Chapter 11 : The match

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It was almost the end of the fourth period, and Beverly's team was losing of ten points. The boys were in the bleachers, encouraging their friends on the field the best they could. Jane was still on the bench, next to her coach. She hadn't played since the beginning of the match and had no hope of having her chance. She turned to her sister who was at the top of the bleachers and pouted to her. Max and Beverly, who were on the field, noticed their exchange of looks. The coach asked for a timeout, giving the girls the opportunity to help Jane.

- "Coach, we need Jane on the field!" Beverly began.

- "No, we are losing enough," the coach answered.

The two redheads watched Jane's face faded. They didn't understand why the coach was so rude with her, it was a friendly match, and Jane was the only one who hadn't played yet.

- "Maybe we will win thanks to her, if you don't give her a chance, we won't know," Max insisted.

- "But she can't play!"

- "I'm sorry but that's not true," Jenifer intervened. "She made lots of progress!"

- "And plus, she is like our mascot and lucky charm," Clara added.

- "Okay girls! Jane, you play."

- "Uh, really?" the girl asked, surprised.

- "Yes, really! Go on the field before I change my mind!"

Jane quickly stood. She turned to her sister and made a thumb up to her before running to the field. She was stressing a bit, she didn't want to disappoint the coach and the team, she was new and didn't want to have a bad reputation again.

Constance was in the bleachers, watching her sister smiling because she was playing. She didn't know how she managed to not laugh out loud everytime Jane was missing a ball or a pass from her friends. At least, her team wasn't blaming her, they were even laughing with her and encouraging her.

- "This girl sucks! She shouldn't be on the field," a man next to her grumbled.

Constance heard what he said but tried to ignore him. She hoped he had no daughters playing, she probably didn't have a funny life with him.

- "GO TO HELL, DYKE!" the man yelled.

- "Hey!" the blonde girl intervened. "Can you stop, it's just a match!"

- "When you play a match it's to win not to lose!"

The woman between them seemed embarrassed by the situation and clearly wanted to leave them alone.

- "They are having fun, it's all that matters!" Constance continued.

- "Let me guess, she is your daughter?" the man asked with a provoking tone.

- "Sister, and I'm really proud of her and happy to see her smile and have fun," the girl firmly said.

- "We understand, he is just a sportman," the woman between them intervened with a small voice.

Constance nodded and didn't insist. She preferred watching her sister enjoying her moment on the field.

The match finished. Jane had been so stressed that she was unable to aim at the basket correctly and was hating her for this. Thankfully, her team didn't care and all jumped on her shoulders to congratulate her for her first match.

- "How was it?" Beverly, who was on her back with a big smile, asked.

- "Really fun!" Jane answered.

Beverly rubbed her hair and rode Jane's back to the bench, the fist forward. Max went to the boys who were applauding her for her performance.

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