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[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • Evie didn't know what to expect after marriage. She assumed there were many expectations however she worried. It was one thing to be promised to each other, now it was a reality that they would be bonded by marriage. However it was up to them to form a happy marriage. Evie knew they likely didn't have a choice about not moving in together. She wasn't too sure though about sharing a room. Sharing space was easy, lying next to a man she barely knew was different.

Keeping on the topic of sports, she couldn't help but follow up with another question. Evie wasn't surprised if Ben had been forced into sports, it seemed inevitable. She listened as Ben spoke about them all having been in sports as expected. Evie couldn't help but smile as Ben mentioned he'd played lacrosse until he realized he was bad at it. She could understand that one.

Having the question turn back onto her, Evie nodded. ”Sports, yes. Among other things.” She commented as she smiled at Ben. ”My mom signed me up for ballet when I was younger..I did that for a few years though I was hardly coordinated especially during shows…I usually ended up stepping on someone's foot or running into them…When I hit middle school, she signed me up for volleyball, thinking that was a good idea until I proved I could hardly do that by punting the ball into the other girls heads when I served…Then in high school, she thought maybe cheerleading would be a good idea…It was not.” Evie responded by shaking her head at the end. She hated sports and was even worse at dancing in a synchronized way.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

It wasn’t surprising that she would have some worries about their future. He had them too. Of all the things his parents taught him, a lesson in having a loving marriage was never penciled into the schedule. Looking at his own family he wanted to believe that such a marriage was possible. At the very least he hoped that they could perhaps be friends. Though that was only a part of the problem. Aside from being married, he also worried about how living together would work. He’d never lived with anyone outside of his family. When he was in college he went to a local school and opted to stay home instead of living in the dorms. Benjamin had no idea what Evie would need when they moved in together. He wasn’t even sure what they would be moving in to.

Answering her question, he went on to tell her about his abysmal sports history. He hoped that she wasn’t too disappointed that he was by no means a star athlete. Though it wasn’t for a lack of trying. He just assumed that it wasn’t meant to be this particular life time, and if that was the case then he was fine with it. There were plenty of other things that he was good at. Turning the question back on Evie, he found himself curious if her own parents had forced her into any sports.

When she spoke, Benjamin listened as she recanted the various sports that she had played throughout the years. He found it amusing that she was just as uncoordinated as he was. He smiled as she continued to tell him a few more details before shaking her head, almost as if it would shoo away the memories. ”Well, at least our parents were nice enough to not invite more witnesses to those events.” He replied. While there were times he had felt annoyed that he had not been able to get to know Evie, he was glad that she missed his sport events. Somewhere, he was sure that she felt similarly and was glad that he had missed the recitals and the games.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • It seemed parents only wished to humiliate their children to make themselves look better. Evie was indeed glad Ben never got to experience her misfortune at sports. She would probably only be overly embarrassed if Ben had seen her. Evie listened as Ben commented about inviting more witnesses. She laughed softly shaking her head, ”Of course, it was bad enough that they were there along with my brother and sister.” Evie commented, knowing she'd be horrified at the thought of other people being there. It was one thing for strangers to see her, an entirely different scenario if people actually knew her.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

As an adult he could understand why his parents pushed so hard for them to be more rounded. But as a child it only seemed like torture to be put through sport after sport after sport that he either didn't really like or was just not good at. Had he been more athletically inclined he probably could have gone on to bigger and better things. Like Evie, he was glad that she had never been to one of games. Commenting on their shared misfortune, he watched as she laughed and shook her head. Benjamin laughed a little as well. "Tell me about it, the only bright side about my brothers being there is that I got my payback when it was time to go to one of their games." he replied. From what Benjamin remembered he tried to pay the crowds as little attention as possible. It somehow made poor playing a little more bearable if he tuned out the other parents.

 

[xDarkWinterx]

⋮ ۩ ) • • • At least now that she was beyond elementary and high school, sports were a thing of the past. However for her brother and sister that was a different story. Unlike Evie, her siblings excelled in sports and dance. Her brother Evan was a center fielder for his baseball team and her sister Mia was a talented dancer. Evie listened as Ben commented about his own siblings. She smiled at his words. ”Are they terrible too or the opposite?” Evie questioned, smiling at her words. She knew her own siblings were not as terrible as she wished they were. However it was easize that they weren't.

 

[Pure Acid Dreamer]

Indeed, the need for sports and impressing others was now long past him. Benjamin was glad he no longer had to pretend to be interested in yet another sport he would likely suck at. Similar enough, his own siblings were still actively engaged in their chosen sports. Though unlike him, they both seemed happy enough to participate. As he spoke again, he watched as Evie smiled at his words. He smiled back as he shook his head lightly. "Not so much anymore." he replied. "But when we were younger we were all pretty terrible. It took Samuel a long time to be able to catch up to the other boys on his swim team. Now he's the captain and looking at a scholarship. Whereas Oliver, he was a bit like me and tried out a few different sports before joining his high school wrestling team and finding out he was actually pretty good at it. He even went on to play for his college team." Benjamin didn't mind that his brothers were the more talented ones at sports. It was bound to happen that at least one of them might be better.