Diving Into Love, I Go - A Tom Daley Love Story

Chapter Five

It's been a week and a bit since Tom and I went to our date-but-not-really-a-date-more-like-a-friendly-day-out, but since then we have not met up. Tom had been busy with his A level exams and I with my end of term exams that we had no time to meet up. Despite our hectic schedule we manage to text each other throughout the day and sometimes when he have the time he would call just to say hello.

Taylor is still not backing down from trying to figure out my mystery man, and everytime the subject arises Adam and Matt just shrugs and tries to change the subject. I know that I shouldn't be keeping this a secret but I don't have the guts to tell them. One, I don't know how they will react and secondly Tom and I are only friends. Nothing more and nothing less, besides Tom is busy with exams and training vigourously for the upcoming British Championships in the few days time.

"It's a lovely day outside, what should we do guys?" Taylor questioned as we sit around the table like we do everyday. Even though, our academic year has finished and we're technically on our summer holiday, none of us has gone home just yet. Taylor is not going home because she and her mother have been having a massive row and Taylor being Taylor she doesn't want to back down and apologise first. I'm not going home because I just don't feel like it and both Adam and Matt are not going home because we girls are not. So here we all are stuck in Plymouth - not that we mind, me in particular.

"I know, we should go swimming!" Taylor suggested.

"The weather is not that hot to go swimming down the beach" Adam contributed. We all looked outside and saw that the sky was blue and the sun was out shining brightly. Also the clouds were nothing but rough sketches against the sky.

"Yes, but we could still go swimming in the pool" Taylor said entusiastically. Once Taylor had an idea there is no way of persauding her otherwise.

Both boys groan at the idea of going by the pool and I soon followed their lead and groaned as I envision the pool being full of snotty little children screaming and splashing about along with the overwhelming smell of chlorine to mask god knows what in the pool.

"The pool? Seriously?" I groaned

"Why not? It'll be fun! Besides, it's the perfect excuse to wear the new bikinis we bought!" Taylor stood up and began to make her way to her room to find the bikinis she and I bought recently bought.

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It was nearly lunch time by the time we arrive at the swimming pool. The pool was packed with children and their parents and there was still a long line of people trying to get in the pool.

Taylor and I went ahead to the changing room, leaving Adam and Matt to get our tickets. Besides, Taylor came to the conclusion that we both will need more time changing than the boys who were wearing their swimming trunks underneath their clothes already.

It took the boys ten minutes before managing to get our tickets and coloured wristbands and by that time both Taylor and I were already changed into our bikinis and they met us in the shower area.

The smell of strong chlorine hit me with a punch once I stepped into the pool area. Swimming was never my strong point and I was shy to be around scarcely clothed people splashing about.

I stood by the edge of the pool and was about to step in as gracefully as I can manage when without a warning Matt came up behind me, picked me up and jumped into the pool with a big splash. I came out of the water sputtering like a fool. I turned around to hit Matt but he was already swimming away towards Adam and Taylor, laughing his blond head off.

"Sorry Erin, you just look scared going into the water" Matt laughed when I finally caught up with him.

"Never do that again!" I said splashing him with the water. He just laughed and returned an even bigger splash