Without waiting for a reply he took his seat and started eating ,my friends looked at me and I looked at them too ,Luke using his eyes asked me "what is happening?" "how am I supposed to know?" I replied turning to look at Adam .
We couldn't even eat again, but this guy seemed to be enjoying his food when he was done he walked out of the cafeteria , yes he walked out . We looked at each other , I , for one was dumbfounded but the looks on my friends faces just made me burst out laughing , Luke turned to look at me "what was that?" "I honestly have no idea " I said and continued eating,thinking about what just happened earlier .
Then Mr. Prescott our principal walked in everyone turned wondering what he was doing here , he scanned the cafeteria and his eyes landed on our table ,"Joey , Austin,Luke ,Matthew,Daniel and David ,my office now ",I looked at them ,they got up and walked after Mr Prescott .
Everyone got back to what they were doing . Crystal turned to look at me
"Uh oh....."
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"So what happened after the Principal called you guys ?" I asked tying my cleats .
"Oh nothing ,he just wanted to ask us if we could come and set up the place this Saturday for the winter dance "
The winter dance was a traditional dance which took place in school every year ,I cringed anytime I saw the banners which were displayed at every corner of the school, it was quite annoying especially with the way Brittany kept mentioning how she had gotten her dress for the dance and was waiting for the new guy to ask her , I was like the guy just came to school and you couldn't even give him a break ,although I saw her passing glances to our table when he was eating, she kept giving me a murderous glare ,I was like the guy didn't even speak to me whyyyyyyyyyyy? .
"And he came to ask you guys personally ?"
"Yeah"
"But why?"
"I dunno,why don't you go and ask him ?" He said standing up and grabbing his duffle bag I shoved him and he fell, like really hard ,
"Oh my God ,woman just how strong are you?" He said groaning while trying to stand up,I reached out for his hand and pulled him up"thanks although you are the reason why I am in this position" he quipped
"Anderson,Stevens get down here now!" Our Coach yelled ,we ran to get in line with everybody .
I stood by Luke ,that was when I noticed someone beside Coach it was the new guy Adam Walker "what is he doing here " I thought while adjusting my jersey .
"Today Mr. Walker will be joining the football team"
Say what now .....he's going to what? I thought this was his first day in school ,how did this happen ?,how is this possible ? ,How did he even make it to the team?, what was coach thinking bringing a new guy into our team ?
"He is going to be our striker , since you are all aware of what happened to Thompson , he will be standing in for him until the tournament is over"
Bill Thompson was our best player on the team but he recently got involved into an accident in which he tore his meniscus ,he was still in the hospital receiving treatment .
"Okay now , Adam will start practicing with us tomorrow, but for today he is going to be watching you guys practice , I've got some work to do so I will be watching you guys from the bleachers, are we clear ?"
"Yes sir "
"Stevens take over " he said looking at Luke , he stepped forward with his hands at his back and told us to do suicides .
When we began I could feel the new guy looking at me ,staring at me , observing me ,watching my every move as I ran touching the ground and ran back up and to touch the to touchline we repeated this for 30 minutes with breaks in between we did 50 burpees ,20 plank push-ups and conditioning was over it was time for some penalty shots Daniel shot it entered , the twins shot ,Joey scored but Austin's went over the net
"better luck next time bro " Joey said while chuckling and we laughed everyone went one by one till it was my turn I positioned myself in front of the ball sent my leg back and threw it forward I stood waiting for the results the ball had entered ,so had our goalie James groaning in pain I ran to go help him ,so did everyone behind me. I saw coach drop everything and run towards us.
"What happened ?" We all asked looking over at him , Luke pulled me away from the crowd "Steph what was that ?" He whispered "you saw it didn't you "I asked glancing back at the crowd "I don't know ,I kicked the ball and that was the result "I said
"What happened earlier too ?when you hit me ? What's going on with you ? Are you okay ?"he asked with concern written all over his face "I don't know ,last week too you saw what happened right ?"
"Yeah , I did " he said "Anderson , Stevens get over here now!" Coach yelled
"We'll talk later " Luke said ,I nodded and we ran over to the crowd .
Practice was over and then I remembered , fuck I told Jason I wasn't waiting for practice I ran out of the school and ran towards my car but Jason wasn't there it seemed like he was gone, I breathed a sigh of relief I got home to meet him sitting down in the sitting room and watching football with my dad who had a bowl of popcorn on his lap while Jason was shouting insults to the players on the screen
"You do know they can't hear you right?"I asked dropping my duffle bag on the ground
"Oh hey baby girl " dad said while chewing popcorn "hi dad " I said while heading upstairs ,
"You told me you weren't going for practice today "Jason yelled
"Am sorry I also thought I wasn't going to go but I ended up going" I said coming down to see him
"Don't worry , I got a ride from one of my friends "he said with his eyes still focused on the Tv .
I had to get ready for my meeting with Luke .
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Winter break was coming soon and I for one was excited ,very excited, I loved it when the snow fell and I could build snowmen , make snow angels and have snow fights , it brought out the child in me but also made me so cold and I for one wasn't a fan for cold weather .....weird right? Yeah I know .
I hurried my steps and walked into the cafe hugging my jacket closer to me I scanned the entire room until my eyes landed on Luke who was waving his hand to call me I rushed to him blowing air on my hands to thaw them as I took a seat I saw Crystal walking towards us with coffee in her hand I stretched my hand and took one from her as she handed Luke the other "thank you " we said together
"Now talk to me "Luke said while taking a sip of his coffee
"Well " I started wrapping my hands around my cup for warmth "it started last week when I hit the ball in practice I wondered if something was up but I just thought of it as a rush of adrenaline and did nothing but today was just weird but what happened to James is he alright now ?" I asked feeling sorry for the guy
What exactly happened back there I asked myself.
"Oh yeah he's fine nothing to worry about "
"What happened ?" Crystal asked looking at me and Luke "well Incredible Hulk here kicked the ball way to hard and made our poor James end up in the hospital . Luke said while glancing at me . Crystal looked at me with a confused look on her face and started laughing I looked at her then hit Luke on the arm
"Why would you call me Incredible Hulk ?"
"With your sudden burst of strength what were you expecting me to call you ? "Luke questioned while looking at me "Wonder Woman?"
"That's not bad "I said thinking about it .
We spoke about a lot of things while laughing at Brittany and Chloe at their display during cheerleading practice . The cheerleaders had to practice on the same field as us but while we were practicing I saw Brittany trying to get Adam's attention who didn't even glance at her once the entire time but that didn't seem to bother and she kept going on I laughed and turned my head away .
I felt someone was watching me from behind and I turned to see Adam the new guy walking away.