For the Love of the Game

[Kaligurl222]

Things had come naturally for Kali. She came from a very wealthy family who always made sure their children had the best of the best. She had always worked hard and had done amazing thru high school. Her parents always made sure she went to the right events and dated the "right" type of guys.... none of which ever worked out for her.... She wasn't into the stuffy well-to-do type that her parents insisted she date. When graduation rolled around and it was time to get serious about her life her parents scoffed at the very idea of Kali leaving the state to attend college to be a sports therapist. Their idea was that she should stay there with them and marry and become more of a trophy wife than anything else, of course those weren't their actual words. When she had refused that idea and accepted a scholarship to USC they had told her she would be on her own, so she was. She worked her way thru school by bartending and personal training which paid all the bills. Now, she had landed her absolute dream job after graduation, she was one of the trainers for the San Fransisco 49ers! Since it was her dream job it didn't bother her too much that she wasn't able to have much free time to date or go out, there would be time for that later. There were only 2 other females on staff for the team so Kali worked hard to prove that she in fact belonged there. After the game tonight, the team had a bye week so she would have a little time to rest and recover from an intense schedule. She was in the trainer's office prepping before the game when she heard someone open the door.......


(Kali Riley: 27yrs old, long dark hair, bright green eyes, dancer's body, 5'10)

 

[catlover]

Frank

As an ex NFL defensive back, and the color announcer on the Fox Sports broadcast for the game, we had met the 49er group in our pre-game preparations, and I had briefly met Kali. When we arrived at the stadium to do the broadcast tonight, I stopped in at the trainers office to ascertain if there were any injuries or other problems about any of their players that we might want to know about.

Kali was there alone getting herself ready for the game. I again saw how lovely she is, and couldnt resist asking her if she had plans after the game, and might she like to join me for a late dinner.

Often an opportunity like that to get any insights on the game could prove quite useful later, but that wasnt my motive to want to spend time with her and get to know her better.

ooc: Frank 6'3" 230 lb, black, with a big toothy grin and shaved head

 

[Kaligurl222]

Kali looked up and smiled genuinley when she saw Frank standing in the doorway. She was never a big fan of the press but for some reason Frank was the exception. It probably helped that he was so easy on the eyes.

Smiling, she leaned against the table, "Hey you, I've got nothing you don't already know to report." when he asked her about her plans for after the game she laughed, "Why, do you plan to pump me for insight?" she winked at him playfully. She had been around long enough to know the drill. Even with that in mind she could think of alot of other things that would be worse. "Dinner would be nice. I would like that."

When he had left the office she finished prepping and headed to the field, wearing the fitted khacki pants and polo shirt. The game went with just the typical injuries to tend to, lucky for her. When the final whistle had blown she gathered her bag and was headed to the trainers office where she would ice guys down, wrap, unwrap and tend to bruises and cuts. She veared off track to swing by where the press were at to find Frank. She listened as he finished his broadcast and smiled at he spotted her. "I was just going to warn you, it takes a while to get these guys all tended to before I would be able to do anything..... I wasn't sure what you had in mind for food but I didn't want to keep you waiting...." she realized she was rambling and laughed at herself.

 

[catlover]

Frank

We were doing the postgame wrap-up and the announcer was talking when Kali poked her head in and told me she might be a while.

I knew that she had things to do. It wasnt the first time I had dealt with a training staff after a game.

I waved OK, because after we finished we had to get our own stuff together and packed to take with us.

Quickly I rose out of my seat and quietly told her I'd come by their office when we were through, and we could go from there.

Of course she was casually dressed for the game, and I had on my Fox blazer with their little logo, and a dress shirt and tie as required, but nothing fancy so we wouldnt be going anywhere exotic, but I would let her pick the place since she knows the territory and I dont.

Not quite an hour later, with my colleague off to the hotel with iur stuff, we went down to the training office and knocked on the door, hoping she might be through or nearly so, enabling us to get going.

 

[Kaligurl222]

Kali smiled when he said he didn't mind waiting. She went back to the office and focused on her work. She wrapped iced heated bandaged and was working on the last player when she noticed him outside the door. When she finished she stepped out and smiled at him a she rolled her shoulders. She hadn't realized the awkward angle she was subjected to at the time but it always hit afterwards.

"Thanks for waiting. I just finished up... Did you have something specific in mind?" She smiled when he told her she could pick. "Alright, there's a good place a couple blocks from here.. It's a pretty casual place that should have died down now that the games over."

 

[catlover]

Frank

"Great. May I assume you have a car here or shall we call a cab?", I asked.

"Tom and Annie, whom you met, - she is the colleague on the field- well they have a thing going and I sort of give them room after the game so they have some privacy to do whatever they do, so I am free to do whatever comes my way until our return flight in the morning."

"So if I may, I'll just follow your lead and go wherever you might be comfortable, or even get take-out if that is easier for you at this hour."

 

[Kaligurl222]

Kali laughed as he talked about the couple. She nodded her head, "well guess I have them to thank for giving me some company tonight huh?" She flipped the light off for the office as she closed up and they headed for the parking lot. "We can take my car." They made idle chit chat as she made the short drive to the little restaurant. There were still quite a few cars in the parking lot as they walked inside. She looked over at frank and smiled, "take out sounds mighty good actually." She laughed as the server at the counter greeted her an asked if she wanted the usual. Laughing Kali shrugged, "better double that order and make it to go please." She turned and smiled at Frank, "guess my secrets out... I come here a lot."

 

[catlover]

Frank

"With the kind of hours you keep in a job like yours that doesnt surprise me. Lets get some wine to go with that food. After talking into a mike for about 4 hours my throat needs a little lubrication."

While we waited for the food, I asked her how a nice girl got into the sports medicine business. She laughed and said it was her life ambition and asked me about my football career.

I told her it was a long story and it could wait until we had supper

 

[catlover]

Frank

sorry - duplicated

 

[Kaligurl222]

Kali smiled as they chatted. She blushed when he asked her about why sports medicine. They grabbed the food an she turned smiling, "alright, got the food... Do you mind going back to my place or would you rather go to your hotel?" When he old her her place was fine she led the way and couldn't help but to run try the mental checklist to make sure she had straightened everything up before she left that morning. They got in the car and she made the short drive to her little house. It was a small two bedroom house.

She opened the front door and led the way. Putting the food on the counter, "good thing I'm a pretty tidy person because I really wasn't prepared for company... My lucky night." She winked at him playfully.

 

[catlover]

Frank

Her lucky night? Little did she know how I felt about being in the house of a lovely girl.

As she served up the food, I opened a bottle of wine and poured sonme into the two glass she got ourt.

We took them to a nice coffee table in frontof a couch, and there on the TV was, believe it or not- a replay of the TV broadcast of the football game. There I was on the screen making some comment about a play, and she said something about being with a celebrity.

We clinked glasses and quietly I offerred a toast, but silently to myself I thought quite another, that this night would never end.

Again she brought up the subject of my football career, just as Tom, the announcer made some comment about my time in the NFL as a defensive back.

"I started by telling her that in high school as a sophomore i was a wide receiver but I grew taller and gained weight, and when one of the DBs got hurt I filled in there. So by the time I was a senior I had a little attention from recruiters, but nothing special until a summer all-star game when I had a couple of interceptions, and was granted a full scholarship to Washington State, where some guy who had a free ride didnt show up so I got the slot."

"So I played four years and didnt get drafted, but was signed as a free agent by the Bengals, but didnt make the team. I did get signed to ther pracitce squad though, and when one of the starters got hurt, I got promoted to the big team."

"Anyway I hung in there for 6 years until my knee gave out, and here I am."

I hoped she was glad I was here with her, and that she hadnt asked anything about my personal life.

My glass was empty and I went to get the wine bottle to refill it.

"OK- your turn. Lets hear about you becoming a sports trainer."

 

[Kaligurl222]

Kali laughed as he blushed a little when his broadcast came on. She admitted she always watched his broadcasts. She listened as he talked about his career and winced when he talked about his career ending knee injury. When he brought up her job she laughed. "Well its not as exciting as yours but.... I grew up with four brothers who all played sports, I was the girl so I was supposed to be the little princess but that was never me. I ended up bandaging my brothers to hide it from our mom so that she would let them keep playing... then when. I told them I wasn't going to stay home after graduation, that I was going away to school for sports Med they kinda... cut me off. I haven't seen or heard from my parents since I moved for college. I keep in touch it my brothers tho." She smiled as she finished her wine. "Hope that didn't totally ruin the night."

She couldn't believe she was sitting there with him, she had always been attracted to him on TV, and now that he was sitting right next to her she couldn't help but to feel like the TV was nothing compared to seeing him in person.

 

[catlover]

Frank

We has pretty well emptied our plates, and the wine had kept flowing until the bottle was empty. My arm was on the back of the couch as I listened to what she had to say.

It wasnt whart she said, it was the sound of her sweet voice that made me do it, but I let my fingers tickle the back of her neck, and as our eyes met, I pulled her to me and gave her a light kiss right on her lips.

Again we looked at each other, and I did it again, this time a little harder and firmer, and let my tongue trace across her sweet lips.

 

[Kaligurl222]

If it hadnt happened a second time I never would have believed it had happened. But when his lips touched mine again I took the opportunity to kiss back. His lips felt so good against mine. I move over so our bodies are touching, my hand resting on his thigh as we kiss.