Swimming
Chapter 1
"I'm so BORED!" said the petite girl by the window. She was leaning on the windowsill with her elbows, and staring wistfully out the window. "It's so hot, and there's nothing to do." She suddenly got up and pulled her younger 9-year-old cousin up with her. "I know! Let's go swimming! Can we, Nick?"
Pearl Fey lit up. She squealed with delight and ran into her bedroom to fetch her candy-pink swimsuit with frills. She quickly changed without Nick even giving his say-so. He sighed and flicked his hand towards Maya, meaning 'yes'. She screamed 'Yes!' too with delight, much like her cousin, Pearl. "Are you coming? It'll be plenty of fun!" [i]If only you knew the real reason I want you to be there.[/i]
"I guess I could use a break. I've got loads of paperwork to sort out, though. Oh well. It can wait." He then got up and went over to his bedroom, then got out his swimming shorts. Blue, obviously. He came out wearing them and a plain white and blue T-shirt.
When he got out, Maya was already out of her room, wearing a sarong skirt and a bikini top in the colour purple. Phoenix blushed on sight of Maya and quickly made out like he forgot to get the towels, which were actually ready in his hand. He fetched his beach bag, which hadn't been used in a long time. Phoenix called out to Maya and told her to take Pearl and go and buy some snacks. Then he put three towels inside, all different colours so they could distinguish between the individual towels. He fetched sun block from the bathroom while Maya and Pearl were out buying some snacks, with Phoenix's wallet, of course.
They returned, and then packed the snacks into Phoenix's old beach bag. "Let's go," said Maya while grabbing Phoenix's apartment keys, wallet and mobile phone. She rushed out of the door, then looked back at Pearl, who was fussed about how she should do her hair. "Pearly, do you have to do that NOW? Just leave it loose, it will get all tangled if it's tied up while you're swimming." Pearl obeyed Maya and rushed out of the room in double-quick time. Maya sighed with exasperation and closed the door.
The trio walked towards the nearest local pool, which took about ten minutes. Along the way, they talked about loads of stuff, from the Steel Samurai to a forum they found called Court-Records and it's awesome administrator, Croik and her love for potatoes to Edgeworth's sexuality. Maya was arguing that he was gay, what with the tea and cravat, and Phoenix was arguing that he was straight, and it was obvious with the way he acted around Franziska.
With all this discussion, time quickly passed and they arrived at the local pool. Maya found three sun beds next to two other occupied ones. There was a whip on one of them and a cravat on the other. [i]Strange,[/i] she thought. [i]I think I recognize those items. No, it can't be, they can't be here. Is it coincidence?[/i]
She removed her sarong and took a running leap into the 11-feet deep pool, and splashed in with an expert dive. She resurfaced about a minute later at the other end of the pool. Phoenix stared, agape.
"How did you stay under for so long, Maya?" he asked in awe.
"I guess it's all that waterfall training. Ypu have to stay underneath for a very long time, and breathing is no easy task there. You get used to it, I guess," she replied with a shrug.
Then, Phoenix saw a man in magenta swimming shorts, arm linked with that of a woman with a light-blue bikini and hair. You can't mistake them. [i]Franziska… with Edgeworth?! Ha! Maya was wrong after all![/i]