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Write a story which begins in a swimming pool.
How does this setting tie in to the rest of the plot?
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Tears run down my face as my brain flicks through all the memories of me and him. My headphones are on my ears playing I love the night, the rock song Georgie showed to me when we first became friends. I cry harder. I cry and cry until my eyes are red raw and then my mind finally picks a memory.
I stare across the pool. Georgie managed to steal the pool keys by some miracle and everyone else apar...
I sit on the bottom under the water and I begin to wonder if I can last up to five minutes like Margo Robbie. I doubt it, it has only been twenty seconds and my lungs are already screaming for air another ten and I unbend my legs so I can push off of the bottom sending my self rocketing towards the surface. I suck in a sweet breath of air once I break the waters surface and my senses return to me....
There’s one memory I always go back to. One moment that I think I truly felt peaceful. It’s not a significant moment or anything that would sound as impactful as it was. It’s a short quiet moment. One that feels personal but is most likely universal in the actions though not in the feelings I experienced.
That moment I think of was one summer day when I was alone and submerged in the pool.
I wa...
Moments later, 911 arrived.
"We were just swimming! She...she..." Lara couldn't spit out the words. "She’s...gone! Oh, god! She's gone!" Lara stood in the pool, on a waist-high step, sobbing.
“Let’s get you out of there.” Tim, the policeman, gave Lara a towel and directed her to the table.
"Julia drowned, is that correct?" The police officer questioned.
"You don’t see any blood, do you?!" La...
Isabella still longed to be with Declan but was turning out to be a smart and capable girl on her own. She had developed a strong love of swimming, constantly begging Abigail and Brevyn to swim with her. One particular day of the last week before she started kindergarten, she was particularly insistent that she swim. Brevyn was at work, and Abigail was not in the mood to swim. So, she sat outside,...
When Nigella regained consciousness, the first thing she noticed was the smell.
It was sharp, undeniably chemical, and so strong it made her head ache. But it was familiar. Something was knocking on the door of her memories, demanding entry.
Nigella groaned and rolled on to her back. Or tried to, at least. Her hands were tightly tied behind her back, rope chafing her wrists.
When she cracked...
Antonio released water, followed by a great white, into the deep of the pool from the semi truck’s tank.
The water from the valve crept into the shallows, about 8 feet down in the empty pool, wetting Tommy’s cheek and clothes. The cool feeling woke him, shocked. Getting to his feet, he glanced around until he noticed the deep side of the pool. The shark’s fin glided on top of the clear water.
H...
She always loved the pool.
From the first moment we found this house in the Hollywood Hills. Hidden in a tiny cul-du-sac, sitting all alone in the corner, like a shining sex symbol just waiting to be touched. Our dream home.
Built in the late 1930s and renovated in 2005, it had a hip mix of art deco and mid century modern design. Cool, crisp lines and pre WWII extravagance that was pure luxury...
It was a calm sunny morning, the wispy clouds encircling the sun as if it was Saturn. Sarah lay on her back floating in the still water of the pool, the water licking up at her face occasionally. The quiet sound of her breathing the only noise to be heard.
“SARAH!” Someone yells.
Sarah opens her eyes to the blue sky and sighs, so much for peace and quiet.
The yelling continues, “SARAH, I KNOW Y...
The young couple splashed around in the large swimming pool for the last time that day. They had spent all day in the pool because it was so hot outside. The parents were inside watching a sports game. The boy pulled the girl close for their first kiss. They were both young adults, so this felt absolutely right.
So wrong but so right. They wanted to go inside for s’more’s. They had two s’mores ea...
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