The One That Got Away

TOTGA 3

Bea's POV

After my birthday, gumaling na rin naman ung back ko. Si Jho naman di pa masyado pwedeng magpagod kasi may nararamdaman na naman siya sa left leg niya. Hayyy we have a game a tomorrow versus San Sebastian and that is my first game as a Junior. Kailangan ko na rin magstep up since ako nalang ang inaasahan sa blockings since wala na si Ate Mae at Ate Amy pati na rin si Maddie. I wonder what happened to her.

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"Back to training! 30 laps. Go go!" Sabi ni coach Tai kaya tumakbo na kami nang by twos. Kasama ko ngayon si Ponggay.

"Ate Bea is your back okay?" Tanong niya.

"Yes Pong okay na ako. Anyway how's Ther?" Tanong ko sa kanya. Di na rin kasi naglalaro si Ther ngayon. May mga news naman that she would be our court side reporter this year. Now I'm the only one who's left in our batch.

"Well ayun si ate, after nila magbreak ni kuya Rex she's just focusing herself on her studies. Bitter na rin un hayy." Sabi niya haha. I wonder kamusta sila ni Deanna.

"Kamusta naman Sophomore years mo? Sila Wong at Ria?" Tanong ko.

"Medyo nakapag adjust na rin po. Nahirapan lang po ako sa pagiging open since nasanay na sa middle. Sina Deanna at Ria? Ayun magulo kwarto dahil kay Deanna. Isama mo na kami nina Kaye at Pam. Haha forever rookies." Sabi naman niya. I wish I was a rookie again. Nakakamiss :(

"Anyway sige na Pong jog na tayo. Beast mode si kuts Tai." Sabi ko and we jog. Actually, we ran. Masakit sa paa sheeett.

After 30 laps, stretching naman. Banat na naman ng buto. Pero sabi ni Ate Ly wag muna daw ako magstretching sa back dahil nga kagagaling lang sa pain.

"Good day people of BEG!!"

Narinig namin mula sa pinto. And there we saw the our old teammates and also those na hindi part ng line up. Ate Den, Ate Ella, Ate Amy, Ate Marge, Ate Jirah, Maddie, Therese and of course kasama nila si Jho.

"Anong ginagawa niyo dito?!" Sigaw namin pabalik sa kanila. Pumunta naman sila lahat dito.

"Dadalaw lang. Here's the food!" Sabi ni ate Ella. Toootooootooot here comes the patay gutom.

Kumain lang naman kami. Tumabi ako kila Maddie and there nagkwentuhan lang kami.

"Wait nasaan si Kat?" Nasaan na nga ba ung Tolentino na un.

"Ayun nasa therapy niya pa kaya di muna siya sumama sa amin." Sagot ni Therese. "Anyway, how's your leg Madz?"

"Eto magaling na pero ayaw ako paglaruin ni Mommy. Iyan tuloy wala kayong running attacks." Full of swag na sabi ni Madz.

"I can do that." Sabi ko and wink at them. Napailing nalang sila sa kalokohan ko. Same old me.

Napatingin naman ako kila Ate Ly. There friendship really last forever na kahit graduate na sila ay nagkikita pa rin sila at di nagkakalimutan. Team Besht goals. Pasimple naman akong tumingin kay Ate Den na nakikipagkwentuhan ngayon kay Ate Ly. Aww I miss AD. Both of them have bfs now so I think they'll remain as friends.

Then I looked at our seniors now. Gizzle, Marge, Jirah and Jho. Tagal din nilang di nagsasama sama dahil wala na sila Marge. Si Jho naman may 2 years pa kung sakali dahil parehas lang kami ng playing year. I think Gizzle will graduate alone.

Ung iba naman especially the new fab 5 and ang sophomores and rookies, they're happy. We are a family. New team, same dream. This is us.

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Ung time na nagmomoment ka tas biglang may pipito? Coach Tai naman eh.

"Stop eat. Back to train. Harder harder!" Sabi niya. Still the coach Tai we know.

Puro drills ang finocus namin pati narin ung pagmimimimize ng errors. Un ang pangunahing problema.

Dig. Set. Spike. Block. Eat. Drink.

Yeah we eat. Patay gutom eh. Sila Ate Den naman kalaban namin ngayon. Naggame kami to train us daw.

Di pa rin nawawala ang galing nila sa volleyball through the years. Sabagay nasa iisang team lang naman sila talaga. Although kahit naboblock namin ay nakukuha pa rin ni ate Den. Ate Ly naman, she's still the phenom we know.

Natapos ang laro in 4 sets of course nanalo sila. But I think we learned our lesson, naminimize naman errors namin but still wala kaming receive. Goodluck nalang tomorrow.

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"Bei! Bei! Gising may game pa mamaya."

Wtf mamaya pa naman ung game it's too early to wake up on a Saturday.

"Too early." I said lazily who ever this is.

"I know but kailangan mo ko samahan. May therapy remember?" Pagkasabi niya nun ay napabangon ako. It's Jho.

"May therapy ka pa sa lagay mong iyan?" Sabi ko. She just pouted. Why so cute Jhoana?

"Dali na beh please? Libre nalang kitang breakfast." Breakfast? I looked at the watch and 6am palang.

"Ugh fine. Wait for me sa baba." Sabi ko. I did my morning rituals and nagbihis na. I just wore white shirt and black shorts then keds. Lumabas na ako then Jho immediately held my hand at hinatak ako sa parking lot.

"Tagal mo beh. Inip na ako." Sabi niya. Napatingin naman ako sa suot niya. Damn.

"Seriously Jho? Pupunta ka lang sa therapy ganyan pa suot mo?!" Sabi ko with authority. She's wearing white shirt and shorts with red lipstick. Damn she's hot.

"What?! Nothing's wrong with my outfit Bei. Tara na." Sabi niya at hinatak nalang ako sa kotse.

When we arrive, naghintay lang naman ako sa labas ng room nila at umupo doon. I hope magaling na siya.

Then lumabas na rin naman siya but she's not smiling.

"Beh sabi daw ni doc may injury ako sa left leg ko kaya di pa rin daw ako pwedeng maglaro. Ugh great!" Frustated na sabi niya. I just gave my smile to her.

"Okay lang iyan Jho at least I can play for the team. Mahirap na pareho tayo wala. So tara let's have breakfast na, may game pa mamaya." Sabi ko. We went to the nearest pancake house sa Ateneo then we eat.

After 5 hours

Set 3 na and lamang ang San Sebastian. We're having a hard time because the team is not complete. May sakit si Jia, si Jho di makapaglaro, ako di pa sanay, at wala si ate Ly. Out of town ang Balipure kaya wala kaming supporters. In the end, we lost. Nakipagshake hands nalang kami kila Ate Gretchel since kaclose na rin naman namin siya. And it's 6pm na rin naman so we went home. May dinner na din sa dorm since nagpadeliver lang sila. Lahat bagsak ang balikat. We just had our second loss and we still don't have our first win. May games pa naman kami. Sa Monday kalaban namin ang Perpetual na wala pa ring panalo.

"Guys cheer up. May news si Coach Tai." Sabi ni Capt. Jia.

"Guys nood daw tayo finals ng PSL. Foton vs F2 para na rin may matutunan tayo kahit konti sa techniques nila." Sabi ni Mich.

"Libre ticket? Courtside?" Tanong ni Gizzle.

"Oo daw. Tomorrow ah." Sabi ni Jia. (A/N: di ko po alam sched ng PSL)

"Sleep na guys. Bawi tayo. Goodnight." Sabi namin lahat and we all drifted to sleep.

Tbc

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