Chapter 10
10
Elite Group Chat
Jamie: Bros.
Jamie: Are we just not going to talk about this?
Max: This ain’t therapy.
Kruger: This is a safe place, bro. Share your feelings.
Prism: *peace sign emoji*
Wes: What’s up, bro?
Max: Why do you all encourage him?
Rory: You can share your feelings too, Max.
Max left the chat
Wes added Max to the chat
Ryan: What do you want to talk about, bro?
Jamie: UHHH the fact that Rush and Coach abandoned us for two days and then came back with Malibu Barbie.
Landry: They did not abandon us!
Win: WHAT
Max: WTF
Wes: Glad I added you back now, aren’t you, Maxi?
Max: Wesley Sinclair, did you know about this and not tell me?
Wes: We were busy.
Win: *barf emoji*
Kruger: Now ain’t the time to broadcast your sexual proclivities. This is a bro-mergency.
Arsen: Proclivities…?
Jamie: Kruger, you eat a thesaurus for breakfast, bro?
Max: Jess probably hit him upside the head with it.
Arsen: *laughing emoji* x3
Jess: I think I need a refresher. Who exactly is Malibu Barbie?
Rory: Rush’s old BFF from Cali. His actual name is Bodhi.
Jess: I don’t think I met him.
Arsen: Me neither.
Kruger: Consider yourselves lucky.
Madison: He was here briefly last semester.
Lars: It didn’t go very well.
Win: That’s an understatement. Is he really in town?
Ryan: Rush?
Rush: Yeah, Bodhi is in town.
Jamie: This is a safe space, bro. Please share more.
Prism: *peace emoji*
Kruger: Bro, if you ever had an original line, it would die of loneliness.
Prism: *sad face*
Kruger: Not you, P. Your emojis are like sprinkles to this bland conversation cupcake.
Max: Is there an intermission to this shitshow?
Lars: Maybe we should just give Rush a chance to explain.
Rush: Bodhi called me from jail.
Ryan: The same jail you were in?
Rush: Har-har, Walsh. I can barely contain my laughter. And no, it wasn’t the same jail. He was in a worse one.
Lars: Is he okay?
Win: No, angel. His life is as pleasant as he is.
Landry: It’s really sweet of you to ask, Lars. *heart emoji*
Madison: Especially after the way he treated you.
Arsen: He wasn’t nice to Lars?
Win: You got to be a bad bro to be mean to an angel.
Lars: He had his reasons.
Win: Shitty ones.
Ryan: Back on topic.
Rush: I flew out to Cali to see if I could help him out.
Landry: My dad went with him.
Jamie: Bro! You flew all the way to California with Coach… alone?
Kruger: Did he bring his whistle?
Wes: Pretty sure he doesn’t leave home without it. Ever.
Jamie: Probably showers with it. That’s an image no bro needs.
Landry: Yet you just gave it to all of us. *barf emoji*
Ryan: Get to the part where Bodhi ends up here.
Rush: He was looking at jail time, so my lawyer got him a deal.
Rory: What kind of deal?
Rush: The kind that makes him Elite.
Win: *wide-eye emoji*
Prism: *mind blown emoji*
Wes: Is this a joke?
Rush: The only bad jokes around here are from Jamie and Kruger. It’s the truth. It was Westbrook or prison, so yeah, he’s here.
Ryan: Coach is on board with this?
Rush: It was Coach’s idea.
Jamie: *shocked face emoji*
Lars: Coach gave Bodhi a spot on Elite?
Rush: Yeah, bro. Don’t worry, okay. I’ll make sure he stays away from you.
Win: That’s not your job.
Rush: *middle finger emoji*
Ryan: What did he do that this was his only way out?
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Rush: He burned down a guest house.
Win: HE DID WHAT
Arsen: And now this guy is on Elite? Swimming with all of you?
Kruger: You can just say Prism, A. We know that’s who you’re worried about.
Prism: *bear emoji*
Wes: Why would Coach agree to this? Why would you, Rush?
Rush: … Honestly? I’m not really sure.
Jamie: Practice tomorrow just got a hell of a lot more interesting.