𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 | 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴

39 :: 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥

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!! Warning !!
This chapter contains mentions of periods.
Read at your own risk.

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❝ Is it your boyfrienddd? ❞

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THE SUMMER WAS going by faster than Melissa would've liked. Rory had left for Washington a few weeks ago and Melissa and Jess were spending more time together than ever before. If he didn't stay over at hers, she stayed at his. They were joined at the hip and they seriously couldn't be happier.

Despite spending every single single day together, Melissa's mornings were kept busy coaching the younger girls soccer team in Stars Hollow. Every morning for a month, Melissa would get up early to start coaching at ten. Every single morning, without fail, she would wake up late no matter how many times Jess had tried to wake her, and she stumble into Luke's diner demanding a coffee and a breakfast muffin because she never had time to sit down and eat it. Then Jess would kiss her goodbye and Luke would ruffle her hair and shout some reminder at her and then they'd blink and she'd be halfway to the soccer field.

Being back at the soccer field was never easy for Melissa. She hated it. All she could think about when she saw those dressing rooms was how his breath had reeked of alcohol and how his fingers had pressed into her skin in ways she'd never forget. And not in a good way.

But she persevered. Coaching the soccer team would look fantastic on her college applications and with the deadlines drawing closer with every passing day, she didn't want to fall short of reasons to be accepted just because she didn't have the guts to go to the soccer field.

"Okay, so we're almost finished and I can see most of your moms and dads in the parking lot, but we've got one last drill before you guys can go," Melissa explained. She looked over to the sideline and saw Jess standing, hands in pockets as he watched her. He waved and Melissa smiled and waved at him before turning back to the kids. "Line up and we'll do penalty shots. Evelyn, you can go in the goals for a few minutes and then you can swap —,"

"Who's that boy you were waving at?" Luna, one of the girls on the team asked. Immediately the rest of them chimed in, agreeing with her question.

"Is it your boyfrienddd?" Hazel asked in a singsong voice. Melissa blushed and tried to calm them down but they weren't listening to her.

"Do you guys hold hands?"

"What's his name?"

"I bet it's Prince Charming!!"

"Do you kiss?"

"Boys have cooties, why are you even friends with one, Mellie?"

"Yeah, Mellie!" the rest of them chimed in. Melissa sighed and tried desperately to talk over their squabbles.

"Yes, he's my boyfriend and his name is Jess! I'd love to talk about him but we have to finish this session and if you guys can get five points then I'll answer your questions tomorrow. How does that sound?"

Excited, the twenty girls all filed into line like Melissa had originally instructed them to and straight away they were taking penalty shots. Evelyn could've blocked some of their shots but she didn't. She stood idle in the goal waiting for the ball to collide with the back of the net.