Torn Between: (discontinued! Read Under Wraps for new story)

Chapter 17: Click, Click, Flash

*Sophie's POV*

We had been playing continuously for about half an hour and nobody had managed to score yet. DooJoon had really taken it to heart when I told him not to take it easy on me. My face was flushed and my heart was banging against my ribs like a drum by he sun shone high in the cloudless sky, emitting intense waves if heat, the occasional breeze being the only thing we had to cool down. DongWoon, Gikwang and I were huddled in a circle, our arms around each other. We were trying to put a game plan together that would help is gain an advantage and win the game.

"God," I huffed deeply. "It's like trying to cover a fucking race horse." Gikwang laughed and DongWoon just shook his head.

"You're the one that told him not to take it easy," he reminded. "Maybe we should just give up." DongWoon seemed weary.

I grabbed his collar and yanked him down to my height. "You listen to me." I pointed at them both. "Both of you. He may have his advantages, but we also have ours. We can win this, and don't either if you think differently." I loosened my grip on DongWoon's shirt and continued. "They're worried, I can tell. We've matched them so far and they didn't expect that. So what if we haven't scored, they haven't either." I pointed my thumb over my shoulder and Gikwang nodded, all psyched up and DongWoon was getting excited too. "I have a plan," I whispered.

They bent their heads towards mine so they could hear my plan. They both seemed to like it so we out our hands together and yelled, "So beast!" throwing out hands up.

HyunSeung threw the ball over and it landed between me and DooJoon, about three foot from each of us. I looked up with a wicked grin, if only he knew. He mirrored my expression, his eyes sparkled with excitement. If I wasn't the girl I am, it would have been intimidating, but instead, it only made me want to win more. I suddenly got a brilliant but idiotic idea.

Lifting a single eyebrow up I smiled. "I have a wager."

Cocking his head to the side he asked, "do you now?"

"Yeah, I do. The losing team has to pay for the winning team to go out for a day, and it can be what they want, anywhere they want."

He raised an eyebrow. "So, if I wanted to go see Manchester United play?"

"I don't know why you'd waste it on that but we would pay for everything."

DongWoon gasped and spoke to me in English. "Are you fucking insane?!"

I ignored him. "But the same thing applies to you if we win."

I could see him think it through for minute before he held out his hand for me to shake. "Better get you wallets ready," he sneered in English. I grasped his hand tightly and shook.

"On the contrary."

We all got into position and HyunSeung gave us the quick yell to start, and we were off. Scooping the ball away from DooJoon I quickly ran my way down the field to HyunSeung who was cowering in the net. Gikwang and DongWoon we're trying to get into position but the others were just too fast and were closing in on me fast. Giving a quick signal to Gikwang, he saw that the plan was starting.

My heart was racing in my chest and my breathing was becoming shallow. DooJoon kept coming at me and almost stole the ball a few times. I saw a small opening and performed a rainbow kick, (watch a video of it on YouTube, it's an awesome move) rolling the ball up my cald, I let it drop to my heal and flung it over my head from behind me, it soaring over the air to land away from DooJoon. I squeezed through the gap and received the ball. JunHyung was heading towards me like a bill so I motioned for DongWoon to move ahead. I scooped my foot around the front of the ball (single scissor crossover kick) then kicked it to DongWoon who caught it and ran ahead. We headed towards the goal, DongWoon passing it to Gikwang when Yoseob charged him head on.

I spun on the spot and ran backwards, Gikwang chipped the ball and pelted it in my direction. I panicked. I brought my right knee up quickly, using the momentum to lift my high of the ground and raised my left leg straight, leaning back. My foot made contact with the ball and it flew over my head and I crashed to the floor on my back. I couldn't believe! The ball went in! We'd scored. I'd succeeded in exciting a bicycle kick and had actually got the ball in. I sprung up and screamed my victory.

I was so busy celebrating I had failed to notice DongWoon charging towards me. "Sophie, look out!" He couldn't stop himself.

But I was too slow to move and before I knew it I was lying on the ground with DongWoon on top of me. He flattened me straight into the grass, the wind knocked out of my lungs. Gasping for breath I looked at his shocked face and he burst out laughing. Oh how I loved his laugh. I forgot about my starving lungs and chuckled with him.

He looked into my eyes and maybe it was my imagination but I heard a clicking sound and then there was a quick burst if light. I ignored it, it was probably a car passing by. I looked deep into DongWoon's eyes and whispered, "Score."