A/N: Welcome to my new story everyone! Hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I only own Lily and Linay. Everyone else belongs to themselves.
"Lily! Guess what!" My best friend in the whole wide world shouted to me.
"What?" I asked while stretching. We were preparing for our track meet, while Randy and Wade were at football practice.
"There's a new guy at school today. He's trying out for football and track," She said while stretching her calf's.
"Football and track? Wow, he must be quite the star," I said and brought my hands behind my back and linked them together, causing my arms to stretch. "I wonder if he is as fast as us," I wondered aloud. Linay and I were the fastest runners in the whole school. That's why we're captains. Not captain and co-captain. Captains.
"Yeah. Oh! We have to get out there before everyone else. Let's go!" Linay said and dragged me out of the locker room. It was a blazing 95 degrees out. I thank to god that our coach picked out tank tops and shorts for our uniforms. "Let's do a warm up run before everyone else is out here," Linay suggested. I nodded and we started running.
We waved at Wade and Randy as we ran by them. The track was right next to the football field, so they cheered us on while they were on a break, and vice versa. They waved back, with goofy smiles on their faces. Randy was my brother, and Wade was Randy's best friend and Linay's boyfriend. Okay, I guess he is my best friend too. One of them that is.
"We better head back before we get too tired," I breathed.
"Us? Get tired? Please," She joked, but we turned around anyway. As we ran back, we saw that everyone was starting to come out. Hm, I don't see a new kid yet. But that may be because there was a lot of people, and I was about 10 yards away.
Linay and I arrived back. I got the role sheet as Linay got water bottles for the team. It went like this, I would call out names, and when they answered, Linay would throw them a water bottle. We were nice like that.
I started calling out names. I went down to the G's until I came over a name that looked unfamiliar. "Justin Gabriel?" I asked while looking up. A guy with black hair raised his hand.
"Here," Justin said, with an accent that made me swoon over. Linay threw him a water bottle. I finished calling out names.
"Okay, everyone except for Justin, run to that far tree at the middle of the track and come back for a warm up run. Go!" Linay informed the team. They nodded and took off. Justin remained seated on the bleachers. He got up and stood in front of us. It was then that I got a good look at him. He was absolutely gorgeous. Brown eyes, black hair, tanned skin, stood about 6'1. Basically, he was tall, dark, and well, handsome!
"Welcome Justin. I'm Lily Orton and this is my best friend, Linay Juarez," I introduced myself. He shook mine and Linay's hand. "So, you're here to try out for track?"
"Yep, and football. I figured if I didn't make one of them, I have the other to fall back on. And if I do make both of them, well that's great!" He said enthusiastically. Smart boy.
"Okay cool. My brother and friend are on the football team. I'm sure they'll like you," I said with a grin. He smiled, dimples showing on each side of his face. I almost fainted.
"Well, to get started, let's see how fast you are. You'll race me down the track. Then, you'll race Lily down this part of the track, with the hurdles. Is that okay?" Linay informed. He smiled down at her.
"You bet!" He said as they got ready to sprint.
"Okay, on you marks get set, go!" I yelled. They were off like a flash of lightning. The team had just finished with their run and I told them to wait on the bleachers. I turned back to the duo and they were neck-a-neck. I had to admit, Justin was pretty damn fast. I couldn't believe that he was as fast as Linay! Very impressive.
They arrived back and I clapped. "Awesome! No one has ever been as fast as us. Oh, no offence guys!" I yelled at the team. They didn't mind, because they knew it was true. "But, let's see if you can beat me at the hurdles."
He breathed heavily, but turned to the other side of the track, getting ready to take off again. I also got ready, and was waiting for Linay to give the signal to go. When she did, I took off, with Justin beside me. I kept looking over to him, while jumping the hurdles. I didn't know why.
While I was looking over at him, I guess I jumped too late and I tripped over a hurdle, sending me flying over the hurdle.
"Oh shit….!" I screamed. I landed on my back, and I felt a searing pain in my leg. Now, I am not the one to cry, but this pain was so bad, that tears immediately sprang to my eyes. I looked down and my right leg was bent in a way that it shouldn't be. I knew I had broke it.
"Shit! Ow! Help!" I screamed, but Justin was already leaning over me, with a worried look in his eyes.
"Oh fuck! Are you alright?" He said, while his eyes wandered to my leg. They grew big. "Fuck! You're leg looks broken. Let me help you," He said. Linay appeared, with the same look as Justin on her face.
"What the hell happened? All I saw was you wiping out! I admit thought, it was actually quite funny at the time, but now, it isn't so funny. Your leg! It's broken!" She rambled, while Justin hoisted me in his arms. They were so warm and muscular. Wait, what am I thinking?
"Linay, I'm sure I'll be fine," I said, while wincing. The pain had gone into a numbing. Great, now I'm in shock. "Just take over the track meet for today. Oh, and tell Randy and Wade too. I'm guessing they'll be worried as hell," I said. She nodded and ran back. I looked up at Justin. "You know, you don't have to carry me."
"Yeah, well, I want to. It'll help my chances of being on the team," He said. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms as he walked me toward the nurse's office. "I'm kidding. Why would I let a pretty lady walk herself to the health office on a broken leg?" He said. I blushed and looked down, uncrossing my arms.
"We don't know that it's broken," I said softly, even though I knew without a doubt that it was.
He rolled his eyes. "Whatever, so, since the health office seems to be all the way across the school, let's get to know each other. It's my first day here,.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I've actually seen you in a couple of classes and in the hall," He said. Funny, I didn't notice him. Probably because I was so wrapped up in school work. See, Randy isn't what you call a straight A student, so at least one of us has to be, and that one is me. "Anyway, I just moved here from Cape Town, South Africa," He finished. My mouth dropped open. He came all the way from South Africa?
"Wow, that's a long way," I stupidly said. He laughed.
"Yeah, well, my family wanted to see what it was like in the states. So, here we are, in California."
"You seem pretty good at English."
"We learned English for about a year before we moved. But Afrikaans will always be my first language," He said. I nodded. "Enough about me, tell me about you," He politely said.
"There's really not much to tell. I've always been a Californian girl, minus the blonde hair and blue eyes. My brother is the captain of the football team. I'm a straight A student. That's pretty much it," I said, shrugging. Justin let out a fake yawn. I laughed. "Oh shut up."
He laughed as we finally made it to the health office. Justin kicked the door open with his foot and he set me down on the mat like thing, careful not to hurt my leg.
"Well what happened here?" The nice elderly nurse asked us.
I blushed. "Well, I uh, tripped over some hurdles," I said. "And I believe I broke my leg. I can't feel it. I think I'm in shock," I said.
She looked surprised. "You? Star of the track team? Trip over hurdles?" She joked and looked over my leg. I shrugged. "Well, it's definitely broken. You're lucky that this nice young man came in with you." Justin smiled."Luckily, your brother has been in here so many times with broken bones, that they're almost my specialty," We all laughed.
"That's Randy for you," I joked. She took a cast and carefully placed it over my leg. Once she plastered it into place, she gave me some pain medication and a pair of crutches. I grimaced at them and reluctantly took them. If you think being on the track team makes me graceful, you're absolutely wrong.
"Now, you cannot participate in track until your leg is fully healed. It should take anywhere from 1 month to 3. Keep it well rested. Good luck, sweetie!" She smiled.
"Thanks, Mrs. Cunny. Have a good day!" I said and hopped out the door. Within the first step I took, I tripped and was sent hurdling toward the ground - no pun intended.
I braced for the impact of the fall, but it never came. I looked up and saw Justin holding me tightly in his arms. "Thanks. For both times. I'm pretty sure I would of killed myself if you weren't here. So thanks," I smiled.
"It's no problem, in fact, it was very interesting. Here, let me walk you back to the track. I'm pretty sure Linay will be worrying," He replied. I nodded. We walked in silence for a while.
"Where do you live?" I suddenly asked.
"Uh, okay, stalker…"
I laughed. "No! I mean I want to know if you live near me or not," I explained.
"Oh, well I think I live over there somewhere," He waved his arm in a direction I couldn't quite make out. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, I live in forever land too," I said sarcastically.
"You're very sarcastic."
"Really? Didn't notice."
He just laughed and we kept on walking. Even though I met him not even an hour ago, I felt comfortable around him. Almost like I've known him my whole life.
"Come on Grandma! We have places to be!" He joked, pulling me from my thoughts. I noticed that he was like 3 feet in front of me, and I was lagging behind. I tried to speed up, but it didn't help that I was on crutches.
"Hey! I'm on crutches here!"
"It's not like you're crippled!" He claimed, but I saw the spark in his eye, that made me know he was still joking. I playfully glared at him and hopped quickly. I caught up to him, already for gasping for breath. "Wow, the 'star of the track team' is gasping for breath over three feet?"
"Shut up. It's harder than you think. I would make you try, but I need these to walk," I defended myself. He just smiled and we arrived at the track. Everyone was going in to change.
"So, I'll see you tomorrow?" I asked. He nodded.
"Yep, bye Lily!" He said.
"Bye Justin!" I called and he walked back into the locker room. I spotted Linay, already changed and waiting for me. She eyed me. "What?" I asked.
"Oh nothing, I was just thinking that a certain someone has a crush on a certain someone!" She said.
"I do not! I just met him!" I exclaimed.
"Hey! It's not a bad thing at all! In fact, I think it good that you're finally getting over Spencer," She said.
The scar on my shoulder painfully throbbed as a reminder of what he did. "Do not say his name out loud," I hissed. She held up her hands in defense.
"Sorry! I was just thinking out loud!"
"Whatever. Let's just go meet the guys," I said and hobbled off.
A/N: The first chapter=Finished! I hope you liked it!