Constantly Recurring (Perpetually Series #3)

19

Chapter 19

It's the day.. volleyball day. Intrams.

We had a meeting nung isang araw and I'll initially be the middle blocker. We represent all the student from STEM. Kinakabahan talaga ako. Bukod sa madaming manonood.. ang tagal ko nang hindi nagv-volleyball. More so, a middle blocker. I'm not really this tall when I was elementary kaya libero ako back then..

Middle blocker could be hard and good. I have mixed feelings about it. I tried to be a middle blocker in one informal game dati and I barely even touched the ball but it felt good when I got a good stuff block. It was hard because you need to be attentive and you could jump and jump and still couldn't get a block.. but it feels very rewarding when you do. Good luck nalang siguro sakin.

"Naks! Playerist ang Cha-Cha!" Surprisingly, kasabay ko pumasok si Charles kasi mas late ang start pasok. Pinag buhat niya ako ng bag. "Huwag mo gagalingan ah?"

Kumunot noo ko "Bakit?"

"E kasi yung pusta ko nasa TVL tas kay Andrew nasa STEM.. alam kong magaling ka pero wag muna ah? Pag nagka 2k ako libre kita"

My lips twitched "Bahala ka sa buhay mo"

"Or pag TVL na lang ang kalaban n'yo! Saka ka magpatalo"

Hindi ko siya pinansin. Kinakabahan padin ako. I don't really have a lot of practice deflecting the ball so I really couldn't tell if I'm gonna do well. I really don't trust myself. Bakit ba kasi ako pumayag dito? Kung hindi ako pumayag edi sana hindi ako kinakabahan at may 1k si Charles.

Balance. Control. Read the room. Focus.

And that's what I keep telling myself when the game started.

The game is on going and it felt better when I gave my team consecutive points by intercepting the opponent's spike. My first swing of the block was late at first pero nakabawi naman ako. I realized that I should've explode off my back foot para hindi ako ma-late. This first game seems to be a discovery game to me because I'm new to the position.

The opponent's setter sets a fast ball to the outside attackers so I practically jump from one antenna to the other. My ankle hurt with that move and we lost the point.

Dang I should've run..

But to be fair it's hard to beat a fast ball

We won the first game nevertheless and it was the most rewarding feeling ever. I felt free and I realized how passionate I am with this sport. I've never been more happier with doing something like this.

Our team congratulated each other and I was taken aback of who greeted me. Nagulat ako dahil nanonood pala si Calvin. Masyado ata akong focused sa game. I didn't even notice the people around. Even Andrew and Charles are besides each other.... Tapos kanina worried ako sa mga tao, di ko din naman pala sila papansinin.

"Kanina ka pa?" Tanong ko and grabbed the water that he gave. My ankles hurt at hinihingal ako.

"Yes" I said "You were good. I'm so proud of you"

I gave him a small smile "Wala ka bang pasok?"

"Two classes after lunch" he said. He told me to sit down on one of the benches "Green Valleys isn't that far. I want to witness your first official game after a while"

We sat down and before I could even speak, he summoned a towel out of nowhere and the world slowly spin when wiped my sweat of my face and hair.