Trials and Tribulations with Trinity

22) Awkward Family Dinners

Odell

Today the team and their families were getting together to go our to eat before we go to our away game that will be the last before we go to playoff.

It's was our first year that we go to playoff only 5-1. We were real proud of ourselves. Ain't no body deserve it better then us. And with Mark as our new runner-back he's been a great asset.

At first we weren't to sure having a new guy in the team so late into the season. We heard some things Mark, about his parting and women and of course drugs. But then we look at his stats and he surely don't disappoint.

Now that doesn't mean I trust him with my team and all but he hasn't done anything to make me question him. Not yet at least. I'm sure he'll do something soon.

"FARRAH!" I yelled from the laundry room.

"What" she said coming from the kitchen.

"Wears my-"

"Did you check the bag"

"You right" I said as we left the laundry room.

"This dinner is really important to me. So what are you cooking to bring over"

"What?!"

"I told you that I needed to bring something over. They say they need rather a dessert or a salad."

"First of all you never told me that. You told me to make sure Trinidad something to wear and that her hair looked less, and I quote, 'Niggerly'"

"Okay well I'm telling you know and can you come. She does better with you in public then she does with me" I told her as I grabbed my bag and a water bottle.

"You can't just spring things on me last minute Odell!"

"Please for me" I begged.

"Fine. Just this once" she said as I hugged her and ran off.

I had woke up a bit early so I can drive Trinity to school so I could spend some time. Even though it was just a ten minute drive it's still better then nothing.

I got to our practice field where we ranked drills and all and all the guys were starting to get there. So I wasn't that late. We all went in the locker room and was getting ready.

"Can't believe we got practice today. We practice till midnight yeaterday" Eli said.

"Right! My wife getting suspicious and ain't nothing more dangerous then a pregnant black woman" Shane said.

"So we're complaining" Coach said coming in shutting us up.

"No coach" I answered.

"Shut up and get on that field and run me five laps. Yall slow as hell. So yall run and yall run them fast" he said dismissing us.

We would've argue but it would only make it harder on us. People say coach is being harder on his this year cuz it maybe his last year. Others says it's cuz he think it's time have another ring under his belt.

Either way we all want rings. Imma a rookie in the game. At only 21 I'm breaking barriers in this bitch. So I ring so early would really make me feel like my work hasn't gone unnoticed.

"When I blow Shirley you better run like you never ran before" Coach said as he blew Shirley the whistle. No on understood why he named it much less why it was called Shirley.

Fatima

I finally had a little break at the law firm today. I had so much errands to run. And I finally get to spend the day with my daughter.