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Tessa ate her breakfast in silence. That was, until, Jessamine hissed "Tessa," sounding rather annoyed.

"Wai- What?" said Tessa, awfully confused. Jessamine rolled her eyes and released a sigh from her lungs.

"Shopping. You and me, London? What do you say? I could show you around," said Jessamine.

"I think that'd be a great idea," piped Nate giving Tessa a smile and then flashing it to Jessamine which seemed to go unnoticed by Jessie.

"Ooo, can I come?" asked Cecily jumping out of her seat with excitement. Will's milk went flying onto his shirt and face, but this didn't faze Cecily. "We can go to Topshop, H&M, and, aaahhh," Cecily screeched. "We can get our hair done!"

"I guess," Jessamine with a doubtful face.

Cecily looked over at Sophie with a smile. "You should come too, Sophie!" she said.

"I don't know," said Sophie looking at her breakfast.

"Oh come on, it'll be fun!" cried Cecily. Sophie still didn't look too pleased.

"Oh Alright, as long as we're back before five. I have to help set up Arabelle's room," Sophie said while rolling her eyes.

After breakfast, Tessa needed to grab her bag and some money. Cecily came with followed after. "Can I come in?" she asked.

"Sure," said Tessa, "as long as you don't plant any drugs anywhere." Cecily snorted at this. Suddenly, Cecily's eyes went wide. Tessa followed her line of vision to her desk with all the books on top of it.

"Cach!" exclaimed Cecily.

Tessa looked at her with eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What language was that and what in the world were you saying?"

"It's Welsh," replied Cecily, "and that word is a naughty word that my brother would scold me for saying. Let's leave it at that."

Tessa walked to the closet to get her bag and some money. "Where'd you learn to speak Welsh?" inquired Tessa.

"Will and I learned it when we were younger. We grew up near Cadair Idris in Wales. Kind of ironic that we go to school called Idris, huh?" Cecily said.

Tessa nodded her head and put the money in her bag. "Ready to go?" said Tessa making her way out the door. Cecily followed after and Tessa closed the door.

The girls walked back through the dorm doors at 4:30. Tessa had enjoyed the shopping. She got a new black leather jacket. She also got a new pair of white shorts that were somewhat high-waisted. She even got a haircut!

"Do you guys want to go for a swim?" asked Cecily, breaking the silence. Tessa hadn't swam since Wednesday. She needed desperately to get back into the water. The chlorine smell that always seemed to be wafting off of her body was seeming to disappear, which was a bad sign.

"Sure, I'll go," said Tessa.

"Well, I obviously can't," said Sophie, "Speaking of which, I should probably go anyways. See you tonight!" Sophie walked gracefully to the stairs and went up them, disappearing after the sixth step.

"I don't really want to go. I'm kind of tired," Jessamine responded. The way Jessamine wrinkled her nose and contorted her mouth into an almost look-of-disgust frown made Tessa think that she was kind of whiny.

"Alright then," Cecily said, "Ready to go Tessa?" Tessa nodded and followed Cecily up the stairs.

Cecily told her to meet at room 417, which Tessa presumed to be her room. Tessa swung open the door to her own room first and walked quickly to the closet. She searched for a bit before she found her favorite suit. It was A blueish-green Speedo racerback with blue straps. She stripped from her clothes and pulled it on. She had to adjust it so that the tag wouldn't stick out the side like it had many times before.

Tessa pulled on a gray sweatshirt with University of Iowa Swimming & Diving in gold lettering across the top. She grabbed a towel and flung it onto the bed and brought out the flip-flops that sat on the floor of the closet and slipped them onto her feet. She grabbed the towel once again and strode out the door.

Will was just coming out of his room with Jem by his side. Jem noticed Tessa first. "Hi, Tessa. Was shopping fun?"

When Jem said her name, Will glanced in her direction. "Yes, it was. Thanks, Jem." Jem smiled his pleasant smile and began to walk by her with Will.

"Tonight," whispered Will looking like Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense. This earned him a smack from Jem as he chuckled. Will waved goodbye to Tessa and Jem smiled at her as they walked towards the stairs.

Tessa walked to the room number Cecily gave her and knocked on the door. "Just a second," shouted someone inside, presumably Cecily. Cecily stepped out of the room a moment later with a dark blue suit on. "Ready?" said Cecily. Tessa affirmed and they walked towards the stairs.

A moment passed and Tessa broke the silence sitting between her and Cecily. "So you're from Wales. What do your parents do?"

"Hmm, my dad's a businessman, travels a lot, and my mother is a homemaker," said Cecily. Tessa was burning with more questions to ask.

"What company does your father work for?" said Tessa as they reached the bottom floor.

"He owns his own. It runs out of London, primarily. That's why he's gone so much. He works with stocks and all that," said Cecily waving her hand in a no-big-deal gesture. They arrived at the pool and went inside. There were a few people there. Gideon and Gabriel seemed to just be finishing a workout.

They stalked out of the pool soaking wet. Cecily seemed to blush a bit before, but once she saw that they were wearing speedos, Tessa saw her cheeks go from slightly pink to a more rosy color. That's rather strange, thought Tessa, you'd think she had seen a boy in a speedo before.

Gabriel seemed to notice them before Gideon did. Gabriel waved at them and cupped his hands over his mouth. "The water's freezing," he yelled, "have fun." He smiled at them and Cecily's cheeks went even darker.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for the super late update! I got really busy last week with my own swim practices and Finals, but they're over now. On top of all that, my internet was whacked up until this morning. What did you guys think? A note on the Welsh swearing: I'm not really sure if that's how you spell it, but I've heard my great-grandma say it that way too many times. I'm almost positive it means shit. My family is Welsh and I even have a sister named Cecily :) . Before I get any questions about this, yes, I am from Iowa City and yes, I do have an Iowa Hawkeye fetish, so if that offends anybody GTFO! (Not really, I love you anyway :P ) Expect the next update around Thursday or Friday! Don't forget to R&R guys!

THANKS ~Calliope