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EASTVIEW HIGH HURRICANES were losing by two points
when she started her new school, her mother insisted she'd join some extracurricular activity,
so she chose soccer naturally.
she used to be so good at it before she moved down south from iowa to the sunshine state
and if she was good enough to be on the team and play defender, she'd say that she still kicks ass; she's just a little rusty.
"hey, iowa!" she picked her head up at the coach as the team huddled up during breaktime
"kimberly," she wasn't sure if she was correcting or reminding him, but the coach didn't even seem to care
"you're being switched to midfielder"
thank god
the girls on midfield were complete ass!
when breaktime was over, kimberly took her position along with two other girls but she paid no mind to them; her dirt colored eyes were focused on nothing but the goal
the blow of the whistle prompted everyone on the field to start moving, the ball was already being sent towards their side
one of their defense girls, leyla, stood guard before kicking the ball high up and away from their goal
two of deerfield high's midfielders and their only forward tried to but their heads with the ball to maintain control
when the ball came back to ground—
it was under her control.
she sprinted towards their side of the field and jumped up to let the ball collide with her head before swiftly turning to kick the ball as she ran towards deerfield's side
"c'mon iowa!" she heard both her teammates and the coach say
kimberly started to accelerate even faster when someone attempted to take the ball from her; she was getting so close to the goal:
she was going to make the shot.
"hey iowa!" their forward, georgia, was ready near the net, waiting for kimberly to kick the ball towards her so she could make the goal
but before kimberly could get the ball stolen away from her, she kicked the ball straight at an acute angle from the ground with the head of her cleats:
deerfield's goalie stayed at the middle, hands ready to catch,
but the ball passed swiftly behind her head and into the net
the roar of the crowd was intoxicating.
they were only one point behind now and deerfield looked like they were ready to trample them over.
deerfield got the ball first: one of their midfielders tried to kick it to their forward, but kimberly quickly moved from her previous spot to stand in the way
she stopped the ball with her chest before she waited as everyone dispersed from the midline
she was conflicted.
everyone on her team was entirely too far away, she was on their side of field while everyone she could kick it to was on deerfield's
kimberly took a deep breath before kicking the ball far and high, praying to god that it would reach someone on their team,
kimberly scream-squealed when georgia trapped the ball between her feet
deerfield's defense and goalie stood ready at the sight of eastview's forward running in for the goal; georgia kicked it in from a good angle but one of deerfield's defenders got the ball before it could reach the goalie,
kimberly started to run for it as the deerfield's defender kicked the ball.
and somehow, she got it.
she heard the screams and cheers iowa! from the crowd and on the field as she shifted and twerked her footing from anyone who dared to try and steal the ball, she was coming up so close, maybe she could make the goal again.
but kimberly's moment was stolen when georgia practically tackled her to the ground to kick in the shot—
and they won.
the eastview side of the crowd stood from their seats in the bleachers, screaming and cheering loudly and in sync as people started throwing their popcorn up; creating popcorn rain.
kimberly smiled toward the crowd before she picked herself off the ground and started to walk towards the sidelines with everybody else
but georgia accosted her before she could,
"you think you're so good don't you iowa?"
kimberly turned to look at her confused, the angry look on the blonde's face made her want to laugh, thank god she didn't.
"um, all i did was play the game, i don't think i'm a pro or anything—"
"just stay outta my way," georgia butted her shoulder with kimberly's aggressively before walking past.
kimberly and her mother got home around eight after getting ice cream, and all kimberly wanted to do now was relax.
she found herself in the same position she was a few days ago, laying nude in her bathtub under vanilla scented bubbles as music played
she shut her eyes and relaxed even though her body was sore
but then the room became frigid,
she opened her eyes and tried to sink in further into the tub for warmth, her brown eyes surveying the bathroom.
her eyes eventually landed on the fogging mirror, spotting a tall, shadowed figure in her mirror
staring at her.
kimberly screamed at the top of her lungs at the sight before all the lights in the room went completely off.
