This choice: Wait, maybe joining the swim team ain't a bad idea... | Go Back Chapter 13: Perks! (ID #1172275) an addition by: Grunbuns ![View eggmaneggman's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]](http://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/costumicons/ps-icon-regular-2.gif) More by this author "Ummm, is today the only day for try-outs?" you ask, feigning a bit of shyness to throw off any sort of suspicion of your predatory intent when you first came in.
"We're doing swim team try-outs every day this week, so don't fret that you didn't bring your swimsuit today, unless you have it on under that or already in your locker or dorm or something. Practice will start for accepted team members two weeks from today. It's a lot of work, as there'll be practice five days a week once we start up. But it's a worthwhile venture--swimming is a great exercise, it's a fun sport, you'll make a lot of friends and get out of classes, and of course, there's the digestion perks."
You start a little and look directly at her face. It takes effort to not start smiling automatically. "Digestion perks?"
She actually chuckles a bit, "Of course, just like every teenager--Hey, kid in the black shorts!" Her head turns sharply away and addresses a guy in the water. "You're two laps behind everyone, pick up the pace because you're not getting in otherwise!" She hits a button on her stopwatch and faces you again. The guy in black shorts seems not to have heard her at all, as he continues to do his forward crawl with his head constantly getting covered with water.
She gestures again towards the standing crowd, who are all watching the swimmers again, as you're no longer some sort of threat. "All these kids, y'all want the same thing. Once you get into competitive swimming, you burn through three or more times the calories per day as your normal person today, so we give special permission for sports team members to digest the landlubbers they catch." She grins at her use of the word 'landlubber'. "You get to take a reversal formula at the nurse to undo her first one that you got today." You nod politely, making sure that your face doesn't look weird so she doesn't inquire to whether you did take the potion. Again, it takes a spot of self-control not to put your hand to your flat stomach in remembrance of that delicious nurse.
"Besides that, any questions? If you have some, try to keep them short, I am trying to time all these students today. Anyone with a time under 2 minutes for 4 laps of 25 yards is under consideration, if there's enough slots, so only come tomorrow if you think you can make that time."
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