"Hum Calleigh?"
"Yes?"
"What are you doing?"
"Reading the news paper."
"Why exactly?"
"Because I need a job."
"Okkkaayyy. "
"I'm looking for a job, and newspaper have advertisements."
"o.k., but you don't have a degree on anything."
"I know that, I'm looking for simple stuff."
"Then why don't you just babysit?"
"Because if I babysit, I can't be sure that I'll work, and if I get an actual job I'll have to work, so I'll have to get paid."
"What do you need the money to?"
"Pay my share of the house for starters."
"You didn't worked until now and you paid it."
"Yes, because I had some money saved for it, but now that money's unfortunately coming to an end so I'll have to work."
"Hum."
"Why are we playing 20 questions?"
"We're not!"
"No? "
"no."
"Then you'll mind if I ask when you're going to hook up with Ryan?"
"yes I will!"
"C'mon, everyone knows you'll do it, I just want to make sure I'll win the bet."
"You made a bet!"
"Yep."
"With who?!"
"Everyone at the team, plus Maxine."
"You're kidding!" Natalia said mortified.
"No."
"Calleigh!"
"Shh, I'm trying to concentrate."
Natalia sent her another death glare ripping the news paper off of Calleigh's hand and hitting her on the head with it.
"Ow! What was that for?!"
"For making a bet like that!"
"What, you did too with me and Eric!"
"Yeah, and you started dating!"
"And you'll too."
"We won't!"
"You will!"
"Shut up!"
"Go flirt with Ryan and let me read the damn paper alone!"
"You started it!"
"I did not! I was sitting here reading the news paper and you came to me!"
"Well, I just came to ask what the hell happened to the coffee!"
"I drank it."
"All of it?!"
"No."
"How many cups did you drank?"
"Hum… I lost track."
"I swear to god Calleigh, if you keep me awake because you had too much caffeine you're going to end up with a broom hitting your head."
"I never even did that."
"You did! 8 times!"
"Did not!"
"Hum, o.k. I'm interrupting." Eric blinked confused getting in the livingroom.
"How did you get in here?!" Natalia shouted jumping and pointing at him.
"I have a key." He stated showing the piece of metal he was holding.
"You gave him a key?!"
"Yes."
"Why didn't you asked me?!"
"Because you know him, and he's here most of the time anyway so it was easier."
"This is my house too!"
"I know, and I sent you a message, you never answered."
"I didn't get any message from you."
"Check your phone."
"It was sent twenty minutes ago!"
"Your point being?"
"You could've waited."
"Hum Nat, I only have the key because I forgot something in my mum's place so I had to go get it and I was coming back here so that way I could just get in without having to wait for anybody to come answer the door."
"why didn't you said it right away!"
"you didn't asked."
"You should have at least warned that you were coming in, I could be naked!"
"You're not."
"But I could!"
"But you're not, and even if you were, I've seen more girls naked."
"You shouldn't say that in front of me you know." Calleigh said sipping on the coffee.
"Which doesn't mean that I would ever want to see you naked, not you nor any other girl besides Cal."
"Nice saved."
"Any way, you should've knocked!"
"I did, I knocked twice!"
"I don't care, I'm leaving, she's crazy and she had about ten coffees so you deal with her!"
"Yeah yeah, go flirt with Ryan and let me read the paper."
"I don't flirt with him!"
"You do."
"Shut up!"
"found it!"
"What?"
"A job."
Natalia threw her hands up and exited the house.
"Oh, what job?" Eric asked jumping to the couch right next to Calleigh.
"Waitressing, it's nearby, they don't require experience."
"Cool."
"I'm gonna call."
"o.k., may I grab a beer?"
"If you get me one too."
"You know it."
…..
"Hey."
"Hi."
"So, hum, you ready to do this?"
"No."
"Not even a bit."
"Don't be so pessimist."
"You're the one who's shaking."
"It's my first game."
"Yeah, and you're shaking like hell, calm down would you."
"Sorry."
"What are you eating Delko?"
"Sandwish."
"How can you eat?"
"What, I'm hungry."
"Ugh, just that smell is making me nauseous, even more that I already am."
"Did you ate at all?"
"No."
"Calleigh!"
"I had a coffee, I can't eat when I'm nervous."
Eric sighed handing her the remaining of his food.
"Eat it, and no excuses."
"Eric I won't eat a sandwish right now."
"If you pass out in the middle of the game because youi didn't eat you're going to start cleaning our mess after the trainings."
"What? I have nothing to do with your mess!"
"And if you want it to stay that way you'll eat."
Calleigh crossed her harms starting a staring contest with Eric and finaly gave a snall bite on the sandwich frowning.
"What is this?!"
Tuna."
"Ugh, it's awful!"
"It's all they had."
"Now the taste is all over my mouth, how can you eat that?"
"I'm hungry."
"Get that away from me."
"Go get dressed, you're away of the sandwich and you have to do it, because there's only one locker room."
"Yeah, I know, I know."
"The team chuckled as Calleigh walked to change her clothes coming back helmet in her hand.
"Hey, keep it on."
"What?"
"The helmet, keep it on, don't let them know who you are."
"It's high school, they already know."
"They might not to, and maybe if we keep the secret they'll think that you're a strong player."
"Are you saying that I'm not a strong player?"
"No, I'm saying that they don't see you like a strong player."
"Exactly, if they see me as the weakest link, they'll not bother in covering me or anything."
"Good point."
"Shouldn't you being getting dressed?"
"We're going."
"Then go."
"You're bossy when you're nervous you know?"
"Yes, now shoo, go."
….
"o.k, here we go. Marty muttered."
"Shut up, I think I'm gonna throw up."
"Do it away from me!" Ryan shouted jumping back.
"It's an expression wolfe."
"o.k., just remembering, if we loose, I'll crack a few heads, starting with yours Delko."
"Why mine?!"
"Do you rather me to begin with Calleigh's?"
"You did it and you dropped dead the next second."
"I'm here, just in case you forgot."
"We know you are."
"Start with Joe's." Speedle said with a glance to the other side of the field.
"Hey you!" Natalia and Maxine greeted joining them in the field.
"What are you doing here?"
"Wishing you good luck."
"Thanks we'll need it."
"A lot."
"Aren't you all happy."
"We'll make fools of ourselves."
"If you lose yes."
"And considering that there's almost no chance of you winning…"
"Thanks a lot Maxine." Calleigh complained.
"Let's face it, they're stronger, and they do this every day."
"We'll win."
"You still believe that?"
"Yes! Now please Nat and Max, grab the first aid kit, we'll need it, and keep the 911 dialed."
"You don' say that after saying we'll win!"
I said we were going to win, never said that we would win without hurting ourselves."
The boy threw his hands up in despair.
"Anyway, good luck, please survive, I want my money ."
"Money?"
Yeah, we betted on something."
I'm gonna kill you for that."
"Yeah yeah, the game is starting, leave the field please."
"The two girls walked away rolling the eyes."
"Hey Cal?"
"Hum?"
He got closer to her.
"If we win today, I'll give you a prize latter, you know, with the lights out."
She blushed thanking god that she was using a helmet so he couldn't see it.
"Hey, you losers here to talk shit or play?"
Eric send Joe a death glare, along with the rest of the team.
"Just blow the whistle."
"The boy smirked positioning in the field with his team as the others did the same."
"Nice trip to death you all."
…
"Oh my god, Ryan!" Natalia shouted running to the field where Ryan was laying in the ground after being tackled by one of the other team's players.
"Ryan?" Calleigh called again waving her hand in front of him.
"Hey Wolfe, you o.k.?"
"I think I broke something bullet."
"Hum, it's Marty."
"Oh.
"o.k., you're getting out of this game."
"o.k., bring me a hotdog."
"He's delusional."
"I'm just hungry."
Leon shook his head helping Ryan up.
"No, don't lift him."
"How are we suppose to take him away then?"
"o.k., good point, take him."
"Hey Nat?"
"Yes?"
"You're really pretty."
Calleigh and Maxine busted out in laughs as Natalia blushed hurrying Ryan out of the field.
….
"Delko don't you dare". Speed threatened when Eric tried to run over to Calleigh who was rolling on the floor, which would leave Eaton who had the ball unprotected.
"I'm gonna kill him."
"Don't. you. Dare."
"Bullet you o.k.?" Eaton shouted.
The girl got up nodding lightly.
"We need you, don't you dare to let us down!"
…..
"I can't believe we lost."
"Can I crack heads now?"
"No!"
"Are you o.k.?" Eric asked Calleigh for the hundredth time.
"I'm fine Eric!"
"o.k."
"are you o.k. wolfe?"
"Yeah, I'm hungry."
"Let's eat then.
"Hum, o.k….."
"C'mon."
Eric putted an harm over Calleigh's shoulder and walked to his sister's coffee along with the team, Natalia and Maxine.
"Here are the players! Isabela greeted."
"Who won?" A man asked from a corner.
"They did."
"Oh, I'm sorry man."
"Yeah."
"C'mon, let me buy you a drink."
"No."
"I'm older, you have the drink and shut up, now Isabela, sweetie, give them all a soda."
"I thought you were going to buy us a drink." Eric replied squinting.
"You drink soda."
Eric shook his head taking a sit as the others gathered the tables and sat too.
"So, what will you eat?"
"What do you got?"
"A lot."
"Then bring the menu."
"Didn't mum teach you to say please?"
"Eric sent her a death glare but muttered a please.
"Hum, I'll have a special hotdog please." Ryan said.
"o.k. make that 3, no 5 please." Leon added.
"Hum, are you going to eat four hotdogs?"
"No, it's for us." he said waving to marty, Patrick, Eaton and Aaron.
"I'll have the meatball pasta."
"Me too."
"We'll have the churrasco cubano with fries please."
"o.k., what else?"
"Rabbit Fricassee, whatever that is, for 4 please."
"Coming."
"All the training, and at the end we still lost."
"Tell me 'bout it"
"Let's just forget about it."
"Yeah, let's talk about Ryan saying that Natalia was really pretty."
"I hit my head! I confused Marty with Calleigh for god's sake!"
"You saying that I'm not pretty?"
"No! you are! You are very pretty!"
"You said it again, now let's discuss this."
"No! there's nothing to discuss!"
Yes there is."
Why don't we discuss the fact that you and Eric had sex?"
Eric and Calleigh looked at her mortified and blushed.
So, are you going to deny it?"
"H-how…"
"Speed told me."
"How did you knew?!"
"You forgot to empty the trash."
"Damn it!"
"We date, it's normal, they don't date, so Ryan saying that Nat's really pretty is more…"
"It's not."
"Not at all."
"So, tell us."
"Tell you what?"
"Well, did you like it?"
Calleigh blushed deeply .
"Yes." she muttered earning laughs from the team.
"Haha Delko, seems like you scored again."
"Shut up Marty."
"The serious tune made the other boy nod.
"When? Where?"
"Hum…"
"My house obviously, that day we skipped classes."
"Was that the reason you got late to the practice?!"
"No!"
"o.k., hum… here are your hotdogs."
"Isa!"
"Eric."
"You…"
"You should not talk so loud."
She walked away again Calleigh and Eric staying even more mortified.
"Oh my god."
"Ups."
"You are so dead."
Calleigh looked at Eric who looked back at her.
"I need a hole."
"Me too."
"Don't dramatize."
