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That afternoon, Riella went to practice. Today for practice, she was wearing a black tank top instead of the red one. The rest of her outfit was like normal. She put her bat bag in the dugout and put on her PRIZM sunglasses. They were pink shades with green holders holding them. As she ran out onto the field, Coach Wilcox blew her whistle.
"Get into your positions, varsity! The JV will be hitting and you'll be catching and pitching!" hollered Coach Wilcox while Coach Andrews told the JV players what was going on.
Everybody on varsity ran and got their gloves. The whole team had matching gloves. It was a plain black Mizuno glove. Then they all ran to their field positions. Hallee at third base, Alexa at the pitch, and Riella at shortstop.
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They were already pitching through they JV the third time, when the coaches told the players that they had a meeting to go to, but that practice will be under the captain's, Reagan Jones, watch. Reagan usually let the practice come to a somewhat slow, relaxing pace this early in practice before the season started. Then the closer the team got to playing, the more she won't let anybody relax. As soon as the coaches left, Reagan let everyone take a break. That meant that Hallee, Alexa, and Riella were going to sit in the dugout and drink their water.
Riella sat down on the bench with her feet held up by the fence wall. Hallee sat on the right of her and Alexa on the left.
"Easiest practice so far." commented Hallee.
"Don't jinx it. It'll probably be the only easy practice then." chided Alexa while laughing.
The three friends sat in silence for a moment. Before Alexa started the conversation up again.
"So, Ri, what's going on with you and a certain basketball player?" Everybody gathered around the three as if they wanted to know some gossip. Riella's cheeks burned with heat and the skin seemed to darken into red.
But, she decided to play it cool. "Which basketball player? I hang out with three of them." Riella stated.
"The one that starts with a "z," of course." said Hallee.
"Oh, Zeke? He's making me brownies because I asked him to,duh." responded Riella.
"No, Zach." commented a player named Anna Johnson, who was sitting right next to Riella's feet.
"Oh, um, we kissed after lunch." stuttered Riella as she blushed.
"Oh, really? Did it mean anything?" questioned Alexa.
"I hope so. He said that we are together, but what does he mean by that?" questioned Riella. This was her crush that she was talking about. She barely had enough time to figure out boys and their ways.
"I think that means that you and Zach are dating." laughed Anna.
"Really, you don't say? I mean besides dating."
"What do you mean, then?" asked Hallee.
"I mean, are we boyfriend and girlfriend?" addressed Riella.
"I think you two are." replied Alexa supporting her friend.
The group sat in silence, before Anna brought up another subject.
"Did you hear about Troy and the musical?"
"Yeah, I did." commented Alexa, shocked.
"I can't believe it! Is he really able to sing?" questioned Hallee.
"Yeah, he can. I was at the auditions. I heard him myself." announced Riella. She sounded like she was tired.
"What's wrong with you?" asked Anna.
"I'm tired of all this Troy Bolton and the musical stuff. So, he tried out for it, big whoop." stated Riella.
"It's just never happened before. A jock doing something they've never done before." Hallee commented.
Before anybody else continued the conversation, Reagan called for practice to start back up.
Everybody got in their positions with Anna taking over Reagan's spot and a JV player taking her's.
Alexa started pitching and the JV batters started hitting. She, then, noticed a softball coming her way. Riella dove for the ball and caught it in her glove. She got up and threw it back to Alexa. Her clothes were now covered in dirt and dust, but she didn't care. This was the life that she loved. After a couple pitches, hits, and strikes, Riella noticed that Reagan wasn't watching the practice. Reagan was talking to a couple of boys. Riella ignored it to catch another hit. The batter was out and Riella smiled as she threw the ball back to Alexa again.
"CRUZ!" boomed Reagan from across the field.
"YEAH, JONES?" Riella hollered back.
"COME OVER HERE!"
As Riella ran over to Reagan, Reagan hollered for another JV player to play Riella's position.
"What's up, Reagan?" panted Riella as she got closer to Reagan.
"There are some people here to see you." motioned Regan as she walked away.
Riella looked up after Reagan went around to watch practice.
"Hey, Ri." said Zach as Riella walked out the gate.
"Hey, yourself." She responded to him.
Zach kissed her cheek and Riella blushed majorly. She noticed the other boys there and quickly stood up straight.
"Why are all of you here?" She questioned. Why would Zach, Zeke, Jason, AND Chad be here at the softball fields?
"We need to talk to you about something." answered Zeke.
"What is it?" Riella asked fearfully. There's no telling what these four want.
"We need your help with getting Troy's focus back onto basketball." stated Chad.
"Isn't he happy about doing the musical?" questioned the girl.
"I don't know, but he's ruining the status quo." responded Chad.
"So? How's that affecting you guys?"
"We need to win that championship and we can't do that without our team captain focused." said Jason.
"Why do you need my help? What could I do?"
"Well as a four-point-oh student and an athlete, we want you to put your sense into it." acknowledged Zach.
Riella stood silent for a moment, thinking. The four basketball players looking at her hopefully.
"You need to talk to Taylor McKessie." Riella informed them.
"Why?" asked Zeke.
"She's the head of the Scholastic Decathlon team. During detention the other day, she confronted Gabriella about papers talking about how smart Gabriella is. Taylor said that a spot for Gabriella on the team will be there if she wanted it." Riella clarified.
"Okay, guys, looks like we're going to the chem lab." Chad said while shuddering slightly.
"I would advise against it."
"Why, Ri?" asked Zach.
"All I want you guys is to think about this: Why ruin Troy's happiness? Is it really affecting you if he does the musical? And don't come up with something for the game, alright?" Riella commented.
"We'll think about it. Come on guys." Chad motioned for them to follow him.
Zach kissed her cheek again.
"Have fun at practice." He smirked as he walked away.
"Oh, I will." She told him and turned around to return to practice.
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