Chapter 10 - Page 139 - Rhasha Drives

    As soon as he touched her, Rhasha opened her eyes and threw her arms around his neck. Even underwater, Rhasha’s smile was big. Her large black eyes gleamed at him. She drew Jim close and kissed him.

    Jim pulled away from Rhasha and grabbed her arm. he jerked her out of the water.

    Rhasha surfaced, gasping for air. She coughed a few times and wiped the water off her face with her hands. Laughing, she put her arms around Jim’s neck. “You thought I drowned, didn’t you?”

    Jim was so scared, he was shaking. “Rhasha,” he said, “please don’t ever do that again.”

    Rhasha’s laughter died as she realized her little prank had scared Jim to the point of hysteria. “I promise you, I will never scare you like that again.”

    Jim calmed down, and after a few moments, relaxed. He held up his pinkie finger and Rhasha locked her pinkie finger with his. They kissed and held each other for several minutes. As they held each other, they heard a voice from the shore call, “Can anyone join this party?”

    “I thought I forgot something,” Jim joked when he saw Jackie. Jim and Rhasha were still holding each other tight. They released each other and Jim grabbed Rhasha’s hand and escorted her through the water to where Jackie was standing on shore.

    Jim looked past Jackie and saw four people getting out of Jackie’s car at the top of the hill. They unloaded picnic supplies and carried them down to the water’s edge. They set everything on the sand close to the falls, where the noise from the crashing water was louder.