A couple years ago, I was a swimmer. And after a growth spurt in the summer, I had some decent chance of being pretty good. So I was taking every opportunity I could for extra practice.

It started preseason. The girls were constantly using the pool so I was looking for somewhere else to practice. That’s when I talked to my coach and she agreed that if I was really serious about this, I could come swim at her house after girls practices. So after school I’d help her coach the girls and then after that practice we’d go to her house and she’d give me some one on one focus. Eventually she determined that I could be faster if I built some muscle. So every morning we were going to the gym as well. So between working out in the mornings and swimming in the evenings, I was practically living with her.

As the year went on we got a lot closer, she would come swim with me sometimes, we were talking about personal lives. And eventually I asked her about her dating life since she seemed to live... continue reading