Chapter 8
Following Jackson
"Yes, I need a physical form filled out so I can play in a beach volleyball league."
"We have a spot open today at 11:30 a.m.. Will that work for you."
"Yea, that'll be great."
"Okay, we have you down for 11:30 then. Bye"
"Bye"
Looking at the clock, Jackson sighed. Only three hours. What to do?
I could clean my room…nah. I'll call Cooper.
"Hi, is Cooper there?…Oh, well you have him call Jackson when he gets back?…Thanks"
"How come he can get in so quickly? And why am I talking to myself?"
I know, I'll clean up my car. Got to look good driving down the road for the ladies. So Jackson got his car care products and set out to clean up his car.
Done with washing, Jackson started to wax. Lilly and Oliver came running up.
"Jackson…" Oliver said.
"…is Miley here?" Lilly finished.
"I guess, I haven't seen dad and Miley leave for the studio yet."
"Thanks…" Lilly said.
"Bye." Oliver finished.
"I wonder what that's all about? And why am I talking to myself again?"
Jackson finished with the waxing and started on the interior.
"Brother from another mother."
"Coop, dog, how is it going?"
"I got my completed forms for you right here Jackson. And I must say that I'm the picture of perfect health."
"Alright! My appointment is," Jackson looked at his watch, "in a hour. What say we met at Rico's at 2 pm and see if we can find a pick-up game."
"You're on J-man."
"Okay, I've got to get ready.
See you at Rico's."
Cooper went home and Jackson went inside
to get ready. Miley, Lilly and Oliver were talking in the living
room.
"Miles, you haven't left yet?"
"Daddy is still on the phone to the record company. What are you doing?"
"I have to get ready for my appointment." Jackson headed upstairs to change.
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"Okay Mr. Stewart, here is your health form."
"Thanks."
Jackson took the form and headed to the door. Everything was going well for the league. Next stop, the parks department.
"Thank you Mr. Stewart. That completes your teams registration. You can pick up your match schedule on Friday or we will mail it to you. The first matches take place Wednesday. The games will be play at the courts on the beach in front of the parks department."
"Will there be any tournaments during the season?"
"Yes. There will be three tournaments and one at the end of the season for the championship. Do you have any other question?"
"No, you answered them all."
Jackson left to head to Rico's.
Having lunch with Cooper, Jackson filled him in what he found out at the parks department. Then reluctantly, Jackson, with Cooper's permission, called Rico. Then they waited.
"What's up Jackson? I got your message."
"We're going to play a pick up game. Here are my car keys. Go get the equipment from the trunk."
"Okay, I'm on it." Rico head off you get the equipment.
Rico proved to be a very good equipment manger. He made sure their water bottles stayed full and chased down the loose balls. On the other hand, Rico, who thought that Jackson and Cooper would be no good at beach volleyball, was very impressed at how good Jackson and Cooper were. They played three matches. Each match had three games. Team Rico never needed the third game.
Flushed with victory, Team Rico seemed to have picked up a slight female following and with this following, phone numbers.
"Do you believe this Coop, phone numbers."
"Yeah, if I would have known this, I would have started playing sooner."
"And the way we played today…"
"…I know. We cleaned up…"
"…oh yeah…" and they did their hand shake.
"I still can't believe it. You guys got game. We could even play for money."
"Hold on Rico. That's not a safe thing to do."
"Yeah, that's a good way to get in trouble in a hurry." Jackson agreed.
"What about tomorrow?" Rico asked.
"You up for tomorrow Coop?"
"I'll meet you here at 11 a.m. with my game face on."
"Rico?"
"I'll be here."
"Okay, see you guys tomorrow at Rico's."
Jackson dropped Rico off at home and headed home his self. At home, Jackson found a note from his dad telling him that they were at the studio and would be home late. So with the house to his self, he got cleaned up and order pizza and relaxed on the couch. After surfing through the channels, he found a favorite movie and wait for his pizza.
