Number 22 removed the helmet that effectively hid easily identifiable facial features.
"Hi, my name is Ashley, Ashley Davies," number 22 replied shaking the other girls hand.
Spencer could not prevent her jaw from dropping to the field.
The sight in front of her was just too much to take in all at one time!
Number 22 aka Ashley Davies long brown hair cascaded down her shoulders as the helmet was removed. Her brown eyes had a golden rim when the sunlight hit them. Her smile was, perfectly white. Her hands were surprisingly soft for a football player.
She had to be 5'7, maybe 5'8 on a good day.
She was...wow; So not what she had expected.
"Is something wrong?" Ashley questioned, observing Spencer's awestruck face.
Spencer attempted to come back to Earth and replied saying, "No, no. I just wasn't expecting..."
"Me to be a girl?" the brunette answered for her not missing a beat.
"Yes, in short. I'm sorry," the blue-eyed girl commented, shaking her head to clear her thoughts.
Number 22 shrugged, "It's cool, happened to me my entire life so I'm used to it. Did you come over here just to have me pick your jaw up off the ground?" she said with a laugh attempting to lighten the mood.
The blonde smiled and her cheeks started to turn the slightest shade of pink. "No, actually I wanted to ask you a few questions. But now that I know you are a girl, I feel as though I have come up a whole new set of questions."
Ashley raised her left eyebrow, "Questions?" she asked, unsure of why this girl would have questions for her.
"Yes, sorry I forgot to mention that part. I am King High's lead journalist. I am writing a story on King High's football team and I would love to talk with you," Spencer finished, anticipating the other teen's response.
The brown eyed girl nodded, slowly starting to put it all together. "The guys said you wrote some article. It sounds like you have a lot of questions, so if its all the same to you I'd like to shower first and then we can get down to business over food because I'm starving."
"Sure, um you showering here with guys or..." the blonde started off, her gaze following the last few players as they headed into the field house.
Ashley shook her head quickly. " Uh no. Coach sometimes opens up the girls locker room for me so I can shower here but most of the time I just go home and shower. How about you give me your number and I'll call you after I get settled. Then we can go grab some food?"
Spencer thought it over momentarily before responding. The only other plans she had were to meet up with Madison and she could wait.
"Sure, sounds good to me."
The inquisitive journalist gave her number to the other girl, who put it in her cell phone as they said their temporary goodbyes with a promise to meet up soon.
Spencer couldn't help but be excited, but was it just the story that her so anxious?
The blonde had the feeling she had just walked into something really big, but for the life of her she didn't know why.
She drove home in a particularly good mood, anticipating the upcoming rendezvous with Number 22, Ashley Davies.