Penny pulled herself through the water, her arms moving in a circular motion until she felt herself reach the end of the pool, gripping the metal bar at the end of the pool and lowering her legs down, shaking her hair backwards out of her face as Anne finished her lap, a little slower than Penny in the water but she moved more gracefully. If she was honest, she admitted she was quite an aggressive swimmer, unlike Anne who took her time but moved through the water so gracefully, her strokes one constant, fluidic like motion, until she moved up along side Penny, smiling, water dripping off her face. Penny held the metal bar with her left hand, using her right to move it through Anne's hair, Anne shaking it about till it floated on the surface of the water.
"I needed that, I haven't been in a pool since, well, for at least a couple of years" Anne said, looking at the shrivelled skin on her fingertips; She rubbed them together feeling the folded loose skin it felt strange.
"Well, you swim like a professional honey. Although we need to get a move on if we are going to get back to yours in time" Penny said, her legs kicking beneath the water, brushing one against Anne's foot, Anne shifting slightly in the water staring at her friend for a brief second before turning to face the rim of the pool.
Anne placed her hands on the concrete rim, tensing her upper arm muscles and pushed upwards, her body rising out of the water, Penny's head focused on the exiting flesh, her eyes moving over the smooth wet rear of Anne, the lycra swimming costume pulled tightly between her legs, dark but very revealing. Anne swung her leg onto the side of the pool, her thigh muscles tensing as she raised her other out of the pool, placing it beneath her and standing up, for a moment of fear in Penny's mind, she almost fell backwards into the water but steadied herself, Penny reaching up and placing a reassuring hand against the small of Anne's back, holding her steady until Anne stepped forward, crouching down and taking her large towel off the white plastic chair, wrapping it around her waist.
Penny held that image in her head of Anne on the verge of falling backwards into the pool, in her mind she did, crashing into the water, the wake pushing Penny away against the side of the pool, Anne floating there deathly still. Her arms and legs spread in the water floating like a star, her star, Anne the new star.
Penny shook her head and pulled herself along the edge of the pool to the metal staircase, gripping the cool metal surface and climbing up out of the water onto the tiled floor, walking to her own towel and pulling it around her, the other swimmers in the pool continuing their laps, a few guys looking up at the two young women walking towards the changing rooms. Well, Penny thought, who could blame them, she thought with a smile, pushing one hand through her hair as she walked into the changing room, turning the numerous curves for the women's protection, the shallow pool of water around their feet warming their toes, Penny stepping out of the shallow pool and into the main room of the changing rooms, moving towards their lockers.
"I think I'm going to take a shower. Can you get my stuff out of your bag" Anne asked turning to face the metal lockers. She dropped the towel onto the wooden bench and began to peel the lycra costume off, rolling it down her wet skin, past her breasts, down around her thighs and rear and onto the floor, the wet costume a mass of fabric and chlorinated water at her feet. Anne held the towel tightly around her naked body, modestly overwhelming her, Penny, silently holding her breath hoping for it to slip maybe an inch or two, just enough to please her eyes. It didn't and Penny sighed to herself, showing less modesty as she peeled her own costume down her body, shaking it off her right leg onto the wooden bench.
Penny opened her locker with the key around her wrist, pulling the sports bag out and unzipping it, removing a plastic wash kit, placing it on the bench beside her bag and removing her own, taking her wet swim suit from the bench and placing it in a carrier bag, tying it up securely as she pushed her bag back into the locker, locking it shut and walking across the changing rooms with her towel over her shoulder, Anne staring in stunned disbelief at her naked friend walking into the shower blocks, placing the towel on a plastic holder and turning the head on, hot water cascading down over her body. Anne stepped in a moment later, taking the shower head close to her friend, placing the shampoo on the plastic rut sticking out, her wash cloth and shower gel next to it.
She squirted some onto her body, rubbing it into a foamy lather over her body, using the wash cloth to wash it away as the hot water moved down off her body into the drain. She squeezed the cloth free of the soapy mixture, soaking it for a brief moment before squirting some onto her arms and face, washing them thoroughly. Next she moved her cloth over her breasts, the fabric a little rough on her nipples where the swimsuit had been rubbing them. They hurt a little anyway going from extreme temperatures but this was nice feeling them like this, washing them with hot water. The soft fabric left her chest, Anne raising her left leg up, leaning her knee against the tiled wall.
Her thigh muscles were hurting a little she knew she had been swimming for a long time, past her normal amount of laps. They were probably a little strained she would need to have a nice massage on them later, yeah, and who would do that, she thought smiling, squeezing some gel onto her skin and washing the chlorinated water off her skin, water and chemical water falling into the drain, it didn't matter, she would still smell of the stuff but it would help get it off her. Science, she thought for a moment, people in old times didn't have chlorine or chemicals but still were able to swim.
A hand touched her shoulder, moving along her arm tightly, to her hand and onto the top of her shampoo bottle. She looked at Penny groping blindly, water soaking her hair her head tilted forwards, her face aimed towards the tiled wall. Anne took hold of Penny's hand around the bottle, gripping it tightly, and guided it back, Penny turning her head slightly and grinning at her friend as she pushed the cap up and squirted some into her hand. She massaged it between the two and moved it through her hair, massaging her scalp for a moment, a lather of bubbles on her head. Anne giggled at this, stepping from her own little space and behind her friend, pushing Penny's hands away and replacing them with her own, feeling Penny's head under her finger tips.