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Their breathing was labored, panting even, as they lay collapsed against each other. Rin Clarke, at fifteen, was experienced. Had been, always would be. Especially after all the work she'd done to get there. But she still believed that she would never be as good as William Bell, who at sixteen, had the most delicious ab muscles she'd ever seen in her life.

"Alright, Clarke," he gave her a gentle push to cue the sweaty giggling they'd been doing had come to an end. "Up you go."

Letting a waterfall of brown hair down from its ponytail, she whipped her head around until the hair decided to cooperate and she put it back up, watching Will look at her like she was something of a loon. "Yes, up we go!" she gleefully replied, tying her hair in place before he could bother to complain.

"If you want to be a good athlete and a good team member, you need to do what the Captain says."

This part was common sense. Rin flashed him a grin and shrugged. "Alright, easy enough. Are you the Captain?"

Will paused. "Well, no. But for this practice, you can pretend I am."

Her gaze got caught on his bare chest as he removed his soaked shirt and tossed it to the ground near their bags. "Oh, okay," was her dazed reply. She honestly could stare at his gorgeous body for hours, if not days.

"Let's go! Three laps around the pitch and then we'll do crunches until you feel like retching. And then we'll do a few more exercises and actually fly."

Rin followed him like a puppy dog until the very end of practice where they were both a soaking wet mess of themselves. The rain that had decided to drop in on them had been welcomed as they flew around the pitch at top speed, letting it sting their faces and hands and burn their bodies with its icy reminders. "Hey, Will--" she stopped short of calling him by his full name.

"Yeah?" He was busy gathering his things where they'd left them, shoving wet practice clothes into his bag.

"Thanks--for today. For everything."

He smiled in spite of himself and nodded back. "Of course. Any friend of Penny's is a friend of mine. I'm just glad you're staying in shape. Even if you can't actually play for the team."

Rin's heart sank a little. Just a friend of Penelope's. But those abs. The cold gave her some confidence because she barely noticed herself moving toward him until she was on top of his body, pulling him in with her hands on his chest as she pressed her cold, numb face against his. The warmth of his breath--and his surprise--sent curls of heat down her body and as she kissed him, the numbness faded away, his lips perfectly matched against hers. "Thanks," she whispered after she'd let him go and moved off to grab the rest of her stuff to leave.

She was halfway down the hall by the time Will caught himself. "Wait! Rin!"