A Loving soccer Season To Begin
Chapter 8
The next morning I woke up to find my phone right next to me. Oh great I passed out on Caleb, I check my phone and I had a text probably from Caleb.
Caleb: Good night sweet dreams(:
Awww he's so sweet. I got up and ate some cereal. I went to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth, I wore capris and a green v-neck from abrecrombie. I then applied eyeliner and mascara to my very dark brown eyes and tied my somewhat long dark straight hair in a high pony tail. Slipping on my black converse I packed up my school books and my dad drove me to school. I couldn't wait for practice, I was so excited to see Caleb. The day was going by so slow and math was the worse, during the class we were taking notes about graphing I was practically drifting off to sleep. What felt like forever I woke up when a crumbled piece of paper hit my face, I looked up and around it was Michael who threw it at me, guess he didn't want me took get into trouble. I glanced over at the clock , what the, only 5 minute went by, ugh. When the dismissal bell rang, finally, I left my 4th block class and rushed to my locker to get my things. The locker room was packed and I could hardly change into my shorts and T-shirt, ugh. I am complaining way too much I need to stop that, ok no more complaining I promise. Kelsey came over to me and we walked over outside, it was hot, hopefully we won't have to work too hard. We sat on the turf and waited for the coach to come, Jenny and I put on our matching cleats. They were pumas, black with lime green, they were beautiful. We didn't do much in practice, we did more drills and the guys helped us out. During every practice Caleb and I got to know each other, we would play 20 questions. The last couple of minutes of practice we got into groups and played keep away. The next two weeks we had our first game at this one school named Keller High. The night before I went to sleep early and woke up early to straighten my hair I had to dress 'pretty' today it's some rule in the school that when there's a game or meet we have to dress up. It's not that I don't like dressing up I mean I do but ehh, I went over to my closet and put on a lacy navy blue skirt that went to my waist with a white v-neck shirt and wore my black ballet flats. I never wore heels, they're pretty but they're just not me. I applied my eyeliner and mascara grabbed my tote and soccer bag and my dad drove me to school. When I arrived I saw some of the girls from the team all dressed up and they complimented me, I usually don't dress pretty I'm a casual girl. After school the team gathered by the gym most of the guys were there, they were coming to see us play, that's when I saw Caleb he was walking into the gym. He was wearing a green aeropostale shirt and some cargo shorts, he walked up to and said.
"Wow Lexi. I almost didn't recognize you. You look beautiful." Did he just say I looked beautiful? Butterflies started fluttering inside my stomach.
"Uhh thanks Caleb that's really sweet of you." I said biting my lip trying to hide my smile. We took the bus and I sat with Kelsey kinda nervous to sit with Caleb after what happened. "Oh my gosh! what did Caleb say?" she whispered eager to know what he told me, "He said I looked beautiful, he must be blind." I whispered back trying to deny what he told me. "Oh shut up!" Kelsey slapped my arm, "Oww!" I yelled, "What's wrong with you!?" "I saw the way he was looking at you! Don't deny it! You have to make a move! Go! Go! Go!" she said still whispering and started shoving my off the seat, "Stop!" I said laughing. She glared at me and stopped shoving me off the seat, " Thank you." I said. When we arrived at the school it was cold, I wore under armor preventing myself from being sick. The game was pretty close, no not really we won 6-2. Andrea, Josi, Kelsey, and Hannah scored the goals. It was 8:30 when we left we took the bus again I sat next to Kelsey. The bs ride started out peaceful when Kelsey started elbowing me, "What?" I asked, she pointed at Caleb whom was sitting the seat next to us, "So?" "Make a move!" she whispered, "Haaa! Yeah right!" that was a wrong answer for her, she shoved-no wait she pushed me onto the next seat right when the bus made a hard turn and I squished Caleb against the window. Well this is embarrasing not to mention awkward, he turned around and looked down at me. Really? Am I that short? I'm only 5'1. "Uh hi." I spoke up with a goofy smile, "Hi there." he smiled and of course I melted inside, then I heard Jack and Peter yelling out, 'Whooo! Caleb's getting it on! Whoo!" I realized I was practically clinging on to him so I let go and scooted away, when the light passed over his face I saw he was blushing, I hopped over back to my seat with Kelsey and she mouthed 'I'm sorry' I nodded and the rest of the bus ride was silent. There was pain in my heart, probably rejection or embarrisment maybe even two. The bus dropped us off at the highschool and Kelsey's parents dropped me off home. My family was already sleeping I dropped my things in my room and plopped down in bed, I plugged in my headphones and listened to ipod and I slowly drifted to sleep.