Hues Of Dusk

Chapter 49. Pass it!

Damn! Get your head in the game, Sandhya.

I decided to stop observing Ayush and focused on how to make a goal. I was given the position of a defence player but as I had expected, no one was following the rules. I was sure they had forgotten their respective roles too.

There was so much chaos on the field that it had become difficult for me to differentiate my team members from the other team. I even ended up passing the ball to an opponent team player one time, earning a good scolding from my captain.

The other team was winning but there wasn't much difference in the scores. Everyone was panting but the boys were faring better than the girls. I felt like I would faint any minute. Surbhi and one more girl from my team had already timed out and were relaxing on the sidelines.

For how long were we playing? Did we even take a half time or not?

"You okay?" Parth asked as he patted my back.

"I am all good," I replied.

"We can take a break," he suggested.

"No, it's okay. There isn't much time left before the bell rings. I want to play."

"Cool with me. By the way, thanks for the ball," he grinned and kicked the ball away from me.

What the actual fuck?! Sandhya, how can you be so dumb? He is on the other team.

My adrenaline pumped up and I ran after Parth. He was running in a slow pace, totally oblivious to the fact that I was approaching him. Plus point for me.

"Not this time, buddy," I smiled as I ran past him and stole the ball away.

I didn't stop to see his reaction. I ran towards the goal while dodging two players on the way and passed the ball to my team mate. Fortunately, I didn't make a mistake this time.

After running a small distance, my team mate passed me the ball again and I dribbled it till I reached the goal post.

"Shoot it!" I heard my team yell.

I took a deep breath and kicked the ball with all of my strength. The ball flew in the air and the goalkeeper gave me an arrogant smirk as he dived to obstruct the ball. I so wanted the ball to go in but I knew it was nearly impossible to for me to make a goal.

The ball moved forward with a spin and goalie's hands came in view. I crossed my fingers mentally and waited in anticipation. The goalie was almost there but the ball brushed past his fingertips and hit the net behind him.

"Goal!" I yelled and my teammates ran toward me.

Soon, I was engulfed in a group hug and I was sure my back got bruised by all the smacking I received. Parth also came and hit my back proudly. He told me that I took him by surprise and I adviced that he should never underestimate someone.

I glanced at Ayush and wondered why my own team captain was not impressed. Maybe, I needed to play more efficiently for him to notice me. Whatever. This was just a game. I shouldn't depress myself over it and should just enjoy my little victory.

My team made two more goals which brought the scores to a tie. Just one more goal and we would win. I didn't know that I would get so much invested in a game but it was so much fun. I must be stinking really bad because of sweat.

Come on, Sandhya! You can do it.

After a lot of efforts, one of my team players got the hold of the ball and dribbled it towards the goal. But he got blocked by two defence players and when he tried to pass it to someone else, there was no one in sight. One girl was there but she was quite far away and it was a huge risk to pass the ball towards her.