The week before Christmas

I, August, and Ugochi wanted to make our last week in university before the Christmas break as memorable as possible so we planned outings, though limited as there weren't enough fun places to go to in Okigwe.

We had gone swimming two days before and although I only dipped my feet in the water and splashed around a little, I had fun making videos of Ugochi and August in the water as they both tried to out-race each other in the swimming competition they randomly decided to arrange.

Since I had no plans of entering the water, I hadn't bothered to pack a swimsuit and just stayed on the bum shorts and crop top that I had on.

August had tried to coerce me into the water with promises that he would hold me throughout and nothing would happen to me.

It was not as if I didn't trust him to guide me, I just couldn't get over the fear of drowning no matter how shallow the pool turned out to be.