SO PAULA AND I MET when WE WERE SIX YEARS OLD .PAULA WAS THE NEW KID AT SCHOOL AND SHE WAS REALLY COOL.EVERYONE WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH HER.ON THE FIRST DAY OF FIRST GRADE ,EVERYONE WANTED TO SIT WITH PAULA BUT SHE DECIDED TO WITH ME.I HAVE NO IDEA WHY SHE SAT WITH ME.BUT AS WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER.I WAS THAT PREPPY STUDY GIRL WHILE PAULA WAS A FUN OUTGOING PERSON.TRUST ME,WE HAD NOTHING IN COMMON EXCEPT WE BOTH LOVED TO SWIM.I THINK IT WAS OUR DIFFERENCES THAT BROUGHT US CLOSER TOGETHER. SO IN SECOND GRADE WE WENT FOR THE TRYOUTS FOR THE SWIMING TEAM.ONE REQUIREMENT YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO SWIM ALL STROKES A(ND BE ABLE TO DO PROPER FLIP TURNS.WHAT ARE WE !!!SEVEN YEAR OLD MICHAEL PHILLIPS .(AAAAAAAH)THAT WAS ME SCREAMING BUT PAULA JUST SAID,"WE'VE GOT THIS.....I HOPE."HOW WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME FEEL LESS ANCSIOUS.I THOUGHT I WAS ABOUT TO VOMIT IN THE SWIMMING POOL THAT SECOND.SO I WAS THE FIRST TO SWIM.I HAD TO DO IM(INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY)100METRES AND I NAILED IT AND SO DID PAULA .SO WE WAITED FOR THE SHEET FOR THE SWIM TEAM AND ICLOSED MY EYES AND PAULAREAD THE RESULTS AND WE BOTH MADE THE TEAM. I SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS" YAAAAH !WE MADE THE TEAM!!!" BUT I SCREAMED THAT ONLY IN MY HEAD SO NO ONE HEARD. WE BOTH JUMPED UP AND DOWN CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL WE WERE ABOUT TO FAINT. THAT WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE AFTER GETTING MY BFF.SO PAULA AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT PEOPLE DID IN THE SWIM TEAM.BUT I THINK WE MADE A REALY VERYVERY BAD CHOICE.WE HAD TO DO DRILLS THAT WERE IMPOSSIBLE FOR SEVEN YEAR OLDS TO DO.AFTER THAT DAY,WE FELT LIKE FIVE DAY OLD SUSHI. SLOPPY AND STINKY!PAULA AND I HAD TO GET A VERY LONG DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE AFTER THAT DAY.SO PAULA AND I SWEARED TO SKIP SWIM PRACTICE UNTIL WE WERE ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD BUT OF COURSE THAT MEANT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TRYOUTS FOR THE SWIM TEAM......AGAIN .(SIGH)BUT PAULA JUST WISPERED,"WE'VE GOT TWO YEARS ...LETS EMBRACE THEM."I COULD NOT ASK FOR A BETTER BFF.
