You Never Know

I awoke. There was a crash on the main deck. I heard a loud crack from above. I ran up the stairs and what I saw shocked me. The small wooden boat was completely in flames!

I slowly moved toward the sound being careful not to get caught in the flames. The smoke was choking me. I could see an outline of a face across from me. It was Jaden, my best friend. He was completely surrounded by the bright orange flames.

"Yeah, but the fire has me surrounded!"

I hit the water with a crash. I swam through the water around the boat that was covered in flames to find Jaden.

"Yeah the flames were everywhere and I wasn't sure what to do. I was so scared."

"I would have been to. You did a smart thing by jumping though."

Finally we were beside each other jumping the waves like we were walking on the moon. We seen a large board that would support our weight, so we swam over to it. When we got onto the board we started to circle the destroyed boat that was covered in flames. I began to feel my stomach move in circles because of all the smoke I was b

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