My Passion

4. Waiting

,,What's the start list for second round?" I asked out of blue as the first round ended and we were all sitting in our Norway bunk in finish. ,,I don't know," Aleks bubbled into his palms, what were on his face. ,,We're going to have it in a bit," coach said, leaving somewhere. ,,Sebas, I heard that you got into second round," Henrike sighed happily.
,,Did I?" Sebas got surprised.
,,Yes you did," coach laughed, placing the start list in front of us. Little Alex grabbed it first and the started reading it: ,,I'm going from the top, reading just us. So. Sebas, Timon, me, Luc, Aleks, Henrike and you Atle. Numbers are one, three, nine, thirteen, nineteen, twenty - six and twenty - seven."
,,Wow. I really got in," Sebas chuckled. ,,When are we going up to the start?" I asked, scanning the start list, with my eyes landing on position with my name.
,,I was going so good. But then I messed up," I whispered as I almost didn't hear myself. ,,Don't worry buddy. You're gonna get better check out on it now. We all gonna do great..." Leif whispered into my ear. ,,I know. I just can't focus on it that much..." I exhaled.
,,Throw it behind your head Lucas. I won't be looking at this face all day. Understood?" coach said, narrowing his eyebrows. ,,Yes coach," I dropped off the sad face, starting to laugh, because Rasmus was making funny face at me. ,,There you go," Atle laughed. ,,Happy to have you back lad," Henrike chuckled. ,,I wasn't away that long," I inquired. ,,Oh yeah? I was looking at that face last thirty minutes," little Alex giggled. ,,Okay. Okay..." I bursted out laughing. ,,There we go!" coach Sam laughed as he joined us.
,,Hi Sam. Did you finish the summary of their rounds?" head coach greeted him with a question. ,,Yes. I did. But there were some problems with Lucs round. But I fixed it," he said and I lifted my head up. ,,What?" I asked. ,,Let's start. Henrike, you went first there," coach Sam said. ,,Yes," he said, taking computer from him. ,,You got everything in there," coach Sam reminded him.
,,Okay. Thank you," Henrike said, playing the video to himself. I bit the inside of my cheek. ,,What's with the lemon face again?" Atle asked. ,,Nothing. Just thinking," I blurred out. ,,Okay," he smiled, going back to his convo with Rasmus and Aleks. ,,Okay got it. So basically, I just need to held my position. Right?" Henrike asked. ,,Yes," coach Sam nodded, ,,pass the comp to Luc." He passed me comp and I played the summary of my round. The infos started to appear on the screen.

"Bad position, light weight on the heels of the skis. More focusing on the tips of the skis. Left arm needs to go more with body."

I sighed loudly as the video ended. ,,Done?" Henrike asked. ,,Yes. Atle, here you go," I passed him the computer. ,,Do you understand?" coach Sam asked me. ,,Mhm," I nodded. ,,Okay. Sebastian, bring me the comp once you're all done," he said. ,,Okay," Sebas nodded and both of the coaches left somewhere. ,,Can you let me Henrike? I need to go out to clear my head," I stood up. ,,Yeah, sure," he smiled, letting me go out.
,,Why all of the sudden? I was alright. I guess I was more nervous than I thought," I was talking to myself, when I was walking around finish.
,,Hey Lucas. What are you doing on this side of finish?" familiar voice called my name. ,,Hey...ummm...Sara. Sorry. I blurred out for a second," I smiled at her as I approached her. ,,That's okay. I should love to talk to someone who I know," she smiled at me as well. ,,Well, I would love to be your company for a few," I chuckled and sat on a bench next to her.
,,So? Why are you here?" she asked. ,,Just clearing my head. And my legs leaded me here," I said. ,,Brilliant," she laughed. ,,Yeah. And total random," I giggled. ,,How was summer? I saw all of that insta posts from you, Atle and Alex," she spoke. ,,So. Almost all summer we were in Colorado. Then back to Norway to spend some time with families and then we went to Bahamas," I took a deep breath in, ,,and then back to Norway to train some more." ,,That sounds like a lot of fun," she giggled. ,,It was," I smiled. ,,And you?" I asked her. ,,Well, we were at Alps. You know, whole team. Then I decided to go visit Frida Hansdotter. Do you know who she is?" she asked me, because she saw my surprised face. ,,No. No, I don't. I just know that she is from Sweden. Like you," I looked at her.
,,So, she was alpine skier just like me or you. She ended her career long ago. You weren't even racing in World Cup," she smiled. ,,When was it?" I asked. ,,That's a good question...It was in 2019. Long ago now," she sighed. ,,At this time, I think that it was my pre-last or even last season in National Cup. But I already had my debut in World Cup from 2018 in Val d'Isere," I chuckled. ,,Oh my god. I totally forgot," she smashed her palm against her forehead. ,,It's okay. Go on with your summer," I chuckled again. ,,So then, I went with Frida and Anna to Greece. It was so relaxing. But also we went on some hikes. To not let go of form. And then we went back to Sweden, to have some more dry trainings and also some rounds on snow. So, That was it," she clapped her hands together. ,,That sounds cool. And from posts, Frida seems nice," I smiled.
„Yes. She is very nice,“ she chuckled. „And how was your first round?“ I asked. „It was great, but I had some problems at the start. But somehow, I'm still third,“ she giggled at the end. „Who's in front of you?“ my pupils delayed. „Petra from Slovakia and Mikaela,“ she looked on her phone.  „Mikaela is on second place?“ I gasped. „Yes. Petra was on the track like a dragon. She gave Mikaela +0.72. Hope Aleks is still happy," she nodded. „He surely is. He is happy with everything Miki is doing. He loves her so much,“ i giggled.
„They're both so in love. And im happy for them. I hope they're gonna last long,“ she smiled. „I hope so too,“ I said. Then, all of sudden, my phone rang. „Who's calling you?“ she asked. „I don't know,“ I said, pulling my phone out of my pocket, „it's Atle. I should get going. Were soon going on check up of the track. Bye Sara,“ I gave her side hug, leaving to Norway bunk. „Hey Luc. Glad you saw my call. And...what's with the smile?“ Atle asked. „I saw your call, yeah. And the smile. I met Sara. We talked a little and I'm much better. I wanted to talk a little more, but you called,“ I sighed.
„Oh. You two can talk after race. Surely, she can help you, after you're gonna show her your rounds. Will she?“ he shared eyecontact with me. „Yeah. She can. And she is third. Miki and Petra are infront of her,“ I said. „Whoa! Miki is first?“ he asked. „Nope. She's second. Petra is first. Sara said, that Petra raced like a dragon. She gave Miki +0.72,“ I bit the inside of my cheek.
„+0.72?! Wow. I've actually been following Petra for a while. Shes great. We can watch womens GS after we end. If you want to,“ he giggled. „I want to. No way I'm missing out on this battle,“ I chuckled. „Okay lad. But now we need to go, since the second round is starting in like two hours. And we still need to go on check out of the track,“ he mumbled.
„Then let's go. We dont want lads to wait on us,“ I chuckled again, my arm going around his shoulders, us walking to our bunk.
„Hey Lucas. Are you better now?“ Henrike asked me as we walked into bunk. „Yea. A lot. And Aleks. Miki is second after Petra,“ I chirped and he quickly ran out of the bunk. „I'm guessing, he ran to Miki," Leif bursted out laughing, and in a split of a second, we were all laughing. „Let's get ready on the check out boys,“ coach Sam poked his head into a room. „Okay. Okay,“ Timon yawned, taking all of his equipment, and then leaving behind Sebas.
I took my helmet, poles, gloves and skis with me and left the bunk, leaving there just Leif and Rasmus, since they did not finished first round. „Luc, come!“ Atle called. „Hey Atle! Wait on me!“ I called back, running to him...

You waited...And it's finally here! Fourth chapter!!!!
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