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Chapter 16: Football Game!

Emily wondered around the football stadium, feeling very lost. She had never been here and she couldn't find anyone around. Abby texted her to be at the stadium at 6:00, about an hour before the game started. Tori was coming to the game too but said she would be back at 7 after she dropped off Emily.

Emily keep looking around, not paying attention in the direction she was walking. She soon regretted it when she fell headfirst into a giant garage can.

Dang it... Me and my clumsy self. Emily tried wiggling around through the garage can, but it only made her go deeper into trash. Emily tried kicking her legs in the air. "Someone get me out of here!" her muffled voice shouted in the trash can.

Suddenly, a pair of muscular arms grabbed her waist and pulled her out. Emily landed on feet, almost tripping. She turned around to see that Randy was her savior from the trash can.

"Randy! Oh, thank you for getting me out of there! What are you doing here?" Emily asked, picking off a banana peel from her shoulder.

"I got a football to play." Randy smiled. Emily blushed a little. Wow... I never knew how white his teeth were...

"Oh yeah, I forgot you were a football player." Emily poked at his chest. "So your number 15; I'll definitely root for you when you play."

Randy playfully poked at her shoulder."Aw thanks. And when you are marching out there on the field during halftime, I'll cheered for only you."

Emily smiled at him. "So, do you have any idea where the band would meet up before the game?"

"I imagine they would meet in the band." Randy guessed, scratching his neck which looking towards the direction of the band room.

"Wait, I didn't know the school was right next to the stadium! I better hurry off then. Thanks Randy!" Emily hurriedly off to the band room, waving back at Randy.

When Emily got to the band room, Abby noticed her and quickly ran over to her.

"Emily, why are you so late? And why do you have a french fry in your hair?" Abby pointed to a fry sticking out of Emily's curly hair.

Emily brushed out the fry with her fingers. "I'll tell you later. But why did you text me to meet you at the stadium? Randy told me that the band meets in the band room!"

"OH, sorry!" Abby apologized. "When I said stadium, I meant band room. Sorry!"

"Its ok. So what are we doing right now?"

"Getting ready to march to the bleachers. Come on, I set your uniform in the bathroom. Quickly go change! I'll wait for you." Abby pushed Emily to the bathrooms, trying to get her to hurry.

After Emily finished dressing, Emily came out to find everyone going out to the stadium. She quickly grabbed her flute and ran outside with the rest of the band. Emily found Abby talking to another band member.

"Hey, I thought you said you were going to wait for me!" Emily tapped Abby on her back to get her attention.

"OH, sorry! I feel so stuipd. Why must I keep messing up!" Abby squealed, shaking her head in shame. Emily smiled; Abby reminded Emily alot of herself, always messing up.

"Its ok. We all make mistakes."

"Thanks Em. You're a really great friend." Suddenly the sound of the band director's whistle went off, signalling them it was time to march to the bleachers.

Emily looked over at Abby and nodded to herself. She felt that her and Abby would soon have a wonderful friendship ahead of them.

"GO RANDY! YOU CAN DO IT!" Emily yelled, jumping out of her seat. "YESS! HE DID IT! WE GOT A TOUCHDOWN!" Emily cheered loudly as she watched Randy score a touchdown for Northridge.

Meanwhile, down on the sidelines, Jayden hear Emily cheering for Randy. Jayden clenched his hands into fists. If only he could tell her about what Randy is going to do after homecoming, but he couldn't because if he did, it would break her little heart. Or she would be very angry at him because she might not believe him.

Jayden's glare towards Randy soon broke when Coach Hammond's hand waved in his face.

"Shiba, you ok? You realize we just got a touchdown right. OH, I must've forgot to tell you; touchdowns are good for us. Only if we score a touchdown of course."

Jayden played dumb. "Yeah, now I understand." Jayden didn't really want to tell Coach about what was really bothering him, so he decided to just grin and bear it.

Suddenly, a sound rang through the field and the players started walking to their sidelines. Jayden also noticed a couple of people leaving the stands. "Hey Coach, has the game ended already?"

"Nah, its halftime." Coach explained. "Its where the players take a break, people go get food from the concession stand, the band plays, and the dancers go out to the field to dance."

"Oh, I see." Jayden nodded. Jayden suddenly noticed Emily marching out to the field. He cheered for Emily as the rest of the crowd cheered for the band.

Randy appeared next time to Jayden and yelled, "GO EM!" Jayden just glared at him, but decided to face his attention back to Emily to watch her perform/march the show the band was doing.

Emily tried rumbling through her pockets to try and find some money. It was after halftime and the band was getting some food during the 3rd quarter. Emily huffed in disappointment when she couldn't find any money. She was about to turn back to the stands until she bumped into Mike.

"Oh, sorry Mike. I was just about to leave." Emily tried to get past him but Mike grabbed her arm.

"Hey, aren't you gonna eat? That's why you were standing in line, right?"

"Yeah but I don't have any money. Its ok though; I wasn't really that hungry anyway." Emily's stomach growled.

"Uh huh, sure." Mike took out his wallet and handed her a couple of dollars. "Here, I'll pay for your food."

Emily pushed the money back to Mike. "No, no. You keep it."

"No, you keep it and use it. I insist." Mike smiled. "So, I saw you perform during halftime. You did great out there."

"Yeah, cause all I did was play my flute and march." Emily laughed. "But thanks. So, you liking the game so far?"

"Yeah, its cool for far. I'm glad we're winning too."

Suddenly, someone yelled over to Mike, "Hey Mike, you got our nachos yet?"

At first, Emily thought it was Kevin. When she looked, she saw that it was only one of Mike's new friends. Emily looked away disappointed because even though she felt that the group was slowly coming back together as friends, she still felt like they had miles more to go before they would become one again.