Arthur was talking with Kiku when I walked onto the pool deck. Ignoring them, I waked over to the pool and finished putting on my goggles. Then, taking advantage of the fact Mrs. Kirkland wasn't paying attention to me, I dived in. Quite forbidden for warm-up.

When I finished a 50, she was glaring at all of us in the pool.

"Who dived?" she asked. 'You all know you can't dive in for warm-up."

"Wasn't me."

"Not me."

"Who cares, Mom. It happens all the time."

She looked at the one who said it. It was Arthur.

"Oh? What makes you say that?"

"Every time you don't pay attention to those spoiled brats, they dive in. So technically every person in the pool has dived in at least once for warm-up."

She arched one eyebrow. Then she appeared to be deep in thought.

"Continue with your warm-up."

We did. Eventually Kiku joined us. I asked him what the conversation with Arthur had been about.

"He asked me out."

"Wow. He must like you."

"Nah," he said, looking bored. "It's most likely a one-night stand. There's no way he's interested."

I shot him a sad look. Before I could pester him some more, he put his ring finger to his lips.

"Shh, Yao-nii's coming."

I nodded. If Yao found out…well Arthur would cease to exist, to put it that way.

Mrs. Kirkland was now talking to Arthur. He kept looking at me. Great, he ratted out on me.

She then walked over and made us do the usual 4 50's.

"Alright then," she said after we finished. "I have your practice schedule planned out."

It consisted of 4 100 IM's, 4 100's Freestyle, and 4 100's our choice of stroke.*

When we finished, she was grinning wickedly.

"I want Kiku, Yao, Jack and Francis up on the blocks."

We all climbed out and chose a block.

"Everyone to lane 6."

After everyone had moved over there, she turned to us.

"Arthur came up with this," she explained. "So you can thank him later."

"Merci beacoup," I sarcastically said, and the team laughed.

"Thank you, Francis, for volunteering," he said, walking over.

"Huh?" When did I volunteer?

He looked at the other three and grinned. "Watch, for you'll be doing something similar."

They all nodded. Jack glared at him, but that was about it.

"Okay, what you're going to do right now is a 200 IM, and quickly. If I feel you didn't do it fast enough, then you'll do it again, after a 3 minute break or so. Understood, darling?"

I glared at him and nodded. Then I fixed my goggles.

The whistle blew. I got up on it.

"On your mark." I bent down into position.

Beep. I dived into the pool.

I rapidly dolphin-kicked under the water. Once I surfaced, I began doing the butterfly. When I reached the other wall, I touched it with both hands and went under the water again. I dolphin kicked and did the butterfly back to the wall with the blocks. I touched it with both hands and pushed off on my back. I quickly swam to the opposite wall, flipped, and pushed off once more on my back. When I touched the wall with the blocks, I pushed off, did the pull-down for breaststroke and when I surfaced, I did the actual stroke. Once more I touched the wall with both hands and breaststroked back to the wall with the blocks. By this time, I was pretty tired, but was determined not to give anyone the satisfaction of seeing me fail. After breaststroke, it's freestyle. Using the last of my energy, I quickly swam to the wall, flipped and went back. **

When I touched the wall, everyone cheered. I pulled off my goggles and grinned at Arthur, who appeared to be in a daze. He returned the smile.

"Yao, you're next."

After Yao finished, it was Jack, then Kiku. After wards, everyone was tortured differently.

And finally, practice was over.

Kiku and Arthur left together. Apparently the date was today.

Was I jealous?

AN: Wow. Another chapter in one night? Awesome!

As Francis so kindly stated, it isn't okay to dive in for warm-up. We get scolded for that all the time XD

* - Your choice of stroke just refers to pick your stroke. You can pick from freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and/or breaststroke.

** - This huge paragraph explains (as best as I could) the 200 IM. "IM" stands for Individual Medley. It consists (in order) of: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. JV (Junior Varsity) does the 100 IM. A 25 or 1 lap of each stroke. The Varsity people do the 200 IM. Since Francis is in Varsity, it explains why he gets it. Each stroke gets a 50, or 2 laps.

Yes, Francis, you're jelly! XD Wonder if Kiku and Arthur will stay together? AsaKiku fans, keep your fingers crossed!

Ugh, I'm so tired. And I have to rest up for Friday's Splash Swim Meet Finals. I am in the finals for the 50 Free (2 laps in freestyle) and 50 Back (2 laps of backstroke). Wish meh luck!

Au revoir, everyone, and good night!