Chapter FIVE
Lily awoke at the usual time of 7am. The evening had been filled with rain. It still continued that morning.
"Hmmm…," she thought, "I might just get out of this game after all."
The truth was she didn't really like football. Watching or playing it. But she had felt challenged. "Why hadn't they at least invited me?" she thought. If they had asked her she was sure she would have said no. But the fact that they didn't meant that she had to make a pointt of it. Some point, she thought. What the hell had she gotten herself into?
She reached for the phone on the kitchen bench and dialed Vera's number.
"Hello?"
"Ah Vera. Rush here."
"Wh..what time is it?"
"Ahh…it's 7:30. Sorry, didn't realize it was so early", she stated apologetically.
"7:30. Jeez Rush, what is it?"
"Umm, just wondering if the game is still on today? It's raining".
"Rush, the game is going to be on come rain, hail or shine," he replied.
"Ah ok. Sorry"
"Good night Rush", he stated, obviously confused, and hung up the phone.
"Whoops", she thought to herself.
She headed to the fridge to feed the cats, settling down on her couch afterwards to watch some tv.
By 1pm the rain had only just ceased. Her only pair of gym pants had not had the chance to dry. In fact they were wetter than when they had come out of her washing machine. Searching through her cupboard, the only thing she could find to wear was some gym shorts and a baggy nike t-shirt. "That'll do", she said to herself, jumping into the bathroom for a warm shower. By the time she had finished her shower and hair, it was 1:45pm. Throwing her clothes on, she looked in the mirror. The shirt looked way too big for her small frame. The shorts showed exactly how much time she put into her work. They were paler than bed sheets. "Damn that rain", she said out loud. Wanting to keep her track record of always being on time, she grabbed the car keys, jumped in her car and headed for the park.