Girl Who Cried Wolf

Level Playing Field

"You didn't tell me they were coming." Sowon gave a mean look to the other girls that got out of the car. She didn't hate them and she didn't mind them being here, but she was hoping to only be with the original pack, just the six of them like it use to be.

"What? You scared they might beat you?" Eunbi teased her.

"I always win, Eunbi. I have no doubt in my mind that I won't win."

"How should we divide us into two teams?" Umji asked as she kept tossing the soccer ball in the air and catching it.

"How many of us are there?"

"Um," Eunbi paused as she began to count, "there are 10 of us."

"Ok so we split into two teams of five. Who should be captain?"

"The alpha and the former alpha," Yerin suggested, eyeing Eunbi and Sowon.

"That works. I'll let Eunbi pick first."

"I want Umji on my team." Eunbi chose her as her first pick, knowing that she'd do well.

"Ok then, I want Yuju." Sowon chose Yuju keeping in mind that she use to be on the track team, and she's just very athletic in general.

"I'll take Kungseo." Eunbi wore a sassy expression.

"Haeun." Sowon reached out for her hand. Haeun was equally as surprised as everyone else was.

"Eunha." Eunbi glared at Sowon.

"I choose Linzy."

"Seoyeon?" Eunbi looked at her as if she were asking for permission.

"Of course." Seoyeon quickly ran to her side.

"Come here, Yerin." Sowon motioned for her to stand by her side.

"Well, then it's settled." Eunbi clapped her hands together.

"Let's start the game." Sowon's team backed away while Umji set the ball down.

"Who will defend against who?" Yerin questioned before the game started.

"I don't know. Shouldn't it be Sowon and Eunha, then-"

"I'm not going to defend against Eunha. I'm going for Eunbi." Sowon had a competitive look in her eyes.

"Ok then Haeun will defend against Eunha, Linzy can block Umji, Yuju can block Seoyeon, and I will defend against Kungseo," Yerin said.

"Ready to start?" Eunbi asked.

"We were born ready." Yuju smiled.

"Here we go." Eunbi ran forward, taking the first kick at the ball.

Everyone on the opposing team ran directly to Eunbi, trying to steal the ball. Haeun was about to get the ball but Eunha tackled her to the ground, which wasn't exactly necessary for her to do so.

"Hey, hey! You can't tackle someone in soccer." Sowon immediately stopped the game so the play became a foul.

"You're really gonna call me out like that?" Eunha glared at her.

"I'm just playing fair." She shrugged in return.

"It's our ball now," Yerin claimed.

"No, we just restart the play." Eunbi refused to pass the ball to her.

"None of us even know how to play soccer so how do we really know what we're supposed to do?" Umji asked. Everyone suddenly looked at Eunha, hoping that she would be able to give a bit of insight.

"Soccer isn't my specialty," she responded with a shrug.

"Oh, fuck it. Let's just make up some random rules, yeah?" Eunbi raised an eyebrow, waiting for the others to agree with her.

"How will we decide the rules?"

"If we can all agree on them. Let's say that if it's a foul ball then the team gets a replay, deal?" Eunbi held out her hand for Sowon to shake.

"Deal." She nodded and stepped back.

Eunbi set the ball back down. She kicked it to Eunha because she was the only one open since Haeun seemed too confused to pay attention to the short girl. Sowon yelled for someone to stop her, and fortunately, Yerin was able to get to Eunha's side before Kungseo could block her from getting there.

"Now that's what I want to see!" Sowon clapped for Yerin once she stole the ball from Eunha.

Yerin made a quick turn around and headed for the goal. She had a disadvantage because she couldn't run as fast as them, but she hoped that they were nice enough to play fair and not use their advanced agility against her. She could see Kungseo coming at her from the corner of her eye. She knew she didn't have much time, so instead of going any further she kicked the ball from afar.

"Boom! Did you see that?" Yerin jumped up and down after scoring the first goal.

"Thank god I chose you to be on my team," Sowon sighed.

"Kick it to me," Yuju murmured before Sowon started the next play.

Sowon gazed at Linzy with a smirk. She was using snakes eye to trick them. She kept her eyes on Linzy as she swiftly kicked the ball to Yuju. She sprinted with the ball while the others were still a bit confused. Umji was unfazed though and went straight at her. She slid across the ground and tripped Yuju, making a leeway for Seoyeon to get the ball.

"Sorry, darling." Umji smiled as she helped Yuju get off the ground.

"Don't apologize, I'll get you back later." Yuju smirked as she headed back to her team.

"It's 1 vs. 1," Eunha remarked after Seoyeon scored a goal.

"A few more plays? It's getting late," Linzy announced after checking the time on her phone.

"A few more plays sounds fine."

"Alright. Let's win this." Eunbi wore a mischievous look before kicking the ball to Eunha. She figured Eunha would be her best teammate since she was more into sports than the other teammates.

Eunbi made her way down to the goal and waved her hands to get Eunha's attention. Eunha kicked the ball as hard as she could. It went flying down the whole field. Eunbi was getting ready to get it, but Sowon intercepted it using her chest.

The ball hit the floor and Sowon traveled down the field with it. Yuju helped Sowon get to the goal by blocking Eunbi to the best of her ability. Eunha waited down at the goalie for her, intending to block her from scoring.

"Eunha, sweetie, get out of the way." Sowon paused and motioned for her to move.

"Bitch, part of the game is to block you."

"I know, but I don't want to accidentally hit you in the face with the ball."

"Well, you better make a decision because they're coming over here." Eunha placed her hands on her hips as she watched the others coming up behind her.

"Okay, but you can't say I didn't warn you." Sowon took a slight step back. She glanced at the others coming behind her before using all her force to kick the ball. She had barely missed Eunha's head as it went straight into the net.

"I knew you wouldn't hit me." She winked.