~~
Ocean
~~
The crowd was cheering. The energy levels were high. Everyone was excited because Jasper High was winning. And all I could feel was a crushing defeat.
I was swimming at my best. Pushing myself as hard as I could. Yet it still wasn't enough. For so long I had thought of myself as the best. I had thought that no one could ever come close to beating me.
Was this my punishment for being prideful? Was this what I got for thinking that I had it all? Is the universe telling me that I was taking everything that it had given me for granted?
I didn't know right now. I didn't have the time nor the energy to contemplate that right now. I needed to focus. I still had three races to do before the day was over.
