cover by devil_herself

Calicum lotus duo ~ Bath cup part two

Sawyer

Sunlight warms my face as I stare out the open window, by some miracle Darcey convinced her brother to drive us to the meet. Darcey and Quinn are both asleep in the back since we left so early in the morning. The journey should take 40 minutes at most but it feels like a lifetime.

I keep making discreet glances at River, even though he's been gone so long he looks exactly the same but so different. Despite the fact that Darcey can't get a tan to save her life, River's come back a lot darker than when he left. His hair is also sufficiently longer, he's starting to sport curtains.

So long story short he's now even hotter than when he left.

Fucks sake.

"How was your summer?" he asks, eyes not leaving the road.

"Good... How was Africa?"

"Good, really good... I heard you're seeing someone..."

"Yea Floyd... Met him at a party during the summer."

"Didn't take you long then." He mutters under his breath, his hands taking a firmer grip of the steering wheel.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask starting to get pissed off.

"Nothing... is he you know... Soulmate?"

"No." I respond in a clipped tone before staring back out the window.

This is gonna be a long trip...

***
"You better close your trunk and cover your junk coz we're coming in." Quinn yells obnoxiously before barging into the locker room.

I follow nervously behind her, even though boys and girls have to share the locker room for our school so I knew I wouldn't be seeing anything too scarring.

Except for a lot of nervous boys covering their stomachs.

"What are you guys doing here?" Emma asks amused.

"We came to wish you luck before your race!"

"Plus Quinn wanted to perv on all the hot guys." I add jokingly.

Quinn agrees.

"Darcey would be here aswell but her and River went ahead to save us some seats"

"Shit I forgot River was here, how are things between you two?"

"Awkward as fuck, I had to pretend to be asleep so I didn't have to be a part of their awkward small talk."

"You were faking it!" I slap Quinn on the arm annoyed. "You could have tried to help."

"Hey babe, you come to wish me good luck." Floyd sneaks up behind me, wraps his hands around my waist before giving me a kiss on the cheek.

"Of course." I say with a flirty smile as I turn around so I can stare at his abs.

"Ugh, gag me with a spoon!" Quinn says while pretending to throw up. Emma laughs at this.

"Always lovely to see you Quinn."

She gives him a little two finger salute.

Floyd rolls his eyes jokingly. "I gotta go do some warm ups with coach but I'll see you out there."

He gives me a short goodbye kiss before leaving the changing room.

Wow he really does strut.

Emma and the rest of the team have to go to so Quinn and I leave to take our seats.

"You could've been nicer to him."

"I'm always nice!"

***

Quinn and I enter the swimming gallery and find our seats with Darcey and River. Quinn quickly grabs the seat next to Darcey so again I'm stuck sitting next to, you guess it, River...

The muggy hot air clings to my face as I'm forced to inhale the smell of chlorine. Some boys line up in their lanes ready for the first race, Floyd being one of them.

He spots me in the stands and gives me a wink and a large grin, I give him a little wave back and a thumbs up.

River notices and asks "So which one is he."

"That one there." I spot at him.

"Wow" he gives an insincere laugh. "I didn't think he was your type"

I don't say anything.

"I'm just saying I know of him; and I think you deserve better."

"Really!" I snap "I deserved better?! I can't believe we're even having this conversation."

"I'm just trying to look out for you!"

"Really?!" I roll my eyes at this. "Someone like who exactly?!"

"Someone better than him!" He snaps back. "Someone like-, someone lik-, someone like m-"

The starting pistol gives an ear piercing almost deafening screech, and they're off!