CHAPTER XII:THE EX-BOYFRIEND

Eury's POV,

We scored first in our first set against Leoñes Academy.

But this is only the beginning.

"NICE SERVEEE!!" My teammates cheered for our player who will be serving.

I covered the back of my head just in case. It's not like I don't trust them but accidents happen. Last time I got hit by Pauleen's serve.

Keziah strongly serves the ball to the other side of the net.

Their libero manages to receive the ball again.

"I'll get-"The other receiver doesn't get to finish what she was going to say. Grace immediately sets the ball to their middle blocker.

They did a quick from the center and scored. It was too fast that we aren't able to stop it.

I smirk after seeing her risky sets. "To avoid your sets getting blocked. Sometimes you need to surprise the opponents instead." Grace tells me after making a score by a risky set like that.

I admit that she's not just an ordinary setter.

The other team is going to serve now.

"NICE SERVEEEE!!!" Said the opponent's team.

"Let's move closer. She might serve a jump float." Our captain instructed us. Then we move slightly forward.

Our captain is not wrong about what she assumed. The other team's player instantly serves a jump float.

"I GET THIS ONE!!" she shouts to inform us that she will be the first one to receive

Pauleen supports her then toss the ball to me."EURY!!"

As soon as I received the ball, I quickly set it to the back row.

"HUH?!!" Everyone in my team was shocked when the other team managed to block it.

"NICE BLOCK!!!" the other team all said.

"They found out that it'll be the pipe," Keziah says to me.

"Don't mind Eury! We will take the next point!!"Pauleen said to me trying to console me.

I just nod at her." Of course."

"Your set just got blocked because you are too easy to read." Grace bluntly tells me. I just crease my forehead because of what she said.

"You just saw me do a quick set without getting blocked. So you think that surprising the other team's blockers would be a good idea as revenge, right?" She sarcastically asks me. "And using a back-row attack would be a perfect surprise." Then she mockingly grins at me.

"Yeah...Next time we will do the same also." I only said then went back to my position in receiving again.

I am indeed frustrated that my set-up just got blocked, but I know that some of my sets will get blocked.

Although even my sets will get blocked it doesn't mean that I will back down from doing the same thing.

In volleyball, it is not the matter of who's good at doing different things to get through the other team's blocks.

It is a matter of how consistent you are.

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We won after playing three sets against Leoñes Academy. I admit that they are a tough team to play with. If this is an official match we will be in trouble for sure.

"Nice game, Eury." Grace happily greets me. Then she offers her right hand to shake hands with me.

"Same with you guys. You are one of the toughest teams we have played so far." I sincerely tell her.

"That's great to know!! Anyway, do you have a boyfriend Eury??" She suddenly asks me out of the blue.

"Nope," I answer her in a heartbeat.

"Huh?!!Really?!!But you are so pretty!" She said in disbelief.

"Uh...Thank you..." I only say to her compliment that made me flutter slightly.

Grace is also pretty. She looks like the beauty queen type. Her hair is only shoulder length but the light brown color makes it lovely and soft to look at. Her eyes are smalls but her eyelashes complement them. Her nose is small just like a doll which flawlessly fits on her small-shaped face only.

"So why you don't have one?" She continues interrogating me.

"Uh-I just don't like the idea of having one." in real life...

"Eh?? that's a waste...But don't you have someone that you are slightly interested in?!!" Then she curiously asks me again.

"Uh-well..." She said only slightly." There is...one weird guy." I hardly tell her.

"REALLY?!! But why weird though?" she asks while her eyebrows are crossed.

"He's kinda not normal for me. Awkward most of the time, and clumsy based on his actions..." I describe Shiloh to her.

"I see... So what makes you interested in him?" she looks at me enthusiastically about my answer.

"Well, it's because he's amusing to watch.." I smile after saying that while remembering all of Shiloh's stupidness.

Speaking of Shiloh. I wonder how is he's doing in their training camp? Is he doing well? or is he having a hard time?

"Do you miss him?" I got shocked by her sudden question.

"No!!" I denied her question, almost sounding so defensive.

"Pfft hahahaha!!I didn't know you can make such a face like that, Eury." She laughingly says while pointing at my face.

I can feel my cheeks are slowly heating.

"Wha- what do you mean..?" I ask while stuttering.

"I mean most of the time especially when you are in a game, your face is like this." then she shows me herself doing a facepalm."But now your face is like this!!" She demonstrates it to me by showing herself fidgeting while blushing.

"I-I am not like that!" My only response to my defense.

"HAHAHAHAHA yes you are!! Look you are as red as a tomato right now!!" She mockingly says then pokes my left cheek.

I just sigh because of her stubbornness.

"If you miss him then why not call him??" She suggests to me a silly idea.

"I don't miss anyone, okay?" I firmly tell her so that she will get a hint that I am getting annoyed now by her.

"Really?? THAT's too bad...I miss my ex-boyfriend...I think I should call him now!!" She cheerfully informs me that before taking her phone out from her pocket.

"By the way, my ex-boyfriend's name is Shiloh!" After hearing that I feel like it's the thing only echoing inside my head.

"What did you just say?" I ask her again to confirm it.

"Why? Do you know him?" She asks me sounds quite suspicious.

"Ah. Yeah, he has the same name as the person I know..." I only answer her honestly. Then she laughs as if I told her a joke.

"OH HAHAHAHA yes of course!! You would know him!! He's part of your boy's volleyball team!" She laughingly says confirming that the person she is talking about is Shiloh.

I never felt so much annoyed by other people aside from my brother but this girl is way much more annoying than him.

Why would she even call him if they are even no longer together?

Move on!!!