My Solo

A Certain Redhead

Lucia's POV

Beep. Beep. Beep.

I roll over and press the snooze button a little too hard on my alarm. I roll out of my bed and drag myself into the closet. It's been about 1 and a half months since my fathers passing now and I'm finally starting school again as the winter break is over. It was really boring I mainly just played soccer, ate, and slept. Soccer is my only escape from the truth. That my dad is dead and I don't want to accept it so I burry my self in soccer. My mom has already left going back to Seattle Reign which isn't surprising soccer is her escape to.

I decide to wear some black skinny jeans with holes in the knees, my hoodie from my old team in Washington with the number 27 on it, and I slipped on a pair of white Air Force ones. I realized that the hoodie covers up most of my tattoos but oh well. I'm pretty sure I have about 9 tattoos so far and plan to get more. Yes, my mom knows about them and signed the papers so I could get them.

Anyways I now have a new more LA vehicle. It's a Tesla roadster in white. I grab the keys off of the key rack and head to school. I decided not to put my picture with my dad in my car since I'm don't think I'm ready for that just yet. Instead, I have a picture from the same night as only me and my mom.

I slip on my usual black shades and leave my roof down enjoying the sun. I pull up to the school I decided to leave my soccer bag in my car but I put up the roof up. I'm looking for the front office this is a big building and I can't seem to find it. I then see a huge sign that says 'front office' in big bold letters right in front of me. Wow, I'm blind even with my contacts.

I go up to the desk lady she looks pretty young which is cool the front desk lady at my old school was an old hag. "Hi, how may I help you?"

"Hi I'm new here I was told to come up here to collect my schedule and locker number." She nods "Name?"

"Lucia Rodriguez. Do you need me to spell it?" She laughs a little nodding her head again. "It's spelled L-U-C-I-A."

"Ok here you are and here is everything you will need now let me just call the person down here that will be showing you around." She picks up the phone and makes a very short call and she motions to a little row of chairs so I sit in one. After a few minutes, I hear footsteps "Lucia?" I look up from my phone. "This is Emily she will be showing you around." I get up and walk towards Emily and we walk out of the front office. "So that was obviously the front office it's where the principal's office is along with the nurses and vice principal's office is." Then we walk some more.

"This is your first-class aka homeroom, this is the athletic area so where the basketball court is then out there," she motions to a large door "is the girl's locker room once you go in there you will see another door and it leads to The lacrosse, soccer, and football fields." She shows me some more places and invites me to sit with her and some of her friends during lunch but I decline wanting to sit under a large oak tree on the school grounds she showed me and maybe draw something.

The bell rings and me and Emily head to our homeroom cause apparently we have the same one. I sit alone in the corner not really wanting to talk to anyone and pull out my phone to scroll through Instagram. Before I knew it I was going to my car to grab my soccer gear.

The coach was waiting for me outside the girl's locker room. "Hi, Lucia nice to see you face to face. I told the team we're having a new player try out today they don't know who you are though so get in there and good luck." I nod my head and open the door. Revealing 23 other girls staring at me as I step in. Emily is half-naked but walks over to me. "Hey, you never said you played soccer!"

"You never asked plus I thought my hoodie gave it way." She blushes a little in embarrassment and goes back to changing so I go to the locker the coach told me to use and change joining the rest of the girls a little late.

"Alright girls that-" he points to me "is Lucia she is the person I was talking about that will be trying out today. I've seen her play on multiple occasions and if it was up to me she would already be a player for this team but I have to give her a try out practice. But let's warm-up everyone run 3 laps around the field then Katie lead stretches."

We do as told then separate by positions doing drills. We are going to do a 11 v 11 and one of the two keepers on the team is injured so that makes things easier. The team captains are Emily and a girl named Katie. I end up on Emily's team. It's just going to be a 30-minute scrimmage with two 15 minute halves.

Nothing interesting happens the whole time but we're winning 1-1:I have saved about 4 shots.

The coach said that whoever scores first wins and there are some competitive people on this team. One of the middies are running up with the ball after a defender stole it from the other team and crossed it to her. I'm watching from the other side of the field I see Emily get the ball and send it in to the net and celebrate on my own.

We all get water and rest for a second before we're called over by coach for a talk. "Alright ladies this practice was pretty good we might do better than bronze these finals. Lucia nice job keeping the balls out. But that's all for today ladies all see you all tomorrow and Lucia welcome to the team."

Everyone head to the locker rooms and showers but I rather shower at home so I just change and head to my car. "Hey, Lucia wait up!" I stop and turn around to have someone fall onto me. It turns out to be Katie the forward for the other team she was pissed I kept blocking her shots. I set her back down making sure she won't fall again and then I look up at her face and it's like a tomato.

"You ok?" She just nods her head "Y-yeah I'm just really clumsy sorry. Some of the girls on the team are going to grab something to eat at a diner nearby I just wanted to invite you so you know someone other than Emily."I think for a couple of seconds debating it in my mind. "I'm sorry I just moved here and I'm pretty busy unpacking and stuff but maybe another time."

"Sorry I didn't even think of that but anyway it was nice meeting you bye." I stare at her ginger hair as it blows with the wind as she walks away. "R-Right bye," I say hopefully her hearing it then walk off to my car.

A/N: So Katie? What do you think?