The field was empty just as she'd expected it to be. Jenna spent hours working through her normal drills going through wall kicks, stair steppers,machine guns and juggling. She set up cones and weaved through them did an hour of conditioning then let herself have some fun just running up and down the field kicking the ball as if she was playing a game completely by herself.<br/><br/>She was near center field when a sharp whistle drew her attention. She lifted her head and wiped her forehead with the back of her arm shading her eyes as she caught sight of her coach leaning back against the stands. Jenna used the tip of her toe to kick the ball into the air and caught it before jogging over to her coach, "Instep kicks looking better" The gruff woman said as Jenna leaned the ball on her hip and dragged in a lungful of air, she nodded mutely in agreement, she'd been working on improving that kick this year since it didn't have the power some of the other girls possessed.<br/><br/>Her coach looked uncomfortable as she rubbed the back of her neck and looked away from Jenna and out towards the field. "I though I should let you know Sports center did a piece on you." She said her glance sliding over to Jenna who looked very pleased, "You knew?" Her coach asked and she just shrugged. "No not really but I knew about the U.S. woman's team" She said causing her coach to draw in a sharp breath, "So I figured it'd just be a matter of time." She said glancing up when she heard foot steps a smile lighting her face as Derek came into view.<br/><br/>Her coach nodded and then looked to see what had drawn her most dedicated players attention. An amused smile flickered over her features as she looked back at Jenna, "Go have fun." She said patting the girl on the shoulder. Jenna beamed and waved a hand at Derek before disappearing to go get changed.<br/><br/><div align="center">~~*~~</div><br/>Dinner with Derek was fun and light. They went to their favorite chinese place and ordered too much food. The only down side was Derek's study group and Jenna's class that forced them into ending the evening at 10 so she'd have time to drive out to the middle of no where, where the astronomy department was. The evening ended with a lingering kiss between their cars as Derek tried to convince her to skip class.<br/><br/>"i can't" she said for the third time even though she was very much enjoying his for of persuasion. "It's one class" He breathed trailing his lips down her neck nipping softly, his hands molding her body against his own as he pinned her to her car. She shiver and pushed lightly on his shoulders making him back up a step. He sighed knowing when he'd lost and kissed her good bye before getting in his car and driving away while waving good bye.<br/><br/>Jenna left a few moments later driving the opposite way out of town towards the open dessert where her class met every week to chart stars and try to get away from the constant light pollution. The drive was about 45 minutes and she was still early. She shut off her car and turning on her ipod and with the dome light on started her math homework intent to work on it until someone else showed up.<br/>