Imagine 2 months where no worries cross your mind, a days full of excitement, partying and just having a good time with friends.
For Charlie Woods Summer is her favorite time of the year where she just loves adrenaline that rushes through her veins...
I woke up this morning at 5:00am just so I can start working out again. Ma was also up this time about to go in her morning run. "Morning ma" "Hey morning, lee what you doing this up in the morning?" "I'm going to the gym, can I have the keys to the car?" "You do know that I have a gym here, it's in the basement" "Oh you see, I did not know that" As she took me to the basement and turn that lights on it had a whole gym under Grandma's house I looked at ma. "God you where such a player if you have a entire gym under your house" "You should have seen my body at the age of 18, let me tell you it didn't look like yours" "Hey!!! Hurtful" as she laugh she walked to a locker and takes out a clipboard. "Hey this was my summer workout planner" I took the clipboard and read it and we both began to workout. 3 hours later I was dripping sweat and ma wasn't. I was exhausted as hell I checked the time and it was 7:45 and I was hungry. "Hey come on breakfast is ready" I got up and jump on my ma's back because I don't think I would be able to walk up those steps. "Your such a baby, Charlie you have to man up sometime" "Hey, I'm a mommy's girl" she rolls her eyes. walking to the kitchen where mom was setting the table. "So what the agenda for today?" "Grandma V enlisted you to a polo practice with other kids that will be attending the fundraiser" "Ugh, but I've been practicing!!! Ma tell her" "Yeah, Rose that's a good idea because she is awful at polo it's a disgrace watching her" hmmm as I push my plate not wanting to eat anymore. "Hey, don't be a little shit and eat your food practice starts at 9 enough time to change and put Maximus in a trailer. Ugh as I ate my delicious pancakes and drank my OJ. "I don't even have rich people polo clothes" "My old room in the closet I have plenty of clothes that my mom haven't got rid of everything is yours if you want it" says ma as she hugs and kisses mom "Oh, where can I find your old room?" "Ummm, ask your grandmother but I think she told me that she moved all my stuff in the pool house" walking to the said pool house there where 2 but the large on was a guest house so the smaller one should be the pool house, I open the door and there as a black couch and 2 huge beanbags a 85 inch TV on the wall frat boy and play boy posters framed hung on the wall the kitchen was small and had bar and 3 bar stools. I made my way to the first door which was the bathroom so I guess the other door on the left was her room. When I walked in the bedroom more play boy poster and picture of ma and her friends some of her and mom when they first meet and her in her polo uniform standing beside a black horse with a lightning strike on the nick side. "That must be lightning" I said as I continue making my way to the closet it was huge and all of ma's T-shirt, jeans pants, shorts but her sneaker collection was insane I know she has some in Cali but her collection here was better as I continue walking she had a trophy shelf and her polo clothes and boots. I chose the simple one, checking the time I walked to the bath room there and saw that I can take a bath there but I don't have socks and underwear I checked the clothes and there was a new pack of Nike socks and new bran Calvin Klein boxers ma also had sports bra there so I decided to take a bath in her pool house.
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After I was ready and changed I walked to the stables where ma was waiting for me with a Ford Raptor truck and a horse trailer already set up. "Hey your looking all cute with my clothes on" as Grandma V appeared she smile at me as her eyes got glossy, "You are your mother's child, I remember all Lexi would ware to practice are polo T-shirts and her gear" As I look over at ma, she too was dressed as we put Maximus in ma let me drive it to the front. "Is mom going as well?" "Yeah, her and my mother will ride in the SUV while you and I have some mother, daughter time now drive little shit we are already running late" Ugh as I drove out ma put the GPS for me. "So...your room in the pool house was cool, you where such a player" "Really, I haven't been in there ever since I moved to college at UCLA" "Why" "Well I thought after college I would come back home but then I meet your mother and I never did your grandmother would always call and say if I would come for my stuff but I told her to just leave it in the pool house, fun fact I help Bob build that pool house as my own man cave. So my friend would come over" "That's cool" as I pull up to a open field we drove in and took out the horses I feed Maximus some carrots I took from V's kitchen.
When some of the kids saw Lexi they all surrounded her and took pictures when she was done I looked at her. "So are you like Hot Shit here or something" "You toured my room didn't you see my trophy shelf all 1st place I was to go to the olympics but my horse died and no other horse was trained like my lightning so I gave up polo riding" "Well shit can I take a picture with you" "Fuck off" as ma pushed me off we walked to the trainer, it looked like they knew each other. as I walked to mom she was seated on her phone. "Mom I'm tired" as I sat and lay down on her lap as she brushed my hair "Hey no time to sleep" came ma as she kick my boots and pulled me up. we started practicing before the others arrived polo is boring but I see how important this game was to V and Lexi that I just went with it as I stood in line with 6 others we are still waiting on one more person. "Ok guys MrsWoods will go over some stuff for you guys" as ma stood up and the other parents acknowledge her this was so cringe "Ok guys so a Polo Ground is 300 yards long by 200 yards wide. The goalposts, open at the top, are 8 yards apart. There are 4 chukkas in a match and each one lasts for 7 minutes of actual play. When the whistle is blown, the clock is stopped and only restarted when the umpire calls 'Play'. At the end of the period a bell goes to signify that the 7 minutes are up, however there is a further 30 seconds of play unless the whistle is blown, the ball hits the boards, or the ball goes out of play. This extra 30 seconds does not apply to the last chukka unless the scores are equal. Should a match be drawn a 'sudden death' chukka maybe played, and if still a draw at the end of that chukka, another one is played with the goalposts widened. There is an interval of 3 minutes between chukkas but 5 minutes at half time is that clear" everyone agreed "Team one Jackson, Bell, Thompson and Woods" I stood there not knowing who is who "Team two White,J White, fenland and knight" I walked to ma a bit lost "Yow, which team am I in?" "In team one Charlie" "Yeah I know that but I don't know anyone here, just discreetly point at my team" ma looked at me and smile "Charlie Woods teammates raise your hand!" She said as the 3 kids to the right raises there hands, ugh I mumbled jackass at Lexi and she laugh. I walked to my teammates. "Hey I'm Charlie and I have no idea what Lexi said and I never played polo" "Hey, I'm Preston Bell and no worries we'll help you out" Preston Bell AKA Bell Born and raised:New Orleans Age:17 Gender: Female Hair color:black Eye color:brown Height: 5'2 Relation: teammates/friends
"Nice to meet you, I'm Jace Thompson just pass me the ball and I'll do the rest" Jace Thompson AKA Tom Born and raised: New Orleans Age:16 Gender: Male Hair color: blond Eye color: Blue Height: 5'8 Relation: Friends/teammate
as he smile I fist bump him. "Same here I'm Jessie Jackson, it's nice to meet you woods but not the be rude or anything but isn't The Lexi woods your mother?" Jessie Jackson AKA Jess Born and raised: New Orleans Age:16 Gender: Female Hair color: black Eye color: Blue Height: 5'5 Relation: Friends/teammates
I looked at her and smiled "Yeah so?...I'm from Cali and I play volleyball not polo" "Oh that cool I play volleyball as well"said bell "Ok guys focus we are basically against the Whites and they are good so Bell and woods you take the back Jess and I will be in front of you get the ball pass it to us and we will do the same" "Alright guys team two player has arrived now the game can begin" said mom as we walked to our horses. As Maximus stood in the middle and the empire yelled play the white haired girl caught my attention as she pass beside and stared me down. "Charlie move!" As the ball came close to me I hit it and Maximus ran up field Jackson hit it but it when out of play.
