Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

[JOEY ROOKS]

Thump. Thump. Thump. Plop. Thump, thump, pop!
Soccer balls made just the most fun sound to her. Hit them on your head, or knees, it made a soft, thumping sound. Drop them in the grass, it made a squishing plop sound. Kick them into the goal as Joey just did, and it made a stunning popping sound. The tiny redhead smiled, and jogged over to the goal to retrieve the ball. Of course...she'd rather be kicking the ball into that large goal just behind the soccer net. The one that stood like a two-pronged fork at the end of the field.

No one took soccer seriously. Joey stared at the football goal while she thumped the spotted ball from one knee to the other. She loved soccer, there was no doubt about that--she'd been playing it since she could run. But at the same time--she really wanted to play football. She could be pretty good at it, she was small, agile and fast. But she was also a girl. Signing up as 'Joey Rooks', rather than 'Josephina Rooks', earned her a spot on the try outs. But when she showed up wearing the smallest possible uniform, and being the absolute tiniest on the team...she was laughed right off the field.

However the soccer team took her in. She was extrodinarily tiny, reaching only 4'11", and thin--not frail. And very quick. But the girls soccer team was not a contact sport. The boys could push, and shove all they wanted. Joey bounced the ball from knee to knee a little faster, her agitation growing. The football team hadn't even given her a chance! They hadn't even taken a chance to see what she could do, how fast she could be. And beign a girl--the other team might hesitate about tackling a small girl.

Thumpthumpthump.

Everyone made such a huge deal with the football team. They got the biggest funds in the school. They could get new uniforms, new equipment. They even got cheerleaders. They filled the stands on every home game, and they were the hereos of homecomming. No one cared about the soccer team. No one knew how hard Joey played. They were lucky if they could even get half the stands filled. And even when people came, it was to see the boys team. Because it could get rough.
And there went the ball. Joey, in her utter frustration dropped the ball to the ground, and kicked it with all of the force in her short legs.

POP!
The ball missed the net, and went veering off to the side. She stared at the football goal, looking pretty pissed off. And that was hard to do with little Joey. She wasn't easily upset--unless it came to discrimination. And not letting her ven try out for a team, because she was a girl was total discrimination.
Wait, where was the ball?

Her thought process had been so fast, so quick that she didn't even realize she had kicked the ball to god knows where. Her green eyes opened wide, looking for the spotted ball frantically.

Tags: Ethan/Kara, Joey/Olley!
Notes: Lemme know if I need to fix anything. D:
Outfit:Yay Soccer Uniform!

[ETHAN CAMPBELL]

Competition and challenges didn't even count as questions to Ethan - the answer was always, "Game on! What are we waiting on?" Naturally the first thing Ethan planned on doing after transfering to Baum was joining the football team. Back home he was known for his record winning season as the quarter-back. Now he had to make up time to make sure he could be known for that again in this school. First he had to make the team though and that meant getting back into the game and on the field for practice.

Ethan grabbed a box out of the corner of his room and grabbed out his pair of football cleats and his football. Already two weeks and he wasn't still fully unpacked. He'd just gotten out the important necessities that he needed and everything else was still packed in the stack of boxes. He'd been meaning to get out to the field earlier but it was taking longer than expected to get the handle of this new school. New York was so different from back in Texas. He missed things back home but at least his two best friends made it easier to cope with his homsickness. He grabbed his duffle bag and packed the football and cleats into it and locked the dorm after he left.

Tossing the ball into the air he caught it and felt just at home. Playing sports was where he was the most comfortable. It was where he could give it his 100% and get rid of the stress of whatever was bothering him. Football was the sport for that type of sport where anger and frustration usually made him an even better player. He stopped by the athletic center at the gym and grabbed an agility ladder and cones to run some drills. Then he set off for the football field where he couldn't wait to start practicing. Once there he grabbed his foot and stretched it backwards to pull his calf muscles. As he was about to set off on a jog around the track a ball dropped next to him from out of nowhere.

Thud!

"What in the Sam Hill..?"
"Where in the world did that come from?"

Ethan looked around him to see where it came from but didn't see anyone around. Picking up the soccer ball he gave it a quick toss in his hand and set off for the field again. As he got closer he noticed someone was out on the field - guess he wasn't going to be training alone. Setting down his bags on the sideline he walked over to the girl near the 40. "I think this is your's..." Ethan rolled the ball across the grass to the red-head. She looked so tiny to him that he wondered how she was able to kick the ball that far. She was pretty cute, he thought, and gave a friendly smile.

Tags: Joey & Olley
Word Count: not sure, idc really
Outfit: Football practice
Notes: Sorry it's short and suckish... I'm sleepy and my cold medicine killed my muse. bedtime!
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[JOEY ROOKS]

And the ball came rolling back. Holy crap. It's magic. Joey gawked at it for a moment, before a voice accompanied the return of her favorite ball. She looked up, stopping the ball with her cleat, before tucking her toe under it and popping the ball into the air, catching it in her small hands.

Joey looked at Ethan warily, then glanced down at her ball to check for holes or damage. "Thanks..." She said slowly, and then he smiled. Woaho, he smiled. Joey returned the smile, and she spun the ball between her fingers while she approached the tall boy. Then again---anyone taller than her was going to be a giant. Especially when you were just an inch away from being a legal dwarf. Four-feet eleven, and haven't grown in years was Joey's fate, though it gave her a different perspective.

"Football jock?" She asked nodding at the football, before tucking the spotted ball under her arm, holding her tiny hand out. "I am Soccer Jock, Wanna-Be-Foot-Ball-Jock-Joey. But you can call me Joey or Joe if you want." And then begun the Joey rambling. "To be honest, you should totally join the soccer team instead. Make the football team really feel it. They wouldn't let me join, said I was too small. But I think it's because I'm a girl. I mean, I could be totally great--I could just, bing-bang-boom! Zoom around the field, and duck between legs and they'd never see me comin'." Joey paused to breathe, her hand still out, not looking embarassed or flushed at all from her mouth running a mile a minute.

"My name is Joey--wait, I said that. Right, what's your name Football-Dude? How cool would it be if it were 'Dude'? I'd have to go for some ESP testing or something." Joey looked skywards, her last sentence trailing off as she considered the possibilities. She squinted her eyes, and shook her head. She didn't like needles, maybe she wouldn't go for testing afterall. She'd invent some School for the Gifted--or crazy something or other like that.

"You look new, I haven't seen you before. Are you on the team, or are you trying out? Cause beleive me, I watch the football team with envious eyes and I have not seen you before."

[ETHAN CAMPBELL]

"Your welcome," he said as the girl inspected the ball and started kicking it around. Ethan continued to watch in curiosity and amusement as the little redhead kept on moving and bouncing righ' along without hesitatin'. "Well I be damned.. She's wound up tighter than an eight day clock."

Ethan just right on smiled as she kept talking and moving around the field in front of him. For a lil' thing she sure had spunk! He had to give that much to her. The way she could kick the ball with such precision gave him as big of a shock as pissing on an electric fence. He was certainly impressed!

"Football jock?"

She nodded at the football he was carrying in the bend of his elbow. "Yah, I was the QB," he said a bit full of ego. Ethan grabbed the football between his fingers and stretched it behind his head like he was about to throw it. Nothing wrong with a little showing off. If this little girl can play that game so can I, he thought. "Just jock. I can play any sport. Baseball, basketball, football, you name it with a -ball at the end." So full of himself. He gave her a big smile worth her noticing.

To be honest, you should totally join the soccer team instead. Make the football team really feel it. They wouldn't let me join, said I was too small. But I think it's because I'm a girl. I mean, I could be totally great--I could just, bing-bang-boom! Zoom around the field, and duck between legs and they'd never see me comin'."

She took a huge breath like talkin' all that much had deflated all her air. He bet it did actually! She sure had a lot to say. It suited him fine since he typically didn't say all tha' much to be honest. He'd much rather let someone else do all the talkin' and he could add humor and lively up the conversation like the wise-crackin' guy he was.

He wanted to laugh but bit his tongue and pulled his mouth into a line to keep from bein' rude. Course they didn't let her join. Football was a BOY sport, or at least in his mind it always would be. The girls that played football, umph, were just scary and WRONG. He dind't think she looked like the manly type of girl that could play football. Back home his football team would've laughed her right off the field if she came to try-outs. Ethan just nodded as he listened to her explain the situation.

"My name is Joey--wait, I said that. Right, what's your name Football-Dude?.....You look new, I haven't seen you before."
There she was, interrupting him before she could even interrupt him since he couldn't get a word in 'round her.

"Football-wanna-be-Joey, I'm Ethan

etc.etc. to be continued after dinner!