I heard she's a lesbian.
She's probably on steroids, no girl makes it onto the Panther's team.
She's clearly a transvestite.
"Hey." A voice said.
I glanced up and met eyes with the coach's daughter.
"Oh hi." I said, trying not to sound to anxious.
"Look um I'm Julie Taylor-"
"Coach's daughter..." I nodded and attempted a smile. No such luck, "If your here to make fun of me-"
"What?" She asked, "Shut up, I'm here trying to be nice to you."
"Because that's going so well." I rolled my eyes, "You don't have do this, if your dad forced you-"
"My dad couldn't force me to do something I didn't want to. I figured you might need someone to protect you from the
vicious ways of Dillon High. Sucks being the new kid. You need help with your schedule?"
"Yeah, I'm kind of lost." I said as I flipped my hair over my shoulder.
"Okay well you have..." She said taking my schedule, "AP science, AP literature, AP calculus, and Boy's Physical Education. Ouch."
"This is a sign from God." I said looking skyward, "I was born a boy and they got mixed up, I'm sure of it."
"Look it can't be that bad I mean the worst is they talk about body parts and -"
"Hey Jules, girl." A tall blond with short hair greeted.
"Hey Tyra, this is Casey Jhonson." She said.
Tyra nodded, "Ah the football star."
I groaned, "I hate the girls here, no offense. I just feel so... ugh. If there were any possible way to annihilate every single little sh-"
"Well hey Jules, Tyra." Another blonde said, interupting me. She looked a bit older, slightly resembled Julie, "Hi I'm Mrs. Taylor, I'm the guidance
counselor, I've see you've met my daughter. And you are?"
"Mom this is Casey Jhonson, she's the new kicker for the Panther's."
"Hi Mrs. Taylor." I said, not quite smiling.
"Well it's nice to meet you. Well, I'm glad you've met my daughter, she can help you out. I was meaning to meet with you. How about I see you
during your free period? It'll only take a moment." She smiled.
"Oh well sure." I said, flipping my bangs back. My hair was seriously irritating me. I spent over an hour fixing it and it ended up being thick and long and messy-
"Okay bye mom." Julie said, steering me and Tyra away from the hallway.
"Sorry about that." Julie said.
"So Casey," Tyra began, "What's up with this whole football thing?"
"Don't even get me started." I sighed, "Everyone's giving me crap about this whole thing and really I just want to play football."
"I know what you mean, me and Julie played in Powder Puff football-"
"Powder Puff?" I raised an eyebrow.
"We got into some trouble." She said, "It was probably the most fun I've had on a football field."
"Ouch, you've got some nasty cuts." Julie said, grabbing a mirror and showing me.
I had seen them this morning. The bruise forming on the side of my face, bright red marks leading from the base of my throat to my chin.
"What happen to you?" Tyra asked, "Wait, was that a stupid question?"
Julie looked at her and rolled her eyes.
"Tim Riggin's tackled me." I shrugged.
"Holy crap." Tyra said, "And your alive?"
"Let's take note of this as the first time Tim got a girl on her back without any sexual intentions."
"Nice one Jules." A deep voice said from behind us.
Julie turned bright pink and they shrugged, "Can't blame me for speaking the truth."
He made a face and then looked at me, "Ugh Casey, coach told me to tell you were running two-a-day's starting tomorrow. Be at the field at 5:30."
I nodded and then walked over to my locker and shoved my books inside.
"So do you get to go inside the boys locker room?" Julie asked.
I gave her a weird look, "No I use the girls locker room, Julie."
"Well it was a reasonable question. I mean, have you seen Riggin's shirtless?"
"Unfortunately, yes." Tyra said.
"Tyra used to go out with him." Julie explained.
"Sadly." She rolled her eyes.
"Don't be fooled, their actually really good friends." Julie said.
"Too bad he's a total douche when it comes to girls." She shook her head, "Guy doesn't know how to pick 'em."
"Oh r-right." I stammered as I grabbed my gym bag.
"Oh my God." Julie said, grabbing Tyra's arm.
"What?" I asked, nervously.
"You like him." Julie said.
Tyra looked at me, "You so do!"
"What? No, I don't. We're just team mates."
"With benefits?" Tyra raised an eyebrow.
"What? No! We're strictly team mates." I said, "Well I have to get to Gym. Bye!"