The two were hooked. "I can make it permanent for you if you want. All you have to do is be my boyfriends." They looked at each other to see what they other was going to say. "I think we should try it. You were the one saying we can't give up." Mason said. Casey said "You're straight! You're not even bi. What are you going to do when you can't get it up?" Mason rolled his eyes. "Wish that it was up and ready to go. You don't have to make things hard when magic is involved." he said as if it was the easiest. Casey crossed his arms, but did not say anything. They both turned to Karyn. "We're in." Mason said seriously. Karyn smiled and said "Okay. Because I'm very fair, you don't have to worry, I'll wait until the tryouts before we get down to being in a relationship." They nodded and sighed in relief. Karyn turned around and went back to the school building. Class was about to start and Karyn was allowed on the freight elevator at the back of the school to get to the floor where her homeroom was. She got in the room just in time for roll call.
Karyn went along with her classes and packed up at the end of the day. She rode the elevator down and went to the tennis courts and waited for the tryouts. 'I hope they both can get on the team.' she thought to herself. If they failed, she would have to look somewhere else for a boyfriend. Mason and Casey were both there in their gear and getting ready to go. It took a moment before they noticed her. They waved and the coach walked out on the center court. The tryouts were about to begin. Everyone went quiet in front of him. "Welcome to the tryouts, gentlemen. We do team tennis here. That means we are a true team. If one does well, we all celebrate. One fucks up and we all run laps and figure out how to deal with the problem. If that doesn't appeal to you, you can get the hell off my courts." he said. He waited for a full minute as he stared down the prospective recruits. Karyn could even see Tobias in the line up. The coach smirked and said "Good. I like the confidence. Don't disappoint me. No one here gets a free ride. That means you all are going to sweat and bust ass today!"
All the boys on the court looked at each other. The coached chuckled knowingly at them. "Yeah, get a good look at each other, boys. Get pumped! Healthy competition is healthy for boys your age. Like I said before, we do team tennis here and that means we have five events at the tournaments and two at meets with other schools. Those are the singles and doubles. The big tournaments are going to be with the girls and you might get chosen for some mixed doubles too." He paused to let that sink in. He then held up his clipboard. "I'm looking for three singles players and two doubles teams. That's seven slots for each meet. I'm going to get twenty of you. There's no such thing as a starter or bench warmer on this team. If you outwork everyone, you get a slot. I watch everyone closely." he said. Karyn looked around and counted all of the boys on the court. There was thirty one boys standing there. The coach smiled and said "I'm going to be testing you the next three days. Today is endurance day. We are running and exercising until you drop. Twenty laps around the courts. Go!"
She watched as they went around the four tennis courts in circles. Mason and Casey were keeping pace in the middle. Karyn watched them run until the end. Several of the boys were exhausted and had to sit down and take a little break. The coach noted it down on his clip board. While they were breathing a bit heavier, they were both mostly fine. The coach then ran them through a gauntlet of exercises. They did push-ups, sit-ups, crunches and squats. At the end, the couch told them to run five more laps. There were some groans from the boys, but they were shut down immediately by the coach. When they were finished with the cool down laps, the coach dismissed them. Mason and Casey were tired and covered with sweat. The elder boys were looking perfectly fine while the younger ones were suffering. While they went to the showers and cleaned off, Karyn waited for them. The two limped over to her. Karyn wished their soreness away and smiled at them. "I'll see you tomorrow." she said as she began to gallop away. She went to her house.
