Poolside Teens -

🎧 : A mix of distant pop music and the constant "no running" warnings from lifeguards.

"Stop brooding," she said, her voice cutting through the hum of the pool’s filtration system. "The water’s perfect, and the lifeguard just went on break, which means no one’s going to blow a whistle if we actually try to dive for the submerged rings." poolside teens

🍦 : Blue raspberry slushies and half-frozen sports drinks from the snack shack. 🎧 : A mix of distant pop music

The concrete around the Miller Street pool was always ten degrees hotter than the air, a fact that Leo and Sam ignored as they sprawled on their towels. To anyone passing by, they were just two more poolside teens, part of the shifting summer scenery of chlorine-scented hair and melting ice pops. But between them lay a silent, competitive tension: they were waiting for Chloe. The concrete around the Miller Street pool was