Two weeks after homecoming Mýa was sitting in her room, preparing for a softball tournament she had on the weekend. She knew she would have to wake up early on Saturday so she prepared as much as she could tonight. It was around 8:00 pm. and Mýa was completely ready for the next day.
Her whole jersey was sitting on her desk. She had made sure her softball bag had everything in it and was in the back of the car. She filled her water bottle already, and had even packed emergency supplies like; extra contact lenses/deodorant/band aids/hair ties/chapstick/chafing cream and more. Mýa also decided to set up all of the stuff she would need to use Saturday morning in the bathroom. She was going to get a shower, text some of her teammates, read a book and then go to bed. She wanted to go to bed around 9:30 pm. so she would have plenty of energy waking up at 7:00 am. the next morning.
Right as she was taking off her clothes to take a shower, there was a knock on her door. Mýa thought that this was very odd considering it was night time and her dad was home. She put her tank top and shorts back on and went to see who was at the door. When she checked the window near the door she saw Zeke and Riley standing on the porch. She opened the door and Riley immediately hugged her. Both Zeke and her laughed and Mýa asked, "What are you guys doing here?"
Riley looked up at her and said. "We are having a bonfire."
Mýa was confused but Zeke quickly explained, "We are going to have a bonfire and wanted to see if you or your dad wanted to enjoy the fire with us. Unless you were getting ready for bed?" Zeke ended, pointing at her outfit.
Mýa then realized that she only had a bra, Camisole tank top, underwear, and short cloth shorts on. She said, "Oh" and put on a sweatshirt that was on a coat rack. Zeke laughed.
"Sorry about that. I am actually settling down, but I can tell my dad." Mýa said.
At this point Mr. Caleb (Mýa's dad) had come to the door. He turned down the offer and left Mýa to send Zeke and Riley off.
"Sorry to bother you." Zeke said and Mýa walked down the sidewalk with them. "Are you going to bed early?"
"Yes" Mýa answered. "I have a softball tournament tomorrow, so I'm going to bed early."
"Oh! That's right. Isn't it the tournament being held by a college?" Zeke asked.
"Yeah, you remembered?" Mýa replied.
"Of course." Zeke said, "We will let you go now. Good Night, and Good Luck!"
"Thanks Zeke. Good Night Zeke, Good Night Riley." Mýa said, as Zeke and Riley continued walking down the driveway.
Mýa watched them until they were at the end of the driveway and then went inside to take a shower. After a nice long shower she decided to read a few chapters and go to bed.
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The next morning Mýa woke up, put her jersey on, brushed her teeth and hair, put contacts in, and got into the car with her dad. She was excited for the tournament. When her dad and her got there she was the second person from her team to be there. She sat next to Hailey and they watched part of another game as they waited. Soon Illa, Mabel, and the rest of the team were at the fields and ready to start practicing.
The team was made up of 12 girls; Illa, Mabel, Hailey, Mýa, Cassie, Abby, Reagan, Nora, Stella, Zalina, Willow, and Lola. They had three main coaches and Mýa's dad also coached. The coaches were Coach Karla (the head coach), Coach Rick, Coach Mark, and Coach Caleb. As soon as Coach Karla arrived at the fields the girls grabbed the equipment and started setting it up. Once the two nets, the tee's, the buckets of balls, and the bags were set up the girls started throwing to each other to get their arms lose. While waiting for Coach Karla they had already stretched.
After about 50 minutes of practicing, the girls packed up all the equipment and moved their belongings to the dugout. They got settled in and went outside the dugout to join the team huddle. In the huddle the Coaches went over the main points. They talked about signals they might give, strategies, and the wristbands the girls wore. Then they did a quick team cheer and watched Coach Karla go on the field to see if they started hitting or fielding first. When Coach Karla came back she said they were fielding first, so they grabbed their gloves and such and went out to the field towards their designated positions.
~Several hours later~
Mýa and her dad finally got back home. Mýa's team played three games and their last game ended at 5. They won two games and lost one, so it was a good day. The next day was Sunday and it was the more important day of the tournament. They would keep playing until they either lost two games or won the entire tournament. This meant they could play four or possible five games. So Mýa was tired when she got back and she needed plenty of rest for the next day.
Mýa went inside, changed out of her softball clothes, and took a shower. When she got out of the shower and got dressed her dad called her. He wanted to go to Talmart. Mýa agreed to go with him and got in the car. When they got there Mr. Caleb went towards the dairy products and cold foods while he told Mýa to go get some more tylenol and anything she might need from that area.
Mýa first got the tylenol and then went to the next aisle. In this aisle there was toothpaste, toothbrushes, hair ties, brushes, hair ornaments, deodorant, and pads/tampons. Mýa looked at the toothpaste options, she was almost out of toothpaste. After grabbing two bottles of toothpaste she started walking out of the aisle. She was looking down at the toothpaste and bumped into someone's chest.
"Sorry!" Mýa exclaimed, embarrassed with herself. She then looked up, she realized she had bumped into Zeke.
"It's fine you silly clutz." Zeke laughed.
"You? Wow, I'm bumping into you a lot lately." Mýa said. Then realized what she said, "Wait, I didn't mean it like that. I mean I have seen you a lot recently." She quickly added.
Zeke chuckled some more, "You must be tired, your not normally this cute."
"Hey!" Mýa flushed, "Stop teasing me, I am tired." She then started walking towards the other side of the store where she was going to meet her dad.