NOAH
The look Abby gives me makes my heart fall.. she doesn't trust me anymore and that's far from what I want. I want her to see that I don't mind if she fully leans on me. I can handle it.
"Look I know you're still upset about the whole-", I start to say but coach cuts into my words.
"I see we all have ourselves in groups now..", he trails, looking around at all the groups. "It's a shame you thought this was going to be easy", he continues.
"Asher your group has only one girl", coach points out and he carelessly shrugs. I roll my eyes. He's always been cocky.
Coach turns to the other groups and his eyes wander. Don't tell me his gonna switch us.. I follow his wandering eyes and watch as it settles on Abby. Oh no.
"Flenory", he calls out and I shut my eyes close for two seconds. You've got to be kidding me.
Abby turns to me and she has a look that screams for help. I look at her, speechless.
"Flenory, go to Asher's team and Zike switch with Amber", coach orders and they start to move to their new teams.. except Abby though, she's rooted in the same position.
I watch her eyes move frantically as a sweat breaks just above her eyebrow. She's in her thoughts again. She's probably scared.
"Princess", I call out, stopping her from sinking into her thoughts. "It's okay, I'm here", I assure her, patting her hair down soothingly and I'm glad when she seems to calm down a bit.
"Flenory!", coach yells and I wish this was just an ordinary class so I'd take her away from this place.
"Oh hell no", Asher says on seeing Abby and it catches everyone's attention so it gets them laughing. I ball my hands tightly into a fist as I watch her fearfully walk to the other side of the court.
When there's another round of laughter I feel my stomach churn in a bad way. Ugh! I can already picture my fist getting into his stupid face.
I watch Abby stare down at her shoes and when she lifts her face a tear rolls down her cheeks. The rage in me increases at the sight of it.
"Hey", someone says and I turn to Jordan. When he sees my eyes he flinches, "Wow call down, I just wanted to tell you coach wanted all team leaders to go over there", he says and I walk away to the corner where other team leaders were.
And of course I meet Asher. He scoffs looking away when he sees me so I give him a nasty look. What a dirt bag and why the hell is he so sassy?.
"Pick a paper each from the box, inside you'll find your group name", coach says and we go, one after the other.
When it gets to my turn, I pick one of the folded papers from the brown box and immediately open it. I fold it then place it into my shorts pocket before walking up to the peacock.
He raises a brow at me, "What team?", I ask and he eyes me.
"Fuck off", he hisses then tries to move pass me but I push him back, "I said Fuck off", he repeats angrily but I ignore it.
"Let's make a bet. if I win the game, you'll apologize to her..", I start and he scoffs looking at me in disbelief. "But if I lose, your call".
"Some lousy bet Kushner, knowing I'll beat your ass", he says with his usual cockiness. I roll my eyes.
"Whatever, you in or not?", I ask, knowing he'd say yes. He never says no to a challenge.
"Yeah whatever.. team A",
I walk around looking for whoever had picked team B and I see a dark skinned girl groaning at her paper so I walk closer to take a peek it and when I see B, I smile.
"Scared?", I ask and she jumps in shock turning around.
"Um I..", she trails at a loss of words.
"It's okay, I can give you mine", I say, pulling my paper from my pocket then handing it to her. She looks at me, "It's an E".
Her eyes lighten up at that and she willingly accepts it without hesitation.
I smile, let the battle begin.
I walk back to my teammates. Jordan looks over at me, "What team are we in?".
"B", I say and they groan. Too bad.
"Ah c'mon, couldn't we have gotten D at least", he says and I shrug.
"I know right", I say then clear my throat, "So, I'm gonna need you all to listen carefully..",
They surround me, "Look straight ahead at Asher's team", I tell them and so they do.
"You see the girl standing on her own over there", I say, pointing discreetly at Abby so she doesn't notice six people staring at her.
They hum confusedly.
"No one takes her out", I warn and they all have complaints about it.
"What'd you mean? She's the quickest target", a girl with a lean figure says and I scoff.
"You're one to talk", I say and she nearly gasps. "If anyone dares to toss a ball at her, girl or boy, I don't give a Fuck. I will make the ball your worst trauma".
I look at their faces and I'm glad when they seem scared enough.
"Is that clear?", I ask and they mumble, "Wanna know how a dodge ball can get into any of your orifice with blistering force?", I ask with a threatening look and they flinch.
"Clear", they say loudly but the lean girl doesn't.
She crosses her arms, "Like you could do that to a girl",
I step closer so she moves back, her hands falling at her sides, "Try me, fig tree", I sneer.
The guys chuckle and she angrily scoffs walking away. I scoff as well. It's always the tiny ones yapping.
Coach grabs everyone's attention with the sound of his whistle. "Okay, I've given every group leader a letter to signify their team names".
"So the first teams to go on are team A and team B", he says and people look around for who they are.
"Group A", Asher calls out and I step forward.
"Group B", I call out as well and for some reason Abby looks like she's going to pass out. Isn't she happy I'm here now?.
Both groups walk forward and I'm glad to see Abby far behind, that's right just where I need her to be.
I'll manage to stay in the game until it's just Abby and I then I'll give her the opportunity to hit me.
I let out a breath. This should be easy.
Coach blows the whistle again and I don't hesitate, picking up a ball then tossing it to Zack on the other side. It hits him in the arm and I can see the anger in Asher's eyes. Suck it up, loser.
Fig tree gets hit and I'm not even shocked she's the first one to leave. The game keeps going and I keep watching Abby. Just stay put princess.
But it's like she hears my thoughts and blatantly refuses. I pause, watching her confusedly as she picks up a ball. What the heck is she doing?.
She tosses the ball and it bounces on the floor then rolls to my feet. The whole court starts to laugh and I face palm.
She moves away in embarrassment and I sigh. I wish she'd know I got this covered. Just stay put Abby!.
Our team was down to just Jordan and I while Asher's team had four players.. excluding Abby though, because she hasn't moved a muscle since the game started so it's safe to say she's an extra.
Jordan picks up a ball when he sees team B's distracted and he aims it at Amber. While they're all occupied, one of them isn't.
Abby notices the ball coming and she runs to Amber.
"What the hell is she doing?", I ask myself.
She pushes Amber out of the way and takes the hit. Everyone's attention moves to her and so I pass a ball to Jordan who looks frightened that it hit Abby.
"Hit her now", I tell him as I pick up two balls.
We both toss our balls and without even looking if it hit them or not I rush to Abby.
"You're out, you're out and you're out", Coach yells just as I make it to my princess.
I kneel beside her, "Princess", I frantically say as I lift her up with my arm placed at the back of her head.
"Princess? Abby?, are you alright?", I ask.
"Zeus?",
"What?", I ask in confusion. Zeus? How does a Greek god matter at this time?. My eyes goes wide when I see a trickle of blood flow down her nose.
"Fuck you're bleeding", I nearly scream just as she passes out.
"Take her to the nurse's office", Coach says as a little crowd started to form around us.
"Oh my God, is she okay?", Amber asks as I lift Abby up in my arms.
I give her a look. Why would she wanna take a hit for her?. "She better be", I say then carry her out of the court and to the nurse's office.
"What happened to her?", The nurse on duty asks with a panic in her voice.
"Got hit by a ball and lost consciousness", I say and she gasps.
"Oh my, lay her down here", she ushers me to a bed so I gently put her down on it.
"I'm sorry princess, sorry I couldn't protect you", I whisper to her.
"You can go now", the nurse tells me, "She'll be fine, probably just a concussion".
I reluctantly walk out of the office and head to the locker room. I meet Asher on my way. He had changed already.
"I won", I simply say and he grits his teeth. "Guess you know what you're meant to do", I raise a brow then walk past him to the locker room.
Jordan rushes up to me, "Dude, I swear I wasn't aiming for her".
I sigh, "I know Jordan", I say as I take my shirt off then walk to my locker.
He lets out a sigh of relief, "Cool man".
**
The AP government exam sheet lands on my desk and I stare down at it. It doesn't look the least bit difficult.
"No side talks everyone", Mrs Hart says as she gives the last row their exam sheets. "You can now begin".
I hurriedly start filling the empty sheet with my answers but then stop when a ginger haired girl crosses my mind. What about her?.
She's gonna surely fail her P.E and then it's straight to study camp.. and I won't be there for her. How's she gonna handle them without me?.
I sigh then drop my pen. I pick the sheet up and then tear it. The whole class turns to me with surprise.
"Noah, what are you doing?", Mrs Hart asks as she walks up to me.
I look up, "A new sheet please".
AUTHOR'S NOTE
The decision of the new cover has been made since many of you liked a certain cover. So the new cover will be out by the upload of the next chapter.
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