Hey guys! It's back by popular demand! Here's round two of Kai's swim lessons. I hope you all enjoy!
"Get that squirt gun out of my face, before I... I..."
"Before you what Jay?" Lloyd smirked.
"I get Nya and tell her to drench you in the face too!" Jay said all too confidently.
"That won't be necessary!" Zane announced and dumped a bucket of ice water over both their heads.
Lloyd and Jay shrieked well, as high as it is to possibly shriek, "What was that for?" Jay yelled, "You got me wet!"
Zane shrugged, "Somebody was bound to at some point. Might as well be me."
"I hate you!" Lloyd growled.
"No you don't. You're just coveting like we talked about in church last week, remember?" Zane smiled. For being a robot and all, he sure could let loose and have fun sometimes.
"Speaking of coveting, do you think Kai's still mad at us for nearly killing him in my swimming machine, which by the way is officially working now!?" Jay rambled.
"Us?" Lloyd raised his eyebrows, " no. You? Absolutely!"
"You really think so? It wasn't even my fault! He should be mad at Cole. He can't even read a pressure reader! Do you know how easy it is to read one of those things? It's ridiculously easy! I can't believe he couldn't read it. Seriously, a two even could read it! It's not like it's rocket science or anything. It's just making sure the numbers are steady!"
"Jay, are you done?" Zane asked.
"I guess so."
"Then what do you say we head on over to Ninjago City Aquatics Center and watch Kai's lessons with Sensei Wu. Kai said his lessons were Thursdays three to five," Lloyd suggested.
"Let's do it! I'll go get Cole!" Jay ran inside the Bounty and returned two minutes later clad in dry clothes and with a ghost who looked almost as if he had been interrupted from a nap.
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"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" A thousand kids ranging from little kids to teens screamed as they stood at the edge of the pool trying to pace the breakstrokers currently racing.
The kids piled around lane 5 of the 10 lanes began to scream when the girl hit the wall to finish. 1:16.89 flashed on the board aside the name Megan Webster.
The screaming continued as two more kids finished the race and exchanged high fives with the first girl.
"Way to go Megan!" A lady stood up in the stands and started screaming.
"I can't believe Kai lied to us," Cole whispered.
"So I say we check his Chirps and see what he's really up to," Lloyd suggested.
"What are you guys doing here?"
Lloyd, Cole, Zane, and Jay spun around to see Nelson in a Speedo and a towel (sorry. I'm assuming Nelson would be at the age where he's obsessed with wearing Speedos like all 12 year old boys that do swim seem to be. It seems creepy at first, but not when you've been swimming all your life).
"We were looking for Kai. He said that he was doing lessons with Sensei at this time every Thursday. Turns out he was lying," Zane replied.
"Well obviously. Everybody knows that there's a club meet here every Thursday and a NUS (Ninjago Union Swim: my take on the USA Swimming, the system that if you're good enough feeds into the Olympics in the States) one weekend during each month."
"I can't believe he lied to us! I'm going to kill him!" Jay exclaimed.
"Take it easy Jay," Cole sighed.
"Yeah. You don't want to covet now," Zane reminded him.
"Hey, don't worry," Nelson shrugged, "I've got an idea how you can get him back. Just let me talk to Coach Nya. I have to get in line for my next race in just a few minutes."
"Alright. Good luck!"
Duh, duh, duh! What do you think Nelson is planning? Cookies to anyone who can guess.
So, since there are a lot of swim terms that a lot of people don't get if they don't swim competitively, I'm going to list all of the questionable terms at the end of each chapter. Some may be givens thou g h that I'm listing because there's a hidden meaning to it that isn't necessarily given.
Speedo: a type of swim suit. Not only a guy's creepy swimsuit but a full brand of competitive suits for girls and guys including briefs, jammers, girls one pieces, tech suits, kneeskins, and fastskins. I'd suggest looking up pics for a better description.
Ten lane: most pools are separated into ten lanes all 25 yards for clubs and 50 meters for Olympics. There are a few pools though that are 25 meters and typically aren't used all that often.
NUS/ USA Swimming: is the swim team for America that eventually filters into the Olympics if you're good enough. Meant for more advanced swimmers that have been doing swim for a while.
Club swim: your basic swim team for kids of any age all the way through high school. NUS swimmers train in the club but compete in not only club meets but NUS meets for bigger events.
B meet: basic meet if you can't make cut times for club swim
A meet: meet for faster swimmers in club requires a cut time to get into.
Districts: basic meet for NUS swimmers. Requires cut times but harder than a meet.
Junior Olympics: meet after districts. Harder cut times.
States: meet after Junior Olympics. Even harder cut times.
After that are Zones, Regionals, Olympic trials, then Olympics also requiring some REALLY tough cut times. Few people make it that far but it's the goal of almost every swimmer.
That's all for today. It seems like a lot, but the vocab will shorten as the story goes on. See Ya!
#God's Not Dead!