The Summer We Met

Part 1

Oh gosh... I can't believe I'm actually here. been wishing for this all year. Pero ngayon na nandito na ako, I can't help but feel so nervous and excited at the same time.

Rumors has it,  Avyanna Gymnasium is big but now that I am ACTUALLY standing on its floor with both feet on the ground. It feels surreal because, heck this place is huge as freak. The  bleachers and benches surrounding the court are beautifully painted in white, it looks simple but classy, the high celling really creates the illusion of a massive space almost as if it was a dome, and to top that it's well ventilated I am getting really enthusiastic about the place kasi ibang-iba to sa mga gym na pinag t-trainingan ko. Ang sosyal dito, hindi maasim at all!

You might be wondering what I'm doing here.. Well,  summer has just started and I plan on going back on playing volleyball after I stopped because of the really bad injury on my ankles, I broke it during my last game on my junior season. It took long enough to recover, akala ko nga hindi na ako makakapag laro ulit.

There's too many people here.. I don't know anyone. I'm staring at my phone and pretending to text someone when in reality I'm just swiping left on my home screen over and over again, hoping for the coaches to call all the trainees and actually start training.
Please don't judge I haven't been outside my house for ages that I actually forgot how to socialize . I'm really feeling anxious and this is the only way I know to cope with this overwhelming feeling (・・;

I feel like a fool... Im sitting on one of the benches with my gym bag and nobody's talking to me.. everybody else in the middle of the court doing warm ups and just doing their own shit.. playing with the people they already know and having fun. I want to play as well habang wala pa ang coaches

But as I look around, I noticed many of these girls are probably feeling the same way kasi lahat sila mag isa din sa mga benches HAHAHAHAHHA.

Suddenly a very loud whistle started going off. And I could feel my face light up and my entire mood change. That shit sounds familiar

It's game time! thank the Lords! andito na mga coach!

"Okay players for the volleyball team gather around and gumawa kayo ng circle"  As soon as everybody heard that we followed the coache's instruction. I immediately hid my phone in my bag and went to the center of the court with the other girls and with the boys.

At this moment I can clearly see all their faces. Majority is wearing nike gears from head to toe, they all look so professional... I can't lie that made me feel a little nervous again. I feel threatened and questioning why I'm here. But I refuse to look stupid so of course I acted chill

Maya't- Maya 4 coaches entered the center of our circle.  " Hello everyone! I am coach Miguel you can call me coach Migs. I am the head coach" He's very tall and toned, I thinks he's about 6'1. It really seemed like he's a good coach and I'm gonna learn a lot from him.

"Good afternoon, Coach Leo!" he said enthusiastically while pointing at himself with a big smile on his face.  He's tall but not as tall as Coach Migs, I'm assuming he's 5'10

"Hi everybody, I am Coach Alice, and beside me is Coach Allison. We're twins.. if you can't tell" she said jokingly and everybody laughed a little.  Both Caoch Ally and Alice are beautiful they're pretty tall, I think about 5'9 or something. I love the coaches! They're all so entertaining.

"Ngayon na all the coaches introduced themselves, kayo naman ang susunod , you can state your names and tell a little about yourself . Let's start with the beautiful girl over there"  Coach Ally pointed at me.

Tangina, ako agad una hindi ako ready

"Uh uhmm, hi everyone" I introduced myself, trying to hide my nervousness. Everyone's looking at me and I can tell they're really paying attention. "I'm Dechen Eve Nazeera, I am 16 years old and this is my first time doing or seeing anything related to sports after 2 years. kaya I'm feeling a bit anxious right now" I added and waved at everyone

"Doesn't seem like that at all, you look composed"  Coach Alice commented and everybody else agreed.. I said thank you to the compliment and that honesty made me feel a little more relaxed.

It was everybody else's turn now, and after hearing all their names and little things about them, I no longer feel tensed. And after that the training started, and we we're told to make a line at the corner of the gym and  make jogging lapses around the court, there's 30 of us in total we're divided in two groups para lahat kami mas ma asses

Pagkatapos ng jogging agad agad na kaming pinag warm-up. And immediately after that ball drills na. Spiking, digging, and blocking.

Non-stop and continuously doing the same thing for 4 hours. I can feel my exhaustion and sweat.

Pumito na yung coach as a sign na tapos na ang training

"Thank you for today players.. well done sa first day natin! see you tomorrow and once again welcome sa ating two month long  sports camp!" Sabi ni Coach Migs, and lahat kami nag palakpakan. Everybody went their own separate ways from there, pumunta sa CR para mag palit at mag freshen up. 

I headed straight to the bench where I left my bag and all my stuff. I sat and chugged on my flask.  anlala ng training sobra mukhang bibinatin ako bukas. 

I was minding my own world sa bench when a girl about the same height as me approached whit her face towel hanging by her shoulders and her hair in a ponytail. 

"Dechen, right?" she asked.

"Yes, that's me" I replied with a smile.

"Hi, I'm Astrid,  I saw you kanina pa during practice and I thought you were pretty" she said

"Thank you! I actually know your name, dahil kanina sa pa introduce yourself ni Coach"  I replied and was a little bit shy

" Awww, thank you for being attentive HAAHAHAHAHHA" she said. I like her vibes, she's really easy to get along with "By the way, wanna be friends? your performance today was really great" she added.

"Yes! Ofcourse !" I exclaimed "And thank you, I actually feel underperforming today so it's nice hearing that, still trying to get back on my track" dagdag ko pa

"Ah no worries, you're doing fine." sabi niya "Soo.. friends, right?" she said while smiling and opened her arms imposing na wants a hug.

tumayo ako sa kina-uupoan ko and hugged her back "Friends." sabi ko  while still hugging her

Kumawala naman kami agad at inaya niya ako mag night market para kumain ng street foods sa labas.

I said yes, kasi you will never go wrong with street foods after ab exhausting practice :)))