Bea Messina

I didn't want to come to school today, but of course I had to.

I rode my motorcycle to school today and stopped at Starbucks before being late for home room. Mr. Williamson wasn't very happy, I brought him a coffee to though, then it was all good.

"Bea, you should try out for the team, we need the extra man-power if we're gonna beat the knights this year." Noah says as we sit in the cafeteria at the typical centre table.

Girls were literally glaring holes into my head, I could feel their laser focus on me, they were just jealous, they had seen me arrive with Ace this morning.

"First of all, I'm not a man. Secondly, I don't want to be the only girl on the team too, every girl in this school is already glaring holes into my head as it is. Can you imagine what they'd do if they found out we go on school trips and stay in hotels together?" I ask fiddling with my water bottle on the table.

"Fuck what they think, I think it will be awesome to have you on the team and it'll definitely rattle the opposing team, ruin their ego a bit." Weston says chiming into the conversation.

I sigh and look to Ace who seems to be listening silently, "What do you think?" I ask, waiting for his answer.

He thinks about for a minute and then answers, "You should do it, you'll probably be starting quarter back, I agree with Weston, it'll ruin their egos to get destroyed by a girl." He smirks and looks down to his untouched sandwich.

"You know, for football player you don't eat a lot. Speaking of which what's for supper tonight?" I ask, getting completely off topic.

We've had pizza or Chinese food every day this week so far. They all shrug and look to me. "Noah, Luke and Rylan your coming with me grocery shopping. We'll meet back at the house and I'll let you guys ride in the Devil. We need real food in that house, it's not healthy to eat pizza and Chinese food all the time."

"See, this is why she's the smart one, it's a good thing she's strong and people listen to her. It's not like I suggested we get groceries last week, oh wait, I did!" Isaac says rolling his eyes.

I giggle and take a few bites from the sandwich I've been poking at all lunch.

"If you want to try-out, you'll have to do it next block. Coach only has a few blocks of try-outs every year and you have to know someone to know when they are." Noah says shoving his water bottle in his bag that's resting on the floor at his feet.

"You guys wanna come watch?" I ask doing the same.

"If there's a reason to skip class, hell yeah." Luke answers smiling widely.

I shake my head and they all throw their lunch and water bottle back in their bags. They all nod to each other and stand at the same time.

We walk out of the cafeteria in a hoard, I see a few girls glaring at me and I smirk, sending a wink towards them as I pass.

They scoff and roll their eyes, I giggle and continue down the hall towards the gym.

When I get there, I go into the change room and put on my black spandex shorts and my grey Calvin Klein sports bra.

I quickly throw my hair up in a ponytail and grab my water bottle on my way out.

The minute I step out, all eyes are on me, it seems that the entire team is in the gym, not just the half that I live with.

"What's the hot chick doing in our practice?" A guy asks smirking pointing over to me. A while ago I learned his name was Spencer.

I look over to Noah who's looking the other way and trying to avoid my death glare.

I slowly walk over to him and grab him by the collar, pulling his face parallel to mine since he's quite a bit taller.

"Noah, did you lie to me when you said I could try out this block?" I asked in a collected manner.

"Maybe." He answered quietly. But he quickly piped up to defend himself, "it was so we could get you here, you never would've come, plus the couch is looking for someone new since Hunter broke his jaw." I giggle and let go of his collar.

I look back to the boys who seem to be staring at me in awe, "Well? Are we gonna go out to the field or just stand here all day?" I ask crossing my arms over my chest.

I hear Ace chuckle and he chorales the boys outside.

"Who's this?" An older man says looking over the crowd of boys to see my petite figure among them. I'm assuming this is the coach.

"This coach, is your next quarter back, meet Bea Messina." I push my way through the boys and end up knocking Luke over.

"Sorry Luke but y'all need to move." I say giving my hand and helping him up.

He nods his thanks and falls back into the hoard as I step forward to shake hands with the coach, "Nice to meet you Coach."

"You too Bea, I'm afraid you can't play though. We banned girls from playing with the boys a long time ago to ensure they didn't get hurt with their smaller frame." He says shrugging a bit.

"No coach, just give her a shot. She's stronger than half the guys on this team, she's not allowed to play with the girls either because they could get hurt too." Rylan says, stepping up to defend me.

"Really?" The coach says looking to me.

"Yeah, I broke some girl named Ashley's leg. In my defence, she had the ball and was just standing there." I said with a shrug.

He sighed and shook his head, muttering something I couldn't quite catch, "Fine, but if you get hurt, it's not my fault."

"Oh I won't, if anything, one of these guys are gonna get hurt." I say motioning to the happy guys crowded around me.

I shake my head and run to the track. Everyone just stares at me silently, "Well? Are you guys gonna run some laps to warm up or something or you gonna stand there and stare like idiots?" I call back to the group.

They look to the coach and he nods, I hear multiple protests but they start after a while.

They are so slow! I swear an old lady could go fast than them. I lapped them all and I was barely in a jog, I have shorter legs! I shouldn't be faster than them.

When coach finally pulled them in to call the teams, I was relieved I didn't have to watch that anymore. Some of them were even panting, geez these boys are out of shape.

"Ok, on the first team we have: Bea, Luke, Noah, Spencer, Rylan, Weston, Richie, Raphael, Isaac, Taylor and Charles. Everyone else is under Aces advisement."

I quickly walk to Ace, "Good luck." I quickly shake his hand and smirk, I see he swallows the lump in his throat but masks it with a smirk as well. 

The guys all huddle up and I join, "The play is Wing T 69 Bootleg Right." They seem astonished I even know what that is. "You guys just follow the plays I say and we'll beat them.

They nod and break from the huddle, running to their positions. I nod to them and the play begins.

One thing I hate about my team, Spencer's on it and trying to fuck me over. When I went to pass him the ball, he was in the wrong spot and I got tackled.

I shook my head and got up, walking up to a snickering Spencer. I grabbed him by his collar and pulled him to my level, much like I did to Noah. "Is there a reason you ran left instead of right?" I ask calmly. "If your trying to make me look incompetent in front of the coach, that'll only work if every other person goes the wrong way as well. Right now, you look like a dumb jock who doesn't know their right from their left. Run the right play next time." I say letting go and going to the group of amazed boys.

"Same play?" Weston asks bringing them all back to attention.

"Nope, you're up Weston, run left and deep, the rest of you do the same as last time, you all did great. This time, Spencer's gonna run right like he's supposed to." I turn to the scowling football player to see him slightly nod. "Good, don't hold back, I want Ace to feel this to next week." They chuckle and nod, going to line up.

This time, the pay goes perfectly.

Play after play, we score on the other team and Ace gets tackled relentlessly.

It was great to watch actually.

After we had won, by a landslide, I lost count after a while, we went to the coach to hear his thoughts.

We all huddled around him silently, "Bea you definitely showed great skills out there." He said after sighing heavily. "But I don't know if I can bring you on." He said and the crowd of boys erupted into people trying to get me a spot.

"Guys! Shut up! He didn't say no, he said I don't know ya numbskulls." I say quieting them down instantly.

The coach smiles, he looks at me longingly and then sighs deeply, "Since the boys like you so much, you've got a spot in the starting line up."

This causes the boys around me to erupt in cheers and pick me up and hug me. I'm practically weightless to these guys.

I smile and laugh as they pass me around till I'm in Ace's arms. I look up into his beautiful blue eyes and everything around us seems to disappear. His eyes gleam and his mouth seems to turn up into a slight smile. One that couldn't help but make me smile as well.

Remembering our senses, I jumped from his arms and landed back on the ground.

Looking around the guys seemed not to notice our moment and were still excited. "Pool Party at my house at 7." I say over their loud voices, somehow, they got even louder.

I looked back to where Ace was to see he was already half way in the school. I sighed and chorale the others in as well. They are all just a bunch of sweethearts really.

This party though, it's going to amazing. When we go grocery shopping later, we're gonna pick up snacks and drinks.

I just hope I don't get slutty girls in my house.