"Sunshine! Oh Sunshine!" Julius yelled over the noise and bustle that
all of the new guys were making. "Shut up, all of you! I'm trying to hear
Sunshine." He smirked as everyone in the room stopped their talking and
looked at him, then all of their heads turned to look at Ronnie.
"Thanks man, thanks" Ronnie "Sunshine" mumbled, a smile flickering on his face. "I was trying to tell you to stop it with the Sunshine bit around the new kids." Julius merely smiled and shrugged his shoulders squarely. "Never mind."
As the day continued, Coach Boone continued to talk with the new kids, allowing the guys from the prior year to hang out. But, as the door next to them, as they had formed a group, opened, they all looked over and Ronnie had to stand on his tip toes and tilt his head to see who was walking in. "Luke! Luke Grant, how are you?" one of the guys was speaking with the guy who had just stepped in.
"Oh, hey man. I'm doing alright, you remember Renee, don't you?" Luke asked as he pulled his sister toward him by placing his arm around her shoulders and tugging her to his side, a smile on his face. The other nodded with a smile "but then again" Luke paused and looked his sister over before looking forward again "who could forget her with her loud mouth?"
Renee looked over to Luke and slapped his on his shoulder "what did you say? Did you say I was loud?" she questioned, Luke gulped jokingly and nodded his head "ugh, you're gonna get it at home! But, for now, go talk with the coach or something, let me be for a little while, away from you, my caring, loving, annoying older brother."
Ronnie and Julius looked the girl over as her brother walked away, a smile on his face, as he seemed happy to have done his job of annoying his sister. She seemed nice enough looking, and she had some personality. Her brown hair fell to her mid-back, she stood to be only about 5'7", if that, and she was very slender, as most of the cheerleaders across the room were. Ronnie ran his hand through his dirty blonde hair and pushed by the other guys with his elbows, making his way up to the girl.
As Renee looked around at the guys, football players, she shook her head. Half of them seemed to be young guys who just wanted to be as the Titans had the year before. The other half, well they seemed all right, but not great. The only ones that seemed to be willing to make sacrifices were the players from the years before, and a random few others. Her brother went through her mind and she shook her head once more "I'll get that boy in shape" she mumbled to herself.
"I bet you will" a voice said, startling her quite a bit. Renee glanced over to her left and caught sight of a dirty blonde haired boy, who was not at all bad looking in her book. He held out his hand with a smile on his face "I'm Ronnie, but everyone calls me Sunshine."
"Sunshine? Where's that from?" Renee asked, extending her own hand and placing it in Ronnie's, with a light shake afterward. He just shrugged his shoulders with his smile growing.
"Long story. But, I don't find it fair that you know who I am, but I haven't heard your name just yet" Ronnie said, Renee smiled and tugged lightly at the hemp necklace around her neck, as if it was no big deal.
"Renee, my brother's Luke, he's trying out for the team this year" she replied with another smile as she pointed out Luke to Ronnie, who nodded in approval. "Think he got a chance?"
"Sure, coach Boone isn't that hard on the new guys, but all these guys aren't going to make it. Half of them aren't even from this state!" Ronnie said, causing Renee to laugh. "It's true, though."
"I know, we just got into town, but now we live here. So, Sunshine is it?" Renee said, Ronnie nodded. "Well, if I'm going to have to hang around you guys all year, mind telling me about yourself and the rest of them?"
"You think you're hanging around with us?" Ronnie joked, and Renee slowly nodded. "Have you really gone through that many teams that you have to ask to know about the players?" Renee nodded again. "Okay, come with me and we'll talk, Boone isn't going to make me tryout until we get to camp this August."
The two made their way outside, Ronnie guided her to a bench and the two sat. "Well, let's see, if I tell you about everyone on the team, you're going to have to tell me about yourself, too, and your brother" Ronnie instructed.
"Okay, I don't see a problem with that, you first, though" Renee replied, adding in her last part quickly, a small smirk on her face.
"Fine, I'm Ronnie "Sunshine" and I'm really from California. Or I was. I came to the team last season, the middle of camp actually. Umm… in between the rest of camp and school, there's some stuff you don't need to know. All of us are like brothers, and when Garry left, or was in the accident, we really didn't want to play. Most of us go for cheerleaders too," Ronnie said, hinting at something with the cheerleader comment.
"I'm going out for cheerleading squad this year, I think. But, can I still come to football practices?" Renee said, Ronnie nodded and pushed his hair back once more with his hand. "I'm a year behind my brother, Luke, but I know more about football then he will ever want to know. My dad says I'm too much of a boy for my own good, he doesn't like me very much, he says I need to do girl stuff. I don't want to paint my nails, and get all pretty and dressed up for dances and dates."
"I know, girl, most of us don't want to either" Ronnie joked, causing Renee to laugh once more. "But, I'm sure you have a longer life story then just that, I tell you what. You tell me one thing about you, and I'll tell you one thing about me, we'll go back and forth. Deal?"
Ronnie stuck out his hand once more, and Renee quickly took him up on the offer, putting her hand in his "Deal!" she said, both smiling.
"Thanks man, thanks" Ronnie "Sunshine" mumbled, a smile flickering on his face. "I was trying to tell you to stop it with the Sunshine bit around the new kids." Julius merely smiled and shrugged his shoulders squarely. "Never mind."
As the day continued, Coach Boone continued to talk with the new kids, allowing the guys from the prior year to hang out. But, as the door next to them, as they had formed a group, opened, they all looked over and Ronnie had to stand on his tip toes and tilt his head to see who was walking in. "Luke! Luke Grant, how are you?" one of the guys was speaking with the guy who had just stepped in.
"Oh, hey man. I'm doing alright, you remember Renee, don't you?" Luke asked as he pulled his sister toward him by placing his arm around her shoulders and tugging her to his side, a smile on his face. The other nodded with a smile "but then again" Luke paused and looked his sister over before looking forward again "who could forget her with her loud mouth?"
Renee looked over to Luke and slapped his on his shoulder "what did you say? Did you say I was loud?" she questioned, Luke gulped jokingly and nodded his head "ugh, you're gonna get it at home! But, for now, go talk with the coach or something, let me be for a little while, away from you, my caring, loving, annoying older brother."
Ronnie and Julius looked the girl over as her brother walked away, a smile on his face, as he seemed happy to have done his job of annoying his sister. She seemed nice enough looking, and she had some personality. Her brown hair fell to her mid-back, she stood to be only about 5'7", if that, and she was very slender, as most of the cheerleaders across the room were. Ronnie ran his hand through his dirty blonde hair and pushed by the other guys with his elbows, making his way up to the girl.
As Renee looked around at the guys, football players, she shook her head. Half of them seemed to be young guys who just wanted to be as the Titans had the year before. The other half, well they seemed all right, but not great. The only ones that seemed to be willing to make sacrifices were the players from the years before, and a random few others. Her brother went through her mind and she shook her head once more "I'll get that boy in shape" she mumbled to herself.
"I bet you will" a voice said, startling her quite a bit. Renee glanced over to her left and caught sight of a dirty blonde haired boy, who was not at all bad looking in her book. He held out his hand with a smile on his face "I'm Ronnie, but everyone calls me Sunshine."
"Sunshine? Where's that from?" Renee asked, extending her own hand and placing it in Ronnie's, with a light shake afterward. He just shrugged his shoulders with his smile growing.
"Long story. But, I don't find it fair that you know who I am, but I haven't heard your name just yet" Ronnie said, Renee smiled and tugged lightly at the hemp necklace around her neck, as if it was no big deal.
"Renee, my brother's Luke, he's trying out for the team this year" she replied with another smile as she pointed out Luke to Ronnie, who nodded in approval. "Think he got a chance?"
"Sure, coach Boone isn't that hard on the new guys, but all these guys aren't going to make it. Half of them aren't even from this state!" Ronnie said, causing Renee to laugh. "It's true, though."
"I know, we just got into town, but now we live here. So, Sunshine is it?" Renee said, Ronnie nodded. "Well, if I'm going to have to hang around you guys all year, mind telling me about yourself and the rest of them?"
"You think you're hanging around with us?" Ronnie joked, and Renee slowly nodded. "Have you really gone through that many teams that you have to ask to know about the players?" Renee nodded again. "Okay, come with me and we'll talk, Boone isn't going to make me tryout until we get to camp this August."
The two made their way outside, Ronnie guided her to a bench and the two sat. "Well, let's see, if I tell you about everyone on the team, you're going to have to tell me about yourself, too, and your brother" Ronnie instructed.
"Okay, I don't see a problem with that, you first, though" Renee replied, adding in her last part quickly, a small smirk on her face.
"Fine, I'm Ronnie "Sunshine" and I'm really from California. Or I was. I came to the team last season, the middle of camp actually. Umm… in between the rest of camp and school, there's some stuff you don't need to know. All of us are like brothers, and when Garry left, or was in the accident, we really didn't want to play. Most of us go for cheerleaders too," Ronnie said, hinting at something with the cheerleader comment.
"I'm going out for cheerleading squad this year, I think. But, can I still come to football practices?" Renee said, Ronnie nodded and pushed his hair back once more with his hand. "I'm a year behind my brother, Luke, but I know more about football then he will ever want to know. My dad says I'm too much of a boy for my own good, he doesn't like me very much, he says I need to do girl stuff. I don't want to paint my nails, and get all pretty and dressed up for dances and dates."
"I know, girl, most of us don't want to either" Ronnie joked, causing Renee to laugh once more. "But, I'm sure you have a longer life story then just that, I tell you what. You tell me one thing about you, and I'll tell you one thing about me, we'll go back and forth. Deal?"
Ronnie stuck out his hand once more, and Renee quickly took him up on the offer, putting her hand in his "Deal!" she said, both smiling.