SOL Day 12 - Sunday

Sunday is hard.

Hanging out with Claire helps. She’s nice and upbeat, but she has her own friends and her own life too. She abandons you after lunch. Mingling with other teams is frowned on. You want to stay away from Riley and Lara. You also want to stay away from your team, but they end up coming to you.

You sit on a sofa in the TV room, watching Emmy Rossum get railed on Shameless, and they just show up one by one, Max next to you, Rebecca next to her. Then Elena on the other side. Elena even puts her arm on the back of the sofa, not quite touching you, but you still feel her there.

At first you’re safe, and they just talk about their concerns about the coming week. You all know that FUTA is going to get up to some stuff… but then it turns to Lara and Riley. Nobody’s seen them all day, so the assumption is that they’re just up there being lovey dovey.

“Go peek through their window,” Elena says.

“Not if you don’t want to be scarred for life,” Max replies.

“Does Riley know that Lara’s being hooking up with Sam?” Rebecca asks.

“No, and you’re not going to tell her,” Elena says sternly.

“She’s right,” Sheva says, dropping onto the sofa, right between you and Max. The couch is now dangerously overstuffed. You want to move, but you aren’t sure you can escape. “Nobody tells her,” Sheva tells you all, speaking like she’s making a threat. “We need Riley to be a good captain, not a whiny little heartbroken girl.”

“Her sister told me that she was a total virgin before she came here,” Rebecca says.

“Her sister?” Sheva sounds surprised. “You know her?”

You **** yourself off the sofa and go to the kitchen. Claire is gone, and you want nothing to do with your team right now. The only thing you can turn to is ****. There are several bottles of wine in the fridge. You don’t know whose they are, but you grab a couple and head upstairs. Your room is finally safe to be in. Bee has cleaned it, so it doesn’t reek of sex. Your bed is made.

You jump on with your wine and take a big drink, then get your phone out and start looking at clips from last week’s games. Riley is spending the day in bed with Lara, so you can tag in as captain for a little bit. You watch a few, take some drinks, and have a few text exchanges with Tiff, who agrees with most of your thoughts.

You end up looking at Pink Team’s game. You see how it ends, and Riley running to Lara. Lara lifts Riley off the ground for a second, then puts her down and kisses her.

You toss your phone aside and drink more.

Someone knocks on the door.

“Yes?” you say.

It’s Riona, wearing red shorts and a white top. She looks worried.