Carmella Ramirez: A High School Story
Copyright© 2007 by Cylis Derrens
Chapter 5
Carmella decided try out for defense in the middle of the season. She would still be a quarterback but wanted to try something else. After a couple of practices the head coach gave her a linebacker position. She was quick and agile finding gaps in the line to make major plays. When Pete showed up after healing from his injuries her new position provided yet another bonus.
The head coach was the first to notice Carm focusing on punishing Pete, whenever she could get away with it. In one instance when he came out to block the nose guard, she aimed her helmet for Pete's side. Grunting in pain he was caught by surprise, and fell backwards. Carm rushed past him after getting up. The runback was caught low by the hit. Carm was able to lift him up and slam him to the ground stunning him.
"Dammit Ramirez! Your supposed to touch him not tackle him! And you Koshchek what the hell are you doing? You let a backer put you right on your back and she isn't even near your size. Both of you stay after practice! The rest of you hit the showers!" Coach Davis said.
Both players took a knee at their Coach's command. It was obvious that Carm didn't like Koshchek and Davis meant to find out why. Both were his star players. He needed both if the team were to play well. Pete and Carm were both good kids and it was a shame to see two former friends fighting.
"I don't know what happened that caused this, but you better fix it! Either you do that or you are both off the team and we could really use both of you. I need my players to work together not try to take the other apart." Davis said leaving it at that.
Left alone Carm and Pete looked at each other. They both knew the coach was right.
"Sorry about your side." Carm said with downcast eyes.
"Yeah sorry about cheating on you. Hope you can forgive me." Pete replied.