Soccer, School, Friends, and More...

This is Where I Belong

My family and I had just arrived at my new house.  It was part of a small neighborhood, each house having a decent sized yard, which is for practicing soccer in.  My house was a tannish color, two story, normal suburb looking house, which is the perfect size for my family.  I had 2 older sisters, Perry and Katie, and 1 younger brother, Jeffery.

As I was unloading boxes from the U-haul, I saw, who must be my neighbor,  walking out of her house, going to her car.  I could tell she was athletic, since she had a nice body, and she was carrying a big gym bag.  I wondered if she played soccer?  

I went to grab another box when I sensed someone come up behind me.  I turned to meet the face of the girl, she was smiling at me.  She was a couple inches taller than me and pretty built.  She would be tough to play against I thought.  She had curly hair and really bright teeth that practically blinded me when she smiled at me.

"Hi," she said, "You must be my new neighbor.  I'm Lauren Cheney, but my friends call me Chen," she said, sticking out her hand for me to shake.

"Hi, I'm Tobin Heath, people call me Tobin or Tobs," I said while shaking her hand.

"So I can't call you Tobykinz?"  She asked, blinding me with her smile again.

"Yeah, no thanks."

"Toby?"

"Hmmm, I'll have to think about that one, only the people closest to me can call me Toby."

"Oh okay.  So, Tobin, how old are you?"

"I'm going to be a freshman this year."

"Really? So am I!  Do you play any sports?"

"Well I love to play soccer.  I was actually going to see if it's too late to join the school team tomorrow."

"Lucky for you, I play soccer for the school.  I'm on the 9th grade team and I happen to know that you're just in time!"

"Really?  That's awesome!"

"Yeah!  I was actually heading to practice soon, if you want to come my mom can give you a ride."

"Wow, that would be great!  Let me ask my mom real quick, and grab my bag and ball."

"Sure, I'll meet you at my mom's car."

.......

About 15 minutes later we arrived at the field.  It was really nice here, a lot nicer than my old school.  They had a full stadium so we could play under the lights.  We were walking to the field when a couple girls came up behind us.

"Hey guys, this is Tobin, she wants to join the team." Lauren said when they caught up to us.

"Hey, you guys can also call me Tobs if you want, but please don't call me Toby.  Lauren's already tried, but she failed." I said.

"Why can't we call you Toby, Tobin?" a girl with beautiful blue eyes and long brown hair asked.  She was stunning, the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.  I've never really been sure if I was into girls or guys considering I've never dated anyone before, or even had a crush.  But this girl, I am definitely crushing in this girl and I don't even know her name yet.

"Uhh...be...because only special people can call me Toby."  I managed to make out.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah Chen, whatever helps you sleep at night."  A shorter, freckled girl said.  "I'm Kelley by the way, coolest person on the team."

"According to who Kell?"

"The squirrels, duh!"  This got everybody giggling.

"I'm Amy, aka A-rod.  Don't mind Kelley, she spends too much time dreaming about squirrels talking to her that she's actually starting to think it's real."