aquata-the-champ

[aquata-the-champ]

Aquata picked up a dish towel and waited for Boo to finish with her first dish. "Uhhh, I don't know- I guess Christmas is coming up. We've got a full house, so that should be interesting."

Well- except Andy. Aquata assumed not, anyway.

@boointhenight

Holiday Cooking Challenge || Quoo

[aquata-the-champ]

"Yeah, kids and adults. Plus water aerobics. I'm full time here now, so half my schedule is these classes and half is personal training. Gives me plenty of time to make sure I'm doing the best possible training programs," Aquata explained swiftly as she led the way back into the general gym area, the same spiel she gave all of her clients.

She stopped and turned to face Greg again. "So, that's pretty much it. The tour and everything. I'll start working on your plan, but in the meantime, you can swing by sometime this week and we can do some initial testing, find out your baseline. Sound good to you? Any questions?"

She hoped there wouldn't be. Aquata couldn't imagine either of them wanted to prolong this conversation.

@notmuchofatail

Haters Are My Motivators | Aquatory

[aquata-the-champ]

Every client, Aquata was learning, needed something different. Some people needed tough love, because they weren't going to push themselves unless someone else pushed them. But others cut ould get discouraged if you were too harsh, believing they would never be good enough.

Luca, it seemed fell more into the latter category. Aquata wasn't going to bullshit them, but she didn't want to destroy their confidence, either. It was a tricky line to walk.

"Good job taking direction," Aquata complimented. "Your form suffered a little on the last two reps, but that goes to show we're getting to the point of fatigue. Which is what we want. That's the only way you're gonna get stronger. Have some water. Any questions before we go into the next set?"

@lucathedreamer

Push It || Aqua

[aquata-the-champ]

Aquata scoffed. She'd hoped the dig at Drakken's singing would put her over the finish line of this argument once and for all, but he always had a comeback, didn't he?

"My petition was about literally saving Magicks' lives. Yours are about, like, people picking up after their pets." Aquata couldn't remember if that was one of them, actually, but it sounded like something Drakken would make a petition about. "We are so not the same."

Aquata stopped in front of another light pole and tacked a flyer up. "You think we're good to start heading back yet? I have stuff to do."

@dr-drckken

Half Baked Crumbbacks || Blues

[aquata-the-champ]

"Huh?" It hadn't even occurred to Aquata to do the dishes. Not that she never did the dishes. She just tended to remember them hours later. Oops. "Oh, uh, yeah, I can dry."

@boointhenight

Holiday Cooking Challenge || Quoo

[aquata-the-champ]

It wasn't that Aquata thought it was fishy. She just found it annoying. She'd lived here her whole life, and she loved it here. Of course she cared about making it better. Who was Drakken to come in suddenly and tell her that she didn't, not as much as him?

"I mean, sure, but don't act like you're all superior to me just because you pushed a couple of random petitions through," she retorted. "Sometimes you have to take your time on things to make sure they're done right. So it looks like you're not doing as much work, but you're actually doing way more."

Did that argument make sense? Aquata was too irritated to care.

"Plus, you only got elected because you sang that song at the debate," she added.

@dr-drckken

Half Baked Crumbbacks || Blues

[aquata-the-champ]

Ah, leg day. No one liked leg day.

But Luca had a good attitude, and Aquata figured if she started them on the hard stuff, they'd find everything else easier by comparison. Aquata could tell they were really struggling with this, though. Especially in the later reps.

"Hey- don't speed up," Aquata said, stepping next to Luca in the mirror and raising her own set of weights. "You want to take it really slow, otherwise you're not really working those slow-twitch muscles. Just keep breathing, like this, okay?"

@lucathedreamer

Push It || Aqua

[aquata-the-champ]

"I think you're gonna, whether or not you should," Aquata teased, picking the knife up and absolutely not holding it the way the chef was currently demonstrating. She did want to learn how to cook, but she was having too much fun flirting with James.

@jameshawks

I'm Cooked | Water Wings

[aquata-the-champ]

"Oh, one of my teammates from uni did Brighton for her hen party, I think. They stayed in this really cute hotel— we'll probably still want to rent a house, though," Aquata said, pulling up Katie's Instagram.

Yes, Katie was finally marrying her on-again-off-again boyfriend. Hopefully they were on-again forever.

She scrolled through a few more pictures. "Ooh, they did a cocktail-making class, and they got a private chef dinner, and... okay, how do you feel about, uh, Magic Mike-type shit?"

@alana-the-brilliant

I Can't Say I Do Without You | Aqualana

[aquata-the-champ]

Well, that was a little more reassuring than that other client Aquata had who refused to learn. At the end of the day, it was fine if her clients didn't want to swim, no matter how great of a workout she thought it was. But she worried about those who seemed so afraid of water they didn't even want to learn. To Aquata, that seemed to be a safety hazard.

"Got it," Aquata said as they stood by the entryway to the pool. "Like I said, we can talk about it. You don't have to if you don't want to, but it's always a good option to have. Mixes things up a little bit, and it can be good for certain conditions. Any questions about that?"

@notmuchofatail

Haters Are My Motivators | Aquatory

[aquata-the-champ]

Oh, shit. A toaster? That changed things.

Well, not really. It was trivial in the grand scheme of things, and not a convincing enough reason for Aquata to come back to work there. But it was impressive. With a toaster, people could bring in bread for toast, they could make Pop Tarts... Even Aquata had to admit it was a little bit impressive.

But she didn't care anymore! She most definitely did not!

"I don't get you," Aquata said, stopping to pin another flyer up. "You come in here and suddenly you care so much about everyone and everything here, like, you're accusing me of not caring enough. Why? You've only been here, like, three or four years."

@dr-drckken

Half Baked Crumbbacks || Blues

[aquata-the-champ]

Wow. Aquata had made a marinade. Granted, it was just a little bit of chopping and a lot of mixing (and she'd fucked up the chopping) but still. Aquata had made a marinade. Maybe she wasn't so hopeless at this cooking thing.

Maybe. She'd have to see tomorrow how it all turned out.

"Can't wait," Aquata said, wiping her non-injured hand on a dishtowel and dropping it on the countertop. "Alright, well, that was fun." It didn't occur to her that there would be cleaning to do, now.

@boointhenight

Holiday Cooking Challenge || Quoo

[aquata-the-champ]

This was a couple's cooking class, so it wasn't like they were the only ones being a little flirty. But Aquata blushed anyway.

"You wash your hands," Aquata smirked back, earning her a sharp look from the chef.

"Enough chatter!" she commanded. "First, we will wash our hands. Then, we will learn knife skills. This is absolutely critical. No horsing around."

Aquata wiggled her eyebrows at James.

@jameshawks

I'm Cooked | Water Wings

[aquata-the-champ]

It was a perfect comment, because Aquata was starting to get a little too friendly. Duh, Olympus Gym had a pool. It was a proper, full-service gym. What did Greg expect?

"It's not that crazy," she said, pushing the door open. There were a few people swimming laps, but overall nothing all that exciting was happening. "Right now the pool's just open for laps. Which is open to anyone, you don't have to sign up for it or anything. We've got classes at other points, it's all on the schedule. If you're interested in incorporating swim into your plan, we can talk about that. You swim, right?"

She thought she'd seen Greg at the lake before, but she couldn't quite remember.

@notmuchofatail

Haters Are My Motivators | Aquatory

[aquata-the-champ]

"Oh, wow, that fast?" Aquata asked, starting to mix the ingredients together with one hand while she continued to hold the injured one up high. "This wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. Maybe you are kind of a chef."

@boointhenight

Holiday Cooking Challenge || Quoo

[aquata-the-champ]

He was always accusing her of that. Giving up. And, at times, Aquata had wondered if he was right. But there had to be a difference between giving up and changing your mind, right? Aquata couldn't imagine doing the same thing forever.

Well. There was one thing she would love to do forever. But swimming professionally just wasn't an option.

Sometimes she did miss Swynlake Secondary, as much as she'd hated it. Sometimes she even missed being on the same side as Drakken with things, working with him instead of against him. But she couldn't admit that.

"This again," Aquata groaned, rolling her eyes. "My program ended! I graduated! What did you expect me to do? I think you're just projecting. I mean, are you even getting much done at school, fighting with Prickly all the time? Or are you just trying to convince yourself that to make yourself feel better about it?"

@dr-drckken

Half Baked Crumbbacks || Blues

[aquata-the-champ]

Sister Rules | Risque Texts

Date: January 2025 Featuring: @arista-the-musical Warnings: None

Aquata checks in

Aquata: so 2 questions Aquata: do u wanna come over on saturday for chicken with my friends including herc Aquata: and also what’s the deal with that lol Aquata: obviously u don’t have to eat the chicken there will be other food Aquata: the chicken’s just sort of the main event

Arista: Oh that sounds great! Thank you in advanced for food alternatives Arista: Oh, I mean, I like him. A lot. Arista: I hope you’re not like mad or weirded out or anything that I didn’t make it a big thing and tell you 😬 I didn’t think you’d want that

Aquata: yeah no i’m not. honestly im thrilled he’s one of my best mates and you’re one of my six favorite sisters Aquata: i was just curious what the actual status was lol

Arista: Thrilled? Q admitted she’s thrilled about something? I’m in shock truly. Also it makes me very happy the thrilled is about me Arista: I will take being one of your six favorite Arista: Oh! Well, we haven’t really DTR’d so the status is just like dating. I haven’t been going out with anyone else even if we didn’t have the exclusive talk or whatever

Aquata: cool yeah that makes sense Aquata: and yeah i mean i am. happy. thrilled. jazzed. etc lol Aquata: obviously hoping it all turns out in the end i don’t see why it wouldn’t but im on ur side whatever happens if not Aquata: anyway we don’t have to have the whole conversation u know what i mean

Arista: I mean if I do something absolutely shit, I do expect you to call me out on it (even if you unconditionally take my side) Arista: Yeah, I know what you mean ❤️ Arista: Thanks Q

Aquata: yeah yeah Aquata: still, sister rules and all Aquata: anyway see u saturday

Arista: see you Saturday 😄

Aquata: 🤪

Arista: 🥸