i hate u, i love u

~Chapter 1~

I wake up to the sound of my phone alarm going off. I look over to see,
6:30am Saturday June 27
Swim Meet💀
on my phone screen. The only good thing about a swim meet is I can eat anything and feel like I deserved it.
I slowly threw myself out of bed. Warm-ups start at 7:15 so I didn't have a ton of time. I decided on skipping my shower (I'm going to get in the chlorine anyway) and just eat breakfast. I walked to my already packed bag, and grabbed my swimsuit from the top. I was wearing my black race suit, my joggers, my team hoodie, and my slides. I went into my bathroom and pulled my light brown shoulder length hair back into a messy bun before brushing my teeth and returning to my room.
I grabbed my bag and went downstairs. When I got downstairs I looked out the window to see the sunrise. I didn't rush outside to take a picture for snapchat like every other girl because I wake up at 4:30 for morning practice everyday and I'm used to seeing the sunrise. Instead I walk to the kitchen and grabbed the bread and popped it in the toaster. When the toast was done I grabbed it out and put pb on it. I grabbed my bag and toast and walked out to my grey Jeep.
In about 10 minutes I was at the pool. I still had about 15 minutes until warm-ups started so I decided to go find our team spot. I found it in the far left corner. When I walked over my bff, Taylor, was sitting in her chair on her phone. "MADDI!!!", she screamed as soon as she looked up from her phone and saw me. I just smiled, walked over to her, and gave her a hug. I put down my bag and set up my chair next to Taylor's. As soon as I fell back in my chair I saw some more people from our team walk up, Justin and Danny. Danny put his stuff against the other wall and Justin put his chair next to mine. "Oh don't you just LOVE having to wake up early to go swim and sit in a pool for 5 hours.", Justin sighed sarcastically. I laughed and nodded. "Yup, it's my favorite part of my day.", I said back with a smile.
About 5 minutes later everyone else had arrived and we were ready for warm-ups. Yay.
Me and Taylor got ready in less than 3 minutes and were ready to get in the pool for our first set.

*****

After warm-ups I went back to my chair because the actual meet didn't start for another hour and a half. I dried myself off, sat down, and threw a blanket over myself. Justin came back and sat in his seat. He grabbed my blanket, pulled it off of me, and started using it. "Hey!! Give it back!!", I yelled, slightly laughing. He threw half of it to me, trying to share it. I yanked the whole blanket back to myself and he gave me a fake pout. "Fiiine.", I sighed. I gave him half of the blanket and he smiled.
I don't really talk to Justin that much, I mean I'm friends with him but not like best friends or anything. It's kinda weird, the way he's acting. Whatever, why am I overthinking this? I don't even like him.

*****

I'm done with all of my races but I decided to stay and cheer people on. I just finished cheering on another guy on our team named, Troy. Next up is Justin. I walk over to the opposite side of the lane he is racing in. Taylor was also there cheering him on.
He dove in and I immediately started cheering. Apparently I got really loud because Taylor said, "Wow, you're really loud. You like never cheer that loud. Ooo!! Do you like him?!?!" I felt warmth rise to my cheeks even though I definitely didn't like him. "No I do not like him.", I said as I rolled my eyes. I kept cheering until he finished his race. I walked back to meet him because he was the last person racing that I actually cared to cheer for. When I saw him he was talking to our coach. He looked like he was about to cry. I started to walk towards him. He finished talking to our coach and looked to me with tears in his eyes. He walked the rest of the space between us. He threw himself in my arms and started to cry. I was shocked at first but finally hugged back, sympathetically. "What's wrong?", I asked. He lifted his head from my shoulder to my ear so I could hear him. "I didn't get the state championship time.", he said softly. I know how much he wanted that time. It was all he cared about, now he has until next year. "Justin, I'm so sorry.. I know how much you wanted that time.", I whispered. His crying stopped a bit and he pulled out of the hug that had lasted about 2 minutes. "Me and Taylor are gonna go to the Jamba Juice up the street if you want to come.", he nodded and we walked back to our spot to clean up.
I was already dressed and so was Taylor so we were just waiting on Justin. "Are you sure you don't like him?", Taylor said. "Yes, I'm sure, I just felt bad.", I laughed. "Ok, whatever you say.", Taylor smirked. I just rolled my eyes and continued to wait.
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