“You know something coach? You’re a really good listener, some of the girls could do with someone like that” Jess stopped in her tracks and looked straight ahead “Hey, is that Coach Gray? OH MY GOD if he’s here, then that means the guys must be training too! I love watching them, do you?” she giggled

“Jess, thank you for that little insight but I really have to get the girls working on the game tonight it’s really important that we win it”

Jess stood still and turned around, Amy just put her bag down and ran over to Ashley

“Yeah course, makes sense, we are at training” Jess answered quietly, gently letting go of the coach’s arm but not taking her eyes of the guys that had just started pouring into the room. The coach rolled her eyes at her and ran shouting at the girls to start warming up.

After the training Jess was telling Ashley and Amy how she succeeded on keeping the coach occupied while Amy snuck in.

“You owe me one Amy, I’m thinking a date with that guy you work with would cover the bill”

“The bill?” Amy laughed “Sweetie, he’s 19, he’s too old for you”

“He’s too old for you, not for me, just tell him I’m 17, I act old enough any… I broke a fucking nail!”

“You try to play basketball, what do you expect, see we keep our nails short” Ashley laughed

“You both bite your nails, that’s why their horrible, I take care of mine, they make me look better” Jess answered hunting through her bag “Found it, I knew I put my file in here, so you going to get me a date?” she turned to Amy

“I don’t know, you always have your eye on like 3 different guys. Can’t you go for one your own age?” Amy waved at the guy running towards them

“Hey Amy, Josh wanted me to tell you that he couldn’t make it to the club thing on Wednesday night, I don’t know why he couldn’t tell you though” He smiled at Jess, who smiled back

“Oh ok, that’s cool. This is Ben, I work with his big brother. Ben, my girlfriend Ashley and this is our mate…” Amy started