Rough Water Chapter 1: I jump feet first into the pool at the sound of the long whistle. As I enter the water I feel it's cool arms surround me and squeeze the body heat out of me. When I reach the surface I quickly pull my feet onto the wall and to my chest and wait for the official to set my heat off. "Take your mark." I clench my body. A loud beep goes over the speaker and my body springs into action. I fall into the perfected motions that my coaches and I had been practicing months in advance. Swimming, backstroke in specific is my #life, and no none can do it better then me. I hit the wall and quickly rip off my googles to see my time. "10 flat, not too shabby Mel." I look up and smile and my best friend Carly on the deck. "Thanks girl," I say with a wink "beat my record again." She laughs "your leaving a legacy." I shake hands with the girls in the lanes next to me and pull myself out of the pool only to almost be knocked back in by a guy on my team. "Jeez Clay, give a girl a little space?" Clay laughs, "Well I was gonna help you out of the pool but your obviously not even that tired. That's just like you, smoke the competition, break the record, and not even break a sweat." I smile and look up at him, "It's not my fault I'm so beast." I say as I pretend flex my nonexistent muscles. He laughs and feels my arm "Damn girl you'd be showing me up at the gym." I laugh "Yeah, don't mess with me." I say as I lightly punch him in the chest. He grabs one of my hands and holds it in his for a second before letting it go and looking into my eyes. "So Melody," he started off "I was wondering if you weren't doing anything after the meet if you wanted to, I don't know, go out?" I smile, Clay's a really good friend, one that I have to admit I've had a crush on for quite a while. "I'd love to, under one circumstance." He smiles "And what would that be?" He asks. I laugh and flex "Don't let these muscles intimidate you." We both laugh and I give him a hug and let him go warm up for his next race. To be continued in Chapter 2