Soccer Foes Story 4 Part Five (Short Update)

Later that Morning

So my cleanup punishment wasn’t too bad. Besides cleaning everybody’s dirty plates and scraping off their food, it wasn’t too bad. Oh, who am I kidding? It was terrible! I was trying to think positively, but that didn’t last long. How am I going to finish kitchen duty for two and a half more days? I kinda wish that I got the choice of a spanking instead…. Shocking, I know. I am currently walking out of the dining hall toward the fields to meet up with all of the campers. I continued to think about how washing dishes messed up the nail polish on my nails when a voice caught my attention.

“hey snitch, thanks for getting me kicked out of camp” Reddy says standing right in front of me. I roll my eyes. This is guy over here.

“I didn’t do anything but tell the truth; unlike you. You got your own self kicked out” I scoff and fold my arms. I didn’t force him to be a freaking bully.

“oh please! Don’t act like you’re the victim right now. You were just as much trouble as we are, but yet you get to stay here. I wonder if it has anything to do with shacking up with Shane?” Paris says deciding to join the party. She comes and stands next to Reddy. I narrow my eyes at her last comment. What does she know about Shane and I? we haven’t done any shacking up here at camp. Plus, I’m not that easy. Sheesh. We just got together; if we’re still together anyway.

“Think what you want but there was no “shacking up” between Shane and I. plus, I still got into trouble. Hence clean up duty. Also, maybe the reason I didn’t get kicked out is because I didn’t try to drown one of y’all.” I tell them with a glare. Paris scoffs and Reddy rolls his eyes.

“Maybe I should’ve tried harder” Reddy says stepping closer to me. Is he supposed to be intimidating? Nice try, Reddy. “Or maybe I should’ve kicked your ass harder. Although, I did a pretty good job of it the first time” I say with a smirk. His gaze on me hardens and he steps closer to me. We’re pretty much chest to chest right now.

“Yeah right. You just caught me by surprise is all. I would totally win the next time around” Reddy says. Is he serious?

“Wanna bet?” I challenge. Reddy is all talk right now. As if he thinks he would beat me with my ninja like skills and cat like reflexes. Come at me bro.

“Yeah, he will kick your ass Bailey!” Paris says as his hype man; or girl in this case. I snort and shake my head. I open my mouth to tell her to shut up when I’m pushed back by Reddy. I stumble back but catch myself from falling to the ground. See! Like a cat. I raise my hand to throw a punch at Reddy when a firm grasp on my wrist prevents me from doing so.

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Just posting to show I'm still updating. I'll try to finish this story within the next two weeks. Next update will be much longer. 

Soccer Foes Story 4 Part Four

Bailey’s POV:

“Well to say I’m shocked is an understatement. I’m appalled by what I just walked onto tonight. Between campers on the other side of camp fight in the lake or finding the leaders of this camp arguing like crazy, I’m not sure which one is worse. What I do know is that both things are unacceptable; especially since it is near the end of camp. I was hoping to end on a high note, but that will not be the case after tonight. Luna will you please bring the wet campers and the other campers back to their cabins? I’ll figure out the best way to handle their situation first thing in the morning. But first I need to have a word with these leaders here now” Ms. Fey says with an ominous tone. Ms. Barbie actually has a serious side to her. If I weren’t standing right behind her, I wouldn’t have believed it myself. I looked past her to see Shane and notice that he is already looking at me. I quickly look elsewhere. Damn him. My chest hurts when I look at him cliché as that sounds. However, the image of Becca and him kissing is still fresh on my mind. That what got me into this mess tonight. I wish I could erase it from my memory forever. Now that would be a cool invention. Instead of something pointless; like umbrella shoes or something like that. That’s actually a real thing by the way. No lie.

“Come on guys, let’s go” Luna tells us. Morgan is still here and she is quickly by my side as we head back to our cabins. She’s looking at me strangely.

“You and Shane are together?” she asks me with wide eyes and disbelief. What the… How did she know that?

“Where did you find that out?” I ask her. I guess the cats out of the bag now. Emma hurries to my other side.

“Yo, you missed a lot before you arrived with the camp director. The leaders were practically screaming at each other; especially Shane and Becca. That’s how everyone found out about you two. Where’d you go anyway? And why are you all wet?” Emma asks looking me up and down. I rolled my eyes.

“Kicking butt” I say and leave it at that. I don’t feel like explaining how I practically died by Reddy and his evil minions.

“What?” Morgan asks with confusion as we reach our rooms.

“I’ll tell you about it in the morning” I say as Luna tells us to get ready for bed. Speaking about Luna, she was with Ms. Barbie when she found us on the dock. When I reach my bed, I quickly grab my pajamas and shower gear and head to the showers. I make sure to give Paris a glare and bump my shoulder with hers on my way out. I didn’t feel like being questioned further by Morgan about the whole Shane situation. Especially since I have no idea where we are at the moment. He kissed Becca, his ex girlfriend. Who does he think he is? Fresh tears start to stream down my face. I can’t believe I’m crying over him. Be strong Bailey. He’s not worth it. But, of course, my body betrays me. What is new? I just want this stupid camp to be over with already.

The Next Morning:

“This is just great. Thanks to you we are getting kicked out of camp” Paris yells at me once we are outside of Ms. Barbie’s makeshift office to discuss what happened last night. Let me fill you in on what’s happened so far this very eventful morning. When I woke up, I was instantly bombarded with questions from Morgan about last night and my relationship with Shane. Or whatever is left of it anyway. I’m not sure where we are at after I saw him smacking lips with Becca. Anyways, I just grunted at her. Look, I don’t know about anyone else but I am not a morning person. Even after almost a month at this camp, I am still not use to waking up at the crack of dawn. So Morgan should know me by now. I mean, seriously. If the questioning was not enough, Leah stopped me as I was heading out to breakfast to inform me that I had an immediate meeting with the camp director. Oh joy. I was met with Paris, Nicole, Reddy, and his BFF. At that point, I was pretty much over the whole situation. Ms. Barbie talked to each of us one by one to hear our side of the story. I told her how one of them almost droned me and I was only defending myself against them. Hey, that was pretty much the whole truth minus some details. It was self-defense, I tell you. After I got finished with my account, I wasn’t sure if she believed me or not, considering I was the last to go. I figured I was so screwed. There was four of them and one of me. You do the math. However, I guess the soccer angels helped me out because something amazing happened. I didn’t get in trouble…that much. Turns out someone saw the whole thing play out last night and told the director about it. Also, some of the leaders vouched for me and said how Reddy and his clique have caused problems for me and other campers during the last few weeks. Hmmm, I wonder who that could be? Just kidding, I have a pretty good idea who it probably was. I’m not slow you guys, I swear. In any case, Ms. Barbie said their stories did not match up together at all and based on these facts, they would have to leave camp immediately.  They missed the ball on that one. If you are trying to save your asses, then get your stories straight. Sheesh, that was a total rookie mistake; just saying. So their parents were called to come get them by the end of the day. But like I said earlier, I still got into a little bit of trouble for physically fighting with them even if I was defending myself. Therefore I have to help with cleanup after meals for the rest of the week. I guess it’s not the worst punishment. At least my butt is still in tact.

“Please. You did this all on your own. Don’t blame me. However, I have to say that you will not be missed. Soooo…bye!” I say to her with fake enthusiasm with a wave as I head toward the dining hall. Bailey: One. Paris: a big fat zero. Ha! As soon as I walk into the hall, Morgan greets me.

“So what happened? Are you in trouble? Do you have to leave?” she asks me in a single breath. Again with the questioning, Morgan?

“Calm down. I wouldn’t be here if I had to leave right?” I tell her wit ha smile and an eye roll. Jazzy and Emma walk up to us too.

“So what did happen then? And what about the bully brigade?” Emma asks me. Jazzy remains quiet since we haven’t said much to each other since the fainting episode. Someone who shall remain nameless until further notice said that I am too stubborn for my own good and should let go of my grudge against Jazzy. After all, she was just looking out for me. I’ll admit that I can be a little stubborn at times but I am not that stubborn. Right…?

“They’re out. They have to leave today. I just have to help with clean up after meals. So its not too bad” I tell them and fill them in on what else happened during the meeting and last night.

“Well good riddance! They should have been kicked out a long time ago” Morgan says as we finish eating our breakfast. I couldn’t agree more.

“So have you seen Shane this morning?” Morgan asks me with a sly smirk. I roll my eyes. Why does she keep bugging me about him? Up until this point, I put him to the back of my mind. I can only focus on one thing at a time. Whoever said that girls are great at multi-tasking obviously have never met me. It’s a curse honestly.

“No, I haven’t and I don’t want to talk about him right now. Okay? Now I have to go start my “punishment” I tell them as I get up.

“You wont be able to avoid him forever. What about practice today and for the rest of the week?” Jazzy asks me. I roll my eyes. I’m surprised my eyes haven’t rolled out of my head with the amount of times I’ve done it today. Wait, can that actually happen?

“I know that, but you know I’m still going to try” I say with a huff and head towards the kitchen area.

Soccer Foes Story 4 Part 1 Continued

Thursday evening:

"I could eat s'mores everyday,” Morgan says licking her fingers. For the night activity, there was a bonfire and we could make s'mores. I, however, only had chocolate. Not because I was trying to not eat but because I don't like s'mores. Call me crazy but I don't favor eating a gooey mess.

"I can tell,” I say as I watch her make her fifth one. Me, Morgan, Emma, Jazzy, and a few other campers are still here. Pretty much everyone else headed back to their cabins already. Oh I also forgot to mention that Reddy, his BFF from the first day, Paris, Nicole, and a few others of their dumb friends. Ugh. Throughout the bonfire, they kept giving me evil smirks. Well I thought they were evil anyway. In my eyes, they all are horns growing out of theirs heads. Morgan pushes me and sticks her tongue out at me for my comment.

Shane and some of the other leaders that I have come to realize must be his friends are still here too. Becca is over there too and guess who she's sitting by? Shane. I get that there friends and everything but still. Hands off the merchandise, please.

"Can we go back now? I'm tired of being the mosquitoes dinner,” Emma says swatting bugs off her legs. I yawn. My bed does sound good about now. I can have some sweet dreams about Shane. Heehee.

"If you had used bug repellent before we went out here, you wouldn't have this problem" Jazzy tells her. Me and Emma roll our eyes. You’re her mom, dear. I'm still not talking Jazzy. I'm still a little pissed with her. I hold really long grudges, okay? Ask the ice cream guy who didn't have any more of my favorite flavor. Anyways, we stand up by the fire and start to head back when something caught our attending; specifically mine. Shane and Becca we're kissing. That's right. KISSING!!! My mouth drops.

"I guess they're back together,” Morgan says. Um, no he's not. Shane's with me, not her. Or at least I thought he was. By now, the lovebirds have broke apart. I want to be anywhere but here right now so I'm outta here. I quickly walk away into the forest trails back to the cabins. I can't believe this. How can Shane do this to me? I thought he actually liked me. This is what I get for falling for his extremely handsome good looks. Ugh. I continue to make my way through the woods pissed off. Wait a minute, nothing looks familiar right now. I notice the dock by the lake. Yeah I'm soooo not by the cabins. I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going since my mid was a little preoccupied. Stupid Shane. I guess since I'm here, I may as well enjoy the view. I sit down on the edge of the dock and look into the glittering water. The moon is bright in the sky reflecting over the lake. Sigh. I feel like in a movie or something. Too bad I'm in a bad mood; as usual. I guess Reddy was right. Shane is, I mean was into me. Why would he go and kiss Becca. And it just had to be her. Hmph. Whatever. I don't need him. I'm better off without him. My life will so much easier. Not to mention that my butt won't have to worry anymore. Ha! I continue to gaze into the lake deep in thought when I'm suddenly in the water itself. Someone pushed me in. I try to bring my head above water but something or someone is pushing me down under water, preventing me from reaching the surface for air.

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So I was rereading Soccer Foes and noticed that I somehow didn't add this part to the story. Hopefully the story makes better sense with this missing part. I'm currently writing the next part of Soccer Foes, so look out for a new addition within the next few days. 

Before Happily Ever After Story Five Part Two

"Well I would love that but we scheduled the appointment with only two people. So it wouldn't be very nice to bring more than that" I tell them quickly with a show of regret. Although I'm not regretting it at all. Shhhh.

"It's just two more people. I'd doubt they will care. How about this? We'll meet you there and if it is a problem, we'll leave. Promise" Sophi says to us. I look toward Lily for help. We both have to tread carefully since Janey is a little sensitive.

"Well the problem is that we don't know how long this is going to take. You don't know how Cori gets when she's shopping for something important. It could take hours of your day. We'd hate to cause a burden for you in case you guys have other plans" Lily explains to them and I nod my head in agreement. It ain't pretty when I'm in a serious shopping mode.

"Seriously, it's not a problem. We didn't have anything important planned anyway. Please, please, please let us come help you" Janey begs me. Ugh. I knew it was going to come to this. How am I supposed to tell her no and hurt her feelings?

"Okay fine. You guys can come. My car is near the south lot. So drive there in like five minutes?" I tell them and they smile in excitement.

"Thank you so much. Your are the best. I'm so excited" Sophi gushes as she crushes me into a hug. I try to smile back but I doubt it's very believable. She and Janey walk inside to get their purses and car keys.

"Well they sure are persistent" Lily says as we continue on our way. Well no duh Lily.

"I noticed. I can't believe they are coming. This already turning out bad" I tell her with a huff. Bad feeling is getting so much worse.

"Not with that attitude. Look, I know that they probably won't be a lot of help but try to look past it okay? We can always book another time with just us" Lily suggests as we reach my car. If only it would be that easy.

"So do you know what style of dress you would like to try on?" The sales attendant, Amy, asks me in the boutique that we are currently in. It's not huge or anything but they do have a nice selection. It's pretty nice for a college town anyway.

"Kind of? I really like fit and flare dresses. Although I'm not sure how I want the flare part or even what material. I'm not one hundred percent set on anything to be honest" I say as I look at the dresses on display. Lily, Sophi, and Janey are already taking a look at what the store has. Go figure.

"No problem. I'll pick some dresses to start with and then we can go from there" Amy tells me with an encouraging smile as she sets off behind a door. I sigh as I make my way toward the others.

"Look at this dress, Cori. Isn't it pretty?" Janey asks me while holding up a ball gown styled dress. Eek! So NOT my style at all.

"It's beautiful, but it's not really me" I tell her as I start to look through the racks too. I'm beginning to get overwhelmed. God, there are so many to choose from. How will I find the perfect one?

"But you haven't even tried it on. It would look amazing on you" Janey insists. I try not to roll my eyes. Of course it would look nice on me. Doesn't mean I'll love the dress.

"Okay. I'll try on a dress each of you picks for me. Only one though since Amy is bringing more out too" I tell them. Lily gives me an are-you-serious look. She was hoping to choose more than one for me.

"Not you" I mouth back to her silently to calm her down. She smiles satisfied. Lily takes her maid of honor duties very seriously. Amy comes back with five gowns and motions for me to follow her into the changing room.

"So I found five dresses that I think you might like to try on" she says hanging the gowns onto a rack. At first glance, they are really nice.

"Can I try my friends picks first?" I ask her. I just want to get there's out of the way and done with.

"Sure! Let me go get them" Amy says cheerfully. Please let this go smoothly.

Guess what? It didn't go smoothly. In fact, it was the opposite of smooth. It went up, down, and side to side about three times over. It was so bad that it gave me a headache. My poor head. I can't even take anything for it since I ran out the other day. I'm currently in bed trying to nap in the hopes that it will distress me. I start to doze off when my cell begins to vibrate. Ugh. Who's bothering me now? Oh, it's Eric! Happy dance time.

"Hey angel" Eric says after I answer. I so missed hearing his voice.

"Hey handsome" I say back as I snuggle back into my bed with a yawn.

"What are you up to? You sound tired baby girl. Dress shopping go okay?" he asks me over the phone.

"No! It went absolutely terrible. I mean the worst experience ever. It got me no where for a dress" I say with a huff. It was a big fat waste of time.

"What happened?" Eric asks me. Boy, where do I start?

"Janey and Sophi is what happened. They pretty much invited themselves along. It just went down there from there" I tell him while rolling my eyes.

"Really? So why didn't you just tell them they couldn't come?" He asks next. My goodness, he's clueless.

"Eric, you don't tell girls that are your friends they aren't invited to something. You know Janey is on the sensitive side. I didn't want to hurt both their feelings and start that drama" I explain. And I know that's rich coming from me since I'm a drama magnet.

"You could have told them it was an appointment and it have only a certain amount of people" Eric says. As if I didn't think of that myself, Einstein.

"I told them that but they kept insisting. They had all these excuses and repeated please a million times" I tell him. Eric laughs slightly.

"Excuses, huh?" He says.

"Literally tons. They just kept coming and coming no matter what Lily or I said" I say as I shake my head. I should get some tips from them. At least theirs seemed to work.

"I'm sorry, but you do hear the irony in this right?" Eric asks while laughing outright now. Okay, so it's not everyday that I'm the one on the other side of the excuse train; as Eric likes to call it.

"Alright. Laugh it up big boy. You should know that anything can happen with me. So let me continue on with my story" I remind him as I try to hold back my own smile.

"Okay continue baby" he tells me with a smile laced through his voice.

"Okay soooo I tried on about eight dresses total while I was there. the worst of the pick had to have been Janey's. She wanted me to try on a BIG poofy ball gown. It was huge and was so heavy. I probably tripped on that thing fifty times; No lie. And you know those cakes that you can buy at the grocery store that have the Barbie doll with a dress made out of disgusting frosting? That's what I looked like." I tell him. Eric starts laughing again.

"I'm sure you still looked cute in it. Are you sure you're not exaggerating just a little, angel?" He asks me. Do I ever exaggerate? Wait, don't answer that.

"No, not even a little bit it. I pinky promise you. It was that bad!" I insist.

"So I'm going to guess that it was a no...?" Eric asks me. Well, no duh.

"A big fat hell no and it only got worse from there" I say with a sigh.

"Worse? How is that even possible" he exclaims amused.  

"I know. I couldn't believe it myself. As I tried on more dresses, the others started to disagree on which was dress was better than the other and why. It got really heated. Like raised voices heated" I tell Eric. I thought that Lily was going to start a fight when Sophi and Janey hated the dress she picked out for me. It got a little too intense. And you know I love me some excitement in my life.  

"I honestly can't picture the three of them doing any of that" Eric says. There's a first for everything. He should be the first to know about that.

"What can I say? Weddings plus shopping can bring out the worst in people. You'll also be proud of me. I was actually the mature one out of the group. I told them to settle down. It's not worth fighting over a dress I'm not even going to buy" I say. That's right, people. I was the mature one for once. I'm telling you, there really is a first time for everything.

"Now I definitely can't picture that. You? Mature? Who would have thought....?" He says with a laugh.

"Shut up. I do listen to your wonderful words of advice from time to time" I tell him with a smile. Especially when I'm getting my butt soundly spanked.

"Glad to hear it" Eric tells me. I sigh again.

"It just sucks that I didn't find a dress and have to keep looking" I say while staring at the darkening ceiling. It's getting dark outside now.

"You'll find one. I know you will and you will look amazing in it. Don't lose hope, okay baby?" he says to me. Ugh. But what if I don't?

"Sure, Eric" I say back unconvinced.

"I promise you, you will. So are you still coming to stay with me next weekend ?" Eric asks me. Of course! Why ask such a dumb question? Only seeing Eric on the weekends every two weeks seriously cuts back on my cuddling time.

"Duh Eric. I wouldn't miss it" I tell him and at the same time my phone beeps letting me know someone new is trying to call me. I see that it's my dad. I'll talk to him later.

"Just checking. You know I miss you little angel" he says.

"I miss you more" I say sadly. Don't cry, Cori. Don't cry. I always get emotional when I'm stressed and tired. My phone beeps and my dad's name flashes across the screen. Grrrr. He is so persistent.

"Eric, baby, let me call you back. My dad keeps calling. So let me see what he wants" I tell him.

Before Happily Ever After - Story Five Part One

“I-I loved your d-dress. You looked s-so pretty in it” Devon tells me as she flips to the page where I am wearing my wedding dress. I look down into the album on her lap and glance at the picture and smile. Yeah, I’ll admit it. I looked hella good in my dress. The best I’ve ever looked honestly. The dress just fit my body perfectly and it was just so….ME.

“Thanks. I absolutely adored it. It couldn’t have been any better” I say as I smile thinking about that night. Everyone loved it too; especially Eric. His opinion was the only one that really mattered to me. Well okay, everyone else’s did too. But only because of the huge hassle it was picking it out. Ugh. It was probably the most stressful event of the entire wedding process. And I went through a ton of them; especially my poor butt. Between my friends, my mom and dad, and everyone’s mother, they all wanted a say in my dress. If it weren’t for Eric, I probably would have strangled them or thrown my heels at one of them. No wait, that last part actually happened. Yeah, it’s quite a story.

                                     

"I'm so excited to FINALLY go dress shopping! I thought you were never going to go" Lily says as we walk out of our dorm room. Yeah, you read that right. Me not wanting to go shopping am something that seems impossible. I love shopping. I live and breathe for it. When I first got engage to Eric, I couldn't wait to buy my wedding dress. However, as time went on, I couldn't decide on a kind of dress since there are literally a bazillion styles, materials, and accessories to go along with each. I got overwhelmed on what to choose. I have to find the perfect dress for my wedding; literally perfect. The kind of dress that people stop and stare at amazed.  The kind of dress you that future brides wish they could pull off. The kind of dress that Eric would love at first sight. And I wasn't finding that dress which seriously pissed me off. So I kept pushing it to the back of my mind, then other wedding preparations kept grabbing my attention. So imagine Lily's surprise when I continued to avoid finding a dress. Her shopaholic friend not wanting to go shopping. She thought I was sick or something.

"Well I can't keeping pushing it back. So I have to find a dress sooner or later,” I say with a sigh as I check that I have my phone, wallet, and keys in my purse. It's kind of a habit Eric installed into me. If you can catch me drift. Lily locks our door and snorts.

"Wow. Well aren't you jumping with excitement right now,” she says sarcastically. God, I'm so so not in the mood for her sassiness. I roll my eyes.

"Shut up miss sassy. You know why I'm not looking forward to this" I tell her as we head down the hall. If bitched about it a million times to her, even when she didn't want to hear about it.  She better know! Hmph.

"Relax. You'll find the dress. I know you will. Let's just go today to look and if you find one, then great. If not, no pressure. Okay?" Lily tells me as we get into the elevator. No pressure? Ha. Easy for her to say. She found her maid of honor dress ages ago.

"Okay. But I have a feeling this is going to be a pain in the butt. And you know how I get about my feelings" I tell her. I didn't mention how my feelings are usually bad. Like when I am about to get my behind toasted. Nonetheless, my feelings are usually right.

"Whatever you say, Cori" Lily says laughing.

"Laugh all you want, but mark my words, girlie" I warn her as she has an amused smile on her face. If she doesn't want to believe in my feelings, that's fine. They're never wrong. Okay, they're wrong occasionally. Or a little more often than that, I swear. So my feelings are sometimes skewed, a little. No biggie. Lily and I exit the elevator and walk out toward my car when we run into Janey and Sophi on the way there.

"Hey, guys. Where are you headed?" Sophi asks us with a smile. Uh oh. Bad feeling getting stronger.

"Shopping" I tell them as I block the sun with my hand. The weather is finally starting to warm up after a long winter. I thought I'd never live to see a warm day again.

"Oh yeah? Can we come too? It feels like we've hardly seen you two in forever,” Janey asks brightly. Oh great. Lily and me give each other a quick glance. Look, you know I care greatly about the both of them greatly. I don't really want their help find a dress. It's just that they don't have the best.... fashion sense. At least one that is close to mine.

"Well you know how busy school is for all of us. And you know Lily's on the debate team and in the marketing club and I teach classes and work at the Rec center during the week" I explain to them. Yeah, I had to get a part time job a while ago after my dad cut me off for a short period after one of my failed "plans". It was honestly one for the books. It really was that bad. My butt still clenches in pain after remembering it.

"Right. And we also go visit our guys when we can and there is so much to do for the wedding. There's honestly no time left for anything,” Lily adds in agreement.

"Well you have time to go out right now,” Janey says pointedly. Sheesh, she's acting as if we're making up excuses.

"We're actually going shopping for my wedding dress" I say, looking at Lily in regret. Both Janey and Sophi's eyes light up at the news.

"Really? Can we come too? Please! I would so like to help you find one" Sophi asks us full of hope. Janey nods her head in agreement. Sigh. How should I let them down easy?

SORRY!

I deserve to be spanked. I honestly do. I am totally sorry for leaving my stories hanging, not writing for a year, and being MIA in general. I do read the comments that are posted and I am glad that there are people who enjoy reading about Cori and Bailey. So again, I am really sorry. I am going to post a part of the next part of Before Happily Ever After. Its probably going to be the final story, but I haven't fully decided yet. Its short since I have to get my writing juices flowing again. When I post again, it will be longer or even finished. Thanks again to everyone who reads my stories.

Soccer Foes Story 4 Part Three

Shane's POV:

I instantly pull away from Becca the moment that she kisses me.

"Becca, what the fuck?" I ask her as I step away from her for distance. God, I hope that Bailey did not just see that.

"Whoa I was not expecting that to happen. Am I missing something here?" Alex asks with a grin as he comes to stands next to me. I roll my eyes. Why does he have to always be so damn nosy?

"No! Becca, why'd you kiss me?" I ask her while glancing around to see if I could spot my little babe anywhere. I don't see Bailey with her group of friends, so she either had left earlier to go back to her cabin or she saw the kiss and left. I really hope it's the first choice but I have a dreadful feeling that it's the latter. That would be too easy.

"Because Shane I was trying to get your attention" Becca says with a smirk as she walks up to me and runs her hand down my chest; or tries to anyway. I step away from her again.

"My attention? What kind of attention involves you kissing me?" I ask her as I roll my eyes. I'm pretty sure I know what she is trying to do.

"Okay so it may seem sort of desperate but I've been trying to get you interested in me again for the past three weeks. You weren't noticing any of my previous hints at all" Becca says with an angry pout. Oh great. Here we go again.

"How many times do I have to tell you that we are never getting back together. Ever" I say emphasizing the ever part. It's been over six months since our breakup and I have no desire to rekindle it.

"Why? Is it because you’re with that troublemaker now? And don't you dare deny it either. I've seen you two together outside of practice a lot this past week" My ex tells me as she folds her arms together and gives me a smug look. I narrow my eyes at her. She's really pissing me off right now. Beside me, Alex drops his mouth in shock.

"You hooked up with someone and you didn't even tell me?" He says with a look of betrayal on his face. I roll my eyes and choose to ignore him.

"So you've been spying on me? Nice Becca" I tell her with sarcasm laced through my voice. Yeah, she's done some pretty sketchy things in the past but this is a new low; even for her.

"Don't act like I'm the crazy one here. How can you date someone like Bailey? You can do so much better" Becca tells me. Oh please, don't give me that. I make sure that my face doesn't give off that her words are getting to me. Just because she is jealous doesn't give her a right to think Bailey is beneath her. My baby is far, far from that.

"Your with Bailey now?!? Dude, I'm your best friend. How could you keep this from me? I should have been the first to know!" Alex says sounding hurt that I did not mention that I'm with Bailey now. Speaking of which, I got to go find her. I'm pretty sure she saw Becca and I's kiss unfortunately. Who knows how long it will take for me to convince her that it was all Becca fault and a huge mistake? She'll probably accuse me of being cliché. Again, I roll my eyes.

"Dude, don't take it so personally. We just wanted to keep it between ourselves until the camp ended" I say to calm him down. Did it work? Nope, of course not.

"So what? I can keep a secret man" Alex says still offended.

"Stop it Alex. You can barely keep a secret. You have to admit that you sort of have a big mouth" Spencer tells him. Sort of? That's the understatement of the year.

"That's so not true and you don't seem very surprised of the news......did you already know?" Alex asks him getting even more upset. Spencer just shrugs. Thanks Spencer, you could have said no. It will save us all from hearing Alex bitch about it for weeks. Alex narrows his eyes at him.

"Okay who else knew about this already?" Alex asks looking around at the rest of us. There were about eleven leaders still here. No one raised their hand until Emily, one of Becca's friends, raised her hand and said,

"Well I did and I just have to say that I agree with Becca. You can totally do so much better than Bailey, Shane."

You know, I never did like Emily.

"Whatever, Emily. You don't even know Bailey personally" P. K. says defending my girlfriend. That's right. My boys got my back.

"Like you do?" Emily says back to him in a pose matching Becca's.

"No but Shane says that she is pretty chill and..." P. K. tells her but stops talking when he notices Alex staring at him.

"You knew too? How did P. K. know before me? How is that even possible?" Alex says flinging his arms in the air in astonishment. P. K. looks offended by his comment and then argues with Alex about how he can keep a secret unlike how Alex can. Spencer and a few other of our buddies get into an argument with Emily and some of Becca's friends about how judgmental and hypocritical they are. There are arguments happening all around me. If it were under different circumstances, I would actually find it kind of funny.

"See the mess you caused Becca. This wouldn't be happening right now if you hadn't have kissed me" I tell her shaking my head and start to walk toward the wooded trails. I really need to get out of here and find Bailey. I didn't make it very far because Becca had come to stand in front of me.

"It's MY fault? It's yours actually. If you didn't keep secrets then no one would be arguing right now" she says. I knew she would somehow blame me. It's never Becca's fault.

"Don't get it twisted, Becca. It's not my fault, it's yours. If you had minded your own business, no one would even know I was seeing Bailey" I say and we continued to argue with each other for a good ten minutes. We all probably would have continued on like this too if a high-pitched whistle had not been blown by the fire. All of us instantly turned toward where the sound came from and was greeted by a furious camp director with five soaking wet campers behind her; one of which was Bailey.