Flipping the 'No lifeguard on duty' sign over, she waved her hand in the air and exclaimed, "Pool's open!" The sharp sound of the whistle she blew cut through the air, and instantaneously, it was havoc. 
Cannonball splashes, high pitched squeals between gap-toothed grins, the whole nine yards. For a split second, Collins enjoys her job. Hearing the glorious sound of innocent childhood fun makes her feel a sense of happiness that they could make the memories that she never had of going to the pool on a hot summer day. But that sense of joy only lasts for that split second in time, because Collins is always very quickly reminded of the reasons why she wanted to quit in the first place. The sound of laughter is replaced by ear piercing wails, the splashes in the water practically become targeted attacks almost always aimed at her, and Collins feels like her head is about to explode. 
Meanwhile, in the midst of all the chaos, JJ strolled out from behind the pool house, hands shoved into his pockets while he walked nonchalantly on by. No one even really notices him come out or puts together the pieces that they were back there together just moments earlier. At least, no one's said anything about it. 
Collins snuck a quick glance at him as he past her, trying to hide the bashful blush in her cheeks from behind her hand. There's a smug smirk on JJ's lips and he attempts to mask it with a sniffle of his nose. The short time that he got to spend with Collins had to be the only thing that was getting him through his day. He wasn't quite sure what he was going to do when she left. 
The two of them carried on with their shift, Collins tending to the floaty wearing toddlers and JJ to the stockholders with Rolexes on their wrists. It pretty much went about how it normally does. Nothing particularly unique about how. Although, while JJ was dealing with entitled trust fund babies, Collins's name was suddenly being called over the intercom at the pool. 
It was her boss. Collins considered ignoring him, figuring that they were down to her last hour of working and it wouldn't make any difference what she did. So that's what she chose to do; pretending like she didn't hear him was the option she was going with. He'd already tried convincing her to relocate to the indoor pool and she'd turned him down as kindly as she could. She wasn't going to give him another chance to try again. 
"Collins." This time, his voice was right behind her. She refrained from jumping out of her seat and cringing like the sound of his voice speaking her name didn't resemble the sound of nails on a chalkboard to her ears. "Can I see you for a moment?"
"There's still patrons." Collins pointed out politely, her feeble attempt to come up with any excuse to not leave to talk with him. By then, there were only two or three ladies sunbathing. No more kids playing in the pool, deeming her pretty much useless. It was blatant that it was a weak defense and wouldn't work, but she had to try at least. 
"Just put the sign up and come with me." He was persistent. The only way Collins could deal with this is if she complied. 
One last time. She told herself. After that, she wouldn't ever have to see him again. 
Stepping down from her chair, Collins put up the sign and followed her boss as he beckoned her to. She couldn't help the nervous knot in the pit of her stomach as they walked in the direction of the pool house. She started to fall behind in step as they moved past the doors and neared the side of the building where Collins and JJ would go to be alone. Suddenly, she didn't want to go anymore. 
Realizing that she was no longer following behind him, her boss turned around and gestured for her to come closer. "Let's go, Collins."
"What do you need me to do?" She crossed her arms over her chest uncomfortably, looking around to see if anyone happened to be watching them. To anyone else, she might've looked stubborn, but Collins was getting the sense that her eyes weren't what her boss's gaze was making contact with. The area wasn't out of sight, but it was far enough from prying ears. Whatever they said wouldn't make it far enough for someone to eavesdrop. It's exactly why Collins and JJ liked that spot.