Unforgettable Adventures

Falling Deep

Reggie and Maddy were long boarding down the boardwalk one afternoon. They had both left school early to prepare for their last swim meet of the year. They were heading towards the shack when they ran into the boys. Maddy was wearing her two piece competitive suit with a baggy t-shit with no shorts. Her and Reggie normally long boarded around with no shoes on, they believed that it was easier that way. While Maddy normally dressed with little clothes on, it was a rare site to see Reggie in her two piece and with a white see through tank on and cut off shorts. Maddy's hair was in a bun on the top of her hair, while Reggie's wavy hair just blew back while she moved on. They had seen the boys approaching, and Maddy wanted to show off a little so that the boys would notice her. She smiled and slowed down when getting closer to them. She took off her sunglasses and winked at the boys. Reggie just rolled her eyes at her, except no one could see through her own glasses. She just rode past the boys, yelling at Maddy when she had stopped to talk.

"We have to go!" Reggie yelled at her, slowing down for her to catch up. Theo turned his head and instead of sticking around to hear what Maddy had to say, jumped on his board and skated towards Reggie.

"What's the rush Reg?" Theo asked as he rode along side her.

"I just want to get to the pool and practice before the meet, okay?" Reggie stubbornly replied.

"So who's going to be there watching?" Theo asked with hopes that she would invite him.

"No one." She speed up leaving him behind confused.

Reggie headed towards the pool and made it to the locker room to shower before getting in. She stood in the warm water, thinking of what if would be like once she got up to University of Washington. No one will come watch my meets. What will I do when there is no one there to cheer me on? I can't believe Dad couldn't come today! Miles is staying with Maddy the whole time probably, and Shane is at school working on a project. Theo will just forget as usual. This sucks! "UGH!" she grunted as she turned off the water. She was already stressed and this meet was not helping. This was the qualifying meet for State competitions and she needed to get into the Finals. She hadn't realized but she had started crying in the shower. She looked in the mirror and saw her eyes all puffy. Reggie wanted to run away. She heard another girl in the room, so Reggie quickly ran from the locker room.

Reggie headed towards the boards, no one was on them yet. As her coach gave her the signal to start practicing she was up on that board, practicing her hurdle making sure she could get it perfect. She counted in 8 counts, when preforming her dives. She started out with a forward somersault in the straight position. She slightly over rotated and when she came up to the surface, she slapped her arms down on the water.

"Dammit!" she yelled. Her coach looked over, and headed to wear Reggie was climbing up the ladder to get back on the board.

"Kiddo, you need to relax, you are over thinking it!" He said smiling at her. He could tell that something was bothering her, and that she had been crying, but he decided to leave it alone. He squeezed her shoulder, then walked back to where the swimmers were practicing.

"This is going to suck if I don't get my attitude together!" Reggie mumbled under her breath. She turned back to the boards and got back on the one she always used. She jumped up and down on the end of the board a couple of times before turning to do her approach. She was going to try to get her 1 1/2 forward somersault with 1 1/2 twists in the pike position. It was one of her best dives she could preform. She did her approach and her coach and a couple of other team mates stood off watching. She leaped into the air and without hesitation she preformed the most graceful dive that they had ever seen her do. As she landed in the water, she knew that it had been a perfect dive. She pushed her way towards the top of the water, then swam to the edge. She heard applause from her coach and teammates. She smiled as she got out of the water.