The Game Plan

12

The next day after practice, I invited Kenz and the boys out to dinner.

"Let's go get food." I said, throwing my bag in the back of the truck.

"I can't!" Luke practically yelled at me.

"Okay..." I said, giving him a confused look.

"Well, can anyone else come?" I asked.

Matt and Kenz looked at eachother before focusing their eyes on me.

"We have a uh date." Matt said.

"Oh well no worries. Let's just reschedule. Enjoy your 'uh date'." I said.

Didn't believe them for a second.

"Mom! Can we go out to dinner!" I yelled, walking into the kitchen when I got home.

"Dad's working late. I don't see why not." She said, putting down the magazine she was reading.

"Why don't you ask the guys and Kenz." She asked, grabbing her bag.

"Well. Matt and Kenz have an 'uh date'." I said with air quotes, "And Luke screamed at me that he can't hang out."

"That boy is something." She laughed, getting into her car.

A few minutes away, Kenz, Matt, and Luke were also getting into a car.

"Where are we going?" Kenz asked, sitting in the passenger seat.

"Well we have on good authority that the captain will be at the local gym." Matt said, backing out of Luke's driveway.

"The captain?" She asked.

"Yes the captain." He said.

"Why the captain?" She asked.

He gave her a weird look.

"Because he's the captain of the team. If we sit down with him maybe we can get insight into the team." He said.

Kenz decided to keep her mouth shut, and hoped that the two nimrods in the car with her didn't screw anything up.

They pulled into the gym and walked through the front door.

"Hello fine sir, we are in the field for a gym membership." Luke said, leaning on the counter.

The teenager behind the counter looked from Luke to Matt to Kenz and back to Luke.

"Okay?" He said.

"Can we look around?" Kenz asked nicely, trying to save them from Luke's attempt.

"Sure." He smiled, unable to resist Kenz.

"What does he look like?" Matt asked.

"Oh no! I don't recognize him without a helmet." Luke said, panicking.

Kenz scanned the weight lifting room and pointed to Nick, who was lifting by himself in the corner.

"I'm not even going to ask how you know its him." Matt said, shaking his head and walking over.

"Nick Morgan?" Matt asked.

Nick dropped the weight and smiled.

"Yeah." He said, reaching out to shake Matt's hand.

"I'm Matt Lyons from Friarburg." He said, reaching his hand.

"Luke Greenburg." Luke said, shaking his hands.

"McKenzie Dillon." Kenz said, grabbing his hand.

"Can I help you?" Nick asked, smiling at the three of them.