My First Swim Short Story

Quickly, as my parents woke me up at 6:00 am, I put on my team bathing suit and my pjs on top, ready to start my first swim meet. My parents were doing almost all the work to get ready that morning. They were getting my brother and I awake, filling up coffee for themselves, and packing up the car with different things. Suchas chairs, money, and food. The place was so crowded, and I was not used to all the crazy stuff as much as I am now. Because now i've been going to swim meets for three years, once a month.

When we got there, my family and I had no idea where to go. So we asked some people who have been there before, and they told us where to go. Just like the first time I go anywhere else.

When I got to the gym, I saw my teammates and sat down with them. I got out all my stuff, and started talking to my friends.

¨Hi, Chloe. Is this your first meet?¨ My friend Emma asked. ¨Yes,¨ I answered. ¨You should probably talk to the coaches then,¨she said. So I went to talk to my coaches. ¨Oh, hi there. You can go sit down and we will start in just a moment,¨ my coach said to me when she saw me. Then, my whole team went to the pool at the same time. We lined up just behind the water. Is this really what a meet is like? I wondered. I was so confused. Then, we jumped in the pool one by one. We each did six laps of freestyle. But the coach never said, ¨Take your mark. Go,¨ like she always does. We didn't jump of the block. And no other teams were doing the same things as us. I figured this was practice.

After a little while, I knew It was practice. Then we practiced sprints. I was already very tired. When were we ever going to race?

Finally, practice was over, we all went back to the gym.

The first race came. The lady who brought us too the pool asked,¨Are you excited?¨ The girl sitting next to me said yes. But I said