See you around Tommy," Alfie smiled and headed off in the direction of the girl's changing room.
"See ya," Tommy replied and went into the boy's changing room to see if he could cheer Dom up.
"So, while I was miserable in here, you were chatting up some girl," Dom groaned.
"No, I was not chatting her up, I just bumped into her," Tommy defended himself.
"Is she nice?" Dom asked.
"Yes," Tommy said immediately, "I mean no, yes, not like that, well, maybe like that, I don't know…" Tommy trailed off as Dom burst out laughing, "What are you laughing at?"
"You, it's the first time a girl's ever got you tongue tied and she's not even here," Dom grinned, "She must be something if you are this taken."
"What?" Tommy yelped, "I'm…I'm not tongue tied!"
"You so are!" Dom smirked and shoved his soccer stuff into his bag, "Ask her out."
"I only just met her!" Tommy cried.
"Fine," Dom conceded, but knew this was not the last of this Alfie girl.
A couple of days later, Tommy was sitting outside with Dom and Myles eating lunch.
"You gonna eat that?" Myles pointed at the sandwich in Tommy's hand.
"Nah, you can have it," Tommy tossed the sandwich over to Myles. Then he tucked his blueing hands into the pockets of his sweatshirt and shivered.
"It's freezing out here, I bet it'll be snowing by tonight," Dom moaned, teeth chattering. The other two boys nodded.
"I can't wait till tomorrow's gig," Myles said, "If it goes anything as well as last night's, then we'll be doing really well."
"Me too," Dom grinned and blew into his hands to warm them, "What about you Tom?" Dom turned and found his friend had disappeared. He looked around and spotted Tommy almost at the soccer field where a few girls were having a match. Tommy had stopped to watch.
"What's he doing?" Myles asked, confused.
"I think he went to see Alfie," Dom replied.
"Who's he?"
"She, Alfie's a girl he met on Monday," Dom filled Myles in; "Tommy likes her a lot."
"Tell me more," Myles leant closer to listen to Dom's ideas about Tommy's budding relationship.
Tommy stood watching as the players ran up and down the pitch. The ball was lost in a flurry of limbs as it was kicked over the grass. He was supporting the blue team, as that was the school team. One of the blue players intercepted the ball and darted up the field. She weaved and dodged around a few opposing green players and passed the ball to a teammate. This girl nudged the ball past a defender and crossed the ball back into the box to the other blue. This girl leapt into the air and headed the ball past the flailing goalie's hands and into the net. She landed lightly and whooped, giving a high five to the other player. Tommy had recognised her immediately; it was Alfie. The whistle blew a few seconds later and the players trooped off the pitch. Tommy walked nervously up to Alfie and smiled.
"Hey Tommy," she grinned, her blonde hair flying loose from her ponytail and her eyes sparkling.
"Hi Alfie, I was watching you play, that was a really good goal," Tommy said.
"Thanks," Alfie smiled, "Any particular reason you're here? Cos it's bloody freezing!!!"
"Bloody?"
"Sorry, it's my dad, he rubs off on me," Alfie apologised.
"I know what you mean, my mom's English too," Tommy smiled.
"Really?" Alfie grinned, "That's weird. Uh…do you mind if I go get changed?"
"Oh yeah, sorry," Tommy said, then, plucking up his courage asked, "Are you doing anything after school?" Alfie paused for a moment, thinking.
"No," she said, "Why?"
"Um…would you like to go to the movies with me later?" Tommy asked nervously.
"What? Like on a date?"
"Yeah," Tommy wondered what her reaction would be.
"Yeah, sure," Alfie turned round and headed into the changing rooms, "I'll see you at the gates."
Amazed, Tommy watched her go, it was the first time he'd ever asked a girl out and she said yes! Tommy grinned to himself and started to jog back to his friends.
Whoop! That's another chapter done! It's hard work! Thanks to my beta reader for the checks. But I won't write another chapter unless you review! Thanks!
