Ch: 97 [Second date]

Ch: 97 [Second date]

"Scuba diving?!" Michelle exclaimed after hearing my suggestion for our date.

"Yup!" I nodded with enthusiasm. We are going to Long Island. People often go there for fun activities like scuba diving, jet skiing, etc.

"No way. I've always wanted to try scuba diving. But never got the chance to try it out, Parker," Michelle looked visibly excited after hearing my suggestion. She's wearing that black bodycon dress with a white shirt inside. Damn! She looks smoking hot in that dress!

"I'm glad you like the idea," I looked at her smugly.

Michelle noticed the way I gazed at her and instinctively looked down and fiddled with her hands. Her face blushed a bit in embarrassment and her usually nonchalant appearance suddenly seemed somewhat bashful.

"Hey Peter," She looked up from beneath her bangs at me.

"Hmm...?" I responded and arched up my brow quizzically, "Why are you suddenly getting shy?"

"S-Shy?" Michelle glared angrily at me. "The heck?! Just- Just take us to this damn scuba-diving place, Parker," She hissed at me. Her ears reddened and she couldn't look at me properly anymore.

Tsundere.

I resisted the urge to smile smugly and shook my head internally.

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[Location: Long Island]

After reaching Long Island, I took out the diving gears and carried them to the boat I rented last night. I even hired a lady, who worked as a dive instructor. So, everything was perfectly prepared ahead of time. Right now, there are only four people on that boat. The instructor or guide lady, the sexy mature lady in a bikini, who's driving the boat, and Michelle and me.

This is going to be really fun. I can't wait to see the surprised or nervous look on her face when I force her to jump into the water. Hehe... Let's get started now. We went further in the water. The instructor knew the perfect spot.

After putting on our diving suits, Michelle and I jumped into the sea along with the dive instructor. And surprisingly Michelle didn't react too badly when I made her jump. There's no denying that she had a pale white face and was shivering for a few seconds. She's a pro swimmer or so she says, but this thing is different than some swimming pool.

I grabbed her hand and gave a reassuring nod and smile. The girl's face calmed down a little as she tried to steady her breathing and maintain her balance inside the diving gear.

As the instructor showed us some moves in the air and made signals, we copied her actions and she made gestures that signaled that the two of us could move our bodies according to those movements. Then she pointed at us and motioned as if telling us to hold our breaths and we both put our breathing tubes in our mouths and dived deep inside the water. I pointed my eyes toward the water in the direction that she had indicated, and my jaw nearly fell open.

Before my very eyes were several colorful fishes and crabs and octopi moving about the ground under the surface of the water.

"Yeah, it was really fun indeed."

Michelle sighed contently, "Haaah..." She stretched her arms up in the air.

We talked for a bit as the boat took us to the beach. There I bought two mocktails, and we walked around the sandy shore, holding hands. Actually, she's the one who decided to hold my hand, before I could. We enjoyed the cold drink while just strolling like some young couples on a beach. And that's fun, yeah.

Later we found a nice spot, away from the noisy crowd, a little away from the sandy shore. I took her dress to the car and brought out the mat and towels. I even bought a bottle of sunscreen and water bottles from a nearby shop. We spread the mat over it and lay on the soft white sand with our palms down. The cool breeze from the beach relaxed our minds and bodies.

"Ah! I should have brought the sunscreen," Michelle grumbled as she massaged the nape of her neck, which was becoming red due to the warmth of the sun.

"And this is where I come to the rescue," I took out the sunscreen lotion bottle from my pocket.

She eyed the bottle and grinned, before laying down her belly. "Well, what are you waiting for? Care to give me a little massage." She teased. "But try to keep your hands in control, Mr. Parker."

"Yes, Ma'am." I said in a robotic tone.

It's a nice moment and it's good to see that she's opening up to me without trying to hold back.

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