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Vina's POV
It is Wednesday during break time and I am rounding up the work that was given by the last teacher that came in when Zacharia comes up to me and Kiki.

"Hi." She greets jovially.

"Hello." I say with a smile while Kiki simply waves.

"So, Kiki, what sport activities can I try out for?"

Kiki stares at her bored-ly,"Am I the only one in this class? Why ask me?"

"Kiki." I say sharply and slap her upper arm.

"What?" She asks rubbing the spot I hit her.

"Just answer her question."

"Fine." She says, rolling her eyes,"Swimming, basketball, football, long jump, javelin throw and track races are all available. Make your pick."

"I'm trying out for swimming, like to join me?" I ask Zacharia.

"I didn't bring any swimsuit." She mutters with a cute pout.

"Talk to Coach Ben, there should be an extra swimsuit." This is from Kiki.

"Okay, thank you. We will leave together then, Vina."

"Yeah. Don't bother having snacks o."

She gives me a thumbs up and leaves.

Soon, the bell rings signifying the commencement of sports practice. I take my swimming bag out of my locker and walk with Zacharia to the swimming arena. While, Kiki goes over to the tracks to sign up for the javelin throw.

(Picture of Davina's swimsuit below👇)

As soon as I step foot into the locker room, a slow, mocking clap ensues. I turn in the direction of the noise and lo and behold Queency is before me.

"Look who we have here." She mocks as she sashays towards me.

There are quite a number of people present in the locker room all peacefully trying to change into their swimsuit when 'our precious Queen B' chose violence.

"What is it, Queency?"

"That would be Senior Queency to you. Preferably Queen B."

Once I heard the word Senior come out from her mouth, I am seized with laughter.

"What's funny?" She seethes.

"Did you just say Senior?" I ask stiffling my laughter.

I did not even know she is a Senior.

"Yes."

"Then why chase after Nasir if you are in SS3? No hot guys in your set?" I jeer at her.

Her lips draw back in a snarl,"Who I choose to love is none of your business."

Love? Laugh my fucking ass off.

The next thing I know, Queency is all up in my face like acne cream,"Stay away from Nasir or you will be sorry."

"I advise you look for someone your age to run after. Aren't you ashamed to be chasing after your junior?" I whisper in her ear with a smirk.

She breathes out in anger and stomps out with her towel wrapped tightly around her waist.

Zacharia walks in soon after as the people left in the locker room go on with their business.

I wait for her to change. Then, we both go off to the swimming pool.
(Picture of Primridge High's swimming pool below 👇)

We are shared into four groups; the senior newcomers, the junior newcomers, the old seniors and the old juniors.

Coach Ben stands before us gently tapping on the notepad which our names are written on. He looks rather young like he is just below thirty.

The simple black, ab-sculpting shirt he is putting on complements his fair skin perfectly.

For the senior newcomers, it is just me, Zacharia and two others.

Coach Ben clears his throat and speaks in his clear, deep voice,"We will be starting with the newcomers, please the juniors should step forward." All six of them do as they are told,"I will pair you in twos and you are to swim two laps – to the end of the pool and back to us. Is that clear?"

"Yes, Coach." They chorus.

"To start us off, Tonyi Bolanle," A chubby dark skinned girl steps out,"And Chiazor Agu." A rather tall, brown skinned boy follows suit.

They take thier positions at the edge of the pool, arms stretched in front of them, waiting for Coach to blow the whistle so that they can begin. After a few tense seconds, the whistle goes off.

Immediately, they begin. The Tonyi girl drops into the pool with a loud splash. I hear Queency and her group of badass wannabes snicker at the splash Tonyi made.

I don't know why but I am filled with anger and pray silently that Tonyi will emerge the winner of this race. I turn my attention back to the race and to my dismay, Chiazor is ahead of her.

As they get to the end of the pool, they turn back immediately. Gratefully, some sort of swimming demon possesses Tonyi because she increases her speed and leaves Chiazor behind to eat bubbles.

I exhale in relief and give Queency a smug smile but she just rolls her eyes and looks away.

Once she places her hand on the ceramic tiles where we stood, Coach Ben blows his whistle to signal the end of the race. Chiazor reaches us about three seconds later.

Coach writes some things down on his note before looking up. He calls out the two other teams with the winners emerging as Ashton, a mixed guy from the second team, and Anita, a black beauty from the third team.

"The person with the fastest time is...Tonyi." Coach Ben announces with a small smile on his face.

Tonyi beams so widely that it looks like she will combust with happiness.

"Congrats, girl." I say giving her a high five. She smiles shyly and mouths a 'thank you, Senior'.

"Next up, the senior category. Let us have Samson Aghogho and Zacharia Wilson."

"Good luck." I smile, squeezing Zacharia's hand.

She nods and moves to take her place by the pool.

The whistle goes off plunging them head first into the pool. Zacharia swims so effortlessly and she is clearly ahead of Samson.

Soon, she returns to us and places her hand on the tiled floor and in turn, Coach blows his whistle. Samson arrives a few seconds later.

"Next up, Sasha Sodiq." A light skinned, slim-thick girl with intimidating cat eyes steps out,"And Davina Igwe." I take a deep breath and fall out.

Sasha and I assume our places by the pool, arms stretched out.

I have pretty decent skills at swimming, all thanks to Xander. I still remember the mini competitions we held between ourselves.

My heart tightens in my chest and I am immediately filled with sadness and guilt. I am so focused on my pain that I don't hear the whistle go off. I come back to my senses when Sasha dives into the pool.

Without wasting further time, I jump in too but Sasha is good. I increase my speed. Sadly, she places her hands on the tiled floor before I do milliseconds later.

Saddened by my loss, I sigh as I climb out of the pool. I look up to see Queency with a sadistic smirk on her face. I turn away and move over to Zacharia who pats my back gently.

"The person with the fastest time for the seniors is... Zacharia."

Zacharia smiles cheerfully as we applaud her.

"Regardless of those that had the fastest time today, I must commend you all that came for tryouts. You are all exceptional swimmers. So, consider yourselves a part of the Primridge High swim team." Coach lets out with a smile.

We clap for ourselves, so happy that we made the team.

"We have about 30 minutes before the bell will be rung for lunch, so you all can practice before then." Coach says, looking at his watch before calling out some names,“My best swimmers; Queency, Clyde, Melanie and Kano come here."

All four of them follow Coach Ben to a corner.

"Let's practice. Shall we?" I ask turning to Zacharia.

"Of course."

A/N

How do you all view this chapter?

Consider this a kind of goodbye gift from me to you guys because school has resumed and I'm not really sure I can be updating. 😓

Word Count: 1390words

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Riri🌹