Daniella came out of the ladies locker room dressed her her black two-piece swim suit. Her long hair had been gathered up on top of her head, and she had a towel draped over her shoulder. The lighting in the pool was dim, and almost dreary with the grey winter day outside offering little illumination through the tall windows. By good luck they were the only people at the pool at that hour, and had the whole space to themselves. Daniella padded barefoot down to the deep end, and gracefully dived into the water. Jesse jumped in after her.
For the first few minutes she was very serious, swim hard, gliding through the water with long, sure strokes. She was a natural swimmer. Jesse had always thought it was a shame that the high school didn’t have a swim team. He could swim okay, bu
