Note: All sexual relations in this story occur between characters who are 18 or older.
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Screech! Screech!
The sound of chalk on the blackboard echoed through the classroom. Mr. Hanson refused to update his teaching methods in the face of advancing technology, and so integrals and derivatives spread out on the blackboard in a white cacophony of noise. The room was silent, as benefitted a last period AP Calculus class. Most of the students stared at the board. Some scribbled notes on sheets of paper, attempting to keep up with the material. Others, resigned to their fates, simply stared dully at the board.
Lauren stared out of the window across the athletic fields and sighed inwardly. The outlook for the soccer match was not appearing good. Dark clouds were moving across the sky and the wind was picking up. The old oak tree behind the soccer goal was shivering in the breeze. It had been a long winter and even now in mid-April, spring was slow in coming. The snow had only just melted from the fields after canceling the first five games of the season, and Lauren was ready to play.
Rrrrrrriiiinnnnnnnggggggg!!
The school bell interrupted the screeching of chalk, signaling the end of the day at Wilson High School. Jolted from her weather contemplation, Lauren swiftly shoved her pencil and notebook into her backpack and swung it onto her shoulders. Time to play some soccer! She grabbed her sports bag and headed to the front of the school. Out in front the rest of the girls soccer team was congregating, waiting for the bus to arrive that would take them across town to the soccer game against their bitter rivals, Marshall High. The girls, mostly seniors like Lauren, but with several juniors mixed in, laughed and talked about the upcoming senior prom as they passed a soccer ball back and forth.
"Hey Lauren", called Katelyn as she lofted the ball to Lauren, "Which cutie do you want to ask you to prom? I can make it happen!". Short and athletic, with powerful thighs and surprisingly large breasts for her height, Katelyn probably could deliver on her promise. The starting defensive midfielder, Katelyn had always been one of the most popular girls in the school, especially among the boys, due in equal measures to her bubbly personality and bountiful bosom. In addition to her sunny disposition and good looks though, Katelyn was a determined individual who never took no for an answer.
Lauren blushed as she settled the ball with her substantially smaller chest and trapped it at her feet before sending a crisp pass on the ground back at Katelyn. "Katelyn! I wouldn't want anyone to ask me to prom just to be nice to you!".
"Oh, don't be silly. Any boy at this school would die to go to prom with you! You're the cutest girl at the school by a long shot.", said Katelyn, settling the ball at her feet. "We'll continue this conversation later, look, the bus is here! I hope this weather holds off, I want to finally play a game!"
With that, the team piled onto the school bus and headed off to the game. The bus ride itself was an uneventful twenty minutes. As Lauren sat, wedged into her seat with all of her soccer gear, her mind began to wander and she thought about what Katelyn had said earlier. There was, in fact, someone who she certainly wouldn't mind asking her out to the prom. Paul was a star runner who would be attending the local university on a running scholarship next year. In addition to his running talents, Paul was also generally considered the hottest guy at Wilson High. His flowing blond hair, just long enough to look a little rebellious, his sharp jawline, and his sky-blue eyes would have put him in the top tier of male students, but his physique set him apart. Lauren's breathing grew slightly heavier as she thought about his sculpted legs and surprisingly muscular arms. She imagined those azure eyes gazing into her soul as his strong lips touched hers, softly at first, then with more urgency.
"All right ladies, off the bus!!", came the call of the coach Larson, the young, trim, physics teacher at Wilson High. "Looks like the weather's taken a turn for the better, let's play some soccer!"
Shaken from her reverie, Lauren disembarked from the bus, her panties a little moist. She shook her head, trying to clear lingering thoughts of Paul's hands on her body, and looked at the sky. Just as Coach Larson had said, the weather was clearing up. Patches of sunlight peeked through the clouds and the wind was slowing. Overall, not a bad day for a game.
The game versus Marshall High was, as always, a hard-fought affair. Marshall opened the scoring late in the first half with an ugly goal off of a corner kick. Other than that, neither team threatened to score. Lauren, playing in her preferred spot on the left wing, hardly touched the ball all half long. After a brief halftime pep talk, the second half began in a similar vein as the first half. Lots of ugly tackles and pinball soccer. The ball bounced around the midfield, with neither team able to control it for any length of time or get any meaningful attacks started. Both teams could feel time running out as the second half dragged on and the attacks and counter attacks became uglier and more desperate. Isolated on the wing, Lauren felt useless, unable to impact the match at all. That was how the situation stood when the ball squirted free of the midfield and behind the Marshal high right defender.
Lauren saw her chance and the footrace was on. She flew down the sideline, gaining on the defender with every stride. But the defender had a shorter distance to run and Lauren wasn't sure she could make it. Desperately, she reached her foot out and nudged the ball forward as the defender launched herself into a slide tackle. Lauren jumped and managed to avoid contact, her whole focus on the ball. With two strides she reached the ball and picked her head up to see only the keeper between her and the back of the net. Dribbling at a breakneck pace, Lauren reached the top of the box and picked her corner. As the keeper raced out of her net, Lauren swung her foot and connected, sending the ball curling toward goal. Lauren's progress was suddenly halted by an abrupt meeting with the ground as a Marshall center-back slid through the back of her legs in a desperation tackle. The wind momentarily knocked out of her, Lauren stared the sky. Her view of the clouds was suddenly replaced by Katelyn's joyful face.
"Nice goal Lauren!", she yelled, and reached out to pull Lauren to her feet. The ball had evidently found the back of the net. Unfortunately, no more goals were to found in the few remaining minutes and the game ended in a disappointing but ultimately deserved 1-1 draw.
The girls took off their cleats and slipped into adidas sandals as they pretended to listen to Coach Larson's postgame speech. In reality, they were all watching the boys track team warming up for their track meet at the same stadium. In particular, their eyes were drawn to the smooth stride of Paul, leading the distance runners on a lap of the track, his powerful legs churning up the track in a tireless rhythm. Coach Larson finished his talk and the girls began walking off the field to be picked up by parents. Katelyn walked up to Lauren and nudged her.
Pointing to Paul, she said, "I bet that's the guy you want to ask you out!"
Lauren blushed and shook her head.
"Come on," Katelyn said. "Admit that you like him. I can talk to him for you! He's single you know, and think of how much endurance he'd have!" She winked at Lauren mischievously.
Lauren and Katelyn's conversation was cut short; however, as five members of the boys track team plus Paul suddenly stopped running their warmup and formed a line in front of them. Paul walked in front of the line and called out, "Hey Lauren, can I talk to you?"
"Sure, Paul...What's up?"
Paul walked up to Lauren and said, "Well, I just wanted to ask you..."
Paul stepped aside and gestured at the five runners, who suddenly lifted their shirts to reveal, written in body paint on their chests, the letters "M R O P?" . Lauren, Katelyn, and Paul stared in confusion (on the part of Lauren and Katelyn) and embarrassment (on the part of Paul). Katelyn, quicker on the uptake, burst out laughing as the boys realized their mistake and quickly rearranged themselves to spell out "P R O M?". Lauren stood in disbelief.
"You're asking me to prom?" stammered Lauren.
"Yes" replied Paul.
