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october  ❀ age 15 -16       

"ah mr tozier. finally caring to join us" the coach crossed his arms as richie walked on the field wearing the football wear, under the eyes of the other students.

"I had to figure out which wear goes where" richie sighed and held his helmet under his arm. he walked in the end of the semi circle.

"right! boys! as you may just noticed. we have a new player on our team, richie tozier everyone" the coach pointed at richie who waved his hand shortly at the other boys who chuckled a bit.

"tozier, do you have any idea how to play this?" the coach asked.

"i know the rules but I've never really played" richie spoke truthfully.

"I see...well, you play first as a defensive tackle. you have nice and broad shoulders for that. everyone, take places!" the coach clapped his hands and the boys ran on the field, getting on their spots.

"good luck, tozier" one of the guys said to richie who was putting on his helmet. richie looked after the boy, who he knew was gibbs fogarty. the offensive player. the most important player on the team. not to mention he really was the school's most wanted boy. he was handsome, an attractive attitude, an amazing player. every girl wants him and every guy wants to be like him.

he was a jock, what could richie say.

"and I'm expecting to see a fair game! this is rehearsing after all, but still, keep in mind, we're playing against the visiting town in a month! keep it clean, guys!" the coach yelled before blowing into his whistle.

the offensive player placed the ball on the ground and then kicked it in the air.

that was richie's que to attack the person in front of him. their chests collided as richie got pushed back immediately. he's never played this game before, so he had no idea at what was coming and how strong the other player would push forward. richie muttered few swear words as he tried to keep his balance.

"tozier come on come on!" the coach yelled, paying no kind of attention to the ball, but to the new player who seemed to suck at this sport. "come on, fight back!"

richie tried to push forwards, but was eventually knocked over, sending a shot of pain through his spine. "fuck!"

richie heard the coach blow to his whistle. "okay, stop!"

"sorry man" the player who had pushed against him said and offered his hand. spenser parnell gave richie a reassuring smile while pulling richie up, who was already done with this game.

"tozier, i'm going to repeat my question. do you have any idea how to play this game?" the coach walked to them, spreading his arms.

"it's my first game, did you expect me to become a number one in three seconds?" richie lifted his brows.

the coach gave him a short smile, until looking at the other players. "good job guys, let's keep up the good work. play a little nicer for ms tozier over here"

"no, no i want us to play hard" richie growled, everyone turning to him. "i want everyone to be as best as they can, push back harder than before. i'm not a miss, coach. you've been mistaken" richie said and got back to his place. he heard quiet whispers behind him.