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A/n Well I'm feeling very preppy today. It's the whole Christmas thing. XD I love Christmas. New Years soon! Happy 2006!
Practice was over and the Kadic team had 15 minutes before the game. Nicole was laying off the field, flat on her back pulling her shoelaces as tight as she could get them.
"Hey Nikki!" Jason waved walking towards the brunette. Nicole smiled and switched to her other shoe.
"good luck. Tough game today." Nicole rolled her eyes.
"yeah right." Jason pushed his palm against the bottom of her foot and rolled her ankle for her.
"None of this really matters anymore." Just then her coach walked up. Kadic decided to hired real coaches Ulrich's Junior year.
"What are you talking about?" He asked walking up to the two.
"this is the first game and the first game against Lincoln. This decides the season you know." he flipped a paper on his clip board. Nicole and Jason looked at each other. They knew what she meant. What did one soccer game weight against the fate of the world? It didn't. It didn't matter.
"five more minutes until game time." Nicole sat up to listen and Jason sat down next to her.
"here's the line up. We have Kier, Stern, Bradley, O'Dell, and… Keller." By now the whole team had come and joined Nicole and Jason on the ground.
"coach Riley, is the other team here yet?" Jacob O'Dell asked.
"they're warming up." the coach answered. He nodded and the team stood up. Nicole stopped short at the edge of the field. She tugged on the bottom of her black jersey. (the blue ones had been replaced with black and silver ones 3 years earlier)
"look at all those people!" Nicole stared at the full stands. Her team mates paid no attention as they prepared for the game.
"Kadic games are always full Nick, always." Jason laughed.
"but, but, Never! Like this!"
"Come on Nikki, fight or flight." Jason nudged her as her team started onto the field. The worry fell from her eye.
"Fight." she laughed.
"Last but not least, Kadic's Star Center, Nicole Stern." Kadic's junior reporters were standing excitedly on the field recording their first big story of the year. Nicole ran to center field and looked into the stands to see her grandparents, her friends, and her dad. She turned her attention back onto the field, back to the ball. With a dangerous smile, she flew past Lincoln's center heading straight for the goal. She let the ball go behind her foot and did a rainbow straight over the goalies head. In the first five seconds of the game, she had her confidence back and the crowd going nuts. The game was close, but Kadic won with fifty percent of their goals made by Nicole. She had to sit a five minute turn to sub in some of the benched players. After the game Jason walked up with Dylan and Kai lee. He tossed her a pair of black warm-up pants with a silver stripe going down the sides of the legs and 'Stern' written across the butt in silver letters.
"great game Nikki!" Kai lee smiled brightly.
"thanks." Nicole waved to her parents and grandparents as they tried to find her in the crowd.
"Now I know you didn't learn all that from you dad." he grandfather smirked.
"Better watch out Ulrich, Nikki will be out doing you soon." Yum joked nudging Ulrich. He rolled his eyes.
"great job Angel." Nicole's eyes flickered. She turned around to see Bryan leaning against the bleachers.
"Bryan, I'm going to do you a favor, and not kill you." Mrs. Ishiyama went to object to her granddaughters behavior but her friends shook their heads, wide eyed.
"I have to go take a shower." Nicole gave her friends and family one more smile before heading to the school. Yumi and Ulrich exchanged glances. Yumi faked a yawn.
"yeah, we should go home anyways. I'm getting tired." Ulrich picked up the hint.
"yeah me too." Dylan rolled his eyes at the two.
Nicole's Dorm
Jason knocked on the door.
"I'm getting dressed!" Nicole yelled. Jason leaned against the door.
"Hurry up." the door opened and Jason fell onto the ground.
"what's up?" he asked looking up at her. She rolled her eyes and sighed. Jason hurried back onto his feet.
"to celebrate your win, we are going out." he said in his best announcer voice. Nicole laughed.
"where?" she asked.
"Dinner. Old restaurant downtown." he answered.
Stern house
Yumi snuck back into her and Ulrich's room quietly.
"they went to bed early." she whispered. Ulrich grinned.
"then we should get ready."
"Dibs on the bathroom!" Yumi ran into the bathroom and shut the door behind her. Ulrich chased after her but she beat him.
"oh come on! How old are we Yumes?" he groaned. The door opened revealing Yumi in her green dress.
"that was fast." Ulrich blinked. Yumi walked over to her mirror and started to brush her hair.
"so where are we going?" she asked.
"remember that old restaurant downtown?"
A/n woot! Thanks everyone for reading. Consider this you're late Christmas present. What will happen next? Lol. Thanks for reading.
Top20fan13- thanks so much! Merry Christmas to you too.
Katfish xX- thanks so much. KITTY! .. Hey that gives me an idea:winks: thank you.
Yumi Stern- lol. I love that part to. It's killing me not to just have them kiss like wham! But I have to follow a plan I have. Cuz otherwise it'll be messed up. Thanks for saying you'll stick with me! That means a lot to me!