Deep Water

Mr. Jordan is gone, and so are the sharks. Shane is quiet and in shock; all they can do is float together in silence. Julie cannot shake the idea of letting herself drown, but she starts laughing when she decides she would rather keep her wetsuit on and survive than be naked in front of Shane. They start talking again, and Shane says he is cold. His wetsuit is thinner than Julie’s, and she knows they will eventually become hypothermic. She opens her BCD and wraps her arms around Shane to share body heat, and he stops shivering. They eventually fall asleep holding onto each other, and Julie has strange dreams. She wakes to a feeding frenzy at the surface of small feeder fish and larger bluefish, but they are not in danger. Their legs are stiff from the cold, and Julie orders Shane to bend his legs and swim for a while to warm up. Beautiful fish surround them, feeding on the smaller fish at the surface, and Julie is mesmerized, forgetting her discomfort and predicament for just a moment.