Clary's POV
I woke up and it was almost noon here, so really 4am back home. Yea Nicole would not even be close to getting up. This time change is fucking up my system. I came downstairs. My mom left a note

'Pancakes in the fridge, going to go set up my studio in town. Text me or call if you need anything. Please don't go wandering...but knowing you...there is a park down the road for you to practice at.
Love Mom'

I ate my breakfast then decided to go to the park I noticed when we got here yesterday, the one that my mom mentioned in her note. I packed up my bag full of my gear. I really needed to break in my new cleats anyway. Dont' want to get blisters at tryouts. I really hope no one else is at the park.

I somehow managed to get there without any problems. I dont' really know how because I suck at directions. But I got here. I smile looking at the park field. It was pretty nice...they even had lights. Better than the shit ass park back home.

I put my stuff down by the goal. Put my phone in my armband and started to play my workout music. I started out with the warmups that coach used to make us do. You run around the field and when you get to the goals you have to do 10 pullups. We had to do this 5 times for warmups. So I headed out, when I was done I grabbed my water bottle and sat down for a bit. I was what some people might say, a fitness nut. I loved working out, running weights, sports you name it and I would do it in a heartbeat.

I stretched out a bit more before doing drills with the ball and cones. I went out to set up cones for drills. I hated this, again I silently prayed no one would come to see me training by myself. I always trained at the park at home with Nicole. Which was easier since there are way more pair drills to do than if you are just by yourself.

Suddenly I heard a voice scream out "Hey do you want to join us?" Crap on a cracker...people. Just what I wanted. I unplugged my earbuds and turned around. There were two girls there, both smiling.

"I..uh...are you sure?" Way to sound like a doofus. What would Dad say? Composure Clary.
"Yea I'm sure. I'm Eleanor and this is Lilly." Eleanor had brown hair and a kind face. Lilly was blonde and reminded me a bit of Nicole.

"I..um...okay." Real smooth Clary. Come you were raised better than this!

"Oh I'm Clarissa, but you can just call me Clary."

"Clary? I like that! Its so fun!" Lilly smiled at me. Nevermind...she's way to bubbly to be like Nicole. But she seemed nice enough.

"So where are you from?" Eleanor asked as she put on her cleats. I really hope they were good. I was not in the mood to play with people who suck. That would not help me what so ever.

"California, most recently."

"Most recently?.." They looked at me like I was on drugs. Great. I hate when people get confused over how much I have moved.

"Yea I have lived in California, Wisconsin, New York, Florida, Colorado, and Texas. I suppose Ireland now too."

"Holy shit. You've been all over! Do your parents just like to float around...oh what's that called?" Lilly looked at the ground and seemed to think hard about this. I have no idea what she was trying to say anyways.

"A gypsy Lills." Oh jeez...I am offended.

"I am not a gypsy, my dad was in the army." Okay now let's drop this whole conversation and talk about football. They finished putting on their cleats and headed over to arranged my cones to a group drill.

"Oh so is he done? Is that why you moved back to Ireland?" Oh god I hate telling people that my dad died in battle they get all weird and shit.

"In a way I guess. Um he didn't come home the same...um...he...he got shot and didn't make it. So my mom wanted to move back home, she's from here, since we have no family over there. My dad's parents died years ago." Lilly and Eleanor just stopped what they were doing and looked at me. They seem to be waiting for me to start crying...but I didn't. I did all that at the funeral and then the whole next week. But then I realized he wouldn't be proud of me for moping around. So I decided to live my life to the fullest and make him proud because I knew he was watching.

"So what drills are we going to do?" They both smiled and explained it to me. A pretty advanced drill. They were actually very good. We were laughing and joking around. When we got a drink we exchanged numbers. I am really glad they are on the team, they assured me I would get a spot on the A squad...which I am assuming is like varsity? That's when I heard. "OI!! Ellie! Love we should play three on three!"

I turned around and saw Niall and two other boys approaching. Just fucking great.

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Niall's POV
Louis screamed out to his girlfriend, and then she turned around. Clarissa. Louis practically runs over to Eleanor. What was she doing here? I don't want to play with girls.

"OH how rude of me. Niall, Louis, Liam this is Clary she just moved here from California! How cool is that!"

Clary? Must be a nickname...I like it...suits her a lot better than Clarissa. Clary just smiled while I of course just stood there like an idoit. Liam shook hands with her. She fixed her gaze on me. Wow her eyes were green today. Like Haz's but more vibrant. "Nice to see you again Niall." She didn't sound like she meaned it though. Eleanor and Lilly just looked at her with confusion.

They walked over and huddled to prepare for the match. So we huddled as well. "That's Clarissa?! She is more than alright mate! She's smoking." I wanted to smack Liam. He peeks up and looks over there again. Then I hear Lilly's voice, "Alright chumps, lets do this."

Lilly was holding the ball and was smiling. We started, Liam was goalie while Lou was defense. I was the foreward, so I faced Clarissa. Eleanor was as goalie, Lilly was defense for them. I haven't seen Clarissa play so I have no idea what to expect. We usually went all out against Ellie and Lilly. But we didn't know what to do about Clarissa. All of a sudden she stole the ball right from me. I raced after her, shit she was fast. She quickly made chopped meat of Lou and was racing towards Liam. I could hear Lilly and Ellie cheering. She just kicked it right in the top left corner. Liam had no chance. In a matter of 5 minutes she already scored on us. She ran back to the girls and hugged and whooped. While us boys just stood there shell-shocked.

We quickly huddled again "Okay what the fuck just happened? She played like I don't even know. Girls don't play like that."

"Niall what do we do?" They looked at me.

"She wants to play like a boy then we treat her like one." We breaked and lined back up. They were all wearing devilish grins.

"Ready Horan?" She was just grinning at me.

"You're going down Clarissa." I quickly got the ball and was racing towards Lilly. I manuevered around her. HA! Not so good after all. She must've just caught us off guard.

All of a sudden Clarissa was there trying to wrestle the ball from me. Like hell that was happening again. I quickly slid my foot and tripped her. I scored and ran back to Lou and Liam. I could feel the daggers that she was shooting in my direction. Sorry babe...you wanted to play tough. We lined up again. I noticed Haz, Zayn, and his girlfriend Perrie watching. They were whispering and pointing at Clarissa. Lou yelled "Hey how about a break?"

Zayn and the rest of them came over. They all looked at Clarissa. "I'm Clary. I moved here from Cali. Now stop staring." Ellie and Lilly laughed. Clary didn't really sound like a normal American...she some Irish twang to her.

Haz spoke first "Clary? That's an interesting name...Stands for Clarissa right? You're Niall's new neighbor?" She just nodded. Then Harry looked at me.

"Niall you did a piss poor job describing her. She is stunning." I punched him in his arm

"Alright break is over."

We lined back up "You're going to pay for that Horan." I got the ball first and then before I knew what was happening I was on the ground and Clarissa was getting up. That girl just slide tackled me? She freaking slide taclked me?! She scored again.

"Well that was fun. But my mom probably thinks I got kidnapped or something. I should be leaving."

She grabbed her stuff and changed her shoes Lilly and Ellie yelled after her "Text us later girl! Same time tomorrow?" She nodded and then left.

"Oi, Niall just got slide tackled by a girl. She took you out!" Liam and Louis were laughing their asses off and I could tell the others were just holding theirs in.

"Shut up Tommo! I should be leaving too. I'll see ya lads tomorrow." I gathered up my stuff and tried to catch up to Clarissa but some how she was already walking up her driveway right when I turned down our street.

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