Katy command: Join us at practice. (a bit dangerous)

„I have an idea.“ Katy said with a smile and Ben stiffened.

„Oh? Vanessa raised an eyebrow. „Look at you, Mrs. Proactive.“

„Well...i thought it would be really fun, for Ben to have us join at practice.“

Vanessa laughed out loud at the idea. “I like the way you think!”

“But..you are in an all girls team!”, said Ben in dismay.

I had to admit the idea sounded very fun. “Will your coach be ok with that? Ben is a boy after all.”

“It should be fine” affirmed Katy with a smile. “Captain Sandhurst is very open when it comes to these things.”

That name rang a couple bells. “Sandhurst? Are you talking about Julia? So when you say practice you mean...”

“Yes!”, proclaimed Katy and Vanessa in unison. “Beach Volleyball!”

...

..

.

“You are really helping me out here, Julia”

“Nonsense!” The very well proportioned and tanned tall girl laughed. “If you didn't coach me, I would never be here!” She then spun around to address her charges. “Listen up Girls. This here is Rina Franklin, Honorary Captain of the Millers Wildcats, also known as the Blue Demon. She will join us on today's training session, so be grateful.”

“Yes, Captain!”, came the reply from 10 girls.

Ah, that brings back memories. “Well, technically its Ben who joins, but I guess I can go a few rounds, for old times sake.”

“Ah yes, your brother.” Julia dropped her voice a little. “But hey uh...Rina you sure about this? I don't mind but its kinda...”

I crossed my arms. “It has been exactly two years since the Millers Volleyballclub has been rearranged into the Millers Beach Volleyballclub.” The thought still made my blood boil. I was a Senior back then and just about to graduate. Doesn't generate enough revenue,they said. Lets restructure into the beach segment in order to make the sport attractive again, they said. Of course by “attractive” these sleazeballs meant primarily our new uniforms. “Its fine! Its not our fault that they designed only one uniform right? Lets see how they like it! This is just retribution! Ben! Get your butt out here!”

Julia coughed. “Its not like your brother had anything to do with that decision, you know...”

Ben finally entered the court and was greeted with a bunch of laughter and giggles. The reason for that was, of course, evident. Ben wore the exact same clothes as the girls which consisted of a very short blue top and an equally blue, tight, bloomer.

“I totally forget about the uniform!” Katy gasped. “I'm so sorry Ben...”

Vanessa meanwhile had apparently clearly anticipated this. “It suits him”, she announced with a huge grin.

“He does look very cute”, one of the girls agreed.

“Can I get my cellphone real quick?”

“Yes, yes, the boy is wearing girls clothes. Hilarious. If you let your focus slip because of this, you better believe I have you run ten laps around the grounds!”

Ben did not like the attention. “Sis”, he started while grinding his teeth. I decided to just ignore him.

First was a quick warm up session in which both Ben and I participated. The Girls handled it fine but Ben was pathetic. Out of breath, not even halfway trough the exercise.

To motivate, I gave him a quick slap on the butt. “Ben! If you don't get a move on, I will have every girl here spank you!”

This prompted more giggles. Ah, more memories.

Trough some miracle Ben made it trough without collapsing. “Are...we...done...yet...?”, he asked too exhausted to even feel embarrassed anymore.

“With the warm up”, explained Katy. “Next up are practice matches.”

“Oh....that sounds great...”

The Girls formed groups of five. Since Ben was really more of a handicap he was given to one side as a bonus. I myself decided to sit back and observe.

Julia has trained the girl well. It was fairly common practice to attack the weakest link and that was without a doubt Ben. He got hammered like crazy. Oh sure, the girls where ruthless, but the way Ben even missed the easiest balls pissed me of beyond any reasonable level.

Julia tried her best coaching him and even instructed the girl to stop going for the easy target, but it was no use.

Something about Volleyball just brings my inner demon out. “Ben, if you wont even return a single ball today I will make you join the Millers Wildcats properly as their personal cheerleader!”

“What? You can't do that!”

“Try me.”

Little surprising, the girls loved the idea of getting their own personal cheerleader, especially of the male variety. They now switched from always targeting Ben to not give him a single ball. Well, all of them except Katy who clearly took pity on this sad display and regularly tossed Ben what was pretty much simply passes.

He

missed

every

single

one.

I usually find Ben's clumsiness adorable, but at the moment I was just pissed off.

“Wow! You must really like being a Cheerleader, huh? Shall we go shopping for some Pom Poms tomorrow? You are failing on purpose now, right?”

“N-No!”

“Julia, give me the court for a moment.”

“H-hey....go easy on him, ok?”

I brushed Julia off and walked on the court. “You will return this, Ben. You hear me?” Ben didn't answer so I jumped and spiked the ball at him. Ben screamed and flailed his arms. The Ball hit his shoulders.

“Again!”, I shouted and spiked another Ball.

I won't deny that the attacks where sharp, but they all had the same speed and same angle. Ben should be able to anticipate them soon enough. If he just returned one, he will feel amazing.

“Again!”

Blaff

return it.

“Again!”

Blaff!

Just one.

“I cant!”

“You can and you will!” Again!”

BLAFF!

ONE!

I let out a frustrated groan. “Oh come on, Ben! A toddler could have returned that! I'm really not expecting much here! This is....”

Ben started crying.

Right in the middle of the court he fell to his knees and started bawling his eyes out.

Every ounce of tension left my body.

What the hell was I doing right now?

Katy stormed over the court and knelt down right next to Ben. She put her Hands on his shoulders and started talking to him.

Hey....hey...don't do that. That is my Job.

The world grinded to a halt. I vaguely saw Julia gesturing at something. Then she was escorting Ben inside a building.

Then the world went black.