Thomas continued swimming, his breathing becoming heavier. He wasn't used to swimming like this, with the sun on his back, in jeans, and with the waves moving him about. He stopped for a moment, around three quarters of the way to the person. They - who Thomas could now see was a she - had climbed back onto their piece of metal. [i]At least she wasn't drowning[/i], Thomas thought to himself. Thomas continued swimming over towards the woman.

After a couple minutes of swimming, Thomas managed to reach the woman on her metal. She was lying on whatever i was, and Thomas didn't think that she knew he was there. After a minute of catching his breath he spoke, "Hey, you alright?" he asked.