44 parts Complete MatureBook #3 in the Medley Series
ZEKE MITCHELL:
With the World Championship in swimming approaching and our medley team in better condition than ever, nothing can stop us.
Expect, as the season starts, an old injury rears its ugly head again, potentially incapacitating me right before Worlds, the most crucial completion leading up to the Olympics.
And at the same time, my best friend decides to return to the States - my state - steeling my focus and making me wish she wouldn't leave in a year.
But trying to tie down Maya Bakari is like attempting to capture smoke with your bare hands. She's a gorgeous whirlwind, and soon, she'll blow away.
My head is swimming with a million things that have nothing to do with water, and it's threatening to take me out of the game for good.
And I can't let that happen.
MAYA BAKARI:
Well, it had to happen. My parents have been begging me to return to America to finish my degree since I left to see the world six years ago.
I give in, promising them one year, before I'm out of here again. Just being in the country is making my skin itch.
I'm not the same girl who left.
When choosing college, I go where my best friend is: Michigan.
But Zeke Mitchell is everything I love about the States. He's home and fun and a whole array of new inappropriate feelings.
And with him out of the water indefinitely, we have way too much time together.
He's trying to convince me to stay, and I'm afraid he'll succeed.
I won't let that happen.
