Part 16
As Nick and Becca continued to talk about Becca’s suspicions, Howie and Sarah were together in the water. The two were floating together, looking up at the sky.
"I over-reacted, didn’t I?"
"Sorta, Angel, but I think Becca understands. Nick doesn’t but I’m sure Becca will explain it to him."
"Should I tell Bec?"
Howie got serious and said, "Sarah, the more people you tell, the more likely someone will find out. NO! Let it go!"
Sarah looked at him and laughed, "Hey, race ya to the boat."
"You’re on," answered Howie. Then calling out, "Hey, NICK! Say go!"
Nick hollered out ‘Go’ and Howie and Sarah raced to the boat. As they got closer, Sarah was ahead of Howie but he reached out and grabbed her pulling her back and under the water.
Sputtering and coughing, Sarah resurfaced to find Howie sitting on the platform on the back of the boat. He was laughing so hard he had tears rolling down his cheeks and he was holding his sides.
"That was NOT FAIR!" pouted Sarah.
"All’s fair in love and war, Angel," laughed Howie.
Sarah moved so that she was hanging on to Howie’s legs as she said, "You just didn’t want me to win."
Howie lifted her with his legs and grinned, "No, I didn’t."
As Sarah hung on to him, she felt something that felt like sand. "Uh…D, should I be able to touch the bottom here?"
"No," said Howie suddenly becoming alarmed. "Why?"
"Well," said Sarah as she cautiously put her feet down. "I’m….uh, standing up!"
Howie looked around to see where they were and spotted the buoys marking shallow waters. "Damn, we must have drifted. Hey, Nick…"
Howie looked back to see that Nick and Becca were engaged in a serious case of sucking face and they were ignoring him. He and Sarah looked at each other and started laughing.
"They need cooling off."
Howie slipped into the water and together, they splashed Nick.
"Hey!" shouted Nick. "You’re getting my baby wet!"
"They didn’t get me," said Becca.
"I wasn’t talking about you," teased Nick.
Becca playfully slapped him, "You jerk!"
"What’s up, D?" asked Nick as he hugged Becca to him.
"You’ve drifted into some shallow water."
"How shallow?"
"Well, Sarah and I are standing up."
Nick became alarmed and rushed up to the controls to check the depth gauge and then looked down at Howie.
Howie saw the look on Nick’s face. "What NOW?" he asked, anger building.
"We’re stuck."