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Austin’s POV She turns in a circle like she’s a planet doing one cyclic turn around the sun, then I see her swim over to my side of the dock. "Come on in. See if you can beat me." "You've already lost, you know?" "I can't lose a war I never fought." "Fine," I grab my water resistant Frogman watch from my backpack and jump in. We'll do cyclic turns and whoever stops first loses. Time is not on anybody's side as it'll be a countdown. Let's see how you hold out." Ellie grins. "Okay. I'll go first." She swims to the middle of the pool, where it's deeper and when she begins to turn, I take note of the time. Thirty seconds later, Ellie is gasping for air. "Are you okay?" I ask. "Yeah. Can you get me a floater?" "What do you need a..." "Just get me a floater, okay? Please?" I nod. "Su