I Woke Up 101 by M.P. Arsent
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"Dwayne....I had no idea....Well get in line and stretch and we'll talk later."
This was a surprise to everyone including me. We all finished our stretching and headed for a piece of equipment.
"Gentlemen, if you please. I apparently do things a little differently than your coach. Everybody on the same apparatus at the same time please. We'll start with the pommel horse."
I should have remembered that this was the way Coach Matthews liked to do things.
So we all did our routines here and then moved on through each piece, the coach calling out little things as we worked.
Finally the last person, did their last routine.
"Gentlemen, I think you're all in fine shape for this meet. When would you regularly have your final practice?"
"Tuesday after classes coach then rest until the meet."
"Very good Mr Cosgrove. I'll be available all day tomorrow and Tuesday and right up until Thursday night if any of you want any one on one time. Dennis, Dwayne, can I speak to you both please."
The rest of the guys headed for the locker room to shower up and change.
"Dennis, best floor excercise I've ever seen you do. Frankly, from what I saw today you are both better than a couple of the guys on the first string. What do you think the reaction would be if I changed the lineup?"
"Unc....Coach,personally I don't think that would be a good idea. Even though Dennis and I have both proven ourselves,I don't think whoever got replaced would take kindly to it."
"I have to agreed with Dwayne Coach Matthews. I think they might have been a little off today as they were geared up for an all day practice yesterday that got cut short. We're alternates Coach. I didn't even plan to be on the squad this year so I'm already ahead. Half the squad may still be a bit edgy on the way I got to be an alternate as well. I found that one of the guys had a medical problem and told coach and he had to cut the guy from the squad on the spot. When I got named as an alternate I had to put up with a lot of grief until the guy who got cut put them straight. I think leaving the lineup as is would be the best bet. If needs be than yeah Dwayne and I are both ready to step in."
"Well boys, I'll take it under advisement. Now why don't you guys get showered up and Dwayne, you and I will do a little catching up if you have the time."
"Sure thing Uncle Max. See you Tuesday if not before Den."
"Yeah later."
I went in and changed into my bathing suit so I could get some time in the whirlpool and then showered up. By the time I got out of the rec center it was already dark. I got out my phone and called Karl.
"You had supper yet lover?"
"No been waiting on you."
"Shall we stay on campus or what?"
"Cafeteria is still open for another hour so might just as well eat in"
"I'm on my way from the rec center. I'll meet you out front."
I meant up with Karl and we headed inside for a late supper. Afterwards we took out our walk and had our kiss and I headed back to my room to try and get a little work done. Before I got there I ran into Gordon and Aiden.
"How you guys holding up?"
"We're hanging in there Den. I called my mom and if Gordons father won't let him come home over the Christmas holiday he's going to stay with mom and me."
"No offense Aiden, but I hope it doesn't come to that."
"Much as I'd like having him there Den,I hope it doesn't either."
"You guys take it easy and I'll see you in the morning."
I headed into my room and hit the books until I got my 11pm text from Karl.
I sent mine back and crashed out.
5:45 on a bright Monday and I got my jogging stuff on and was out the door to find Gordon and Aiden waiting on me for a change. We started out and picked up Karl as we passed his dorm. We completed out run in due course and went in for our showers and breakfast.
Then it was off to classes and finally I was done for the day. I hit the rec center for a little swim before Karl was out of class. I looked into the apparatus room and there were a couple of guys there working with coach Matthews. I didn't say anything so as not to break their concentration.
I headed back to my room and checked my email and found that I was up to 200 people wanting to go to the meet. I'd wait until Wenesday to make the reservations.
Karl showed up just a little later and we decided to hit the food court for supper. After checking my car we headed out and this close to Christmas had a bit of trouble finding a place to park. The food court wasn't too crowded and we had what we wanted fairly quickly.
After eating it was another trip over to the toy store. I picked out a few things for the bin and then we were on our way back to campus.
We got there without incident and had our good night kiss and I was up to my room and hitting the books again. 11pm and Karl and I exchanged texts again and very shortly thereafter I was out of it.
Before I knew it my alarm was going off and I rolled out of bed and slipped into my jogging stuff. I ran into Gordon and Aiden as I made my way downstairs. We picked up Karl as usual and did our laps and then were quickly into the dorm for showers and breakfast. Off we went to our classes for the day. After class I headed for the rec center as I knew it wouldn't be to long before everybody was there for the last practice.
We were all lined up and ready to start the stretch out when Coach Matthews came out to the floor.
"Ok genteleman. Let's see your best effort please."
We again started on the pommel horse and worked our way around the room. Coach called out minor corrections as he spotted a few things. When we were done he sent everybody but Dwayne and I to the showers.
"I'd still like to change the line up boys, but I'm going to bow to your judgement on how it would effect the squad. Dennis, if I don't see you before the bus is set to leave at 4:30 on Friday."
"I'll be there with bells on coach."
"I never had a doubt Dennis. Now go and rest up for the next couple of days, you too Dwayne, just in case."
I packed up all of my equipment to make sure that I had everything I was going to need and took it back to my room. I meant up with Karl and it was a quick trip to the mall to hit the toy store again and then back to campus for supper and our walk and our nightly kiss. The usual messages were exchanged and another day came to a close.
Wenesday came and went the same as every other day. I made the reservation for the buses and paid for them.
Thursday came and went just as smoothly, along with a trip to the toy store once again.
Friday as well went well, right up until the time to get on the bus. Dana didn't look happy when I got there.
"Damn now what Dana?"
"They took Jack to the hospital with appendicitis about an hour ago. You know what that means."
"Dwayne didn't let the squad down before I doubt like hell he will this time."
"I hope you're right. Maybe the other squad won't be on their game this week. I looked up their record so far this season, and they're 4 and 0 the same as us."
"Have they been up against any of the same squads yet?"
"The only one we have in common so far is Pemberton. The other squads they've been up against have only been so so this season."
"Well I think we still have a good chance. So far our opponents have been pretty tough."
"Yeah that's true. Well I hope everybody gets here pretty soon."
A few of the guys had shown up already but there was still plenty of time to wait. A few well wishers had gathered by this point as well. Pretty soon the well wishers outnumbered the atheletes. I was pleased to see a few of the footballers there as well.
The bus rolled up about 4:15 and we all started loading our stuff and getting aboard. Right at 4:30 Coach Matthews got aboard and did a quick roll call. We were all there and coach had the driver move out. He shortly came back to talk to me.
"That was quite a turn out for the gymnastics squad."
"Wait until tomorrow coach. There will be about 220 of our fellow students there to cheer us on."
"How did that come about?"
"I think the free buses might have had something to do with that."
"Do I want to know where those buses came from?"
"It's not a big secret, at least among the squad, I paid for them."
I then proceeded to tell the coach the story of the Pemberton meet.
"Dennis, remind me to always stay on your good side. I think you may well have been right about it having a positive effect on the squad."
The trip was uneventful and we pulled into the Ashton campus. We pulled up to where we were supposed to meet our guides and there was nobody there. Just then two guys came tear assing around the corner of the building. Coach Matthews was the first off of the bus.
"Well late as always Vincent."
"Coach Matthews? What are you doing here?"
"Seems the regular coach had a family emergency and I was asked to fill in. There's somebody else here you may well recognize."
At that point I stepped off the bus as we all filed out.
"Dennis? What the hell dude? I hadn't heard you were out of the hospital."
"For almost a year now. So are you guys ready to get your butts whipped?"
"In your dreams."
"Do you suppose you two could catch up later? I'd like to get these guys fed and bedded down for the night."
"Yes sir sorry."
It took a good 30 minutes to get credentials and room assignments sorted out. Once we got out stuff put in our rooms we all headed out to get some supper and then we got to take a quick look at the venue.
Once I was back in my room I gave Karl a quick call so that I didn't have to wait for his 11pm message. I knew I wasn't going to be competeing tomorrow,but old habits die hard.