Meet; 1:8

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~Copper~

Me and Nicholas had just started practicing, and he was teaching me how to throw the ball. 

"Twist your body a bit more" Nicholas instructed. "Like this?" I asked, as I threw the ball. 

"Yeah! It's like more of an underthrow" He told me. "Sooo, like this" I threw it once more. 

"Yeah.. But aim it at me" Nicholas chuckled. "I'm trying you arsehole!" I yelled. I threw it in anger, and he caught it. Nicholas had a HUGE fucking smile on his face. 

"That's it!" He threw me a thumbs up. "I knew you'd get it" I walked up to him, and asked. 

"That was.. okay?" I felt my face grow warm. "Yep!" He nodded. "That was a perfect toss" I weakly smiled. Nicholas pinched my face, and said. "You're a natural" I held in a laugh, which just came out as a..

"Pfftt" He walked away, and said. "So, we've covered passing and scoring" My face was hurting, and it was hella pink. I knew it was. "We've got about 15 minutes left" He held onto the ball, with a smirk. 

"So, do you want to give tackling a go?" He asked me, his smirk not once left his face. 

"Tackling?" I muttered. My face went pink, and I muttered. "Oh" Nicholas noticed I didn't look to pleased. 

"It's not too hard, watch the guys, they're playing a match right now" Nicholas and I both looked at the other plays going at each other. 

"You have to take the player with the ball down by grabbing them below the shoulders" One boy pulled the other down. "Want to give it a go?" Nicholas asked me with a gentle smile. 

My face went warm, and I gave him the 'are you serious' face. He chuckled, then I said. 

"I am definitely to weak for this" I crossed my arms. And he shook his head, "Excuse me!" I looked at him confused. 

"Where is your 'can-do attitude'?" He asked me. "She left, a long time ago" I rolled my eyes, and stuck my tongue out at him. He stuck it his out at me, then said. 

"Give it a go. Just run at me. I won't dodge!" He opened his arms, like I was going to give him a hug. "Go onnn" Nicholas smirked. "I bet you can do it" I rolled my eyes. 

"Fine" I smiled, my huge dimples showing. He opened his arms wider. I hit my wrists, doing my nervous thing. I took in a deep breath, then ran at him. 

I grabbed his waist, and pulled him down to the ground. I was still holding onto him, then I realized I was. So I quickly let go, and he ran his fingers through his hair then said. 

"That was perfect!" Nicholas smiled at me, "REALLY!?" I asked, honestly I was very surprised. He stood up, and said. 

"Let's try it again, while running" I looked up at him, and he looked like a fucking bean stock. I mean, he already was compared to me. I am a squirrel and he is a tree. Simple. 

I looked down at my hands, and smiled. My face was warm, I knew it was. It was so cold outside, so I was able to tell when my face went warm. 

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~3rd Person~
2 Days Later... 

Copper threw the ball at one of his teammates, who caught it. 

"Good job Copper!" Nicholas yelled to the boy, which made Copper smile brightly. 

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5 Days Later...

One of the boys on the Rugby team was talking with Copper, his arms wrapped around the younger boys shoulder. Copper was smiling, he was hanging out with people besides his family, Tao and Adel. 

Nicholas stood from a far and watched the two with a smile. 

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