WOOH I'm going to have fun with this one. I L-O-V-E Yu Yu Hakusho. I put plenty of Author's Notes for you if you're not sure what I'm talking about or to help you get a better idea or picture of what's going on. Please read and review and I'll love you forever!
I'm gonna put this here for you so you don't get confused: "Talking" -Thinking- (Author's Notes) Enjoy!
The smell of chlorine filled the gigantic pool/gym like room as echoes of teens gossiping and goofing off bounced off the walls. Brogan got ready to step up onto the block as she looked to her right to find out who she was racing. The boy was trying to jump up and down to psych himself up for the race as he put on his orange cap. He was tall and well fit, not much muscle on his arms. He had light brown hair and brown eyes. -Great, it's that stupid Cordell boy!- She looked to her left. -Dunno him… good.- She cracked a tiny smile and from what Brogan saw, he was a tall, fit man not lacking muscle in any area. He had emerald green eyes and a red cap on. It was the third heat of event number 17, the 50 yard backstroke for men's division. (Authors Note: Events are the races like this a 50 yr. free and the heat is which race they're in, there is usually 6 or 8 lanes for the pool and there are always more than 8 swimmers per event so heats divide the swimmers equally. Women are always even, men are always odd for events. There are usually around 25 events per meet.)
Cordell leaned over to Brogan and offered a hand shake, "Hey, good luck. You'll need it."
Brogan lazily shook his hand for .2 seconds then rolled her eyes. She looked at the race that was finishing before them. "You'll need it more."
The stop watchers get ready for the next race as the referee raises his hands. "Please step up…"
The eight racers eagerly jump into the water seeing as in backstroke you take off the wall and not on the block. Many begin to laugh when they see Brogan in the fourth lane. She adjusted her cap as her heart started to ache with anticipation. -Ok, ok, ok, ok…- She took in a deep breath knowing full well she could beat the Cordell boy if she really wanted to. And she REALLY wanted to. She looked back to the other boy who glanced at her then adjusted his feet on the wall and looked back to her a bit shocked.
"Don't pay attention to me! You're about to race!" Brogan spat at him. She didn't care if people were looking strangely at her but she wanted this race to be completely fair. Gossip filled the air about Brogan in the men's division.
"Oops, I meant get in. Swimmers, get ready…" the referee continued.
They all grab the edge of the pool and hover half out of the water ready to arch their backs.
"Take your mark…"
BEEP!
All eight swimmers burst back from the wall and do what looks like a back dive into the water as they all start kicking like dolphins as fast as they can 'till they hit the surface and start throwing their arms back and kicking free on their backs. Brogan was pretty lame at the push off but she was definitely better than all of them at the dolphin kick at the beginning. When she hit the surface she changed to the actual stroke like the boys did. Cordell, the boy with green eyes, and herself were all tied for first place as they all turned on their last stroke for a flip and headed back for the finish. (Author's Note: For those of you who know nothing about swimming, the pools are 25 yards long. In freestyle and backstroke you are allowed to flip when you get to the other end of the pool and head back making 50 yards. In professional teams like schools and the Olympics, 50 yards is the least you can do making an all out sprint, or using all the energy you have. So keep that in mind.)
-Fuck I hate that coach! How did she get me into this?!- was all Brogan could think about. At least until she heard Cassidy cheering her on back at the blocks. She decided she wasn't the least bit tired and pushed even harder to go faster. She had something to prove to everyone and herself. Before she could think of anything else she felt her hand hit the edge of he pool and looked up. "Hi."
Cassity giggled with extreme excitement. "Hi!" She had darker skin with soft, dark brown hair that went to her shoulders. She was quit a bit shorter than Brogan and wore contacts that gave her amazingly peircing hazel eyes.
Brogan relaxed and looked around. She saw both the Cordell boy and the other boy breathing hard along with her. -DAMMIT!- She looked at the score board and her eyes shrank with shock. "Holy…"
"YAY!!! You beat all the boys! You're the best!" Cassidy exclaimed.
Cordell was too shocked to say anything and got out of the pool. Brogan followed Cordell's example. Cassidy gave Brogan a welcoming, warm hug which nearly caused the two to fall back into the pool. "You're so amazing!"
"Aha! That's what you get for underestimating your team, Coach Edwards!" The assistant coach squeals. "I'm so proud!"
"Yeah, yeah…" Edwards waved off. She was too pissed to think. "It just doesn't make sense!" She folded her arms watching Brogan and Cassidy.
The boy took off his red cap to reveal awesome long, curly (Author's Note: YES IT IS CURLY IT ONLY MAKES SENSE!) red hair. He went over to Brogan and Cassidy who had migrated away from the blocks and lines of students waiting for their races. "Nice job." He gave an awesome warm smile and proffered his hand for a hand shake.
Brogan smiled back, "Thanks," and took up the offer of a decent hand shake. "Which school are you from?" Cassidy had her arm around Brogan's waist just as Brogan had her arm around Cassidy's.
He still had a warm smile on his face as Cordell came up and wrapped his arm around the boy's neck before he could answer Brogan's question. "Hey, sophomores! Wuzzup?!"
Brogan rolled her eyes at him again, "Hi, Joshie! Guess all the luck in the world couldn't help you." She gave a satisfied grin to him.
Josh Cordell went completely pale as he let go of the red haired boy. He pointed his finger in Brogan's face. "Listen, you! You better watch it! 'Cause next time you'll be in deep shit!" He stormed off with some blonde chick that had been following him around.
Cassidy cracked up laughing with Brogan as she handed a towel to her. "Thanks, Cassy." Brogan took the towel and dried off her arms. "Hey… where'd that boy go?" -Why did he come over here anyways?-
"Huh… I don't know…" Cassidy replied.
The assistant coach cleared her throat as she made a gesture with her hand. "Fine, fine." Coach Edwards handed over a twenty dollar bill. "Happy?"
"Yes!"
Edwards grunted. "How could she beat our fastest swimmer?! I mean come on! He should have won hands down! And the fact that she was first over seven boys! It's impossible! She's always too laid back in the morning practices!"
Brogan and Cassidy walked up to the coaches just in time to hear coach Edward's rant. "Hey coach Edwards? How much money did you lose?"
"Coach Stephan." Edwards motioned to her and she walked off. As soon as coach Edwards was far, far away, coach Stephan, Cassidy, and Brogan busted out laughing and the assistant coach congratulated Brogan.
When the swim meet was over everyone from the Longford High School swim team filed into the bus that was to drive them back to school. Cassidy sat near the front, waiting for Brogan to get on. Brogan always took the last race which was a 50 yard freestyle for fun and everyone else thought, 'till tonight, it was the only one she was good in. She was one of the last people to get on but when she did she slid into the seat next to Cassidy who was looking out the window with her iPod turned up real loud. Brogan quickly leaned in and kissed her cheek.
Cassidy jumped then turned down her music. "Dude! You scared me!" Brogan laughed. "It's not funny!"
"I'm sorry." Brogan stopped laughing but still had a smile on her face.
Cassidy made a pouting face, "That's all I get? One stupid peck?"
"Hey! A very well planned out, stupid peck!"
The coaches got on the bus and they were off. Coach Edwards, much to her dislike, stood up after a while to announce the winners of all the races, new high scores, and how they placed against the other schools that were there. "…And the girls won second over all." She paused. "As you all heard, we placed our young sophomore, Brogan Thompson into a men's division 50 yard backstroke… and… she won first place in her heat." The bus erupted with cheering as Brogan turned a bright red. She didn't like to be the center of attention. She didn't like to be noticed by her peers at all. "So," Edwards continued after the cheers quieted. "As you know, Coach Stephan and I like to bet on a lot of things… and I will be treating you all to ice cream." The bus eroded again with cheering as a couple of guys patted Brogan on the back and another guy swung his arm around her shoulder in thanks.
Brogan leaned towards Cassidy, "Kill me…" Cassidy giggled and shooed the boys away. "I said KILL me not SAVE me."
"But I like you alive, not dead!" Cassidy replied. Brogan couldn't help but smile, she did like feeling important though.
"Yes! Yes! We're all happy and I'm broke!" The coach quieted them again as the bus came to a stop in front of an ice cream store not more than a mile away from the school they just swam at. Cassidy had handed a brush to Brogan so Brogan could untangle her way, long deep red hair. It was almost to her waist and she was very proud of her hair.
"Everyone order something under five dollars please!" Coach Edwards shouted as she got off the bus with some spoiled blonde female swimmers.
"Wonderful…" Brogan spat sarcastically as she handed the brush back to Cassidy. "I hate that woman…" She got up and took a step back offering Cassidy to go first. They always seem to be the last two off the bus even though they sit near the front.
Cassidy giggled and mock curtsied as Brogan mock bowed and the two got off the bus. Tom and David picked up Brogan right as her feet hit the pavement and put her on their shoulders and started singing, "For she's a jolly good fella!" over and over.
Brogan was about to throw up from embarrassment as she tried to hit them, "Oh my god, you guys!!! Put me the fuck down!"
Cassidy giggled and shouted up to her, "You should be enjoying this!"
Brogan growled and kept hitting Tom and David. "Put me down! Put me down! Put me down!"
There were three guys hanging out at a table outside the shop watching the scene Brogan and her boys had started. One of them was wearing jeans and a light yellow shirt; he was cracking up over the scene along with another man who was wearing a blue jumpsuit. The third looked a bit tired and annoyed, he was completely ignoring everything, like he was waiting for something more important and he didn't want to miss it.
"Oh man! That must suck!" The first boy laughed. He had slicked back black hair.
"Yeah! They must be from that swim meet Kurama went to. Guess she did something awesome." The guy in blue replied, he had curly orange hair.
"She's a fool. She's being praised and she's telling them to stop." The third boy blurted carelessly. He was wearing a black muscle shirt with black, baggy pants held up by three white belts. He had spiky black hair with a weird white spiky layer of white.
"Oh lighten up, Hiei! It's embarrassing to her!" The first boy said.
"Hn." Was Hiei's only reply.
"Hey Urameshi, you gonna finish that ice cream?" The blue boy asked the first.
"Jesus, Kuwabara! How much can you eat?! I mean Kurama's not even here yet and you're pigging out!"
"It's ok, I didn't think he'd want to go get ice cream by himself anyways and I was going to get more with him so he didn't feel too left out." Kuwabara replied thoughtfully.
"Hn. Do you really think Kurama would be uncomfortable getting a small ice cream. He probably doesn't even want one." Hiei threw at Kuwabara.
"Hey shrimp! It's called being kind! Ever heard of it?!" Kuwabara threw back.
"You're pathetic at it."
"What'd you just say?!"
"You heard me."
"Why I oughta!"
"Well, seems I've come at an interesting time." The red haired boy from the race Brogan swam in walked up to them.
"Oh hey Kurama, are you going to go get some ice cream cause I'll come with you if you are." Kuwabara said smiling and waving at him.
Kurama just smiled and looked over at the scene of Brogan punching David hard enough for him to lose his grip and her jump down to the ground and run. "Sure. Let's go get some ice cream."
Kuwabara laughed, "I told you, Hiei!"
"Hn."
Urameshi was off laughing about something, he's not important enough.
Back with Brogan and the boys, Cassidy was giggling and running with Brogan. They got inside and got in line with the people who were too ashamed about things they said behind Brogan's back or just didn't care. One girl actually snickered as Brogan and Cassidy walked in. Tom, David and the other guys that were singing got into line as well.
So I hope you like it and I'll update soon! Please review!
