Poolside Distraction

Hadley’s POV

It was finally the day of the competition with Met U.

And my heart? Oh, it wouldn’t stop pounding.

I kept bouncing on my heels, trying to breathe in through my nose, out through my mouth. This could go two ways: happy, victorious, ice-cream-and-hype-texts type of day… or sad, miserable, lose-and-cry-into-my-pillow kind of day. And I really, really hoped it wouldn’t be the latter.

“Alr