I will have to worry about the bet later. Right now, I had another sport that I can look great in: the swimming competition. This time I was up against my buddy Santiago. Being the former captain of his high school swim team, he was going to be tough to beat.
"Hey Sage," I spoke to my crush as we walked out of the station to the beach side. "I won't forget about the bet I promise, but for this one competition...will you give me a prize if I win?"
"What kind of prize do you want?" She lifted an eyebrow.
"I was thinking...well...I'll tell you when I win. Can you promise me that you will do it?"
She considered. "Alright, fine. I will give you a prize but only because it's your birthday and only if you win. Got it?"
"Yes!" I pumped my fist. I was amped up for this competition now. As we made it to shore, everybody was ready and lined up. Cassidy and Zayne were there taking pictures for the party with a high definition cameras. Some of the women who saw me naked earlier were also there to watch the event. They shot me a few winks while they whispered to each other about seeing my junk. I blushed and pretended not to hear them. As much as I liked being admired by a whole bunch of women, I didn't like the disadvantage of being the only naked person around. So I tried putting that traumatic event out of my mind. I wasn't the only one having this problem. Avery was in attendance (somehow he managed to get his board shorts back) and his face practically mirrored my own. Bridget tried to comfort him but whenever she tried to pat him on the shoulder Avery just looked more and more embarrassed for some reason. I returned my assiduity to the buoy floating at the border of the swimming area.
Basically, the competition was just a race out into the ocean. The first person to make it to the buoy and back is the winner. Standing side-by-side with Santiago at the water's edge, we nodded at each other in a sportsman-like manner and waited for Ingrid to announce the start of the race.
Ingrid raised a hand. "On your marks...get set..." she brought her hand down. "...Go!"
Santiago and I were pretty much evenly matched. He had more experience in the water so I shouldn't be surprised that he beat me to the buoy. When it was my turn to circle back, I had a renewed motivation. It was my birthday so I wasn't going to let anybody else show me up, not even one of my best friends. Plus, I really wanted to collect my prize from Sage. As I propelled myself off the buoy I kicked in the water like I never kicked before. Just like that, I felt a weight lift from my waist, as if some kind of resistance just slid right off my legs and I was swimming faster than I was before. Feeling more aerodynamic with my determination to win, I sped past Santiago right to the shore barely beating him by a hair. I was welcomed with a crowd full of cheering fan girls...
I won!
Sage came forward with her applause while I was still waist deep in the water. I pumped my fists up in the air in victory as I emerged from the ocean. As my feet rejoined the warm sand, the applause of my female coworkers became a thunderous uproar. Sage actually blushed as she looked me up and down.
Man, victory must look really cool on me.
To make the occasion more noteworthy, both Cassidy and Zayne came zooming in with their high definition cameras and started flashing pictures of me from every angle. This gave all the other girls around me the idea to pull out their own cameras and phones to preserve this moment. I was feeling really good about myself right now so I started posing dramatically for Cassidy and Zayne's pictures. I flexed my biceps and pecs with a tremendous smile on my face as I jumped into various poses for my adoring audience. I bulged my arms in the air and across my chest, I held up peace signs, I winked flirtatiously while pointing my fingers like pistols at the crowd, and I blew everyone kisses as their cheering grew even louder. All the while my eyes constantly kept returning to sexy Sage, who seemed to be cracking up about something.
"Oh Lord! This is the hottest thing I have ever seen!"
"He is so damn sexy when he poses like that!"
"Mmmn, I can't get enough of that bod!"
"Take more pictures, I am getting off on this view tonight!"