“Finally, you’re here!” Megan says.
“How you’ve grown a lot!” Selena says who were the same height
(13 minutes have passed)
“Anyway, we’re getting ready to play Sharks and Minnows. Do you want to play?
“Yes!” All of them shout.
“Nice.” we draw numbers to see who the sharks are.
(14 minutes have passed)
“No need we want to be!” Ryan and Nick say
“Us too!” Emma and Alice say.
“Ok guys and girls. gather up!” Danny says and all go to the poolside.
“These guys listen up these are the sharks, so get into the water” Megan says pointing at Ryan, Emma, Cassy and Nick.
(15 minutes have passed)
Megan, Jane and Anny stay out.
“Is it my idea or Emma and Alice getting bigger?” Anny says.
“Also Joy and Cassy! weird right?” Jane says.
(16 minutes have passed)
“It must be your imagination!” Megan says.
“Look! She is taller than us!” Jane pointing at her sister Joy who passing to get to the pool
“Ok maybe it is possible.” Megan says trying to calm her.
(17 minutes have passed)
“Look! They are as tall as your brother, who is short but not this much!” Anny pointing at her sister and Alice who was beside Jeff.
“Ok, ok you are right, let’s play for now to calm down, draining some of the water. and then they get into the pool. The pool’s water is 53” where the drain stopped, and with the feet touching the floor the water riches the 13 & 12-year-old girls below the shoulders, as well the 10-year-old girls, Nick’s chin, the 9 year old mouths, as well as Jeff’s, Ryan’s already swimming because it could reached his forehead and Geremi also swimming because it could reach 6” higher than him.
“Ok guys as we agreed we tweak little the rules and whoever been caught by the sharks gets 2 minutes timeout there and the winner is the first who reaches the other side within 10 minutes or the sharks win and whoever can no swimming except the last 2 minutes when everyone goes to first line and goes for it” Danny says and pointing behind her (since the game begins with 4 sharks it would be overkill to turn other players and the no swimming rule is to make things more interesting). The sharks go to the center of the pool
(20 minutes have passed)
The game begins.
“Girls just wait here the time is at our side!” Emma says and the other agrees
Nick finds out that he is almost half a head shorter than the 9-year-old Emma and start to feel scared and excited at the same time. They create a line from one poolside to the other.
“Run for it we are 15 and they are 4 they can’t stop us all” Jeff says and everyone for the other side, with the first line be Geremi at Danni’s back, Danni, Anny, Kyra, Olivia, Kathrine, Julie and Alice and the second line is Jeff, Janice, Joy, Jane, Megan, Danna and Selena.
(22 minutes)
“No one will pass!” Ryan shouts.
The first line reaches the Sharks. Ryan catches Danny and Anny, Emma catches Kyra and Olivia, Cassy catches Kathrine and Julie and Nick catches Alice and is in pursue of Geremi, who Jumps of Danni’s back and swim for the finish. The caught people get out of the pool and go to the starting line.
“Yea, we can do it!” Cassy says.
“YES!!!” All the sharks shout.
(23 minutes have passed)
Julie is behind and sees, scared, that Kathrine and Alice are almost the same height.
“Kathrine did you notice how tall is your sister?” Julie asks.
“What are talking about?” Kathrine says and look at Alice. “Oh, my god, you are RIGHT!!!” Kathrine says and go closer and behind to Alice and continues comparing, as she couldn’t believe it.
This line reaches the line of the Sharks. Ryan catches Selena and Megan, Emma catches Danna and Jane, Cassy catches Jeff and Joy and Janice run for the finishing line. Nick catches Geremi. The caught people get out of the pool and go to the starting line.
(24 minutes have passed)
The first line, except Geremi, get in the water. In the water everyone starts noticing how tall Alice seemed, she is almost as tall as the 13-year-old girls.
Outside the water all notices how tall Joy is compared to everyone else.
Geremi compares to Dana and thinks he is grown. He is excited
“Oh my god look at you; you are Joy!” Jane says and Joy turn to her, only to find out that that she is the tallest, half a head compared to every girl and a head compared to Jeff.
“Hi little girls! I didn’t notice you” Joy says with a big smile and pat Jeff on the head.
“Don’t hi us; how did you get so tall?” Megan asks nervously because she remembered all the other times, they met it was like this with Joy being taller.
“Or you so LITTLE!” Joy says and hugs Megan and Jane. “Besides we don’t have time we must go to the starting line.” Jeff sees this and he is thrilled.
(25 minutes have passed)
When the get in the water Megan realizes that she is shrinking and not Joy as the water is higher than before.
“Jane, Dana look!” Megan says showing the level of the water.
“Look what?” Dana says and Megan decides it is better not to tell until later.
“Nothing.” Megan says. And the line goes to the Sharks, with Jeff swimming as he is too short to touch the pool floor and Geremi at the back of Joy, he will try to pull off the same trick.
At the Sharks now Nick has to swim because he is too short to stand at the floor at the first line the water level, for the 13-12-year-old is just under heir chins has the same defeat like before and get out of the water.
(26 minutes have passed)
The second line reaches the reaches the Shark line. The no people can pass them except Geremi, who again swim for the finish line only to have Ryan swim after him.
Outside the water everyone was behind Alice and Danni who was next to each other and it was surprising to see Alice is a barely any shorter than Danny, the tallest one in the group. They didn’t say a word and walked to the start.