Shattered glass. (An adoption story)

Chapter 10

I've been getting really good ideas from people and I'm going to try to contribute the really good ones in the later chapters. So if you don't see your idea right away don't get upset. Just be patient and it will happen eventually :)

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-Janie's pov-

The guys all wanted to keep watch and see how I reacted with perrie. She seemed really nice and friendly. And she said she could teach me how to swim too.

The guys sat at a round glass table on the porch by the pool eating chips and watching me and perrie. The little girl Gemma sat in a high chair next to the guys. Niall and Harry were making funny faces at her while Liam, Louis, and zayn kept close watch on us. Zayn kept staring weirdly at perrie, and I had no idea why.

I was in my swimming suit standing in the shallow side of the water with perrie.

Perrie: "alright! Show me what you know how to do and I'll judge from there kiddo"

I nod, okay Janie.. Try your best.

I start to swim forward into the shallow water and it gets deeper the farther I go. I swim around in a circle around the pool, then I get back to perrie and I look at her

Perrie: "hmm.. See Hun. The way you were swimming is the doggy paddle.

That's why you were going so slow

She suddenly walks forward, then she starts to swim.

She zooms in the water like a torpedo or something and she is going so smooth and quick.

I stare up at the guys and they laugh at my shocked reaction. Wow she was good ...

When she gets to the end of the pool she does this flip thing in the water and suddenly she is coming back towards me.

In a matter of seconds she's back to me and she looks at me

I stutter at a loss for words

"H.. How do you do that?"

She smiles at me warmly

Perrie: "here I'll teach you. Now watch. What you were doing was a doggy paddle. And that is when your in a standing position in the water. But the way I am swimming is straight forward. I'm keeping my body afloat in the water, and also I'm keeping myself straight"

I nod and she keeps talking

Perrie: "and just think of yourself as a machine. Your legs and arms have to move in a pattern to work together. Your feet are like paddles. They kick back and forth while your arms are moving like windmills"

She demonstrates and the light bulb suddenly goes off in my head as I'm finally understanding the logic of it .... Wow it's like magic almost .. Why didn't I think of it that way before?

Perrie:" and you don't have to necessarily come up for hair. When you're swimming your head is close to the surface. If you turn your face to the side quickly you can breathe once and keep going. Every once in awhile you can do that. Then you don't have to stop at all to come up to breathe"

I could feel myself getting excited. I want to try these tricks and see if i can do them like she does

Perrie: "alright Janie, do you want to try it now?"

I nod and I bite my lip as I'm smiling up at the guys.

Niall gives me a thumbs up with a goofy smile

Harry: "you can do it babe!"

I take a deep breathe before I dive forward

I use all of the tips perrie told me and I'm doing the windmill thing with my arms and my legs are paddling back and forth. And it feels like I'm shooting forward. It's like way faster then before ... I could do this all day all night ... It feels like the best feeling in the world