I moved away from the rock as I stepped back, swimming just above the surface of the water, with my head sticking out. It hurt to move, and it hurt even more to breathe.

"Don't come any closer, please go away," I said to them while shielding myself from their gaze. They looked at me in horror as I covered my chest, and the one in the water froze in place.

"I'm going to call the officials," one of them said as he ran off. I didn't know these men, and I was certain they weren't in my class; I ...