I fluttered my eyes open to see the morning light peering through my curtains. i sat up and yawned. i looked at my clock. 11:30. i stood up and opened my curtains. Suddenly my golden retriever walked up behind me. i turned around and smiled. "Hey Bella!" i pet her head and we walked down stairs. i smelled pancakes. I walked in the kitchen to see mom and dad goofing around. Dad would flip a pancake through the air and mom would catch it on a plate. i laughed. "What are you guys doing?" My dad smiled at me and hugged me from the side. "Making breakfast." he slightly messed up my hair. i fixed it with my fingers and sat on a bar stool. Izzy came running up to me. "See how much happier you are on the weekends?" i let out a hmph. "Maybe thats because my annoying little sister isnt ripping the covers off of me at 6 in the morning and freezing me to death!" Izzy started yelling at me and we argued for a moment before my dad settled it. "Alright! alright! stop it you two! what is up with you? you two used to be best friends." Izzy sat next to me. "yeah that is until Ally became a teenager and stopped hanging out with me!" i looked at her. "Thats not why. trust me in about two years you'll understand woman hood. matter of fact you'll understand it once every month." My mom put plates of smiley face pancakes in front of us and looked at me. "Dont talk about that while you eat Allyson."
After i ate, i got dressed and rode my bike down to Starbucks not too far away. I parked my bike in the bike rack and hand cuffed it to the bar with my dads handcuffs he gave me. i walked inside and ordered a Cafe Mocha with very little whipped cream. I sat at a table and looked around. And to my great surprise,. not too far away, sat my cute soccer coach, Niall and his friend. He looked at me and smiled. he motioned for me to come over there. i walked over and smiled shyly. "Hey Allyson." I did a little wave. "Hey." Niall scooted over. "Sit." i sat next to him and examined his friend across the table. shaved brown hair. Nice brown eyes and a nice smile. "This is my friend Liam." I smiled again. "Hello!" he reached his hand over the table. i shook his hand. "Allyson." "Very nice to meet you." My Cafe Mocha was placed in front of me and i took a sip. "So did you get good sleep like i told you?" Niall asked. i nodded. "Oh your on the team?" liam asked. I smiled and nodded. "Yeah. im kind of excited. I used to play soccer alot as a kid." Liam nodded. "Well that should be really good for the team then"
After i left and came home it was now 1:30. "Crap!" i have to be at the field at 2. i ran to get dressed. I put my hair in a high pony tail with my bangs out. I put on my good tennis shoes and grabbed a water bottle. I ran down stairs and looked at dad. "hey dad can you give me a ride?" he turned around on the couch and looked at me. "Um Yeah sure honey." During the car ride my dad turned down the radio. "Allyson, i need to talk to you about something." I loked at him concerned."okay. shoot dad. whats up?" He lightly grabbed my wrist and turned it over revealing scars. i gently took my wrist back holding it with my other hand knowing not only had i been caught but i was sort of ashamed as well. "Allyson, has there been something going on with you at school? are people bullying you?" he parked the car in the parking lot. i looked at the clock. 1:58. "It....its nothing dad. i gotta go." i got out of the car and ran down to the field and stopped in front of my coaches. Niall looked at me and then his watch. "Wow. Right on time." i smiled. "Come on." niall walked me to a table where there were Jerseys folded and layed out side to side. 3 in each pile. "Okay, we have small medium and large for each number. So all you have to do is choose your size and number and then take that jersey" i nodded. I looked. There were only 6 numbers. 4, 10, 2, 16, 12, and 14. For some reason i really liked the number four so i chose a medium in that number. Niall quickly wrote it down. "okay now put it on and get out there where the rest of the group is. I followed his directions and put it on and walked out to the group. i looked at the other girls. "What are we doing out here?" "They're gonna tell us to do exercises in a minute." number 11 said. After a few minutes Coach Myers and Coach Niall walked out to the field. "Okay!" Coach Myers started. "Since there are 16 of You, were are going to split you up into two groups. Coach Niall gets even numbers i get odd numbers. Now, we are just going to be doing some exercises and warm ups before practice. got it?" everyone nodded. "Okay! Odd numbers follow me." the coach and all the odd numbered team mates went to the other side of the field. "Okay Group! line up!" Niall said gesturing. We all lined up and niall paced up and down the line talking to us and telling us which exercises we were going to do. "First, we are going to do leg lifts, then we'll do some lunges, and then squats. We have to get your legs worked up. So go ahead and lay on your backs and we'll begin." Everyone layed on their backs. "Alright i want you to do 30 leg lifts and then we'll take a two minute break and we'll do it again. Go." i lifted and lowered my legs. Niall still paced up and down the line giving short tips to the team mates every now and then. His Irish accent was heavy. It was cute though. His blue eyes sparkled every now and then. "Come ON number 4! Speed it up!!" i sat up and rested myself on my elbows. "I have a name." He put his hands on his knees to get lower to look at me. "Allyson, on this team, we have numbers and as long as your calling me coach Niall, i'll call you number 4 now speed it up!" i was surprised by his behavior. he had been so nice before. what changed? I layed back on my back and did leg lifts.
After Practice, when i sat in the parking lot waiting for dad, i saw niall walking to his car and i quickly walked up to him. "Hey." He smiled. "Hey Allyson whats up?" i put my hand on my hip. "I though i was just number 4?" "Oh well thats on the field, We're in the parking lot." I looked confused. So he's nice to me when we're not on the field but really pushy and tough ON the field?? Thats weird but okay. I just brushed it off my shoulder. I really didnt feel like arguing with anyone. Especially not someone as amazingly adorable as Niall. I watched as he placed some stuff in his car. The sun hit his skin perfectly. He was somewhat tan and the mixture of blonde and brunette in his hair went perfectly with his skin tone. I noticed he has a little splash of green in his deep oceany blue eyes. Wow,...what beautiful eyes. Ive never seen anyones eyes like his. His biceps were large which made me blush. I looked down for a moment. "Hey um, d-do you need a ride?" He asked breaking the silence. i checked my watch. My dad was 20 minutes late already. Yep. Forgot. Again. I rolled my eyes at my dad. When doesnt he forget to pick me up. "Sure. Thanks." i picked my bag up from the ground where i had dropped it. "Yeah" Niall replied, getting in the car. i got in the passenger side of his car. it smelled nice and it was clean.
"So tell me about yourself." He said after a few minutes. I thought for a moment. There really wasnt much to tell. "Well, im 17. im a junior in high school. Umm.." i notice him glance at me. "Obviously you have bullies in school as well?" i looked at him. "h-howd you know that.." he turned my wrist. i mentally face palmed. Duh. i have to start wearing long sleeves. allyson you are such an idiot. "oh..right.." i stated looking out the window. "Allyson, no matter what someone says there is always someone you can talk to. Whether you know them or not. and i guess now you do." "why is that?" he smiled. "because now you know me. and im always a phone call away." "but i dont know your nu-" "ill give it to you when we get to your house." i nodded. i thought to myself. Wow.. Irish,...indescribably cute and hot,.. and he's my friend now. Im on a freaking roll here. He parked the car and grabbed a pen and a napkin from the glove compartment and wrote his number and handed it to me. "here." i smiled. "Um, Thanks Niall." i began to get out of the car and he grabbed my wrist gently. "Hey." i looked at him. "No matter what anyone says, your beautiful okay?" i blushed. "Gee um,..thanks." "anytime." he let go of me. I got out of the car and he did a half smile and waved. i waved back and walked inside. wow...what on this godly earth...just happened...
