Remember Me
Chapter. (1)
''V-Vunderbah...!'' were the first words which left Edward's lips as he stood and looked in awe at the tall, steel gates, shining in the morning sunlight. He took a few small steps forward, taking in every detail, before running at full pace into the school yard. Excitement took over him, and he didn't realize that he had ran right into a crowd of Americans. He looked up at them, how they all towered over him. It made Edward feel really insignificant and he soon left with embarrassment, a vivid crimson flushing his cheeks.
As the bell rang Richtofen went back to the halls, avoiding the people, how they talked, whispered words about him, and two men stood laughing at the German and one shouted out. "Hey Shorty" Richtofen gulped. Maybe school wasn't going to go as he planned. He continued to walk, head held down with shame until he heard a husky voice. ''Hey!'' Richtofen froze, before looking up, only to meet a pair of bright, ocean blue eyes. Richtofen stood up straight and tried to look presentable, only to be returned with a chuckle. ''Here, your tie's all wrong'', said the boy, as he reached forward and tugged Edward's tie gently, pulling the two closer together.
The German blushed as the American began fumbling with his incorrect uniform. He finally fixed it, and patted Edward on his shoulder. ''All fixed!'' he said, smiling. ''Hey get over here man!'' shouted one of the American's friends. ''Yep!'' he took one last look at Richtofen, before running over to his crew.
The young German stood paralyzed in his place, stunned as he watched the blond walk away. "Thank you" he whispered but it was no use for the other male was long gone. Richtofen shook his head and remembered the sound of the bell that had rang minutes ago, he didn't want to be late on his first period.
He looked at his schedule. "Vhat is zhis P.E?" he thought.
After walking to his class he saw the kids in a different more sport like uniform. 'Are all American's sport fans?'
"Get Moving son AND MEET US DOWN THE GYM" A muscular man yelled. Richtofen raised an eyebrow.
"I'm shorry but who are you?"
"I'm your coach wise guy NOW GET MOVING"
He hastily ran to the changing rooms, and placed down his bags. As he began to undress himself, the images of the American who helped him earlier that day appeared in his mind. He blushed a bright red and clenched his stomach as he struggled to cope with the feeling. Eventually after recovering, he finished getting changed and made his way to the gym.
Richtofen hated his gym clothes, they were so wide and big it made everyone laugh at him, he looked at the floor while walking and stood in a corner to keep away from everyone. "Hey" Came that voice again.
"H-Hello"
"Wow look at you those clothes are so big on you shrimp, you should eat more" laughed the blond.
Richtofen didn't know how to re-act but he didn't have time when a someone shouted. "HEY GERMAN" he turned around to see his caller but all he got was a ball in the face, he fell back and held his face in pain, he was sure his nose was bleeding.
"Nick you asshole that wasn't funny" Yelled the blue eyed American.
"What are you going to do about it Tank?" the bully laughed mockingly.
'Tank...? Zhat's zhis guy's name..?' Richtofen thought as he wept in pain, wiping the blood from his face. Tank knelt down next to Edward and placed his arm over his shoulder. ''Don't worry... I'll get you to the school nurse...'' he whispered into Edward's ear as he helped him up from the cold, gym floor.
'That voice... His touch... His eyes... Why do they make me feel so flustered?' thought Richtofen as he left the gym at Tank's side. ''Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself...'' said Tank. ''I'm Tank Dempsey, nice to meet you... Uhh... '' He paused when he got to Edward's name. ''Edward... Edward Richtofen.'' he stuttered between breaths. ''Tank grinned, ''Nice to meet you then Edward''
He chuckled as he clutched the German tighter.
Dempsey knocked on white wooden door. "Nurse?" the door opened.
"How can I help you two" the nurse asked sweetly but not before smacking Dempsey's arm away from the German and giving him a stern look. "None of that love stuff you kids have in school"
Tank chuckled. "I'm just helping Ma'am, now this kid got whacked by a ball in the face care to help?"
"Of course it's my job"
Dempsey shook his head. "No I was thinking more of you just give us the plasters and a tissue and leave the rest to me"
"Now now child" she laughed. "Let me do my job"
"No really it's no big I can handle it" he took the stuff he needed before leaving with Edward. "Let's sit here"
Richtofen nodded and sat down.
The two boys sat very close together before turning to face one another. Tank stared long and deep into Richtofen's emerald eyes, and could see that he felt a lot of pain. He gently dabbed some tissue against Edward's bleeding wound. The German hissed. ''Sorry Edward... I don't mean to hurt you... Just try and relax, please'' Edward did as he was told and remained calm as Dempsey continued to remove the blood. All the time, he stared longingly into the sky blue eyes of the American as if trapped under their spell.
Dempsey smiled. "There, all done" he placed the plaster on Richtofen's wound. "Careful, Nick is an ass and he likes to bully new students, and Kid right now you're on the menu" Richtofen gulped. "No worries though, I'll keep an eye on you... I mean HIM" Tank chuckled nervously.
Richtofen nodded and stood up. "Dempshey? Thank you for everyzhing"
Dempsey shrugged. "Eh, remember watch your back"
The two men walked back to the gym. "Look whose back" Nick laughed and pointed at Richtofen and Dempsey.
"Back off "DICK" Dempsey roared back. The words silenced the bully and he was the one being laughed at now.
Richtofen giggled. "What are you laughing at new kid?" Nick yelled.
"I SAID BACK OFF" Dempsey pushed the Nick back and the class sensed a fight about to erupt before they heard a whistle that saved the moment.
''Okay boys, today we're going to play some good old dodge ball.'' smirked the coach, before he raised a red ball in one hand. ''I want to see EVERYONE put in a full effort or else.'' he pointed to a large field outside. "You'll run round that lassie 5 times!'' Every boy gulped. "UNDERSTOOD?" he wailed, making everyone jump in place. "Yes sir." everyone replied, before getting into equal teams.
Edward followed Tank closely, glaring at Nick as he went, receiving a stern look in return. ''I want to see every dude dodge those balls!" roared the coach, which made Tank snigger. Edward looked up at him, confused, before getting into position.
Tank looked at Richtofen from the corner of his eyes. "Ed, try not to get whacked again" he smirked and Richtofen just nodded.
The sound of the whistle going off announced the start of the match and within seconds the balls were flying all over the gym.
Richtofen tried his best not to let a single ball touch him all the while keeping an eye on the bully that he was sure going to target him soon.
"Ball in coming at 3 o'clock" Tank warned and Richtofen dodged. "Good now you just keep listening to Tank here and you will be A-Okay" Dempsey dodged all the balls with ease. Hell Dodge ball was his game; he threw one of the balls that striked the enemy in the stomach. "And... YOUR OUT" he yelled with a big grin. Richtofen was quite impressed by his speed and strength. Dempsey was surely different than any other person he met.
Richtofen tried his best to be as skilful as Tank, and eventually it paid off. Edward striked Nick right in the stomach, instantly winding him. The bully collapsed to the floor in tears and Richtofen smirked, proud. ''HAHA, FILTHY AMERICAN! YOU'RE OUT!'' he laughed. "DETENTION" silenced the whole room and all the balls fell to the floor. "V-vhat...?" stuttered Edward, Who realized the coach, was talking to him. "You are being far too rough Mr. Richtofen!'' he bellowed. ''My office at break time!'' ''But-" "NO BUTS!"
Edward turned round to face Tank, who showed the expression of sorrow. His eyes lost their glow as Richtofen left the room, leaded by the coach. "Fuck..." groaned Tank as he also left to follow.
After the session was over, and everyone had gotten changed back into their uniforms, Dempsey waited patiently outside the office, occasionally peering in through the window to see what was going on. He saw the young German sat in a chair, writing out lines as tears dripped on his paper.
Dempsey felt anger boiling inside of him. How come Nick gets to bully Richtofen? And when the German tried to take his rights he was punished? It wasn't fair, he hesitated, he wanted to kick the door open and stop the German's tears. Oh if he saw Nick a little ball was going to be the least of his problems. He was going to make him pay for every tear that fell from Richtofen's green emerald eyes.
His anger raised with every passing second and he started chewing on his lower lip harshly, drawing a line of blood but he didn't care. He looked back at the window, Richtofen still sat there. Dempsey waited... He just waited.