Monologue by Adrianna Martinez

I.am. ready.  That was the thought running through my head. I’ve  practiced long and hard and i know i can win. But WAIT something feels wrong.  This was all I needed to make me even more nervous then I already was. The feeling of nasea arose starting from my stomach all the way  to the back of my throat. What was wrong.? I touched my head and noticed the only swim cap i brought today  broke. Just my luck!!! -.- What was I, going to do. My race was up next and I couldn’t miss it. i thought about the possible solutions. I could sprint across the pool deck and risk the 99.9% chance of slipping and falling right on my face or ask someone from another team to use there cap. And asking people from other teams to use there things really wasn’t the best idea just because they end up saying no anyways or giving you a nasty face and walking away. soooo… what was i going to do ?!!!!. i have 1 min before they call us up to get on the diving blocks. From the corner of my eye i noticed my friend running towards me like never before. I looked at her hand at noticed she was caring a cap. Was she really going to save my life right now. A sense of relief arose throughout my whole body. Thank you god for this miracle.  Then the unbelievable happened……….My freind flew into the air her face landing in a puddle of dirty pool floor water. “OMG ” was the only word that came to my mind. Today was not going to be my day!! I rushed to her thinking about nothing but her and I rushed so fast that I slipped too gliding my body above the intense cold dirty water of the pool deck. Good to know that the event was really shocking and the whole race stopped trying to help us with our situation.