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Your red shoes.

Longing.

Have you ever loved someone so much that you could barely breathe in their

presence?

It happened to me.

I live in a small town.

A really small town.

And I like it.

I don't look forward to a whole lot.

That's all right, too.

Work at the pool, which is right across the street from where I live.

Swimming to kids and kind of keep things in order.

Budget cuts.

That town council.

They're going to keep cutting until they cut their own damn fingers off.

We've got another lifeguard gig lined up at the new gym.

We've got a second opening.

Think about it.

Don't worry about me.

I'll be fine.

I know what this place means to you.

Just cool.

And one day, this coach from Indiana brought one of his swimmers to train in

pool.

Word was that he was very good.

We were just training here for about two weeks.

Come on, let's go train in the pool.

Don't sit out of nowhere.

Let's do the real deal.

Olympic material.

Seven -five.

I guess his coach thought it could get him away from distractions.

He could get him to settle down.

Sometimes at night, I sneak back into the pool

and swim naked.

I love it.

Swimming naked.

Fantasizing.

Really love it.

Hello?

It's okay.

I fell asleep.

You're the swimmer.

How long have you been doing this?

Naking here at night?

I like this place too.

The light.

And the water.

I imagine all the kids who learn how to swim here.

They're gonna drain it and tear it down and...

Turn it into a mini mall.

You better go.

My coach, you know.

He doesn't like anyone around when I practice.

Yeah.

Take care now.

You look tired No

I'm gonna do it again

Twice or thrice I have loved thee.

Before I knew thy face or name.

In a voice, in a shapeless flame.

Angels affect us oft, and worship thee.

Still, when to where thou wert, I came.

Some glorious nothing I did thee.

To float is to fly.

To fly is to dream.

I'm touching him.

He's inside of me.

Swimming naked.

Floating.

Dreaming.

The fantasy.

Thinking about him.

I followed him.

Watched him.

The other women.

How gentle he was.

How sure.

How bold.

Someone went through my locker the other night.

And someone's been spying on me.

What is it you want to know about me?

Do you want to know how fast I swim?

51 .3 seconds on a good day.

50 .1 seconds the fastest I've ever gone, which is fast enough.

Or perhaps you want to know about my relationship with my mother.

We're very close.

Just ask me.

My age?

I sure thought.

My star sign, my favorite color, anything.

I want to know what it's like to be one of your women.

I'd like to play backgammon.

I see the look in their eyes.

They're feeling something I've never felt before.

Can I tell you something?

I'm a hero.

People think I'm wonderful.

They watch me swim.

Those women, they're not making love to me.

They're making love to their hero.

But that's a lie.

Is that what you want also?

For me to lie to you?

I'm a backgammon board.

My name is Isaac.

Lila. Nice to meet you.

Your

first

boyfriend.

Tony Bendito.

He works over at the lumberyard.

He got married last summer and...

I

came from a town like this.

Where we all knew each other.

Now I see my mother once a year.

You have a gift.

It's your destiny.

Sometimes I feel the gift is more than me.

You cheated.

I did not.

You did, too. You went from here to here.

No, no, I didn't. I went from here to there.

I'm leaving tomorrow.

Where?

I don't know.

I don't really keep track anymore.

The thing is... The thing is, what if I start thinking

about you, and I'm on the other side of the world?

I mean, maybe I'll start thinking about you, and I don't even know where I am.

You know where I am.

It's on the map.

It's a little dot between Tustin and Truckee, and it never moves.

My ninth grade swimming team scarf.

You never know.

It might get cold when you don't know where you are.

Floating, flying, dreaming.

Suddenly that person disappeared out of my life and it broke my heart.

Water is shadow.

Water is ghost.