"Race ya there!" Felicity said as the family approached the river. "You're on!" said Zac. Both of them bolted towards the picnic table so fast they almost toppled over one another once they finally got there. "I won." said Zac "yeah well, I'll get you next time, you'll see!" she said smiling. "Look at the pretty water 'Licity" Mackie said as he pulled on her shorts. It really was amazing, the blue- green was so beautiful and breath-taking. "It's very pretty." she said smiling down on him. Felicity looked over at Taylor who seemed to be transfixed on the waterfall. Felicity waved her hand in front of his face, "Hello, anyone there?" He quickly snapped out of it and realized he had being staring stupidly at the waterfall. They both started laughing. "I could totally live out here. It's so beautiful." He said. "I couldn't" she said as she slapped a mosquito dead on her arm. "Nature for me is one of those every once in awhile things for me." she said smiling. "I'm too much of a city girl." He nodded dreamily, still staring at the falls. What a weird guy, she thought to herself almost laughing out loud. "Well, what are all of us waiting for!" Isaac yelled. "Let's go swim!" "Hold on cowboy, I'll be needing some help unloading stuff, and I don't want to hear any complaining because if I do, there will be consequences." Diana said. "Oooohhhh Mom you're making me so scared." Zac said sarcastically to his mother. "How about not swimming for awhile, does that scare you even more? No everyone, let's get this done before the sun sets." She said. "Yes ma'am." Zac said saluting her, almost laughing. Once everyone had finished their share of the *chores*, the kids started stripping down to their swimsuits. Mackie had plain black swim trunks white a little Nike check on the bottom, Avery had a pink Minnie Mouse bathing suit, Jessica had a purple two piece, Zac had just a pair of red and black plaid boxers on, Taylor had Black boxers with lips that were *puckered* up, and Isaac had some Joe Boxer ones on with the little smiley faces. Felicity felt strange for wearing boxers with her two piece red Mossimo swimsuit, but she sure as hell didn't want any guys her age seeing her butt(which she thought was incredibly large) and thighs. Oh well, she thought, it's not like they care. Earlier she had thought about just keeping her shirt on too because she was afraid of her breasts just accidentally falling out of her top when she was swimming(hey it had happened before at Chad Ferguson's party), but she decided against it because she didn't want to look totally insecure with herself, which she was but she heard that was a total turn-off for guys to see girls with low self esteem. "Ready?" Ice and Zac said at the same time. "Yeah, let's go." she said. Isaac, Taylor, Zac and Felicity were the only ones who wanted to hike up to the top of the cliff to jump off, so they headed up the trail. Once at the top, Felicity was about to kill herself for ever agreeing to coming up there. It had to have been at least 25-30 feet to the bottom, and when you think about that, that's like jumping off a three story house, oohh scary. "Taylor, I don't think I can do this," she said as she glanced down at her hands that were shaking vigorously. "Yeah, you can, just don't look down, if you look down, you'll just chicken out, but see when you actually do it and jump, you feel so great when you're at the bottom, it's like you've really accomplished something. Well at least the first time you do it, after a couple of times you get the hang of it, and you just go and jump." he said with a reassuring smile. She tried to pull out a fake smile, but it just turned into a pathetic looking face. "If it makes you feel any better, I'll jump with you." Zac said. Felicity felt so much better. "THANK YOU!" she said, sighing with relief. "Why don't we all hold hands and jump?" Isaac said. "No way, I'm not holding hands with a guy, just this beautiful fair lady here." Zac said bowing towards Felicity, she laughed and blushed. "Why thank you for the thoughtful words, my charming prince." she said gleefully. "Well, are we gonna do it or what?!" Zac said grabbing her hand. "Wait, wait, wait. " she said "Let Ike and Tay go first." "OK, fine we will." Taylor said and with that he took a leap into the river. Felicity watched him as he fell feet first into the water. He came up splashing around and laughing, "The water's great!" he yelled to the top. "Hey Tay!, here I come!" Isaac said as he too jumped in without any thought. He dove beautifully into the water and came up all smiles. "Are you ready?" Zac said "No, but I have to do it, I'm not gonna be a wimp." she said giving him a terrified look. "Well, just know that if you die, I'll be there with you, dying too" he said grinning. "Oh that makes me feel better!" she said pushing him playfully. Felicity took his hand and held on tight, she looked over at him and smiled. They walked to the edge of the cliff. "On three," Felicity said, "one, two, three!" they jumped in, feet first. Felicity felt like she was flying, it was the best rush she had ever experienced. She kept wondering when they would ever hit the water. OH! there it is, she thought as they hit the cold water with a splash. She opened her eyes and was face-to-face with Zac, she started laughing underwater and wriggled her way up to the surface for some air. She got to the surface and took a big deep breath. "Now, was it really that scary?" Taylor said smiling. "No, but I sure got a rush out of it." she said still shaking. He started laughing. "What are you laughing at punk!?" she said playfully. "Nothing, nothing." he said trying to keep in his smile. He totally burst. "What?!" she said "You looked so terrified when you hit the water, it was a Kodak moment, I swear." He said laughing. "Yeah Felicity, you were really scared." Ike said as he joined in. "Shut up." she said smiling as she swam over to the shore. "Look at your hands!" Taylor said as they sat on the edge of the shore. She looked down at them and was suprised to see they were shaking even more than they were when they were at the top of the cliffs. She couldn't stop them, and Taylor and Zac seemed to find it incredibly hilarious watching her try to stop them from shaking to death. She felt a grumble in her stomach, I guess Isaac and Zac heard too. "Hey, thanks Felicity, your stomach reminded me that I'm starved." Isaac said, she smiled , "Yeah, so am I, even though I had a bowl of ice cream for breakfast." she said laughing. "let's go get some food and then we'll go swimming again, OK Tay?" Felicity said. "Alright, let's go eat." he said smiling.
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