She's Straight
Laura sat at the side of her bag, taking out her juice and her phone to listen to music before her next race.
Carmilla watches the tiny blonde from across the pool when her coach comes behind her noticing Carmilla had been staring at the girl for a while now. "Pretty isn't she?" Perry says.
"Perry!" Carmilla replies "she's probably straight"
Before she turns away she says "never stopped you before" Carmilla sighs
On the other side of the pool Laura was thinking the same thing. She went to check on her next event walking over to the sheets her coaches had stuck on the wall in their area. Betty came up behind her and made her jump. "You shouldn't do that you scared me" Laura said as she caught her breath back.
Betty dismissed Laura comment and asks "what's wrong, Laura?"
"Nothing, I'm fine" she replies
"No you're not you don't have your usual cheery smile" Betty says
"Fine, there is something wrong" Laura pauses for a moment before continuing "she's straight" Laura sighs pointing to Carmilla who is now talking to her brother will.
"And how can you be so sure of that?" Betty replies
"Because all swimmers are straight" Laura answers getting frustrated with her friend and going to get her goggles from her bag and heading round for her second event of the morning.
Laura was saddened by the fact her and Carmilla didn't have another event together for the morning. Her next event being 100m breaststroke which was by far her best which she wanted to qualify for nationals in.
Once laura finished she looked up at the screen. She missed it, she missed the qualifying time. A frown started to form on her lips as she met her coach. The chubby man called Danny congratulates her on a personal best knowing she missed her qualification time and reassures her about the 50m breaststroke later in the day.
Carmilla was exiting the pool just after her final event when she sees Laura crying as her heads into the changing room. Carmilla changes direction almost instantly and follows Laura. Perry watching from afar smiling.
Carmilla enters the changing room only to find, laura crying in the corner and wanders over to the and sits on the bench beside her. "What's wrong cutie?" Carmilla asks before she feels Laura launch herself onto her and mumble something into her chest.
"I can't help if I don't know what you said Laura". Laura raises her head from Carmilla's chest before answering the brunette.
"I missed my time I didn't qualify for nationals" Laura says in a shaky voice.
"It's ok, you still have this afternoon" Carmilla says reassuring Laura whilst wrapping her arms around the crying girl who stays there for a while before breaking away.
They enter the poolside and Laura sits on the benches for her final event of the morning Carmilla giving her a final hug and wishing her luck before getting her bag.
Perry congratulates her on her qualification for nationals on her 100m butterfly along with Will, Kirsh and Laf (the boys coach and Perry's partner). Carmilla was now done for the morning and headed for the changing rooms.