Homecoming Queen by Melody Carlson

Author:Melody Carlson [Carlson, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Young Adult, ebook, book, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780310853527
Google: KNqoELsQGvQC
Amazon: 0310714907
Goodreads: 4065912
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2008-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

13

“WAY TO GO, HALEY!” yelled the swim team coach from the other side of the pool. He’d been yelling a lot, but this time he got DJ’s attention. It was her third lap, really one and a half laps since you had to go back and forth to equal one full lap. But when you’re in pain you count things differently. Still, she thought he had said “Haley,” and DJ wondered if that could possibly be Conner’s Haley. Okay, she wasn’t Conner’s Haley anymore.

At least DJ hoped not.

She looked over to where the swim coach was showing a petite dark-haired girl a chart and holding out a stopwatch for her to see. The pretty girl simply nodded and smiled. She then took her position on a starter box, dove perfectly back into the pool, and effortlessly cut through the water. Even though DJ was halfway across the pool, this girl easily caught her, passed her, turned, and passed her again. Almost in the same place. Of course, this girl didn’t even glance in DJ’s direction. Why should she? And yet DJ felt she couldn’t take her eyes off the girl. That had to be Haley Callahan.

After a while, Haley made her way to the diving pool where diving practice was just beginning. DJ was at the far edge of her lap lane by now, clinging to the side and watching as Haley scaled the high-dive ladder then, barely pausing to compose herself, performed a stunning backward-flip-with-a-twist kind of dive, slicing through the water with barely a splash. When she surfaced, her teammates were all clapping and cheering.

“This is so unfair,” yelled a gangly redheaded girl. “Haley Callahan’s first day at practice and she makes the rest of us look like total losers.”

“Hey, just be glad she got here before the season ended,” said a guy. “We might actually have a chance at the finals now.”

DJ turned and swam very slowly back to the other side of the pool. She’d seen enough. And she’d swam enough. She felt tired and sore.

She was slowly working her way up the ladder when she noticed that Caleb was standing above her with her crutches in hand. Then he actually stretched out his forearm toward her. “Want to grab on?”

She gratefully grasped his arm with both hands, and he easily lifted her as she hopped on her good leg, up the ladder and out of the water.

“Thanks,” she gasped as he helped her with her crutches. “I’m not even sure I could’ve done that without you.”

“Well, you’re doing great for your first time, DJ. Just be careful on the wet deck.” Then he actually walked her to the dressing room door.

“Thanks, Caleb.”

“You take it easy, okay?”

“Okay.” She paused to catch her breath.

“And maybe I’ll be seeing you around this place. I work on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — from three until closing.”

She wondered if this was some kind of a hint. “Do you go to our school? I mean CCHS?”

He chuckled. “Well, I used to. I graduated a couple years ago.

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