Shinigami-cat: NEXT CHAPTER! And like always... I OWN NOTHING!

Project: Swim meet

It all started early one morning with a phone call. Francis sighed and answered it. "Hello? Oh hi Land lady. Yes. Okay. Thank you. We'll see you later."

"What did she want?" Growled Gilbert. "Does she want us to travel to some far off land somewhere?"

Francis shrugged and sat back down at the table. "It was no big deal. She was just reminding us to go to the swim meet."

"Ve? Is that today?" Asked Feliciano.

Gilbert frowned. "We have to go to get extra credit right?"

"You tell me." Said Roderich. "Who failed their History exam?"

"Shut up."

Matthew happened to hear about the swim meet. He was now freaking out. "Swim meet? I can't... A swim meet! I... I can't... Not in front of all those people... I have too... I..."

"Bring me my pancakes Matthew." Snapped Gilbert.

Suddenly Matthew got an idea. He grabbed his stomach and screamed as he fell to his knees. "AHHHH! My stomach! The pain! THE PAIN! Fells like I swallowed a razor blade! OH GOD NO! I FEEL LIKE I'M GING TO DIE! AHHHHHH!"

Feliciano ran towards Matthew. "Are you okay? Maybe you should stay home or go to a hospital?"

Gilbert chuckled darkly and held Sally. "Oh really?" He tossed Sally up in the air. "Are you sure?" He caught Sally and tossed her again. Suddenly Matthew jumped to his feet and launched himself at Sally. He caught her and did a barrel roll. "See? You aren't sick." Said Gilbert.

Matthew gasped. His cover was blown. But he had another idea. Earlier that morning he decided to have a bath but he had other things to do so the bath water would have to be freezing by now.

He ran to the bathroom and jumped into the water with his clothes on. Afterwards he ran into the lounge room and turned the air con down to below zero and aimed it so he would get the full blast. "Just... a... a... few... m... more minutes." He shivered.

Gilbert rolled his eyes, turned the heater up full blast and blasted Matthew with two hair dryers. "Don't even think you can get out of it by catching a cold."

Francis opened a window and sighed. "It's boiling hot outside too."

"Just the kind of weather that makes you want to jump into a pool." Said Roderich.

Matthew hissed and tried to run away, but Gilbert tackled him to the ground and tied him up. "You aren't getting away so easily Birdie."

XoXoXo at school oXoXoX

The boys were standing outside the school stunned. "Ve... why are there so many scalpers outside the school?"

"Tickets! Get your tickets!"

"Only $1,000 for a front row seat."

"$800 for a third row seat."

"What the hell are they talking about?" Asked Francis.

"Roderich Edelstine, Francis Bonnefoy, Feliciano Vargas and Gilbert Beilschmidt. You won't get a chance to see all four of them together again!"

"They're talking about us?" Asked Roderich in disbelief.

A teacher stormed out towards the scalpers. "What the heck do you think you're doing?" He yelled. "This is just a swim meet for crying out loud! I'm calling the police!"

The principle sighed. "Maybe I'll take one of those third row seats..."

"Mr Principle!"

Gilbert sighed. "Well... maybe we should just ditch this and go home..."

"Seems like too much of a hassle." Said Francis.

"Ve, if we go home now I can make some homemade gelato." Said Feliciano.

Roderich shook his head. "You guys are in no position to say that. If I remember correctly you three almost failed your midterms. This could be the only chance you guys have to improve your grades."

"We can't let them flunk us!" Said Gilbert.

"Yeah!" Cried Feliciano and Francis.

"But I don't have to worry about that." Said Roderich. "Because I never skip classes."

While the boys were pumping themselves up Matthew was thinking things over. "Well... I did okay on my midterms so I can skip this."

Gilbert growled, pulled on the rope and started to drag him to the change rooms. "You did okay? Didn't you get a three on your maths test?"

"I hate multiplication, subtraction, addition and division." Muttered Matthew. "Why does maths have to be so hard?"

Gilbert rolled his eyes. "If you flunk who knows how high the rent will go. Now it's time for you to get changed you little brat."

"I'm not going in there." Hissed Matthew.

"Like hell you aren't." Said Gilbert as he pulled the door open... only to come face to face with a bunch of girls... in their underwear... getting changed into their sim suits... and they were all looking at Gilbert. Gilbert slowly closed the door. "Sorry..."

"I told you I wouldn't go in there." Said Matthew.

"Shut up!" Snapped Gilbert. "You could have at least told me I dragged you to the wrong change room!"

"I thought I made that clear when I said that I wasn't going in there."

"You are freaking impossible!" Cried Gilbert.

"What the hell are you doing here Gilbert you freaking pervert?" Snapped Elizaveta. She was wearing a pretty purple summer dress.

Gilbert rolled his eyes and passed Elizaveta the rope that Matthew was tied to. "Watch him and make sure he doesn't run away. We're getting him into a swim suit whether he likes it or not. Be back in a second. I'm going to get changed."

Liz nodded. "Okay later Gilbert. So how are you Matthew?"

"This stupid rope is giving me rope burn."

"I'll fix that." Said Liz. She quickly undid the rope and let it fall to the floor.

"Come on Liz hurry up and get changed!" Cried a girl. You're swimming second remember?"

"Go ahead." Said Matthew. "I won't run away. I promise."

Elizaveta beamed. "Okay Matthew. Let's make sure we don't flunk this year, okay?"

XoXoXo ten minutes later oXoXoX

Everyone was getting to their seats and preparing for the awesome swim meet.

"We're checking for cameras. Please have your bags open and ready..."

"Get your merchandise here. Programs for $3 each..."

Eventually everyone was in their seats. The whole place was packed. The speakers turned on and the commentator (slasher360 *see chapter 2*) began to speak. "What a crowd! Can you believe that they cancelled classes for the whole school? Okay everyone, its go time! Security guards are you ready? Paramedics are you ready?"

Suddenly the theme song from 'Pirates of the Caribbean' started to play, and the four hot shirtless guys walked out of the change rooms. The whole crowd developed spontaneous nose bleeds.

"Get the stretcher! Paramedics we need a stretcher!"

Once the gym teacher had gotten over his own nose bleed he started to state the rules. "Okay everyone! Odds on this side, evens on that side. Everyone knows when their turn is right? All classes will compete against each other. The rules are as follows; each swimmer must swim 25m before touching the hand of the next swimmer. The top three swimmers from each class will get extra marks added to their final grades. Good luck."

Feliciano looked around. "Ve? Where's Matthew?"

"Oh, he's not here yet." Said a girl.

"Should we just skip over him for now?" Asked Francis.

"Yeah, let's skip him!" Said another girl.

"Introducing the first swimmer from class A..."

XoXoXo in the boys change room oXoXoX

Matthew was sitting in the boys change room with his head on his knees. "Maybe if I stay here long enough... I won't have to swim..."

XoXoXo back at the pool oXoXoX

Feliciano was in the middle of swimming his lap. The Feliciano fan girls were cheering and waving their signs. "Class D's Feliciano Vargas! Look at him go!" Said slasher360."He sure is fast! How can such a delicate body move with such power?"

Feliciano reached out to touch the hand of the next swimmer. "Ve, your turn!"

The girl blushed and gave Feliciano a towel as he jumped out of the pool. "Here you go Feliciano..."

Feliciano took the towel and smiled. "Ve, thanks... wait a second... get in there and swim!"

"Oh! A slow start to class D. Feliciano Vargas is in the lead but can he hold the lead?" Suddenly Roderich jumped into the pool and began to swim. "There gores Roderich Edelstine from class B! Look at Roderich go! He's more than just brains. He is the very image of the renaissance man!" Suddenly the Roderich fangirls began to throw confetti. "Hey no confetti! It'll clog the pool!"

Elizaveta sighed as she watched Roderich. 'Oh Roderich... He's so hot... I'm right after him too... just like during the freshman welcome ceremony... His name was right before mine and he sat down right in front of me... His hair was just a little longer than it is now... damn he's so hot...'

Roderich reached out. "Liz!" They touched hands for a brief moment. Their eyes locked... If you could take a picture of that moment right then and there it would have looked like it was from right out of a movie. Liz sighed and quickly put on her swimming cap and goggles.

"Elizaveta Héderváry is next, but he can barely pull her gaze away from Roderich. Let's see how fast this hottie can swim! She gets an A for style!"As soon as Elizaveta jumped into the water... she began to dog paddle.

"Ve? I thought he was a pro with those goggles and everything." Whispered Feliciano.

Roderich shrugged and put his glasses back on. "She says that she can't open her eyes underwater without them."

Suddenly the crowd started to throw flowers as Francis started his swim. "What an amazing reaction from the crowd! Well would you expect anything less from Francis Bonnefoy? Francis is amazingly fast... and sexy. Gorgeous! Gorgeous! And sexy!"

Francis got to the end of the pool and stretched out his arm. "Who's next...?"

There were at least eight girls waiting with their arms out starched. A guy rolled his eyes and pushed past them. "Damn it I'm next idiots!"

Francis got out of the pool and grabbed a towel. "So... where's Matthew?"

"Gilbert went to look for him." Said Roderich.

XoXoXo in the boys change room oXoXoX

Gilbert was standing in the change room with a towel around his shoulders. "You still haven't changed yet?" He growled.

Matthew glared at Gilbert. "Go away."

Gilbert rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall. "Stop sitting around making stupid excuses. You have no problem wearing your swim stuff at home."

"There's a big difference between being at home and being in front of all those people." Muttered Matthew.

"Oh shut up." Snapped Gilbert. "You've got arms that can punch like Tyson's and you can kick like Bruce Lee. You've got a body anyone could be proud of."

Matthew went bright red. "Shut up."

Gilbert sighed. "Listen... none of us are going to judge you by what you look like on the outside. So why do you care what a bunch of strangers think?"

"You have no idea what its like to be me."

Gilbert growled and pinned Matthew to the ground. "That's it! I'm going to make you ware it you little brat!"

"WHAT? LET ME GO! GET OFF ME!"

"SHUT UP!"

Francis opened the door and peeked inside with Roderich and Feliciano. "Has Matthew changed yet...?" The boy's eyes were wide. Gilbert was sitting on top of Matthew, he was pinning his hands above his head with one hand and pulling Matthew's shirt up over his head with the other.

Gilbert blushed and jumped off Matthew. "It's not what you think!"

Roderich sighed. "You know... If Matthew is really that uncomfortable about it maybe he shouldn't wear his swimmers... Maybe he should wear something else?"

Francis suddenly got an idea and opened up his change room locker. He pulled out something that looked like a large piece of black fabric. "Maybe he could wear this?"

"He can't wear that." Said Gilbert.

Francis pouted. "Why not?" Matthew took the black fabric thing out of Francis's hands and nodded. He was going to make it work.

XoXoXo back at the pool oXoXoX

"The top three swimmers are Roderich Edelstine, Francis Bonnefoy and Feliciano Vargas. The top three classes are class G in first place, E in second and H in third. So it looks like that even though they were the fastest swimmers their classes are among the slowest."

"Shut up." Snapped Feliciano, Roderich and Francis.

"Now will he set a new record? Will he carry class C to victory? It's all down to one man! Gilbert Beilschmidt!" The Gilbert fangirls spontaneously fainted at Gilbert's awesomeness. "They're falling like dominoes! Get the Paramedics!" Gilbert dived in and began to swim. "Look at Gilbert go! What speed! What speed! He's like a bat out of hell! Amazing! He passed the tree other swimmers putting class C in the lead! Gilbert moves to first place!"

He reached the end of the pool. "Next!" Suddenly the girl that was after him fainted.

"Oh no! She fainted! Gilbert will have to swim again!"

"What the hell?" Cried Gilbert. He started to splash pool water on her face. "Wake up damn it!"

"Hey Gilbert!" Called Feliciano. "Matthew still isn't here."

"Why should I care?" Snapped Gilbert. "My class is about to win!"

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that." Snapped Matthew. He was standing by the edge of the pool wrapped in a large white towel. He pulled it off to revile he was wearing a black scuba suit. The whole crowd burst into laughter.

Elizaveta beamed. "Aw so cute! I wish I remembered my camera."

"I can't believe that looks really good on him." Said Francis.

"True." Said Roderich. "But he sticks out like a sore thumb." Suddenly Matthew got tagged and he jumped in. The whole crowd gasped as Matthew flew through the water.

"And class G takes first place! Class G wins! Matthew Williams beat Gilbert's time putting him in first place!"

"That was awesome!" Said Gilbert.

"That was amazing Matthew!" Said Roderich.

"You just blitzed it!" Said Francis.

"Ve, how did you do it?" Asked Feliciano.

Matthew shrugged. "I'm really fast on the ice and water's just frozen ice... now I'm going to get changed, run home and pretend this never happened." With that Matthew ran to the boys change room.

"And our first place winner, Matthew Williams will be awarded with a $500 gift certificate to a steak house!"

Gilbert's eyes went wide. He ran over to the gym teacher. "Matthew isn't coming back! Give me the gift certificate!"

Roderich rolled his eyes. "He's such a child."

"Well that was fun." Said Francis.

"Ve, let's go home and swim in our pool!" Beamed Feliciano.

"Please give me the gift certificate!" Cried Gilbert.

To be continued maybe...

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