The smell of food roused Marcy from her sound sleep.
She looked around and blinked. She remembered falling asleep in the library.
"Well, look who finally decided to wake up, man kid, you sleep like a rock! Wish I could sleep that way." A large Red blur said.
"What time is it?" Marcy asked sitting up, a blanket falling back from her shoulders. Marcy noticed that some one had moved her from the chair to the nearby couch while she was sleeping.
"Time for you to get up and get ready." Was his reply "You start practice with Abe in half an hour."
"Practice?" Marcy asked with a yawn
"Swimming" Pr.Broom said coming down the spiral stair case
"But I know how to swim" Marcy said getting up and stumbling to her room which was thankfully three doors down from the library. She pulled her pajamas off and pulled on the solid black bathing suit she had been issued a week after she got there, then rummaged through a box of things until she found what she was looking for a black draw string bag and a smaller box. She opened the box and sighed sadly at its contents as one by one she took them out and unwrapped them. She laid every thing out on the floor and looked at the collection of medals, trophies, and many ribbons.
"You get those for science fair or spelling competition or something?" a voice asked from the doorway.
"Swimming. I used to be the best in the tri-state area, but that was a long, long time ago and it's never going to be that way again." Marcy said gathering up the medals and ribbons and tossing them in the box then setting the trophies on top and closing the box and shoving it back in the closet and grabbing the bag and heading back to the library.
"Where do I go for practice?" Marcy asked Pr.Broom.
"Upstairs in the larger tank area, third door on your left." Pr.Broom said without looking up from his book.
"Thank you Pr.Broom" Marcy said as she climbed the stairs to the second floor and into the tank room.
"Ready?" A voice asked from below her
"Whoa! God Abe, scare the hell out of me why don't you!" Marcy said falling back on her rump she glares at him as she gets up
"Sorry, ready to begin?" Abe asks
"Yeah, yeah keep your shorts on" Marcy grumbles pulling her hair back then steps to the edge takes a deep breath takes a divers stance and with expert form dives in and without even glancing at Abe she dives back under the water and swims to the other side of the large tank comes up for a breath and with one fluid movement disappears back into the water and back to the other side.