IR Day 15 - Time to make new friends

Getting to know Yellow Team won’t happen overnight. They seem OK. There are several Americans, which is nice. Cheryl and Syd are very cool, and Azu is very sweet. The others are fine, although there’s decidedly less… femininity in Yellow Team than there was in Pink Team, and you aren’t sure what’s up with that. These girls aren’t butch for the most part, but they have this rugged, tough-person attitude.

It's… interesting. And it clashes madly with Karin’s exuberant, over-the-top attempts at domineering.

Meanwhile, the only other person on the team with a penis is Azu. So… there’s limited solidarity in that department. Fortunately, sex is the last thing on your mind. At least until you’re in the shower with Karin, and she carelessly slips while walking backward and boasting about something, falling into you. You get a face full of her huge, soapy breasts.

But all you can think about is that they might be a little bigger than Ingrid’s, but you don’t like them as much. You really want to see Ingrid. You need a hug.

What you get is your new coach: Zofia.

Karin shuts up when Zofia enters the cabin. She’s a stern, Polish military woman or something… and she’s actually Ela’s sister. That’s all you know about her, except that she also likes to wear her sunglasses indoors.

She doesn’t yell or bark, but it’s impossible not to look at her and know this isn’t someone that you want to fuck with. It’s Wednesday. There’ll be another event tomorrow, then a match on Friday. Today is for practice, and Zofia comes straight to you before breakfast.

“You will show me what you can do,” she says.

“OK,” you reply meekly.

At the dining hall, your new squad of Azu, Cheryl, and Syd assure you that Zofia is not scary.

“She won’t beat you up,” Syd says. “Even if it feels like she will, she won’t.”

“She’s weird. She’s got some kinks,” Cheryl says, popping a health drink open.

“How do you know about her kinks?” Azu asks, looking curious.

“From Ela.”

“Scandalous,” Syd and Cheryl say in unison.

You try not to look at Pink Team, but you steal a glance at your phone. Ingrid texted you good morning and a kissy emoji. You look at Blue Team’s table and return her smile. You text back that you miss her.

Soon, you are on the practice field. Cheryl is in the goal, and Zofia tosses you a ball. The rest of the team is watching.

“Show me,” Zofia says.

You look down at the ball in your hands, then drop it and lock eyes with Cheryl. You hope that you and she can still be friendly after what you’re about to do. But you’ve learned something about FUTA. You can’t trust it to do what you want it to. The things that you want won’t magically come to you. If you want to get the wins necessary to spend time with Ingrid and to get back to your team, you have to make moves.

You take a step back, then kick.