Evangeline
Lucas sees me off at the gate. "I'll pick you up around five. Good luck!" He gives me a side hug and jogs off.
I make my way to the tryout venue, where I spot a few people lollygagging around the track. There is a table set up in the shade of some trees, which I assume to be for registration purposes.
I walk up to the table. There are two students- a boy and a girl in Peachtree uniforms sitting there on their phones.. I clear my throat to get their attention. "Uh, hi, I'm here for the tryouts. Do I sign up here?"
They both look up. I recognise the boy immediately. "Daniel?"
Daniel
Daniel. The syllables roll off her tongue, and my heart soars as she says my name. Never have I ever been so over the moon over something as simple as a thirteen year old being able to recognise me and place my name. But there's a first for everything, I guess.
Evangeline offers me a shy smile, a blush creeping up her cheeks. She's probably thinking about the incident the last time we met.
Jessica snaps her fingers beside me. "OMG, you're that girlie who was with Lucas not too long ago!!" She lets out a high pitched giggle. It's no secret to the whole school that Jessica has a crazy huge, one-sided crush on Lucas Crestdale. Truth to be told, it's more of a (one-sided) obsession.
Evangeline nods in confirmation, twisting her fingers in her hands. I hand her a pen and one of the registration forms. "Fill it out and submit it, okay?"
"Thanks." She gives me a meaningful look, one meant to convey a message, and winks. Not just for the form. The wink at the end though. So fucking cute.
"You've met Evangeline before?" Jessica is bubbling with excitement. I can practically see the cogs turning in her brain as she tries to formulate a plan to use Evangeline to get close to Lucas.
I nod. "Yeah, ran into her at the mall in the summer."
She continues to poke and prod for more info, but seeing as I've only met Evangeline that one time, I don't really know her all that well. While the twins were off getting the girlie shit, we did talk though.
The girl in question appears at the table. "Here you go." Jessica collects the slip of paper and stores it in a file. "Dearie, go wait with the others and Daniel and I will be out to conduct the tryout in a few, kay?"
Evangeline nods and walks back to the track.
Jessica grins from ear to ear. She reminds of a Cheshire on crack. "Ooh, this is gonna be fun!"
