"Ok," Nick said, "How are we going to split up into two teams?"
"I'm against Teresa," Joe said while smiling at Teresa, "I've already decided."
"Ok…," Nick said, "I think that Kevin and Frankie should be on a team, and Becky and I should be on another. That way it would be kinda even, skills wise."
"Nick, I think you and Becky should be on Joe's team so that there's one girl on both teams," Kevin said.
"That's cool with me," Joe said, "Anyone have any objections?"
Everyone shook their heads in reply. After scavenging around the pond for some decent sized rocks, they set up two goals on the field.
Joe said, "I think the teams should have like a five minute get-together…to come up with strategies and stuff."
Joe led his team to one side of the field, and Teresa led her's to the other.
"Alright guys," Teresa said, "I don't really have any 'strategies' to help us win or anything, so I think we should just stretch."
On the other side of the field, Nick asked, "So, Joe, what's your plan?"
"Ohhh, I don't really have one, but we won't let them know that."
Joe looked over at Teresa's team, and saw Teresa bending over trying to touch her toes. He gazed at her sculpted, tan legs for a bit until Teresa caught him staring at her.
He turned quickly to face his own team and said with a smile, "I think we should follow their lead and stretch too."
Nick and Becky looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Now it was Teresa's turn to look over and see Joe bending over, touching his toes. She continued staring at him until he looked back at Teresa, and gave her a wink and his signature smile. After her blushing had ceased, she turned back to her team.
"I think we should come up with a name for our team," Kevin suggested.
"That's a good idea," Frankie said.
"Hey guys," Teresa yelled across the field, "You should come up with a name for your team!"
Joe yelled back, "Gotcha," as Teresa turned back to her team.
"I think we should be called 'The Popsicles,'" Frankie suggested.
"Why do you say that, Frankie," Kevin asked as he walked toward the middle of the field.
"Because," Frankie said, "I really want a popsicle right now."
Teresa and Kevin laughed and agreed to the name. By this time, Joe and his team were walking over to the other team.
"What's your team called," Nick asked.
"The Popsicles," Frankie said proudly.
"Oh yeah," Joe said, "Sounds pretty cool. We're the Eskimos…because playing soccer in Alaska sounds pretty good right now."
"Alright," Kevin laughed and said, "Enough chit-chat. Let's play."
They all shook hands and went to their halves of the field.
Kevin brought his team together and said, "Ok, I'm going to count to three and we're going to yell 'Gooo Popsicles!' Alright? 1, 2, 3…"
"GOOO POPSICLES," the team shouted together.
"1, 2, 3 ESKIMOS," shouted the other team.
Joe and Teresa walked over to the middle of the field where the ball was.
"You ready to lose, Thomas," Joe asked.
"Not on your life, Jonas," Teresa answered.
Nick blew the whistle, and the game began. Joe managed to get to the ball first and passed it over to Nick, who was coming up on the right. Teresa rushed over to Nick and defended him. Nick attempted to pass the ball back to Joe, but Frankie got it instead.
"Hey, Frankie," Teresa yelled, "Try passing it to Kevin, he's up there by the goal!"
Frankie looked up and saw Kevin, but Becky was trying to defend him. Frankie ran up a little and kicked the ball. It didn't get all the way up to Kevin, but Kevin got to it anyway.
"Thanks man," Kevin said, "Now run over to the goal so I can pass it back to you and you can get a goal!"
Joe ran up, attempting to defend Frankie, but secretly trying to go easy on the kid. Kevin tried kicking the ball to Frankie, but it deflected off of Becky, so the ball ended up going past Frankie. Teresa started running up the field to get to the ball. Seeing this, Joe stopped defending Frankie and went over to defend Teresa.
"C'mon all-star, show me what you got," Joe said.
"Frankie, here," Teresa exclaimed as she passed him the ball.
Frankie got to the ball, dribbled it up a bit, and kicked it in between the two rocks before Nick came to stop it. Frankie jumped up and down for a bit before Kevin and Teresa came running over to him.
"Give it here kid, that was awesome," Kevin said as he held out his hand for a high five.
"Aww, Frank-the-Tank, you are the man," Teresa said as she knelt down to give him a hug.
"Thanks," said Frankie, with an extra wide smile.
After a water break, the game started again. This time Teresa got to the ball first. She looked back, and passed it to Kevin. Kevin started to run up the field, but Nick stopped him and stole possession of the ball. Now Nick started running toward the other goal and passed the ball to Becky before Frankie could cover him. She kicked the ball toward the goal, but it went outside of the left rock.
"It's alright, Becks," Joe said as he patted her on the back, "That was a nice shot."
The ball started in the middle once again; Joe got it and passed it up to Becky on the right. Becky started running up the field, trying to get away from her sister who was running up to defend her. She quickly passed it to Nick who was in the center of the field. Nick ran up a bit, managed to dodge Kevin, and shot the ball into the goal.
"Nice job, Nick," Becky said as she ran up to him.
"Yeah," Joe said as he gave his little brother a high five, "Sweet shot."
As Teresa and Joe went to the center of the field yet again, Joe smiled at Teresa.
"Did you see that? We just tied the game," he said.
"Very nice...," she replied, "But let's see how long it lasts."
Joe got the ball again and started running straight for the goal. Teresa sped up with him until they were running side by side. She tried getting the ball away from him, but it just resulted in Joe slipping and falling on his back.
"Oh my God, are you alright," Teresa said as she stopped.
Joe groaned.
"Should I call for some help or something," Teresa asked, very concerned and nearly in tears.
Joe moaned, "No…I'll be alright. Just help me get up,"
Teresa stuck out her hands and Joe grabbed them. But instead of using them to help him get up, he pulled on her hands, bringing her down right on top of him.
"Um…" she said as she lay there, not sure whether she was uncomfortable or excited that she was this close to Joe Jonas.
"Shhh," he said as he rolled over, making him on top of her.
"Joe," she said with a laugh, "What in heaven's name are you doing?"
He smiled, brought his mouth right next to her ear, and whispered, "This."
With that, he sprang up and ran for the ball. With an expression of shock, Teresa got up and ran after him, but it was too late; Joe ran with the ball through the two rocks.
"Yes," he shouted, "Sweet victory!"
"Nice job, Joe…I guess," Nick said with a smile as he looked down at his watch, "Guys, we should probably head back."
"I agree," Joe said with a smile, "We should leave while you guys still have some pride."
He started walking away, but Teresa silently ran up behind him and jumped on his back.
Joe laughed as he looked over his right shoulder, "Can I help you?"
"Well since you made me believe that your back was thrown out – which made me feel horrible, by the way – this is how you're going to pay me back."
Teresa wrapped her arms around Joe's neck, and he tightened his grip on her legs. Neither one of them knew the other one was smiling as they headed back to the hotel with everyone else.
Hope everyone liked that chapter! Sorry if it was hard to follow while they played soccer, but I tried my best! Please give me a review! I really like them!