Soccer Training (Alona/anyone)

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy had finished classes for the day and now he sauntered to the field, thinking that he'd go watch the practices happening on the field. As he neared it, he remembered that today it was the girls' soccer team who were using it today and he smiled slightly, remembering that Alona was considered one of the top players on the team. He was looking forward to see her play; he was always proud of his students when they did well.

He scanned the field for the familiar blonde and a slight smile came onto his lips when he spotted her.

[Alona Andrews]

Alona and her team-mates were on the soccer field, getting ready to practise. They had just got there, so for the moment they were just jogging a little and warming up their muscles.

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy watched her jogging for a moment then sauntered over to her coach, getting into a chat about the team. Every once in a while his eyes drifted to Alona, a slight smile on his lips as he talked tactics.

[Alona Andrews]

As they did the warm-up, Alona spotted Mr.O'Hara coming over and starting to talk to their coach, probably tactics for the team. She smiled a bit at that. He was definetly one of her favourite teachers; he was just so friendly and fun and of course, he was the P.E. teacher. After a short session of warming up their leg muscles, they started another jog. When they passed by their coach and their teacher, she gave O'Hara a small wave. "Hey, Prof," she greeted, then continued her run.

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy smiled, giving a small wave back. "Hey Alona," he called back, watching her blonde ponytail bouncing up and down the field before turning back to the chat.
He was planning on watching the whole training wanting to see how the team were doing. He also wanted to talk to Alona after practice, just to see how things were going and if she needed any help with any theory stuff.

[Alona Andrews]

After they finished the warm-up, the coach started telling the other players in the team what kind of exercises they had to do. Alona remained where she was, listening to him. When her coach was finally in front of her, he spoke. "Andrews, footwork mirroring with me," he said, and she nodded. "Also, ready position. Ten minutes everything." She nodded and took her position in front of her coach.

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy smiled slightly, watching her as she copied her coach. He had an urge to join in as he usually did whenever someone was training or playing, but stopped himself. But he stayed put, just watching her, the smile never leaving.
She impressed him. Not only with her sporting abilities but with the fact that she was just as great at her theory as she was with the practical stuff. He'd only met a very few students like that, with such a good balance. And all he'd heard from her coach as he boasted of her and the team just served to impress him even more.

[Alona Andrews]

After another few minutes, the coach stopped. "Okay, everybody," he yelled, so everyone would her him and stop. "Let's get straight to serious stuff," he said. "Shots on goal. You, take your position," he told Alona and she nodded. She ran towards the goal and posted herself in front of it. "Everyone else, 14 yards away, in a line. Go!"

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy grinned then went up to the coach. "Mind if I have a shot too?" he asked the coach. "You know, just to provide even more of a challenge?"

[Alona Andrews]

The coach smiled and nodded. "Be my guest," he said.

Alona looked at her P.E. teacher as he got in front of her. He was not going to shoot, was he? He probably was really good, so she was not sure that she could block it.

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me our star goal-keep is afraid of a little shot from me, a lowly sports teacher?" he teased her.

[Alona Andrews]

She smiled at that and took her position again. "Not at all," she grinned. "Bring it on, Prof."

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy grinned. "That's more like it." He aimed the ball and kicked it, wondering if she'd be able to defend it.

[Alona Andrews]

O'Hara aimed it very well (he was a sports teacher, duh!), so Alona had to dive in order to stop the ball from going into the goal, but eventually managed to do that.

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy raised an eyebrow, nodding appreciatively. He hadn't made that an easy goal - just because he knew her gave him no reason to play easy. He gave a slow non-sarcastic clap. "Very nice save, Alona," he told her with a smile. "Very nice."

[Alona Andrews]

Alona smiled when she realized that she had actually saved it. She got up from the ground and gave O'Hara a thankful nod. "Thank you, Prof," she said.

[Andy O'Hara]

"All your boasting was correct," he said with a slight smirk to the coach. "You've got a gem of a goal-keep there." He headed back to stand with the coach, watching as the other players got ready to shoot.

(ooc: should we call the coach Stevens or something? Might be easier...)

[Alona Andrews]

(ooc: Sure, why not.)

Alona gave her P.E. teacher a small smile and another thankful nod. Then, she took her position and focused on her first teammate to take a shot.

[Andy O'Hara]

"Stevens, you might have to let me shoot more to challenge your team," Andy said to his friend, half-joking, half-serious. He snapped his fingers as an idea came to him. "What about a student vs teacher at some point?" he asked. "I'll round up some teachers, maybe sneak one of my sports students in there, and we'll have a good soccer game...?"

[Alona Andrews]

Stevens's eyes widened slightly at the idea and a grin pulled on his lips. "That really is an awesome idea," he said. "We could do mixed teams. Sure, sounds great!"

[Andy O'Hara]

"Tomorrow lunch time?" he asked, grinning. "You of course will play on my team. And we're going to win," he added cheekily, before watching the balls being pelted at Alona who was defending her goal well.

[Alona Andrews]

Stevens grinned back and nodded. "Sure," he said. "We're definetly going to win."

[Andy O'Hara]

"Too early to sing the 'We are the champions' song?" Andy joked. Just like Stevens, when it came to sports he had quite a competitive streak, but not a mean one. He was in no way a sore loser, nor did he get aggressive or evil during competitions.

[Alona Andrews]

Alona's eyes wandered a few times to O'Hara and Stevens. They were grinning and laughing and she was curious why, as she felt that it was something that had to do with them.

[Andy O'Hara]

Andy caught Alona's eye one of the times she looked over and grinned. Unless the coach told them earlier, he'd tell her after practice. He was looking forward to seeing her reaction at it.

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