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We shifted our grouping a little, and then I kicked it to Tyler. He trapped it and sent it on to Tonya, who had to race a bit to the side to catch it. For a few minutes, the three of us passed the ball around, and then I popped one into the air with my toe toward Tyler, who tried to catch it.
“No hands, Tyler. You have to use your body.”
He looked at me like I’d lost my mind. “How do you catch a ball with your body?”
“You don’t catch it; you block it from going past you so you can take control of it and move it in the direction that you want. Throw it in the air to me.”
He did, and I used my torso to stop the movement and then dribbled it toward him, spun around his body, and kicked it toward Tonya.
“Wow, she’s terrific,” I heard Patricia say, and Tonya and Tyler were laughing.
“Okay, guys, I need to get back to work, but you guys can keep practicing if you want. Tyler, there is another ball in the back seat of my car. You guys can practice dribbling it.”
“Isn’t dribbling basketball?” Tyler asked with a funny look on his face.
“Yep, it is, but it’s also for soccer.” I took the ball, dribbled it out about twenty feet, turned it around, and then brought it back. “You do that to take it down the field and stay in control of it until a team member is open to set up a shot for the goal. That is a drill that all soccer players do for hours and hours up and down the field.”
Tyler raced off to get the other soccer ball, and then I stood on the back porch as the two of them tried their hand at dribbling. “Don’t go so fast until you get used to it, and don’t kick it that hard. You want to tap it lightly a few feet in front of you to keep it under control. Once you get the hang of it, then try to go a little faster.”
“Okay!” Tonya yelled, and I picked up my water bottle and took a long drink.
I turned to Brad. “You ready to get back to work?”
“Yep, I am.” He got to his feet, and Patricia said she would sit out back and watch the kids for a little while.
Inside, Brad followed me up the stairs, and we were barely in the bedroom before he spun me around and wrapped his arms around my waist. “Do you know how damn sexy you are?”
I laughed. “You think so, huh?”
“Yeah, I do. I loved watching you out there, and Tonya was listening to you. I was worried when she went out there because I’ve seen her try to play before.”
“She just needs some one-on-one instruction, and she’ll get it.”
“Thank you,” he said softly as he stared down at me.
“You’re welcome. Now, are you going to kiss me so we can get back to work, or are we going to dance now?”
He chuckled and cupped my cheek. “I’ll take the kiss now and the dance later.”
Oh, so he liked to dance, too? Nice. “I’ll hold you to that,” I told him before I brushed my lips against his.
We managed to get the second coat on the walls when Patricia found us cleaning up. “This looks wonderful,” she commented as she looked around.
“Thank you.” I loved the light-lavender color on the walls and couldn’t wait to have my furniture delivered by the movers who were waiting for me to pick a date.
She stepped into the bathroom and laughed. “Your bathroom could use a little work.”
“Milton is going to do that for me. I have to pick out my tile. I forgot to do that.” I went to get the tile samples and brought them back into the bathroom. “What do you think of these?” I asked her.
We discussed the tiles a little, and I found that we had similar tastes in designs. Patricia helped me decide, and I set the three tiles aside to show Milton.
“Now that I have those, I can have him get started.”
“That’s great. The grays will look very pretty, especially if you add in some of that lavender color from the bedroom.”
“I was thinking of doing that.”
She smiled kindly at me. “Thank you for helping Tonya. She was very excited that you had offered to do it.”
