Reunited

I7I

☆Lauren☆

Tana and I meet in the locker rooms to get changed for tryouts. The coaches laid out practice jerseys for everyone to wear. The returners are wearing a black skirt and tank and the newbies have to wear white.

I put my skirt on thanking the lord for them having built in spandex since I forgot mine. Once I put the jersey on, I look around and all I see is black...

Seriously? There's no one new here trying out besides me? Great now I'm going to stick out like a glow stick. And even better, I see Emma wearing a black jersey. She hasn't done anything to me yet, so I don't know how I feel about her but the guys told me to ignore her so that's what I'll do.

We all walk onto the turf and change into our cleats. I hear Tana groan. "What's wrong?" I ask her. She nods her head to the bleachers and I see a group of guys sitting watching us. I narrow my eyes on them and see Owen, Evan and Grayson. "What are they doing here?" I ask her.

"Their tryouts are after ours so they watch us until then," she rolls her eyes. "They are super obnoxious. They comment on everything we do, it's super infuriating!" she exclaims. I look back at the guys and see Owen stand up cheering. "You go Lolo! Show them who's boss!" he cuffs his hands over his mouth and Evan slaps the back of his head. I laugh at their silliness.

I turn back to tying my cleats and see that everyone is staring at me. Ok then...

We all get up and start to stretch. Emma turns her back to the bleachers and bends down to touch her toes, giving the boys a perfect view of her ass. "Hey Emma you should just flash them your tits while you're at it," Tana tells her while stretching her arms. "Fuck off!" Emma sneers at her. "You wish!" Tana smirks, blowing her a kiss. Ok I like her even more now.

"Alright everyone huddle up!" Coach yells and we all gather around him. "Welcome back everyone and hello newbie," he says looking at me and I smile. He gives us all a piece of paper with a number and our last names on it, to clip on to our backs.

We start off with simple passing with our partners. I look around and realize that I'm the tallest one here, which I can use to my advantage when taking the draw. I'm 5'10 and everyone else seems to be at least 5'8 or shorter. I guess height runs in the fam since my brothers are over 6 foot. It's still weird to call them that...my brothers.

We then go into 2v3's with the goalie in the goal. I get a feel on how everyone plays and notice Emma is one of the better players on the team. She's also a ball hog and didn't pass to anyone...like anyone. And the annoying thing is, no one says anything to her about it. Not even Coach.

Next we go into intense conditioning. Thankfully I stayed in shape by working out in the summer, so it wasn't too brutal. Coach has us line up on the line to do 3 suicides. He blows his whistle and then we're off. Beginging the third suicide I notice everyone is lagging behind, but I'm still going strong and I turn over to see that Emma is as well.

May the best man win.

We both look at each other with determination in our eyes. I pick up my pace, running as fast as I can while my lungs burn like crazy. It's finally our last lap back and I pass her crossing over the line, being the first to finish. We both place our hands on our hips panting out of breath while she glares at me. Sore loser...

Everyone else soon crosses the line behind us. Tana collapses on the ground in front of me. "Jesus Lauren, you're like a cheetah!" she exclaims and we both laugh as I help her up. We all head for a water break.

Coach calls us over and tells us that we are scrimaging to end tryouts. He splits us into two teams and Tana and I are on the same one while Emma is on the other. "Since we are doing a full scrimmage, we will be doing a draw. Emma I want you and Lauren to take it," he says and with that Emma and I walk to the center of the field and line up for the draw.

Coach places the ball between our nets and backs up. We are both looking at the coach waiting for the whistle. Soon as he blows it, we throw the ball up in the air. Using my height to an advantage, my arm span is twice the size of hers so I easily catch the ball and head to the goal.

Emma recovers getting right in front guarding me. I look around and realize they are playing tight D so no one is open. The only option is to drive to the goal. I start running and since Emma is right up on me I fake to my left and then back to my right causing her to fly to the left, falling on the floor. I then sprint to the goal. One of the defenders cuts right in front of me in front of the goal so I throw a behind the back shot in which the ball hits the left side of the net.

Coach blows the whistle announcing the goal and my team rushes over cheering me on and high-fiving me. "Excellent goal Brookes! Keep it up!" Coach yells and I smile brightly. "Ok girl, I see you," Tana winks and I laugh.

The middies rotate so now it's Tanas turn to take the draw. I cheer her on and everyone looks at me weirdly. That's when I noticed no one encouraged each other or talked as a matter of fact. Throughout the game I continue to cheer the girls on and I can tell that it encourages them to play better and they smile at me when I do. It's kinda sad they aren't used to it.

As the scrimmage came to an end, I got my whole team to cheer and encourage each other. Tana scores the last goal causing our team to win. We all throw our sticks to the ground and rush to her. We jump into a group hug losing balance and fall to the floor.

All of us are laughing laying on the floor. Coach has us all gather up to talk to us. "Well ladies that was one of the best tryouts I've seen yet and I'm happy to tell you all that you made the team!" he explains and we all cheer jumping up and down.

"And now to announce our team captains. Can I have a drum roll please?" he asks and we all repeatedly slap our thighs. "Is..." he draws out and Emma steps forward with a big smile on her face. "Tana and Lauren!" he yells and Emma's face falls.

Tana tackles me into a hug and the rest congratulate us. "You two showed me how well you can work together and Lauren not only do you have raw talent but I was impressed with your leadership skills and the way you encourage your teammates as well. So congratulations girls!" he claps his hands. "I will see you all here at the same time tomorrow," he tells us and we head back to our stuff.

Emma stops in front of Tana and I with her arms crossed as she glares at us. "Something wrong?" Tana sarcastically asks. "You know the captain position should belong to me!" she spits out. "Well I think it's time for the queen to be dethroned," she smirks. She then removes an invisible crown on Emma's head and places it on mine. I see actual steam coming out of her ears.

She brings her hand up and slaps Tana across the face. I shove her away causing her to fall down. As Tana and I are about to pounce at her we are pulled back. Blake pulls his sister back. "Whoa whoa easy tiger," Grayson says, pulling me back. "What did I tell you all, they are double trouble," Evan scoffs.

"Fucking bitches!" Emma squeals charging my way. I try to squirm out of Graysons hold but he just stands in front of me. I look over to see that Blake and now Evan and Owen are holding Tana back.

"Leave," Grayson says with so much venom in his voice, I get shivers. She stays silent then huffs stomping away. He then slowly turns around. "Now, wanna tell us what that was all about?" he asks. The boys finally put Tana down on the ground.

"She threw a bitch fit cause Lauren and I were named captains and she wasn't," she rolls her eyes crossing her arms. "You're captain!?" Evan asks. "Sure am!" I smile at him. He runs up to me throwing me over his shoulder and starts running around the field.

"My sister is captain yall!" He yells and everyone laughs. He finally puts me down and I feel dizzy. Their coach yells them over and Evan and Owen congratulate me and Grayson smiles ruffling my hair.

Tana and I change out of our cleats and head to the bleachers to watch the boys tryouts.

Today was a good day...