New Record

*Axle's POV*

When I get back from grabbing my beer, I’m a little surprised when she wraps her arms around

me. Don’t get me wrong, neither of us are opposed to PDA at school and elsewhere but I kind of expected her to be more stand off-ish around my parents. She did look pretty pale earlier and she turned down a beer. But she said she was fine. I make a mental note to ask her about it later.

I see Theo swimming up beside her and she pulls away and looks at him as he places a hand

on her side and says, “You’re it!”

“What?!” She says dramatically. “Not for long!” She says and ducks lower into the water, swimming behind him at a deliberately slow pace. When she gets close to where Jameson is, she shoots her hand out to hit him in the arm and says, “You’re it!” and dashes sideways before he can react. “Hey! Rude!”

He darts after her but she’s fast. She heads my