Breathing Underwater

Breathing Underwater

Scuba diving had always been Jack's favorite activity. He loved the water, loved swimming, and loved the ocean. He was fascinated by fishes and everything that dwelled in the water.  “I can’t wait!” He thought to himself as he went to sleep that night. As he woke up the next morning he was ecstatic. He woke up his parents immediately who originally, would have scolded him, but were now used to his enthusiasm for scuba diving. His family loaded up the car with their gear and drove to the docks. After his parents arranged the ride to their designated spot, a little left of the giant rocks protruding from the ocean, they entered their rented boat and the navigator revved up the engine and Jack began his journey. He opened his eyes not realizing when he had slept to see that they had arrived and were retrieving all of their gear from the back of the boat. Jack’s eyes lit up as he grabbed his gear and put it on. When he was ready, he dived into the water without a word. His parents followed suit and acted as nothing had happened, because they were used to him acting this way. He was a quiet kid most of the time so his parents had grown used to their child’s silent personality. When Jack had entered the water, he swam towards the first school of fish he saw. He noticed that this was a species he had not personally encountered before as he did not recognize their scales. He marveled at it for a few minutes until his parents came and they started to swim to an underwater cave that they had not been to before. He broke out into a grin. Jack could not wait.