Our Little Stow-away

After our final game on Saturday against Bluffton (you don't have to ask how we did.. .it was the same as the previous 10 games), but anyway, after the game, we quickly got on the bus to complete a mission we had been waiting to do all year:

Stick our smallest team member, Abby LaRosa in the compartments above the seats and proceed to convince our coach that we couldn't find Abby and we didn't want to leave her at Bluffton.

Well, mission accomplished.

We swiftly got her up there and she found it remarkably comfortable, which was good considering she would be up there for the next 25 or 30 minutes, until Coach got on the bus and starting counting team members. Abby actually found it so comfortable that she fell asleep while our team and the mens basketball team loaded the bus.

When coach asked if we were all on the bus, we just looked around and said, "I think so..." and she said if we had everyone, we could go.. we said, "I don't think Abby is on the bus!" She got up and looked back at her seat to find she was missing. This may have been a little funnier and a well played prank if we hadn't just lost. Mel wasn't in the mood to get off the bus and find her in the school so she told us that one or two better be getting off the bus to find her. We all sat there for little bit in silence and looking at each other, before I finally stood up and popped open the compartment above my seat like I was getting my bag out and in turn, Abby popped her head out of the compartment and gave Coach the peace sign.

I don't know who was more surprised, Coach or the guys on the mens team who didn't know she was up there. One guy's mouth dropped when he saw Abby's head pop out of the overhead compartment. It was pretty hilarious. Mel laughed it off and then told the bus driver to leave before we even got Abby out of the bag storage. She wanted to get the heck out of Bluffton faster than even we did.