"Sorry, sorry, Ms. Reese! I'm just having hair problems." Aery grinned. "Could you please help me, Ash? I can never get it on my own." She really appreciated those girls who could, but then those girls never had thick hair and never hair longer than their shoulders.
It felt so good to get into the water that she actually did two extra laps on her 500 warm-up. She missed the cold water. And this pool was nice, cool enough that she wasn't getting nauseated with high-speed flip turns but warm enough that she wasn't freezing. And the water was clear.