The Magical School of Beautyyyy

Abe looked back and forth between Micah and Vance. He sometimes wondered if they actually enjoyed being in each others company. Well, it would be ridiculous if they didn't, right? But, they do fight a lot. Abe couldn't comprehend Micah and Vance's relationship, so he decided to just forget about thinking about it. He turned to Micah and replied "I think we should see who can hold their breath under water the longest; I might actually have a chance at winning this one!" Abe was starting to believe that he could beat them, but he always had negative thoughts infesting his head.

Sawyer glanced at Keegan and looked away immediately; he hasn't felt this uncomfortable in a while. People rarely ever flirt with him. "Oh, n-no thank you, Keegan. I'll do my homework by myself." he said as he turned to Dimitri, hoping that he would notice how distressed he was and stop the conversation. "Y-you can think of a way to make it better; I know you can! And thanks great! I'm glad your lip piercing is holding up well!" he said, laughing awkwardly; his laughs sounding like hyperventilation.

Vance noticed how down Micah was and he rubbed his temples slightly. This time he knew that he did nothing wrong. Vance knew that Micah would get over himself soon so he let him be. He looked over at Abe and smiled. "Yeah, we can do that! But I wouldn't be so sure, we've got some big competition over here~" Vance said, sounding pretty confident. Vance had no clue how long he could hold his breath for; he never bothered to try. For all he knew he was sounding overly confident for no reason. Vance thought it would be a good idea to let Abe win though so he would feel better. He shrugged it off though and figured that whatever happened, would happen.

"Maybe I don't get it." Dimitri said as he stuck his tongue out at Keegan. He heard what Keegan had said to Sawyer and he turned bright red. He couldn't tell if Keegan was being serious or not! He hid his face behind his sleeves and shook his head around. He didn't want to hear all of these pickup lines. He poked his head out from behind his sleeves and looked up at Sawyer. "I guess I can...at least you believe in me! And I'm glad i-it's doing okay too...if it got infected it would hurt really bad." Dimitri explained to Sawyer. He could feel the awkward seeping through.

Micah smiled at Abe when he agreed to his idea but then thought for a second, he has always sucked at holding his breath.  Micah knows he has asthma and always get nervous while holding his breath underwater, not being able to breath is a scary feeling for him.  He gave them an unsure smile, "Yeah this will be fun..." he says.  Micah already knew he was gonna lose this one so hopefully Vance wouldn't win.  He listened to Vance acting confident, it wasn't surprising.  "Okay, one two three!" Micah says then holds his nose and goes under.  A few seconds later Micah does start to panic a little underwater but he wanted to make sure he didn't come up embarrassingly early, he wasn't the most careful with his asthma.  He comes back up though knowing he was the first one out and sighs.

"Not maybe, you don't.  Don't act like a child Dimitri." he says and smiles at him.  Keegan then goes back to Sawyer, he thought this was funny.  "But the thing is, you won't do your homework unless I'm there to guide you.  It takes two to do a lot of things if you want the full satisfaction."  Keegan says and grabs Sawyers arm, "You know you are really strong Sawyer and handsome.  You are also very smart but you don't apply yourself and that's why I'm here.  To help you succeed in everything and anything."  Keegan says as he starts to stroke Sawyer's arm.  It was obvious seduction wasn't the right way to persuade Sawyer but it was still a lot of fun.

Abe laughed and rolled his eyes at Vance; his cockiness never bothered him, he actually found it cute. He turned to Micah who didn't seem extremely enthusiastic about this game, but he was hoping that he wasn't going to be a sore loser. He listened to the countdown then plunged under the water. He let some air out so he wouldn't drift to the surface of the pool. He knew that he could stay under for a while, so he was pretty relaxed. He heard someone already merge out of the water and he assumed it was Micah, so it was just himself and Vance now.

Sawyer looked at Keegan and felt his whole body heat up (even though he was already hot from working out, it was a different feeling). He felt painfully uncomfortable getting so many compliments. "I'll do my homework, I swear. A-and stop calling me handsome and smart; it's disgusting!" he shouted. Once he felt Keegan stroke his arm, he almost lost it. He tried to ignore it and turned to Dimitri, nodding his head rapidly; he looked so tense. "W-well, that's good to hear!" he said, hoping that Dimitri would help him in some way. He wanted him to noticed how distressed he was and step in.

Vance smiled and looked back and forth between Abe and Micah; his competition. He ran a hand through his hair and smirked. He was ready for victory. Vance heard Micah count down, and as soon as he heard "three", he stuck his head under the water and started to float there. He held into his none just in case he tried to breathe. Vance heard someone go back up to the surface, and he assumed that it was Micah. So Abe was the only one left. Vance started to struggle to keep his breath. But he wouldn't lose this challenge with his best friend!

Dimitri pouted at Keegan and looked away from him. He didn't feel like arguing with him any longer. Plus Dimitri wasn't goof at wining fights. At all. Dimitri watched as Keegan flirted with Sawyer and he played around with his piercing with his tongue. He felt extremely uncomfortable, so he couldn't begin to imagine how Sawyer was feeling. "Yeah, its all good news from me!" Dimitri suddenly grasped Sawyer's arm and began to walk away from Keegan. "Ill be back Keegan, I need help doing something in my bathroom! One of my piercings hurt and I wang Sawyer to look at it!" Dimitri told Keegan as he walked the two of them to the bathroom.

Micah awkwardly stood and watched his friends stay under the water. He wished he was better at this kind of stuff but he wasn't and there was nothing he could do about it. So Micah just splashed around the water a little trying to think of a good rematch with Vance, even though he did win the first time. After a few moments of thinking he came up with a plan but had to wait till Vance came up to tell him. Unfortunantly he didn't think it would be a good idea for Abe to get involved in the rematch but Abe could ref it.

"Okay then Sawyer let's just go with strong then. You are also a hunk." He says and clings on Sawyers arm. Keegan then frowns at him, "Do you not wanna do homework with me Sawyer? I thought we were best friends..." he says. Keegan turns to Dimitri and cringes a bit, "You just said that your piercings were great, no infections." he states coldly. He then smiles at the both of them obviously trying not to laugh. "The bathroom? Well it just so happens that I have to use the restroom. So how about I come along while Sawyer 'helps you'." Keegan says as he follows them. He grabs Sawyers hand and gives him a crooked smile then laughs, "How about if you do your homework we can go to bowling or roller skating, my mom offered to take us. But only if you let me help you with your homework." he says and grins reassuringly.

Abe slowly sank deeper into the pool until his bottom his the floor lightly. He sat there patiently with his eyes shut. He opened his eyes and glanced up. He saw Vance floating near the top of the pool. Abe knew that he could stay under for a while, so he felt like he actually had a chance at beating Vance. He closed his eyes again and continued to relax at the bottom of the pool. He knew that the best way of winning was to stay calm and take his mind off of the fact that people die from drowning. But that thought crossed his mind. It didn't freak him out, but it made him think about if he would even mind dying. He didn't fear the oblivion that followed, and at many times during his life, he wished that he wasn't born. He quickly shook these thoughts from his head and concentrated on just staying calm.

Sawyer refused to look at Keegan at this point. He also decided to stop responding to him since it just adds logs to the fire. Keegan did this to him before and he is still ignorant to why he does this. He's aware that Keegan has no feelings for him, so why? He heard Dimitri's attempt to pull him away and he smiled. "Yeah, we should-" he was cut off by Keegan who decided to join them. He frowned and lowered his head with his arms occupied by both of this friends. This is not how his expected this trip to go and he just wanted it to end at this point.

Vance opened his eyes slightly and looked at Abe down at the bottom of the pool. He knew that Abe could stay down for a while and figured that he would end up winning. He closed his eyes and wiggled his toes around. Vance tried to hold his breath more, but he accidentally gasped and started to gag on the water. He flew up to the surface of the pool and gasped for air loudly. "God..." Vance mumbled as he rubbed his eyes and stretched out his back. Vance was usually more careful and tried not to breathe underwater, but this time he was too careless. He looked at Micah and frowned softly. He looked so awkward just standing there alone. Vance wanted to ask how he was doing, but he wanted to make sure Abe came back to the top of the pool.

"Just because there aren't any infections doesn't mean that they're perfect!" Dimitri snapped at Keegan. He started to get annoyed at Keegan for doing all of this. He wasn't even sure how it started in the first place. Sure, Dimitri whined. But now it seemed like Keegan just wanted Sawyer all to...himself? Dimitri walked ahead of Sawyer and as soon as they got into the bathrooms, Dimitri slowly latched Keegan off of his arm and shoved Sawyer into a stall and followed him. He locked the door behind them and stared at Sawyer with a bright red face. He put his finger up to his mouth and frowned. Dimitri was too afraid to say anything, and at this point he didn't know what to do. He quickly took his phone out and typed a message to no one. It read "after this is over I'll work out with you and not whine". Dimitri could tell that Sawyer was mad so he wanted to make sure he was alright.

Micah watched Vance come up and smiled at little, he was happy one of them finally came up, "Hey Vance.  Yeah, I'm not good at holding my breath.  I don't know why I suggested it.  Im not a big fan of being underwater, it is a little scary for me." he said to him and then looked down at Abe, "I guess Abe won this one." he stated then looked back up at Vance, grinning.  "So, during the time I was up here by myself enjoying uhh the air I guess, I thought about the rematch you said earlier.  Even though I won and you should be engaging the rematch, I came up with an idea if you are interested.  But I don't think Abe can do it, so he can like judge it?" Micah says to Vance confidently.  He always enjoyed being competitive.

Keegan frowned at Sawyer when he looked upset, "I get it, you aren't interested in that.  That's why I suggested different fun activities." he says then feels Dimitri separate them then go in the stall together.  "What the hell is your problem." Keegan says boldly from outside the stall, he knew he could get into the stall but he also knew Sawyer wouldn't want to stay in there so he figured he would just wait for Sawyer to come out.  "You are acting worst then me Dimitri if you thought I was acting gross and seductive.  Pulling him into a little stall, that's just fucking dirty." he scolded from outside the stall, Keegan only cursed when he was mad or upset and this didn't start till after he met Sawyer.  Keegan was mad at Dimitri, he was his friend and all but he hated that he was acting like a hero when in reality he was just making thing more awkward.  "Can we just go back to working out?  I done with this flirting shit okay!  If were not gonna do anything thing then I'll just go back home and you two can fucking walk cause my mom drove us!" he yelled at them, he didn't mean that.  Keegan wasn't angry anymore.  He was a bit upset but he knew this was his fault so he wasn't gonna pretend to be the innocent one by crying or anything like that so he kept a straight face.

Abe sat at the bottom of the pool with his eyes shut. He heard splashing and opened his eyes; Vance was out of the water. He smiled a little bit and felt happy. He quickly swam up to the surface and sighed loudly. He panted quietly and only caught the end of Micah's statement. "What am I judging?" he asked while pushing his wet bangs away from his face. His eyes were bright and his grin was full. After this win, he just felt so much more positive for some reason. He turned to Vance and said "You did good!" At this point, he didn't think anything could bring him down.

Sawyer began to zone out and ignore everything going on around him. He felt himself get pulled into a stall and he got flustered. He looked at Dimitri's text and he shook his head and ran out of the stall. He listened to Keegan ramble on and he couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed onto his head tightly then let go. His hair felt out of place and he was enraged. "You guys need to just fucking stop!" he yelled at them. "Keegan, you're being a fucking creep! Why do you do that to me!? Huh!? You're fucking with my head and it's so confusing! Dimitri, you have to fucking grow up! If you didn't want to come to the gym, then why didn't you fucking speak up!? Don't use being a foreigner as a fucking excuse! You're a fucking adult!" He panted loudly and then raised his head up high and turned away from them and walked away.

Vance smiled slightly and ran a hand through his hair again. Now he knew that Micah was feeling alright. "Why don't you like to be underwater that much? " Vance asked. He listened to Micah's idea of a rematch and me smirked slightly. It seemed like Micah hated to lose more than he liked to admit. Vance didn't mind though, since it was more of a challenge for him. "Yeah, Abe can judge whatever you feel like doing. I'll do whatever." Vance stated as he put his hands on his hips and sunk down low in the water so that only his head could be seen. He looked over at Abe and smiled happily. He could tell that Abe looked extremely happy. It was nice to see him like that. "So did you! You're so good at holding your breath, I don't know how you do it." Vance assumed it had to do with stamina.

Dimitri flinched when he heard Keegan yelling at him. He didn't want to say anything to make him more angry. He held onto his phone tightly and looked up at Sawyer hoping that he would do something about the situation. He followed Sawyer out of the stall and bit on his lip when Sawyer yelled at them. Dimitri felt like a child. He took his beanie off and held it tightly in his hands. "What the hell! I was only trying to help! Since when did this all turn on me!" He shoved his phone into his pocket violently and glared back and forth between Sawyer and Keegan. He stopped caring if he would make both of them angry. "And you know I don't like to speak up! I can't! Because when I do no one hears me! Or no one listens to me! It's like I'm white noise! I'm just another person that doesn't have a good opinion!" Dimitri yelled back at Sawyer and Keegan. He hated when they pointed out that he didn't speak up. He sometimes had a physically hard time speaking up and it hurt. He held onto his beanie tightly and teared up and walked out of the bathroom.

Micah got flustered when Vance brought up being underwater, "I don't know, I'm just uncomfortable with it."  he said quietly.  He didn't like admitting he had asthma because that caused people tend to sometime treat him differently in competition with that knowledge.  He watched Abe come up and smiled at him, "Yeah, good job." he said though it sounded a bit forced.  Micah turned back to Vance, "Okay, so we can race again but we will go to the deep end and back five times." he said enthusiastically.  Micah knew that he was only good at quick races because stamina was never his thing but he figured if he could just push off the wall and glide really far each time it wouldn't require much swimming.  Turning back to Abe he smiles awkwardly, "Uh...yeah, I thought it would be too much for your leg and all." he stated.

Keegan watched Sawyer come out which was expected and then he proceeded to yell at the both of them which also wasn't a surprise, he had every right to be mad though that wasn't Keegans initial goal.  He was hopping he could convince him to do his homework, though seduction proved to be an inefficient method on Sawyer.  "I do it cause..." he said then thought, he couldn't think of away to put it without sounding weird.  "Because in a weird way I'm trying to better you but obviously it didn't come off the right way." Keegan replies.  He then looked at Dimitri, "It isn't about speaking up, it never was!  It is about you complaining.  If you don't want to speak up you don't have to but you are not allowed to complain if you're not gonna speak up!  It is a simple concept." he explains to Dimitri and then looks at Sawyer walking away, he didn't want to follow him because he knew that wasn't what Sawyer would want but what else was there to do.  Keegan knew though it would be stupid, it would just make him even angrier and an angry Sawyer isn't a good combo.

Abe listened to Micah and Vance talk about racing again and he could feel his stomach go into knots. He felt like this would end badly. Both Micah and Vance enjoy rubbing their victories into each others' faces. He smiled slightly when both of them complimented him on his performance and he thanked both of them. He turned to Micah and replied "Oh I don't mind judging; I completely understand!" He pulled himself onto the side of the pool and sat on the ledge with his legs dipped in. "Five times!?" he asked Micah. "Wow, good luck, you guys!"

Sawyer stopped walking and turned around to face his friends. Sawyer listened to Keegan's reasoning for seducing him and he was completely embarrassed. He knew that Keegan didn't have a thing for him, but he almost wanted him to say that he did. He wasn't sure why he wanted him to admit his undying love for him, but he did. "N-no, it didn't!" Sawyer said to Keegan with a flushed face. He turned to Dimitri and rolled his eyes. "You're speaking up now and I'm listening." he stated, coldly.

Vance shrugged slightly and made little whirlpools with his fingers. "Cause you dont wanna drown or something?" Vance couldn't figure out he reason. He looked at Abe and smiled happily; his happiness was contagious. Vance suddenly heard the competition and frowned. Sure, he was confident. But not that confident! He coughed loudly and looked at Micah. "That's a hell of a lot of laps...but ill do it for a rematch a guess." Now Vance was extremely happy that Abe wasn't participating in this. Vance knew that Abe could do it, just not in his condition. He swam over to the edge of the pool and breathed out heavily. He was trying to get in the zone for his perfect swimming technique. "I know I can win this!" Vance said confidently as he wiggled around in the water. Vance wanted to prove to everyone that he could win a race in the water. He had yet to win one at the pool and he was not pleased with himself.

Dimitri glared at Keegan and shoved his hands in his hoodie pockets. "I can complain and not speak up all I want! We all have our fucking flaws, and I don't cry and complain about both of yours! You only bitch and moan about mine! How about instead of talking about my bad traits, why don't you try fixing yours!" Dimitri yelled at Keegan. He looked at Sawyer and could feel himself getting more and more angry. He didn't understand why his response was any less than Keegans. "Oh, its great that for once I can finally speak! Well now that you're listening... why cant we just be happy friends! Like Abe and his friends! They seem to have a wonderful time and all we do is argue! It stresses me out! I wanna be appreciated, not just be a pain in the ass! But that's all you two seem to think of me! Just a pain in the ass that has social anxiety and complains a lot because I'm afraid to speak! If that's all I am, then ill just leave you two alone and you guys can be happy and have fun all the time! Without dealing with a useless friend like me!" Dimitri yelled. He looked down at the ground and breathed heavily. He couldn't believe he said everything he just said. He teared up and walked out into the gym and then outside onto the sidewalk of the plaza. Dimitri fumbled around to find his phone in his pocket, but he ended up dropping it and he let out a soft sob and stared at it on the ground.

Micah made an obviously fake smile to Vance, "Yeah, I don't wanna drown." he said.  He watched Abe go to the side of the pool, "Yep, five!  I was thinking three but everyone can do three why not make it harder." he explained smiling at Abe.  He turned back to Vance, "It will be fun because you know like we will be tired by the end and junk." he says to Vance.  Micah then made his way to the side of the pool next to Vance and looked across the pool.  Immediately he started to regret his decision for five times back and forth, that was ten times across this pool and the pool was big.  But he knew he wouldn't change it now like a wimp, he knew he had to just try his best.  Micah looked back at Abe with a nervous smile, "Okay you can count down or whatever it's called." he said then got in a ready position. 

Keegan saw Sawyer get flustered, he wasn't sure why but at least he didn't seem to be angry at him anymore.  "I'm sorry Sawyer, I didn't mean to piss you off.  You have every right to be mad at me." he says to Sawyer sounding a bit confused, he was still trying to figure out what Sawyer was thinking.  Keegan looks at Dimitri, Dimitri was really freaking out and it was concerning but he thought the things he was saying were still a bit annoying.  "You are allowed to complain about our bad traits but we weren't trying to make you upset we were just trying to let you know that how you were acting was annoying.  Nobody likes a complainer."  he says and then listens to him continue.  "Do you want us to feel bad for you?  I know I don't right now.  You have so much self pity right now, it is a bit obnoxious.  Stop trying to make us look like the bad guys, how about you just apologize for complaining so much, I just apologized for acting like a creep.  It's not that hard.  Just act like an adult and stop feeling sorry for yourself." Keegan said keeping a straight face the whole time.

"Yeah, I guess three is too easy." Abe said, laughing a little bit. Abe could probably do five laps without the injury and he could probably beat both of them. He watched them talk to each other and he just watched from the side of the pool. He was praying for the outcome of this to be friendly and not end with one of them bragging and the other sulking. He looked down at Micah and nodded a little bit. "Okay." he began. "On your mark.." He began to think about how Micah couldn't stay under the water for a long time. "Get set..." Is he going to be okay? "Go!"

"You didn't piss me off.. you just.. confused the living hell out of me.." Sawyer said to Keegan. At this point, he felt extremely uncomfortable. He thought it was odd for Keegan to act like this. "So.. you seduce people to get what you want? How many other people have you done this to?" he asked, getting a bit upset about it. He turned to Dimitri and heard him rant on about his feelings and emotions, and Sawyer did stop listening half way through it. He's a bad listener, and he knows that he is. He proved part of Dimitri's point right there. He listened to Keegan's reply and just stood there for a few moments. "If Abe and his friends are so great.. why don't you just hang out with them..?" he asked quietly. He was starting to think that Dimitri didn't like him and Keegan. He felt like Dimitri was tried to push himself away from them.

"Well I don't think that many people could do three laps, but I guess a lot of people aren't as strong as us?" Vance asked Micah. He really doubted that many people could even do one lap, but he didn't feel like bringing that up. Vance shrugged at Micah and looked down to the end of the pool. "That's true, we will be tired. But then we won't wanna do anything else!" Vance protested. He wasn't getting a good feeling about the whole thing. He just wanted to swim around and relax. Vance looked up at Abe and heard him starting to count down. He put his one hand on the back of the pool and put his feet on the back of the pool. He let out a soft sigh and waited for the go signal. Once he heard Abe yell go, he pushed on the back of the pool with all of his might and started to swim down to the other end of the pool.

Dimitri frowned at Keegan and crossed his arms. "Alright, fine. I was being annoying and whiney. There. I'm sorry for annoying you guys and making you miserable. My bad. It's all my fault." Dimitri told Keegan. At this point he was just done, and all he wanted to do was go home. He didn't even feel like he was the problem here. He just didn't want to start yet another fight with them. Dimitri just wanted it to end. He then looked at Sawyer and frowned more. "They wouldn't want me to be around to whine all the time. Plus, they probably aren't even that great. They have their issues and we have ours. Can we just get over it already and go on with our lives? There, now I'm being the mature one. Trying to drop it." Dimitri explained. He shifted his beanie around on his head and sighed softly.

"Yeah...three would be easy." Micah says to Abe followed by an unsure laugh. He turns to Vance and smiles "Sure we will! We will want to like relax and stuff like that I guess. Maybe get like a snack." he says to Vance and shrugs. Micah heard Abe count down and got ready. Once Abe said go Micah pushed off the wall and shot out, going really fast but he did gradually get slower as the race went on. It started to get noticable by the middle of the third lap though. Micah was finding it harder to catch his breath and his chest started to hurt but in his own mind he was still fine and was gonna try to win.

"Well I guess confusing you is better than making you angry." He said and smiled at Sawyer. Keegan blushed when Sawyer asked him how many people he tried this on, the truth was Sawyer is the only one he has ever gone as far as seduction. Sawyer was the only one he was comfortable enough with to try this. He is comfortable with Dimitri too but he never felt the need to try to convice Dimitri to do something. "I would say I seduce people to get what needs to happen to happen. Does it matter how many people I tried this on?" Keegan asked. Keegan turned to Dimitri, "You just contradicted yourself about Abe and junk but okay. I don't think you are being the mature one, you are the only one worked up right now. Sawyer and I calmed down like a few minutes ago." He explained to Dimitri.

Abe watched them both push off the wall and start swimming. He noticed that they were both staying at the same pace for the most part at the beginning, but he noticed that Micah was starting to low down. He began to wonder if he was okay or just getting tired. "Micah! Are you okay!?" he called out, hoping that Micah would be able to hear him.

"It does matter how many people you've done it to! It's weird.." Sawyer explained. The way that Keegan worded it made Sawyer start to think that he did do this to a lot of other people and it really concerned him. Sawyer looked at Dimitri and rolled his eyes. Then he heard what Keegan said and agreed with him. "You act like you're all innocent and quiet, then you speak up and get mad at everyone! I don't fucking understand you.." he said.

Vance continued to swim as fast as he could, and he was making pretty good progress. He tried his best to not slow down since he was determined to win this time. He wanted to win at least one of the races. He didn't notice that Micah was slowing down, but when he came up for air he thought he heard Abe calling Micah's name. Vance shrugged it off and continued to swim. He just figured that Abe was rooting for Micah or something. Vance started his fourth lap and tried to keep going. He wasn't the best at swimming, but at this point he ended up going faster than Micah.

Dimitri heard Keegan talk about him contradicting himself and he let out a soft sigh. He didn't feel like talking about it anymore. So his next best idea would be to not talk about it at all. Dimitri then looked at Sawyer and blushed slightly. "Well, that's just me I guess. I guess I have a quick temper. Or something like that." Dimitri said as he pouted slightly. He was hoping that both of them wouldn't bring anything else up, because at this point Dimitri wasn't in the mood to argue anymore. He just wanted to relax.

Micah continued to swim at an awkward pace that was small moments of speed followed by slowing down to try to catch his breath.  He heard Abe calling out his name and asking if he was okay, Micah couldn't reply till he got closer to Abe though since he didn't want to yell.  When he got back to where Abe was he looked up and nodded yes to him.  "Im fine." he said in a barely audible voice.  Micah could feel his breathing become more rapid but he figured he could take a break when he was finished, he was pretty sure Vance was in front now but he still wanted to at least finish the race.  So he pushed off the wall away from Abe and continued to try to win this.  When he got to the fifth lap, on the deep end of the pool he held the wall and rested his head down on the concrete before going for the final time across the pool to finish the race.  He was feeling lightheaded and was having more trouble breathing, he knew he lost the race at this point but still wanted to get to the end.  He started drifting in and out of consciousness as he debated when to push off for the final time across of the pool.

Keegan smiled at Sawyer, "How about I just leave this conversation at not a lot of people, you can figure out the details yourself." he says to Sawyer, he didn't want to talk about this much more it was an awkward subject.  He listened to Sawyers comment towards Dimitri and agrees with him, that's how Dimitri been acting recently and it was annoying.  When Dimitri didn't say anything back to him he knew Dimitri knew that he was being stupid.  "You don't normally have a quick temper, you are just acting like you have your period." Keegan adds.  He wanted Dimitri just to relax and stop acting like an idiot so they can just get on with there day.

Abe continued to watch both of them race. His eyes continued to linger over towards Micah. He could feel his heart begin to race and he began to have trouble breathing. He heard him reply, but it was hard to understand. But, Micah began swimming, so he assumed that he was okay. At this point, Vance was far ahead of Micah. He sighed and scratched the back of his head lightly. He knew that Vance was going to brag after the race was over and Abe wasn't ready to hear them bicker.

Sawyer glared at Keegan and replied "Really? How am I supposed to figure that out myself?" He felt like he was cheated on for some reason. As if Keegan was his partner. He turned to Dimitri about to answer him, then Keegan stole the spot light again. He sighed and nodded, agreeing with him. He was sort of annoyed at both Keegan and Dimitri at the moment. "Well, since everything went fucking wrong here, is there anywhere else you guys want to go?" he asked, even though he sort of wanted to be alone at this point. He refused to make eye contact with either of them.

Vance started to finish his final lap, and he decided to look behind him to see where Micah was. He looked back slightly and saw that Micah was far behind him. He faced forward once again and smirked, knowing that he would probably win this race. Vance didn't hear anyone else trying to talk to each other above the water, so he continued to swim. He managed to touch the wall and finish the five laps shortly after. He popped up out of the water and grabbed onto the pool wall. He breathed heavily and ran a hand through his hair. He didn't wanna brag about winning just yet; he wanted to wait until Micah was done.

Dimitri frowned at Keegan and crossed his arms. He didn't know what it felt like to have a period, and he didn't want to know. He looked away from him and sighed softly. He didn't want to answer Keegan and get "scolded" again. Dimitri looked over at Sawyer and shrugged slightly. He was gonna let either Sawyer or Keegan decide what they were gonna do, because he didn't want anyone to get mad at him again.

Micah stayed on the wall for a a few more moments, he looked behind him and saw that Vance finished, though winning this wasn't a concern for him anymore.  He wanted to finish this, get out of the pool and sit down.  Even though he still wasn't feeling any better, he still was really struggling to breath and it was still rapid, Micah pushed off the wall.  His swimming seemed more like desperate attempts not to sink rather than moving forward but he was kinda moving towards the other end.  Micah's vision was getting fuzzy and he could feel himself getting closer and closer to passing out because of his lack of air.  At this point he was in the middle of the deep end of the pool and wasn't sure what to do.  Eventually he lost consciousness in the water.

Keegan smiled at Sawyer, "Relax, Do you really want the exact number?  It is a very small one." he replied hoping Sawyer would get the clue but he knew that Sawyer would probably still be confused.  He watched Dimitri ignore the both of them, it was probably the best response so far from Dimitri, he was really acting like an idiot.  He turned back to Sawyer, "Should we be done at the gym?  There is still more stuff to do here right?  If we are we can go to the carnival, that's in town.  Or I can help you with your homework at the library I guess."  Keegan suggested, he was kind of hoping Sawyer would agree to doing his homework but he knew he wouldn't go for it.

Abe watched Vance finish the race and he smiled at him. The smile was false, but he wanted to make him feel a bit good. "You did good, Vance!" he began. "You were so fast!" He patted him on the back, then look out to the pool to watch Micah finish. He looked around for a few moments and couldn't seem to find Micah. He could feel the blood rush out from his face. He suddenly dived into the water and swam as fast as he could. He used both legs and kicked his legs violently. He opened his eyes underwater and scanned the bottom of the pool. He noticed Micah pretty fast and he started towards him. Once he got close to him, he placed his hands on his armpits and pulled him to the surface. He swam him over to the closest side of the pool. He lifted him on the ground and then pulled himself up. "M-Micah? Can you hear me?" he said. He panted loudly and tried to catch his breath.

Sawyer turned to Keegan and scoffed. "Uh, yeah! Tell me the exact fucking number!" he yelled. He turned to Dimitri and didn't know why he was being such a baby about everything. He began to wonder if it was his fault for him to be acting this way, but then he tried to convince himself that it was Dimitri's fault. He couldn't take the silence between them anymore. "Why are you so fucking mad at us?" he asked. The question came off as rude, but he didn't mean it to sound that way. He turned to Keegan and his face brightened up. "The carnival's in town!?" he asked. He doesn't get to go to carnivals much. As a kid, his parents never took him anywhere, so getting the chance to do childish things really caught his attention.