Storm [H.S.]

chapter 7

As a few of the girls and I finish stretching, I glance over at Harry. He's not helping Amelia anymore and is sitting in one of the foldable chairs on the side of the court. He's reading something on his phone but of course, like he can sense me, he looks up and meets my eyes. I immediately look away because I don't want to be the fool who just stares at him all day.

Jules speaks catching my attention. "So are you guys coming Friday?" She looks at me and Willow.

"Yes we are." I smile and turn to Willow. "And we're very excited too."

Willow gives me a look before giving Jules a tight smile. "Mhm."

Jules claps. "Yay I'm so excited! For the band and for you guys to meet my boyfriend Clive."

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Katie roll her eyes next to me but Jules doesn't catch it. Does she not like Clive?

"Me too." I smile. "Do you know the band's name?"

Jules thinks for a moment. I look at Willow who watches Jules with wide eyes. She looks like she's gonna explode from the anticipation.

"No I can't remember." Jules finally answers. "Clive has seen them a couple of times and just recently told me about them."

Willow let's out the breath she was holding. Then Jules walks away to get a volleyball and Willow turns to Katie.

"We don't like Clive?" She whispers curiously.

Katie exhales a laugh. "I don't like Clive...but after you guys meet him, you probably won't be a big fan either."

"What's wrong with him?" I ask.

"He's just shady and he gives me a weird vibe." She whispers. "And I don't like how Jules acts around him."

"How does she act?" Willow questions.

"Just different, almost skittish. I don't know how to explain it but I want better for her...she deserves better."

Wow this sucks. On top of one of the band members maybe being Willow's ex fling, now we have to deal with sketchy Clive. I just want to have fun and listen to music. I also don't want Jules to be in a toxic relationship. There's nothing I can do though, it's not like we're the closest of friends.

I hear a whistle being blown and look over to see Harry walking towards the net. The team starts to gather together so I push off the floor to stand up.

"Okay today we're going to start with a game and then work on drills that focus on skills you all need practice with." Harry instructs. "Cook, Tyler, Rhodes, Montgomery, Jones.." He lists off and then turns to me. "..and Woods. You're on one side, the rest of you get on the other."

We all walk to our correct sides and get into position.

"Sullivan you're gonna set and Graham plays middle." Harry calls out.

Jena Graham, on of our outside hitters, is very tall. Good choice because I bet she's a great middle.

We play a few rounds and we're looking good. My team has our pass, set, hit down and we're up by two points.

Olivia serves the ball over the net and Charlotte Baker gets it up in the air. Bailey sets it to Willow who hits it right to Olivia. I get under Olivia's pass and see that I can set it to Amelia on the right or Katie on the left. I set it to Katie who scores us another point. We all join together in the middle to celebrate the play and Amelia looks annoyed.

Okay bitch, so I didn't set it to you one time. Did I choose Katie over her because of what happened earlier? Maybe. Am I proud of it? No but they were both open so I had to choose one. It's not like I'm letting it affect the game, we won that point.