Chapter 23

23

Elite Group Chat

Kruger: Coach’s attitude is worse than a raging case of swimmer’s ear.

Wes: Seriously. There’s grumpy, and then there’s Coach.

Max: He giving you a hard time, Nemo?

Wes: He’s giving everyone a hard time. I had nightmares about that whistle last night.

Jamie: Ryan, you need to fix this.

Ryan: What am I supposed to do?

Lars: You’re the fixer.

Win: Maybe Landry told him she’s moving out.

Kruger: Bro. Coach’s got empty nest syndrome.

Rush: She hasn’t told him yet.

Landry: I’ve been avoiding it. He def seems stressed.

Win: Good call. Telling him you’re moving in with 5 men is asking for more whistle-blowing.

Kruger: You think he sleeps with that thing?

Max: He needs to sleep with someone…

Landry: *barf emoji* Not this again.

Wes: Landry, did you check in with him?

Landry: Yeah, he told me he was fine and not to worry.

Jamie: Lies.

Ryan: Well, it can’t be Elite stuff. The team is swimming like a wet dream.

Wes: Except for Bodhi.

Rush: He’s working on it.

Lars: I think he has PTSD. I could try and talk to him.

Win: No.

Wes: No.

Rush: No.

Arsen: No.

Prism: *stop sign emoji*

Ryan: I gave him my number and offered to swim with him.

Rush: He’s going to therapy.

Landry: I hope it helps.

Max: I’m shocked Coach hasn’t kicked him to the curb already.

Ryan: Elite doesn’t give up on each other.

Kruger: Max is right.

Max: I’m taking a screenshot of that.

Prism: *Mind-blown emoji*

Ryan: WTF, Kruger.

Kruger: *eye roll emoji* Not about that. Coach needs to get laid.

Landry: REALLY?

Jamie: Hey, scrappy. You better duck out the rest of this convo.

Landry: Or we could not talk about my father and his sex life.

Kruger: Clearly, he ain’t got one.

Landry: Well, maybe he does.

Rush: Baby, anyone getting it on the regular is not that grumpy.

Kruger: Except Max.

Max: *middle finger emoji*

Kruger: Hey, Wes.

Max: Don’t even finish that sentence.

Wes: Great. Now everyone thinks I’m bad in bed.

Win: I don’t want to think about my brother and my other brother in bed.

Lars: *laugh emoji*

Prism: *monkey covering his eyes emoji*

Max: Wes is the best I ever had.

Win: *puking emoji*

Wes: I understand why Landry didn’t want to have this conversation.

Lars: I do wonder, though.

Win: What do you wonder, angel?

Lars: What’s Coach’s type?

Kruger: Bro, why do you wonder who everyone’s type is?

Lars: Curiosity.

Rory: I’m in class, and my phone keeps going off, and I think there’s an emergency. So I excuse myself to check, and THIS is what I find?

Ryan: *carrot emoji* Hi, baby.

Rory: Ry *heart emoji*

Jamie: Can we please get back to the topic at hand?

Madison: Which is?

Jamie: There she is. Baby girl, you must be tired ‘cause you been running through my mind all day.

Madison: *eye roll emoji* Like Rory, I thought there was an Elite 911. But here you all are. Talking about sex.

Wes: Coach’s bad attitude def counts as an Elite 911.

Prism: I think I might need a trauma latte for practice if he keeps it up.

Kruger: You know it’s bad when P uses words in the group chat.

Arsen: Is it that bad, princess? I’ll take care of it.

Prism: *bear emoji*

Landry: Maybe Dad could use a night out…

Ryan: I have an idea.

Ryan: I’ve got this.

Jamie: Fix it up, bro!