The next day around noon Tracy heads to the pool. She walks into the girl's locker room. She changes into her old suit from the high school swim team. She closes her locker and leaves the room. Antonio and Kevin walk up to her. Kevin sees the word torpedo written on her towel.
"I guess that was your swimming nick name?" Kevin asks.
"Yes, it was given to me back in middle school." Tracy answers.
"What about the other girls on the team? Didn't they have nick names too?" Kevin asks.
Tracy answers yes. She tells him all the nick names for the rest of the team. Olivia was octo, Samantha was shark, Isabella was incara, Sophia was salmon, Amanda was aba, Faith was flounder, Alexis was adia, Brittany was bluegill, Crystal was catfish, Desiree was dolphin, Eva was eagle, Grace was gaff, Haly was herring, Jasmine was Jaguar, Kayla was katolo, Laura was lab, Molly was musky, Nadine was naloio, Phoebe was pike, Robin was rock bass, Victoria was vairone, Yasmine was yawning.
"Those nick names are kind of fishy aren't they?" Kevin asks.
"Yes, but when you live in a state surrounded by fresh water those where the only nick names we could think of." Tracy answers.
"So, what are you doing here anyway?" Kevin asks.
"I thought I would do a few laps just to see if I'm still as fast as I was before." Tracy answers.
Kevin coach walks up to them. This man has large brown eyes that are like two tiger-eye gems. His silky, curly, brown hair is very tall and has an angular build and china white skin.
"Tracy, this is my swim coach Brody." Kevin says.
"It's nice to meet you," Tracy says.
Brody says the same thing and he offers to time her. Tracy walks over to the starting block and waits for Brody to say go. When he does she leaps into the pools and does the butterfly. Tracy's old swim team walks in and goes over to the bleachers. They watch Tracy swimming laps. When Tracy is done she gets out of the pool.
"How did I do?" Tracy asks.
"28.8 seconds," Brody answers.
"I'll take that but I thought I was fast than that." Tracy says.
"Tracy, how long has it been since you have been in the pool?" Kevin says.
"Year and a half," Tracy says.
"Well if that's true that time is really good." Brody says.
Tracy's lap times are as fallows backstroke 25.6 seconds, Freestyle was 26.5 seconds breaststroke was 27.3 seconds. Tracy was happy with those times. Tracy decides to do the butterfly again. Tracy didn't know that on the other side of the pool. Lauri Acosta (has round chestnut brown eyes, silky, straight, alabaster hair is tall and has graceful build and dark skin.) One of the girls that she used to compete against is up to no good. She puts a swim wait near the edge of the pool right at the spot where Tracy's foot would be when she turned. Antonio and Kevin see the girl walking out side. Antonio goes over to confront her. Kevin tries to warn Tracy but it was too late. Tracy gets to the other side a few seconds later. She does a flip to turn. When she pushes off her right foot gets caught on the rope. The weight falls down into the water and drags Tracy down too. Grace (She has hooded brown eyes that are like two patches of dried blood, luxurious, curly, black , is very short and has a graceful build and deeply-tanned skin.) Desiree (She has large hazel eyes, silky, wavy, blonde hair, is very tall and has a lithe build and china-white skin.) They are sitting in the bleachers. They get up and go to help their former teammate. They jump into the water. They swim down to Tracy. When they get Tracy has passed out because she wasn't able to get a good breathe before the weight dragged her under water. Grace unties the rope from the weight. They both watch Tracy float back up to the surface. They follow her. Jasmine (has deep-set blue eyes that are like two windows on the afternoon sky. Her hair is neck-length thick, straight, rust-colored. She has an hourglass build and light-colored skin.) She swims up on a rescue board, Grace puts Tracy onto it. They push the board over to the edge of the pool. Kevin takes Tracy off the board and lies her down on the floor next to the pool.
They get out of the pool and walk over to Tracy. Jasmine and Grace look over at Desiree and can see that she worried. They put their hand on her shoulder.
"Grace, do you think that she is going to be ok?" Desiree asks
"Don't worry dolphin she is going to be fine. Tracy is strong she is not going to let this stop her." Grace answers.
"Yeah Desiree, Grace is right. Tracy is going to fine." Jasmine says.
A few seconds later they hear the sound of coughing. They look over towards Tracy and see her starting to wake up and cough the pool water out of her lungs.
"See I told you," Jasmine says.
Grace goes over to Tracy. Tracy's vision is slowly starting to come back. She sees Grace's face a few seconds later.
"Grace is that really you?" Tracy asks.
"Yes it's me torpedo the one and only gaff." Grace answers.
Grace helps Tracy sit up. She gives her a big hug. It helps Tracy clear the rest of the pool water from her lungs. Jasmine and Desiree walk over too.
"Grace, I know you are happy that she is ok but she needs to breath." Jasmine says.
"Yeah, if you don't let he go soon she might pass out again." Desiree says.
Grace lets Tracy go and helps her stand up.
"Dolphin, Jaguar what are you guys doing here?" Tracy asks
"Is it so wrong for us not to check up on a friend?" Jasmine asks.
"No I guess not but you could have called me you know." Tracy says.
"Sorry we wanted to surprise you." Jasmine says.
Tracy just shakes her head and smiles.
"You know the coach Sheppard was thinking about getting the whole team together to do a benefit race for charity." Desiree says.
"That sounds cool but what's the charity?" Tracy asks.
"The coach was thinking about raising money for the local animal shelter." Desiree answers.
"I have a better question. Where is coach Sheppard, anyway?" Tracy asks.
A few seconds later coach Sheppard walks up. She reminds Kevin of a noble eagle. Her eyes are the color of turquoises. Her luxurious, straight, chestnut hair is worn in a style that reminds you of the rays of the sun. She is tall and has an athletic build. Her skin is tanned.
"Hello Tracy, it's nice to see you again." coach Sheppard says.
"It's nice to see you too coach," Tracy says.
"Since Desiree told you about the race. Are you up for it?" coach Sheppard asks.
"It depends when is the race?" Tracy asks
"Three weeks from today." coach Sheppard answers.
"I don't know coach. That is the same day that I start college." Tracy says.
"What time does your class end?" Jasmine asks.
"I have two classes. My second class gets out at 3: 52." Tracy answers.
"How far away to you live from campus anyway?" Jasmine asks.
"The apartment is an hour away." Tracy says.
"Well the race doesn't start till 7:00. You could always just meet us here afterwards." coach Sheppard says.
"I guess that could work." Tracy says.
"Good, so who was that cute guy that left to confront Lauri?" Jasmine asks.
"That would be my fiancé Antonio." Tracy says.
The girls gasp in shock. Coach Sheppard congratulates her. Tracy thanks her former coach. Tracy gets to her feet. She tells them that she would be right back. Tracy walks out the door and sees Antonio talking with the girl who set that trap.
"Why did you try to hurt my fiancée?" Antonio asks.
"Well I never thought Tracy would even have any interest finding another guy after what her last boyfriend did to her. I didn't want her to compete in the race on in a few weeks." Lauri answers.
"Lauri, you know that this race is for charity." Tracy says.
Antonio turns around and sees Tracy. Lauri is surprised to see Tracy. Tracy walks over to Antonio.
"Do you know that the winning team gets to deliver the check and gets their picture on the front page of the paper?" Lauri asks.
"No", Tracy answers.
"Why can't you just do the right thing and just compete fair and square." Antonio says.
"Lauri never played fair. I'm surprised that your old coach even called you back for this." Tracy says.
Lauri got upset and charges in towards Tracy. She tackles her to the ground. Lauri punches her several times. A few of Lauri's team mates rush in. Jacklyn Chang has deep-set violet eyes and fine, straight, night-black hair. She is very short and has a wide-hipped build and her skin is deeply-tanned. Janine Vargas has hooded blue eyes and silky, straight, brown hair. She is short and has a leggy build and her skin is light-colored. Beulah Rivers has almond-shaped eyes the color of fine silver and thick, straight, chestnut hair is waist-length. She is short and has a feminine build and her skin is tanned. They pull Lauri off Tracy.
"Lauri, what is wrong with you?" Janine asks.
"She called me a cheater." Lauri answers.
"I hate to say this Lauri but she is right coach Mendez did catch you cheating on more than one occasion." Jacklyn says.
Tracy gets to her feet. Jacklyn and Janine apologize to Tracy for Lauri's actions. Tracy shakes it off by saying that she should be the one apologizing. She shouldn't have said what she did.
"You were just being honest with Lauri. I admire that you had the courage to say that. No one on our entire team had the guts to do that." Jacklyn says.
Jacklyn, Lauri, and Janine turn around and see Coach Mendez walking up. (This noble lady has narrow eyes the color of blueberries and luxurious, straight, white hair. She is very short and has a wide-hipped build and her skin is cream-colored.) Coach Mendez can see that Lauri is upset. She tells the girls to take Lauri outside so she can cool off. They nod and lead Lauri back outside. Coach Mendez walks over to Tracy and sees her black eye, several cuts and bruises on her face, and her fat lip.
"I'm so sorry about Lauri. I was sure that she had changed." Coach Mendez says.
"It's my fault for being honest with her." Tracy says.
Coach Mendez asks Tracy if it was ok if she would take a look at her injuries. Tracy nods and the three of them head to the office. Tracy sits down in the chair behind the desk. Coach Mendez takes a first aid kit out of her bag. She sets it on the desk it takes her a few minutes to finish cleaning up Lauri's handy work. Tracy thanks her for her help.
"You're welcome, so who is your new boyfriend?" Coach Mendez asks.
Tracy introduces Coach Mendez to Antonio. They talk for a while. When they finish a few minutes later they leave the office. Tracy goes back to the locker room to change. Antonio goes back to meet up with Kevin. Coach Mendez goes to talk with Jacklyn, Lauri, and Janine. Antonio walks back in the room over to Kevin. After Antonio introduces himself to coach Sheppard, and the girls, they talk for a bit until Tracy walks up to them. Grace sees what Lauri did to her.
"Tracy, what happened?" Kevin asks.
"I was just being honest with Lauri. Then she went all medieval on me." Tracy answers.
"That girl sounds kind of mean." Kevin says.
"Lauri was always like that she hasn't changed." Desiree says.
Tracy nods and says good-bye to everyone. Then she and Antonio leave to head back to the apartment. Tracy hands him the keys. They get into the car and drive away.