Homecoming

Hoco

Clove

Sweat drips off my forehead as I take a gulp of water from my spot on the bleachers.

"2 more minutes!" I shout to the other girls, panting in the hot gymnasium.

"I really like Katniss as an outside and Johanna as a middle," Glimmer says scribbling notes on her clipboard.

Five days in and Glimmer and I are holding our last day of volleyball tryouts.

"Yeah, and I think Annie has been playing really well on rightside. Rue would be a good DS too, she's improved so much since last year. Then what if we had Madge play rightside as well, and kept Enobaria as a middle?" I reply, looking over her shoulder.

Glimmer nods and sketches a rough lineup.

"Then that leaves us looking for an outside and a setter."

I nod and take another sip of water before rounding up the girls in the gym.

"Okay ladies, we have 2 more spots on the team, we're going to have a quick scrimmage to determine the last remaining spots. The team roster will be up in the gym tomorrow morning!" I announce.

"So on this side I wanna see Johanna playing middle, Katniss on the outside, Annie as a rightside, Rue right back! On the other side I need Enobaria in the middle, Madge as the rightside, Prim setting, Finch play outside! Everyone else fill in!" Glimmer shouts.

The girls begin to play and we switch other girls in once in awhile so they don't feel bad.

"Damn, Prim has gotten good. Do you think it's a good idea to keep Katniss and Prim?" Glimmer asks me, gnawing at the tip of her eraser.

"I mean, Katniss played great last year, and she and her sister seem to get along very well, plus Prim is a great setter and she's only a sophomore," I say.

As if to illustrate my point, Prim sets a perfect 1 to Enobaria whose attack is blocked by Johanna and Katniss, but saved again by Prim who passes it up to Madge.

"Okay, I'm convinced," Glimmer says impressed.

We let the girls continue to play for a bit longer before dismissing them and taking a seat on the bleachers.

"Ok so we're keeping Katniss and Prim, Johanna and Enobaria, Annie and Madge, Rue and Finch, and us?" I say, confirming Glimmer's lineup.

"Looks good, so I'll print this out tonight then!"

"Boo!" Glimmer and I whip around to see Marvel grinning behind us on the bleachers.

"You can't do that to me Marvel!" Glimmer whines, giving her boyfriend a shove.

"It's not my fault! You two are taking forever!" Marvel complains, dropping down to sit next to his girlfriend.

Marvel and Glimmer have been dating since freshman year, and by now, senior year, they're basically the entire school's power couple.

"You two sound like an old married couple," I tease, giving the lineup one more look over.

Glimmer rolls her eyes at me and gives me a shove too.
"You're so dramatic Clover," she says grinning.

"Hey, you'd be dramatic too if you were your best friend's third wheel for four years," I tell her.

"Ha, third wheel my ass. I happen to know that you've done your fair share of rejecting Clover," Marvel says laughing, "I'm pretty sure half the boys at this school have asked you out at some point, but you always say no."

I shrug, guilty as charged.

"At least we're finally done with tryouts," I say switching the subject.

"Very true, I hate tryouts," Glimmer agrees.