Andrea comes to the pool at 8:10 to get a good spot among the others and cheers loud as her often unused voice will allow her. Danielle, accompanying her to make sure she didn’t do anything stupid, had pulled the woman aside about something just as Sandy gets out of the pool so the woman didn’t get a chance to congratulate her on her win.
That can be fixed, she thought. She’ll slip in after Danielle finishes talking to her and say her congratulations and hand the gift she made for the occasion. But by the time her cousin finished her talk, speech really about something she didn’t even want to talk about anymore, it was almost half an hour since the challenge and a lot of the others had left by now. Was Sandy even there?
Yes, Andrea realized as she raced in and tried not to slip on the floor, Sandy was still there. Sitting at the bleachers, looking very… Oh.
“Sandy.” It won’t be the first time she’ll slip by her friend’s side, quiet as a tense cat, and lace their fingers together. This time she’ll make herself taller, to let Sandy know it was okay to lean on someone for now, to rest herself on someone’s shoulder. “I. I… I’ll wait for you. Until you want to talk. Don’t worry. Take your time.”
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That can be fixed, she thought. She’ll slip in after Danielle finishes talking to her and say her congratulations and hand the gift she made for the occasion. But by the time her cousin finished her talk, speech really about something she didn’t even want to talk about anymore, it was almost half an hour since the challenge and a lot of the others had left by now. Was Sandy even there?
Yes, Andrea realized as she raced in and tried not to slip on the floor, Sandy was still there. Sitting at the bleachers, looking very… Oh.
“Sandy.” It won’t be the first time she’ll slip by her friend’s side, quiet as a tense cat, and lace their fingers together. This time she’ll make herself taller, to let Sandy know it was okay to lean on someone for now, to rest herself on someone’s shoulder. “I. I… I’ll wait for you. Until you want to talk. Don’t worry. Take your time.”