Narrative Essay On Lifeguards

Every summer has a story. Summer love got the best of me in 2015. Fresh out of junior year I was going back to work at the Scott County Park Pool, starting my second year as a lifeguard. It is the perfect job for any high schooler; a lot of hours, plenty of sun, all the money you could dream of, and a summer packed with fun. I was excited about the new lifeguards because once you have worked with the same people ten hours a day for three months, you learn more than you probably want to know about that person but you gain lifelong friends. 2015 brought a surprising and unforgettable new group of guards. Tim was the name of the of one of the new lifeguards, to be blunt, he's not someone you could look at just once in your life. He has very light hazel eyes, surrounded by the longest eyelashes I have seen on a guy. Light brown curly hair sat upon his head and a little scruffy beard covered his chin. He is a couple years older than I am but I have seen him before, I knew of him but I never thought I would know him the way I do today. I am an outgoing person, so is Tim, so instantly we became close. Laughed together, hung out together, we could basically tell each other anything. Things

At this point I had to expect anything, the amount of anxiousness over flowed me, and I was getting rather jumpy. However, when we made it through that narrow path through the trees, it opened up into a large clearing a small parking lot with pretty rocks around it, overlooking a serene pond. The best part was right above that pond. It was 8:23 on a late summer evening, the orange and yellow colors swirled around clouds in the sky, and then glistened in the reflection from the pond. The setting sun was easy on the eyes. In awe I realized I haven’t spoken since we arrived and I was bearing a slight smile on my amazed face. Snapping out of it, I begged him to take me