Bringing the Chic out the Geek

Chapter 5

Amazingly he turned up to early morning training. That's something that no one ever does. I only do it because it's around the corner from my house so I don't have to get up until five minutes before I'm due to start. But his second session was a morning! 5:30 in the morning is unheard of, especially when you are new. It takes serious dedication. Maybe he just wants to get to know people and it'll be a phase. I don't know why I'm so bothered by this. He's just another boy that I'll soon get over.

Then I decided to put my head down and work into the session. I need to prepare myself for being the nerd all day again as opposed to the girl who daydreamed about boys all day, especially ones she gets to see topless (a definite bonus). Length after length I drifted through the session. Working to my times but as it was morning I decided that I was allowed to just make the times, try and memorise the session and carry on. Ultimately it was one of my quietist sessions, I hardly spoke. Partly cos I had none of my main girls around me but also because I had to distract myself. Sam wasn't in my lane so I could be sleepier than usual as no one was attempting to say much to me. It was my dream morning session.

The end of session snapped me out of my thoughts. Sam approached me and started asking about school. I forgot he was due to start at his new school today as I made a habit of ignoring him in case I said something could attract unnecessary attention. He's still the new, hot guy. If he becomes popular enough to be known around my school and I'm seen to know him my two worlds are going to collide. It's bad enough that I got caught out shopping with the others the other day but Sam is different. A boy. I need to get out of this topic. No matter what I say he would not believe whatever I said. He seems to know exactly what someone is thinking. Then he said something that confused me:

"See you later" before disappearing off into the changing rooms.

It's such a simple thing. I mean, we don't train tonight so maybe he means tomorrow night. But that seems a bit soon for "see you later." It could also mean he wants to see me soon, but how would that happen? We have no contact outside of swimming, like I don't even know his surname. School. That's the only other thing. It can't be. Unless he just has the training times confused. That makes more sense. He's new, he won't know it all off by heart yet. And that does make him a little less perfect, in a way. In another it makes him totally adorable that he's all confused. I'm such a mess.

Quickly, I ran home. Making sure Sam was long gone so that he didn't notice me running in my school skirt. It's weird how someone who I swim with in a costume I don't want to see me in a skirt. What a weird person I must be... anyway I need to dry my hair fast or I'll be late to Claire's and make her mum late for work as she drives us in.

When we got to school it was the same as any other day. We sat on the computers and did extra work. I printed out all of my homework. I waited through all of my queuing up for lesson as that I could ensure that I was ready for my tutorial lesson and prepare myself for my results of my obviously failed Maths test. All other subjects except Science I find easy and can pass a paper even falling asleep but this is the one that I cannot do. And the one my parents are most worried about. I had a maths tutor last year that my grades were picked up for a while and they haven't fallen, it was just one bad test in my worst subject. We all have one. But this is the problem with swimming on top that I will be told without swimming I could have done better.

Almost shuffling into Maths I knew what was coming. I'd been preparing what feels like all year for this. Except my momentary distraction of Sam, it's all else I have thought about. My work is important to me. I may not know much now, being Sixteen, but I know that I have to go to University to complete my dreams. But that's for another time. Right now is the Maths lesson I'm in. Top set and about to be upstaged by the whole year.

"Today we have a new pupil joining us" Damn. I forgot all about that. Oh well. Maybe someone to hate or someone else to crush on as opposed to Sam. He must be smart or he wouldn't be in this class. I could call it a healthy crush on this new boy.

Then in the door way was a figure. No. It can't be. Now I know my life is really about to change forever.

Sam.