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It's been a fortnight since my birthday, and in that time I managed to complete my next swimming achievement. I've been swimming since I was really little, and I got all 4 of the main swimming grades when I was in year 3 because I went to two swimming lessons a week. Now, because I still put in a lot of the extra practice, I am a whole level above the other people in my group, and we're probably the most insanely talented group there is in Britain (or so people tell me. And when I say 'people' I mean my mum and the swimming instructor). It's not a special power or anything, it really is all down to dedicated training and hard work, but I always wish it was a little easier. I shove my costume, which is pretty much permanently damp, into my swimming bag and head downstairs. As I pass the back door I see that the post has come so I take the small pile of envelopes to put onto the kitchen table. Most of them are for my father, but my mother has a postcard from one of her many foreign pen pals. This time it is Sarah from Iceland. One of the letters is a plain envelope that looks very formal and inexplanatory. It is addressed to me. Confused, I shove it inside my jacket to read on the way to the swimming pool.
As I take a seat at the back of the bus, (there are plenty to choose from in a morning), I remove the letter from my pocket. Cautiously, I ease open the end of the envelope and pull out the piece of the paper nestled inside. The colours and font are unfamiliar to me, and it takes me a second to realise that it's my bank statement. They must have redone their design. I skim through the text, checking for any errors in transactions. None (that I can remember). I fold it back up and put it in a pocket in my bag, turning the volume up on my phone. Teenagers by My Chemical Romance blasts into my ears, and I quickly change the song to Bastille so that I can get more pumped up for exercising.
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Sorry this one is a little short, I have scenes that I am trying to seperate out so yeah again just bare with me, exciting events are coming up shortly! (Not that anyone is really reading this story, just it being on here gives me more reason to actually write more so :P
