swimming in the water[Jade]

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley went up to her common room one after noon and climbed the stairs to her dorm and got changed. She had 20 minutes to get down there so before she went she fed and played with her kitten. when she had 10 minutes left she headed don to the rickety pier. When she got there she waited for her friend Lizzy to come.

It did not take that long for her to come, Ashley had only been standing there for about a minute when she spotted Jade coming out of the doors. Ashley said," Hey long time no see ready to get in the water?" As she said that she smiled, it was a perfect day to go swimming there was not a trace of wind and the sun was shining.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy soon was in her common room and into her dorm taking a shower. She was in and out with forty minutes till she was supposed to be down at the pier. Deciding that she wasn't going to put makeup on just for it to be washed back off again she combed through her brunette waves and pulled them into two low ponytails behind her ears.

It had been a while since she had worn her hair like that and her hair was a different color now so it looked different but she liked it. Digging through her trunk she found her white bikini with the baby blue, lavender, and easter green polka dots and put it on. Though she put on a white cami and black cotton shorts over it so she could walk through the castle.

Grabbing a towel she headed out of the common room with ten minutes to get down there. Though since she knew a secret passageway that led to the great hall in five minutes time she went to the kitchens and got two bottled waters from the house elves and headed out onto the grounds. She had her contacts in so she saw Ashley was already down at the lake when she got outside. Smiling she approached her friend, "Ya, it's been ages," she said laughing and tossing one of the bottled waters to Ashley.

[Ashley Tapping]

When Jade came up to Ashley she replied to her satement saying," Ya it's been ages." As she said this she laughed. Ashely laughed along. Lizzy then tossed her a bottle of water, Ashley said,"Thanks, i like your suit it is very pretty. So you ready to go in?" Ashley asked as she looked out to the lake. There were some little waves but Ashley didn't mind them and she figured neither would Jade.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy laughed some more at Ashley's reply. "Oh wow. I'm to hyper now." she said shaking her head.

"Ya no problem. I had some extra time so I decided to run to the kitchens." she said shrugging while she took off the white top that didn't really cover her suit since it was see through and her black cotton shorts.

"Thanks. I haven't worn it in ages." she said thinking back to the last time she wore it. She was at a party some first year had started and Brad had tackled her into the water. Thinking about the memory she almost laughed because this was about the area he did it at.

Nodding vigorously Lizzy smiled, "Last one in the water's a rotton egg." she said running to the pier where she ran to the end and dove off into the nice warm water. "Slow poke hurry up." she called back to Ashley.

[Ashley Tapping]

Jade told Ashley that she was to hyper. Ashley had been to hyper one time and hse had a headache the nexted morning. lizzy told her,"Ya no problem. I had some extra time so I decided to run to the kitchens." she said shrugging. Ashley and her then took off the clothes they had on over their suites and Lizzy said,"Last one in the water's a rotton egg." Jade said running toward the water Ashley yelled,"Yeah no fair you got a head start!" as she ran after her Lizzy dove into the water, and yelled,"Slow poke hurry up." Ashley replied,"I'm coming and she jumped off and did a canon ball. The water was very nice it wasn't that cold or to warm it was perfect. Ashley suggested,"Hey you want to dive to the bottom? And i do not want to go that far away because my friend Nessa told me there was a giant squid in the water!"

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

"It's not my fault you're slow." she said laughing at the fact she had a big head start. She hadn't just let it all go and had tons of fun since... well never so it was fun and she didn't really care how silly she looked.

She paused and thought a moment at what Ashley had said. "Hm... well, I've met the squid and it seemed really nice." she said thoughtfully as she swam farther out into the lake. She was curious as to what Ashley would do. "You know that this lake is huge and deep right? I mean It goes down really fast I don't think we could get big enough breaths to go very deep unless we used the bubble head charm." she added shrugging as she swam on her back farther out into the lake.

[Ashley Tapping]

"It's not my fault you're slow." she said laughing. Ashley laughed along.Lizzy said she had met the squid and that it semmed really nice, as she said it she swam farther out, Ashley said,"Well ill go as far as you go."Ashley said this and as she did she followed her. It was not that she was afraid it was just she did not want to be pulled under, even though she was a very good swimmer."You know that this lake is huge and deep right? I mean It goes down really fast I don't think we could get big enough breaths to go very deep unless we used the bubble head charm." Jade said shrugging, Ashley replied,"Well i did not mean go all of the way down... Just as far as we can go." she looked out over the lake and then back at Lizzy." So you want to go down as far as we can?"

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy laughed and smiled, "Alright though when you drown don't expect me to come after you." she said grinning. It was a joke and she figured Ashley would be able to tell that.

Lizzy shrugged, "Sounds good to me." she said shrugging. Right after she said it she dove under the water after a big breath and swam down as far as she could. Waiting for Ashley to come down as well.

[Ashley Tapping]

"Alright though when you drown don't expect me to come after you." Ashley replied laughing,"Well jee thanks!!" Ofcorse she was joking Ashley new she was, they swam farther and farther out into the lake."Sounds good to me." she said shrugging."Great ok lets go!" After that they both took a deep breath and dove far down, it was kinda hard to see things because there was so much down there. As soon as Ashley dove she knew it was a far way down and did not plan on going all of the way down, maybe just half way.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy was almost out of breath so she went back up. Once back to the top she started swimming back to the pier. She watched around for where Ashley was just so she wouldn't hit her when she went off the end of the pier.

When she reached the pier she smirked, climbed out, and watched where Ashley was a ways out. Once she got to the end she turned around and sprinted towards the end of the pier and flipped off the end and into the water.

After about thirty seconds she came back up and burst out laughing, "That's fun." she gasped looking over at Ashley.

[Ashley Tapping]

Ashley and Lizzy had been in the water a while, longer then Ashley thought she could hold her breath, she swam back up to the top just in time to see Jade getting out of the water and then running off the edge doing a flip, Ashley smiled and swam back to the pier, Lizzy came back up and said laughing,"That's fun." Ashley replied,"Yeah that looks like alot of fun, i give you a 10," Ashley said laughing," Hey lets have a race to see who can get in the water the fastest and do a flip, we have to start from the grass and then run all of the way across the pier." Ashley said waiting for Jades reply.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy laughed and did the best bow she could from the water, "Thank you, Thank you. You were a wonderful audience." she said in a very odd voice before bursting out laughing as she treaded water where she was.

"Hmmm... sounds like fun, but I'll warn you... You're going down." she said starting to swim back to the pier. It wasn't very far since she had just flipped off of it so she sat there waiting for Ashley to reach the pier from where she was farther out.

While she waited Lizzy pulled her hair out of the two low pony tails they were in and pulled it up into one big pony tail leaving the second hair tie on her wrist. Once she was done Ashley was almost there so she stood up and held out a hand to help her out of the water.

[Ashley Tapping]

Jade bowed and siad thank you thank you, Ashley laughed, "Hmmm... sounds like fun, but I'll warn you... You're going down." as she said it she began to swim back, Ashley followed her, and said smiling,"Will just see about that!"

Jade got there before Ashley because she had just dove in, Lizzy got up just as Ashley arrived at the pier, Lizzy reached out her hand to help Ashley up. Ashley took it happily and said,"Thanks." they then began to head towards the grass.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy smiled and helped Ashley out. She was quick on her feet, well at least she was second fastest in her grade at the muggle school. Either way she was just goofing off and acting ten today because she could.

When they got to the grass she turned around and got ready to run, "Ready...... Set...... GO." she said laughing as she started running Ashley right along with her.

[Ashley Tapping]

They both walked out to the grass, when they got there they both turned around, Jade siad laughing"Ready...... Set...... GO." they both took off as fast as they caould the wind felt marvolous in her hair, but a littlee could because she was still a little wet.Ashley got a good start, but the laughing slowed her down, either way Lizzy would have won anyways she was a few steps ahead of Ashley when they both dove into the the nice feeling water, when they came up Ashley said still laughing," Hey nice race i'm pretty sure you one by a few seconds though, man your fast!" Ashley said.

[Jade "Lizzy" Silvernacle]

Lizzy dove into the sweet oblivion that was the lake. She was under water a second or two before she heard Ashley dive in as well. Coming up she smiled, "When you go on long runs for enjoyment, and sprints to work out you get pretty fast." she said simply swimming back towards the dock.

Once she got there she pulled herself out and she went over to the tree where they had all their stuff. Sitting down in the shade she grabbed her bottle of water and drank some of it.

[Ashley Tapping]

The water felt magnificent on her hot face, she hated to but she swam back up to the top right behind Lizzy. Jade told her that when you run for fun and to work out that you get pretty fast, Ashley smilied and said,"Yeah i bet, man you are really fast!"

Ashley followed Jade out of the water and over to their stuff, and sat down nexted to her grabbing her water that Lizzy had brought for her. The water was nice and cold, since Ashley was dehidrated it tasted like the best water ever.