Jace Dreice Scott's Point of View
I woke up early and took a bath I wore a pair of cotton pants and a white shirt. I wore my gray jacket and went out of the room I'm sharing with Elijah, Caspian, and Ethan.
I went to the dining room and unsurprisingly, I saw Lavalee sitting at the table, she haven't seen me because she was facing the other direction.
"Morning," she greeted and faced me
"Morning," I replied and went to the stove.
She had already cooked rice so I turned on the stove and pre-heated the pan.
"What do you want?" I asked and faced her.
She's just there, leaning on the counter while looking at me.
"You decide. We packed enough food for a week in the fridge." She said and pointed to the fridge.
I opened it and took ham and butter. I placed a slice of butter on the pan and placed the three slices of ham after the butter melted.
"Have you drank anything?" I asked her and she shrugged before shaking her head.
It's still dark outside so I opened the other lights in the kitchen when I went in earlier.
"Don't worry, I'm used to it." She said and sat on the counter
After a while, I finished cooking and served it on the table, I looked at the time and that's when I noticed that it was still too early.
It's just 4:23 AM.
"What time did you wake up?" I asked her but she pursed her lips and I got her answer
"You know – I know." She cut me off and sat at the table.
I stood up and took two cups, I made two coffees and placed milk instead of creamer on hers. I placed the cup and saucer in front of her and she looked confused.
"Drink this, you might catch a cold," I said and she lifted the cup slowly
"Thank you," she said after taking a sip
I sipped on my cup of coffee and looked at her. She's wearing a sleeveless top that doesn't cover her belly button and a pair of cotton pants.
"Aren't you cold?" I asked her
"I'm used to it." She said softly
"I'm going to jog." She said after finishing her cup of coffee
"Wearing that?" I asked with a raised brow
"Uh, yes." She answered so I shook my head and took off my jacket
"Wear this," I said and gave her my jacket
"No need." She said and gave it back but I glared at her
"Will you wear it or will I put it on for you?" I asked coldly
"If you can," she said teasingly so I took it and held her arms
Her eyes widened when she realized that I really would put it on her. She was frowning while wearing my jacket that seems too big for her.
"Let's go," I said and we went out of the villa.
I made sure we covered the food before we left the villa.
We were jogging around the place and I noticed how the guys looked at Lavalee as she did some stretching while we were here in the park.
She took off my jacket and it irritates me because I can see how the guys are looking at Lavalee. They were looking at her like she was some kind of prey.
"Wear the jacket," I told her coldly
"Dreice, I'm fine." She reasoned out and placed her hand on her waist
"Wear it," I said coldly and she rolled her eyes completely ignoring me
Sometimes, I want to tie her for being so stubborn.
"Lavalee," I warned her but she still ignored me so I held her by the waist and took the jacket off from being tied to her waist.
"Jace!" she complained with a glare.
I smirked after successfully putting the jacket on her. I placed my face beside her
"You're attracting men's attention. I don't want that." I whispered and distanced myself
I saw her face flushed then she continued to exercise as if nothing happened. We jogged around the place and then back to the villa.
When we arrived, they were all seated at the table and it seems like Lavalee and I are the only ones they were waiting for.
"Where have you two been?" the professor asked us when she saw us enter the dining room.
"We went jogging, ma'am," I heard Lavalee replied
I went to one of the cabinets and took two plates and two pairs of cutlery.
"Are you ready for your matches?" I heard Mrs. Conchia ask and we all nodded.
I placed the rice on the plates and brought it back to the table, only the plate of ham is in the middle of the table.
"Thank you," Lavalee said when I placed the plate in front of her, I sat beside her and took two pieces of ham and put them on my plate.
We started eating in silence, well I think if this was a normal situation if we don't have a professor with us, they would've been talking and chattering.
After we ate, we washed our own dishes and went to our room to prepare. I wore a pair of red short pants that reaches up to my thighs and a red and black shirt with my last name printed under a number. I wore a pair of black and red shoes and black high socks then went out.
"Nice," Lavalee complimented and my brows furrowed when I saw what she was wearing.
She's just wearing a damn sports bra and red shorts, her black knee-high socks, and black and red shoes.
"Your jersey," Irene said and tossed a jersey to Lavalee which she wore.
"Are you ready?" Mrs. Conchia asked and we nodded
This soccer game is not limited to boys only, girls can also join but of course, some don't really want to join.
We rode the van and on our way, Chelsea kept on instructing us about the strategy in the game and how we would win.
Jaxith, Icarus, and I would be the attackers, Hendrix would be the goalkeeper, Irene, Jess, Lavalee would be the midfielders, and Ethan, Caspian, Chelsea, and Elijah would be the defenders. Mrs. Conchia asked Icarus to be the team captain but Icarus said that Lavalee is the best choice so she became the team captain.
When we arrived at the soccer field we began with the introduction of the team members and their captain and of course, many are surprised that some of our members and our team captain are girls. The first half began and the opponent have the ball.
Lavalee had the ball and she was surrounded which made me worried because our opponents are guys and Lavalee is a girl.
What she did was out of the strategy, she did a play of going to the right and suddenly kicked the ball to Irene who passed it to Jess and back to Lavalee, who was already running to the goal, and when she received the ball she kicked it without hesitation.
"And goal!" the announcer announced and we looked at the scoreboard
5-3, we won even though we got the lower hand during the first half because the opponent scored twice while we only scored once, we managed to get even with the score in the second half and we did it.
We continued up the ranking until it was already lunchtime, we managed to defeat the opponent and after that, we ate at the nearby fast food.
Mrs. Conchia didn't join us because she has a meeting with the facilitators and fellow teachers from other schools.
Jaxith and Icarus volunteered to buy the food and Caspian accompanied them.
"You were so cool back there," Elijah said and Irene and Jess high fived
"You were so quick to think of a strategy earlier," Ethan said and Chelsea shook her head
"That was Lavalee's signature move," Chelsea said while looking at Lavalee
Suddenly, a group of guys came to our table.
"Hello, bro," one greeted us with a smile
"Hello," Ethan greeted back with a smile
"What do you want?" I asked coldly and their smiles faded but they smiled again
"We just wanted to introduce ourselves to you," the other one said
"Go ahead," Lavalee said boredly and leaned.
I thought she'll lean on the backrest but instead, she leaned on me