Serena took a deep breath and plunged
underneath the surface of the water. For as long as she could remember, she’d
loved being underwater, the whole world drowned out, only the sound of gently
rushing water in her ears. She opened her eyes, the chlorine stinging them
slightly, and saw Nate underwater right in front of her, his green eyes wide
open too. His hair was standing straight up, and he waved his hand, a liquid
“hello” escaping his lips with a rush of bubbles.
She giggled, nearly choking, and suddenly
thought of the games of Marco Polo she and Nate and Blair had played when they
were younger. Nate would always cheat, shouting “Marco!” and then opening his
eyes for a moment to see where they were. Then he’d grab the girls with huge
splashing lunges, pretending he’d just found them by accident. Nate never
seemed to care which girl he caught, he’d just grab whomever was in front of
him and held on. Serena closed her eyes, the sting of the chlorine now too much
to bear, and shot up to the surface.
Nate sidestroked into the shallow end
and hopped up onto the edge of the pool, letting his legs dangle in the water.
Serena looked so peaceful floating on her back in the calm water, her blond
hair forming a halo around her head, an angelic smile on her face. Being with
Serena was so much less stressful than being with Blair. Immediately he thought
of his last, highly stressful interaction with Blair, whom he’d been avoiding
since the day before yesterday, when she’d thrown her shoes at him.
Serena深吸了一口气,潜入水面的下边。从有记忆以来,她就很喜欢在水下的感觉,整个世界一下子安静了,只有水流的声音抚慰着双耳。她睁开眼睛,因为水中的氯而感到有些刺痛,Nate正潜在他正前方的位置,也一样睁着他绿色的大眼睛。他的头发在水中直立起来,他向她挥了挥手,随着一串气泡,一句液态的“嗨”向她袭来。
她咯咯地笑,笑得差点要呛到,接着她想起来了小的时候她和Nate还有Blair常常一起玩的游戏Marco Polo。Nate总是作弊,大喊“Marco!”然后睁开眼睛看看他们在哪里,之后再一把抓住一个女孩,溅起大片的水花,假装他是无意中找到她们的。Nate似乎从来不在意他抓到的是哪个女孩,每次都是哪一个比较近就抓住那一个。Serena闭上眼睛,氯的刺痛让她已经有些无法忍受了,她浮出水面。
Nate自由泳到岸边,撑起身体坐上去,两只腿依然垂在水里。仰面躺在水中的Serena看起来是那样的平和,她金色的头发浮在脑袋周围,脸上带着天使般的笑容。和Serena在一起比和Blair在一起要轻松太多太多。他立刻想到最后一次和Blair的激烈对峙,那个他从前天就一直在努力躲避的人,那个冲他丢鞋子的人。