Jack eyed the drunken men and pulled Katelynn away from their general area. No, he wasn’t going to risk even going near them if they were drunk. He himself had never been drunk in his life but he knew what it did to people, and if they caught sight of Katelynn with her blue skin who knew what their reaction would be.
“We’ll go for a-another walk around and come back later.” Jack said to her quietly before leading her away, now mumbling more to himself. “Drunks…”
They kept going along the pier until Jack brought them to a stop by the edge, by a street lamp, and looked over at the dark water below. He watched it for a while before asking.
“Do you know how to swim?”
Walking over to the lamp, she leaned against it, the soft glow casting light upon their features and into the water where Katelynn could better see herself. The water moved softly, blurring the image slightly.
“I’ve never really learned…No pool back home and I never really visited the ocean because my town wasn’t close to it…Do you know how to swim, love?”
He nodded his head. “Just enough so if I get thrown in or fall in I won’t drown.” Jack smiled weakly, glancing at her. “We should go swimming when it’s warmer, try to teach you!”
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