The Sport's First Love

The Proposal

My body hurt from yesterday's practice. I worked so hard. This morning I had a bagel with 2 apples, and applesauce. I put on my blue and white jersey. My number was 21 in black print. I put on jeans and my high tops and left my hair down. I took lots of pictures and posted some on Instagram. I went to school excitedly and I saw my friends. We took a bunch of selfies and lots of videos. When I saw Caiden today, he gave me extra kisses and everything. Today was going to be a great day.

At gym, we played basketball and football. I played a little bit of both and was doing great, as usual. When we changed, Alexis and I talked am the whole time. At chorus, we snag Christmas carols and fun stuff like that. We even sang some Frozen songs. On the way back, Alexis and Jessica went to go see who was going to be in the spring play. They both got in! I was so proud of them. Jessica is a big singer, and when she turns 18, for her birthday she is going to try out for America's Got Talent. She has all the solos in chorus and she loves singing, and she's perfect at it! She has sang the National Anthem for the school's games a few times, too. My friends are really something.

When we got to biology our teacher was in a grumpy ass mood. So it kind of made the period boring and aggravating. He handed me and Caiden back our reports for our project, and we both got a 92%. Eh, I'm not gonna complain. I think we should've gotten a 100, but that's none of my business. When we went to lunch I had a great time. They had mozzarella sticks, which were my favorite. My friends and I made tons of jokes and we talked about the game today.

At the end of the day the announcements came on and we were dismissed. We all ran down to the locker room cheering and laughing having fun. I hopped onto Alexis's back and she ran down the steps. We changed and again took tons of selfies and videos. We all marched outside chanting and running to the field. I saw everyone there. My parents, Alexis's parents, Caiden's parents, everyone. The principal of our school even came with his wife. We started practicing and we practiced intensely. The other team came and they eyeballed us. We did the same back to them. I saw Caiden come and he mouthed good luck and blowing me a kiss. I did the same and waved to my parents. They cheered me on and I felt amazing.

The game started and they already scored 2 goals. But we quickly caught up to them and ended that first quarter with a win. The second quarter they won, 4-1. They were a hard team. The B game then started and we were monsters. We played viciously and it was very intense. I had scored 1 goal and the others were scored by the seniors. That game ended and we won 3-0. The stands went wild and we had people going crazy. It was a lot. Our coach called us together for a pep talk. "Okay guys. We've had a great season, and we're still doing great! This team is hard, and they're not going to give up that easily. I understand you're all tired, so am I. But we need to have power this last quarter. We need to get in there, and we need to do our best. We don't even have to win. Just go in there and do your best. I know that you all can do it." There was 10 seconds left for our talk. "It's been a great season, and I'm very proud of all of you. Now let's go out there and score some goals!!!" We cheered and did our family chant. "1! 2! 3! WOLVES! 4! 5! 6! UNITE! 7! 8! 9! WOLVES UNITE!!!" We clapped and went to our positions. One girl from the other team said, "Ready to lose?" I said, "Are you?" And with that, I kicked the ball, and we started going. We scored 2 goals in the matter of 5 minutes. The got a few too. We were playing dirty with them. Literally, we had dirty clothes and everything. But our skills were dirty good! I got passed the ball and started to run with it. Someone came up to me and they tried to take it away from me. I did a few tricks, then trick- kicked it to the left. The girl tried to get it but fell on her side. "OOOH!!! BROKEN ANKLES!!!!" I screamed running with the ball passing it to Diana. But one of the people tackled her, and they got a goal. It was now 2-3, us losing. There was 3 minutes on the clock. People started to whine saying it was over. Believe me I wanted it to be over. Other girls gave up, but i didn't. Taylor and I didn't give up. We decided to go full force on them. We gave each other the evil smirk and when they blew the whistle, Taylor and I ran passion.g each other the ball forward. It was going in a zig zag line and the girls of the other team were struggling. It was funny. I got the ball and passed it to Nina, and she went to go score a goal. Some other girl ran into her trying to get it away, but Taylor ran in and scored a goal. We were tied now. But the ref said the next goal wins. I looked at the clock. 52 seconds to go. I looked at Taylor and she asked me, "Think we can do it?" I nodded, saying, "Yea, spare me 52 seconds though." She nodded. The whistle blew and Alexis ran with the ball trying to get the goal. She passd it to Jillian, who passed it to Victoria. Bad mistake. She thought she was a star, and she tried to kick it. She missed. The goalie kicked it across the field. It was coming straight towards me. I got it and stopped it. And the girl who was teadi.g me came and pushed me over. Our feet collided trying to get the ball each way. "What are ya gonna do now. You lose, and there's no one to help you." She taunted. I felt something in my mind click, and all of a sudden, I felt like I had all the power in the world. I jumped up kicking the ball, with the other girl falling on her face, and I ran away screaming, "NOT TODAY!!!" I positioned the ball so I could get a clear shot. I saw people running towards me and I heard people screaming for me to hurry up. 7 second left, it was now or never. I ran up to the ball, kicking it with all the force I had. It shot straight like a bullet. 3 seconds left, 2, 1. I fell to my knees. The goalie jumped for the ball, missed, and fell down. The ball went in the net ripping it off the hinges. I smiled, hearing everyone going completely wild. I fell into the ground whispering thank you. My teammates came and they pulled me up and we jumped around screaming. The other players congratulated us, pouting.

Then, all of a sudden, I hear a familiar face call for everyone's attention. It was Caiden's. I look over and see him in a suit and tie, with roses in one hand. Everyone quieted down, and I hugged Caiden. He gave me the roses, and then got down on one knee. He pulled out a little box and I gasped holding my hand over my mouth. My friends hugged each other, and they squealed a little. Alexis and Francisco came and pulled out a sign that said, "Will you go to the dance with me?" My eyes widened and I could hardly breathe. He opened the box and it had one of those little bracelets with the rose, and two tickets for the dance. My eyes started tearing, and I nodded squealed a little. He got up smiling and hugged me tightly. "Thank you." He whispered in my ear. I pulled back and kissed him. Everyone cheered and my mom got it on video. This was the best day of my life. Then Austin came up to me and said he wanted some pictures. We stood together and he took beautiful pictures.

When I went home my mom told me everything. "The other day, be went home and told his mom that the dance was next week. His mom called me and asked what kind of colors you like. He went and bought the stuff with his own money. Then, he asked Alexis and Francisco to help make the sign. They made it, and he bought the tickets yesterday at practice." I wiped my tears and laughed at that. "Mom, he asked me for the money. I had no idea that it was for that." My mom started laughing and so did my dad. "Over the weekend we'll go get you your dress." My mom said. Alexis and I were going to do that together. We do everything together. I fell asleep and was the happiest girl in the world.