Hey guys, I am so sorry for not updating. I just finished school and sports are like never ending. If you have an ideas for the story let me know. Thanks for being so supportive, Asher.
Chapter 6
Tris' Point of View:
It's Friday, the homecoming soccer game. We decided to do both games. He would take over the girls and I would take over the boys because I have to play in the girls game. The coach knew what I was doing so she said as long as I was warmed up before the girls game, I could be with Four instead of the team. She trusts me because I'm her best player. She knows that if I wasn't playing, we wouldn't be strong up top. Everyone knows it. I'm currently in my room getting dressed. I throw on my black home jersey, and black shorts. I put my socks on and my cleats and walk out the door with my soccer bag as well as my camera and journal. I see Four walking to the game so I gjog to catch up with him.
"Hey Four!" I say.
"Hey Tris, where are we going to write and take pictures?"
"I was thinking that because I'm a player, we could go on the player's side. You know, it will show the crowd and we would have a better chance getting a close up on the shot and stuff." I reply.
"That works." He smiles at me.
We go to the other side of the field where the players are sitting. While the guys warm up, Four and I talk to the coach. He says that we can stay on this side as long as we don't disturb his players. Uriah and Will wave hi from the field as we watch, taking photos.
Soon the other team arrives, so we take a picture of their competition. When the referee arrives we take a picture of the coin toss and our captains. Uriah is the captain for the boys team. We see that the other team picks tails. Uriah and I always pick heads because apparently the head of the coin might actually weigh more than the tail side. We worked on stragedies together and did our research.
"We should interview the coaches and players. I'm thinking the capatains, goalkeepers, and whoever scores." Four points out.
"Okay, I'm down with that." I agree.
We hear the whistle and turn our eyes to the game and having a small conversation here and there. In the first minute we drop it back to Drew, our defender, from the tap. He sends it up to Will, who is midfield. He passes it to Uriah who sends it to Edward. He crosses it in the 18 but another defender hits it out. Its a corner. Edward takes the corner and aims right for Uriah. Uriah runs right then cuts left, faking the defender and going toward the ball. He gets his head on the ball and places it in the right yop hand corner away from the keeper who tried to get a hand on it. I jot down notes and the time. That was in the 3rd minute. There are 45 minute halves. I continue to jot down notes on other things but no one scores. But in the 24th minute, Will gets slide tackled when he was about to send a ball for Uriah who was headed toward goal. That is their most important play and Uriah scores 95% of the time. Gabe, our defender with the biggest foot, comes up to take the kick. I see him and Uriah make eye contact and Uriah does another one of his signature moves. This is why he is captain. Because he knows how to get the attention away from himself and make the run. He moves toward Gabe, brining the defendar with him. As Will moves away from Uriah dragging away another defender, Uriah turns away from the net toward the endline, and cuts in right on the line of defenders, staying on side. When Gabe kicks the ball, Uriah breaks free and runs in toward the net, with defenders behind him. The keeper comes out and Uriah chips it over his head and in the net. Four and I jump up and cheer and take pictures. I got his shot and every step of his play because I knew what he was doing. I bet we are going to have a good season. Nothing else happens in the first half. Uriah takes a few shots but misses.
Its halftime and we take a few pictures of the team huddeling our oponents looking pissed. we also take a picture of the crowd cheering. The 2nd half starts but nothing major happens. The other team wasn't very good. I get ready for my game and Four helps me warm up. He wishes me luck and the referee blows the whistle for captains. I head out there and he talks to the other team. He flips the coin and the other player calls tails. I know its heads. The referee says its heads and I choose the right side because the sun is bright but will be dark soon. So by the time 45 minutes are up, the sun will be down and my keeper won't have the sun in her eyes. I tell me team and we do our cheer. We head out on thew field and I can feel Four's eyes on me taking pictures. I go to my position as striker and watch the other team come out onto the field. I stay on my toes and wait for the referee. He blows the whistle and the girl taps the ball to her teammate. Game time.