Her whole life Samantha was known as Mikey's little sister. This, along with the fact that she hit puberty later than the rest of the girls and spent all her time kicking a soccer ball around with her brother and his friends, made it nearly impossi...
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THE NEXT COUPLE of weeks flew by quickly as the first school semester officially began. With three assignments due by the end of the week and practices becoming more brutal as our first game was approaching, summer officially felt like it was over before it even began. Coach was calling us in for Saturday morning practices now on the small field to prepare for the upcoming game.
Despite the hectic workload, I couldn't complain since the guys had it much worse than we did. They had already started college applications, both Mikey and Dom had probably accumulated a total of 20 applications to various different colleges just between the two of them alone. This was also their last year to impress the scouts if they wanted a sure spot to play at university next year. The goal had always been to play D-1 soccer for one of the Pac-12 teams and then one day be drafted to the Major Leagues. For as long as I could remember, the boys would spend every waking moment fantasizing about that dream where it eventually, without even realizing it, it also became a part of my dream as well.
When we weren't all busy with practice, school, homework or applications, we still managed to catch the beautiful sunsets at the beach. The guys and I would hang out by the club while Mikey worked. I would never admit it out loud but I was impressed with Mikey, he was managing to do all of this while working a job.
Kee had been grounded for the next two week, which all things considered, wasn't as bad as she had expected. We didn't get to spend any time together outside of school since she had to go straight home after practices.
Thankfully I had Vanny and Jeremy to keep me company because sometimes there was only so much testosterone I could handle. The guys would come over at least once a week for dinner as they had officially proclaiming me the Chef Goddess, I rolled my eyes at the term but was secretly flattered and despite my protesting, I actually enjoyed trying out new dishes and they were the perfect test dummies.
Jack and I had been talking frequently since the party although we hadn't been able to spend any alone time together thanks to Mikey, Dom, Carlos and Dixon.
He frequently spent lunch with us at our table unless he was with his other group of friends that I didn't recognize. One of the boys seemed to be on the team with the guys but the other two were strangers but I didn't fail to notice that the guys didn't seem to associate with them. Jack always came alone when he wanted to hang out with the Mikey, Dom, Carlos and Dixon. I also didn't fail to notice Dom's accusing stares whenever Jack and I would exchange words.
Dad came home for a few days and it was nice to have a mature male in the house but the only downside of having him home was that he kept trying to get me to patch things up with mom. Her and I would hold a conversation for nearly a whole minute every couple of days whenever she would call to check in with Mikey. It was the best that I could do and I wished everyone would understand that her and I were just meant to have a distant relationship. It was what it was and the sooner they understood that then the less it would eventually hurt.
