DS Day 5 - You could get used to it

Waking up in bed with Ela and Riona is pretty nice. Two warm, naked bodies snuggled against you is something you could get used to. You would not mind lying around in bed like this for a while, but something is going on downstairs.

At breakfast, everyone quiets down at the coaches gather at the front of the room. Everyone stops eating and talking to listen. Something is going on.

Michelle steps forward, apparently the spokesperson.

"So, announcement time. Everyone listening?" she asks.

"Yes," everyone says together.

"OK. Remember how you have all been gossiping about a new league? And how that's our fault, kind of?" She gestures at the other coaches.

"Yes," everyone says.

"About that. There's no new league," she says.

The room explodes with shock and from some girls, outrage.

"What?" You can't believe it. It's all anyone could talk about yesterday...

"Shut up and listen," Michelle says impatiently. "It's not a league. It's a TV show."

She has to wait again while you all freak out.

"But! But! It's not getting produced yet," she goes on. "Seriously, guys. Let me finish. The producers are here to do a trial run. Your coaches and supervising coaches all have the contract, and you will get your chance to look at it and make your decision."

You want to laugh... like anyone is going to NOT want to be on a TV show about soccer. Everyone will sign.

"For this show, we are going to do a scaled down league, which means teams. But it's a show, not a league. That means these people want to see drama. They want rivalries and things like that. You're sorted into teams, and you *stay* with your team. Your team is like your family," Michelle says.

Wait a minute. What are the teams? Who is on which team? You and lots of the other girls start demanding to know, but Michelle shushes everyone.

"We'll post them in a minute. And I know! I know there's romance here at this camp where we are supposed to be concentrating on training," she says, kind of irritatingly. "So this is how it works. On Mondays you train. On Tuesdays, you have a half-day of training and a practice match. On Wednesdays, you do strategy and light training. On Thursdays, a half-day of training and match prep. On Friday, you have a real match against another team. There will be six teams. Three matches. The winning teams get to spend the weekend here at the lodge. The losers have to stay at camp. What happens at the lodge stays at the lodge. This is the only place where you can mingle with other teams. So if you want to mingle, you have to win. If you don't care about mingling and you just care about soccer, you still have to win, because only winners get interviews. That's how this is going to work."

Whoa. That's a lot. But wait... there are a lot of girls at camp, but not enough for six teams.

"Are these just very small teams, then?" Beth pipes up.

"No. Full teams. More girls arrive tomorrow, and a few of the girls from the Swim Camp are going to come up and join. We..." she says, pointing at herself and the other coaches. "Are your subs if there are injuries. Yes, we know there are some girls here who don't have to sit down to pee. Those girls don't have to hide that. No secrets. Any other questions?"

Wow! You can shower with everyone else now? And share a changing room? And yes, there are lots of questions, but you just want to know what team you are on... but you don't get to see that until after you sign a contract, and none of the coaches will let anyone sign a contract that they have not read yet.

Going over the contracts takes most of the morning. You finally get yours signed, and are handed a sheet with the teams on it. You are officially a contestant in the pilot shoot for Football Ultimate Television Association, or FUTA for short.

You check out your team.

PINK TEAM:

1. Riley (USA) Captain, Striker COACH: Tiff

2. ATT Aki (JAP)

3. ATT Lara (UK)

4. MID Sun (KOR)

5. MID Sam (UK)

6. MID Elena (KEN)

7. DEF Rebecca (USA)

8. DEF Sheva (SEN)

9. DEF Lili (MON)

10. DEF Max (USA)

11. GOAL Viti (IND)

Well, well. Team captain. You did not expect that, but you are not surprised. You are one of the more dominant players at the camp.

You work out the details with Michelle. She seems surprised that you are not more nervous. Why should you be nervous? It's soccer. You are good at soccer.

After that is done, you see the other girls still calling their families and talking to their coaches. Ela and Riona are doing that too. You don't bother them. You just order a ride and go into the city to visit the sex shop. You buy what you need and head back to camp in time to join the other girls for a picnic. It's nice.

After the picnic, Riona finds you in the main room, texting with your sister. She sits next to you on the couch.

"Ela's fighting with her sis," she whispers to you. "You know she's her coach now."

Right. Riona is on Adella's team, and Ela is on another team, coached by her own older sister. That must be difficult.

"I wish I was on your team," Riona says.

You lean over to her and touch her cheek. She blushes. You don't say anything. You just play with her hair for a moment, then leave her there. You go looking for Ela, finding her on the patio with her sister, who is much older... like in her thirties. She still looks good, though, even with sunglasses. On she seems very brisk and military in how she acts, but she is in good shape for sure. She is speaking sternly to Ela, who seems a bit defiant.

"What's going on?" you ask, barging right in, but very confidently. You just walk up beside Ela and slip your arm around her waist.

The sister seems shocked.

"Is everything OK?" you ask.

"Yes," the sister, Zofia, replies, a bit annoyed that you interupted her scolding.

She walks away. Ela looks grateful.