Aaron

Meanwhile, everyone else had decided to spend the day by Stephanie's pool. It was an enormous pool, and was designed with a Greek-like touch. I gazed in awe at the great pillars spaced out around the pool which seemed to stretch on and on. Half-submerged steps led into the pool, disappearing into it's depths. As I peered into the pool, I realized that I could not see the bottom.

"Uhhh..." I asked, not turning away from the deep pool. "How deep is this pool, exactly?"

"Not too sure, actually. I never did try to go all the way to the bottom." We all turned to stare at Stephanie in disbelief. What was this?? She had her own ocean in her backyard! "Well," she continued with a lofty air about her, "do you want me to get some scuba equipment? We could explore the pool."

Minutes later, we all stood geared up on one of the steps leading to the pool. We were standing waist-deep on the stairs. "Ready?" Jenny asked everyone. We all nodded and put our goggles on. I left the stairs and floated deeper into the pool. Then, I submerged my head under the water. We swam deeper down for a good half hour until we reached the tiled bottom of the pool.

"How deep was that? It was like more than 100m!" I exclaimed through the speaking devices installed in our scuba gear.

"Hey look!" JayJay pointed out. "There's a secret tunnel under this tile!" Indeed, she had lifted up a tile from the floor of Stephanie's pool.

"How do you see this stuff?" Jonathan muttered as they swam one after another through the narrow passage way. I was last, claustrophobic and not wanting to enter some small tunnel deep under water. Resigning, I dived deeper into the passage, switching on the light on our suits, lighting my way through the darkness into the unknown.