A/N: So I felt like following Huey through a typical day in his life as a quarterback, team captain, and coach in this chapter so I hope you enjoy. Once again I want to give thanks to DaveTheWordsmith, KODfreak, and DaBlackGoku for reviewing and giving great feedback. Everyone you should check out and review their works because there is some great stuff there if you haven't already, especially "Choices" and "More than Friends" great fics by DaveTheWordsmith and KODfreak's "The Other Guy". Also check out and review "Life Goes On" by DaBlackGoku one of my favourite fics on the site and maybe we'll get the next update soon. Please review.
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Chapter 30 – A Day in the Life of a Revolutionary – Part 2: The Afternoon
Their lunch passed without incident and once again Huey watched Riley duck out of school early to meet Ed and Rummy at the school gates. Once upon a time he would have tried to stop Riley from leaving but now he had given up. If Riley wanted to go to summer school and have to take extra years it was not his problem.
His next three periods went by in similar fashion to his previous four but his last period was co-ed Phys Ed and he could not and did not want to spend this period reading. Today was their last day of grappling and since they had started a week before he had had his eyes on one opponent.
"Me and you today Jay," Huey said sitting down beside his star receiver on the bench as Jazmine foolishly challenged Cindy. The match was over in seconds as Cindy got Jazmine down in a knee bar and his girlfriend tapped immediately.
"I've been waiting for you to ask," Jason said with his cocky smirk as he got up off the bench and walked over with him to the mats.
Jason crouched in a Brazilian Jujitsu stance and it was then that Huey remembered that Jason was a semi trained mixed martial artist and grappling was right up his alley. Too late to back out now Huey imitated his crouch; he had learned quite a few things during class and had picked up a few more watching Jason in his matches.
Huey quickly stepped back as Jason went for an under hook trying to catch him under the leg and drive him to the ground. Narrowly avoiding his star receiver, Huey went on the offence locking Jason outstretched leg and drive up into his frame and down to the mat. They hit the mat hard and Huey tried to get in a full mount to try for an arm bar but Jason a skilled jujitsu fighter was comfortable in a full guard position and wrapped his arm around the back Huey's neck to stop him from getting into a full mount and trying to put him in a guillotine choke.
Locked together they struggled to get dominance until their P.E. teacher broke them and allowed them to reset for another round. This time Jason scored the take down into a side mount, but Huey thrashed and kicked so that Jason could not get the Kimura he was trying to pull off. Once again their teacher stepped in to separate the two of them when he realized they would not be getting anywhere.
"I think the two of you should call it quits this time. Your two are too evenly matched without getting into real blows," their teacher said directing them off the mats so a new pair could come on.
Huey collapsed on the bench breathing heavily while Jason did the same beside him equally out of breath. They had only been wrestling for a few minutes but it was a titanic struggle between two powerhouses and simply making sure the other did not get an advantage had worn them out.
"Jeez Huey I didn't know you were that good at grappling. I mean I knew you were a martial arts expert but this is completely different," Jason wheezed grabbing his bottle of water and chugging half its contents in one breath,
"I've picked up a lot this past week from the teacher and from you," Huey replied through gasps for breath reaching for his own bottle of water. "I never thought I'd see the day a white boy could keep up with me."
"Same here, I never thought I would see the day anyone could keep up with me," Jason agreed.
"I have to go shopping later to get Jazmine a present do you want to come?" Huey asked suddenly.
"Wait ya gonna buy Jazzy a present," Cindy said from down the bench. "If Jazzy's gettin' a present I better be gettin' one too JJ."
"I guess I have to go now," Jason laughed. When he spotted Caesar coming over after his match on the far mat he called out to their dread sporting friend who was bobbing his head to some music they could not hear, "What about you Caesar you in?"
"For what?" Caesar asked cracking open his own bottle of water as he took a seat beside Huey. "Are we still doing that protest after practice?"
"It's too cold. We're going to the mall. Jazmine wants a present," Huey said a little edge in his voice but thankfully Jazmine did not hear as she was tagged by their teacher for another match.
"I'm in but right now I want a match with you Huey," Caesar smiled confidently.
"Your funeral," Jason commented as Huey stood up a rare smile breaking his scowl.
Huey circled his best friend looking for an opening. It did not take long for him to find one and he hooked Caesar's leg putting his friend off balance and wrapped his other hand around his waist. Lifting, Huey got Caesar off his feet and slammed him to the mat. Caesar had obviously been watching Jason too because as they hit the ground he wrapped his legs around his back in a fully guard. It took Huey a few seconds to break the full guard and slid out to a side mount. Once in the side mount he tried a move Jason had tried on him earlier in their match. He pulled Caesar's arm up so his elbow was level with his shoulder and wrapped his arms around Caesar's forearm locking in the Kimura. Applying just littlest bit of pressure got a quick tap from Caesar.
Huey unravelled himself from Caesar and helped his friend to his feet. "You're not there yet."
Caesar laughed and ran his hand through his dreads. "I just wanted to try."
"What about me? Wanna have a go?" Jason asked as they returned the bench as class began winding down.
Caesar looked at him like he was crazy and Huey shook his head. "Not a chance."
"Ah come on I won't hurt you too much," Jason laughed and Caesar quickly sat down.
"Not a chance, never ever."
Their teacher blew his whistle then announcing the end of class ten minutes before the bell to allow them to shower before going home. Huey, Jason, Caesar, Cindy, and Jazmine skipped the shower and grabbed their day clothes from their gym lockers and joined Hiro in the parking lot to head for practice.
They spilt again to take their own cars and Jazmine went with Huey. Huey pulled his Mustang out behind Jason and Cindy in her blue BMW X3 SUV. Geared up from the grappling Huey was in a competitive mood and he sped up passing the Beamer. Behind him he heard a Cindy roar the engine put she would not catch his smaller and faster car. At least that was what he thought until the bigger vehicle suddenly put on a huge burst of speed and shot by him.
As she passed them, Cindy shouted, "NOS get some" out the window of her SUV with a huge grin on her face. Her lead did not last long though as her extra fuel soon ran out and she was forced to stop at a red light.
Huey pulled up beside the Beamer and hit the button to bring down his window. Across the lane Jason of course had his window down letting in the cold. "A pity these traffic laws huh," Huey said and in the other car Cindy fumed drumming on her steering wheel impatiently.
When the light turned green Huey revved his engine and leaving two black streaks on the road took off his a cloud of smoke. Hitting three green lights he put too much distance between him and Beamer for them to catch up.
"Slow down," Jazmine screamed holding onto her arm rest and the door.
Looking in his rear view mirror he did not see the blue SUV anymore so he obliged his girlfriend and slowed down to the speed limit before any cops saw him. It was all luck that no cops had spotted him yet. He could imagine what they would do with a speeding black man.
He pulled up to the Wuncler estate and was beeped in immediately. Driving up to the house he parked his Mustang behind Ed's Escalade and shut the engine off. Three minutes later Cindy pulled up behind him and soon Caesar and Hiro also arrived having followed the rules of the road to get to the estate.
Jeeves met them inside the house and led them to the backyard. They all knew the way by now but it seemed the butler did not trust a group of teens walking unattended through his employer's house. They met Riley outside with Ed and Rummy who were once again going to film their practice. Huey hoped on the first ATV with Jazmine behind him and led the group to the back. There was no race this time and Huey placed his vehicle in the middle of the path and did not allow anyone to pass.
At the field Ed and Rummy left them at the locker room to head to the stand where they set up the camera. In the locker room Huey sat silently in his booth watching his team. Caesar and Hiro were working on some play signs of their own as over the last few days Hiro had drifted into a defensive end role and was now lining up on most plays across from Caesar on the line who was one of the defensive tackle. Jazmine sat by herself at the far end of the room directly across from him. She was holding a kicking stand visualizing what she was going to use it for. Four seats down Cindy sat beside the gender divider with Jason beside her and Riley beside him. The three members of his offensive core also had their heads together looking over Cindy's red book. His linemen were in a jolly mood chatting and boasting with each other waiting for Huey to direct them out to the field.
Huey sat silently for a few minutes allowing his team to go through their pre-practice meetings before clearing his throat and standing up. Around the room the rest of the team one-by-one stood up leaving Jason sitting by himself. Huey led them out the locker room knowing Jason would follow seconds later and up to the field where the varsity players were waiting for them on the field. After a light warm-up Huey began his practice with wind sprints, forty-yard dashing, and tire stepping.
Once he felt his team was sufficiently worn out he brought them together and began their real practice. "Today I want to start with some goal line plays," Huey said to the gathered players, his own and the varsity players. "So far we've been rather fortunate to have not had many plays on the goal line in our last two games because of the poor defence of our last two opponents. Our next opponents are in a different class and they have a really good defence and really good offence and I believe we may end up spending quite a few plays snapping the ball within our opponent's ten yard line and facing snaps within our own ten yard line. As such today we will start off with some goal line plays," Huey said before breaking the gathering and set up their first play.
As the sun began to set Huey fell to the ground after blowing his whistle to end their practice. Pushing up against the varsity players continuously for nearly two hours had left his legs felling like lead and his arms like rubber. Playing defence was not like playing offence especially for him. While playing offence all he did was move his legs a bit and throw a ball. The only time he got hit was when he ran with the ball and he did not do much of that during practice. He really had no plays that called for the primary piece of the play to be a quarterback rush. When he ran it was almost always an adaption to an existing play.
Getting back to his feet he helped gather the loose balls and equipment before following his team back into the dressing room where they all collapsed in their booths, taking their time to get undressed. Slowly as they stripped themselves of their gear they headed at their own pace to the showers. Huey was the last one to get up for his shower and by the time he did most of the team had left for the estate and their homes. When he came out only Caesar and Jason remained in the room. The two were sitting in front of the flat screen watching the newest version of The Longest Yard.
"Ready to leave," Huey called into the room after he got dressed in a green hoodie and black jeans.
Caesar who was wearing a New York Knicks jersey of a red hoodie and blue jeans turned off the TV and the pair got up following Huey out of the locker room and to the two remaining ATVs.
"You get on the back," Caesar said to Jason who was wearing is typical long shorts and orange shirt as they stood in front of the ATV.
"No you," Jason replied.
"I'm not riding on the back," Caesar refused shaking his head, his dreads bouncing everywhere.
"Who was the one that refused to grapple with me?" Jason asked and Caesar bowed his head in defeat.
"Fine, but no one is to ever know about this," Caesar reluctantly gave way and Jason got on the ATV first.
"You know we can just take that golf cart," Huey said after Caesar got on the back of Jason's ATV. He pointed to the white golf cart parked inside the small garage with a big gold 'W'.
"You couldn't have told us about that before all this," Caesar grumbled quickly jumping off the ATV.
"I could have but then I would have missed something humorous," Huey said walking over to the golf cart that has he had though had its keys in it. There was no reason for Wuncler to not leave the keys in his carts and ATVs. Who was going to try and steal from ED Wuncler Sr.?
"You can be a real ass sometimes Huey," Caesar continued to grumble as Huey started the gold cart with Caesar sitting on the back seat facing away from Jason and his best friend in the front.
The ride was slower then when they took the ATVs and by the time they got to the Wuncler mansion the sun had disappeared beyond the horizon and the moon and stars were starting to come out. Ed and Rummy were not at the house when they got there and Jeeves led them through the house to Huey's Mustang. After all three teens got in the car with Caesar in the passenger and Jason lounging in the back they headed off for Woodcrest mall.
Once at the mall Huey got a parking spot near the mall and the first place they visited was the food court all three of their bellies rumbling from hours of hard work on the field. After they had eaten they set about window shopping looking for something for the girls. They made one stop for themselves in the mall's GameStop to pick up a couple of new games before returning to their original mission.
"What are we looking for anyway?" Caesar asked bobbing his head to the music playing throughout the mall.
"I'm not sure. That's why I brought you guys. What do you think Jazmine would like?" Huey asked as they passed a clothing store.
"Why not a piece of jewellery?" Jason suggested.
"Or some clothes," Caesar added. "Jazmine likes clothes."
"I'm not sure about clothes. What if I get the wrong size?" Huey said and his two friends gave him a horrified look and he knew their minds where playing the same scene as his own. The last thing he needed was Jazmine getting mad because she thought he thought she was fat.
"Then some jewellery. Maybe something for her hair," Jason said.
"Well what are you getting Cindy?" Huey asked still not sure about jewellery. Jewellery was expensive.
"I'm not sure. What can I get her that is better then what I've already given her?" Jason asked with his cocky smirk.
"What have you given her already?" Huey asked.
"Wait let me guess!" Caesar said quickly as Jason began opening his mouth. "You."
"Correct," Jason laughed. "Anything I give her now will be junk in comparison."
"You know you're not helping much," Huey sighed. "The mall is going to close in an hour we need to find something before then or I'm in trouble."
Jason wrapped his arm around his neck and pulled him in close. "Relax Huey. We'll find something."
"What about in there?" Caesar asked pointing to a jewellery store.
"But jewellery," Huey protested as Jason let him go.
"Stop being cheap Huey," Caesar said.
"Yeah Huey it's your girlfriend you're talking about. Splurge a little," Jason said pushing him into the store.
"I'll wait out here," Caesar said taking a seat on a bench in the middle of the mall.
"I'm not made of money like you Jay," Huey continued to protest as Jason dragged him to one of the displays enclosed in glass boxes. "I'm not the one being paid who knows how much to play football. How much does Wuncler pay you anyway?" he asked trying to change the subject.
"Two hundred grand for the round robin games and if we make the finals and win I get another hundred grand," Jason said nonchalantly. He pointed to a slender gold chain with a 'J' locket on the end with birth stones at all three ends of the letter. "What about this?"
"You're making NFL money to play high school football," Huey nearly shouted in shock.
"What can I say Wuncler really wanted me to play with you guys," Jason said signalling the clerk to bring out the locket. "Now take a look at this so we can leave."
Huey looked at the locket in the clerk's hand. It was something he knew Jazmine would like but when he saw the price tag he cringed. To avoid it he would have to break into his College savings. "I can't afford that."
"Take it out of your school savings," Jason suggested. "You're a brain Huey the smartest kid in our school including the upper grades. There's no way you're not getting a scholarship especially with your athletic abilities. Look at Johnny. The University of Maryland is paying his whole way just so he can play football and honestly he's not that smart."
"Just do it," Jason pressured. "Live in the now not the future. Think of the look on Jazmine's face when you surprise her with something like this."
Huey thought about it for a moment, Jazmine would definitely love something like the locket. He pulled out his emergency credit card. "Alright I'll get it. What are you going to get Cindy?"
"I was thinking about that," Jason said pointing to a thin chain bracelet made of intertwining gold and silver bands.
"That's a good piece," the clerk said opening the box and pulling out bracelet. "I trust you can afford it. It's not cheap."
"The girl is worth it," Jason said pulling out his bank card and on a whim he looked out of the store to see what Caesar was doing. He probably felt like the odd man out. Seeing Caesar sitting beside a girl with blonde and black hair he nudged Huey and nodded toward their friend. "You think that's who I think it is?"
Huey looked at the girl while the clerk rang up their purchases. "I think it is."
"Should we stop him?" asked mindlessly punching in his pin number.
"We should go see what's up. It could be harmless. From what I've gathered Stacy Wright is an honest person and would not resort to seduction to get the win," Huey said taking his bag from the clerk as Jason did the same. "Let's check it out, but don't antagonize her."
"Yo Caesar we're done," Jason called to their friend as they exited the store. "Who's your friend?"
It took Caesar a moment to register Jason's voice and when he did he turned to look at his friend, but they both noticed how his eyes almost immediately began drifting back to the white girl. "This is Stacy Wright."
The girl looked up at them with a warm smile; her eyes instantly fell on Huey's most distinguishing feature. "You must be Huey Freeman. I've wanted to meet you since your first game."
"I would be and I must confess I've wanted to meet the only female quarterback in the league," Huey said.
"Does my gender offend you?" Stacy asked taking offense to his meant of her gender. It was obviously a touchy subject for her and Huey could see why. Football was a male sport and quarterback was a prime position. There were probably many people out there that saw it exclusively as a male position even in their mixed gender league.
"Not at all. If you can throw I don't care if you're a dog," Huey replied.
"You better not," Stacy said with venom in her voice and a frown on her face. She turned to Jason and as if she was suddenly an entirely different person she had her warm smile back. "And you are?"
"How come no one seems to know who I am?" Jason complained a bit peeved.
"Wait that accent. You're Jason James," Stacy said.
"Ah finally," Jason smirked. "That I am. The one and only. The greatest of them all."
"What were you talking about Caesar?" Huey asked his friend.
"Nothing really, just inane things," Caesar answered with a small smile.
"Well I got to go. I guess I'll be seeing you guys later," Stacy said suddenly getting up.
"We all look forward to it," Huey replied and Stacy skipped off around the corner.
"Well?" Jason asked looking at Caesar with a snicker.
Caesar held out his hand with a bunch of numbers written in girlish hand writing.
"Consorting with the enemy my own best friend," Huey shook his head in fake despair but there was a smile on his face. Not only was she the captain of their next opponent but she was a white girl. He though he was passed this once Cindy chose Jason over Cindy.
