Floundering??????

"This was all your idea remember?"
And then there was a yank. But it wasn't a full body yank, just a sharp jerk of the leg. And I repeated: "it was all your idea!"
Warmth rises to the top: the water around my waist turned from black to pink and then to deep red.
It only proved that I didn't really love her after all. I was only thinking of myself whereas I should have shouted "Swim for the boat darling, SWIM FOR THE BOAT!!!!" The boat was only ten meters away. Five minutes earlier we were watching the most amazing beautiful fish. Fluorecent flashes of colour. But now my only object of vision was the boat. She had disappeared. Not from the surface but no longer in my view. I was only concerned with myself! I felt no pain. I looked at the boat. She was already there.
I couldn't help but swim in a circle. In my mind, but also with one and two thirds of a leg. There was another jab in my other foot or leg, I couldn't make it out at that moment, but then suddenly in that instant I could swim straight. My balance had returned. All of a sudden I began to flap. It was hopeless. A mermaid (actually it was a dolphin) placed his/her dorsal fin between my legs and rushed me to the boat. A little too enthousiasticly. I struck my head with such force, that the next thing I knew was her face standing over me as I lay in intensive care. Within two seconds I had hoped she would turn into a dolphin/mermaid or dissapear. I made out that it was hard to talk and she fell for it, thankfully, and she left soon after. I didn't hate her, she was just the wrong person. And that proved itself when she dumped me after I'd spent three months in a wheelchair.

To be continued...