Chapter 36: Ocean - OH HELL NO
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Ocean
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Makai and I both walked into the room at the same time. And we also froze in place at practically the same time when we saw the horror of what was sitting in front of us.
'OH HELL NO!' The words roared through my head so loud and so fast that I was surprised that Makai couldn't hear them.
Also at almost the same time we spun on our heels and marched out of the room. We had never said a word when we got into the room but we were still in perfect sync. I knew that he was on his way to go find Coach Dickson as well.
I knew that he didn't like what we found any more than I did. It was way beyond fair for this to happen to us. I mean come on.
We knew what room number Coach was in, he had told us all. We were all on the same floor, which happened to be the third out of four. This was a pretty big hotel and it was used a lot by swim teams during the fall and spring season so I was familiar with it. Makai and I had been given room three hundred and twenty-two. Coach as down the hall in room three hundred and twelve.
It only took us a minute to find the coach's room. Another thing that Makai and I did at nearly the exact same second was raise a fist and pound on the door exactly three times. Why the hell were we so in sync right now? This was fucking weird as hell.
"What the hell?" Coach Dickson bellowed as he opened the door and glared at the two of us. "The two of you better have a damn good reason for already being down here. It's not time for dinner yet." He looked pissed off, which I could understand.
"There's a problem." Makai and I said at the same time. After the words came out of our mouths we turned to look at each other at the exact same time and wore match looks of surprise.
"Look, this whole synchronized act is cute. If you want to keep it up fine but there is no synchronized swimming on our team." The coach was still glaring at us. He didn't like those long bus rides and was often grouchy after them.
"We're not in sync." We said at the same time and the coach just laughed.
"Yeah, keep telling yourselves that." He just rolled his eyes like he didn't care what we did and didn't do. "Look, I need to rest before dinner so just tell me what the damn problem is. I really don't want to bench my two best swimmers."
"There is a problem with our room." I said quickly. I did it quickly so that Makai didn't have a chance to talk at the same time as me again.
"What is the big issue? Can't it wait until later?"
"No, it can't." Makai spoke this time.
"It's a single." I growled at him, angered by the mistake the hotel had made.
"Huh? Come again?" The coach was confused.
"There is only one bed coach. We can't sleep in there, we need a new room."
"Hahhh." He sighed and grabbed his wallet from the table near the door. "Alright, let's go fix this so I can relax."
After that Coach Dickson stormed out of his room and marched off down the hallway. I looked at Makai for just a second before I followed after the coach so that we could fix this. I felt Makai following along behind me.
It felt to me like Makai was glaring at me the entire time that we were walking down to the elevator. Once we were inside Makai moved so that he was standing behind me and to the side just a little. He was once again glaring at me. I even caught him in the reflection caused by the shiny doors.
I just didn't get it. One minute he was all nice and trying to be friends and the next he was acting like I was the worst thing he'd ever seen, like he was disgusted by the sight of me. It was so fucking weird.
Once we made it to the main floor, the coach led us to the desk in the lobby. There was a tall man and a short woman standing behind the desk. They smiled at us and the man asked in a friendly tone.
"How may we help you, gentlemen?"
"Yeah, as you know we just checked in. With the Jasper High swim team."
"Yes, Sir. What can we do for you?" The woman smiled at the coach. The service here was really nice every time we came.
"Well, all but one of the rooms were supposed to be doubles. Meant for two of my swimmers to share. I was supposed to have the only single room. Well, somehow there was a mistake and these two ended up in a single. We need it switched out please."
"Oh." I heard the woman as she heard what had happened. "I am sorry sir. We don't have any other rooms available."
"I'm afraid we are entirely sold out for the weekend. We don't have another room to switch them to." The man added.
I felt the dread fill me to the brim. It was like my entire body was frozen with fear and other emotions that I couldn't figure out at all.
"How did this happen? How did we end up with two singles? Why was the room type changed?" The coach was a little pissed off right now.
"Uh, coach, did you perhaps not change the reservation after Makai joined the team?" I asked him as a thought occurred to me.
"Oh shit." He clapped a hand to his head. "Yeah, Ocean, I think you're right. We did have an extra room that I was going to put you in since you were the top swimmer. But once Makai joined the team last month I forgot to call and fix this reservation. I am going to have to fix all the rest of them for the other away meets. Shit. I have a lot of calls to make." He was pulling his phone out.
"Is there a rollaway bed or something that we can get? Something to make it so that we have two beds in the room?" Makai was sounding desperate right now.
"Now, I am sorry young man. Even all of those have been borrowed already. There is a major convention in town at the moment and it has caused some overbooking at several hotels." The man explained to him.
"Oh." Makai seemed to deflate then as if he had just been told that he was never allowed to swim again for the rest of his life.
"Look boys, I am sorry about this. I will look for another hotel. Makai, you're already eighteen so I can send you there. I can't leave these other hooligans here but I will trust you to stay alone." Coach was clearly trying to find a solution for us right now.
"I am afraid that won't work sir. Every hotel in the area is booked solid." The woman looked truly apologetic now. "If we get any cancelations or if someone checks out early we will switch your room immediately. But until then I am sorry, there is just nothing that we can do."
I felt like I was about to be swallowed up by the floor. Why was this happening to me? What did I do wrong? Was this my punishment for being a dick to Makai when he first got here? I promise I will never be mean to anyone ever again. Ever. Just please fix this.
"Look guys, there is nothing that we can do for now. Can you survive one night like this? Come on, you're my two best swimmers, you have got to have something in common with each other. I mean you both eat, breath, and sleep swimming. Go and use this as a trust building or bonding exercise or some shit like that. Come on, what do you say?"
"Do we even have a choice?" I asked him.
"There's nothing else we can do right?" Makai said right after me.
"That's the spirit. Alright, time to head to the room. I think I will just order everyone pizza tonight and we can eat in our rooms. This day has been a bit too hectic for some of us."
With that the coach led the way back toward the elevator. I took one last look at Makai who seemed like he was about to walk into the lion's den to face down his death. This just didn't seem like a good day for either of us. How the hell were we going to survive this night with each other? And they had better get us a different room tomorrow. I will not sleep with him two nights in a row.. Not that I was actually sleeping with him.
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Ocean
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Makai and I both walked into the room at the same time. And we also froze in place at practically the same time when we saw the horror of what was sitting in front of us.
'OH HELL NO!' The words roared through my head so loud and so fast that I was surprised that Makai couldn't hear them.
Also at almost the same time we spun on our heels and marched out of the room. We had never said a word when we got into the room but we were still in perfect sync. I knew that he was on his way to go find Coach Dickson as well.
I knew that he didn't like what we found any more than I did. It was way beyond fair for this to happen to us. I mean come on.
We knew what room number Coach was in, he had told us all. We were all on the same floor, which happened to be the third out of four. This was a pretty big hotel and it was used a lot by swim teams during the fall and spring season so I was familiar with it. Makai and I had been given room three hundred and twenty-two. Coach as down the hall in room three hundred and twelve.
It only took us a minute to find the coach's room. Another thing that Makai and I did at nearly the exact same second was raise a fist and pound on the door exactly three times. Why the hell were we so in sync right now? This was fucking weird as hell.
"What the hell?" Coach Dickson bellowed as he opened the door and glared at the two of us. "The two of you better have a damn good reason for already being down here. It's not time for dinner yet." He looked pissed off, which I could understand.
"There's a problem." Makai and I said at the same time. After the words came out of our mouths we turned to look at each other at the exact same time and wore match looks of surprise.
"Look, this whole synchronized act is cute. If you want to keep it up fine but there is no synchronized swimming on our team." The coach was still glaring at us. He didn't like those long bus rides and was often grouchy after them.
"We're not in sync." We said at the same time and the coach just laughed.
"Yeah, keep telling yourselves that." He just rolled his eyes like he didn't care what we did and didn't do. "Look, I need to rest before dinner so just tell me what the damn problem is. I really don't want to bench my two best swimmers."
"There is a problem with our room." I said quickly. I did it quickly so that Makai didn't have a chance to talk at the same time as me again.
"What is the big issue? Can't it wait until later?"
"No, it can't." Makai spoke this time.
"It's a single." I growled at him, angered by the mistake the hotel had made.
"Huh? Come again?" The coach was confused.
"There is only one bed coach. We can't sleep in there, we need a new room."
"Hahhh." He sighed and grabbed his wallet from the table near the door. "Alright, let's go fix this so I can relax."
After that Coach Dickson stormed out of his room and marched off down the hallway. I looked at Makai for just a second before I followed after the coach so that we could fix this. I felt Makai following along behind me.
It felt to me like Makai was glaring at me the entire time that we were walking down to the elevator. Once we were inside Makai moved so that he was standing behind me and to the side just a little. He was once again glaring at me. I even caught him in the reflection caused by the shiny doors.
I just didn't get it. One minute he was all nice and trying to be friends and the next he was acting like I was the worst thing he'd ever seen, like he was disgusted by the sight of me. It was so fucking weird.
Once we made it to the main floor, the coach led us to the desk in the lobby. There was a tall man and a short woman standing behind the desk. They smiled at us and the man asked in a friendly tone.
"How may we help you, gentlemen?"
"Yeah, as you know we just checked in. With the Jasper High swim team."
"Yes, Sir. What can we do for you?" The woman smiled at the coach. The service here was really nice every time we came.
"Well, all but one of the rooms were supposed to be doubles. Meant for two of my swimmers to share. I was supposed to have the only single room. Well, somehow there was a mistake and these two ended up in a single. We need it switched out please."
"Oh." I heard the woman as she heard what had happened. "I am sorry sir. We don't have any other rooms available."
"I'm afraid we are entirely sold out for the weekend. We don't have another room to switch them to." The man added.
I felt the dread fill me to the brim. It was like my entire body was frozen with fear and other emotions that I couldn't figure out at all.
"How did this happen? How did we end up with two singles? Why was the room type changed?" The coach was a little pissed off right now.
"Uh, coach, did you perhaps not change the reservation after Makai joined the team?" I asked him as a thought occurred to me.
"Oh shit." He clapped a hand to his head. "Yeah, Ocean, I think you're right. We did have an extra room that I was going to put you in since you were the top swimmer. But once Makai joined the team last month I forgot to call and fix this reservation. I am going to have to fix all the rest of them for the other away meets. Shit. I have a lot of calls to make." He was pulling his phone out.
"Is there a rollaway bed or something that we can get? Something to make it so that we have two beds in the room?" Makai was sounding desperate right now.
"Now, I am sorry young man. Even all of those have been borrowed already. There is a major convention in town at the moment and it has caused some overbooking at several hotels." The man explained to him.
"Oh." Makai seemed to deflate then as if he had just been told that he was never allowed to swim again for the rest of his life.
"Look boys, I am sorry about this. I will look for another hotel. Makai, you're already eighteen so I can send you there. I can't leave these other hooligans here but I will trust you to stay alone." Coach was clearly trying to find a solution for us right now.
"I am afraid that won't work sir. Every hotel in the area is booked solid." The woman looked truly apologetic now. "If we get any cancelations or if someone checks out early we will switch your room immediately. But until then I am sorry, there is just nothing that we can do."
I felt like I was about to be swallowed up by the floor. Why was this happening to me? What did I do wrong? Was this my punishment for being a dick to Makai when he first got here? I promise I will never be mean to anyone ever again. Ever. Just please fix this.
"Look guys, there is nothing that we can do for now. Can you survive one night like this? Come on, you're my two best swimmers, you have got to have something in common with each other. I mean you both eat, breath, and sleep swimming. Go and use this as a trust building or bonding exercise or some shit like that. Come on, what do you say?"
"Do we even have a choice?" I asked him.
"There's nothing else we can do right?" Makai said right after me.
"That's the spirit. Alright, time to head to the room. I think I will just order everyone pizza tonight and we can eat in our rooms. This day has been a bit too hectic for some of us."
With that the coach led the way back toward the elevator. I took one last look at Makai who seemed like he was about to walk into the lion's den to face down his death. This just didn't seem like a good day for either of us. How the hell were we going to survive this night with each other? And they had better get us a different room tomorrow. I will not sleep with him two nights in a row.. Not that I was actually sleeping with him.
~~Ocean~~Makai and I both walked into the room at the same time. And we also froze in place at practically the same time when we saw the horror of what was sitting in front of us.'OH HELL NO!' The words roared through my head so loud and so fast that I was surprised that Makai couldn't hear them.Also at almost the same time we spun on our heels and marched out of the room. We had never said a word when we got into the room but we were still in perfect sync. I knew that he was on his way to go find Coach Dickson as well.I knew that he didn't like what we found any more than I did. It was way beyond fair for this to happen to us. I mean come on.We knew what room number Coach was in, he had told us all. We were all on the same floor, which happened to be the third out of four. This was a pretty big hotel and it was used a lot by swim teams during the fall and spring season so I was familiar with it. Makai and I had been given room three hundred and twenty-two. Coach as down the hall in room three hundred and twelve.It only took us a minute to find the coach's room. Another thing that Makai and I did at nearly the exact same second was raise a fist and pound on the door exactly three times. Why the hell were we so in sync right now? This was fucking weird as hell."What the hell?" Coach Dickson bellowed as he opened the door and glared at the two of us. "The two of you better have a damn good reason for already being down here. It's not time for dinner yet." He looked pissed off, which I could understand."There's a problem." Makai and I said at the same time. After the words came out of our mouths we turned to look at each other at the exact same time and wore match looks of surprise."Look, this whole synchronized act is cute. If you want to keep it up fine but there is no synchronized swimming on our team." The coach was still glaring at us. He didn't like those long bus rides and was often grouchy after them."We're not in sync." We said at the same time and the coach just laughed."Yeah, keep telling yourselves that." He just rolled his eyes like he didn't care what we did and didn't do. "Look, I need to rest before dinner so just tell me what the damn problem is. I really don't want to bench my two best swimmers.""There is a problem with our room." I said quickly. I did it quickly so that Makai didn't have a chance to talk at the same time as me again."What is the big issue? Can't it wait until later?""No, it can't." Makai spoke this time."It's a single." I growled at him, angered by the mistake the hotel had made."Huh? Come again?" The coach was confused."There is only one bed coach. We can't sleep in there, we need a new room.""Hahhh." He sighed and grabbed his wallet from the table near the door. "Alright, let's go fix this so I can relax."After that Coach Dickson stormed out of his room and marched off down the hallway. I looked at Makai for just a second before I followed after the coach so that we could fix this. I felt Makai following along behind me.It felt to me like Makai was glaring at me the entire time that we were walking down to the elevator. Once we were inside Makai moved so that he was standing behind me and to the side just a little. He was once again glaring at me. I even caught him in the reflection caused by the shiny doors.I just didn't get it. One minute he was all nice and trying to be friends and the next he was acting like I was the worst thing he'd ever seen, like he was disgusted by the sight of me. It was so fucking weird.Once we made it to the main floor, the coach led us to the desk in the lobby. There was a tall man and a short woman standing behind the desk. They smiled at us and the man asked in a friendly tone."How may we help you, gentlemen?""Yeah, as you know we just checked in. With the Jasper High swim team.""Yes, Sir. What can we do for you?" The woman smiled at the coach. The service here was really nice every time we came."Well, all but one of the rooms were supposed to be doubles. Meant for two of my swimmers to share. I was supposed to have the only single room. Well, somehow there was a mistake and these two ended up in a single. We need it switched out please.""Oh." I heard the woman as she heard what had happened. "I am sorry sir. We don't have any other rooms available.""I'm afraid we are entirely sold out for the weekend. We don't have another room to switch them to." The man added.I felt the dread fill me to the brim. It was like my entire body was frozen with fear and other emotions that I couldn't figure out at all."How did this happen? How did we end up with two singles? Why was the room type changed?" The coach was a little pissed off right now."Uh, coach, did you perhaps not change the reservation after Makai joined the team?" I asked him as a thought occurred to me."Oh shit." He clapped a hand to his head. "Yeah, Ocean, I think you're right. We did have an extra room that I was going to put you in since you were the top swimmer. But once Makai joined the team last month I forgot to call and fix this reservation. I am going to have to fix all the rest of them for the other away meets. Shit. I have a lot of calls to make." He was pulling his phone out."Is there a rollaway bed or something that we can get? Something to make it so that we have two beds in the room?" Makai was sounding desperate right now."Now, I am sorry young man. Even all of those have been borrowed already. There is a major convention in town at the moment and it has caused some overbooking at several hotels." The man explained to him."Oh." Makai seemed to deflate then as if he had just been told that he was never allowed to swim again for the rest of his life."Look boys, I am sorry about this. I will look for another hotel. Makai, you're already eighteen so I can send you there. I can't leave these other hooligans here but I will trust you to stay alone." Coach was clearly trying to find a solution for us right now."I am afraid that won't work sir. Every hotel in the area is booked solid." The woman looked truly apologetic now. "If we get any cancelations or if someone checks out early we will switch your room immediately. But until then I am sorry, there is just nothing that we can do."I felt like I was about to be swallowed up by the floor. Why was this happening to me? What did I do wrong? Was this my punishment for being a dick to Makai when he first got here? I promise I will never be mean to anyone ever again. Ever. Just please fix this."Look guys, there is nothing that we can do for now. Can you survive one night like this? Come on, you're my two best swimmers, you have got to have something in common with each other. I mean you both eat, breath, and sleep swimming. Go and use this as a trust building or bonding exercise or some shit like that. Come on, what do you say?""Do we even have a choice?" I asked him. "There's nothing else we can do right?" Makai said right after me."That's the spirit. Alright, time to head to the room. I think I will just order everyone pizza tonight and we can eat in our rooms. This day has been a bit too hectic for some of us."With that the coach led the way back toward the elevator. I took one last look at Makai who seemed like he was about to walk into the lion's den to face down his death. This just didn't seem like a good day for either of us. How the hell were we going to survive this night with each other? And they had better get us a different room tomorrow. I will not sleep with him two nights in a row.. Not that I was actually sleeping with him.
