A few weeks passed and the girls were on a winning streak. The team was getting along great. Bella was loving every minute of being a part of this team so far.

She'd also grown closer with Kate. She hadn't really planned on it, it just sort of happened. The vampire had messaged her to ask if she and JP wanted to run drills on one Sunday and Bella had responded that JP was out of town but she would love to.

They'd spent that entire day together and Bella hadn't felt that relaxed or been in that good of a mood in she couldn't tell you when. Kate still walked her back to her dorm building almost every night. She'd also continued to carry Bella's bag for her while they walked as well. Bella didn't really mind. It weighed a ton in her opinion and she knew it weighed nothing to Kate.

It was Saturday morning and they were in the middle of another game. They were on a streak having won the four games that they'd played so far, and no one wanted to lose just yet. The two teams were tied one to one and half time had just ended.

Bella tracked the ball with her eyes and just as it was being passed towards her, she was full on tackled. She hit the ground hard and felt, and heard, her nose crack loudly before blood was going everywhere. She faintly recognized that a whistle had been blown.

The brunette stood up quickly as soon as she had her bearings back and started to charge at the girl who'd tackled her. She felt strong arms wrap around her waist from behind and a voice whisper, "Not a chance, Bella," As she was pulled backwards. She couldn't have done anything her teammates weren't already doing anyway. The girl who'd tackled her had better travel with a group when the game ended or Bella's teammates might hurt her.

A whistle was blown again to break up the fight that was currently happening between the two teams, "Carmen!" Kate shouted and Bella looked confused until the brunette walked up beside her, "Deal with this for a few minutes?" She asked with a nod towards the field. Carmen said she would and Bella finally realized that she was still being held by Kate and against her body. She flushed and then let out a noise of surprise when Kate scooped her up and carried her off towards the locker room.

"What are you doing?" Bella asked as she looked over Kate's shoulder and could see her teammates setting up for her penalty kick.

"Hold on," Kate said through gritted teeth and Bella chose to just be quiet while she was carried. When they finally entered the locker room, Kate sat Bella down on one of the benches, grabbed some paper towels, wet them, and then knelt before Bella. She reached up to wipe at Bella's nose and the human's hand caught her wrist. Kate stopped moving immediately and met brown eyes.

"This doesn't bother you?" Bella said apprehensively as she pointed at her nose.

"Not in the way you'd think," Kate said and once again moved to wipe at Bella's nose. The human let her go and didn't stop her again, "It's not broken, but it's definitely bruised and already swelling.

"Super," Bella said sarcastically and rolled her eyes, "Any chance I could finish the game?"

Kate looked at her in disbelief before breathing out a dry laugh and shaking her head good naturedly, "You know the rule. Once you have an injury that could potentially bleed on you or anyone else, you're done. Plus, your jersey looks disgusting," She said and Bella grimaced.

"Yeah, I figured," Bella brought her fingers up and touched her nose lightly. She winced and saw Kate tense too. She froze, thinking that maybe all that blood had finally gotten to Kate.

"God, I could kill her," Kate said as she stood and paced back and forth. Bella watched with undivided attention. She'd never seen her coach act like this before. The woman was irate and almost manic, "How dare she?" She continued as she paced and wrenched her hands through her hair.

"Coach," Bella tried but Kate either didn't hear her or didn't care. She kept mumbling and pacing, and Bella tried again, "CK," She said a little louder and the woman just kept on and didn't acknowledge her, "Kate!" She finally shouted and the blonde stopped pacing and stared at her, "Jeez, for a vampire your hearing is shit."

Kate stared at her blankly for a moment before sighing and nodding. She sat back down beside Bella and put her face in her hands, "What the hell is going on?" The human asked and Kate took an unnecessary breath.

"I think it's time that I answered your question," Kate answered and Bella looked confused for a moment before realizing what question she was referring to. She nodded.

"Oh," She said lamely.

"It's going to have to wait though. Right now, I'm meant to be coaching a soccer game and people are going to start wondering if something more is wrong with you if we're gone much longer."

Bella stood and followed Kate back out to the field. She took up her spot on the bench and could see Kate and Carmen whispering quickly about something but couldn't make out anything. She'd just have to wait.