Troy cursed out loud and hit his hands against the air but the crowd's palpable dissatisfaction was much more than his own as he could hear their murmurings and side talks . The first half was over and yet nothing to show for it and this was so unlike his team , tsk they were the red tigers for Pete sake they lead and others simply follow that's the way it has always been and that was the way it's supposed to be , he was the captain that means everyone was looking up to him to lead the team to victory and he would be damned if they lost this match, he won't be able to handle the embarrassment nor the shame . He looked around for a glimpse of Alice , he had seen her few seconds ago so where the hell was she now ? Her short cheerleading dress that exposed her smooth creamy body had distracted him to no end and he needed some feminine comforting at the moment. Well if he couldn't find her he would find solace somewhere else he thought warily.
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" Muffin!! Glad you're here " He moved to embrace her but on remembering his sweaty body he stepped back.
Ayra frowned ' he was about to hug her now so why did he stop? ' she thought to herself wondering if she stinks or something.
" I told you I will come and watch you.... I wouldn't go back on my words ". She rubbed their linked hands lovingly.
" Now I regret insisting you come watch me " He murmured considering the fact that they haven't scored any goal yet and he did not want to disappoint her , he literally felt like a loser in front of her but didn't say he just let his statement hang in the air without any proper explanation.
She swallowed hard before saying " Here have some energy drink I brought it myself " But unfortunately he wasn't paying attention instead his attention was on some group of boys ogling at her skirt probably from the other school because ayra didn't recognize them . " Your skirt is too short " He stated taking in her dress . She was wearing an oversized school shirt tied as a cute bun at the back complemented with the shortest basketball skirt he had ever laid his eye on which exposed her long legs and her flat tummy,Christ he didn't even want to talk about her cute hair styled with colourful ribbons. " Did Alice influence you into wearing this? " .
Ayra tucked her tongue beneath her mouth and tried to rein in her anger . " First of Jack ,why are you bringing Alice into this? I'm my own person and she doesn't have a say on how I dress, secondly i took out my time to prepare all these for you " She said gesturing at the goodies her voice breaking a little " But all you care about is the length of my dress!!! "
" Fuck I'm a big jerk. I'm so sorry muffin..... I just hate it when boys stare at you, it makes me crazy tsk I can't explain it but it doesn't excuse my nasty behavior I am sorry my love " He apologized wanting to hit himself for not appreciating her sweet efforts.
" It's fine if you don't like my outfit I will change it later in our class " She muttered glad he had at least accepted the drink and was taking a mouthful at the moment. She wanted to offer to rub his back with the towels she had brought from home but somehow the words wouldn't form, maybe he wouldn't want her to do that tok just as he hadn't liked her outfit she thought wearily.
" No don't do that, it's not safe " He reasoned out loud. He seemed as though he wanted to say more unfortunately he was called by his friends for a quick warm up before the match begins. " Tsk I have to go muffin, I will see you after the match " He mouthed kissing her fingers quickly.
She nodded reluctantly holding the kissed hands to her face and walked dejectedly back to her friends and sat down with a slump.
" Hey I thought you went to see jack, why do you look so sour? " Ella questioned sensing the change in her mood .
" Ella do I stink? "
Ella gapsed loudly before replying " Of course not . You always have this distinct pleasant smell around you, in fact you smell heavenly now. "
" Ellaaaa you always say the nicest things " .
" Nah I'm not flattering you, I was gonna ask if you changed your perfume " She continued frankly.
" I used Alice 's own " She replied with a smirk " But of course a certain someone didn't notice ' .
" Hey they are back on the field " Kachi announced signifying the start of the second half, hopefully they would score this time around because this was basically their last chance to prove themselves.
Thirty minutes into the match, there still wasn't any sign of either team scoring , in fact it seemed as though the other school was hell bent on making sure the match was finalized with a draw because they were not even trying to score, they were simply great at defending against the red tigers . One more minute to the end of the match , everyone held their breath as jack drew dangerously close to the post with the ball in tow , he gave the ball a powerful kick . Everyone stood up and followed the ball with their eyes with different expressions unfortunately the ball had missed the net and the final whistle blew signifying the end of the match.
" Omg I can't believe we just lost!! We fucking lost " Ella screamed loudly.
" It's not the end of the world Ella but why is everyone suddenly starring at my sister? " Ayra was puzzled.
" Oh I told you they are waiting for the kiss at least it would make today not to be a total flunk " Ella managed to say also focusing on Alice.
Troy cursed and cursed unable to believe their failure, his entire world was crashing right before him he had gloated on how they would win without enough practice. He walked towards Alice hoping for a hug and a kiss it was their ritual but today she simply stared at him with blank eyes and folded arms. He made a move to pull her like he normally does but she craftily swatted his arms away and joined the cheerleaders totally ignoring him. That was the last straw that broke the Carmel's back there was a huge uproar amongst students as everyone was left speechless.
" I will go check on jack " Ayra muttered feeling a myriad of emotions at the realization that Alice had the influence to arouse that sort of reaction from thousand of students .