The Swimming Competition by Buzzedshort

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This was it, the day of the big swim competition. James was an amazing swimmer. He was just a teenage boy, but was strong. He could swim his local pool In seconds. James and his other swimming friend, Matt, also a teenager, had won competitions all over the state, just to get to this moment. The big final. They both had trained hard, and were soon going to be driven to be swimming pool were the final is held by their coach. Coach Marty was a big man, who had a passion for sport. He would take James and Matthew under his wing and train them for hours on end. James, Matt and Coach Marty where a strong team.

"So, you boys ready?" Coach Marty asked James and Matt from the front seat of his car.

"Yeah sir, we have got our costumes and have trained incredibly hard for this, we won't let you down." James replied from the back seat and Matt nodded.

They pulled up at the swimming pool and walked inside to reception. Coach told James and Matt to go say hello to their competition and off they went. Two teens, A boy named Daniel and a girl named Hannah stood with bags in hand outside the pool.

"How's it going you two." James asked. Hannah turned, yet Daniel stayed fixed on the pool.

"James!" Hannah ran up to him and gave him a hug. They were long time friends. Hannah started running her hands through James' long hair.

"Hannah! It's great to see-"

"So, Matt and James... You been training?" Daniel butted in.

"Well of course we have! We are on our A game for today." Matt exclaimed.

"Really? With that long bush on James' head, don't expect to get far. It'll hold you back... That's why I just hopped into the changing room and got this shaved." Daniel said as he rubbed the stubble on his head while holding a shaver in the other.

"It does look good..." Hannah pondered. She looked at James' hair and smiled.

"Daniel... Can I borrow your clippers?" Hannah asked.

"What? Why-" Daniel questioned but was interrupted by Hannah snatching his clippers.

Hannah grabbed James by the arm and dragged him to the changing room, looking back and smiling at him the whole way.

"What are you doing Hannah?" James asked.

She locked them In a changing room cubicle.

"Maybe Daniel was right. Your hair... It's got to go." She smiled. And Janes smiled back, glancing at his shoulder length hair.

Hannah turned on the clippers and slowly walked towards James, both of them with a grin on their face. She rose her hand, and the clippers reached James' forehead. She hesitates.

" Dont he scared. Go for it." James said, chuckling.

She shaved a strip right through James' hair. She gasped then smiled. She carried on, each swipe of the clippers covering the floor with more hair. She couldn't stop smiling and neither could James. She stopped every few cuts and rubbed his head. Eventually, she stepped back and glared at James' bald scalp. She looked him in the eyes and grinned.

"You look... Bald." She said.

"But do I look good?" He asked.

"Amazing." She moved towards him and closed her eyes. She kissed him on the lips, moved back and said:

"May the best swimmer win."

Hannah then left the changing room without looking back. James stood up and looked in the mirror. His hair... It was gone. But... He liked this bald look. He rubbed his head and smiled. He then quickly got changed, as the competition was only 10 minutes away. James walked out in his speedo and new shaved head to a surprised Coach Marty.

"Looks like Hannah beat me too it." Coach said, while raising up a pair of clippers.

"Wait, you were going to shave me bald?" James asked.

"And me..." Matt said, from the changing room next to James'.

Matt walked out of his changing room, and to James' shock, with a shaved head.

"Yep. You know what they say, if you have a bald head while swimming, you glide through the water. So I was goon to shave both of your hair. But, looks like yours was taken care of James." Coach said. "Now let's go win us a swimming trophy!

Matt and James sat in the pool, beside Danirk and Hannag, all in different lanes, waiting for the buzzer to sound.

"BUZZ!!!"

That was it. The four friends shot off into the water, each trying to out swim the other. One thing was for sure, bald heads do prevail, as James and Matt won.

"Well done boys. Looks like the haircut was a blessing." Coach said.

"It was no problem." Hannah butted it. "Besides, James, if you want it cut again, just come to my house. I'm sure we can arrange something." Hannah winked at James, turned away and walked to an awaiting Daniel.

"Hey! Good job out there, you two." Daniel shouted from across the pool.

"Thanks!" Matt and James shouted back.

James and Matt were new swimming champs, and both kept their bald heads for every competition they entered. James regularly visited Hannah, who was know his girlfriend, for a nice, clean shave.


THE END

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