INT. SWIMMING POOL - TOP DIVING BOARD - DAY
Kai stands at the very end of the board, toes curled over the edge. They hear someone on the ladder, turn, and see their little brother's head appear.
Don't come up any more. Stay on that step. That one. Hold both sides.
I'm not scared. I'm checking. You have to check the water first, for leaves and things. I'm doing it properly.
Theo, why did you come up? You're not allowed. You're seven. You have to be eight and have your badge, and you've got the frog badge, and the frog badge is for the small pool.
No, I can't go back down, you're on the ladder. And that boy's behind you. And his dad's behind him. There's a whole family on the ladder.
Okay. Can I tell you something, and you don't tell Mum? I've been up here before. Three times. Every Saturday since the summer. And every time I get to here, to the end, where the rough bit stops, and I look down, and the water looks really far away and really hard, like a floor. And I go back down the ladder and I tell everyone the lifeguard said it was closed.
It wasn't closed.
Don't cry. Theo. Hey. It's okay. You did a brave thing, you came up. That counts. Dad says coming up is the hard part. He says that about the dentist as well, so I don't know.
Here's what we're going to do. You go back down. Slowly, both hands. Say sorry to the man. Then stand right at the edge, next to the lifeguard, and watch me. Don't look at the water. Look at me.
And when my head comes up, you wave. Really big. Then I'll know I did it.