After Practice (OPEN)

[francesca]

Francesca had just finished her practice with the team and decided to take a dip herself. So, since she didn't swim for fun in her coach outfit, she had gone and changed in the shower room. After a few minutes, she stepped out in a pink bikini, her favorite suit. She then walked over to the pool, stepping over the wet concrete with her bare feet and stopping at the edge of the 12 ft section. Earlier she had taken out the lane dividers, so the pool was free for her usage.

She, then, closed her eyes and dived into the water. She swam through the water for a few seconds and then propped her head out of the water, her blonde hair strightened from the weight of the water. She opened her brown eyes and smiled. She loved the water so much, it was almost like her second home. She swam over to the edge and pushed herself out, her body dripping wet from the water.

She walked over to a large ladder and began to slowly climb up it. After she reached the top she slowly stepped out to the edge of the long, white board. She prepared to jump a couple of times, and then made a perfect dive. After several second under the water, she came back up and pushed her hair behind the back of her head. Soon, she heard footsteps coming from the nearby hallway, so she just swam up to the edge and called out, "Who's there?" Honestly, she kind of hoped it was a guy, it was kind of sickening to have been single or almost half a year now.

[mathew]

"When you think like a child
your imagination is free and
anything is possible."

Mathew walked down the hall toward the pool, He really didn't even know why he was there right now...
His jeans where dragging along the damp floor.
'Who's there?' He heard someone call, Thank goodness it didn't sound like one of the students, he was getting tired of hanging around with them.

He was wearing jeans and a black tshirt, not exactly swim wear.
But it would be nice to talk to someone closer to his age, or maybe just sit back and watch.
"It's just Matt" He said giving her a slight wave as he neared the edge of the pool.

He didn't look like a teacher with his dark brown and red hair hanging in his face, it often blocked a dark hazel eye that was normally lined with black eyeliner.

He glanced down at her, "Do you always swim alone?" He asked just dying for a conversation, But maybe she was one of those teachers who hated him, for the way he dressed and acted in front of his class.
I guess I'll figure out soon enough he thought to himself.

[francesca]

Thank God! she thought to herself as she heard the man's voice. It sounded familiar, but it obviously wasn't a student. As Mr. Connor stepped out, she smiled at him. Sure, he dressed a little weird, but he was a pretty nice guy. Not to mention that, in her mind, if he got rid of that make-up, he would probably be a pretty hot guy. Maybe I can get him to stop wearing it.

"Oh hey Matt!" she called out as he stepped into the area of viewing, "It's me Francesca." she said as she pulled a stray hair out and put it behind her ear. She had heard a few rumors going around about how he acted in front of his class, but she pulled off a fake act around them all the time, maybe he did too. "Nope, actually I haven't swam in a while outside of just maneuvering I had to do for a young class when the elementary school kids came over." she said with a sweet smile.

Soon, she pushed herself out of the water, revealing her tanned and toned body in it's pink bikini. "So what brings you here, you don't look like you're dressed to swim?" she asked, unintentionally looking a bit like a swimsuit model with the pose she made. She smiled at her co-worker and waited for a reply.

[mathew]

.Everything you know.
.Your not a friend or foe.

‘Oh hey Matt!’... Good, She didn’t seem to be one of those teachers that hated him, At least not yet.
“Yeah, I remember you” He said putting his hands into his pockets. He had seen her around but had never really found time since he started teaching at Dayton Academy to actually talk to her.

“I don’t swim... I can... I just don’t” He shrugged before adding, “I just don’t really see the excitement” To him it seemed pointless, It was any fun for him.
Now motorcycles where fun, He had a thing for speed.

“I was just wandering... Like always” He said with a slight smile, Weather it was because of how pathetic he sounded, or because Francesca was now standing in front of him he didn’t know, Not that it really mattered that much.

[Sorry it's sorta' short...]

[francesca]

She had a false frown as she said, "Well, I guess not everyone has to like swimming." She looked over at the pool and then back at him, her brown eyes meeting his hazel ones. She smiled brightly at him, her hair still dripping from the water. She noticed the redness in his cheeks, but from what she wasn't sure, maybe if it stayed she would ask.

She heard him say he was just wandering, and she couldn't help but giggle. "Well, this is only like the third time your wandering lead you to me." she said, pretending to count on her fingers. She was glad though, most of the male teachers were overweight and balding, but not Matt. In fact, she might just have to trick him into going out with her just for being in shape.

"Well, what if you and I swam together, maybe I could make it a bit more exciting?" she asked, seeing the redness in his cheeks once again. "Just a question but, why are you blushing so brightly?" she asked, deciding it had been long enough for her to need to question it.

[mathew]

Can we make this

something good

He smiled, It wasn’t that he didn’t ‘like’ swimming, he just had matter things to do with his time.
Like play music, or ride his motorcycle... And that was about it.
“Maybe you just happened to be wherever I’m wandering” He said raising an eyebrow.

‘What if you and I swam together?’ She said, “One, I’m not wearing the right clothes... Two...” There was no ‘two’ he didn’t really have an reason not to swim with her... “It would mess up my hair” He joked running his hand through his brown and red hair.

He to a step toward the pool looking down at the still water, since no one was there the water was almost motionless.
He continued staring down at the clear water as he ignored her last comment.

[francesca]

"So what do you want to go do then?" she asked, almost completely dry from just standing there. She sat on a nearby bench and crossed her legs. She flipped a lock of blonde hair behind her ear and smiled up at him.

"Do you wanna just watch me swim, or I could go get a suit out of my office and you could join me, I don't seeing a man with a little messed up hair?" she said, liking both of the ideas of swimming with a guy, or having the guy watch her. "Or you and I could go get a bite to eat?" she said, wondering if he wanted to have 'date that's not a date' with her.

Her thin fingers ran through the cracks of the bench and she started to think about if she actually wanted to date this guy, even temporarily. He was one of the few in shape teachers, was definately original, and didn't seem to mind the rumors that she acted like an airhead around her class. She might just give him a chance, if he gave her one. So, now all that was left was getting him.

[mathew]

The shadow of the day

He crossed his arms watching her as she sat down, He didn't really know what he was going to do with the rest of his day.
'Do you wanna just watch me swim, or I could go get a suit out of my office and you could join me' He heard her say.

...Him swim...And with her? Yeah right.
He never went swimming...Never, It just wasn't Mathew to be swimming. that would be to layed back, Matt needed to be out riding his motorcycle orplaying his guitar way louder then he should since the neighbors don't seem to have the same taste in music as him.

"Umm... You can contenue swimming, But I don't swim... And there's nothing you can do to change that" He said glancing behind him at the still water.
He remembered on hot summer days playing with water guns and stuff but the closest he ever really got to swimming was pushing his friends into the pool and laughing.

[francesca]

"Alright, suit yourself." she said, standing up and walking over to the diving board. She tried to walk in a way that would turn Matt on. She couldn't help but think that he looked kind of cute, and, from what she heard, he was well muscled to, but not like one of the overly muscled football players they had at Dayton. She soon made it over to the ladder that lead up to the diving board, and she climbed up.

Upon reaching the top of the stairs, also known as the diving board, she walked out to the edge. She made a light wink at Matt and made a nearly perfect dive into the water. Upon coming up, another idea hit her. So, she swam over to where Matt was and said, "If you don't want to swim, you and I could always into the hot tub..." she said, wondering if that was something he would allow, since it was technically swimming.