The Moment of Truth

I just had the best swim practice ever. My coach pulled my aside and told me that I had been chosen to compete with the Zone 2 team for the BC Summer Games. I was stunned. I've never been chosen for something like this. Not only was one of my best friends also going, but we are bused down as a team, we get to sleep at a hotel and best of all we get to swim. This is just another swim meet but better. The best part is that swimmers who have made their national times aren't going to be at the games because nationals are the exact same weekend. I'm going to be able to place very well, giving me a confidence boost. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I'm ready to take it on.

My summer plans came crashing down the moment I found out. I knew right away what my summer was going to be awful after finding out I had been chosen for the BC Summer Games. I'm not going to be able to make plans with my friends for take a break from swimming, its tragic. Swimming through the entire summer was not part of my plans. This year at provincials I did awful, so what makes the Zone 2 coach think I'm going to place well at the BC Summer Games. Its exactly like provincials, just we are divided into zones. I'm scared because of the competition and about placement. We are probably going to have to sleep on a school's gym floor and I bet theres going to be so many kids that they will run out of food. I'm leaning towards not going because in my mind it doesn't seem like fun. No matter what I always seem to be the chosen one, and I hate it.