The zodiacs were all in the living room taking pictures of each other and sending them to the group chat.

Hydra walked in the house. "What are you guys doing?"

"Taking pictures," replied Gemini. Then Gemini gave Hydra her phone and Hydra scrolled through the group chat. The pictures were silly ones like Libra scratching his head or Scorpio making a weird face because Taurus took the picture when Scorpio was in the middle of a conversation or Virgo and Aquarius throwing pillows at each other.

"You guys need to get a life," said Hydra.

"What else should we do?" asked Sagittarius.

"I don't know! Play outside? Try painting? Bake a cake? Swim in your giant pool..."

"Hydra you're right! I've been dying to swim in that pool," said Pisces.

"Yeah, let's have a pool party!" suggested Scorpio. Then everyone cheered.

"How exactly do we have a pool party?" Asked Cancer. Then everyone turned and looked at Hydra.

Hydra sighed. "I'll go buy stuff for you guys while you get set up. Get tables set up outside, get the speakers set up and find some music on your phones," announced Hydra.

"Music?" Asked Leo.

"Yeah. Get some songs on your phone and make a playlist for the ones you guys really like," explained Hydra.

"Alright, let's get everything set up!" ordered Aries.

"Does anyone want to help me pick out some stuff like snacks?" asked Hydra.

"Me!" Shouted Libra and Aquarius.

"Me too!" Said Virgo.

"Alright you three come with me," said Hydra. Then the three of them left.

"Maybe we should wait until it gets dark before we have the party," suggested Capricorn.

"Yeah, then we can put lights everywhere and it'll be so cool!" said Taurus. Then everyone else started setting up.

***

A few hours later everyone was waiting when Hydra dropped Virgo, Libra and Aquarius off at the house. They carried a bunch of bags in the house while Hydra drove away.

"Aww Hydra doesn't want to stay for the party?" Asked Sagittarius.

"I guess not," said Taurus.

"What food did you guys get?" Asked Aries who took a bag from Aquarius and looked through it.

"We got a lot of chocolate, chips, candy and this dessert called cheesecake," said Aquarius.

"Here, I'll have a little taste to make sure it's not poisonous," said Scorpio. Then she walked over to Virgo but he held the bag away from her.

"No way!" said Virgo. Scorpio kept running around Virgo trying to grab the bag from him but he kept moving it out of her reach.

"Here I'll help put some of the food away," said Cancer. Libra gave her a bag. Then Cancer tripped and fell.

"Cancer, are you alright?" asked Pisces who helped her up.

"Uh yeah. I'm fine," said Cancer.

"I should of warned you that it was a heavy bag," said Libra.

"Ooh you guys got lots of coloured lights," said Gemini while looking through a few bags.

"Guys let's go and set up the rest of the stuff now. Did anyone find some songs to play?" asked Capricorn.

"Yeah. We listened to a few when we were finished cleaning," said Leo.

"Okay, let's go," announced Taurus.

***

A few house later it was dark outside. The zodiacs set up a few tables full of food outside, they had coloured lights shining everywhere so they could see in the dark, Virgo, Libra and Aquarius bought a few pool toys and they had chairs set up a safe distance from the pool.

Scorpio was the first zodiac to get ready. All the girls picked out bikinis and the guys bought swim shorts. Scorpio was worried that her bikini was too revealing until Capricorn came downstairs wearing something similar.

"Do you think these are a little too... revealing?" asked Scorpio.

"No, all swim clothes are supposed to be like that," said Capricorn.

"I'm so excited!" said Scorpio.

Capricorn smiled. "Me too,"

"HEY LOSERS! WHO'S READY TO HAVE SOME FUN???" screamed Sagittarius as he ran downstairs.

"ARE YOU CALLIN US LOSERS?" screamed Leo as he ran downstairs behind Sagittarius and jumped on his back.

"WE'RE ALL LOSERS!" screamed Aries as she ran out of the fire tower and jumped on Leo's back. All the weight on Sagittarius caused him to fall down with Aries and Leo on top of him.

"I'm joining the loser pile!" screamed Scorpio as she jumped on top of Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

"The crazy squad are all here," muttered Capricorn. Then Libra, Aquarius and Gemini came out of the living room.

"What's going on over there?" asked Gemini who pointed to Scorpio and the fire signs.

"I'm not even going to ask," said Libra.

"Can we go or should we wait for everyone?" Asked Aquarius.

"We should probably wait for everyone," replied Capricorn.

"GUYS HURRY UP!" screamed Gemini.

"Impatient?" asked Libra.

"I'm very impatient," replied Gemini.

"WE'LL TAKE AS LONG AS WE WANT!" screamed Virgo from the earth tower.

"YEAH!" screamed Taurus.

"All this screaming is give me a headache," said Aquarius. Then Virgo and Taurus came downstairs.

"Who are we waiting for now?" asked Taurus.

"Cancer and Pisces," said Aquarius.

"We're coming!" announced Cancer. Then her and Pisces ran out of the water tower.

"Can we go swimming now?" asked Pisces.

"Yeah," replied Libra. Then the zodiacs ran into the back yard.

***

Leo plugged his phone into the speaker and played music. Then the zodiacs turned on the coloured lights. Some of the lights were pointed at the water so it would change colours. The pool had a shallow end that went up to their waists but it got deeper and deeper and the deepest part was very deep. At the deepest part there was a little cave that was out of the water (the picture is in the shopping chapter) and the little pool toys were floating around.

Taurus and Cancer were splashing each other in the shallow end, Sagittarius was lying down on a floatie, Leo, Scorpio and Aries were jumping into the deep part of the pool and doing little tricks, Capricorn was playing water volleyball with Virgo, Pisces, Aquarius and Libra were swimming around and Gemini was grabbing everyone's ankles underwater and swimming away before they knew it was her. 

***

After they got tired of doing tricks, Aries and Scorpio were sitting inside the little cave with their feet dipped in the water.

"This is so much fun," said Aries.

"I know right! We have to do this again sometime," said Scorpio. Then Leo swam over to the cave and sat between Aries and Scorpio. He put his arm around their shoulders.

"What's up?" asked Leo. Aries looked away and blushed. Wow... Leo looks pretty hot... what am I thinking? It's normal to think someone's hot without liking them... right? Thought Aries.

"Keep your arms to yourself," said Scorpio as she removed Leo's arm from her shoulders.

"Okay," said Leo. Then he put his other arm around Aries. She panicked and pushed him into the water. Scorpio started laughing.

"Hey, what was that for?" asked Leo.

Aries shrugged. "I don't know,"

"Could it be anymore obvious that you two like each other?" asked Scorpio.

"We don't like each other!" protested Aries.

"Yeah, we're just really good friends," said Leo.

"I didn't say you were my friend," said Aries.

"Aries won't be my friend? Aww you're breaking my heart! I don't know if I can go on like this anymore," said Leo while fake crying.

"Stop being such a drama queen," said Scorpio while flicking him on the back of the head.

"Ow," said Leo.

"Did that hurt you?" asked Scorpio.

"Ha! Weak!" said Aries. Then Leo climbed up onto the cave part but Aries dived in the water and swam away from Leo. Leo decided to chase her.

"And here I am sitting all alone. Oh well, I'll just go and eat some of those desserts," said Scorpio. Then she got up and sat at one of the tables. She took a piece of cheesecake. Omg what is this? This is beautiful! We need more of this! Thought Scorpio as she gobbled down piece after piece of chocolate cheesecake.

***

Virgo tossed the ball to Capricorn and Capricorn spiked the ball at him.

"Point for me," announced Capricorn proudly. Virgo was about to serve the ball.

"Who's winning?" asked Gemini who popped up beside Virgo. Gemini surprised Virgo and he ended up serving the ball badly so Capricorn got another point.

"Who do you think is winning? Me, the sporty guy that is very athletic, or her, the girl that isn't nearly as athletic?" asked Virgo. Gemini looked at Capricorn.

"I'm winning," said Capricorn.

"Only by a few points," said Virgo.

"The score is twenty to one," said Capricorn.

"Haha," said Gemini.

"It's not that I'm bad at this, it's that she's good at volleyball. How is she smart and good at volleyball? Is she magic?" asked Virgo.

"Someone's jealous," said Gemini.

"Am not!" said Virgo.

"Yes you are," said Capricorn.

"You're right I am," said Virgo.

"Can I join? Instead of playing for points we can toss the ball around," suggested Gemini.

"Alright," said Capricorn. Then they tossed the ball to each other.

"What song is this?" asked Gemini when the song 'call me maybe' started playing.

"I don't know, didn't Leo pick out the music?" asked Virgo.

"I think so," said Capricorn.

"Guys, look!" said Gemini. Then they all saw Leo dancing to the song. Gemini, Capricorn and Virgo started laughing.

"Let's get back to passing the ball around," suggested Virgo. Then he passed the ball over to Capricorn.

***

"I love how we're all getting along. At first I thought we'd always be arguing but some of us have friends already," said Taurus.

"Yeah. Oh speaking of friends... I get kind of shy around the guys. I don't know why but I can talk perfectly to other girls but when one of the guys tries to talk to me I get very nervous. Pisces is my friend though and I don't want to be nervous around him so can you help me?" asked Cancer.

"Sure. So you just want to be more comfortable talking to the guys?" asked Taurus.

"Yes," said Cancer.

"Hmm alright... maybe if you just started talking to them you'd get more comfortable," said Taurus.

"But I can't, that's the problem," said Cancer.

"Hmm... oh look. Sagittarius is all alone on his floatie. Go talk to him," said Taurus.

"What do I say?" asked Cancer.

"Ask him if he wants to swim with you and get to know him. Then you guys can become friends and you'll get more comfortable being around guys. Then you'll be able to talk to Pisces without getting shy," explained Taurus.

"But then he'll think I WANT to be his friend," said Cancer.

"Don't you want to be his friend?"

"Well... I do..."

"Then I don't see the problem!"

"Okay, I'll talk to him," Then Cancer swam over to Sagittarius. "Hi."

"Wha-" Sagittarius fell off his floatie.

"Oh I'm sorry! Did I scare you?" asked Cancer nervously.

"You did but it's alright," said Sagittarius.

"Okay, I was... um... wondering if we could maybe... swim together and be friends?" asked Cancer.

"Uhh sure, I didn't know you wanted to be my friend," said Sagittarius.

"I didn't either," muttered Cancer.

"What was that?" asked Sagittarius.

"Nothing! So... what's your favourite colour?" asked Cancer as she swam beside Sagittarius.

Taurus watched Cancer talk to Sagittarius. Looks like she's getting along with him already! Hopefully Cancer can get over her shyness. Thought Taurus. Then she got out of the pool and sat down beside Scorpio at the table.

"Were you left all by yourself as well?" asked Scorpio.

"Kind of. I just want to try some fruit," said Taurus. The Taurus sat down and started eating strawberries.

***

"Hey guys, I bet I can hold my breath underwater the longest," said Pisces.

"You're on!" said Aquarius. Then Pisces, Aquarius and Libra went underwater. Aquarius came up first, then Libra, then Pisces.

"Told you guys!" said Pisces.

"How about we race? First one to the other end of the pool wins?" Asked Libra.

"Okay, three... two... one... go!" called out Aquarius. Then the three of them started swimming. Eventually Libra got back first, Aquarius was second and Pisces was third.

"How about we do something that I can win at?" asked Aquarius.

"Like what?" asked Pisces.

"Like... let's see who is the best Aquarius out of all of us," suggested Aquarius.

"Alright," said Libra.

"Hey Virgo, we need you for a second!" shouted Pisces. Then Virgo came over.

"What do you guys need?" asked Virgo.

"We want to see who will be the best Aquarius," said Pisces.

"Alright," said Virgo. Pisces decided to go first.

"Hi! I'm Aquarius! I like being a human," said Pisces. Then Aquarius went next.

"I'm Aquarius. The actual Aquarius. I don't need to do anything because we're seeing who can be the best me so I'm obviously going to win," said Aquarius. Finally It was Libra's turn.

"I'm Aqua. I'm cool and stuff. Lol I'm smart," said Libra.

"Libra is definitely the winner," said Virgo.

"WHAT? How?!?" asked Aquarius. Virgo shrugged and walked away.

"Haha! I'm the best Libra and the best Aquarius. I guess that makes me twice the person you'll ever be," said Libra.

"OH! Good one!" said Pisces. Then Pisces and Libra high fived while Aquarius sighed.

***

After a while it was getting kind of late.

"Alright guys, we should go inside now," announced Capricorn.

"But we just got in the pool!" whined Taurus.

"It's three in the morning. We didn't just get in," said Capricorn.

"Fine, come on guys," said Virgo.

But I have to win at something!" said Aquarius.

"You couldn't even win at being yourself, I don't think you have a chance at winning anything else," tormented Libra.

"Haha you're so funny," said Aquarius sarcastically.

"MINE!" screamed Scorpio as she got out of the pool, grabbed a handful of chocolate and ran with it up to her room.

Cancer walked up to Sagittarius. "So... are we friends now?"

"I guess," said Sagittarius.

"Okay!" said Cancer as she skipped inside the house.

"Cancer! Wait for me!" said Pisces as he ran after Cancer.

"Last one inside has to clean everything up!" screamed Gemini. Everyone got out of the pool immediately and ran to the door. After Leo got inside he held the doors closed. Aries glared at him.

"Looks like you're the last one," said Leo. Then he stuck his tongue out. Aries sighed and started cleaning everything up. Then she heard the door open.

"Why are you out here?" asked Aries.

"I just decided to help you clean because I'm a nice guy, that's all," said Leo. Then Leo and Aries cleaned up the backyard while the others took their showers and changed into their pyjamas.