"Wrestle. You want to wrestle?" Coach asked me?
"Yes." I said.
He just started laughing.
"What's so funny?" I asked him.
"Oh my god you're serious." He said.
"Why would you think I'm not?" I asked him.
"You're a girl. Girls can't wrestle." He said.
"Excuse me." Lydia said. She must have come back over at some point.
Coach looked around to see that he was surrounded by Lydia, Kira, Malia, and me. Instantly regretting his words.
"Guys, help me out here." He said to Scott and Stiles.
We all looked over to them. They just through their hands up.
"Coach you're on your own." Stiles said as they both took a step back.
"Look you're a girl. You would get hurt." Coach said.
"That's incredibly sexist." Lydia said. "If Thana says she wants to wrestle you have to let her at least try out." Lydia snapped at him.
"No I don't there must be a rule or something. Dave get me the rule book." He yelled at a tall muscular kid.
He quickly ran off and came back with a little white book. Coach frantically flipped through the pages. He then looked back up at me.
"It says if there's not a girls team we have to let the girls try out for the school team." He said.
"So let's do this." I said.
"Now? You want to try out now?" He asked.
"Why not." I said.
He walked over and started talking to the team. They did not seem to be happy about whatever it is there talking about.
"Are you shore you want to do this?" Scott asked me.
"There all a lot bigger then you." Stiles added in.
"Hey leave her alone." Malia said.
"I have fought bigger." I told him.
"Do you even know the rules?" Kira asked me.
"Not at all. I'm just going to wing it." I told them.
"You got to be kidding me." Scott said.
Then Stiles frantically started talking to be about the rules. About point systems, and penalties. Who knew there were so many rules in wrestling? Not me that was for shore. By the time Coach walked back over to me all I really took in was three rounds and if one appoint can no longer compete in any of those rounds they for fit.
"Are you ready?" He asked me.
"Yep." I said.
"Okay you will be fighting Steve." He said pointing to a guy who was standing in the ring.
He was the smallest guy on the team but was defiantly about fifty pounds heavier than me.
"Don't hurt her." Scott yelled out to Steve as I walked over.
I looked back and just smiled at Scott. I was going to show him.
"Are you ready?" Coach asked?
I looked to the kid across from me he was crouched down with his arms out in front of him. He was twitching a little. He looked to be taking this very seriously. Obviously not wanting to lose to a girl in front of the entire class.
Coach blew his whistle singling for the match to start. I watched what Steve was doing. He reached out at me with his left hand and then quickly to his right taking me down by my knees. Pinning me to the mat.
We stood back up and he turned to his friends who were all laughing.
"Well that was easy." He said.
"I believe there are two more rounds." I told him.
"You're a feisty one aren't you?" He asked me.
"If you had any idea." I told him with a smile.
Coach blew the whistle and he came at me again. Again faking with his left then grabbing me with his right. He grabbed me around my waist. Spinning me around so his chest was to my back and then threw me hard on the mat. Pinning me again.
It knocked the air out of me but only for a moment. I got up and I could see that Scott was trying to come over here but Stiles was trying to hold him back.
"How you feel know?" Steve asked me.
I just wanted to win the match before but know as I watched him mocking me with his friends I decided I wanted to hurt him.
"You can quit now if you want." Coach said.
"Let's go." I said.
"Fine. But if you get hurt you tell your brother it was your idea." He said before blowing his whistle.
Again Steve came at me with his left. I lean to the side letting him think he faked me out. Then he reached out with his right hand just like he did the first two times. This time I was ready for him. I reached out grabbing a hold of his wrist. I quickly placed it on my shoulder and twisted it as I spun so my back was now facing him. He screamed out as I stepped back putting my wait onto his now twisted arm. This caused him to fall down to his knees trying to avoid the pressure I was placing on his arm and shoulder. A loud crack rang out through the crowd as he screamed out again. He then fell all the way down onto his belly. I spun around twisting his arm behind his back as I rested my knee on the back of his neck so he could not move.
"Coach!" He yelled out.
"Hey okay, okay. Get off of him." Coach yelled.
I quickly let go and stood up as Coach ran over to check on Steve.
"I think she broke my arm!" He screamed as Coach tried to touch it.
"I believe my opponent is no longer able to compete meaning he for fits and I win the match." I told him standing there with a smile on my face.
"You can't do that. That was an illegal move." Dave yelled into my face. Bending over as he did so because he towered over me.
Quickly Scott got in the middle of us and pushed Dave.
"Back off!" He yelled at him.
"Well maybe you should keep your crazy ass sister on a leash!" He yelled getting back in Scotts face.
Coach separated the two of them before a fight broke out.
"Dave take Steve to the nurse." He said.
"You over here know." He called out to me once Dave and Steve left.
"Yes. Coach?" I asked trying my best to be nice.
"Do you even know the rules?" He asked me.
"No." I told him truthfully.
"So you have never wrestled before. How do you expect to be on the team then?" He asked me.
"You don't have to be the biggest, strongest, or even the most experienced person to be able to win a fight. All you have to do is be able to predict what your challenger is going to do and then use it against them." I told him.
He looked at me; no more like stared at me for what felt like a long time.
"The first two rounds you let him win?" He asked.
"Yes."
"Why?" He asked.
"I knew I could not win, like you said I don't know the rules. Stiles tried explaining to me but I'm not shore he knows the rules. I did know I could take him out. I did not mean to break his arm but he just pissed me off." I lied. "He has the same move." I told him. "He fakes with the left then attacks with his right."
He looked at me and smiled.
"I have been telling him the same thing for two years now." He said.
He started walking in a small circle and running his fingers through his hair.
"I can use this. I can use you. Your green defiantly but you have a good eye. Great potential. It's settled. You're on the team he told me." Then looked at the team. "Guys meet Steve's replacement. When Dave gets back have him teach her the basics. And you." He said pointing at me. "Don't hurt any more of my team." He said before walking off.
I tried to call after him but he did not turn back.
"That was so cool." Malia said. "You kicked his ass. It was so funny." She started to laugh.
"Malia what did we talk about?" Stiles asked her.
"Laughing when people get hurt is wrong." She said sounding upset with herself.
I just looked back at her.
"It was funny." I said making her smile.
"So you made the team, that's cool." Kira said.
"The thing is I did not want to be on the team. Coach was just pissing me off saying I can't do anything. So I wanted to prove him wrong." I told them.
"Well you're on the team now." Scott told me.
"You think if I just explain he will let me off the team?" I asked.
"You just took Steve out for the season. There is no way he's letting you off the team." Lydia said.
"Great." Just then Dave walked over to me.
"Coach said I have to train you." He snapped at me.
Then he looked at Scott.
"Is that going to be a problem?" He asked him.
"Let's hope not." Scott replied before taking a seat on the nearby bench.
His friends all fallowed and sat next to him. Obviously intending to watch my first practice.
What the hell did I just get myself into.