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"I stopped time," I said, causing her to turn to me with a disconcerted look. "Well, you didn't believe me, so I figured it was better to show you." She continued to stare at me until I sighed and smiled. "Come on," I said as I sat up and got to my feet. She took of her sunglasses and put them away before cautiously getting to her feet as well.

I led the very skeptical Elizabeth over to the group of people that were hanging out by the deeper end of the pool. She suddenly gasped upon seeing them immobile. Even the ripples in the water around them were still in place. She just stood there in confusion.

"What...?" she uttered. "No way. This can't be for real. You told these people to do this."

I shook my head. "Try to move something," I told her. "Anything, like a chair or a table or something."

Elizabeth curiously reached out to the nearest chair and immediately found it was very solidly in place.

"This is ... what the ..." She quickly moved from chair to chair, realizing every one of t