My cousin Mark

My parents were going through a bitter divorce and I had been sent to my Aunt and Uncles house to get me out the way. I didn’t mind because my Aunt and Uncle had a huge house out in the country and my cousin was about my age and we got along well so I would have someone to talk to.
My mum drove me up to the drive of the house, the gates opened automatically and we drove up the long tree lined drive, it was visiting this house that had caused my brother to go into investment banking just like our uncle who was 40 and had been retired for 5 years. We drove past the pool with a diving board and the tennis courts and up to the large house. My Aunt came out and helped me bring my stuff inside and showed me where my room was and went to have a cup of tea with my mum while I unpacked. There was a knock on the door and Mark my cousin walked in. “hey Katie I thought you might want some help unpacking”
“Oh thanks Mark that would be great”
“So apart from the obvious what’s happening in your life”
“oh well not too much just relaxing after exams, it’s odd waking up and thinking that I don’t have to sit and revise all day”
“Oh god, tell me about it bliss isn’t it” he replied.
We chatted like this for the 10 minuet’s it took to unpack then Mark suggested we go and have a game of tennis. Last time we had played it had been a few years ago and he had won easily, but since then I had had a series of lessons and had recently represented my school in a county cup and won. But he didn’t know. We walked down with him boasting good naturedly about how he would wipe the floor with me. He got the rackets and balls out of the shed and led the way inside the tennis court. We started with a simple rally until he smashed it back at me expecting me to miss it but I got to it easily knocking it just over the net to score. We spent the next hour playing with me winning consistently and Mark getting more and more and more desperate to beat me just once. we got to a game point in his favour I smashed it into his court and he flailed at it just hitting it causing it to rise up into the air but it started to come back down still on his side I Laughed at him but saw the glint in his eye as he jump forward and hit it gently over the net as it fell. “I WIIIN I am the CHAMPION!” he yelled gleefully.
“You dirty cheat” I laughed back
“What me? Cheat? Noooo” he smirked “come on lest go for a swim, I’m all hot after thrashing you” he suggested before I pushed the point
We dashed in quickly to change. I came out to see him dive into the pool. I climbed onto the board but ever the show off I somersaulted off the board and landed feet first in the water. I rose to the surface and shook my head before opening my eyes to see Mark staring at. “Well you are full of surprises aren’t you?”
“One or two” I smirked. We started swimming lengths until I snuck up behind him and dunked him. When I let him up I backed away quickly “that’s for cheating at tennis” I grin
“Oh you’re so for it now” he grinned before lunging at me I tried to swim away but he got my ankle and pulled me under. He let me up and I spluttered and gasped for air. “Even?” he asked stretching out a hand, I made it look like I was going to shake the hand but lunged and pushed down on his shoulders pushing him under but he rolled pulling me under while he surfaced and held me down.