WHEN I GET OUT ON TO THE TRAINING FIELD, I FIND MY NEW TEAMMATES IN A SEMI CIRCLE AROUND AN OLDER GUY WHO I RECOGNISE AS OUR COACH. I WANDER OVER, HOPING NO-ONE NOTICES MY LATE ARRIVAL. I SPOT JACKSON MY NEW ROOMMATE & STAND NEXT TO HIM. OUR COACH HAS JUST STARTED A WELCOME SPEECH TO ALL THE NEW JUNIOR PLAYERS. HE’S LETTING US KNOW WHAT HE EXPECTS FROM US ALL, WHILE WE ARE HERE AT MICHIGAN. WHICH IS BASICALLY BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS. WHEN HE’S FINISHED, HE CALLS OVER ONE OF THE OLDER GUYS FROM THE TEAM. THE GUY WALKS OVER & STANDS NEXT TO COACH, I RECOGNISE HIM STRAIGHT AWAY. COACH SMILES AT HIM WARMLY & SAYS, “THIS SUPERSTAR RIGHT HERE IS CARTER, YOUR CAPTAIN & SENIOR QUARTERBACK. HE HAD ANOTHER GREAT SEASON LAST YEAR & WAS VOTED MICHIGAN’S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER. HE ALSO HELPED MICHIGAN FINISH RUNNERS-UP IN THE LEAGUE. THIS SEASON, WE WANT TO GO ONE BETTER & WIN THE LEAGUE. SOMETHING THAT MICHIGAN HAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED FOR OVER A DECADE. I KNOW CARTER IS GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER AMAZING SEASON & AT THE END OF IT, GET DRAFTED INTO THE NFL. SO GUYS, PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR CAPTAIN & DO AS HE SAYS.” COACH & CARTER BEAR HUG IT OUT, IT’S OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE CLOSE. I WAS NEVER THAT TIGHT WITH MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL COACH, BUT LOOKING BACK, THAT WAS PROBABLY MY FAULT BECAUSE OF MY WILD CHILD WAYS. CARTER IS THE GUY I WILL BE UP AGAINST THIS YEAR, TO TRY & BREAK INTO THE TEAM, AS STARTING QUARTERBACK. CARTER SMILES & LOOKS SMUG AS HE STARTS HIS OWN TEAM TALK BY TALKING DOWN TO US JUNIOR PLAYERS. FROM THE WAY HE’S BEHAVING, I ALREADY DON’T LIKE THIS ASSHOLE. SO TAKING HIS FUCKING PLACE ON THE TEAM, IT’S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE FUN. ONCE CARTER’S PEP TALK IS FINALLY OVER, COACH TAKES OVER AGAIN & SAYS, “AS IT’S YOUR FIRST PRACTICE OF THE SEASON, I WANT TO CHECK OUT EVERYONE’S FITNESS LEVELS, SO WE WILL BE DOING A LOT OF CARDIO.” THIS NEWS IS MET BY LOW GROANS FROM THE REST OF THE TEAM. “LETS START WITH LAPS AROUND THE FIELD.” I DON’T MIND, AS I TRY & RUN FIVE TO TEN MILES MOST DAYS. THE WHOLE TEAM SETS OFF JOGGING, WHEN I GET HALFWAY ROUND THE FIELD, I LOOK UP & NOTICE THERE ARE SEVERAL GROUPS OF SCANTLY CLAD FEMALE STUDENTS HANGING OUT ON THE BLEACHERS. AT FIRST, I THINK THEY ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE TEAM, BUT IT SOON BECOMES BLATANTLY CLEAR THAT THEIR ONLY PURPOSE TO BEING HERE IS TO OGLE THE TEAM AS WE JOG PAST. I CAN’T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT THEY GIVE CAPTAIN CARTER THE STAR TREATMENT, WHICH OF COURSE THE PRICK LAPS UP. I CAN FEEL ALL THEIR EYES ON ME, IT’S OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE GOSSIPING ABOUT THE NEW FRESH MEAT ON THE TEAM. AT LEAST ON THE PLUS SIDE, THERE IS NO SIGN OF OLIVIA & THE REST OF THE CHEERLEADERS. ON THE FINAL LAP, CARTER IS OUT IN THE LEAD…. JUST, SO I SPEED UP. BY THE LAST ONE HUNDRED METERS, IT’S ME & CARTER NECK & NECK, WITH EVERYONE ELSE A FAIR WAY BEHIND. SUDDENLY, CARTER ELBOWS ME IN THE RIBS, MAKING ME TEMPORALLY LOSE MY FOOTING. HE’S OBVIOUSLY DONE IT SO HE CAN MAKE IT BACK TO COACH FIRST, WHICH HE DOES…. “WANKER.” THE REST OF THE PRACTICE GOES WELL & I MANAGE TO HOLD MY OWN. BY THE TIME PRACTICE IS FINISHED, EVERYONE IS KNACKERED & DRIPPING WITH SWEAT. MY TOP IS DRENCHED & PLASTERED TO MY CHEST & ABS, SO I DECIDE TO TAKE IT OFF & THROW IT OVER MY SHOULDER. BIG MISTAKE BECAUSE SECONDS LATER THE WOLF-WHISTLES & CHEERS BEGINS FROM THE FEMALE GROUPIES. “HIT THE SHOWER ROOM GUYS, GREAT FIRST PRACTICE!” COACH YELLS AT US ALL.
MICHIGAN GOSSIP *SPOTTED TODAY KASSIUS GIVING ALL THE LADIES WATCHING TODAY’S TRAINING SESSIONS A REAL TREAT, WHEN HE WHIPPED OFF HIS TOP TO REVEL AN IMPRESSIVE BUT SWEATY SCULPTURED BODY, THE GUY HAS SOME SERIOUSLY GOOD PECS, ABS, V MUSCLES & I’M SURE ALL US LADIES WANT TO KNOW WHAT AT THE END OF THAT SEXY HAPPY TRAIL. ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE, WAS IT JUST ME OR DID WE NOTICE THE START OF A RIVALRY BETWEEN OUR TWO SEXY QUARTERBACKS?…. TIME WILL TELL. GO THE MICHIGAN WOLVERINES!*
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