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“I HAVE AMAAAAZING NEWS FOR YOU MATE!!!”
Ralph watched sleepily as the familiar muscular body sat down in front of him, his voice sounding a little bit much exciting for a usual Monday morning.
“I’m too far from being amazed by literally anything right now.”
“Not even by that bloody goalie being kicked out of the football team due to his shitty behaviour against the coach during the match yesterday ?” Nate rattled off.
“I guess so.”, he said slowly, almost mumbling.
“Your morning routine only consists of being a total jerk, doesn’t it?”
“And my morning coffee.” The boy’d stated just before he got a childish pout as an answer. He couldn’t help but smile at it, which made the pout slowly turning to a friendly smile.
They sat still for almost a minute until their friendly silence got interrupted by tle bell. Ralph stood up slowly, he was so sure that he would rather listen to Nate’s “amazing” news than 2 classes of Chemistry. Or, he thought, maybe he might not be that sure.
He arrived home a little bit earlier than usual, which could buy him some extra time for a “shower, then a cup of tea” break before studying, but he ended up getting a call from Nate just as he’d stepped into the house.
“I swear I just got in,Nate, what is it?”
“Have you thought about it?”
“Thought about what?”
“The goalie.”
“What goalie?”
“Lord, do you sip vodka in the name of morning coffee?”
Ralph giggled at that.
“It was supposed to be a secret.”
“What a shame it isn’t now. Whatever, what I was saying? Oh well, the fucking goalie, he’d been kicked out of the team. They will need one as soon as possible, since they’re playing Cardigans High in two weeks y’know.
“So you’re basically asking me to join the team?”
“Since when you’ve become so smart?”
“Shut up.” Ralph said with a little giggle following a short sigh.
“So you’re in or not?”
Ralph thought about it for a couple seconds, even though he didn’t need to. He’d been wanting to play for the school team for God-knows-how-long, had been looking for a chance. And there was it.
“ ‘m in.”
“Glad you are, otherwise we might’ve had a scarecrow instead of a keeper, which wouldn’t be that cool, I guess.”
“He would at least keep his cool instead of the ball.”
“You sound exactly like my father.”,Nate had stated.
“Shame for you to have such pathetic sense of humour.”, Ralph said ironically.
“Whatever, mate, got to go. I’ll send you the number of the captain, you should speak to him first. He knows that you play well but would be good if you train more than usual anyway. And don’t forget to drink water.”
And he hung it up. Ralph’d never heard him say goodbye so it wasn’t a surprise for him. He knew he had limited time since he had upcoming exams, but he took a shower anyway. He spent the rest of the evening studying and sipping on his half-cold tea. He sent a message to the captain about his will to join the team after he finished studying for an exam.
“Hi,Peter. It’s Ralph Brekker. A friend of mine told me about the situation, guess there is a need for a keeper. Writing for you to know that I’m interested.”
Ralph was far more formal than his actual texting style since he knew that the boy was a serious type, he wanted to give a good impression no matter what.
He was planning to keep studying but the warm shower had made him sleepy, so sleepy that he fell asleep without having dinner that day.