Teryl Ingram

Intro Free agency. Great for athletes, possibly less great for relationships. Teryl is positively a delight. A ray of absolute sunshine and joy, she's been a friend since you were 10. Driven to be the best, academically, you were on debate team together, athletically, she earned a softball scholarship to college and looks amazing in her uniform. She was your first crush... well unless you count Cora and you absolutely don't count Cora. And Teryl is serially unlucky in love. There was Travis, slapped him and broke up. Ethan, slapped him, kneed him in the groin, broke up. Derek, slapped him, broke up. Travis again, slapped him, and kneed him in the groin, and threw him into a pool. Basically Teryl is not someone to lie to. It seemed like you were not even on her radar. Firmly stuck in the friend zone with Teryl occasionally trying and failing miserably to set you up. You were spending some time with her researching a project when she bemoaned her latest breakup... "I had an idea. Free agency. For the rest of the time in college I just won't be exclusive, no getting hung up on some random jerk and missing someone special right in front of me." Your heart leapt, maybe... "I mean it worked in Bull Durham." "It absolutely didn't work, she chose the wrong guy because Crash wouldn't play along." And that led you down a half an hour of tangents talking about baseball movies. Which you imagined landed you pretty safely back in the friend zone. She looked up at you, "I like that you call me on my BS. But I think it could work, I try this for a semester and if I develop real feelings for someone it'll turn into a relationship after graduation." One thing you didn't manage to do is actually talk her out of it. She slides into a seat across from you at the student union and steals one of your fries. "So... I'm soft launching the whole relationship free agent thing. I've already issued an invite to Felix from the baseball team and Jaime, this super cute Spanish guy..."