The very next day Elsa set to write the letter to Mario.
"Are you writing to Mario?" Kitty asked with a grin. She was lying on the sofa and eating biscuits while Elsa sat at the desk in front of a blank sheet of paper.
"Writing is good ... I haven't even started ..." she sighed.
"Oh, you will think of something. And if not now, then later." Kitty grinned and put another cookie in her mouth. "Do you open up?" (Do you like it too?) She held out the bag of cookies.
"Thanks." Elsa reached into the bag.
"Eating always helps me think. I always feel that way with my stories when I can't think of anything." grinned Kitty. Elsa laughed. Apparently, Kitty had given her the inspiration she needed, because she turned to the blank sheet and busily began to scribble her marks on it. Kitty stood up and looked over her shoulder, fascinated.
"I love your writing!" she clapped her hands enthusiastically."But I still can't even half ..." she added meekly.
"That will be ..." muttered Elsa, while she was completely absorbed in the letter. Kitty crept back to the sofa so as not to disturb her further.
After a while Elsa turned around.
"So ... done!" she beamed.
“Great!” Kitty grinned. "Let's throw it in today, okay?"
Elsa nodded.

~ * ~

Two weeks later.
Today was an important day for the Kickers. Your first decisive game in the national championship! They were there early to train a little more. Little by little, the first spectators came. Gregor discovered Conny on the sidelines. She waved briefly to him, he waved happily back.
"Hey Gregor, watch out !!" BAMM! Gregor got a ball right in front of his head. Conny put her hand over her mouth, frightened. Gregor seemed tough, he just laughed and rubbed the sore spot on his forehead.
"Lately does love not only make you blind but also deaf?" Kevin crowed over the place that had sent the ball.The Kickers half poured over Gregor's stupid expression. A grin crept even on Mario's face. For some time now he was almost in a bad mood. Gregor could guess the reason, but he didn't want to interfere. It was a thing between his big sister and Mario. Gregor also had his own worries. Conny, for example. He couldn't figure her out. But just ask her if she wanted to be with him, he couldn't either ... he was just too cowardly for that. In addition, the national championship had now started and the most important thing was football! Fortunately, Mario's lovesickness didn't seem to affect his football talents. He had improved enormously and would soon compete with Viktor as the best goalkeeper in town. Oh yeah Viktor ... when you talked about the devil (literally, what? XD). He appeared next to his sister and sat down next to her on the grass. Of course, after all, he wanted to know if the Kickers could endanger his team at some point.Mario did his stretching exercises while he let his gaze wander over the people who were slowly gathering on the slope. He discovered Gregor's parents with their dog Maradonna. Normally Elsa would sit there too ... He looked away again and scowled. He had to concentrate on the game now. Blue and white came in.
Both teams lined up at the center line and wanted a fair game. Then the players trotted to their position. Kickoff. The Kickers kicked off.
“Come Kevin here!” Gregor matched Kevin and then ran forward.
Kevin ran at the same height on the right edge of the field. He easily accepted the passport and ran forward. A defender of blue and white stood in his way. Kevin faked on the left and then ran past on the right. He was now almost at the end of the field when two defenders crowded him. He quickly matched Tino, who was currently in a good position.“Tino!” Gregor had played himself free. Tino shot the ball to Gregor with enormous precision.
“Super Tino, brilliant pass!” Gregor started to shoot.
With a loud scream of strength, he put all his strength into the shot.
"TRY TO HOLD THAT!"
The ball flew with insane speed into the left corner of the cross! The goalkeeper of Blau-Weiß dived early in the right direction, and it looked as if he would get the ball, but then the ball flew into the goal just under his fingertips.
"Yeah !! Toooor !!" Gregor was as happy as a toddler. Kevin and Tino came running towards him.
"Great Gregor! If we go on like this we will win easily!"
But of course the blue-whites didn't want to make it that easy for them. Next they were offended. The two strikers played off the defense of the Kickers with a skilful one-two.
"TAKE THAT!!!"
One of the strikers shot with all his might. But what was that? Mario jumped the ball right at it!He just concentrated on the ball and the right moment and then grabbed it. The ball almost slipped out of his grip while he was still able to push it down and lay on his stomach on the floor.
He stood up. His hands hurt, but at first he ignored it and looked for a free player up ahead.
He shot the ball far forward to Kevin directly in the barrel, which thundered the ball volley on goal. From the force of the shot, the goalkeeper of blue and white was smashed into the goal together with the ball. The second gate!

In the end it was 2-0 for the Kickers. The audience cheered, the kickers lay laughing and crying in each other's arms. It was a wonderful picture! The kickers were one round further.
"I'm looking forward to the game against you!" Viktor said with a grin to Mario when the kickers came off the field.
"Good game Gregor!" Conny greeted the center forward of the Kickers.
“Yeah, we're on!” Gregor was so euphoric that he didn't even know what he was doing.It fell stormily around Conny's neck. Conny blushed, but did not fight back. Viktor looked at them both in amazement, but then had to laugh out loud. Both had crimson heads when they let go.
"Sorry ..." mumbled Gregor.
"It's okay ..." Conny smiled.

~ * ~

At the same time in Germany.
Elsa and Kitty were just in town to put together a new outfit for Elsa. At first Elsa was reluctant to accept it, but then she realized that it wasn't that bad after all. She even had Kitty give her a pair of pants (can you imagine Elsa with pants ?? XD). Now they were just looking for a chic top. It didn't take long before they found what they were looking for. They bought a turquoise top with rhinestones for Elsa and a black bustier for Kitty.
After their exhausting shopping marathon, the two girls sat down in a cozy café.While they were enjoying their hot chocolate and laughing inspected their purchases again, Kitty suddenly noticed how a boy looked over at them often and he was clearly eyeing Elsa. Kitty nudged her pen pal with a grin and Elsa blushed with embarrassment. She was just not used to that much attention - especially not from boys. The boy gave her an outrageously sweet smile as she shyly raised her head and looked in his direction.
"I think he likes you," Kitty whispered in her ear. Elsa eyed the boy furtively. His short black hair was messy with gel. His dark eyes seemed to keep smiling.
"Well, how do you like him? Cute isn't it?" Kitty tore her from her observations again. Elsa nodded slightly. He looked really cute.
The two exchanged shy looks for a while until a black-haired girl appeared on the scene. She leaned down to the boy.The girl's long hair made it impossible to tell for certain. Elsa looked away. Why was she disappointed now?
"Ts ... that's a typical guy again! Having a girlfriend, but still flirting for as long as you can ..." Kitty shook her head disapprovingly. Elsa looked at her in astonishment.
"To flirt?" she asked confused.
"You can also flirt with your eyes and he clearly did that. Don't you even notice when someone is flirting with you?" Kitty had to grin. "You still have to learn a lot ..."
Ashamed, Elsa looked into her cup. Kitty touched her arm lightly.
"Don't worry, it will be."

~ * ~

“Kitty, are you coming?” Elsa stood in her new outfit in front of the large mirror in the hallway while Kitty was still in the bathroom. Wrapped in a towel, she came into the hallway.
"Wow, that looks really good!" she exclaimed enthusiastically and circled Elsa a few times.
"I don't know ... it's too free for me up here ..." she pointed to the spaghetti straps on her top.Kitty thought for a moment and then tore open her closet. She rummaged through her blouses and finally found what she was looking for.
“Put that over it.” She held out a white blouse. Elsa liked herself better and Kitty was happy too.
Finally, a light make-up and the two girls were ready for the apple tree.
At first Elsa felt a little strange, she had never been to a disco before. But it didn't take long until she lost her shyness little by little and tried to dance along. At first her movements were wooden and restrained, but less than 2 hours later she was hardly recognized. Skilful moves, skillful hip swing. Even Kitty was amazed. It had taken her a little longer to thaw herself when she first left. But the music in the apple tree and the atmosphere were simply contagious, hardly anyone could escape it. The girls sang along with every song, even if the lyrics weren't quite right.Shortly after midnight, Elsa had a little surprise.
"You Kitty, isn't that the guy in the cafe from this lunchtime?" she whispered in her friend's ear when a tall boy with black hair approached them. He had swapped the dark green sweater from this lunchtime for a white shirt, which made it look even more attractive.
"Where's his girlfriend?" Kitty replied with a slightly skeptical look in his direction. Elsa just shrugged her shoulders.
“Anyway, let's dance!” Kitty pulled Elsa onto the dance floor. Exuberantly they moved to the rhythms of dance and trance. It wasn't long before the black-haired one joined them on the dance floor and danced up to Elsa in a very cheeky manner. Elsa's heart made a little joy hop.
"May I take you out for a drink?" he whispered in