Chapter Five //

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Walking down the halls towards Coach Flynn's office for the run over for the next swim meet I caught sight of the swim team boys standing around "so that's it? We're just don't, there's no more team anymore?" Arnold asked disappointment in his voice "hey woah, there what do you mean 'no team'?" I asked the boy

He gave me a shrug while pointing at the door, a note plastered on it, pulling it off the blue tac I begin to read it "boys, what's up?" Melvin's voice spoke up before I could begin to read it, passing him the note

"Dear boys, I always said having fun mattered more than winning" He started reading off the sheet, scoffing "I did" I muttered rolling my eyes at how Coach always said he was the on that said this, when it was me. "Well, I've had so much fun with you guys that I've decided to try winning on for size" Melvin drawed out the last words, "more like becoming a janitor"

"I have accepted a position at York Academy, yours Coach Flynn"

"Yeah definitely new profession of a janitor at York" I spoke up looking at the boys, Melvin scrunched the paper in his hands "are you serious?" He asked "I think he's dead serious Melvin" I told him placing my hand on his upper arm, smiling sadly at the boy's "I guess we should just go" Arnold shrugged going to walk off

"Hey no, I didn't train no quitters" I told them making them halt in their places, "we have no coach, what else are we going to do?" Arnold asked us, "woah hold off the bitchy attitude for a minute there Arny boy" I told the boy.

I felt Melvin's hand pull me back away from Arnold "guys, if I don't win this next swim meet, I'm gonna be stuck with crusher and I hate cheese" He rushed out, trying to put his point out, "ew" I shuddered "look we wanna win the next swim meet right?" I asked the boys disregarding the crusher and cheese topic, "I, uh, I was kind of hoping to learn to swim first"

"And I'll work on that, you know what, Melvin will be the coach" I said smiling at the boy I just potentially just threw under the bus, "what!?" Melvin asked looking at me in shock "I can't coach I don't know how to"

"Melvin, you're a great leader and that's what your parents want to see as well, so what better way to show your parents then being the swim teams coach" I told him innocently smiling up at him trying to persuade him "we'll run the training together" I offered. Nodding his head he turned his attention from me to the boys "okay, who's with us?" He asked them

"I like the sound of that!"

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"Ness, you know I don't know a thing about coaching right?" The pale blue eyed boy asked me his hands nervously shaking, grabbing them into my own I stopped them from shaking and turn to look into Crystal Blue orbs, "I wouldn't have done that I didn't believe in you Mel" I told him smiling up at him, showing his pearly whites at me he nodded his head "thank you Ness" he told me before walking into his room, sighing I turned to walk into mine to only realise my door was open.

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