something about you- lena oberdorf

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As the next day starts at 9am, I take a look at my phone again. After laying in bed for an hour, thinking wether I should accept the follow request or not, I go on Instagram and press the button "accept". My heart is pounding again. Every step I take in the direction "I know Lena Oberdorf and she knows me" is making me go crazy.

At noon, the others and I go play beach volleyball at the lake in my neighbourhood. Ever since I was a kid, my parents and friends went there on weekends to have fun and rest from all the stress of the week. I think just being at the water and doing sports frees my mind.

We are having much fun, though I realise that I'm not that good in Volleyball as I am in Handball.
I can feel myself getting out of breath, so I decide to take a break, laying on my towel in the grass.
I take a look at my phone seeing 3 notifications from Messages. One is from my aunt, the other from my mother and the third, surprisingly, from Lena.

obi
hey
what r u doing today?

me
hi
just playing volleyball at the lake with
my friends and enjoying the sun
and you?

To my own surprise I reply pretty fast and do not overthink every letter I type in. We are making good progress on chilling the fuck out, even if I'm texting a footballer.

obi
oh fast reply I am shooked
sounds great tho!
uhm probably heading off to gym now

me
yes i am getting to it haha
oh my god where do you get the
motivation from??

obi
my motivation is the thought of my trainer kicking my ass if i won't stay fit
but i won't do much since it's pretty hot
outside today

me
lmao okay i get that tho
yup i probably got a sunburn already

obi
ah shit, hope it ain't that bad
can we continue to talk later?
i have to get going now

me
oh yes of course we can
i am wishing u good luck on lifting weights
or whatever you do there
read 4:14pm

I can feel a sense of excitement and interest when I put my phone down and get back on the field to my friends playing about what team is gonna have to run into the water first.

Even if I was teaming up with Smilla and Kiara and we obviously won against Lilly, Toby and Rick, I went into the water anyway.

The ocean or even little lakes are one of my favourite things on the planet. Everytime I'm in the water it's like I am in another world and can let go of everything. Underwater everything is so silent and calm.

It has gotten late and the sun starts to set when all of us decide to go home. We start to pack up our things when Tobys parents call and tell him that they will come back home tomorrow morning. „You should probably all sleep at your place tonight. I think my parents want some alone time with me and my sister when they get back. I hope you understand." Toby mentions. „Oh of course we understand that Toby!" „Yeah, who do you think we are?!"

I enter my house at 9pm and take a quick look at the kitchen, the living room and finally the bedroom of my parents. No ones home. While I walk back into the kitchen, to make me some good food, I think about where they could be. I go for the fridge to get me some avocado for my toast. I recognise a small paper with the words „We're at the neighbours house...Just so you don't worry. Love you x"
Okay okay my parents didn't left the country without me, thank god. It happens a lot, sadly. I always get heart attacks.

I make myself comfortable on the couch with my avocado toast and some coke to watch the new YouTube video of my favourite YouTubers Sam and Colby. 30 minutes into the video my phone dings, which scares me a bit since Sam and Colby do Ghost Hunting and their videos are a little bit darker. I have received a message from Lena. My stomach flips, when I notice that she has send me a 1 minute voice message. My hands shake a little when I press the start button.

„Hi uhm I got back from the gym 3 hours ago but something came up so I couldn't tell you about it immediately....I hope you don't mind....Whatever. It was really hot I have to say and pretty exhausting, but at the end it made me feel so much better! I have early training tomorrow so I will go to bed now. What are you up to right now? I mean if you're even still awake... Yeah, let me know! Bye"

Oh my goodness. I have never heard her voice. It is lighter than I imagined it to be...it is more calming that I imagined it to be. What do I do now? Do I text her or do I send a voice message back? I kinda feel pressured now to do so. I don't really have problems with sending voice notes but Lena is not a friend I send it to....But she goes to bed soon and now she is still online, I have to reply as fast as possible to get a response. I don't know why I want a response from her so badly but I need to do something.

I stop thinking and press the recording button.

„Hey! Oh no its okay I understand that you don't have that much time to talk to me. Its no problem really...Not like I wait for your message all day haha. Uh...I forgot what I was about to say...Oh yeah right, I am watching Youtube right now and wanted to go to bed soon too."

Omg what the hell was that. I am so embarrassing. Will I ever stop yapping??? Help. She is listening to it now. Theres no turning back.

I shut my phone down and put it beside me, continuing to watch the Sam and Colby video. My phone makes a sound, which is probably because of a reply from Lena.
I can't concentrate on the video anymore and the second my phone dings again, it's over. I turn off the TV and dedicate myself to the conversation.

2 Voice messages from Obi appear on my screen. I start listening to them as soon as I open up the chat.

„Oh yeah you totally were waiting for my message. Besides that, I really want to talk to you, but I don't know how you feel about it. I can Imagine how weird it has to be for you to text me. But you have to remember that I am just a normal person after all. If you want to talk to me, then do so."

„Okay let's skip this talking about our texting situation and get right to it. Have you won in Volleyball today??? If not you're embarrassing, just saying."

Oh my god is she kidding me? Fron where does she take all her confidence? I quickly reply in disbelief.

„Uhm excuse me? I bet the only thing you can do properly is playing football. And yes, I in fact won today!! Me and my friends make a good team..."

Lena and I keep sending us voice messages and discuss about which one of us would win a volleyball match. I totally forget about the time and realise that one hour has passed when Lena is sending another message.

„...You will be the one running after the ball when I smack it over the net, believe me! But unfortunately I think we have to keep discussing about this tomorrow, or today if you will, because It has really gotten late and I need to be fit for the early training. It was really great talking to you. Good night, have a wonderful sleep, Alora."

Her saying my name is giving me chills. I try to sound dry over text not giving any sign that I am not being normal about her voice.

me
yes, i start liking talking to you too
good night obi
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