JJ passed by the soccer fields on her way to her dorm everyday. Never seeing anyone there before, today was different on the fields was a group of maybe ten girls. Setting her books down JJ walked over to them.
"Hi…"
"Hey, your JJ right?" A smaller red headed girl asked JJ.
"Yeah."
"Cool, I'm Mackenzie, or Mac. This is just under half the team."
"Hey." Everyone smiled.
"You wanna join us for a quick game?" Mac asked.
"Sure." JJ smiled.
"Sweet, we're just waiting on coach."
"Hey, sorry I'm late." A woman came up. JJ looked her over. "Jen right?"
"JJ."
"Good, I'm Ryan. Yeah I know a guys name, your coach."
"Alright."
"And your goalie and hopefully a person you can trust."
"Yeah." JJ put on a fake smile.
"Relax kid, we're all good people here."
"Sorry, nervous you know?"
"Well, just play." Ryan kicked the ball out into the field and took her spot at the goal. JJ looked around and found her place.
"Just for fun girls no hurting one another." Ryan yelled when the game started.
Once the game was finished all the girls were laying on the ground half asleep.
"Wow Jareau, you shouldn't have a problem running with the big dogs on the team. Hell I bet you can run circles around them." Mac said laying next to JJ.
"I doubt that." JJ scoffed, she was captain of her high school team but there is a huge difference between that and college.
"No really, JJ, you could kill them, plus you were still hyper in the last bit of the game, we were all beat, we just wanted to see how long you could last."
"Not very long."
"It's almost 8, we've been at it for just over two hours." Mac looked at JJ. "Of hard playing, that a lot."
"Yeah." JJ stifled a yawn.
"Hey, after every get together we normally go get food. You want to join?" Mac smiled at her.
"Yeah, sure I'm always up for food." JJ grinned.
"Cool, I'm sure we're going to hit up the little pizza dive down the road, Georgio's, if you don't like pizza they make killer ribs and a lot of other food."
"Pizza is perfect right now."
"Cool," Mac stood up, "ready to go eat?" She said a little louder gaining the attention of the team, they all stood up and as a group they walked down the road to the tiny building of the pizza joint.
JJ had kept looking around the table at all the girls trying to memorize names to faces and likes and dislikes. Right now was the best time too, everyone had their guard at least a little down. Coach walked over and sat next to her.
"Hey, as much as your worried right now let me just tell you, every single girl here is worried you won't play this year."
"What?" JJ looked at Ryan shocked.
"It's true, they all heard stories about you. Now seeing you, they don't know what to believe."
"What did you hear?"
"That I was going to be taking on a massively depressed child that was known for showing up, and driving everyone to the ground."
"I grew up this summer…"
"I can see that." Ryan nodded. "You also went deaf, your phones ringing."
"Oh, thanks." JJ reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone seeing it was Emily.
"Em, what's up?"
"Alex just, I'm not sure, she fought with Emma and, something happened…It's the second time JJ."
"Can you be here in an hour?"
"Yeah."
"And Emily, bring Elle." JJ hung up the phone and Ryan was looking at her concerned.
"Everything alright?"
"Not really, my girl friend's sister was verbally…Oh god, it might not have been Verbally…."
"JJ, what happened?"
"She was attacked by her brother's girl friend."
"What for?
"Being gay." The whole table was now paying attention, JJ noticed that she didn't get any odd looks from the team.
"Who is your girl?" Mac asked a few seats over.
"Emily Prentiss."
"The politico's kid?"
"Yeah."
"Damn girl!" A few of the older girls said. JJ looked at them slightly confused.
"We had a girl that went into politics or well… the teaching side of it, major crush on your girl." Mac said. "Cutest thing ever really, she got some of the other girls hooked on Emily, and well the rest is history." Mac smiled.
"Does this mean Emily is going to be at some of the games?" A small black haired girl spoke up.
"Yeah, she wants to make at least a few."
"What about Elizabeth?" Ryan asked.
"I'm not really sure, but if Emma, Andrew, and Jason want to she'll come." JJ said, her phone ringing again.
"JJ,"
"Emily, hey I'm at this little pizza place just down the road, they one we ate at a few weeks ago."
"Oh right. On my way." Emily said hanging up.
"Was that her?" The black haired girl asked.
"Yeah, she's on her way to get me."
"Aw how cute."
"Oh Mac come on how many times did Shelly come get you?" Ryan said.
"Shelly?" JJ looked at Mac. "Oh you have to tell me."
"Maybe another time Jays." Emily said smoothly walking up behind JJ.
"Emily!" JJ jumped up and was immediately in her arms, her face burrowing into Emily's hair.
"We should go." Emily whispered.
"What's the rush?" Ryan looked at Emily.
"Family matters." Emily didn't want to give too much away.
"Oh right little Emma." Ryan said. "Go JJ, be with your family."
"Jennifer come on your going to make me miss my show!" Elle yelled from the door.
"Elle?"
"Stephanie!" Elle looked at the curly haired sandy blonde next to Mac. "JJ we really need to go!"
"Elle wait!"
"Catch her next time Stephanie, her numbers on the table too." JJ smiled as she and Emily walked out. Stephanie almost climbed over Mac to get to Elle's number.
Once in the car Emily and JJ looked to Elle.
"What'd you do to my team mate?" JJ asked.
"I…"
"Elle slept with her, along with half the females at this school." Emily clarified.
"Elle!"
"They asked for it." Elle pouted in the backseat.
"Like you didn't enjoy yourself." Emily scoffed.
"How many times?" JJ asked.
"Steph… we were kinda dating."
"Kinda?"
"Well…it's a story for another time, lets go save Emma." Elle said closing her eyes for the trip to Emily's home.
