Okay, so I'm going to mix in some interactions of the girls with dates.
Also, I was wondering, do any of you guys want me to do Emmaline's POV?
Thanks to Alia Sharma, HestiaAbnegation11, Dolphinsplash12, and 4Love4Love for being totally amazing reviewers!
Grace's POV
Grace opened the door to the women's room to see most of the girls where they were earlier, getting to know most of the other girls better. When she opened the door, everyone looked up. Anastasia walked over.
"Where were you?" She asked Grace. Grace looked around.
"I was on a date." She admitted quietly. Anastasia squealed.
"That's great! What did you do?" She exclaimed. Some of the girls were looking at her again, curious.
"We went to the archery range and shot a few rounds." Grace said, omitting the part about dumping the water with many of the girls clearly listening to what she was saying.
"What did you talk about?" Lilly asked. Grace was saved from answering when Silvia came in.
"Ladies, for those of you who'd like to use the gym for the Selected, you may do so now." She said. Grace stood up, eager not to have to answer questions about the date.
Riley's POV
Riley watched as Grace exited, saved from the questioning girls, along with Sally and Summer, who from talking to, Riley knew was a swimmer. Riley looked at all the girls, and watched as Imogen got up as well. Riley went to one of the chairs in a corner, and then stood back up. She hadn't gone running since her last diplomatic mission, and even though it was on a treadmill, she still loved running. She stood up, trailing behind the other girls.
She stopped by her room, grabbing shorts and a running shirt, and then headed down to where they'd been shown the gym was with her clothes.
When she got to it, she opened the door, stepped inside, and was immediately amazed. There was a large collection of various machines, as well as courts for different sports, a pool, a dance studio, and gymnastics equipment. There was a sign pointing to the changing rooms, which Riley followed.
The changing rooms were almost equally impressive. There were shower cubicles and changing cubicles, and couches for some reason, and hair dryers and bathrooms. She changed quickly, and then headed back out to the machines, where she found Imogen on a treadmill. She herself got one, and started running, putting in earbuds, and started running, the pounding of her feet against the track, and the music in her ears.
She ran, the fatigue starting to slowly starting to creep up her legs. She looked at the display on the treadmill and saw she'd been running for about 25 minutes. Not amazing, but enough. She turned it down so that she was walking, and walked for a few minutes before turning it off. She went back to the changing rooms, looking at the showers. She saw the large array of products, and decided to take a shower. She smelled, and a shower couldn't hurt.
After showering, she blow-dryed her hair, and re-applied makeup. Then she headed back to the women's room, where she saw most of the girls except those still in the gym. She walked into the crowd of girls, wanting to get to know some better.
Summer's POV
Summer walked up to her room with Grace, one of the other girls who'd left to go to the gym. Her maids gave her a practice suit, and she grabbed one of her favorite swim caps-a purple, blue, and black splatter patterned one on white. She left her room with them to run into Grace, who was also leaving her room.
"I'm Summer." She said as they walked alongside each other.
"I'm Grace." Said Grace.
"What do you do?" She asked, gesturing at what Grace was carrying.
"Um, I do some dance and gymnastics. You?" She said.
"I swim." Summer said. Grace nodded. They arrived at the door to the gym, and they went in to the changing rooms. Summer changed into her suit, and then went out to the pool. She dived in, and started swimming, with a 400 yard freestyle warm-up, followed by a 300-yard backstroke, 200-yard butterfly, 400-yard breaststroke, and 200-yard kick. Once that was done, she started doing her 3200 meter work out.
Once she'd finished that, she got out of the pool and retrieved the sports top and shorts her maids had also given her. Feeling somewhat lazy, she simply put them on over her swimsuit, and hopped on the treadmill among the exercise machines, where she spotted Imogen working on the elliptical.
Once she'd done a twenty-minute run, she went over to the weights. She lifted them for a little, and, looking at the clock, she realized her workout was up. She put the weights back, and went back to the changing room.
Grace's POV
Grace looked in awe at the dance studio. She hadn't seen one for years at this point. Earlier, she'd looked at the gymnastics equipment, and been thoroughly impressed, but decided to do some dance first. The speakers were of extremely high quality, and there were mirrors on three sides of the room, and windows on the fourth. Her maids had given her a simple dark blue cap sleeved leotard, as well as some sports capri leggings. She looked around the room, and sat down in the middle of the floor unceremoniously, and put her shoes on, taking care to tape her toes first.
Once her shoes were on, she danced for a while. The mirrors were incredibly helpful, helping her correct things she hadn't been able to see for years. Finally, she sat back down, taking her shoes off. She looked longingly at the gymnastics equipment, but felt the pain in her feet, and skipped it.
Anastasia's POV
Anastasia headed back up to her room. She'd talked with most of the girls, and most of them seemed pretty nice. She was thinking of maybe grabbing something like a book down to the women's room, because it could get a little boring. She opened the door to her room, and her maids looked up. Her head maid, Ivory, stood up, holding something out to Anastasia.
"Lady-I mean Anastasia, another maid brought this by for you." She said. It appeared to be an envelope. Anna took it from Ivory, and opened it, sitting on the ground so that her maids could read over her shoulder if they wanted to. They all looked over her shoulder, wanting to know what was inside. Anna pulled out the sheet of paper and unfolded the tri-fold.
Lady Anastasia-
I was wondering whether you would
like to go on a date with me to the movie
theater after dinner?
-Noah
Her maids squealed.
"Oh that's great!" squealed Lacey.
"We have a perfect dress for that." Said Lucy, usually neutral on most things, excited. Ivory ran to the closet, and pulled out a pale pink dress from her closet, with some silver beading.
"It's beautiful." She said. Her maids smiled.
Okay, so there's that chapter. I know it's not some of my best work, so sorry about that. But at least there's a chapter? I dunno.
Alia Sharma-Thanks!
Dolphinsplash12-Thanks! Archery is fun, and so is fall. Although it rains a LOT here in the fall...
HestiaAbnegation11-Fall is pretty but it's really rainy here in the fall
4Love4Love-Thanks! And yes, 7th grade girl. And I'm going to mix in some interactions w/the dates.
RQOTD-What stereotype (not plural, try to decide) do you hate most?
That girls aren't as smart as guys and are weak.
I mean, seriously. Where did that come from? I hate this stereotype. It's completely inaccurate. I'm probably smarter AND tougher than most of my male classmates.
