A Dragon's Embrace
Chapter Four: The Warm Ups
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*Dragon's POV*
Draco looked at Mia, looking totally flabbergasted. Then the Malfoy backbone and pride flared up. "Whatever, it is your funeral." And with that he walked over to Jason, Ryan, and Justin.
He shared a cabin with all of them and heard that the twins and Justin were pretty good at penalty kicks, so he had it in his mind to ask then to help him warm up.
As he approached them, they paid him no attention and just continued on with their conversation.
Starting to get a little pissed off; he interrupted Jason who was telling a story of a nasty slide-tackle he had once received.
"Hey, guys. Why are you ignoring me? What did I do wrong?" Dragon questioned.
"Do you have any idea-," started Ryan.
"-What you just did?" ended Jason.
'I hate twins!' He yelled inwardly.
"Or who you just challenged?" Justin decided to put in.
Dragon answered, "I asked if I could play goalie, and I just challenged a girl named Mia, who happens to be a very fast runner with a nice ass. Anyway, it was her idea to do a shoot-off."
"No," Jason started, "you just walked up to her and assumed that you were a better goalie. Even after Nick asked her not you to be goalie."
"Not only that," Ryan added his to knuts. "If you think that Mia is just a fast runner who happens to have a very nice ass, then you must not watch a lot of American news. Because she just goes by Mia at camp, but almost every person in America who knows something about women's soccer knows that she is Mia Granger. Well her nickname is Mia because no one in the states can pronounce her real name." His voice started to taper off in the end, as so that Dragon couldn't quite catch it, but instead of thinking about it, he set his mind on more important matters.
"Does that jog your memory? Can you think of who she is and who she might be? Hint…think of someone that is almost more famous then Mia Hamm when it comes to talent at a young age." asked Justin.
"No, I don't keep up with mugg-I mean American news," answered a even more confused Draco.
"Okay, well do you know of Mia Hamm and Brianna Scurry?" Dragon nodded at this. "Well 'Mia' Granger is the perfect combination of the two. The states have been trying to recruit her for the past two, maybe three, years. She is an awesome forward and winger with speed and a great shot, but she also is amazing at goalie. She normally holds back here at camp, because we get a lot of different skill and age levels, but I had to come here early this year and I got to see the staff playing. Lets just put it this way, her team had three less players then the team they were playing and her team won 5-0. She is that good. Not only that but she was playing forward and winger half the time and then she gave the other goalie, Paige, a break."
"So…let me get this straight. I am now committed to a shoot-off with the equivalent of Brianna Scurry?" Questioned Dragon.
"Yes," chorused three voices at once.
"Shit."
*Mia's POV*
As she watched Dragon's face pale, Mia couldn't help but laugh. 'The guys must have told him who I was.' Still laughing, she made her way over to Emma and Nick, as they both were standing just a few feet away.
"Mia! That was so mean!" Emma exclaimed as she came over. "He doesn't stand a chance!"
Nick added, "I don't know, he seemed to be pretty confident until Justin, Jason, and Ryan spilled the beans."
"Well, he is going to get his for being rude," Mia said.
"Mia, he wasn't that rude. You were almost as bad as him," Nick said gently, trying not to raise her hot temper.
He could tell he failed when Mia gave him the evil eye before saying, "That might be true, but he had no right to assume that, as a women, I wasn't as good as him."
"Hermione Granger!" Mia flinched at her name being spoken harshly with Nick's American accent. "You know that is NOT what he meant and how dare you think that!" Nick stopped to take a calming breath that didn't quite work, "I have half a mind to take you over my knee and-"
"Nick, that is enough," interrupted Tina's soft voice that always had an effect similar to Dumbldore's. "She knows she was wrong." All heads turned towards Tina, who had walked to the field and watched the scene unfold. "Mia, you were wrong to think that it was because of your gender that Dragon thought he was better then you. But also it was understandable. You aren't use to others challenging you, and we understand that, but still. Now who ever might win, will win. And then that will be the last of this, okay?" Tina, like a mother, tried to please all the parties. "And Nick, just because you are one of her best friends, you will not take Mia over your knee while I am around. Got it?" Almost everyone within hearing ranged laughed softly at the last part and then laughed a little bit harder when they heard Nick's reaction.
"Yes ma'am," Nick apologized, blushing slightly because of the people laughing at him.
"Good, now I'll let you guy get to your shoot-out," and with that the older women turned and left.
*Dragon's POV*
He watched as the blonde women he recognized from checking in at the office, talked to the group of teenagers around Mia. Mia and Nick began to look guilty, then the other women walked away. 'I wonder what that was about,' he thought, then he continued to stretch out and warm up. Mulling over what he just fond out about Mia, he felt a twinge of worry. 'What are you worried about Draco. You are so much better then her. No one ever beats a Malfoy. Well there is that one mudblood Granger, she is such a-' he broke of his thoughts. He knew if he got mad or angry, there would be no way that he could win. 'No sweat. I got this one in the bag.'
Then he looked over and saw something that made him worry even more.
*Mia's POV*
After both Mia and Nick cleared things up, they headed to one of the extra goals that sat on the sidelines. Mia shrugged he shoulder, loosening them up. She set her mind to defending her goal, not letting anything or person in her area. 'Come on Mia. No sweat. My goal. Nothing in my goal…" the thoughts ran over and over again in her head. Then as she turned her attention to Nick, who was waiting with the soccer ball to kick easy, long-range shots, she reverted to instinct.
Then she gave Nick a nod, and he kicked the soccer ball.
It flew cleanly threw the air. Mia kept her eyes on it and moved to intercept it. She stepped to the left. The ball came towards her, seemingly in slow motion. Chest high and powerful, Mia braced herself for the impact of the ball. Then as the ball came within her reach, she wrapped her arms around it and locked it tightly against her body.
"Whoa! Girl you still got it!" Nick shouted.
Mia blushed, "That was such an easy shot. Come on! Give me something that is difficult!" She threw the ball, goalie style, to Nick. Totally in her own world with only the ball, goal, her, and Nick. Everything else didn't matter as she watched Nick set the ball up again.
*Nick's POV*
He watched as Mia got ready for his next shot, 'Man, she always looks so sexy when she gets ready to stop a shot…Whoa! Nick, man, what the fuck are you thinking!?' His thoughts were cut short when he saw Mia nod her head again, asking for the shot on goal.
He sized up her position in the goal and picked a high corner to shoot at. He knew that her strengths were the high shots and the corners. She always made awesome, incredible, and impossible looking saves whenever there was a high shot there and he wanted to scare the Dragon fellow a little bit. Not that he would admit it, of course.
As he stopped his thoughts, he kicked the soccer ball. It flew at a high speed toward Mia. He watched as she jumped in the air to her right. Her arms came above her head and grasped the white ball tightly. As she started to land, she brought the ball to her chest. Locking it against her, she landed on her shoulder and side.
She then got up and drop kicked the ball right to his feet. 'It always freaks me out how accurate she can be when she drop kicks the ball,' he thought as she did that she yelled at him.
"Nick! You just had to do a corner shot, didn't you?"
Nick could tell she was starting to get pissed off, so he quickly answered, "Mia. If it makes you feel any better. When that guy Dragon saw what you just did, he went as white as a sheet.
Mia smiled at him. "Never mind then, Nick. Come on, kick a few more at me," she said.
And with that, Nick continued to try to score goals on her.
*Dragon's POV*
'Shit, shit and more shit. What have I got myself into? I am in deep shit. I can tell.' As he watched Mia warm up, it occurred to him that he should be doing the same thing. As he finally pulled his glaze away from Mia and Nick, he turned to Jason, Ryan, and Justin. As he walked over to then he calmed himself down.
"Hey. You three," he called.
"Yeah," replied Justin. "What you want?"
"Do you guys think that you could help me warm up?" Dragon asked, swallowing some pride about asking others to help him.
The twins and Justin looked at each other. Then as if they came to an unspoken agreement, Jason answered, "Sure, no problem. Lets go over to the side of the field where they keep the extra goals." And with that the four guys walked away.
*Mia's POV*
As she made a sweet ground save, Mia looked up to see Justin, Ryan, and Jason walk to the side of the field toward the extra goals with Dragon. 'I wonder, who good it he?' She thought to herself. 'No problem. I'll be better…' She continued to get herself pumped up. Not knowing that Dragon was doing very similar things himself.
*Draco's POV*
'These guys are pretty good,' Dragon though as he stopped Jason's kicks. 'It would be fun to play up front with Ryan and Justin during a game. And I bet that any goalie wold be thankful to have Jason on their defensive line.' As he thought this he stopped one more goal from each of the guys before noticing Nick and Mia calling and waving him over.
"Come on!" They called, "We're ready if you are!"
Dragon muttered under his breath, "Here goes nothing…" And with that, he turned and started to walk towards the pair.
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There it is! I forced it out! I don't like this one as much as I would have hoped but it is long and will have to hold you over for up to a week! I am sorry, but my family is coming and I haven't seen them for a long time and so I won't get to write for a bit. I will do my best to have it out be Christmas Day, but no promises!
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