Tina and Bette drive quietly to the soccer field.  Tina blared her dance music to Bulldog “Go Girl” and Rihianna “Disturbia”.  “Tina, shit…slow down and fuck, that is loud.”  Bette liked the music, but shit was so loud.  “Bette I am getting pumped up we are almost there.  Relax.”  Bette shook her head and sat back in her seat.  “Ok, baby, its cool.”  They reach the field.  “Oh shit, gonna barf.”  Bette felt so nervous all of the sudden.  “Ok, I am good, fuck T.”  They get out and set themselves up for the game.

“Tina, yea you are here.  We are gonna need you since our other striker is out.  Can you play up instead of midfield?”  Dana and Lara look at Bette and smile.  “Bette, no way you play?  Fuck yes!”  Dana is elated that Tina found someone who plays soccer and isn’t a man, well hopefully that can play soccer.  “Bette, you play at all?”  Lara on other hand is a little nervous for Bette, she knows Tina competitive streak and didn’t want Bette to feel too much pressure.  “Bette, defense or offense?”  Bette wasn’t sure what to say.  “I uh….not sure, um I know how to score?”  Dana and Lara smiled.  “Nice, Tina, stay midfield and have Bette up.  We will see how it goes.”  Bette had a good boost from the confidence and some trust from Lara and Dana, and for them to support her, made her feel a little less anxious.

“BETTE!!!!!!”  Alice was screaming at Bette to say hello, she was holding onto Papi’s arm and laughing.  Bette thought, ‘Great, more people to watch me fuck up.’

“Bette, good luck you are gonna need it.  This team is really fucking good and well, this is not like some rec league.”  Papi was teasing Bette a bit, while Alice was trying to get a rise out of Alice. 

“Alice, shut up, Bette will do great..won’t you?”  Bette smiled and had hoped that her week of running all week would pay off.

“We will see Alice and well, if I do score how about you uh….hmm, buy me some new shorts eh?”  Alice gave her a hug and whispered.  “Bette you are great at anything, just relax a little eh?”  Bette smiled back and winked at Alice, “Thanks Al, appreciate it.  Knew you were all loud and proud.  Nice to know you still care.”  Alice hugged Bette tighter and knew she had finally met Tina to make her calmer and just more fun.  “Kick ass Bette, you always do.”  Bette finished up getting ready and noticed, she didn’t have shin guards.  “Tina, do you have an extra pair of shin guards?”  Tina quickly threw her extra pair to her and ran off to warm up with Lara and blew a kiss to Bette.  “Yea, here, gotta warm up baby, no cold legs..come on!”  Bette ran and caught up.  Bette wound up to the soccer ball and tried to dribble, ‘ Ok, Porter not so fast, just dribble like it’s a basketball, but with your feet.  That’s it, ok now what?’  Bette was dribble pretty well and then thought, ‘Ah, shoot the ball with your feet, ok, lets see.’  Bette aimed the ball at Lara and shoots.  Lara stops it and smiles at Bette.  “Bette not bad, try to lean over the ball more and then well, you will get it.”  Lara winked at Bette, “Come on try it again.”  Tina was waiting to shoot some more balls at Lara.  “Babe, just do the best you can.”  Bette aimed and shot the ball in.  Bette was impressed that it went in and so hard too.  “Wow, ok, Bette you will be fine.”  The ref blew his whistle and it was time to start.