plus it would be funny to see the looks on people's faces. They might even run into Elsie and Levi while there.
Oh! He laughed. That's a good sign this is going well, isn't it? "I hang out with a lot of people, but I'm only really close to this one girl– Hannah," Elsie shrugged. "So, you only have Rye, right? Have you guys been friends a long time? I dunno; you two just seem close."
"Sounds good," Lance responded with a small laugh, "The carousel…God It's been ages since I've ride one…" he said, smiling fondly.
"Same!" Rye yelled as she jumped of the rock and back into the water. She had to swim all the way back since that's where her phone was. "Come on." She waved him in after her. Just then Rye heard a yell. "Hey, you're not allowed to swim in there!" It was quite far off but she heard it. "Oh no. Lance hurry!" Rye began to swim back as fast as she could. Maybe I should try out for the swim team. It took a few minutes but she soon reached shore, and the guy had gotten closer. Rye bounced up and down waiting for Lance.
Lance quickly followed, his wallet, phone, and bag were over on shore, he made it a minute after Rye and picked up his stuff. He then grinned at Rye, "Lets go, shall we?"
"We shall." Grabbing his hand she started running back towards the park, the man running after them. Rye just laughed, she hasn't had this much fun in a while. "Come on." The man behind them soon gave up and Rye slowed down. She let go of Lance's hand. "Well, that was exhilarating." Rye breathed heavily, but still had a smile on her face.
Lance smiled and laughed, "Yeah, very exhilarating…" he confirmed, out of breath as he sat down for a minute on the grass to catch his breath.
Water puddles were left under them. Rye felt her neck and sighed. Still there. If she lost this necklace, it wouldn't matter how long it took she would search until she found it. "I need water." They were close to the park, so it was fine to take a break. It's beautiful at this time of day. There was about two hours of daylight left. "I have another thing I want you to do."