just keep swimming

so i went swimming today, and it was rather cloudy and cold so i didn't expect anyone to be at the pool. upon my arrival, i was correct. the pool was empty, the water still, not a shred of noise. as you can imagine, my imagination often leads me to think scary thoughts in scenes like this. thoughts that went along the lines of: "sharksharksharksharkshark-deadgirl-sharksharkshark-atthebottomofthepool-sharksharksharkshark-lookingstraightintomyeyes-sharksharksharksharkshark-waitingtopullmylegsdown-sharkshark-whileiamswimming." as i was swimming in paranoia, a young man, about the age of 30, appeared at the gate. i stopped by the side to observe that the man was on his phone and making his way over to the jacuzzi. so he didn't bother me and i kept swimming. it was when i got out of the pool to rinse in the shower that things got weird. before i turned on the water, i heard him say, "hey! you, over there! hey!" i didn't look in his direction, because i thought he was talking to a random jogger. then, as i walked back to my belongings, he called out enthusiastically, "there he is!" i looked this time. "yea, i'm talking to you! how's the swimming going?" i replied awkwardly, "good, i guess?" a big smile rolled across his face. "yea? you getting stronger?" i tried to be polite and said, "yea...a little bit." for some reason, this made him applaud me. "whew! yea! just keep swimming, baby!" when he called me, baby...i broke out into nervous laughter. after that, i reached my things and packed up in a silence full of quizzical squinting. i wasn't quite sure what had just happened.