(( ok guys heres your chance to show your stuff Give the girls a reason to come watch))
Another day of practice. Coach Waters is on the field hustling the boys through thier daily routines.
Kali slips quietly into her front row seat to watch. A soda in one hand and her bookbag in the other.
She has no clue what the game is about , other than guys chasing each other around for a lopsided ball but shes determined to learn.
How can she cheer for someone if she has no clue what to cheer for?
Giggling to herself she quietly mouths a made up cheer to herself....
Grab that guy throw Him down!
Grab that ball and spin around!
Goooooo Flyers!
She knows if anyone heard her they'd think she was nuts.
Turngin her attention to the field she gets out a notepad and begins to take notes on what she sees.
Understanding Football 101 class has begun
“Stasis Kiss: Sometimes you just have to do something drastic and shake things around a little. ”
Kali watched for a while, the whole thing not making too much sense. She knew well enough that the object was to get the football to one end of the field or the other, but what was going on at practice, just made little sense.
She watched as the boys lined up, 11 on one side, and 11 on the other, and she could figure out which side was offense, and which was defense, but it seemed like just as a play was going to start, both sides let up, and they started all over again from the same spot. After about an hour or so of this, she started to see that there were different ways they lined up, and different ways they ran the ball, or plays where they would throw the ball. It still looked very foreign, but she was catching on.
"All right ladies, line it up, full speed full contact" Coach Waters yelled, blowing on his whistle.
This was something new. Kali put down the notebook and lent her whole attention to what was going on. She saw a few players that she knew. Glacial Mass, in a specially designed suit to allow him to play without freezing others was lined up on the offensive side of the ball, lined up next to the ball. That's why he said he was an offensive lineman she perked, this bit of information clicking into place. On the opposite side were Linebacker Bill, Jaygo Jones and Biff Hannigan, who held his place prominently in the middle of the defensive part of the field, yelling codewords to the rest of the team. Back behind the line, was Oby. He'd told her he was a running back, and watching, that name started to make sense too.
All of them looked much more intent this time around, and Kali watched as the ball was given, No. Snapped. to another player. Soon, she saw Glacial Mass move to his left, and hit another boy full on, opening a gap. Oby took the ball from the other boy, and took off for the gap that Glacial had opened up. He made it to the hole, and Kali thought that was it. After all, that'd been where they'd stopped all the other times. The action on the field continued, and she saw Jaygo and Biff bearing down on where Oby was running. As Jaygo lowered his shoulders to try and hit Oby, there was a loud clack, as helmet and shoulder pads met. Oby spun off the tackle, looking for more open field, and Kali winced as Biff drove his shoulder into Oby's chest, driving him backwards into the turf. Kali thought that there would be a fight after that hit, but much to her amazment, Jaygo came over and helped both Biff and Oby up. Oby grabbed Biff's facemask, knocked his forehead against Biffs, who obviously said something, since she saw Oby shake his head, and his shoulders shake with a laughter. Biff gave the smaller boy a cuff to the head as he jogged back to the offensive side, and a high five to Jaygo.
They lined it back up to do it all over again.
Sometimes the only way to see the light, is a journey through darkness
Ok so.... shes getting the drift of things now.
She figures she would probibly know who most of these guys are if she knew whos number was who . It was hard to tell through the helmets.
She watches worriedly as Oby gets tackled . The collision of the three boys making her wince and grab her folded arms.
" oooooo thats gotta hurt" she says aloud.
The plays follow through and Coach calls them together again before dismissing them for the afternoon.
" Alright ladies thats it for today ! I expect to see all of you back tomorrow same time. No excuses." Coach Waters calls out. His voice booms over the boys chatter and Kali wonders if they hear Him .
As the boys run past she waves and smiles at Glacial .
She waves at Jaygo and Bifff as they pass and calls out to them
" nice ummm.... knock down ....thingy" Her hands go up with a shrug to signal shes not sure what its called.
The two just laugh and Jaygo calls back
"Tackle Kali , its called a tackle"
Biff grins and says something to Jaygo she doesnt hear.
A blush crosses her cheeks and she just waves .
And then Oby comes, He stops and asks
" so what did you think? "
"well .... its interesting" she replies with a grin.
" I gotta go Kal but Ill catch you in a bit ok? " Oby says as He quickly kisses her forehead and runs for the locker room.
She waves and goes back to gather her bookbag,
Tomorrow .... Understanding Football class 2 .
(( ok all you football guys... tell your story here! never know , maybe the cheer squad will have to come watch sometimes... or one of the many other girls that need a date for the dance! so stop being shy and strut your stuff here!))
“Stasis Kiss: Sometimes you just have to do something drastic and shake things around a little. ”
The sun shines brightly down on the playing field and Kali wonders how these guys take the heat with all thier equipment on.
Shes supposed to meet Mythral here to introduce Him to Coach Waters.
Sitting on the front bleacher watching the players run through thier drills , she flashes a smile and lil wave at Oby as he runs past.
" Hi there Ma'am , sorry if you had to wait long , I'm still learning my way around her somewhats"
Mythrals Texas drawl catches her attention and she stands to politley take His hand in hers as He tips His hat if there'd been one there.
"Heyyyy!!! no I didnt wait long at all , and beisdes they're used to me sitting here alot anyways so its no worries" she replies with a grin.
"soon as they're done running through this I'll take you to meet the coach ok? Hes a lil bit gruff but don't let that get to ya the guys all think the world of him"
Kali sits down on the bleacher seat again and pats the spot next to her.
" have a seat and tell me what position you play in this thing they tell me is football" A wide smile spreads across her face as Mythral takes his seat beside her.
“Stasis Kiss: Sometimes you just have to do something drastic and shake things around a little. ”
Kinda sore from last nights antics and annoyed from lack of sleep, stoned walks down toward the field watching the teams practice go on. Never having been to a school that had spirit he really didn't know what to make of all of it.
He mutters to himself "football is so lame." and kicks a pebble as he makes his way toward the bleachers. Not knowing how to play made him feel a little dumb and out of the loop.
"couldn't be that hard to play" he said as he eyed a ball wondering how heavy it could possibly be. "if i can hurl a 100 boulder 30 yards..." trails off as he see's kali sitting with myth. Kali glances over to stoned and smiles. changing direction slightly and heading toward kali stoned now feels a bit better about how the day is gonna turn out.
*thump*
Stoned bends over to pick the ball up and looks around for the assailant, noticing everyone looking at him and laughing including kali. out of the corner of his eye he see's Coach Waters looking at him intently as he realized what was just said. "Are you going to throw the ball or are you gonna stare at it? why don't you just walk it over here so you don't hurt yourself."
Having had enough of jokes at his expense stoned hurled the ball as hard as possible toward the mocking coach. all watched in awe as the ball flew from close to the 30 yrd line past the 50 and plowing into the coaches midsection at the oppisite 20, knocking the wind from him. By the time everyone seemed to look for stoned he was allready gone.
Kali's smile changes to a look of concern as she notices Stone has dissappeared.
" excuse me please Myth.... Ill be back but if they finnish that guy there * she points to Coach Waters* is who You need to speak to"
Standing , she looks around for Stone but cant seem to find Him.
She grabs her bookbag and takes off across the quad in a sprint hoping she can find Him and talk for a bit.
Unable to see Him near , Kali takes a seat near the main building under a tree.
She pulls her knees up under her chin and folds her arms across her knees to rest her head.
maybe he will see me here and come talk to me
she thinks to herself.
Reaching into her bookbag she pulls out a small leather pouch and withdraws and object wrapped in layers of soft cloth.
The tiny crystal bird glimmers in the sunlight and she gazes quietly as she waits.
“Stasis Kiss: Sometimes you just have to do something drastic and shake things around a little. ”
*he watches as Kali walks off then turns his attantion back to the field.* But as he sits and thinks of everything that has happened resently he decides maybe its best he doesnt join football right now. I mean he knows he may not even stay here and go to school so whats the point. *he stands and walks away slowly*
Eshva came runing up the field with her purple hair flying behind her. She'd heard there was a foot ball pratice going on and she'd never watched the sport before. Looking to the side she watched as Obs tossed the ball arround.
*Crash!*
Eshva had ran right into myth knocking them both over.
"Oh my gosh! Sorry!!"
Eshva extends a hand to help myth get up.
Eshva
Dearest Heavenly Father;
I know your awfully busy right now,
But all I ask is for one small thing now,
Please Heavenly Father,
Please take care of my friends at this time.
Oby laughed as he watched Eshva crash into Myth, and the ensuing pile up. He waited till Eshy had helped Mythral to his feet. "Hey, Eshy, you keep making tackles like that and Coach waters is going to suit you up and put you on the field!"
Sometimes the only way to see the light, is a journey through darkness
watching Ob, Eshy and Myth. stoned grins to himself and walks over to them. "Hey eshy you're only supposed to tackle him if he has the ball." Laughing stone looks over at Ob and motions that he's like to talk to him. "Hey Stoned what's up?" Stone glancing over to eshy and myth making sure they're out of earshot says, "how do i go about trying out for football?"
Another day of practice.
Kali sits on the bleachers munching on a handful of spicey cheese-its she "found" when wandering the dorms , a cold lime coke sits sweating onto the bleacher seat next to her.
A notebook in hand she doodles on the lined paper as she watches the antics going on around her.
A loud thud followed by peels of laughter from Oby catch her attention and she glances up in time to see the group of friends helping Myth up and chatting.
Watching quietly she flashes Oby a smile and a wave and returns to doodling. The notebook page is filling up with flowers , hearts , happy faces and quiggly lines surrounding and entertwining between the rest of the goofy artwork.
Suddenly a second thud catches her attention as the ball lands haphazardly near her feet followed closely by a herd of rushing football players closely in pursuit. She squeels loudly as she jumps from her seat , hovering slightly above and hugging the notebook tightly.
Watching the group of boys as they crash not only into each other but the bleacher she was rested upon as well, she begins to giggle as she responds....
" I dont know who but one of You guys owes me a coke!"
“Stasis Kiss: Sometimes you just have to do something drastic and shake things around a little. ”
Seraph watches Stoned walk over, and is pleasantly shocked by the question.
"Talk to Coach Waters, Stoned." A slow smile spreads over his face. "He's the guy you bent in half with your throw. I'm sure he'll want a word."
Watching the wince on Stoned's face, Oby laughed a bit. "Nah, really, after that throw? I'm sure he'll want to talk." Between catches and tosses back to Myth, he turned back to Stoned "He's a good guy, for a coach, he may only make you run for a week to make it up to him." Oby laughed again. "Kidding. Just tell him you're interested."
Sometimes the only way to see the light, is a journey through darkness
Walking across the field feeling half doomed, Stoned approches Coach Waters. From where he was he could hear the coach yelling "come on ladies i said run, that mean hustle!" Finally arriving at the coach Stoned taps his shoulder and says "Excuse me Coach Waters i was wondering if i could try out?"
Turning aroung the coach yells "A big guy like you should be on my field. Yer got a hellava arm too. Go get changed yer late to practice you owe me 10 laps!"
With a satisfied grin Stone heads off to the locker room.
Eshva stood a little futher back watching the boys play this sorta new sport infront of her. Still embrassed from crashing in to Myth yesterday and the comments that followed.
No way they'd let a girl play on the foot ball team. I don't even know the rules..
A slight smile appeared as she spotted Too runing laps.
oop! I bet he got in some trouble
She looked at Kali from afar and wondered how much she knew. As she played with the grass on the ground
Eshva
Dearest Heavenly Father;
I know your awfully busy right now,
But all I ask is for one small thing now,
Please Heavenly Father,
Please take care of my friends at this time.
The huddle of boys chuckle at Kali as they crawl from the pile up.
" sure Kali we can get you another coke after practice " one of them hollar back as they run back toward the field.
Kali hovers slowly back to the ground and picks up her belongings , moving slightly farther down the bench to a non- coke covered seat.
As she sits her things back down on the bench , she sees Eshy sitting playing in the grass and approaches her.
" hey you" Kali says as she smiles warmly . " why ya sittin over here all alone? c'mon over on the bench and watch with me. I have chips and I'll share"
Kali's grin is wide and she hopes the other girl will join her. Maybe it will take some of the rumors off her usually being the only girl here watching.
“Stasis Kiss: Sometimes you just have to do something drastic and shake things around a little. ”