Carol looked over and noticed her parents were both grinning ear to ear. All the hard work as a defender for all these years, always being a good teammate and never getting to share the glory, even this year when the team was an offensive juggernaut, and she never complained or pestered the coach to play up to get a chance to score. She did her job helped her team and so that goal meant an awful lot to her.
The long wait between games did have an effect on the team. That first game had set down the marker that Coach Hochbauer had wanted and all they had to do was not lose to move forward in the tournament. However, that was almost more than they could manage. The offensive seemed to have spent itself in the first game and their opponent always seemed to be knocking on the door. But every time a player got the ball and turned to make a shot, there was Siobhan O’Brien. She disrupted passes and blocked shot attempts and was basically anywhere the ball was when it was in their defensive third. The Blue Lightning got their 0-0 tie and moved on to the next round. And when the girls went in for their team talk, all the parents knew that it was Siobhan’s night to be the star.
When they went to the room, Carol got her night clothes and went into the bathroom to change. When she came out Jen had apparently changed as well. She was wearing a crop top tee shirt again showing a lot of her stomach. She was also wearing very short shorts and Carol took the opportunity to look at Jen’s shapely legs. Carol laid down on her bed and stared at the ceiling, mainly so she would not stare at Jen, but she had to fight the urge the whole time.
Jen continued to move about the room. Since the girls would definitely have two games tomorrow, they would have to check out before they left for the first game and Jen needed to get some things together so she would not be as rushed in the morning. Carol, being the old hand at this, had gotten most of her stuff ready when they had come back from the field before dinner.
When Jen was finally ready, she paused in between the two beds for a minute as if she was pondering something or waiting for something. Finally, she said “Lights on or off?”
Carol replied “I think we can leave them on. I am not quite ready to go to sleep.”
Jen laid down as well, but neither of them spoke at first. Then they just made some small talk about the games, and how their daughters had done and Siobhan’s big day. That was followed by another extended silence. Both women looking up at the ceiling as if it were the Sistine Chapel. Finally, Jen broke the silence with a deep exhale and said “I’ve really come to look forward to these evenings with you.”
Carol got a little tense when she heard this. She had been struggling with her feelings for Jen and seeing the younger woman walking around, scantily clad and looking so gorgeous, she was a little wary of where this might be heading. However, she replied honestly and said “Me too.” This was followed by another long silence as each of them continued to stare at the small patch of ceiling right about their heads.
Carol was next to break the silence. “Is that why you got here earlier than usual? You were excited to be here?”
“No.” Jen replied “but I admit that I was thinking about tonight a lot during the drive down. I actually got a little turned on and my panties got a little wet. I was afraid Melanie might smell it. So I opened the window and when she asked why I told her I had farted.” A laugh burst out of Carol’s mouth and Jen started to giggle as well. They laughed for a while and it seemed to relax Carol, who now turned on her side and looked over at Jen.