"Come along children. Be careful and hold on to the side of the pool. Stay in one line and don't get out of line," rang a beautiful, gentle voice from the inside of the pool.
"I am disappointed. There are no fly girls this year in the camp. This is going to be a long summer!" said Max annoyingly.
"I absolutely agree with you, Max," Mike said.
Just as this was said, Mike heard the gentle voice and turned around. A tall, well figured young girl walked up the poolside towards him. She had a group of ten loud children with her, who resembled little rascals and jumped all over the place. She appeared to Mike to be a very pretty blue-eyed goddess.
"Hey, Mike, earth to Mike," Max called, but did not notice who Mike had his eye on.
Once he caught sight of the girl, Max remained silent for few seconds. As she walked past Mike, she smiled gently.
It seemed so heavenly to him. He barely had the
"What's your name?" Mike managed to ask.
"Yeah, I am working with nursery kids this entire summer. What about you?"
"I am a lifeguard here at the community center, and I have been for the past few years," replied Mike.
As days passed, Mike and Marina became friends.
"Hey, can you drive me home today?" inquired Marina one day after work. Mike waited a few seconds and pretended to think, but he knew the answer all along.
"Yeah, I think I can drive you home today," he answered happily. Marina turned out to be a very quiet and shy girl, whose personality excited Mike and attracted him more and more with each day.
"Thanks for dropping me off, I really appreciate it," exclaimed Marina.
She leaned over and gave him a small peck on the cheek. Mike tried to hold in his composure and did it successfully.
"Goodbye. I'll see you tomorrow," he proceeded to say.
Things progressed very slowly from then on.
"You want to play pool in the game room today after work?" Max asked Marina.
"Yeah, sure. I'd love t...