A NEW LIFE ON THE COURT

The Start

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I always was aspired to become a professional volleyball player. I discovered my love for the sport when I was very young, I was visiting my parents' home country and saw a group of friends playing volleyball on the beach. I asked to join, but they said no because I was really young and they had enough players. I sat there, and watched them playing in the sunset in
awe wanting to learn how to play.

I learned how to play, and i was quite good but I decided to stick to indoor volleyball.
I learned a lot about it and after a while of deciding I decided to play in the position of Libero. I was quick, agile and really short. Shorter than most men and some women.

Throughout high school and through some college, I was made fun of for my body, I had big, squishy thighs, long hair, a feminine face and a sort of a slutty waist. It never really bothered me though and I just lived through it.

I decided to join a volleyball team outside of college because the college team wasn't that great. I got along with my teammates but I would never class them as friends, the club also had a women's team which we liked to watch play because of the uniform.

Both teams of the club qualified for the big tournament at the end of the season with all of the best teams in the country. We did quite well but sadly lost in the semi finals. However the girls lost in the quarter finals.

When we lost I got really upset and stormed out of the sports centre. That's when I bumped into this girl. I fell over and landed on my butt. I looked up and saw a beautiful girl, she had pretty brown eyes, dyed red flowy hair, a curvy body and an impressive chest.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't see you"

She said as I started to recognise her. She was a part of the women's team from the town close by, they were also the team that knocked out our women's team, I stood up and started to speak

"No, no, it's okay i should have seen you, you are taller than me after all and i was just upset about losing."

She smiled and then started to speak again

"I understand that, I was about to head in to play the finals, I will take you out for a meal as an apology, here you go"

She said as she handed me a piece of paper with her number written on it. She then told me to call her after her game and walked into the centre. I sat there confused and trying to comprehend what had actually happened.

After a while I walked back inside, grabbed my things and sat in the stands to watch her game. When I walked in her team was already up a set and she was playing brilliantly.

The other team made a comeback in the end and it all came down to the last set. The score was 24:23 to her team when the setter tossed up a high ball, she started to run up and jumped. Perfect form and *BANG* she hit it, the ball breaking through the arms of the middle blockers. She won, celebrating and crying tears of joy. That when she looked at me and smiled.

Instead of calling I decided to wait for her at the exit and there she was, with her whole team, she came up to me and this began a chain of gossiping and whispering from her team mates looking at me worried but also interested.

"Don't worry about them, they're childish, come on, let's go, I know just the place"

She waved her team goodbye and put her hand on my lower back pushing me away from them. She took me to a nice diner and we sat at a booth by the window that pointed at the busy town square.

We looked at the menu and ordered, while waiting for our food we started to get to know each other. She told me her name was Eliza and I told her my name (Daniel). Our food arrived and we started to find things we had in common, besides volleyball, like games and other interests.