It was hard to think from the mix of boys laughing and squealing to the sounds of the oceans loud overlap of the sand , forcing the smaller boys below to get scooped up by another boy or their own panicked shuffling. It was nice , a moment on the island where you didn’t have to worry about rescue not coming or someone getting injured.

You stood on the palm tree made platform , watching like a life guard over the boys to make sure none of the 30 others came under and forgot to come back up.

Ralpj was in a particularly playful mood , he was almost difficult to spot swimming toward you , his flame like blonde hair similar to the sand under the blue of the lagoon. He kicked his long legs into the endless abyss of blue , the kind of blue that matched the sky and blended like a void of nothing out beyond. He reached out before pulling you under , sogging both your ego and your clothing.

Ralph felt the wind leave him as you landed directly onto him , a violent splash of bubbles and small speckles of particle pushing past the two of you from your moment of shock before he registered he needed air and began to kick away.

Ralph swam up , kicking until he could take a gasp of air , his hand grasping the bark of the palm tree to keep himself up as he choked out a laugh , grinning proudly.

“ Hah! I caught you off guard. “

Ralph stated proudly , clearly a practice to his poor hunting skills. He then repeated himself , because he didn’t get a reaction the first time , clearly in one of his weird attention craving moods. But again , the cheif would be chief. Perhaps this was normal leader behavior? How would you know.

“ I caught you off guard. “