We Come Alive 5

Friday Night Lights

Friday evening, Clover had gotten a message from Ricky telling her he needed some help at the athletic building and to meet her on the football field. When Clover pulled up in her new car that her mom had bought her, a simple four door red car, she noticed there were more cars then she expected there. When she got out and walked into the grass to meet him at the field, she froze seeing not only Ricky, but the rest of their friend group, and a bunch of their teammates from both past and present and Manny on the sidelines with Esmeralda in her arms.

"What...?" She whispered. "What's going on?"

Ricky chuckled as he walked towards her and tossed a duffle bag to her. Clover caught it with both hands and opened it. It was her old football gear she had left at Mateo's house. Her practice jersey, cleats, and padding.

"Well, you'd told me that you've been feeling lonely lately. So..." Ricky looked back at the Jaguars then to her. "Why don't we play one last game together? For old times sake?"

"What do you say?" Ethan asked, holding up the padding in his hand.

Clover smiled widely. "I say you're about to get your ass kicked again."

All the boys cheered and ran off to get ready. Clover rushed over to Manny to help her quickly change into the padding. Manny quickly braided Clover's hair back like she always would and helped her buckle up the padding. When she finished, she made sure Esmeralda was still sitting on the sideline bench playing with her toys.

"I'll admit." Manny chuckled, seeing Clover throw on the jersey. "You always do make this padding and helmet look good."

Clover laughed, putting her cleats on and tying them. "What can I say? I have great fashion sense."

Manny giggled and nodded. "I'll miss these days on this field believe it or not. I could never replace the boys. That might be the hardest part of this."

Clover looked at Manny in disgust. "You're always going to be my best friend." She told her. "Those boys could never compare to what we got. They're my brothers, but you're my other half."

Manny teared up and put her hands to her face. She then hugged Clover tightly, but Clover playfully rolled her eyes. "Let's not have a big soap opera about it." She joked.

When they broke apart, Manny clapped for her as she ran onto the field and got behind her center. She watched as Clover called out the play, caught the ball from her center, and found a receiver to throw it to.

Jacob caught the ball with a beautiful one handed catch and ran down the side of the field. He laughed and tried to outrun Andrew, but he eventually caught up to him. Andrew tackle Jacob and the two rolled around out of bounds. They laughed while helping each other up.

"Starting the game off strong, I see." Andrew admired. "You've come a long way with those catches, white boy."

Jacob smiled brightly. "Thank you. I see you've gotten faster with the knee. Too bad you can't keep up with me."

Andrew playfully shoved Jacob which he returned back to his dumb Asian friend. They tossed the ball back towards the line of scrimmage where Ricky caught it. He held it out to Clover and looked her in the eyes.

"Here you go, quarterback." He said.

Clover took it. "Thank you, fullback."

They got into position and put the play in action. Clover handed it off to Jose who ran down the middle of the field and looked Stephen right in the eye as they came towards one another. Jose jumped right over Stephen's head when Stephen went for the tackle.

The entire field erupted into screams and yells as Jose stopped in the endzone and did a dance. He did it more energetically when Ethan joined in with him.