Is This Real?

Chapter II

Christen's POV
I took my breakfast and walked out the door. Tryouts are today. I thought as I put my soccer bag into my car.

I put the key in the ignition and drove out of the drive way.

I made it to school in about 15 minutes and immediately went to the front office to get my schedule.

I walked up to a brunette lady at the counter.

"Hello. I'm new here. I'm here to get my schedule." I said.

"Oh! Hello! Welcome to John H. High school!" She said pleasantly. "What's your name?"

"Christen Ryan." I replied.

She smiled at me and gave me my schedule. "Have a nice day!" She called.

"Thank you." I replied ad walked out of the office. It might not be so bad after all. I thought.

I looked at my schedule. P.E. First. Nice wake up call. I mean I'm going to be warmed up anyway from the morning but P.E. first period is brutal. Oh well. I thought as I went in my search for the gymnasium. I looked around in confusion. This school is bigger than you think it is.

"Hello. Do you need help? You seem lost." A guy said from behind me.

I turned around. He has brown hair and green eyes. Bulging muscles and a face that a girl would kill for. But, unfortunately wasn't my type. I've been stalling my dating life for a bit to focus on school and soccer. "Oh hi. Yeah. I'm new here. I'm trying to find the gym."

"Sure thing. Follow me." He said as he walked to the double doors to the left. "It's right here."

"Thank you." I said.

"Anytime. I'm Darren by the way." He said and extended his hand.

I shook his hand and replied, "Christen Ryan."

He smiled and the bell rang so he walked away.

I walked into the gym and found my teacher. Or who I think is my teacher.

He was a bald man, probably about 60 years old, he was wearing a tight shirt, and you know what that means, and looked generally creepy. I looked at my schedule. Mr.Hills. Nice.

"Hello. You must be the new girl. I'm Mr.Hills." He introduced himself.

"Christen Ryan." I replied.

"You play any sports?" He asked.

"Yeah soccer." I replied.

"Oh cool." He said and went to talking to other students. The bell rang and I went it he girls locker room to change into my P.E. clothes.

When I walked out, I saw Mr.Hills by the fence so I walked over there and stood around. One of the guys rolled out a cart full of soccer balls and I smiled. This is the only reason why I do this class. I thought to myself and he took attendance.

"Go take a lap." He told us.

I didn't want to seem like a tryhard so I kept to the middle of the class and even though I new I could go faster, I kept at a excruciating slow pace. The lap was done and he told me to go get a soccer ball and a partner. Exactly what I was dreading.

I started juggling the ball and doing tricks because I got bored. I was so into it that I didn't notice the whole class staring at me. I blushed and put the ball on the ground. I looked at the ground and said, "sorry." And looked around trying to find a partner.

"Hey want to be partners?" A girl asked.

I nodded, still embarrassed from the incident.

"I'm Cassy." She said and stuck out her hand.

I took it and smiled. "Christen."

I got the ball and passed it to her making sure that the ball landed directly at her feet and didn't have too much weight on it. I like to think about the small things so that number one, I don't get bored, and number two, so that I could get better.

We kept passing the ball for a bit until I noticed that Cassy wasn't too bad at soccer. So, I decided to test her and I volleyed the ball to her. She smiled and juggled for a bit and passed it back. It was a little high so I chested it and juggled it and passed it back, right at her feet. Then, Mr.Hills called for a scrimmage.

He put Cassy and another girl I didn't know as captains.

Cassy got to pick first so, she surprisingly picked me. My eyebrows shot up. Cassy smirked.

The teams got picked smoothly and the scrimmage started. Mr.Hills was very involved in the game. Never once sitting down or resting. He was yelling and encouraging and trying to make as many right calls as he could.

I got put into center attacking midfield. Cassy was uptop in center striker. Mr.Hills blew the whistle and I passed it to a guy I didn't know and he gave it to one of our defenders. He placed the ball at my feet. A perfectly weighted through ball and I ran with it up the field. I saw Cassy wide open. I ran into the box with Cassy ahead of me and I passed the ball to her and she half volleyed it to the back of the net.

Cassy laughed and gave me a high five. "Nice. Your passes are baller."

I smiled. "Your goals are baller." I shot back. Smirking.

It was a goal kick so the 'keeper kicked the ball deep and one of our defenders got it. They saw me open so the same guy, passed me the ball and I ran with it again. But, apparently the defenders on the other team finally woke up so they were trying to get the ball from me. They obviously didn't play soccer because they were failing miserably. Prime and ready to be nutmegged my friends. I thought and the goalie ran up at me and I guided the ball through his legs and straight to Cassy, who, with a gentle tap, redirected it into the goal.

Now it was my turn to laugh. Cassy pointed at the 'keeper and said, "You've been 'megged Daniel! Whatcha gonna do about it?" She taunted. He mumbled something along the lines of "I didn't know a girl could do that." To "I didn't see it coming."

Mr.Hills blew the whistle and called the class in. "Two goals by Cassy Wrights. And two assists by Christen Ryan." They clapped for us and Cassy and I walked back into the locker room.

"Hey are you trying out? Cause I think you should. Your already better than half of the team. I can't wait to see you when your prime and conditioned." Cassy said. Fellow soccer nerd alert! I thought.

"You not too bad yourself." I said.

"Yeah I've been in the JV team since last year." She replied. "What position do you play?"

"My main is attacking center mid. But in need, I can play all of the positions except GK." I said.

"Mm. So from seeing you play, I'm going to guess that you are a natural with both feet?" She asked.

"Yeah, it just came about that way." I answered. "Helps when your in the center because you need to be able to strike on both sides and a majority of the time, from distance."

"I think you'll make it to varsity. I mean from seeing you in P.E. you weren't probably even trying that hard. You'll be invincible when your at 100%." She said.

"I wouldn't say invincible." I laughed.

We split up and changed. I walked out of the locker room and was greeted by Cassy. We talked about soccer and what club team I should join. I've made a friend. I realized. This school might lot be so bad after all. I thought again and kept talking to Cassy.

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A/N
I really need to learn how to write short chapter and learn where to cut them. Whew this chapter was a long one. Sorry again. I hope you enjoy it and comments, concerns, and ideas will always be welcome with open arms! Also, I'm horrible at spelling so if there is anything, please tell me! (My editing skills suck) Thanks for reading! ~N.H.