The Ball Behind the Love of the Court
29. Locked in the Warehouse

I walked alone through the school hallways. Look here and there to make sure everything is safe. A little bit traumatized by Ana's act of throwing garbage at me. So I was wondering not to repeat myself again.

Enter the class in silence. There is still no sense of kinship that is awakened from themselves. Maybe because it's still new students who don't know each other. I fell silent and opened the book and doodled the tactics of the ball that I created myself.

It seems like my life has been attached to the ball and it will be difficult to separate. Ever since I lived alone, only the ball made me smile in the days I passed. Smile at the match or smile at the practice.

"Key, thank God you've come in"

"Ari" Ari came and hugged me. Ari and I have gotten along with each other like family. A sense of pleasure arose in me when I saw Ari was healthy again. It feels good to see Ari's condition is fine, otherwise it's possible that Ana and sister Dika will deal with me.

"Say your friends, go to the hospital" Ari asked with a sad look. I just nodded and showed the wound on my hand that was still bandaged.

"But it's better, it can move" Move your hands a little while still a little sore. Ari nodded understanding what I said. The worries within him disappeared a little.

"Good morning key, good morning Ari"

"Morning" replied Ari Ketus. I whispered to Ari that I had accepted Yuri as a friend. Because Yuri promised to be a better person than before. Yuri was also the one who helped and took care of me in the hospital.

"Really" Ari's eyes bulged wide like disbelief. Someone who bullied him has now become a friend.

"Yes" I nodded. We eventually become familiar even though Ari has not fully accepted Yuri's existence. But his eyes seemed to try to accept the past of Yuri who likes to bully Ari and me. And now I'm different not the weak kid I was. I'm sure that Yuri will also change for the better.

"Announcement, later on the break please you to do extracurricular registration in this school" said the class leader announced to all its members who are complete this morning.

"You want to list where Ari is" Yuri said, trying to get along with him

"If Ari would definitely list to the extracurricular olympics. You see, he will not escape from the lesson" I said. Ari smiled because my words were 100% true.

"If you're key" bias, my love with the ball can't be abandoned. So I got into women's football here.

"Well cool as well, Ari aims to be academic if Key to non-academic or sports" Yuri smiled as she clapped her small hands.

Then Yuri's face returned moody. Because he was confused there was no purpose to get into extracurricular which part. Because while in Junior High he did not get into any extracurriculars. He could only dress up and spend money.

So do not care about the activities that exist in Junior High School. While I also did not participate in any extracurricular at Junior High but still wrestled with the ball skills that I trained myself.

"Don't be sad, there's still drama that will help you come to the drama alone"

"What a great idea, Key, I want to be the drama queen"

"Hahahahh" The voice of the class rumbled with the laughter of the three of us. Soon the bell rang and the first hour began.

The hour of rest had arrived, the three of us taking turns to the place of each extracurricular registration. First to the school's Olympic registry, then to the drama scene. Ari and I laughed out loud when they saw Yuri fighting acting as one of the conditions for acceptance.

The style is too much but also fun if watched. Yuri managed to shake my stomach and Ari. To the extent that my tears dripped from laughing too long by Yuri's behavior.

"Crazy Yur, it turns out you're funny too" Ari asked Yuri while holding back a laugh. I also hold back laughter because Yuri is acting too funny and very animating.

"Already, I'm ashamed to know" Yuri said with a reddened face to resist embarrassment. The three of us then walked to the women's football team registration. The team reception committee was no stranger, after we approached it turned out that Ayana was familiarly called Ana.

"Excuse me sis, I want to register as a women's football team"

"Still brave of you to bring up that pretentious face of yours" he just wanted to list, he's already tested my patience.

"I'm here to sign up for the football team, not to make a fuss" I said casually.

Always, every time you meet Ana there is a very hot air. Ana always does it with me. He's only been in the hospital for a few days. And now I meet her again on the women's football team. The world was so narrow that I had to meet Ana.

"If you're a professional, you shouldn't bring personal problems to school" I said in annoyance as she complicated the enrollment.

"You guys again, always a fuss. What the hell are you guys fighting about" Suddenly Dika's sister came from a different direction. He was babbling at me and Ana was fighting.

"You are also Ana, she wants to sign up for the women's football team, why is your registration difficult? "

"But Dik, he's that... "

"Already, you always make my head dizzy"

Without further ado, she immediately gave me the registration form. I filled it properly without saying much, while Ana was still moody beside Dika's sister. It seemed like he was angry because the form was already in my hands.

"It's over" I said, giving the registration form

"Hey wait, if you really want to get into the ball team you have to do the ball juggling for 5 minutes without stopping or falling if not eating you fail" Ana gave me a signal, what is clear is that I tried to do it, although it was a little difficult because my hand was still not fully healed. But at least I'll give them the best treat.

"Ana" Shouted Dika with an angry look at Ana, maybe he thought it was inappropriate for a new kid who wanted to enter the team and was new to the ball.

"Where's the ball" I challenge without fear. Ana took the ball and gave it to me.

The time was turned by Ana, with a sense of concentration I did the ball juggling. Eliminate a little pain in the hand and focus on juggling the ball. 5 minutes is finished and finally I can do juggling well.

Their eyes were dumbfounded as they looked at the juggling skil neatly without any mistakes. I finally got into the women's football team and will be training starting Monday after school.

"Alhamdulillah Yur"

"Yes key, hopefully you can become a national team player later yes" Sambunh Ari by giving me the spirit to be able to enter the young Garuda national team.

"Yes, the time in Junior High I admit that your game is very good key" Praise yuri again exaggerated. It turned out that he had already noticed the skli I had while we were sitting in the same Junior High School.

"That's good luck, let's go to class soon to learn to enter the table" The three of us rushed to class to do the next lesson until the school hours were up.

The bell home is ringing. All the students rushed to go home as well as Ari and Yuri. As usual Ari picked up by the driver, sometimes I come with Ari's car. While Yuri will be picked up by the driver as well unless there are important things then his mamam will pick up Yuri.

The affection of parents is very necessary as well as I am thirsty for affection. But that thirst was gone when Ms. Yanti and her family accepted me selflessly. One day my services will be changed after I succeed.

Day by day the three of us became more and more familiar. Like a friend who is never separated. Yuri, Ari and I are always together to the cafeteria, library, and everywhere. We are happy and understand each other. Ari has also received yuri completely, because Yuri has really changed according to her words. He also apologized to the children he had bullied at Junior High. Yuri shows that she has the seriousness to get better.

Behind our friendship, there are still those who are always nosy and looking for trouble. It was Ana, an 11th grade senior who was very happy to bully the weak children. It seems like he already felt free from being forcibly removed from the members of the OSIS due to some selfishness and doing the rules at will.

Like for example, getting Ari and I to go to the hospital and many more. Even he can not control emotions and always throw tantrums in the organization he manages.

The day I practice ball sudha arrives. After school I went to the training ground. There's a coach there named coach Alam. It turned out that only a few new students enrolled themselves into the football team. A lot of it was from Ana's senior level friend. So this team is more dominated by senior players from the 11th class.

"Alhamdulilah, finally being able to practice for free at this school. moreover, there is already a coach who is ready to give direction in training" I smiled with a very happy feeling.

Wearing full football boots and preparing for training, my smile was very exciting to see the field with a coach who gave me knowledge about the ball. It's not like I have a coach yet, and only this time I really have one.

Before practice we warm up so that no one is injured during a ball game. After all, finish warming up. The players got together and were given the balls one by one to juggling, except me.

Coach nature told me that my job now is as a goal kid collecting the ball first to test mentally. But why is it just me, while 5 of my newly-entered friends they do juggling by being trained by nature Coach. I just sat there and accepted it.

"Hey, take my ball" I took it patiently, maybe in a drill this is a mental test first. Maybe this is the beginning to become a great player.

"Hey my balls too" Take ball after ball they throw away. Some even deliberately throw the ball for me to pick it up. But I assume that it's common. The most amazing thing was the beginning of my training by taking the ball.

I thought it was an early exercise to catch the ball and chase it. Even though I took it by hand and gave it to those who practiced it, at least my steps that rotated between the west, east, north and south could feel running around the field.

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"Today's training is over"

"Coach, am I not training" I said when all the training was over but only I had not done juggling at all with the ball.

"You're training at the next meeting alone" Ana's lips twinkled with a smile, it seemed like she was happy with Coach Alam's decision.

"Hhmmmmfffuuuu" I sighed deeply at the decision given. Let it go, the most important thing is that I already have a real coach.

Coach nature disbanded the exercise this afternoon. He also told me to bring all the balls into the warehouse without anyone's help. I took him myself to the warehouse, the day that started the afternoon did not seem cool to go in there.

Too much ball load, several times the ball fell and several times out of my grasp. I finally made it to the warehouse hallway. The warehouse was so sinister, there were only dimly lit lights illuminating. With courage I headed to the barn to put the ball down.

"It's finally done too" smiles of pleasure when the task is done.

\*brak\* the door was closed tight leaving me shocked and panicked inside alone.

"Please, open please open" cried the snagatberas and punctuated with fear.

\*brak,brak brak\* my hand keeps pounding on the door hard. It looks like it's locked from the outside. I couldn't open it, the window was too small for me to pass through.

"Please, please, please" I cried louder and louder. I cried for too long until my energy was a little less but I got up again, looking for a tool to open the door. Breaking into it also could not be because it was locked from the outside. Either someone locked it or locked it themselves because the warehouse is old.

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