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Jazz's P.O.V
Chapter 21:
As soon as everyone had arrived in the games room and most people had warmed up Jeb called the whole group together in the centre of the cave.
Wanda, Sunny, two younger boys and a person who might have been their mother, weren't playing. Wanda said that her and Sunny were scorekeepers and that the two boys, Isaiah and Freedom, and their mother Lucina were spectators as the boys were too young to play.
I was also keeping good on my promise to myself to know everyone's names by the end of the day. I decided to ask Wanda who some of the people were and she told me their names and introduced me to some of them.
At the moment I had been introduced to Trudy's husband Geoffrey, his best friend Heath, Heidi, a woman with white-blond hair, Lucina and her boys, Paige, her partner Andy and Aaron.
Wanda had also pointed out the names of others in the cave. I knew the names of Ruth Ann, Carol, Violetta, Reid, Travis, John and Stanley.
I also knew Brandt, who I had talked to that day in the kitchen, he had been standing with Aaron and waved at me when Wanda brought me over to meet them.
I also knew Sharon's mother's name, Maggie but no one had introduced me to her. Jamie had only pointed her out one time, she had looked pretty scary and as she was Sharon's mother I believed the things Jamie had said about her.
So I was doing pretty good on keeping my promise and, though I might forget a few names, I would probably remember most, I had a pretty good memory. I guess it made up for my balance problems.
When everyone had gathered in the middle of the cave Jab asked, "Right who is going to be captains? Any nominations?"
"I nominate Ian" I think it was Paige called out
"I nominate Mel" Jared called out from behind me.
I looked around me and noticed for the first time the people standing around me. Jamie was standing on my right and Lily was on my left.
I watched as Mel and Ian walked forward and began calling out the names of the people on their team.
Ian began first and picked Kyle, then Mel picked Jared and it went on.
"Brandt" Ian called.
"Aaron" Mel said.
"Lily" Ian said.
"Heidi" Mel called out to the white blond woman Wanda had introduced me to earlier.
"Andy" Ian punched Andy's fist when he stepped up.
"Paige" Mel called, standing on her toes to see who was behind the taller people.
"Stanley" Ian said
"Trudy" Mel smiled at her as she stepped up and Trudy smiled back.
"Geoffrey" Ian called, he started jumping around on his toes. He must be pretty excited.
"Heath" Mel said and looked over at Ian, waiting for him.
"Reid" Ian grinned at Reid and Reid grinned back.
And finally Mel called out "Jamie"
Ian called out "Jazz"
Then Mel called out "Jack"
The three of us walked forward and joined our teams and waited for the rest of the people to be chosen for their teams.
While we were waiting Jamie called over to me "Ready to lose Jazz?"
I snorted at his foolishness; just you wait, I thought, "No way."
"Too bad, it'll be a shock when we beat you." Jamie teased me.
I looked at Jack and saw he was just standing back watching our argument with a small grin on his face, obviously enjoying it.
"We should probably make sure Doc is on hand for when you have a heart attack at the number of points we beat you by." I laughed back at him, as his faced turned shocked at my confidence.
Then Jamie laughed and said "Look, Jazz, maybe you should just quit now, I really don't want to carry you off the field when you pass out from exhaustion."
I laughed with him then as the image appeared in my mind.
By that time the teams were sorted and game plans were being formed.
"Right who wants to be forward?" Ian asked the team.
"I reckon you and Kyle should be, your always great together. And I'll go forward too if that's okay?" Andy said and I noticed as all of the people in the team nodded in agreement.
"Okay, so how about mid field?" Ian asked once the forwards were sorted. I listened and waited as all the positions were given to different people and when asked who was going to be goalie I put my hand up.
"You any good Jazz?" Kyle asked in a 'I'm not so sure' voice. I grinned and nodded.
Ian gave me a searching look, he looked me up and down but I didn't feel self conscious, people always used to do that to me when I said I was a good goal keeper.
"Well, I suppose we'll just have to trust you and if your no good you can switch with Jeb at half time. He's going to be a reserve for this game." Ian said after finishing his inspection.
I nodded. I was almost certain that they wouldn't swap me for Jeb once they saw how good I was. I wasn't being stuck up or anything because I hated people like that but I was good and I needed to prove to Jamie that I wasn't just some stereotypical blond.
"Right, good luck team." Ian said and put his hand in the middle. I put my hand in with everyone and we broke on "TEAM!"
I got into my position by the lanterns that were acting as goal posts and surveyed the other team.
I saw that Mel, Jared and Jamie were all forwards and that Jack was mid-field.
I also noticed that Sharon's mother Maggie was the goalkeeper for the other team and wondered at how nimble she was. She looked fragile, as most old people do, or used to; maybe living in the caves gives her some more energy.
I waited in anticipation for Jeb to shout out go for the game to start. I was excited. I would show Jamie, we would win and I would get bragging rights for the rest of the week.
