It was getting pretty hot so Anthony and I decided to get into the pool.

Anthony took off his plain blue shirt and I froze. Oh my God! When did he get so ripped. He had a six pack. Since when? The Anthony I knew, hated to work out. I took off my coverup. I had abs but they weren't as prominent as Anthony's or Scott's.

We both jump in. Since its 95 degrees, the pool was like bath water. We floated on the giant pizza inflatable, laying down side by side.

"So what are you going to do?" Anthony asks.

"What do you mean?" I ask, turning my head to the right, looking at him.

"You know....about your real family. Are you going to contact the hospital?"

"I really don't want to talk about this." I say sitting up and almost falling off.

"I'm sorry." He says also sitting up. He wraps an arm around my shoulder. I lean into him and rest my head on his shoulder. We just floated around the pool.

"CANONBALL!"

Someone hits the water and sends a big wave heading our way. Anthony and I scream as we fall off and plunge into the water.

I swam up to the surface. I see Kevin in the water laughing.

"What the heck!" I say laughing splashing water in his face. I look around to see Anthony. I see him in the shallow end of the pool holding his forehead. Kevin and I swim over to him.

"Hey, you ok?" I ask.

"Yeah just scraped my head when I fell off."

"Oh I'm sorry man." Kevin says.

"No it's fine. It was just an accident." Anthony says with a soft smile.

"Let's go clean that up." I say taking his hand and lead him out of the pool.

We go to the bathroom and I get rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball. I put some on the cotton ball and move to Anthony. I brush his wet, dirty blond hair away from the scrape. It had started to bleed a little. I gently tap the cotton ball to the scrape. I had to almost be on my tippie toes to reach.

I take the cotton ball away. Our eyes meet. We're face to face. Anthony brushes my cheek softly. He leans in. Our lips softly touch. They were together for a couple seconds. He lets go and smiles. This time I lean in. I wanted more. Our kisses weren't as soft but they weren't aggressive either. We full on just started making out. We weren't eating each other's faces or anything but it sent sparks throughout my body. My lips were tingling. My body was up against his. His hands were on my hips. Mine on his face and hair.

"Rachel!" Mitch was calling for me.

We pulled away.

"Be right there!"I yell back.

I look at Anthony and blush a little bit. Is this what falling in love felt like? I grab his hand and we go back outside. Kevin comes up to Anthony.

"Hey you ok? I'm sorry I didn't mean to do that."

"No I'm fine it doesn't even hurt. It was just an accident." Anthony says flashing that smile that I always love.

We had hamburgers for lunch. Mitch obviously had a vegan one. We also had fruit, salad, and coleslaw.

We were putting our plates away. Mitch stood by the pool looking at something. I walked up to him with a plan.

"Hey Mitch you don't have your phone on you right?" I ask.

"No, why are yo-AAAAHHHH!"

I push Mitch in the pool before he could finish his sentence. I jumped in right after. Then Anthony, Kevin, Todrick, and Scott jumped in after me. Avi was trying to push Kirstie in the water but she kept running away. He picked her up and threw her in before diving in.

We were all in the pool splashing each other. I got on Scott's shoulders and Kirstie got on Avi's. I wrestled Kirstie off of Avi and Scott and I won. We all took turns mainly only Kirstie, Mitch, or I on someone's shoulders.

We would take turns jumping off the diving board . Doing cool flips or trying to make the biggest splash.
By the time the sun was setting, we were all pretty tired. We were just laying down on the huge donut and pizza.

"Wait! We still have cake and champagne!" Mitch exclaims getting out of the pool.

Everyone swam out of the pool and dried themselves before going inside. Mitch got out the cake and the champagne. He got out champagne glasses and set them in a row on the counter.

"Scotty, I can't open this!" Mitch says with a whiny voice.

"Awww! Let me open it gorgeous." Scott replies.

Scott opens the champagne with no effort and hands it back to Mitch.

"Thanks hunty." Mitch says before he starts pouring the champagne into the glasses.

He gets them all filled and starts distributing them. He holds out two glasses for Anthony and I. Anthony and I just stare at the glasses of champagne.

"Um Mitch you know we're only 16." I say.

"Oh come on it's only champagne. You'll have to drink at least two bottles of it to get drunk. Trust me I know from experience." Mitch says.

Anthony and I hesitantly take the glasses. Once Mitch gives everyone one, he picks up his and raises it in the air. We all gather in a circle.

"A toast to the beautiful, highest overall score, first place National winner Rachel!" Mitch says.

"And to the brilliant choreographer, Todrick." Scott says.

We all clink our glasses and say cheers and take a sip of the champagne. It actually wasn't that bad. It was a little bitter but if you could get past that, it was pretty enjoyable.

Everyone stayed pretty late just chatting. Todrick was the first to say his goodbyes. He came to me last.

"Rachel can we talk real quick?" Todrick asks.

I nod my head and we walk out the front door and sit on the steps.

"So what did you want to talk about?" I ask

"What's going on and don't say nothing because I know you too well. Why are you here?"

I sigh and prepare myself.

"Um a couple days ago my parents wanted to talk. They showed me a letter and it basically said that there was a switch up at the hospital when I was born, and they aren't my real family." I say looking out into the distance. Todrick was looking at me but I didn't look at him. I could feel the tears preparing themselves to cascade down my cheeks.

"Why are you here?" He asks.

"They received that letter three years ago." I say. Tears were streaming down my face but I wasn't making a sound.

Todrick pulls me into a hug. I cry loudly into his shoulder.

"They lied to me for three damn years." I say.

"I know honey. It's ok. We'll get through this."

"Why does this have to happen to me. What did I do to deserve this." I'm crying hard now. Hiccuping every now and then.

We stay hugging until I calm down.

"Listen if you need anything just call me, ok?"

I nod. We get up and I walk him over to his car. He pulls out and I wave goodbye.

I go back inside. Avi, Kevin, and Kirstie were hugging Mitch and Scott goodbye. They move over to me and give me big bear hugs.

"Text me when y'all get home." Scott yells out the front door.

We wave to them as they leave.

"Alright it's my turn." Anthony says.

Mitch and Scott give him a hug.

"Thanks for inviting me."

"No problem! You can come by whenever." Mitch says.

Scott and Mitch both go back inside leaving Anthony and I alone.

"Thanks for coming."

"Um do you think I would miss that."

I giggle. I look at him and he looks at me. We knew what we wanted before we parted. We both lean in at the same time and kiss. Just a soft one. We pull back.

"Goodnight." He says before turning and jogging down the driveway.

"Goodnight."

When I'm sure he couldn't see me, I jump up and down squealing quietly. First I meet the rest of Pentatonix and have a party with them, then I have my first kiss all in the same day.

Who knew this day would actually exist in my life.