BEAST in ME

PART 7

JIA POV

We have a training today. After the friendly game, we were only given a whole day to rest. Now, we are back again to our training.

It will start at 6:00 pm. I came early as I always do. Some of my teammates were already there and others are still coming.

It was just 5:30 in the afternoon, so the team were just having a good time while having a conversation. Sort of they were aiming for someone to tease for.

JEMA: "The Jiamazing is here. What's up Ji?!"

She greeted me with all her energy the moment she saw me walking slowly towards them.

JIA: "I am fine. How about you boss Jema?"

And I showed her my precious smile as I gave emphasis to her favorite word, boss. People in there laugh except for Jema of course.

JEMA: "I am doing good not until you came."

Her smiles fades away and she makes me feel that. I guess she regreted greeting me first. But I just smiled at her in return of which irritates her. I won.

MICH: "How's your shoulder na Ji? Magaling na ba?"

My shoulder actually gets hurt after the game. It was getting stiff and painful at times when I got home. So, last night before sleeping, I had it warm compressed to ease the pain.

And before coming here, I wrapped it with a lot of tapes. But I can still feel the pains and stiffening at times though less painful already.

JIA: "Still the same, but I can manage. It has been a long time that I play the game. Then, it was a five setter pa. And I just trained with you na wala pang isang month. Naninibago lang po siguro."

Just to assure them and not makes them worry about it.

LY: "Iba talaga ang Jiamazing. May sakit na, maglalaro pa rin. Parang hindi ka naman nawala ng matagal Ji. Still the same pa rin, Jiamazing."

ELLA: "Sabihin mo lang Ji kung sobrang masakit na, ako na lang muna ang papalit sayo. Magsesetter na ako. Hahahaha. I am Ellamazing."

MICH: "Hahaha. Ganun ba. Handa ka na ba sa one man suicide ni coach Tai, Ella?!"

ELLA: "Ay huwag na pala Jia. Nagbago na isip ko. Okay na akong spiker. Tama na yung Ellavator. Hahaha. Magtraining ka Ji ah."

And they all laughed. It has always been like this since I joined the team. That is why, I always look forward to be with them during training.

We just continue having conversation until our other teammates came as well as the coaching staff. Just like we used to, we started the hard training at 6:00 and end up at 8:00 pm.

But today it was a bit earlier becase they will have a meeting. We used to extend our training sometimes until 8:30. I mostly got home beyond 9:00 already. But not today.

As we entered the room, the people are all quiet. Everybody was panting so hard and sweating a lot. Nobody even talks. That has always been like that after the training.

We all run out with energy even just for a talk. Coach Tai always finds a way to make a hell out of our life during training.

Even if I had shoulder pains, it was not an excuse for his hard training. But I am used already playing with the pain.

It is much even harder when I was in first year. Until now, I still couldn't imagine how I survive the training regime of Coach Tai. He would love to give me one man suicide drill.

Good thing, it didn't worsen my ACL because during that time I just finished my rehabilitation after a surgery with my knee injury.

Kaya sanay na ako sa mga pahirap sa buhay na training niya. Well, me, ate Ly and ate Ella is used to it. We are even used to a much harder one.