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Ariel ran towards the swimming pool, then hovered at the edge. What should she do now? Get help, or save him herself?

"Are you alright?" She called to him, then mentally face palmed herself. Of course he wasn't, he was drowning.

She looked down at the water that lapped the edges of the pool, and knew what she had to do. Holding her breath, she launched herself into the pool in a not too elegant fashion. When she came up for air, she looked around to see how far away she was from Eric. Thankfully, not too far, so she swam over to him. And then realised that she didn't know what exactly to do now.

How was she going to pull him out? Should she just try and hold him above the water while he got his breath back? Gosh, she really should have thought this through. She was sure that when someone was drowning, the last thing you were supposed to do was jump in with them. Oh well, she was in there now.

She hooked her arms under his shoulders from the back and tried to keep him above the water, but she knew that she couldn't stay in that position forever. She managed to duck under his arms so that they were now face to face, then she tried to pull herself out of the pool while still holding onto the drowning man. Needless to say, it didn't really work.

But she tried again. She made sure her back was pressed up against the pool wall, and started jumping. "One, two, THREE!" She counted in her head. On three, she jumped as high as she could and tried to throw herself backwards. She was now sitting at the edge of the pool, but barely. And Eric's weight was pulling her back in again.

Her arms left his shoulders and clung on further down his arms. She now shuffled backwards, and tried to pull him with her, but he was too heavy. "Come on," she pleaded. "Help me out here. Try and pull yourself out."

Still keeping a hold of his arms, Ariel leaned forwards and swung her legs around behind her, so that she was lying on her front. She shuffled backwards, slowly, pulling Eric with her. He started to come over the side of the pool, and with one last pull, he was clear of the water. Unfortunately, it was a very strong pull that meant he was now practically squashing Ariel.