chapter 12
(try outs)

when chris walked into the gym hall for those stupid try outs that he and matt had to do, he would of never expected to see jude there. i mean cmon, it's such a coincidence that he decides to try out for the team when dejah decides to try out for cheerleading. but who cares, it's not like he was going to be any good as he had never done lacrosse in his life, this would be his first time. chris walked past the corner of the gym where the cheerleaders where doing their routines, when he smiles at dejah. she smiles back, and waves at matt who is following chris behind. they both make their way towards the long line of people, trying out for their lacrosse team. jude was leaning against the wall, chewing on gum, "no gum allowed for lacrosse, buddy." says chris, in a know it all voice.

jude squints his eyes slightly, hesitating before swallowing his gum. chris looks away, opening the back door to the outside field, "okay guys, we are going onto the field where me and the team captain chris, will show you what you guys need to know about lacrosse, and the basics of how you play." shouts matt, walking through it to guide the line to the field. chris waited until everyone was out before he shut the door behind them.

they all made it to the field where chris was handing out the gear that they all needed to wear. of course it was childish to give jude the dirty ones from lost and found, but it was too funny not to. matt was explaining the basic rules on how you play, shoot, pass and score while they all lined up. "okay, i'm going to stand in net, and you're all going to have a go at trying to score past me." shouts matt, gesturing for the first person in the line to come forward. they tried to score past matt, but they failed. and then the next one tried, and they failed too. and the next one, and the next one after them, until somebody finally scored past him. it was bryce fuller. "nice! first person to score past me." he says, shaking his hand.

chris pulls him to the side, "i just wanted to say that your goal was amazing. that will really set you up for a good chance at joining the tea-" explains chris, noticing jude scoring past matt too. "one second." he says, leaving bryce to walk towards matt. "bro? you really let him score past you?"

matt looked down ashamed, "i know, i'm sorry. i don't even know how? he's never played before has he?"

jude laughs in amusement and picks up a ball and tosses it in the air, catching it on its way down, "are you not going to pull me to one side and talk about how amazing my goal was? because it sure was." he laughs, making chris turn around.

chris watched as he tosses the ball up and down before walking towards him, "what's your past like with lacrosse? ever played for a different team?"

jude tilts his head, "nope never." he simply says before walking away. he turns around at matt and widens his eyes, sharing a look with matt.

"okay, don't worry if you didn't score past me. only two people did, but you still have a chance! don't give up trying, we still have many more things that we need you guys to try out before we decide who we are going to pick." shouts matt, picking up a ball. he makes his way over to the net. "try catch the ball." he simply shouts, hurling the ball at the contestant who catches it in his net, "neat!"

chris wasn't even paying any attention to any of the other people who were trying out for the team. just bryce and jude. he needed bryce to do better than jude so they didn't have to pick him to be in the team. after what he did to dejah, he was fighting the urge to beat the shit out of him again, but he couldn't. he would have to do another 3 week detention, which wasn't fun at all. and he'd be kicked off the lacrosse team. the way every time he would do something good he would always look over at chris and smirk, knowing that deep down chris was impressed by his skills. he knew he was lying and that it wasn't his first time playing lacrosse, it couldn't of been his first time! he was too good for it to be his first time!

it had come to the last procedure, the final game. everyone had practiced the basics of lacrosse and knew everything that they had to know, so now they had to play a quick game and see who plays the best. chris was panicking. he didn't want to pick jude, he was the last person on this entire earth that he wanted on his team, but he was afraid that if bryce didn't step up, he would have to choose jude.

as everyone got into position, chris was dreading it. he was barely paying attention, it's like his eyes were glued to bryce and jude. he watched as jude scored the first goal, shooting shivers down his spine. he looked over at matt who parts his lip to shout words of encouragement, until he realised that it was jude. chris sighs and stares at bryce, but when he looks back at chris, he nods his head. bryce smirked as he had pretty much mastered jude's technique. every move he made became predictable, which was good for bryce. it even caused him to score a goal.

dejah was doing her routine that she had practiced in the morning at the sturniolos house, with the help of chris. every step, every jump, every turn, reminded her of chris and how stupid he looked trying to copy her when she would show him the routine she had. she finished her routine but there wasn't even clapping from the judges, not even a simple well done. pure silence. she turns to look at the judges faces, expecting it to be bad. but it isn't. they're all smiling, "wow, i-" one begins, "where do i even start? that was the best one yet! not only were you smooth and elegant but your facial expressions was amazing! you were smiling the whole time!"

dejah knew that if she wouldn't of gone to the sturniolos that night, she would of came to auditions in a sour mood. but considering she was smiling the whole time because of thoughts of chris? clearly meant something. "thank you so much." she blurts out, walking over to her seat next to abbie who wasn't trying out, she was just watching.

abbie pulls her into a hug, "i'm so proud of you, you did amazing!" she says excitedly, "you're definitely going to make the team, i mean did you see their faces? they didn't even know how to react to your amazing performance!!"

dejah smiled and brushed it off humbly, "anyways, i'm going to go check on the field."

dejah's smile fades, "you know jude's there right.."

"i know." she says, realising what he had done the night before, "i'll slap him for you don't worry. besides, i'll be talking with matt and chris. cya later!" she whispers, making her way through the back door, leading to the field. it seemed to her that the game had finished as everyone was on sidelines drinking water. matt and chris' facial expressions looked worried. they were talking in a hurry.

"we can't pick jude are you kidding?" whisper shouts chris, "no way is he coming on the team."

matt rubs his eyes and looks at the sky above them, "you're forgetting how amazing he played today? yeah, bryce was amazing too but cmon. open your eyes? we need the best of the best for our game thats literally in a months time? and if that means recruiting jude, then so be it." matt looks over chris' shoulder and sees abbie skipping towards them, "shit"

chris follows matts eyes and turns around, being met with abbie. "hey guys, whatcha doing?"

matt scratches his head shyly, "nothing, just deciding on who to pick between bryce and.. jude." he looks at the floor when he mentions jude's name, but abbie doesn't seem to mind.

"well, who's bette-"

"jude!"
"bryce!"

"oh boy." says abbie, "who's actually better. or are you just saying bryce because you don't want to pick jude?"

chris groans and shakes his head, "bryce is amazing. i've seen him play before and he studies technique. that's rare and if we train him just a little bit more before our big game, he will pull through more that he already has! besides, this is jude we're talking about, i don't care if he's the greatest in the whole world, he's not joining our team!" sighs chris. he was the one who was making the final decision anyways as he's the team captain, so why should he care what matt and abbie thinks? he shakes his head at matt and makes his way towards bryce, handing him a letter of all the details that he needs.

"sorry to everybody who didn't make the team, i apologise. that doesn't mean that you can't try out for another team as you all did amazing!"

matt and abbie were sat at the lunch table, showing each other their playlists on spotify. matt would every now and then stare into her eyes when she wasn't focusing, and by now the whole group knew he had a crush on her. "i didn't know you liked that song abs?" he says, immediately moving away and widening his eyes when he realises he shortened her name by accident. the whole group goes silent and chris and dejah share a look.

"abs?" questions liv, smiling slightly. matt looks embarrassed as he looks at abbie who's eyebrows are furrowed.

"i'm, so sorry i don't even know what came over me. it was stupid and i just.."

"it's fine" laughs abbie, reassuring him, "it was cute" she whispers, making sure only matt heard before scrolling through her playlists again acting like nothing happened.

chris shares at look at matt and matt raises his eyebrows in excitement as chris giggles slightly.

"is that nate?" asks liv, making everyone turn around to see nate running towards them all.

"chris, come with me now! it's urgent" he says, looking around the place. his hands were sweaty and by the looks of his worried face, something was wrong. chris looks at dejah as they both begin to stand up, "not you dejah, just chris" he says, running in the other direction. chris follows behind, turning around confused as he watched the group get smaller and smaller as he was getting further and further away from the cafeteria.

"what's going on nate?" he shouts confused, following nate shortly behind. nate doesnt respond, doesn't even turn around or anything. whatever it was, was important. so important that nate didn't have time to explain what was going on...

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