Disclaimer: ... Since I'm sure you (the dear reader) has not missed out on the last few chapters of this story then I'm sure you know that I don't own BiLB... I know it's such a shame...
Author's Note: Err, hi? I was going to update last week Friday when my computer's connection went bye-bye for no reason, so I decided to this chapter to school on a floppy disk only to find out that the writing programs were not compatible (_)and all the words looked Greek, as in Greek symbols... bummer... sorry for the long wait. But now I'm back with chapter five and guess what! *Crowd says what* I finally have started to bring in some conflict! *And the Crowd goes wild*Thank-you. Hope the "conflict" isn't the typical conflict, I don't plan on it being anyway... hehehe... once I'm through hehehe... you all shall see! Surprisingly enough I'm finally getting into the real plot, everything else was just background info, why I didn't do it in one chapter is because Pixy is too lazy... and Pixy likes talking in third person...yay!
P.S. My P.S.S. and P.S.S.S. are at the bottom.
Summary: Sometimes, off the field life isn't as easy as it should be, and during those trying times of the "heart" and "spirit", you wake up and realize something. You've just got to get over it and just bend it!
Just Bend It
Chapter Five: Uh-huh... Right?
"So this Ameet guy is completely off the chart?"Jules asked as she and Jess neared the Harriers field.
"Yup, a Parent's Worse Nightmare, to put it exactly. But he's absolutely perfect for Tony, I can just tell."
Jules gave an exaggerated sigh. "Young love." She twirled around in a circle before she grabbed Jess to join her. "Spring is in the air!"
Jess decided it was better to join her than try and beat her, a Jules full of six cups highly caffeinated coffee and tons of sugar was hard to beat. The twirled themselves to the sidelines of the field where Joe stood coaching his team through a faux soccer match.
Joe saw Jules and Jess out of the corner of his eyes. He turned to address them quickly. "Hi Jess, hi Jules." Immediately he went back to "coaching", in other words yelling, at his team. Once he saw a large mistake on the field he called a time-out and rushed out on the field with his jogging pants swishing with each movement.
Once Jules saw Joe was out of hearing range she turned to look down at the somber Indian woman standing next to her. "No kissing, no hugging, no flirting... What happened?"
Sigh."Last night he was over and he convinced me that we should tell my parents, except I chickened out... again. I told them that I plan to finish college in Britain and play on Harriers team next year. It's true but not the exact confession Joe–"
Jules rolled her blue eyes to the sky. "– Wanted you to tell your parents. No wonder he is so pissy. Jess you know how much he hates keeping this secret from your parents. For goodness sakes, the whole Harriers team knows, his parents know, California knows, your sister knows, I'm sure Megana knows, but the people he wants the most approval from don't know. This is bound to blow up in your face Jess, it's bound to. Remember secrets don't work out for you without a big boom–" Jules fluttered her hands to make them look like an explosion. "–happening."
Jess' shoulder's deflated and her body sagged. "I know, but I'm afraid that the approval he wants won't come."
Jules wrapped an arm around her best friends shoulder. "You'll never know unless you try. And if you don't get it you'll just have to fight for it. Anything that is important to you is worth a hard fight."
Jess looked slyly up at Jules who put on a very sage-looking facial expression. Jess grinned cheekily at Jules with all her white teeth winking at the fair haired female. "You got that last line from a movie, didn't you?"
The sage look deflated and left standing was a nervously laughing Jules, waving her hand to dismiss Jess correct guess. She saw Joe heading back to sidelines and without any hesitation she pushed Jess towards him whispering, "Now, kiss and make up." She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively then walked off in the opposite direction to do who knows what, but Jules seemed to have her own objective.
Jess bumped in to Joe and he locked down at her with one eyebrow cocked questioningly. Jess gave him a shaky and uncoordinated smile that felt more like a grimace than a smile, before she nervously tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "Joe, I just– I just want to–" Jess paused and took a deep breath, even though it did nothing for her rattled nerves. "–say that I am sorry about yesterday. I know that you want us to tell my parents, but– but I– I don't think I am ready to." There she was done.
Joe looked slightly miffed at Jess and ran a hand through his already mussed hair. "Then when will you be Jess? It's been three years, three good wonderful mind-blowing years that I have spent hiding from your family that you are my girlfriend. The same woman who I would kiss until she was damn blue in the face and give her plenty of hickey's. But instead I must act like I am merely a friend like Tony."
Jess somehow felt that she should correct him about Tony, but she knew it wasn't the time or place, nor was it her secret to tell. Finally, someone with a large secret other than her! If she were not out in public or having to deal with a serious issue she may have just started to do the macarena in her happiness, but Jess wouldn't do it now. She did not feel the need to turn a bright neon red that could even blind the sun after the embarrassment of doing the macarena in public.
"I know but–"
"Joe!" A man, in his early thirties, in a tailored black pinstriped suit called out from the distance. His dark brown was slicked back and black shades covered his eyes. The man was as tall and gangly a growing tree. Jess was sure that if her mother saw him she would give up on trying to put meat on her bones and try make the man three dimensional rather than the two dimensional figure he was now. The man walked briskly and situated himself in front of Jess and Joe. Joe and the man quickly shook each others hands heartily before they pulled away. "Hey there Joe. Just wanted to stop by and see how everything is going." Jess had no idea what was going on.
'Who is this guy?' Jess wondered as she stared at the man.
Joe smiled. "Everything is going fine Mr. Waters."
The man waved his hand airily. "What have I told you Joe, just call me JJ."
That was when the answer to Jess' own unasked question streaked naked in front of her face dancing and doing, what looked like to Jess, an amazing combination of back flips and cart wheels. JJ Waters was the owner of the Hounslow Harriers and the man responsible for getting the team going professional.
JJ finally noticed Jess standing next to Joe, Jess' short height kind of always had that effect. "Hello there. And Joe may I ask who is this lovely woman beside you?"
"This is Jessminder Bhamra, she was one of our top players on the team three years ago before she went to college in America. She actually plans on coming back and start playing for us this summer."
JJ held out his hands and Jess shook it. "Wonderful, nice to meet you Jessmindah, call me JJ."
Jess did not even wince or blink at the mispronunciation of her name she was very used to the butchering of her first and last name, three years in America could do that to a person. "Then please call me Jess."
"Jess, eh? I know I've heard that name before." JJ eye's floated to Joe then back to Jess then back to Joe, Jess could see the imaginary wheels turning somewhere in his minds, then two sprockets finally connected and JJ figured the "great mystery" out. "You're Joe's girlfriend! I've heard so much about you from him." JJ cocked a thumb at the know flustered Joe, for once it was not Jess blushing and she was enjoying his embarrassment to the fullest of her abilities. "Nothing but good things of course..."
And that was how she spent the part of the first half of the Harriers' practice session, talking to JJ Waters, Joe, and Jules, who soon joined the group later on. JJ was very happy to find two women who were good soccer players, both of whom had already played for the team, best friends, went to the same college, and played on the college team together, getting ready to join the Harriers. Jess and Jules were in complete sync with each others moves on and off the field, it showed mostly when they talked to other people because usually finished the others sentence and used the same hand movements.
JJ left and Jess and Joe were about to get ready to "talk", translation – argue, about telling Jess' parents when another person called out Joe's name.
Except this time it wasn't a man. It was a woman.
A tall woman with a full figure.
A tall woman with a full figure and stylish long black hair.
A tall woman with a full figure, stylish long black hair, and glittering blue gems for eyes.
The earth bound naiad slinked towards her, Joe, and Jules with an air of grace, and to put it simply Jess was stupefied. The mystery woman obviously knew Joe, Joe obviously knew her, and Jess wanted to know how.
"Joe it's so good to see you. I went over your parent's house and Diana told me you were here and the couch of a women's soccer team. Mind you, you have neglected to tell me this detail in the letters you write me!" The woman lightly slapped Joe on the arm while Jules and Jess' eyes made eye contact. Something was up, and they did not know what.
"Cassandra! I didn't know you were going to be here."
"You must not read my letters carefully then because I told you that I was getting transferred."
Joe looked confused. "You did?"
"Joe." Cassandra reprimanded softly, trying to look stern but failing miserably once she dissolved herself into laughs. Soon enough, Joe joined her.
"What it was a simply mistake." While the two continued to badger each other, Jules and Jess stayed outside of the private world wondering exactly what was happening. Just a few moments ago Joe was readying himself for a battle of wills against Jess and now here he was joking and laughing. This was simply beyond on their comprehension.
Cassandra embraced Joe in a hug and didn't let go, even after Joe did. Jess was seeing pink, red had yet to show up yet, but pink was slowly warming up to it. Jules politely cleared her throat, at least as politely as Jules could.
Joe turned around in a flash and Cassandra finally let go of Joe. Cassandra looked at Jules and Jess blankly. "Oh you two must be team members of this team, right?." Jules and Jess looked at each other before they both directed their twin 'we're-not-pleased-nor-amused' stare at Joe.
"Uhh, Cassie, they are not quite. This is Jules, she was a former player and she is about to join again once she comes back from Santa Clara, in the US. She's a good friend of mine." He pointed at Jules before he grabbed Jess and wrapped an arm around her waist, basically putting her between Joe and the newly arrived Cassandra. "And this is Jess, she's also in the same predicament and Jules... and she's my girlfriend."
Realization spread across Cassandra's face. "Oh, well then. Sorry I guess I don't pay attention to Joe's letter's much either, I don't quite remember him writing to me about you." Cassandra's gaze was directed at Jess, who was starting to see dark pink, she knew red was bound to appear some time soon. "Anyway, I'm Cassandra Bennington–"
"She's a friend of mine." Joe butted in.
"And a former girlfriend, but we broke on a mutually agreement. We've been in touch since I left for Greece a few years back. It's nice to meet you." She stuck out one perfectly tanned and manicured hand.
Well, Jess thought in her mind without any jealous bone in her body of course, at least that explains the flawless tan. Jess firmly shook Cassandra's hand before she let go. "It's nice to meet you too."
After ten grueling minutes of listening to Cassandra and Joe catching up and telling stories about their highschool days, Jules and Jess figured the should go and coach Joe's team since he seemed a bit preoccupied. They had learned that Cassandra's family had lived next to Joe's since they were born and they had grown up with one another. They also found out they were sweethearts from the time Joe put a worm in her hair in sixth grade and she shoved him to ground and literally made him eat dirt. Cassandra had lived in Greece for the last six years of her twenty-five years, studying some type biogenetic in a laboratory, keeping in touch with Joe all those six years.. She had just been transferred back to England and she felt that she see one of her best friends right after she saw her family, and that was what brought her here.
Standing away from the still chatting Joe and Cassandra, Jules and Jess watched the faux soccer match. The blonde's mouth was curled downward at a slight angle, her eyes were cloudy and unfocused, and her eyebrows were furrowed. Jess knew that very patented Jules look, it was the look Jules had own whenever she was trying to hold her tongue even though she had something to say. Jess counted backwards from ten in her head, Jules would cave in at any moment now, she had no will power when it came to these things. '... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1–'.
"So... are you jealous?" Jules was never good with tact, she was a pretty blunt person when it came to down to her core personality.'And the five-hundred dollar goes to Jessminder Bhamra!' Jess gloated in her mind, she could feel a large smile tugging at her lips and she tried as best as she could to keep it away from Jules prying eyes, but that sure didn't work. "What in the world is making you so happy right about now, shouldn't you be going into jealous fits of rage?" Jules looked at Jess in utter disbelief, it seemed like to Jess, that Jules could probably do the jealous fits of rage better than she ever could.
"No."
"WHAT!" Jules grabbed a hold of Jess' shoulder's and nearly shook then woman into oblivion.
Jess rolled her dark eyes. "Do I complain that much?" Jules immediately let go of Jess' shoulder and looked uncharacteristically quiet. "I am? Sorry then, but I'm not jealous. I mean Joe and I are together and they're not, plus they seem to be just good friends."
Jukes looked a bit abashed as she wrapped an arm around Jess' shoulder. "Sorry I ever doubted ya! Say you'll forgive me?"
Jess placed her arm on Jules' shoulder as best as she could from her angle. "Of course I will. But I am a bit jealous of her in other ways, I mean look at her she has to be at least a D cup!" Jess said jokingly, she turned to look at Cassandra before she brought her attention back to Jules. "I'm like a kindergartner to her. My poor Mara–" Jess looked down at her right breast. "– and Juana–" she looked down at her left breast. "– they could only dream of becoming that endowed."
Jules looked down at her chest with a somber look on her face. "Yea, same here. Poor Under and Ling." Jules and Jess looked at each other with solemn looks before snickers escaped their mouths. Those snickers were soon followed by laughs, that were followed by large guffaws. They were wiping the tears from their eyes as Joe, Cassandra, and Mel walked up to them.
"Are you okay?" Mel asked with concern engraved in her Vandyke brown eyes.
"No, no we're fine." Jules hyperventilated.
"Are you sure?" Joe now looked very concerned himself looking back at forth at the wheezing Jess and the hyperventilated Jules.
"Yes really, we're fine." Jess stood up straight and pushed back her loose strands of hair, Jules followed the suit.
"So then, Jess do you think Cassandra could join us and Jules for lunch?" Joe looked so hopeful, like a little boy right before Christmas, and unfortunately Jess didn't have the heart to pop the high flying balloon of happiness in the sky. Jules did, but Jess elbowed the woman in the stomach before she could say anything. "Sure, I don't see why not, do you Jules."
Jules gave Jess a sulky look, hoping Jess would change her mind once she say the pout and large puppy eyes, but Jess was immune and she thanked the three years of being best friends with her, every day, but is she were not best friends with her then she probably would not have to worry about the sulky look, but that was a topic for another day. Jess was beginning to think Jules was actually a five year old trapped in an adult woman's body, at least as adult as Jules could get when she was sugar high. "No."
"Okay, then it's settled." He smiled down at the already chip Cassandra before he directed his gaze at Mel. "Why are you not out there playing Captain Lewis?"
Mel tossed the soccer ball in her hand before she caught and started to play catch by herself, all the while giving Jules and Jess a look that neither of them particularly liked. It was the same face they had seen Mel put on in the locker room when she was giving the team a pep talk, it was the same face she put on when she was going against a competitor, it was the same face she used when she was about to take someone down just a few notches on the ego belt. Nope they did not like that look at all when it was directed towards them.
"Gee Coach Richards, you sound so professionally, but I suggest you use the I'm the ruler of all, obey me voice when others who might actually believe that you are the ruler of all are around, but for now Joe, Mel will do just fine." She winked brazenly at Joe before she looked at Jess and Jules. "But, we're on a break, remember those? Plus, I'm here to talk to Jules and Jess. Me and the few of the other girls–" She pointed to three girls on the now basically empty field. "– were just wondering if you two are daring enough to put your soccer cleats on and meet us out there for a three on three match. Hope Santa Clara did not make you two too soft."
Jess and Jules looked at one another, mirroring each other's look of disbelief.
"Oh, so you two are scared, guess I better tell the others how much of a chicken you two have grown into while in the States, eh?" She turned to look at the three waiting players on the field. "YO! FEA–"
Jess grabbed the soccer ball from Mel's grasp. "Did you just call us chicken?"
Mel turned to look at Jess nonchalantly. "So what if I did Bhamra, what are you going to do?"
A Jules-Jess look was exchanged. "We'll just have to teach you a few lessons, starting with the cardinal rule of Julinder Rules. Don't ever aggravate Jess or me. We can be real animals when it comes right down to it."
Mel waved a hand flippantly. "Riiight."
"Jessminder, she doesn't believe us!" Jules shouted at the calm Jess.
Jess shook her head silently. "I know Juliette, I know."
"She is disgracing the harmony of Julinder! We can't just let her get away with this." Jules was going hysterical.
Jess looked down at the ground and shook her head. "I know, I know."
"So what do you suggest?" Jules slapped Jess on the arm.
Jess stopped shaking her head and gave Jules a devilish smiles. "What all times and measures call for at moments like this. Julinder Edict 201." Jules joined Jess in the smiling.
"What's Julinder Edict 201?" Cassandra asked curiously.
Jess and Jules picked up their knapsacks from the ground and took out their cleats. "Absolute serious retribution on the part of the injured Julinder party, of two, against the party of offense. Only in defensive purposes, of course." Jess sighed out all at once.
"Huh?" Mel asked looking at the two maniacally smiling Jess and Jules.
"Some serious ass whooping done by us to you!" Jules and Jess song out in unison.
"We'll meet you on the field Lewis–" Jules started.
"–but don't forget after we finish you off nice and easy that you asked for it." Jess finished as Jules nodded next to her.
Mel eyed the two women as they took off their sneakers and put on their cleats. They both took off their shirts to reveal the sport bras underneath them, wiping off their jogging pants "So you two came prepared?" Jules nodded solemnly "Yea, we were hoping to do some ass whooping today, weren't we Jessminder?"
Jess nodded her head quickly. "Yes but of course Juliette, after all–"
Jules and Jess gave Mel identical smiles at the same time "–a good ass whooping always seems to make the days brighter!" they finished happily, perfectly in sync.
"If that's what you want to believe, be my guess. Feather is your goalie. Anise and Rose are on my team."
Jules and Jess were an unstoppable combo. Head-butts, hitch kicks, jump kicks, reverse passes, you name they did, and the best was that neither of them had to look to see were the other was on the field, they just automatically kicked the ball somewhere and the other would appear and volley the ball somewhere else. Of course Mel, Rose, and Anise did everything in their power to stop, and did a good too. The finally score was six to four. Both sides celebrating in between each goal, but the crowd favorite seemed to be Jess' and Jules' daytime drama soap opera parody.
After one goal Jess play fainted to the ground screaming,
"Reina! Reina!"
Jules zigzagged around the field in a run until she got to Jess. "My love, my cherished, what shall I ever do without you Michael." She knelt down and held Jess' hand. Surprising Jess 'slapped' Jules.
"You lying slut, I know you've been sleeping with Irvin, George, Daniel, Matt, Vincent, Victor, Alex–" Jess shouted ticking each name off of her fingers.
"But I love you Vin– I mean Michael!"
"No you don't, you just love my money!"
"Well actually I do."
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P.S.S.S.: Santa Clara... aha, thank you Loreta and Going2marryRupert. I will correct that error... one these days... =(^-^)= I've also noticed a lot of my other spelling errors and I shall be going back to correct them, one of these days...
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