Ebony quickly showered when she got home and changed into a pair of
worn jeans and long sleeved black shirt that hung off her shoulders. Her
brown eyes glanced down at her watch, it was only five thirty, she still
had an hour before she had to pick up Salene. As usual her house was empty,
her parents both had meetings that were running late and left her money to
order out for dinner.
She sighed as she pulled open a drawer, which was full of menus from Italian restaurants to Chinese to Mexican. "So Ebony...which sounds good for tonight?" She asked herself as she waded through the menus and selected Hayama, a Japenese restaurant. "Sushi, yum." She said as she picked up the phone and placed her order.
The doorbell rang twenty minutes later, she pressed a twenty-dollar bill into the delivery boy's hand and told him to keep the change as she sat on her living room couch eating her sushi with chopsticks and watching television. When she had finished it was about time for her to go and 'collect' Salene. She locked the door to her house, checking once to make sure it was secure before heading down to her car. The moment she turned the ignition she put on the radio.
She pounded out the beat to the song on her steering wheel as she waited for the light to turn green. Finally the red light flickered out and the green one on and she continued down the road, turning on to a smaller side road. Salene's house was a medium sized brick colonial with a bunch of small shrubs out the front. Not wanting to get out of the car she honked the horn several times before Salene finally came outside. She was still pulling on her jacket when she got into the car.
"Do you think you could have beeped that thing any louder?" Said Salene as she buckled her seatbelt. "Were gonna be late." Replied Ebony as she peeled out of Salene's drive and headed down the road at a great speed.
"Don't worry Pride's mom said she would save us seats." Said Salene cheerfully. "We are not sitting with Pride's mother, I don't think I could stand seeing Mrs. McCormick shouting 'Go Pride honey, block those goals.' I mean the woman is nice but there is only so much I can take Sal." Said Ebony as she turned the car into the back parking lot near the field. As they stepped out of the car, they looked around at the Manchester campus, it's enormous stone buildings stood out even in the fading light.
The two girls headed down to the stands where they narrowly avoided being spotted by Pride's mother and took seats close to the bench. "Oh look there is Pride." Said Salene pointing to the guy stretching under the goal. Ebony smiled and nodded as she scanned the field for Bray. She finally caught sight of him warming up around mid-field. He saw her as well and smiled before kicking the ball back to the boy he was practicing with.
Soon the game was up and running as Manchester took the lead with one goal to zero. Pride was doing his best to block the shots Manchester kept firing in his direction but the defense was being extraordinarily weak tonight. The entire visitor's section cringed then sighed with relief when Pride narrowily blocked the ball from hitting the net. Then something had caught Ebony's eye a tall and agile player with blonde hair setting up for a goal kick. "Salene, he's here." Said Ebony as she sat straight up straining her eyes for better look. "Of course Bray's here, he plays on our team, he's the captain hun." Said Salene as she focused on the game. "No, I mean Jay, the guy from the coffee shop, he's here." Replied Ebony with a look of happiness on her face.
She sighed as she pulled open a drawer, which was full of menus from Italian restaurants to Chinese to Mexican. "So Ebony...which sounds good for tonight?" She asked herself as she waded through the menus and selected Hayama, a Japenese restaurant. "Sushi, yum." She said as she picked up the phone and placed her order.
The doorbell rang twenty minutes later, she pressed a twenty-dollar bill into the delivery boy's hand and told him to keep the change as she sat on her living room couch eating her sushi with chopsticks and watching television. When she had finished it was about time for her to go and 'collect' Salene. She locked the door to her house, checking once to make sure it was secure before heading down to her car. The moment she turned the ignition she put on the radio.
She pounded out the beat to the song on her steering wheel as she waited for the light to turn green. Finally the red light flickered out and the green one on and she continued down the road, turning on to a smaller side road. Salene's house was a medium sized brick colonial with a bunch of small shrubs out the front. Not wanting to get out of the car she honked the horn several times before Salene finally came outside. She was still pulling on her jacket when she got into the car.
"Do you think you could have beeped that thing any louder?" Said Salene as she buckled her seatbelt. "Were gonna be late." Replied Ebony as she peeled out of Salene's drive and headed down the road at a great speed.
"Don't worry Pride's mom said she would save us seats." Said Salene cheerfully. "We are not sitting with Pride's mother, I don't think I could stand seeing Mrs. McCormick shouting 'Go Pride honey, block those goals.' I mean the woman is nice but there is only so much I can take Sal." Said Ebony as she turned the car into the back parking lot near the field. As they stepped out of the car, they looked around at the Manchester campus, it's enormous stone buildings stood out even in the fading light.
The two girls headed down to the stands where they narrowly avoided being spotted by Pride's mother and took seats close to the bench. "Oh look there is Pride." Said Salene pointing to the guy stretching under the goal. Ebony smiled and nodded as she scanned the field for Bray. She finally caught sight of him warming up around mid-field. He saw her as well and smiled before kicking the ball back to the boy he was practicing with.
Soon the game was up and running as Manchester took the lead with one goal to zero. Pride was doing his best to block the shots Manchester kept firing in his direction but the defense was being extraordinarily weak tonight. The entire visitor's section cringed then sighed with relief when Pride narrowily blocked the ball from hitting the net. Then something had caught Ebony's eye a tall and agile player with blonde hair setting up for a goal kick. "Salene, he's here." Said Ebony as she sat straight up straining her eyes for better look. "Of course Bray's here, he plays on our team, he's the captain hun." Said Salene as she focused on the game. "No, I mean Jay, the guy from the coffee shop, he's here." Replied Ebony with a look of happiness on her face.