Sodden Red Converses (**One-Shot** - Comp Entry)

"This was it.

No-one could deny that I, Helen Wersel, was about to achieve the feat of completing my New Year's Resolution on the very first day of the New Year.

I looked at my crush, who was standing at the edge of the Coscep Public Swim Centre lap pool, wearing nothing but board shorts and a tan you could spread on a waffle and eat with maple syrup.

Talking to your crush for the first time was hard, it seemed.

So, maybe you could deny it. But only a little.

Well, maybe a lot."

A Short Story | For @TeenFictionCommunity's Writing Contest Number 8: New Year's Resolutions.

Word Count: 915

The cover is way too serious and grown-up for this story. XD

The New Year's Resolution: Talk to her crush. ;)