''Britt take it!'' Brittany catches the ball Press throws towards her and nods her head as she just nods her head to the right just a bit outside of the penalty area, she glances at the time as she hears several parents cheer knowing the little Angels game already started and places the ball down as she sees that there are only two minutes of extra time left.
She glances to the field beside theirs, a high fence separating both fields and smiles as she looked over just in time to watch the goalkeeper of the little Angels Hunter catch the free kick. She turns back to focus back on her own match knowing the little angels only have one goal against them and runs her hands down her shirt as she watches the wall firmly stand a few feet away from the penalty area.
She takes a few steps back as she watches most of her team run around trying to find an opening now that every single player is standing near the goal and glances at Press and Emslie, she groans inwardly as she notices three players standing near each of them to make sure they can't move without being tackles and turns to Sue as the referee runs over to a defender to warn her as she continues pulling on someone's shirt.
She nods her head as she just smiles slightly, knowing it's her silent agreement that she can try to take the kick because missing the goal is better than a counter attack and takes three more steps back knowing the team will immediately know that she will try to score even if the kick is just a few feet away from the middle line.
She locks eyes with the referee as he jogs back to stand in the middle of her and the wall of girls and takes a deep breath as he lifts the whistle up to his mouth, she raises her right arm fake signaling the girls to raise their hand if they think they are free to pass the ball to them and sprints forward.
She stomps her left foot beside the ball to allow the vibration to bounce it up and kicks the ball with her all her strength, she curses as she loses her footing right after, making sure to brace her fall and keeps her eyes on the ball as it flies high and fast towards the goal.
''Come on, drop.'' She whispers to herself as she notices that it's still too high after flying over the wall, she stands up as it slowly lowers the second it flies into the penalty area and blinks as she hears a loud clack followed by a loud yell.
''Becky ice pack!'' She orders with a wince as she notices the goalkeeper clutching her face and her team just turn to her in shock as the ball lands in the goal after hitting the inside of the post and the goalie's face, she catches the ice pack Becky quickly retrieved and sprints over to the goalie ignoring the fans chanting her name.
''Shit Simone.'' She breaths out dropping on her knees after two of her old teammates moved away, she gently pulls the gloved hand off of the tanned woman's cheek as she continues groaning in pain and winces again as she notices the lines of the soccer ball clear on her face. ''Fuck, I am so sorry.''
''Dammit Britt.'' Simone grumbles, she hisses as she presses the ice pack against her cheek and hits her. ''You just had to ruin my pretty face, bitch.''
''Don't worry.'' Brittany laughs out as both of their teams snicker. ''You ain't that pretty.'' She dodges her fist as she tries to hit her arm with a glare and shrugs. ''Can't help it that you are still a balls magnet, might have to swap to vagina's to avoid all round things.''
''Screw you, asshole.'' Simone laughs out as both of their teams double over laughing loudly, she nods her head as the referee walks over to ask if she is alright and accepts Brittany's hand she holds out to help her up. ''Nice kick though, had to know that you would try and score from there.''
''You scored from the fucking middle B.'' Joanne, her former teammate and striker breaths out with a shake of her head.
''But she opted to make sure Simone was alright instead of cheering and boasting about the kick.'' Kylie one of the defenders points out chuckling, she high fives Brittany and winks. ''Nice kick Phoenix, we all know who will be this years number one.''
''We're fighting hard for it.'' Brittany breaths out after she hugged Simone and apologized again, she nods her head as the referee taps his watch and snickers. ''Last few minutes, let's see if one of us can get one more goal in.''
She high fives her team as they all pat their back, congratulating her on the amazing kick and smiles as Emslie and Press just hug her tightly. She takes her position, nodding her head as Press nods her head to the right midfielder trying to sprint over the sideline and sprints after her intercepting Joanne's forward pass, she back heel passes the ball to Emslie and sprints over the sideline smirking as she immediately passes the ball high towards the left corner flag.
She turns mid sprint to take the pass on her chest and lifts her right leg as she notices one of the defenders sprinting over ready to tackle her with a sliding, she lobs it over her with her knee and jumps over her sliding body while glancing at the penalty area.
She passes the ball high over as she sees Emslie and Press both sprinting into it and sprints over as she notices five defenders immediately sprinting over to intercept the pass. ''Johnson, go!'' She calls out as one of the defenders managed to jump higher then Press, she watches the midfielder sprint over to take the ball back with a sliding and stops the ball as it rolls over to her.
She lobs the ball into the penalty area as several midfielders sprint over to her and twirls around the defender approaching her, she runs into the penalty area as Emslie's header flies over the goal after Simone managed to touch it with the tips of her finger and watches Johnson sprint to the ball after Press told her to take the kick.
She shakes her head as she notices every single player of Orlando filling the penalty area again and locks eyes with Johnson, she sprints over as she calls for a second player and leans close. ''Sprint directly over to them, just touch the ball I pass to you with your heel so it comes back to me.''
She steps back as she nods her head and takes the ball she passed after the referee blew his whistle, she passes the ball back to her as she sprints towards the penalty area, smirking as she passes it back in a perfect straight line and steps over the ball as one of the midfielders sprints over having seen through the plan and performs a rainbow kick, the ball flying in an arch over the both of them.
She twirls around the midfielder, taking the ball on her chest as she notices her searching for the ball and kicks it up once again as a defender sprints over. ''Ugh fuck.'' She curses loudly as two more sprint over, she manages to play the ball through Kylie's legs as she tries to take the ball with a sliding and jumps over her legs.
She kicks the ball back up with her back turned to the goal as the midfielder tries to take it from her without tackling her and the referee deciding for a free kick and leans her weight back to make her back off, she plants her foot on the ball, rolling it closer to herself as Joanne sprints over noticing less people crowding the penalty area because they all try to steal the ball from her and shakes her head. ''Well I am fucked.''
''Just give in.'' Joanne teases. ''We don't want to hurt you.'' She breaths out as two of her teammates all try to steal the ball from Brittany, Brittany laughs still skillfully keeping the ball in her possession even though several feet try to kick it away and shakes her head as Joanne tries to use her shoulder to bring her off balance.
''You know me better Jo.'' She breaths out glancing around trying to search a gap, she smirks as she notices one of the newbies that joined the team after she left standing closer to Joanne instead of to the defender still trying to stop her from sprinting past her.
She taps the ball over to her left foot as several of her own teammates run over to help her free herself and back heel passes the ball through the legs of the defender behind her, she dugs underneath the arms she has outstretched to make sure she couldn't sprint past her and drops down to take the ball as one of the midfielders easily overtakes Johnson hearing the crowd cheers loudly knowing they didn't expect her to keep the ball in her teams possession.
She kicks the ball up as she reaches it before her and lobs it into the penalty area before she slides over the back line, she turns on her stomach mid slide thankful that the ad banners are further away and sits up on her knees, raising her arms with a cheer as Press manages to score with a beautiful header.
''Fucking hell Phoenix!'' Press cheers as she slides over on her knees right into her arms. ''You out tricked five girls!''
''You are the one with three goals to your name Chris.'' Brittany breaths out chuckling as she hugs her tightly.
''You have three assists and a goal to your name, B.'' Emslie exclaims as she tackles them in a hug with the team following right after. ''You also entertained the crowd with a few amazing tricks.''
''Team effort.'' Brittany just breaths out chuckling as they all stand up, she shoots Joanne a wink as she just shakes her head after a complimentary tap on her ass after she jogged past her and glances at the time.
She smiles as the referee blows his whistle twice right after Joanne passed the ball and walks over to her. ''Good game Jo.'' She compliments as she hugs her.
''You improve every damn time we meet B.'' Joanne breaths out as she hugs her tightly. ''It's amazing to watch your talent grow, but it's fucked if we are the one on the receiving end.''
Brittany laughs pulling out of the hug as the whole team walks over and hugs the women she knows. ''I know but I can't go easy even though I know all of you.''
''And we don't expect you to.'' Simone breaths out as she hugs her last. ''Good game B.''
Brittany smiles as her teammates all shake hands with her old team and shakes her former coach's hand as she walks over. ''You will go to places Britt.'' She compliments chuckling. ''I tried to tell all of them to keep an eye on you, but you are faster than they can think.''
She turns to Sue and smiles. ''You definitely had a good feel for this one, she will bring you up together with Press and Emslie.''
''They sure will.'' Sue agrees as her team jogs over to the stands to celebrate with the crowd for a few minutes, she pats Brittany's shoulder and winks. ''Go over to the little Angels B, they just started second half.''
''We will all join you after we showered.'' Joanne tells her as they walk away from their coaches. ''Careful around Green, she still hates your guts.''
''And I still don't know why.'' Brittany breaths out laughing.
''You joking right?''
''No, why?'' Brittany asks in confusion as she grabs her phone out of the dugouts knowing she will shower at the hotel.
''That girl had or still has the hots for you B, you always ignored her flirting.'' Joanne laughs out. ''She will hate you even more now that you and your girl are both the talk of LA and social media.''
Brittany turns to her in disgust and shakes her head. ''You serious?'' She drops her head as she hums and gags. ''Yeah blondes are so not my type.''
''I know.'' Joanne breaths out laughing. ''Why the hell do you think she dyed her hair to black during our second year?''
''She looked like a fucking ghost.'' Brittany laughs out remembering Green walk out onto the field with much darker hair. ''That girl is and will never be my type, no matter what color hair.''
''Too stuck up.'' They both just breath out snickering knowing Green always talked about all the money and things her rich parents gave her, Joanne nods her head and pats her back. ''Go make sure your little boys win, we will cheer your team on even though we stand on our side.''
''I will, see you in a few.'' Brittany breaths out, she jogs over to the door leading to the other field and nods her head to one of the assistants as he opens it for her. She jogs over to her family and girlfriend as they all turn to her with big smiles and takes the jacket Santana holds out for her. ''Thanks love.'' She whispers leaning over the separation to peck her lips.
''What is the score?'' She asks as she leans over the separation to hug the three girls.
''1-0.'' Puck replies before anyone else can. ''They managed to defend their goal but Diego can't sprint past the defenders.''
''Nic might be able to.'' She breaths out as she glances at the field, she turns to her girlfriend and smiles as she nods her head in agreement. ''I will watch them the next eight minutes, if nothing changes Nic will join in for the last ten minutes.''
''Someone is shooting daggers with her eyes B.'' Liv breaths out with an eyebrow raised as she notices the coach use every pause to look over and glare at Brittany's back.
''Yeah I just heard what her problem is.'' Brittany grumbles, Santana raises an eyebrow and turns to her after shooting the blonde girl a glare.
''And what is her problem?''
''Joanne told me that Green had or still has a crush on me.'' Brittany breaths out with an eye roll.
''If there is one kind of women you will never date, it's a blonde.'' Puck laughs out.
''Oh joy.'' Santana just murmurs with a sigh.
Brittany immediately cups her cheek and tilts her head up. ''Bitch won't do shit.'' She promises. ''I never had and never will have any interest in her or any other girl, you are the only woman I want in my life San.''
She pecks her lips as she notices the spark in her eyes and winks. ''Besides Puck is right, I don't do blonde and snobby, girl is both.'' She turns around to look at the field as the Orlando side start chanting and shakes her head as she watches the little ones trying to sprint past the little angels defenders over the sidelines.
She holds up a finger as she hears someone in the group opening their mouth and cups her free hand beside her mouth. ''Diego!'' She smiles as the little boy immediately turns to her and nods her head towards the opponents goal, she nods her head as she notices him change his position ready to sprint over as soon as someone passed the ball and turns to the little defenders.
''Daniel!'' She points to her right leg after nodding her head to the boy dribbling the ball telling him to take it with a sliding and looks at the little boys sprinting around. ''Josh!'' She hits the side of her hand against the palm of her other hand, smirking as he nods his head in response and leans back against the metal separation behind her. ''Let's hope this will be successful.''
''What did you tell them?'' Maribel asks curiously as they all watch Daniel sprint over to the boy dribbling with the ball.
''Daniel to take the ball with a sliding, Josh to sprint over to take the ball and pass it to Diego.'' Brittany replies as she nods her head as Daniel successful takes the ball with a sliding, she smirks as Josh immediately sprints over knowing the little boy is fast and watches him pass the ball to Diego.
She turns to the group, once again kissing Santana softly and smiles. ''Be right back.'' She jogs over to the dugout knocking on it and smiles as Nic immediately jumps up with a grin, she hugs him as he runs over and kisses his head. ''Hey sweetheart, can you go and warm up?''
She turns to Beiste as he nods his head and fist bumps her. ''And?''
''They definitely have a strong wall of defenders.'' Beiste sighs as she scoots over so Brittany can sit down too, Brittany shakes her head and glances at the time. She turns to look at the field as the little Angels side start cheering and bites her lip as one of the midfielders sprints over the sidelines.
''We have twelve more minutes to go, bring Nicolas in after the ball rolled out of play.'' She watches the defenders immediately noticing the formation Green chose, she smirks knowing exactly how Nic can trick them out and walks to the sidelines as Beiste also stands up the second the referee blows his whistle signaling a corner kick after a defender kicked the ball over his own goal.
''Nic.'' She breaths out as Beiste takes her time and he ran over after taking off his jacket. ''The defenders stand strongly in the middle, try to score from the sides or play the ball through their legs like we practiced.''
''And now?'' He asks as he takes a few sips of water from the bottle she gave him, she glances at the field as she watches the players already take their spots and hums in thought.
''Tell Daniel to pass the ball low and hard, try to stand in front of the first defender and just kick the ball as hard as you can to the goal.'' She ruffles his hair as he nods his head and nods her head to Beiste. ''Good luck sweetheart.''
She stands up as he runs over to Beiste after thanking her with a cute grin and crosses her arms hearing Green yell out orders, she shakes her head hearing the anger in her voice and sighs.
''She is definitely mad.'' Beiste comments as she joins her.
''Yeah she is mad because I am here and she let's it out on kids.'' Brittany growls out making sure to keep her voice low. ''That is just a no go.'' She watches the boys prepare the corner kick after Nic ran over to tell Daniel their plan and cocks her head as she watches Nicolas standing slightly behind the defender knowing he will try to slide in front of him as soon as Daniel ran to the ball.
She turns to Beiste with a grin as her plan played out successfully and high fives her as she just laughs loudly, she crouches down as Nicolas sprints over after dodging his teammates and slides one of her feet back to keep her balance as he crashes into her arms. ''That was amazing boys!'' She compliments them as the whole team joins, she high fives them as they jump around in joy and winks. ''Think we can score one more?''
She shakes her head as she hears Green scream loudly and snaps her fingers silently calling the attention of the team back to her as they all turn to look at the woman in shock. ''Hey ignore her and focus on me.'' She tells them calmly, she smiles as they all turn back to her and sighs.
''I know it's hard to keep the ball in our team but try to take the ball with fair sliding and pass to someone who has a bit more space to run, as soon as you cross the middle line, pass the ball towards the corner flag and not to the middle okay?''
She holds her hand in the middle as they nod their heads, smiling as ten little hands land on top of hers and locks eyes with every single one. ''Who are we?''
''Little Angels!''
''And what will we do?''
''Play fair and win!''
''That's right!'' She agrees grinning. ''Last seven minutes boys, have fun!'' She stands back up as they all jump on the spot cheering and nods her head as they all grab the bottle of water Becky hands them, she smiles as she locks eyes with Amelia, the referee and slightly nods her head in greeting.
She watches the boys sprint back onto the field with renewed energy and zips up her jacket, the picture of a little angel standing on a soccer ball stitched on the back of it.
''Oh that little speech gave them such a confidence boost.'' Beiste breaths out still standing beside her as they both watch Josh immediately sprint forward to take the ball from one of the midfielders with a sliding after kick off, Brittany hums in agreement as the boys aside from the defenders all rush forward and tilts her head as she notices Nicolas struggling to get rid of the defender man to man marking him.
''Nicolas!'' She calls out knowing he has a bit time to get rid of the boy, she runs her finger in a circle over the palm of her hand making sure he sees it and smiles as he nods his head turning his focus back on his teammate.
''What did that mean?'' Beiste asks softly as she slides closer.
''Circle around the defender after Josh or Daniel passed the ball.'' Brittany tells her just as softly, she nods her head to the field and snickers. ''Just like that.'' She breaths out as Nicolas twirls away from the defender right after Daniel long passed the ball towards the left corner flag, she watches Nicolas easily take the ball, grinning as he manages to sprint past another defender with speed and glances at the other boys.
''Kyle!'' She nods her head as he immediately runs into the penalty area knowing the boys never turn to her as soon as they have a chance to score because her yelling a name will only mean that they have to join the boys and watches Nicolas passing the ball high, she chuckles as Kyle manages to pull himself through the wall of defenders and turns to Beiste as he scores with an easy kick. ''I would say, we turned the game within five minutes.''
''Your ass will never leave this dugout B.'' Beiste just whispers in amazement as they both watch the boys cheer and celebrate their second goal with their family.
''Tackle them goddammit!''
Brittany turns to Green as she hears her scream five minutes later after watching her boys stealing the ball once again and raises an eyebrow as she notices how red faced she is, she turns to Beiste and shakes her head. ''Not good.'' She whispers.
She turns to the field as Beiste hums in agreement and bites her lip as several defenders sprint towards Daniel as he sprints over the sideline near the penalty area with the ball. ''Daniel, cut!'' She calls out as she sees an opening, she watches him immediately move more into the penalty area and winces as a defender tackles him from behind. ''That bitch.''
She catches the yellow vest Kelly throws to her and slides it on over the jacket she wears, she sprints out onto the field, feeling the cleats she wears dig into the soft grass and drops to her knees sliding over to Daniel.
''Britty, it hurts so much.'' Daniel cries out as he holds his left foot, Brittany immediately moves so he can recline against her and looks up at Amelia as she runs over to check on him too.
''I hope to god you know what this means.'' She growls out.
''Yep he is off.'' Amelia tells her softly. ''And he is too, I see.''
Brittany hums as she looks down at Daniel's foot, immediately noticing the blood through Daniel's white sock and shakes her head as Kelly reaches out to take it off. ''No leave it on and wrap it, he needs to go to the hospital now.'' She tells her softly so Daniel won't hear them. ''Go to his parents and tell them, I will carry him off.''
She turns to Beiste as Kelly nods her head jumping up to sprint over to the stands and holds up her hands telling her they need to exchange, she turns to Nicolas knowing he is standing near and sighs. ''Can you please take my spot Nic?'' She slides from behind Daniel as he nods his head, jogging over and slides in front of both boys as Daniel leans back against Nic.
She grabs the bandages, carefully wrapping his foot and grabs a Tylenol out of the bag. ''Take this Dan.'' She tells him softly. ''It will soothe the pain.'' She looks up as he takes it and locks eyes with Nicolas. ''Do you remember the kick I did during the semi finals?''
''The one we practiced after that match?'' Brittany smiles as he nods his head after she hummed and reaches out to tap his nose with a wink. ''Do it sweetheart.'' She snickers as he smiles brightly knowing she forbade him to do it every match where they have a penalty kick and scoops Daniel up in her arms. ''I will carry Daniel off, but George will join the last few minutes.''
She walks off of the field with Daniel as Nicolas nods his head taking the ball from Amelia and walks over to the stands, she places him in his fathers arms and turns to her girlfriend. ''Babe can you hand me one of the cards?'' She reaches over taking the contact card Santana fished out of the pocket of her sports bag and holds it out for Daniel's mother.
''Will you please keep me updated?'' She sighs as she glances at Daniel's foot with a worried glance knowing they are struggling financially and leans closer. ''If the bill gets too much to handle, mail it to me, my email is on the card too, I will clear it with the higher ups.''
''Are you sure?''
''I am, his health is more important.'' She breaths out, she smiles kindly as she nods her head and turns on her heels to walk back to the sidelines as she hears Amelia blow her whistle.
''What the hell is he planning?'' Beiste asks chuckling as they watch Nicolas take his time to kick.
''Panenka.'' Brittany just breaths out, she shrugs as Beiste turns to her in shock and glances at her. ''She tries to piss us off, that will piss her off.''
Beiste laughs as Nicolas indeed performs the panenka, easily scoring another goal and shakes her head as they both hear Green yelling in rage. ''Oh you are mean, nobody expects that from a six year old Britt.''
Brittany snickers catching Nicolas as he takes a running jump into her arms and kisses his head. ''And that makes two.'' She whispers as the other boys run over after patting Nicolas's back. ''So proud of you sweetie, let's make sure they won't near our goal now.''
''Can I still run, if I find an opening?'' Nicolas asks cutely, Brittany nods her head knowing he loves to rush forward and chuckles.
''You sure can.'' She whispers as she places him back down, she watches him run over to Santana smiling as Santana just leans down to kiss his head with a proud grin and shoots her a wink as she looks at her after Nicolas walked over to high five the group.
She stands back up smiling smugly as Amelia just shoots her an amused glance silently telling her that she knows she practiced that kick with him and crosses her arms again as she blows her whistle.
''He is all for making three.'' Beiste breaths out in amazement as they once again watch Nicolas intercept a pass and immediately pass the ball to George. ''He is a mini you on the field B.''
''He loves to play and I saw so much positive changes in every single one of them.'' Brittany breaths out as they both watch the team rush onto the opponents half. ''They find each other blindly now and they have fun, that is the most important thing.''
''Nic changed from only rushing to contemplating and rushing when it's possible, Sebastian doesn't favor a side of the goal anymore and every defender and midfielder learned to observe and see plays before they hap..'' She cuts herself off as she watches two defenders sprinting over to Nicolas, preparing to tackle him from behind and quickly cups both hands beside her mouth. ''Nic, jump!'' She yells her voice echoing around them followed by a few shocked gasps.
She grabs the yellow vest again as Nicolas hits the field hard after they tapped his shoe instead of the back of his knee, knowing the tackle could have ended with very bad news and sprints out onto the field after taking the bag from Kelly before she even managed to jump up.
She slides over to him shaking her head as he tries to scramble up in anger as several of the other boys sprint over to push the two that tried to tackle Nicolas and holds him down. ''Don't move, catch your breath.'' She tells him calmly as her eyes lock on blue eyes filled with anger.
She turns to her team hearing the commotion around her and lifts two fingers up to her lips to whistle loudly. ''Hey!'' She calls out, she looks at them as they immediately stop yelling at the boys and nods her head to Beiste. ''Water break.'' She tells them.
''You sure you want to be a player instead of a full time coach?'' Amelia asks with an eyebrow raised making sure her back is facing the dugouts. ''You calm them down quicker than the real coach does Britt.''
''I love playing and coaching and that is what I want to do Amelia.'' Brittany tells her as she turns back to Nicolas, she slowly helps him sit up as she notices him breathing normally again and gently asks him to turn around.
She lifts his jersey as soon as he did and runs her hand over his back. ''Does something hurt sweetie?'' She sighs in relief as he shakes his head and looks up at Amelia. ''She just made a major mistake.''
''Don't do anything that causes red for you.'' Amelia warns, Brittany just shakes her head and turns back to Nicolas after running an ice cold towel over his back.
''Take a few deep breaths Nic.'' She hums as he does as she told and leans down. ''Did something hurt?''
''No nothing Britty, only the fall hurt but my back is okay.'' Nicolas replies.
''Thank god.'' She whispers softly, she holds a water bottle out for him and ruffles his hair. ''Go to your mami so she knows you are okay too.'' She stands up after helping him up and turns to Amelia.
''That was fucking low.'' She growls out as soon as she made sure no kid is around. ''That fucking tackle could have ruined his whole future!''
''I know Britt.'' Amelia tries to tell her calmly even though she is angry too. ''I have no fucking chance to proof that it was her idea!'' She places a calming hand on the seething blonde's shoulder and sighs. ''Please don't do anything that forces me to give you red.'' She adds as she notices her heated glare.
''I won't.'' Brittany breaths out, she turns to Kelly and nods her head to the dugout as the kids run back out onto the field. ''Let's go back.''