**Adaline's POV**
When I was five, I remember trying to learn how to swim. Other kids were excited to learn, ready to be more independent and freer. Not me. I was terrified. It was during one of my classmate's pool parties for her birthday. Of course, parents were all around and we had our floats on, but my father thought it would be the day he starts my lessons. He taught me the basics, but after only a few minutes he slipped the floaties off of my arms. I looked at him panicked and afraid, but he reassured me he wouldn't let me drown. His hands reached out to me in front, and I grabbed them tight, but refused to take the step off the edge.
"Come on, Celine." He encouraged me with a smile, but the fear was crippling my legs. My friend's watched, wanting to be next, but I wanted it to b
