Soccer Moms -- Part 4
[Author's Notes: 1) there are underage characters in this story but they will neither have, see nor even hear any sexual activity; and 2) this is a work of fiction and so certain aspects of this story involving youth soccer programs are not completely accurate but they advance the storyline. Please try to look past that to the more important aspects of the story.
Carol was very surprised when she pulled into the parking lot at Tuesday's practice to find Jen and Melanie already there. She was even a little more surprised when Melanie called out to Katie and asked if she could talk to her for a minute and then walked over toward the field. Katie grabbed her gear and walked over to Melanie as Jen came walking over to Carol. When Carol got out of the car she waited for Jen and then asked "Do you know what's up."
Jen looked a bit sheepish as she said "I told Melanie about what Coach Hochbauer had talked to you about Saturday night. I told her that it was my guess and that I was not sure and I did not mention that we talked." Noise from the field directed their attention to an interesting sight.
Katie was a full head taller than Melanie, but it was clear that the little blond girl was very much in charge of this discussion. Katie just stood there and looked down as Melanie was clearly giving the taller girl a piece of her mind. She eventually stopped and was looking up at Katie very clearly waiting for some kind of answer. When Katie finally nodded her head, Melanie leaned in and gave her a big hug. Then she leaned back, pointed up at Katie and said something brief. The girls then grabbed their bags and headed to the practice area.
About this time, Coach Hochbauer had arrived and asked "Do we know what that's about?"
"Well..." Carol said "I don' t think I was able to solve the issue with Katie's yellow cards, but I think Melanie may have just taken care of the matter."
Coach Hochbauer just looked out at her players and said "Huh. Oh by the way, Mr. Pennington is going to want to speak to the parents tonight. I know you two have been walking during practice, but could I ask you to stay close tonight?"
"Sure. Can you tell us what it's about?" Carol asked.
"I could" the Coach replied "but I don't want to steal his thunder. It's something good though." And with that, she went off toward the practice area as well.
As each of the girls would arrive, they would go over to where the others girls were already congregating. They did ball tricks and moved around a little to warm up for practice. As each parent arrived Carol or Jen would tell them what Coach said about Steve Pennington wanting to speak with them. After everyone arrived and practice began, Steven Pennington drove up to the parking lot. His timing again was impeccable as he arrived just a little after the girls headed off to run a warmup lap around the field.
He informed the parents that in case they did not know, this week's tournament was a major recruiting trip for College Soccer Programs. There would be older teams there as well and that while the scouting would mostly be with the girls who were high school seniors and juniors, he was pretty sure that they would spend a little time at the games their daughters would be playing in, trying to get an early look at players they might want to follow up on over the next two years.
He reminded them that part of why they had signed their girls up for this team was to have this type of opportunity. And while he did not want to overly burden the girls with pressure, particularly this early in the recruiting process, he did want to impress upon the parents that there would be additional eyes on their daughters this week. "We all want to look good and make a good impression because the better we look, the better the older girls will look and in two years, the better the club looks, the better your daughters will look." Pennington preached.
Under her breath, so only Jen could hear her, Carol said "And the better you'll look," Jen did her best to make her snort seem like a cough. With his speech finished, Pennington asked for any questions, answered what was asked and then left the parents to talk amongst themselves. This would be a big weekend for sure.
Carol always arrived early for tournaments, but this week things were already crowded when she and Katie arrived. There were so many other teams and so much tournament activity going on that they decided to just leave their bags in the car and sit in the lobby to watch it all go by. There was a buzz to all this that was exciting. Abigail had not made it to this point and so this was a first for the Rogers' even though they had been involved in Blue Lightning Soccer for many years.
They went to eat at the Hotel Restaurant and waited for Jen and Melanie to arrive. When they arrived, Carol and Katie went to get their stuff out of the car while Jen and Melanie checked in and then they all went to their room. Unfortunately, there was a bit of a mix up. Instead of two twin beds the room only had one king size bed. While the girls dropped their gear and flopped on the bed, Carol and Jen went back out to the front desk. While very apologetic, there was little the hotel could do. They were completely booked and there were no other rooms to which they could switch. They did offer to send up some cots and the mothers went back to the room to inform the girls of the situation.
When they opened the door, both girls were bouncing on the bed, shrieking, and generally having a great time. When Carol mentioned the cots, the girls begged to be able to sleep on the beds. They had big games tomorrow they argued. Both girls looked at their mother with big eyes, hands clasped and said "Please." "Pretty please." Finally, the mothers gave in. They even called the front desk and told them to forget about the cots. Since it would be just for the one night, the mothers would sleep in the sleeping bags the girls would use at the team room the following night and the girls could have the bed.
Finally, it was time to go to sleep as tomorrow was a big day. And while they did not share their thoughts at that time, both women were thinking the same thing. Both a bit disappointed that this might put a cramp in tomorrow night's fun. Neither one knew just how much the other had been really looking forward to it. All the talk this week had been about the tournament and scouts and colleges. Those things were important too and would be important for their daughters, but this had become about extra things as well.
The first game started well enough. Several times Melanie was able to take off down the sideline and get a deep ball. The defense had managed to get back in time, but it seemed inevitable that she would break one. Then on one such ball, the defender, running full tilt could not stop when Melanie put on the breaks. It was not intentional, but she ran right into her, knocking her to the ground. The ref signaled for the direct kick. Melanie went up to Katie and said something to her. Both Mothers thought back to Tuesday's practice and hoped that whatever Melanie said, Katie would not retaliate and get carded with scouts possibly watching.
Katie seemed to walk away from the rest of the girls who began lining up by the near post. Melanie was going to take the free kick and this gave the Blue Lightning a good chance to score. All eyes were on Melanie as she approached the ball. That included the defenders. Once Melanie started for the ball, her teammates crashed toward the near post. The defenders followed them and so did the goalkeeper. Everyone that is but Katie. She circled away from everyone else and took off for the far post. Melanie's ball arched beautifully high over everyone's head and toward an unmarked and streaking Katie who was able to head the ball right past a diving goalie for a spectacular goal. Melanie ran and jumped into her arms as the other girls mobbed them.
Even the other team's parents made some positive comments which would not be the norm, but the play was just that good. It clearly put the other team on their heels and so enlivened the Blue Lightning that they easily went on to win the game. True to form, Coach Hochbauer gave everyone a chance to shine and so she did take Katie and Melanie out during the course of the game. When Katie came off the Coach gave her a big pat on the back. Then Coach looked across the field, made eye contact with Carol and gave her a big thumbs up.
There was no doubt that play had sent some energy through the team and it carried over to the next game. They again won easily and were the top seed for the next day's tournament playoff. The good feelings carried over into the team meal. And when the girls went in for their film night, the parents remained in the lobby where they talked some more and drank some more and reveled in what was a very good day for everyone.
The day had been so spectacular that Carol and Jen had forgot about the sleeping situation until they entered the room and saw the one big bed. The sudden silence indicated that they both were now thinking about it intently. They walked in the room and turned on the lights without speaking. Finally Carol grabbed her night clothes and said "I'll change first." as she went into the bathroom. She emerged saying "You can go in no..." and stopped mid-sentence as she looked across the room.
Jen was standing there in a cropped tee shirt and very small panties. Her blond hair was still in a high ponytail which made her look so adorable, her blue eyes big and shining. The tee shirt was tight to her body and pushed out by her lovely breasts. Her nipples were clearly hard and pushing out the shirt that much more announcing their turgid state. The shirt being tight and being forced outward at the chest, hung loosely at Jen's midriff exposing her smooth, flat stomach. Carol's gaze trailed down to Jen's pelvic bone where the material for a very small pair of panties started. There were only thin straps running toward Jen's back and Carol assumed they must be a thong. She could see the swell of Jen's hips as they curved out from her waist and down to her short, toned, tanned beautiful legs. She even noticed the bright blue nail polish on Jen's toes that matched Jen's fingernail polish.