The Coach's Daughter

Chapter 12

I backed up quickly, and said, "We... Um.... We should probably get back."  

"Yeah, let's go," he agreed.  

We ran back to the guys and started helping them pick all of our garbage. We were quickly done, and then we all piled into the truck. I sat in between Henry and Ben, with Charlie across from me.  

Alex started driving us back to school. Everyone was tired, so it was quiet. I rested my head against Ben's shoulder, closing my eyes.  

I woke up to Henry shaking me awake. "Wake up Anna-Banana." He said gently.  

"Are we back at school?" I asked groggily. "What time is it?" 

"Yeah," Alex answered. I looked around and saw that it was only Alex, Ben, Henry and myself. Everyone else must have left already, I thought.  

"Come on, lets get to your house for the sleepover." Henry said.  

The four of us squeezed into the front of Alex's truck and drove to my house.  

We pulled up and got out. We walked inside around 8:30pm.  

"Hey dad," I greeted, seeing him sitting in front of the T.V.  

"Hey sweetie, Alex, Ben and Henry." He replied.  

"Can they stay over dad?" I asked.  

"Sure, no funny business." 

"Of course," the four of us replied simultaneously.  

We headed upstairs and into my room. I pulled out three sleeping bags from my closet, as the boys went underneath my bed for some of their spare clothes. 

Once everything was out, we went downstairs, and made some popcorn. The guys grabbed a bag of chips each, while I grabbed an apple, and a box of Apple Jacks. The four of us also grabbed water bottles.  

We brought the food upstairs and started eating.  

"So, what happened?" Alex asked, just finishing a mouthful of chips.  

"Well, once you guys left, we were just talking. Charlie asked about my parents, and I told him that dad worked as a counselor. And then he asked about.. Mom... And then Henry started screaming for us. I got up quickly and ran towards you guys. Alex that's when I almost ran into you." I explained.  

"I'm still gonna beat that boy senseless," Alex muttered.  

"Alex don't. He didn't know, plus I'm not done explaining." The three of them nodded at me to continue.  

"So when you guys started tackling each other after the penalty, Charlie threw me over his shoulder and ran to the edge of the forest. And he apologized about what he had said." I finished. I left out the almost-kiss, knowing Alex would flip. One, because he's so overprotective, and two, the rule.  

"That's great!" Ben exclaimed.  

"Yeah," I agreed with a smile.  

We stayed up talking till midnight. I laid down. I kept listening to Alex, Ben, and Henry's conversation about some video game. Their voices were slowly fading out. I fell asleep.

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I woke up around 10am. Henry, Ben, and Alex were sprawled out over my floor, all three snoring loudly.  

I crept silently out of my room and into the kitchen. I knew my dad was still sleeping because its Saturday.  

I moved around quietly, getting everything I need to make pancakes and bacon for breakfast.  

Ben, Alex and Henry came down, just as I was finishing the first of the pancakes.  

"Ooh! Pancakes and bacon!" Henry exclaimed. The three sat at the already set table, waiting for breakfast to be done.  

"Breakfast is served!" I stated. "Drinks?"  

"OJ, please," Henry replied.  

"Milk, please," Alex said.  

"OJ, please," Ben told me.  

I got each of them their drinks. I made more pancakes, which the boys kept eating, along with the bacon. My dad came downstairs later, who also started eating the food.  

"Make sure you save some bacon for me," I told them.  

"Too late," Henry said, his mouth full of bacon.  

"You owe me," I replied.  

"Add it to the list," he joked. Everyone chuckled.  

I finished the last of the pancake mix, and finally sat down to eat breakfast. I buttered my pancakes, adding some syrup. I finished eating, and Alex, Henry and Ben followed me upstairs.  

They changed into some clean t-shirts and athletic shorts that were spares and extras of their clothes. I changed into athletic shorts and a thick-strapped tank-top.  

We hung out for a few hours, watching a couple of movies.  

It was almost lunchtime, when Henry, Ben and Alex left. They said they had to go do some guy thing.  

After the boys' departure, I cooked some lunch, and ate it quickly. I went back upstairs and started on some of my homework that was due.  

Hours later, almost 7pm, I had finished my homework. I was going to go downstairs for some dinner when I remembered the English paper Charlie and I had to write. It wasn't due till the end of the month, but I wanted to at least get a topic and plot down.  

I texted Alex: Do you have Charlie's number? I need it for the English assignment.  

Alex responded: Yeah. Here ya go.  

The number was attached to the next text, and I saved it as a new contact. I put it under 'Newbie' and then quickly started texting him: Hi Charlie this is Anna. I was wondering if you wanted to work on our English paper tomorrow? Just to get the topic and plot picked out?  

A few minutes later Charlie replied: Yeah, that sounds great!:) Where and what time? 

I texted back: Um, my place? And 2ish? You can prob stay for dinner:).  

He answered: That would be great:). See you tomorrow!:)  

I replied: Yeah, see you tomorrow! 

Finished with the conversation, I walked downstairs to warm-up some extra Chinese food that was in the fridge. My dad was probably upstairs in his room, doing who knows what.  

I finished eating and went back upstairs. I turned on Pandora and plugged it into my iHome. The song, Heartbeat, by The Fray came on.  

I went onto my computer and opened up a new document. I wrote about last night, and everything that happened with Charlie.  

I got off my computer around 9:30pm and laid in bed, playing games on my iPhone. Mostly Temple Run.  

To my horror I played for an hour. I kept my music playing, and shoved my headphones into my ears. What Hurts The Most by Rascal Flats was playing. I fell asleep to the lyrics playing over in my mind.

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