Black Leather Jackets: College Bound

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Toni's POV
Tryouts go really well and as we're telling the boys that the first list will go up tomorrow- someone grabs my leg.
The boys start laughing and I look down.
"Hey Lex," I laugh "anyways list is up first thing tomorrow outside the gym,"
"Good luck, this will not be the last round of cuts,"
They all disperse and I kiss Lexis temple.
"Hi baby,"
"Hi mama I missed you,"
"I missed you too Sweetheart, I have barely seen you all day,"
"Do you wike my hair? Mommy did it for fun,"
"I love your hair sweetheart, it looks just like Mommy's,"
She nods and Cher comes over with Tony and LJ.
"Hey Cher," I say kissing her
"Hey Babes," She says "sorry about Lexi,"
"No no, it's alright," I laugh "the boys don't mind when she's around anyways,"
"Topaz how many we cutting it down too?"
"Keep all the boys from last season and 7 O and 9 D. I have my list,"
They make their lists and I play with the kids.
"Everyone's list is identical except Georgie doesn't have Cal M but he does have Cal W," reggie says
"He doesn't know what happened last year,"
"True, I forgot about that though. I don't thinks Cal M is ready he looks worse than last year," I sigh
"Why wasn't he on the team last year?"
"Homophobic slurs carry a full year suspension," I sigh "and I didn't wanna deal with it,"
He nods
"Bring them both back," I say
Reggie nods and we make the list.
"Coach Topaz, tryouts looked great," Principal Danvers says walking over
"We'll have a solid team this year," I say
"Ya, it's looking like a good season," Reggie says
"You must be Antoinette's wife," he says to Cheryl
"Cheryl Topaz," She says with a smile
"I thought you said you had three kids, was that not including Robert?" He asks me
"Oh LJ is RJ's boy," I say "TJ is mine,"
"Oh," he says simply "I have to get going, Coach Topaz you will be at the staff meeting correct?"
"Uh I plan to be. It will be me or Tyler,"
He nods and walks away.
"He's weird," Lexi whispers
I tickle her and she giggles.
Robbie and Trey walk out and over to us.
"We were thinking of walking to Pops," rob says "if that's okay,"
"We can drive you," Cher says "we were going there too,"
"Okay sounds good,"
"Robbie What was wrong today?" I ask "you barely caught anything,"
"Antoinette, DONT be mean," Cheryl hisses
"I'm not," I defend
"I dunno, just wasn't my day," he says
"That's alright, your footwork got better though,"
"Thanks Mom,"
We go to Pops and all have some fun before Robby goes to study at Treys and we go home.
There's a knock at the door and I go to open it.
"Hello, I'm here for my son?" A lady says
"Hi? Your sons not here. What's his name?"
"Robert,"
"Robby isn't your son anymore," I say realizing who she is
"Like hell hes not,"
"I have the documentation, you forfeited your rights when you kicked him out,"
"You whore,"
"Baby who's at the door?" Cher asks coming in to this area
"I'm Roberts real mom,"
"Weird, Robby has two real moms and one lady who abandoned him," she says "and you aren't in the first category,"
"Do you know who I am Blossom?" She spits
"I do, and frankly DeLore, I think you remember the last time you tried coming after my business and I'm way more protective of my family. So try it," she says getting in her face "and my name isn't blossom anymore,"
The lady scoffs and walks away.
"Watch your stock drop Blossom,"
"Watch yourself become completely irrelevant," Cheryl says closing the door
I hug her and laugh
"You're funny,"
She nods and laughs
"She's so irrelevant,"
We go to the kitchen and I pick tony up.
"Hi baby, how are you?" I ask
"Mama," he says touching my face
"You're such a cutie," I laugh tickling his stomach
...
I put the football list up an hour ago.
I'm sitting in my office chatting and joking with Reggie when Ralphy busts in
"Respectfully Coach Topaz, What the hell?"
"Excuse me?" I ask confused
"Why would you cut them?"
"Cut Who Ralphy?" I ask
"Trey, Xander, Darren!and Robby is crushed Coach! They're all starters and we both know it! What did they do?"
"Ralphy I didn't cut any returners?" I say "I decided I wouldn't evaluate anyone from last seasons team until the final tryout. They're on the list,"
"No they aren't,"
He shows me a screen shot of the list and I look at it.
"Oh shit," i gasp "Mantle, What did you do?"
"What do you mean?"
"I wrote the list but did you check my numbers?"
"No, I thought Ty was,"
"Ty went to the staff meeting,"
"Shit what happened?" He asks
"We left 4 of our best players off," I sigh
I turn on the schools intercom and sigh
"Could Trey Williams, Xander Yang, Darren Bailey, and Robert Topaz please come to the gym office? Now." I say
"Thanks for telling me Ralphy," I say "get to class kid,"
He nods and leaves
"You're an idiot," I say throwing a pencil at reggie
"You're the one who made the mistake,"
"You're the one that didn't check!"
"Fair enough,"
The boys walk in with varied emotions
"Boys there was a mistake," I sigh
"What?" Robby asks
"I was copying rosters, give me one second,"
I find the roster I used to copy last night
"Shit, guys remember the game that you all had food poisoning and couldn't be played?" I ask "that's the roster I used and that's the reason you aren't on the list,"
"And I was supposed to check numbers for her and didn't," Reggie says
"I'm sorry guys, I assumed everyone was on the roster so I just used it,"
"It's alright coach, we were going to talk to you at lunch," Trey says
"I will say right now that you're all on the team, we had no concerns with any of your progress and training,"
"Between us, no one is looking good enough to bump anyone's spot," Reggie says
They thank us and I ask rob to hang back
"I'm sorry rob,"
"It's alright, I just thought you were serious about the catching thing,"
I laugh and shake my head
"Reggie never caught anything in tryouts and kept his spot- you're fine kid,"
"Cheryl texted me and said you two had to talk to me. What's that about?"
"Oh um, your mom showed up at the door yesterday, just wanted to ask if she's been leaving you alone or how it's going,"
"Oh she hasn't contacted me, what did she want?"
"She wanted you to come home,"
"I am home,"