Two Sided Love
part 31
303""Today at the rec games, I reffed two games in a row with Max, a kid who was two years
younger than me. By the time we were done, I was so tired. Jason was at the other fields. I walked over to the pavilion and gave in my shirt, whistle, timer, cards, and flags. I waited for all the other refs to come back, too. Jason and his best friend, Eric, walked over first. They sat across from me. I waited for one of them to start talking...
"Dude, Ray bent it into the net, corner kick. It was crazy," Eric said finally.
Ray was Eric's little brother. His little sister, Avery, came up after. She hugged Jason.
"Jayjay," she said.
"Ave, what's up?"
"Nothing, we lost."
Jason shrugged, Avery walked over to me, and hugged me.
"You're one of the two people I'd ever hug..."
I smiled at this. Obviously the second was Jason. He smiled too. Avery always knew how to make everyone's days.
We all just sat there. It wasn't an awkward moment, but a nice one. We were all friends. Maybe that's all we'd ever be.
"Ahh. Okay we should probably go now, Eric."
"Okay. Bye, Cat."
I looked confused.
"We're going to an Army vs. Navy game."
"Oh okay."
They just turned around and left. Wow.
I just sat there. I closed my eyes, drifted asleep. Deeply into sleep.
I woke up in the middle of the field, red card in my hand, Jason shaking me awake.
"Cat. Caaaat. Cat, wake up."
I opened my eyes.
"What did I do?"
He pointed to the biggest kid on the team, then the red card in my hand. I think I got the picture. I got back up.
"No, no, no, no, no. You can't keep reffing. We've gotta get you home."
"Honestly, I'm fine."
He let me keep going. It's not like he can tell me what to do. We ended the game and we just went home. I guess I need to keep working on getting him to know me more.