Chapter One
HI!! This is my first fan fiction EVER!! Basically it's about Sarah when she first started Lacrosse. Tell me what you think!
"MUM! MUM!" eleven year old Sarah came running in the front door, dropping her school bags as she ran.
"Where's the fire?" Kate asked.
"Guess…. what…" Sarah heavily breathed.
"Calm down!" Kate said, "Now tell me slowly."
Sarah soon caught her breath, "Their holding lacrosse tryouts at school!"
"Wow," Kate said, not really sure how to react, but wanted to show her support. She bent down to hug her daughter, "I'm sure you'll do great," she said as she kissed Sarah's hair.
Sarah and her older brother Jake were lying in bed trying to get to sleep.
"Can you believe it? I can't wait till tomorrow; this is like a dream come true! No longer I'll have to watch it on TV and pretend I can play it, I actually will be able to!"
"Hmm" Jake replied and lay face first into his pillow.
"I have no idea how I'm going to get to sleep."
"Try," Jake said, "for the love of others."
"KIDS! Time for Breakfast! Charlie, Lorraine. Henry, Sarah. Jake. Kim. Jess…" Kate began to call.
"READY MUM!" Sarah said racing and skidding into the kitchen. She was dressed in a white polo shirt with blue shorts. She had tied a blight blue bandana around her head and she held onto a white lacrosse stick. "Now that you're down so early, you can help you Dad and I serve breakfast."
"Sorry, no can do, I have to get to Lacrosse training. Seven-thirty, every morning till tryouts."
She grabbed a piece of toast of the pile that Tom was gradually adding too as they popped out of the toaster. "Well, I haven't made your lunch yet…" Kate stated.
"That's alright, I'll buy it from the cafeteria. Um…I'll need some money."
"OK, fetch me my purse then." Sarah grabbed the bag from the shelf by the front door and Kate took out ten dollars and handed it to her daughter. "I guess I'll see you after school then."
"Yep! Bye Mum, By Dad!" Sarah yelled out the door.
"Seven-Thirty every morning?" Tom winced.
"She wants it. I just hope her enthusiasm lasts" Kate said.
"Sarah Baker?" the coach asked, ticking the names off the attendance.
"Here!" Sarah answered raising her hand.
After the last name was ticked off, the coach folded up the clipboard and lay it by her feet.
"Good Morning, I'm Ms Redfield. You've all come here because you have shown an interest in the sport, lacrosse. Now, for the five days that you are here before tryouts, we expect you not only to have fun but also to try your very hardest each day. After tryouts, we will select four teams of twelve members. The rest of you form a squad and be slotted into teams as the year progresses. Now, without further a do, grab you stick, a helmet and a partner. It's time to learn how to pass the ball."
Sarah followed the rest of her peers to the bag where all the helmets were kept. She noticed a girl who seemed just as excited as her. "HI! I'm Sarah," she said, introducing herself. "Lucy" the other girl replied. "Partner?" Sarah asked. "Sure."
After Ms Redfield, showed them the basic throw and catch, the students got into two lines and begin to throw and catch to their partners.
Sarah started, she tossed the ball up into the air, she watched as it clonked down between the two of them. She went to pick it up, 'that's alright' she told herself, ' can't expect to be perfect on my first try.' She set herself up. Again, the ball landed, this time at her feet. She rolled the ball to Lucy, who picked it up and through it perfectly. However Sarah wasn't able to catch it.
It was the end of the training session, and Sarah wasn't able to throw or catch one ball. She walked passed the bin and through her stick in it. "I suck at this game!"