Meeting friends

I chose the swim story if nothing else I could at least be able to B.S. my way through the swimming part.

It started out well enough with James, the main character, at a swim meet and a small introduction to the major players. Such as the girls he was eyeing up watching him at the meet. Man only in shitty romance novels and bad movies are there swim groupies like that. James' main admirer was a girl named Tammy who was at every one of his meets and practices. After the meet, Tammy had asked James out. Man, I wish girls would just ask me out like that.

I hadn't read far when the bell rang, I wasn't exactly a speed reader. So sue me. As I was walking out a dirty blonde hair kept in step with me. "Hey, I hear you're joining the swim team."

"I was hoping too."

"Great. I'm Joey." He shifted his bag higher on his shoulder and stuck out his hand, "I'm the captain."

"Oh great." I shook his hand. "I didn't expect to meet you so soon." I chuckled nervously.

"Come to the gym before lunch and meet the rest of the team."

It didn't sound like a question, but then most team captains are that way. "Alright. I'll be there."

"Cool." He stepped out and walked off to another class.

After math and science, I headed to the gym before lunch like I was asked/told. "Oh cool you showed!" Joey greeted me, pulling me to a group of guys I assumed were the swim team. "This is Brian, he's looking to join our team." The guys all smiled with excitement. "So, this is Kyle, Kevin, Roger, and Freddy." He pointed to each boy as he said their names. "We do things a bit differently here, see you may want on the team but we may not let you on the team." Joey stood in the center of the group now.

"I already talked to coach-"

"He's not in charge of the team. We are. If you want to be on the team you're going to have to earn it."

"I won five out of seven of my meets last year-"

"Oh no. Not like that." There was a loud clang followed by the gym floor slowly opening up revealing the pool. The ginger Freddy had slipped away and activated the unseen mechanism. "Normally this pool is heated when in use. But we shut it off when we heard you were coming. Kevin, how cold is the pool?"

Kevin raised a thermometer out of the water, "30 degrees."

"Oof, awful cold. Now, as I was saying, if you want on the team you'll have to earn it."

I swallowed hard at the thought of jumping into the freezing water. "I don't have a suit."

"Who said anything about a suit?"

I looked at the assembled team standing together like a pack of vultures waiting to pick me clean, "Fine." I kicked off my shoes and stripped as I walked to the edge of the pool. I stared at the water, I swear I could see chunks of ice floating in small circles at the top repeatedly broken up by the waves.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Joey shouted. "Lose the tighty-whites too!" I was really hoping I wouldn't have to do this bare but they weren't going to allow it. I could already see Freddy collecting my clothes. I no longer had the option to turn back. I closed my eyes and dropped my underwear and kicked them to the side where Freddy was quick to collect them. I just hoped he was as quick to return them. "On your mark! Get set!" I readied myself same as I would for any dive, "Go!"

The first dive in was like being slapped in the face with a handful of needles. With every stroke, my arms grew colder and colder their air chilling them even further than the water already had. I could feel the ice forming in my lungs with each breath I turned my face to take. Oh god, how I just wanted to curl up for warmth. I reached the far wall and knew I had to swim back again through the same patch of frozen needles. Now that I had exposed my body to it it was only more sensitive to the cold. Like a raw nerve, my body ached more as I defiantly used it while it screamed for me to stop this foolishness! I could no longer feel my fingers by the time they slapped the wall where I started.

I wanted to scream for them to leave me in the pool as they **** me out into the cold air and I was laid on the gym floor. "You did it!" Kevin shouted and slapped my raw chest,

"Fuckin' nut job!" Kyle slapped my chest followed by Roger.

"I can't believe you did that!"

I was thrown something, I didn't know what, all I knew was it was warm. I squeezed it for dear life before I felt a large towel thrown on top of me. "Welcome to the team." Joey stood me up to my feet as I shivered and nodded. Freddy pushed my warm dry clothes into my chest before slapping my wet naked ass. "See ya at lunch." Joey slapped my ass next before leaving followed by the rest of the team who each took turns slapping my naked red sore ass. I was just glad to be warm.