Chapter 1: Ressusatation
I was bored. So bored. I was on holiday with my family in Lanzarote and the dinnertime conversation was far from stimulating. As my parents were blabbing on about mortgage rates, taxes and who knows what else I was staring off into space, alone with my thoughts. It was late, the sun had set below the horizon, the many twinkling lights from far away towns reflected in the swimming pool like stars in the sky, but it was far too cloudy to see any real stars. The restaurant we were sitting in was raised above the ground, overlooking the aforementioned pool and the ocean beyond that. As I gazed, glassy-eyed, at the shimmering water in the pool, I wanted more than anything to jump in! It was boiling despite being the evening and I would much rather be splashing around down there than up here with my family. The lifeguards were only on duty until seven, so the pool had to close after that.
Just then, I noticed two girls run to the edge of the diving board and begin to climb up onto it. They were obviously new here and did not realize that the pool was off-limits at this time, but I was too busy looking at these girls to care.
The first was a tall thin blonde with a tight black bikini, her large, round breasts stuffed into it. She stretched her arm upwards and leaned sideways, before adjusting her bikini bottoms, pulling them up and giving her the slightest hint of camel toe. I shuddered inwardly, thinking of what she must look like under that bathing suit, smiling to myself. I knew what was going to keep my mind occupied for the duration of this meal.
The other girl was a shorter, petite brunette. Although she barely filled out her bikini top, she made up for it with the most beautiful smile I had ever seen. As her friend approached the end of the diving board, she giggled, brushing her hair behind her ears and pulling her lips into a small, tight grin. Her wavy hair was very long, flowing down to her waist, it was a dark brown, fading lighter towards the bottom. It framed her face perfectly as she shook it backwards, out of her way.
The first girl walked confidently out onto the diving board, peering over the end to ascertain how high up she was. She raised her arms above her head, and jumped high three times on the board, before propelling herself into a high, neat swan dive, entering the water with no splash, barely even a ripple. The other girl was not so sure of herself. She tentatively stepped onto the diving board as her friend resurfaced.
"C'mon!" The blonde shouted up, "Just jump! You'll be okay." Her voice was confident and reassuring
"I don't know..." Replied the brunette, "It looks pretty high." Her voice was much quieter and higher in pitch.
She did eventually manage to jump off of the diving board, though much less gracefully than the first girl. They continued to jump off of the diving board for another ten minutes or so, smiling and laughing as they went, and I continued to watch them idly, tuning out the conversations happening all around me. But then, the blonde girl decided to do a backward somersault off of the diving board. The brunette and a few wandering eyes watched in horror, as the girl slipped on the very edge of the board as she jumped, the end of the board flying upwards and smacking her in the forehead with such force that she was sent spinning into the water below. That pool was at least four meters deep, and she did not seem to be recovering from the impact.
The brunette let out a shrill scream that lead many patrons of the restaurant to rush over to the wall that looked down upon the pool, shocked and confused as to what to do. I was no such person, I knew that the brunette didn't have the strength nor the swimming skills to help the now unconscious girl out of the water, but I might just be able to.
I swiftly vaulted the wall separating the restaurant and pool area, although it was low on one side the drop on the other was quite substantial, as onlookers began to take out their phones to record this horrific event. I soon reached the pool, where I discarded my phone onto a nearby sunbed and dived into the freezing water. It was not as much of a welcome refreshment as I had hoped it would be, but I had other things to worry about.
I opened my eyes, the combination of the sting from the water and the lack of sunlight made it difficult to see, but I could just make out the outline of an unmoving body, rapidly sinking in the water. I kicked my legs with all my might, my breath beginning to run out as I approached the floating girl. She was facing up at me, eyes closed as I took another look at her. She was even more stunning close-up. But this was not the time, I put my hands on either side of her waist and rotated her so that she was facing down, before wrapping my arms around her and pushing my legs off the floor of the pool. As we shot upwards, I resisted the urge to move my hands up to her chest, as much as I wanted to there was no way it was the right thing to do, so I didn't.
As my lungs were straining for the last dregs of oxygen, we finally broke the surface. I took a deep breath in, lay on my back, kicking my legs and making sure to keep the girl's head above the water. I approached the edge of the pool and a man from the restaurant helped lift the girl out, laying her on the warm stone tiles.
I laid a hand on her chest and moved my ear to her mouth, there were no signs of a breath. I checked for a pulse but could not find one, so I knelt next to her torso, placing both of my hands in the centre of her chest, and beginning CPR. By this time, a small crowd had gathered around the poolside, all of them too shocked to do anything.
"For god's sake, somebody call an ambulance!" I shouted, and people began to dial on their phones. I turned my attention back to the girl on the floor in front of me. Her chest was jiggling as I pushed, and my pants were growing tighter by the second as I looked at this insanely hot girl. I even considered mouth-to-mouth, but I knew that that wasn't recommended medically in this case and I couldn't justify it to myself.
Thankfully, I didn't have to keep it up for long, as she suddenly spluttered awake and sat up, coughing water onto the floor. I moved my hands away and placed one on her back.
"Are you okay?" I asked
"Y-Y-Yeah..." She mumbled, having trouble getting the words out.
A team of paramedics soon arrived, taking the girl away for observation, her friend following along behind. Just before she went, the girl looked up at me, a sly grin spreading across her face.