"It's not what you think" (closed)

(OOC: I'm not a football maniac, so I hope I did well below.)

Sam's attendance at Harden High's football games had never been due to a fondness for the game. It had been because she was advisor to both the Dance Team and Cheer Squad -- both of which were here tonight at Homecoming -- and she always attended the teams' performances. Her lack of enthusiasm for football didn't prevent the teacher from understanding the game, though, so she understood that the offensive members taking the field were positioning themselves for the safe play, a game tying extra point attempt.

Sam was, at the same time, both disappointed and relieved. She was still torn by her desire to see the team -- and Martin in particular -- end their season with a win; and her dread of having to grind in the teen's lap while topless until the inexperienced boy creamed his boxers with his sticking discharge. If the kicker put the ball through the uprights, the Bull Dogs would have a shot to win in overtime, uncertain as a victory would be. If he missed, the victory was gone, no second chance being offered. How was she supposed to feel about this?

Sam moved several yards down the field for a better view, standing with one of the water boys who was mumbling incoherently to himself, seemingly as excited as the players on the field and the fans in the stands. The boy looked to the teacher and laughed nervously, before looking back to the field and continuing with his private conversation. Out on the field, the kicker performed his rear moving and side stepping motions until he was perfectly positioned. Typically, the Bull Dog's quarterback held the ball for both field goals and extra points. This was intended to make their opponents fear a faked kick and pass play instead.

But once the players were set, Sam realized that Martin was serving as Holder and the team's backup kicker was standing in for the better, first string one. Sam wouldn't understand why the coach would make such a decision, going with second best, until someone explained it to her after the game. The backup kicker, it would turn out, had once been the Bull Dog's starting QB until a medical condition prevented him from playing more than just a couple of plays a game.

The Center hiked the ball ... but not to Martin! The ball flew right past his head to the kicker/QB, who immediately took off to his left toward the corner of the end zone as his protectors shifted with him. The Spartan's were no idiots, though, and they immediately shifted the same direction to prevent the score. And it didn't take a genius to realize that the trick play was about to fail...

...until the backup QB suddenly spun and tossed the ball with skill and strength toward the opposite corner of the end zone ... for which Martin had headed after initially pretending to join the blocking effort for his team. Only one Spartan had caught onto the second trick and followed after Martin. But the teaming of the two Spartan's was pure magic, pure beauty, and just two steps short of exiting the back of the end zone's distant corner, the ball fell into Martin's clutches.

The roar of the home town crowd rose so high and so quick that it felt like an explosion to Sam. Even she jumped, screaming out before clutching the water boy so unexpectedly hard that the teen cried out in surprise and maybe even pain. It would be a long moment of excitement later before Sam's heart would jump again in her chest as she realized what the victory meant for her and Martin in particular.

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Martin got mobbed by the other players on the field, the celebration lasting so long that the officials tossed a penalty flag. The Bull Dogs didn't care. They took the 15 yard penalty assessed on the kick off in stride, shut down the Spartan's drive, and enjoyed a greater celebration as the players on the bench and most of the fan's in the stands joined them in the middle of the field. Martin found himself lifted from his feet and bounced around the tight packed throng like a punk rocker at a concert. He was in total joy ... and it had nothing to do with the lap dance that had been promised to him at half time.

In fact, it wasn't until the celebration began to die down and one of the flirty cheerleaders ran up and hugged him with a bit more body pressing than she had deployed in the past that Martin remembered the squad's advisor at all. That part of his brain suddenly woke back up, and Martin looked around for the stripping teacher. Miss Hale was no where to be seen. Martin's search was constantly being interrupted by congratulating team mates, coaches, and fans. He eventually abandoned his quest to find her, turning his full attention on enjoying the victory.

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