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A Body of Water. Ch. 1
Chapter 1
It was a warm summer morning in the year, 1990. Michael and Ben both walked up the path towards the top of the Swindlers quarry in Quincy, Massachusetts. That days forecast had called for it to be one of the hottest on record, and already, at 8:31am, the temperature had reached over 90 degrees.
Ben, a lanky blond kid of 15, was talking about girls, while Michael, a heavy set red head, and slightly younger, pretended to listen as he climbed the path behind him. Both kids were sweating profusely, and Michael wondered how Ben could even breathe, talk, and climb the rocky path, all at the same time?
As they reached the top of their favorite jumping spot, Dad, Michael walked past Ben to the ledge, and looked down into the abyss of the quarry. At first, Michael thought what he was looking at was just someone's jacket floating in the water below. Then, he almost shit his pants.
"Ben, dude, shut the fuck up, and look! I think we should get the fu...."
All of a sudden, Ben came running from behind Michael, and without looking, jumped off the 15 foot high wall of rock. Ben landed within inches of what Michael had first thought to be someone's jacket.
Ben hit the water feet first with his arms and legs crossed. As he swam back towards the surface, he saw the putrid, rotted face of a corpse looking down at him. Ben broke the surface screaming.
© Kinga77
It was a warm summer morning in the year, 1990. Michael and Ben both walked up the path towards the top of the Swindlers quarry in Quincy, Massachusetts. That days forecast had called for it to be one of the hottest on record, and already, at 8:31am, the temperature had reached over 90 degrees.
Ben, a lanky blond kid of 15, was talking about girls, while Michael, a heavy set red head, and slightly younger, pretended to listen as he climbed the path behind him. Both kids were sweating profusely, and Michael wondered how Ben could even breathe, talk, and climb the rocky path, all at the same time?
As they reached the top of their favorite jumping spot, Dad, Michael walked past Ben to the ledge, and looked down into the abyss of the quarry. At first, Michael thought what he was looking at was just someone's jacket floating in the water below. Then, he almost shit his pants.
"Ben, dude, shut the fuck up, and look! I think we should get the fu...."
All of a sudden, Ben came running from behind Michael, and without looking, jumped off the 15 foot high wall of rock. Ben landed within inches of what Michael had first thought to be someone's jacket.
Ben hit the water feet first with his arms and legs crossed. As he swam back towards the surface, he saw the putrid, rotted face of a corpse looking down at him. Ben broke the surface screaming.
© Kinga77
