Various congratulations flew and he gave his thanks, though his eyes always ended up on the woman standing not far away.
She was smiling. Although she had a mask on, he knew she was smiling by the softness of her body and the curve of her pretty eyes.
The captain followed his stare and smiled, looking at him teasingly. "Aren't you going to introduce us?"
The men flinched, shifting their heads to look in the direction at the same time.
"Yes! Yesyesyes!"
"Introduce us!"
"YES, WE WANNA MEET HER!"
It became quite rowdy and it made the coach bellow. "SHUT UP! It's embarrassing. It's like you've never seen a woman!"
Then he turned to look at the girl, worried that she'd be scared. "Come here, girlie, your boyfriend is waiting."
He said so with a very gentle tone of voice that it made half his team dizzy from disorientation.
