Wow! It feels like forever since I've uploaded something and that's probably because I haven't up loaded anything forever lol. :) Hope you like the next chapter and I hope I got Keria's name write since I'm not sure how it's meant to be spent.

Chapter 14: The Match

Tomorrow was Jamie's football match. Rocket was really looking forward to meeting Tia there; he had no idea that Tia was such a football frantic. As soon as his cousins had invited her to their brother's football match, pure joy lit up on her face. For the next ten minutes when the whole group was walking back to his apartment, they spent most of their time talking about nothing but football. They found out they were both mid-fielders on their school football teams and talked about how they got into the sport. Rocket explained that football was his family's whole life, so it was in the blood. While Tia would never of played football if her mates didn't convince her to give it a try and never let it go since; despite her parents feelings towards it. He laughed to himself at the thought, he knew they had some kind of connection but he never knew they had so much in common. Not to mention that his cousins totally adored her when they found out that she also did gymnastics, they asked her a lot of questions about herself but thankfully none of it was about her background. His cousins just asked her questions about her favourite stuff like food or music. He was actually talking about Jamie's match with his family now (minus the Tia bit) and was listening to the advice that his uncle and father were giving him, until...

"Guess who's coming to the match!" Samantha shouted out suddenly, causing everyone too suddenly look at her and her sister, who both had evil smiles on their faces. Oh no! Rocket thought when he finally caught drift of the situation. He had to stop them but how; maybe he could try to divert the conversation or something. "Tia's going to be there." Too late, Rocket thought when his cousin shouted out before he had a chance to think of something to say.

"Really!" Jamie cried excitedly. Both of his sisters nodded. Great, now I'm in trouble, Rocket mentally slapped himself. Why did he have to have such cute cousins that were so evil at the same time? He shook his head and prepared for the bombardment that was about to pounce on him from his parents and possibly his uncle in a few seconds. Three, two, one...

"So Rocket, are you two seeing each other?" His mother inquired, leaning over her dish like she was trying to get the latest gossip on something at the hair dresses. He could only roll his eyes at his mother question, why was she so obsessed if he was with a girl or not? Maybe it was a girl thing?

"No mum, I and Tia are just friends?" He stated firmly, turning my attention back to my spaghetti and hoped it was the end of it, which Rocket knew wasn't but he still hoped.

"Then why do you always blush when you're around her?" Samantha questioned, nearly making him drop his cutlery and choked on his meatball.

"I'm not blushing." Rocket responded, after he managed to digest the meatball that had nearly stopped him from breathing. Even though Rocket didn't sound so convince himself since he could feel his cheeks warming up.

"So why are you cheeks turning pink now?" Hayley smiled sweetly, Rocket rolled his eyes as he considered talking to Mei about hiring his young cousins into the spy industry. They were too good at seeing things they shouldn't or maybe it was because he was the worst liar in the history of lairs when it came to lying to his family. He sometimes wondered why people thought he was the best at under cover jobs. A yawn escaped his mouths suddenly; he was too tired to bother arguing with them so I just ignored their questions until they gave up before I made an effort to create conversation again.

Tia didn't know if she should be scared or happy. She had been excited when the twins had invited her to their brother's football game. Back when she was younger she always had a love of football and was eager to start getting into the sport again. Of course she had to ask Sonny's permission first, since he needed to be with her mostly twenty-four hours a day and he said yes but she couldn't help but feel the yes was a bit forced and that there was something else going on. She tried to tell herself that she was just being silly and that it was just her imagination but the feeling refused to leave her. As Tia and Sonny drove down the streets towards the football pitch, she gathered up the courage to ask. Taking a deep breath she asked.

"Sonny?" There was a moment of silence why she waited for Sonny to answer.

"You want to know why I'm a little nervous about the match." He smiled, as he turned a corner to what looked like a giant football stadium with a lot of people walking through the front gates. Damn! Tia thought when she managed to process what Sonny had just said through her head. Why does he always know I'm going to say? As Sonny parked the car, he took off his glasses and turned to me. "The reason why I'm nervous is because I don't get along with Rockets dad." Tia's eyebrows rose in confusion but she sat patiently, as allowed Sonny to continue. "A couple of years ago when the boys turned sixteen Rocket wanted to join the army, Norata disagreed with him completely but when Rocket makes up his mind it's hard to change so Norata came to me and asked me to dismiss him from the idea, I tried but it didn't work. Norata says I didn't try hard enough and has blamed me ever since." He watched Tia as she nodded in understanding. It might of seemed weird to some people but Tia knew if Rocket's father was stubborn like Rocket then she could see how a man can hold a grudge.

"You worried he's going to be here aren't you." Tia questioned, earning a nod from the man that sat next to her in the driver's seat. "Well, let's hope he's not here then." Smiling, Tia undid her seat beat and jumped out of the car before Sonny could protest. Shaking his head Sonny followed the young girl out of the car. Tia breathed in the energetic atmosphere. Lots of people had come to view the game, especially families, possibly coming to see their kids play in their match. She felt a gentle hand on her back from Sonny as he stirred in the direction to the seats. As soon as she arrived she instantly saw Rocket, on the first row talking to a tall man with white hair and he had a giant blue coat on. Then she saw the twins who were bickering with an older looking boy in a football suit (which she guessed was their older brother Jamie) and then a man and two other women, sitting on the edge discussing something. She instantly knew the woman with the hazel eyes was Rockets mum and the other woman the twins and Jamie's mum. The man on the other hand she was hoping to be the twins and Jamie's dad because if what Sonny said was true this was going to be an comfortable first meeting, but there was something in his face structure that reminded her of Rocket. Taking a deep breath she prayed that everything would go along smoothly, as they approached the family. The twins were the first to notice their arrival.

"Tia!" They both cried out as they zoomed past Rocket and the other man he was talking to. Both girls jumped on her at the same time; ending up with all three of them landing on the floor laughing their heads off. "You're late!" The little voices echoed, after the laughter had decreased a bit, Tia could only shrug at the comment and was helped up by Sonny, the twins and Rocket who had just ran over to see if she was ok.

"I'm not even playing and I already find myself dirtier then the football players." Tia laughed, cleaning off the dirt on her jeans. She smiled even more when she saw Rockets smiled spread over his face and felt his warm hand around hers.

"Glad you could make it." He grinned, letting go of her hand. When his warmth left her she felt suddenly depressed that he had let go but was determined not to show it.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world." She smiled back, ruffling Samantha's hair, who let out a little giggle. Before anyone else could speak Jamie came bouncing out of nowhere.

"OhyoucametobehonestIwasb',wowyourpretty,nowonderRockethasa..."The young boy was unable to finish his fast speech since Rocket had slapped his hand over his mouth. But he really didn't need to worry about Jamie embarrassing him in front of Tia because she had not caught a single word of his speech.

"In other words he's happy to meet you." Rocket translated, trying to hold a firm grip on his cousin who seemed to have more to say and was not pleased to be muffled like a naughty dog. Tia tried her best to muffle the laughter that was threatening to escape her mouth without any success. She couldn't help it the scene in front of her was too funny not to laugh at. After a while Tia managed to suppress her laughter while Jamie seemed to give up struggling.

"It's nice to meet you Jamie." Tia smiled at the teenage boy in front of her. The young boy stared at her for a few moments before his face began to turn bright red. Why is he blushing? Tia thought but didn't say anything. Jamie loud muffles suddenly caught her attention. "Sorry I didn't quite catch that." She admitted realising his hand was still over his cousin's face; Rocket removed his hand, so his young cousin could speak.

"I said it was nice to meet you too." The bright haired grinned largely, revealing braces. Through the whole scene the youngsters had displayed the adults had been watching the whole thing. Norata was not happy when he saw Sonny with the girl that his two nieces had dive bombed and was about to go over and tell the man to get lost but the look in his sons eyes made him stop. The love in them was so pure that it nearly made him paralyse and when he looked at the girl he saw that she was giving the same look back. His attention only turned back to Sonny when they all approached.

"Everyone, this is Tia, Sonny's niece." After Rocket explained why Sonny was here he immediately bit back his tongue. He still didn't like Sonny but he didn't want to ruin his son's chance with a girl he clearly liked. So he decided to stay quiet; for now at least.

"Hello Tia, it's nice to meet you." Keira greeted the young girl, snapping Norata from his thoughts. Tia smiled nervously and shook the hand that Rocket's mother was holding out for her. She had never been introduce to anyone's parents before; not even Jonathan's since they had died when he was five.

"It's nice to meet you as well Mrs Harrison." Tia grinned politely.

"Please Tia it's just Keira." The older woman smiled, making Tia relax a bit and smile back even more. For the next few minutes Rocket was introducing Tia to everyone and Rocket was thankful that his dad hadn't tried to strangle Sonny yet but there was still a bit of tension between the two. His thoughts were interpreted when a loud buzzing noise sounded over the pitch, announcing the start of the match.