We were on our way to school and Allison asked me, "So how did you sleep?"
I chuckled and said, "Ah, I slept okay." I asked her "How did you sleep?"
She nodded and said, "Ah, horribly the bed was too unfamiliar to me…" She looked at me and said, "I am sorry I just don't know what to ask you know?"
I nodded and said, "I get it you are a bit weary to ask after what happened yesterday but trust me as long as you steer off of my dad… I think we will be fine."
She nodded and then looked at me and asked, "So tell me about this car?"
I smiled and said, "Ah, this was my… dad's car." She looked at me and it looked like her heart sank. I looked at her and laughed, she grunted and slapped my shoulders and I said" This was my grandpa's car, he and I used to work on it whenever I would visit him in our hometown."
She looked at me and said, "That seems cool, my grandpa is just weird. He always goes on about our family history and legacy and all that. Honestly, it is boring."
I looked at her and said, "My grandpa was the coolest guy I knew. He was always there for me."
She smiled and asked, "What else did you like to do besides being a grease monkey?"
I scoffed and said, "Who says grease monkey now?"
She looked at me and said, "I do… come on?"
I shook my head and said, "I am sure you know about my football past?"
She looked at me and I realised I haven't told her that yet and she asked, "How did you know?"
I scoffed and said, "It's high school Allison, everyone digs up anything they can find on you. If they fancy you"
She then turned towards me and said, "So you think I fancy you?~"
I chuckled and said, "I hope so but intrigued would do as well."
She laughed and we reached the school and as I was parking the car I saw Scott and Stiles next to a free space talking.
Stiles said, "Looks like he beat you to it. Where do you think they are coming from?" He turned to him and said, "Do you think they?" Scott turned towards Stiles and said, "Shut up man!"
I parked next to them and Allison got out of the car and waved at them and I got out and picked up my bag and said, "Good morning… Scott, Stiles."
Stiles smiled and said, "You know our names?"
I chuckled and nodded, Allison and I turned and started to walk. I heard Stiles say, "He seems nice."
Scott mumbled, "He sure does."
We walked inside and Allison asked, "So you have practice today as well?"
I nodded and said, "Yeah, the coach said I need to practice throwing. So I am stuck today."
She smiled and said, "No problem, I'll stay and watch, besides Lydia will be there so I won't be bored."
I chuckled and asked her, "You sure it's going to be boring?"
She rolled her eyes and said, "You really need to stop, I said I am staying so I am staying."
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It was lunchtime and I was sitting alone and then Allison came and sat next to me. She saw my brown bag and said, "You really hated the food that much huh?"
I looked at her and said, "I am surprised that you could eat it in the first place."
She asked, "So what are you having?"
I peeked inside and it was a tuna sandwich. I took a bite and it was good, I looked at her and asked, "You want some?"
She shook her head and said, "No thank you."
We were eating and then suddenly someone sat next to Allison. It was Lydia and she said, "Oh, hi Finn."
I nodded and she flipped her bangs and looked at me and asked, "So are you liking our humble town?"
I smiled and said, "I am liking it so far. It has some interesting people."
"Oh like who?" I turned and it was Jackson who sat at the front of the table. He looked at Lydia and she groaned and sat next to him and close to me. When he saw that he sent me a death glare and I was thinking, does he have a brain? What did you expect? I ignored him and continued eating and then some other people also joined, namely Danny and some other people.
Lydia looked at me and asked, "So tell me who this interesting person is?"
I gulped down and said, "Scott for sure. He was amazing yesterday. Was he always this good?"
Jackson was pissed and he was about to say something that would just be in poor taste so Danny stopped him and said, "No, he was average at best, this increase in performance is… weird "
Jackson leaned back and said, "Exactly! You know what I think he is juicing."
Lydia rolled her eyes and I said, "I don't think so his build is seemingly perfect. The people who may use steroids have huge shoulders and his are still normal. His muscles are also symmetrical. He has spent time on his body."
Lydia looked at me and smiled and asked "Have you ever juiced?"
I chuckled and said, "Don't need to. Everyone in my family has this kind of build, I am still in my growing phase."
That surprised a lot of people and Lydia asked, "You will still grow?"
I nodded and said, "Yeah like 3-4 more inches according to my mom."
Jackson mumbled "Bullshit." I still heard it but unlike last time I just looked at him and smiled.
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I was on my way to Biology class. It was the last class on my schedule and after it I would have to go for practice. This was the first class as such I wasn't too aware where the classes were held. I had to use a sheet to navigate. I was on the second floor and looking at my paper trying to figure out where I had to go.
Suddenly someone bumped into me. I turned around and I saw it was a girl. She had golden locks and she was scrambling her books. I got down and started to help her. I asked her, "Are you okay?"
She didn't make eye contact and said, "I am fine."
I said, "I am sorry…" I gave her her books and we both stood up and I saw that she had a biology book and she looked like the same age. She was leaving and I said, "Are you going for biology class as well?"
She didn't turn around and just nodded. I asked her "Can I follow you? I am new here and am not doing that well." She started to walk and I ran and catched up to her. I said, "Hi, I am Finn… nice to meet you."
She still didn't look and said, "Erica."
I chuckled and said, "It's nice to meet you Erica." She nodded and I said, "You don't talk much do you?"
She held her books close and I said, "It's okay we don't have to talk. We can just walk in silence."
We reached the class and before I could thank her she said, "Don't talk to me in class." I was intrigued by her. She sat in the corner and I sat relatively close to her. She opened her book and was engrossed in the class. I decided to thank her after the class was over but before I could do so she left as soon as the bell rang and I was surprised because the teacher let her go. This was the first time I saw a teacher do that.
After the class was over it was practice time. I walked to the gym and was getting ready and the coach called, "Monty!" I kept on and then he said, "You Bigfoot!" I exhaled and said, "It's Finn." He said, "In my office." I closed my locker and followed him to his office. I closed the door and I said, "It's Finn coach, not Bigfoot, not Yeti and definitely not Sasquatch."
He looked at me and said, "I just called you and you still didn't listen."
I was confused and I said, "You mean Monty?" He nodded and said, "Yeah, Monty?"
I said, "Its Belmont man."
He looked at me and said, "Nobody ever called you Monty?"
I shook my head and said, "No, it's Belmont."
She sighed and said, "Whatever man. Today you will be practicing with the duds. Since you only have to practice throwing today."
I nodded and he said, "Practice hard and try to get better before Friday."
I nodded and he said, "Don't just nod now, Go!"
I left his office and took my gear and went on to the field. I saw Lydia and Allison sitting on the bleachers. They looked at me and waved and I waved back. Someone walked up to me and he said, "Amazing isn't she." I looked at my side and it was Stiles and I said, "Hey."
He looked at me and said, "Coach asked me to practice with you?"
I nodded and said, "Okay, let's get started then."
We walked to a quieter area on the field and were practicing throwing. We would walk in a parallel line and pass the ball to each other. I can say we were good enough. I had to hold back immensely because I didn't want to repeat what I did yesterday.
As we were throwing, Stiles asked me, "So I heard you used to play football?"
I smacked my lips and said, "Yeah."
He asked, "Why did you stop or why did you move here? Like it's a drastic jump to make isn't it?"
I sighed and said, "Ah, Family problems."
He looked down and said, "That's sad… I guess."
I shook my head and I wish someone else would be here. I saw Scott and he was running drills and he was fast and I asked stiles, "Hey you and Scott are friends right?"
He nodded and said, "Yeah we have been together since kindergarten…" He then looked at me and said, "I didn't mean like that. Why?"
I asked, "I heard that he was average at the game before so how come he is so great now."
He chuckled and said, "I'd say above average but I get it it's weird because he wasn't able to run like this before he had asthma and now look at him." He also realised something was amiss and also realised that he shouldn't have said it.
I asked him "When did he change?" He looked away and I said, "You have already told me this much, come on?"
He sighed and said, "Don't tell him, okay. It changed after we went into the forest like 2 days ago. He said he was bitten by a wolf or something."
I was surprised when he mentioned wolves but then said, "But Wolves haven't been seen here in like 60 something years."
I exhaled and said, "Well, then what did your friend see that day?"