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The sessions of Pool Safety were over; everybody had had to submit a small report the previous session about their understanding of pool safety rules to Ms. Lindy, and she had been pleased to announce that everybody had passed. Written consent forms had been taken home; swimming things had been located. The posters that they had drawn in class had all been laminated and tacked up over the school. For some reason, Manuela's had been given place of prominence right on Ms. Lindy's office door: obviously they were awesome. All of their hard work had paid off. The gym class was going off to the pool!

Since the indoor swimming pool was over the other side of town, they had had to get a bus to go there, which had been a mission in and of itself; everybody was currently lined up outside it, Ms. Lindy having risen to the occasion with her clipboard and a long jean skirt that had not been seen since Blossom had been on the airwaves. She also had a multicoloured whistle: an intimidating object.

"I want everyone to get their pool buddy now, okay?" she yelled out, one hand cupped over her mouth. She gave the whistle a sharp tweet. "You have thirty seconds to get them and line up in front of me! If you waste time, you're just wasting your pool time, okay? And anyone who messes around sits up front with Coach Shade and me, which is heaps of fun, I can tell you! Ready, steady, go!" (The whistle was given another sharp tweet.)

Gym class was the highlight of Riley's life at school. It was almost like not being in school at all. And ever since she had gotten her cast of things had been so much better. And now they were all going swimming! She couldn't help but grin, knowing that she could swim already...not fancy strokes or anything, but she could have fun no problem, even with Ms. Lindy's fun sucking ways. At her command to find a partner she immediately looked around for Iggy because, hey, he was her "partner in crime" right?

Inanna was "new" to school, but she certainly hadn't let it damper her mood. And while gym wasn't her favorite class, she had nothing against it. Especially since they were going to the pool which meant she got to wear her cute teal bathing suit with it's frilly water skirt. She had, however, refused (or forgotten) to remove her earings and bracelets. Perhaps she just didn't care how hazzardous they were as long as she was allowed to wear them. Her ears perked attentively as they were told to "pick partners". Determined to find someone up to snuff in being in a group with her she scoped out the other children with a sharp eye and a absent swish of her tail.

"Yes, please," Antony said with a smile. "Father brought me up here a little while ago, so I have a better idea of what I'm doing. Have you swum before?"

Now that they were paired off, for the most part, Shade stepped forward. "You all went over the rules in health class," he said with a slight grin. "And made some great posters about it. So today we're going to try practicing what you preach. Everyone that's learned to swim already, raise your hand!"

Ms. Lindy crooked her finger for Inanna to come closer to her; the whistle got a short, sharp tweet. "I see some people milling around still!" she said. "Pick a partner! It's not rocket science!"

The rest of the class was moving towards partners; Ms. Lindy also crooked her finger at Manuela, obviously choosing her to be Inanna's hapless workmate. It got very noisy for about thirty seconds.