Page 58 of Brick Wall
“What the hell are you watching?” he asks.
“Volleyball,” I state, a little annoyed. Clearly, it’s a volleyball game.
“How are you watching this?”
“I’m streaming it from CHU’s live stream,” I say, while keeping my eye on the game.
Annie is in Georgia for another invitational. They played Florida earlier and won, and now they are playing the host team, Georgia, and are down by two.
I grab my phone from the coffee table to text Annie.
“What are you doing?” Cal questions.
“I’m texting Annie and asking why she just took out her libero,” I say while pushing my thick fingers hard on my phone to text her. “Morgan has been on fire today, and it makes no sense to have zero liberos for this set. She should really reconsider this decision, don’t you think?”
“I’m sure she’s going to love that text,” he says sarcastically while grabbing my phone out of my hands.
“Hey!”
“You’ll thank me for this. Well, at least Annie will,” he says, dumping my phone in a drawer in my kitchen.
I hear him mumble, “Everybody’s a coach,” as he returns and sits down in the black leather recliner across from me.
We watch volleyball together in utter silence. I’m too focused on the game, anyway. At some point Cal orders us two pizzas for dinner. It’s a typical chill night for us.
“So, it’s going well with Annie, I take it?”
“Yup.”
“Cool, happy for you.”
“Thanks, man,” I say simply.
Cal and I hang out for the rest of the evening, and when he turns to go back upstairs, he opens a drawer and throws me my cell phone.
I look at my phone and notice a few missed texts from Annie, who was just asking about my day and telling me about her trip—all texts from a while ago.
Sebastian: Sorry. Cal hid my phone from me
Annie: Do I want to know?
Sebastian: No, probably not
Sebastian: I was watching your game earlier, and I had a few notes for you
Annie: Uh-huh
Annie: Tell Calvin I said thank you
Sebastian: I will do no such thing. It will go to his head
Sebastian: and his head is big enough
Annie: Like someone else, I know
Sebastian: I don’t know, you haven’t seen it in a while. Not sure how accurate your assessment would be
Annie: That’s fair. I’ll make sure to reassess when I see you
