Surprisingly I couldn't stop typing this weekend, but now I have midterm's tomorrow, and the rest of the week, and life, AHHH, so hopefully I'll get another chapter out soon, I hope! Well hope you like it, REVIEW! And thanks to the amazing people who have reviewed, (you know who you are)
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Chapter 3
Math
Tai hadn't seen Sam since the coffee date.
And Sam hadn't seen him since then, thankfully.
Though of course it was inevitable to see each other in school, and to Sam's joy they had English and Math together.
Walking into Math Sam saw Tai sitting next to the blonde. She instantly scanned the classroom for a front seat, finding one in the opposite corner furthest from Tai. YES! she inwardly screamed.
Tai from the back of the classroom saw Sam sitting down. "Hey Matt," he said tapping Matt who was tapping his pencil on the desk. "Let's go sit over there," he said grabbing his books.
"Let's stay here," Matt said hopefully.
"Nahh she's all alone," he said.
Matt groaned, and sat there.
Tai sighed, "Here," he grabbed Matt's books and walked over to Sam. He placed Matt's behind her and pulled out his chair next to her.
She groaned, which Tai took for a hello.
"Hey, it's great we have class together. Isn't it?" Tai asked.
Sam decided not to have a come back to that, even though a few popped into her head.
She heard Matt's seat creak behind her as he sat down.
Tai sighed happily as the bell rang. People around the room were asking each other how summer's had gone, what they'd done.
The teacher came in which is where Sam blanked out., doodling on the notebook ignoring anything the teacher had said.
Tai had leaned back and was whispering to Matt, "Mrs. P," he laughed.
"Hmm," Matt replied.
"It is going to be a great year, right Sam?" he said tapping her.
She blankly looked up and stared at him, realizing that he was talking to her, but not remember what he said.
"Earth to Sam," he said tapping on her head, "Anyone home?"
"No," she replied.
"We've got the greatest teacher this year," Tai smiled, "Blind as a bat."
"Great," Sam muttered turning back to her notebook.
"Yes now are you any good at this subject?" he asked.
"No," she muttered.
"Hmm, well don't worry, we can do study time together," he said smiling.
"No thanks, I'd rather fail," she said.
"So then why are you taking this class, you don't have to take four years?" he asked.
"It'll look better for college," she muttered.
"Hmm, yeah I'm taking it cause. . . .I don't remember," Tai said thoughtfully, "Why are you Matt?"
"My mom, she's trying to encourage me to go to college, I took it to get her off my back," he said.
"So what are you going to do when you leave high school?" Sam asked curious, turning around to face Matt.
"You haven't heard of Matt?" Tai asked confused.
"No," Sam said, blushing and quickly turning back around.
"WOW," Tai said.
Matt shrugged.
"Matt's a musician, he's in a band the Teenage Wolves," Tai said.
"Oh. . ." Sam said getting redder, staring at her Math book.
"Listen to their music?" Tai asked.
"No," she mumbled.
"Matt should give you a CD and you could go to the start of the year dance with me," Tai said.
"No thanks Tai," she said, regaining her normal face color.
"Come on it'll be fun," he said.
"Okay two CD's and a sighed autograph?" Tai asked.
Matt took his math book and swatted Tai with it.
"Ow," he muttered, glaring back at Matt.
"She can have the sighed autograph and CD's without going with you," Matt said.
"But I'm trying to get a date. Don't you want to go, at all?" Tai asked.
Sam sighed, staring forward, her cheeks were beginning to redden again, "No I usually don't waste my time at those."
Matt smiled.
"What?!" Tai said. "That's crazy, are you telling me you've never gone to a dance before, I mean you've never had a boyfriend?"
"I had one, freshman year, but we didn't do that stuff. I've gone to a dance before, and I've gone with someone, not a boyfriend, but as friends. If I really felt the urge to go, I wouldn't go with you to say the least," Sam finished.
Matt laughed.
"But come on I bet I'm hotter than the guy you dated freshman year," Tai said.
"Yes, I suppose, but I've matured a lot between now and then," she said.
"But your options are open, you can always date again, someone, or if you don't want to date go as friends with," Tai said.
"Yes, and I already have a friend, I can take, so I won't have to bother you," Sam said.
"Ah, competition," Tai said smiling.
"Thiers nothing to compete for," Sam replied.
"I've always liked completion, something we have in common, if you've noticed," he said smiling.
"What?" she asked.
"Competition, we both play soccer," he said.
"Yes, I suppose you could say that, but I don't play for the completion," she finished.
"Then what do you play for?" he asked.
"The love and joy of the game," Matt suggested.
"Something like that," Sam said smiling, "It's easy to forget who you are when you're so focused."
"I see that," Tai said.
"So where were you before this?"Matt asked, deciding to save her from Tai.
The teacher had already lost control of the class a while ago and was sitting at her desk reading a book and sipping her coffee.
"Tokyo," Sam replied.
"What made you move? Well your family," matt asked.
"Oh. . ." I just needed a change of scenery she shrugged.
"Do you have any siblings?" Matt asked.
"No, you guys?" she asked.
"T.K.'s my little brother he's a freshman," Matt said.
"That's cool," Sam said, "I've always wanted a sibling someone that would always be there."
"I don't live with T.K. I live with my Dad, T.K's with my mom," Matt said.
"Oh," Sam replied.
"Kari's my sister, she's in T.K's grade," Tai said.
"I think I'd prefer an older brother," Sam said, "I tend to be able to hang out with guys better."
"I like being the oldest," Tai said, "More privileges."
"It's a big responsibility though," Matt said.
"Well you're just a little over protective," Tai said.
"And you're not?" Matt asked.
"Well, I mean she's a girl," Tai said, "Do you see all the guys she hangs out with and how comfortable she is with them?"
"She's just got to watch out, you meet one idiot you fall for and then you're trapped," Sam said.
"I doubt Davis or T.K. would stand for that," Matt said.
"Hmm, they could be the idiot," Tai said.
"If their anything like you they are," she muttered.
"So does that mean your head over heels for me?" he asked.
"No, I just feel bad for the girl that falls for you," she said.
"Plenty have, I'm just such a,"
"Total idiot?" Sam asked.
Tai smiled at her, "I suspect somewhere in your cruel heart you have strong emotional feelings toward me."
"Pity," she said.
Matt laughed, "Tai I'd give up, she's not going to give in."
"Ah, that is what you say Matt, but I bet you she will," he said.
"How much you want to bet?" Sam asked.
"Hmm," Tai thought.
"Tai you're going to lose. I'm with Sam," Matt said.
Sam turned back and smiled at Matt.
He smiled back and butterflies began in her stomach. She slowly turned around, trying to look like she was nervous, as her face became red.
"Well when I win it will be awesome, I won't make you do anything Sam because then you'll be my girlfriend and all," Tai said happily.
"You sound so sure," Sam said.
"Well Matt you'll have to go on about 50 blinds dates that I choose for you," Tai said thoughtfully.
"How about 5," Matt said.
"Ten," Tai replied.
"Fine," Tai said.
"And when you lose," Matt said "You have to leave Sam alone."
"Deal," Tai said.
Matt reached out his hand, and they shook.
Sam rolled her eyes, at Tai's cockiness, he really believed he was going to win, she kind of felt sorry for him.
The bell rang as Matt and Tai released each other's hand.
As they left Matt grabbed Sam's shoulder to stop her. It sent a small shiver down her spine. Leaning down he whispered, "Don't lose," before quickly leaving.
The first day of school was over, and slowly the week too. What still stood out the most was the first Math class. Other's had followed, but it was the start of a ritual. Matt sat behind her and Tai on her side. The teacher hadn't exactly regained full control, but she'd given a couple of empty threats to Tai about moving him.
Whenever she'd glance back at Matt she'd usually get red, and then turn around quickly. Then she'd imagine him behind her, his blue eyes staring at her back. This would of course change her face rapidly into its lovely shade of red. This caused Tai to ask if she had a fever and if she wanted him to walk her to the nurse, and adding that if she felt too faint he could carry her. Which of course would bring up the bet and the arguing would soon follow.
She knew she'd win, especially with Matt sitting behind her, reminding her constantly not to lose, because he was dating and didn't want to explain this to his girlfriend. She slowly realized that if she did loose, and if Tai did honor it that Matt would probably not talk to her either. She would lose both Tai and Matt, and they had begun grown on her.
She sighed, looking at the gray sidewalk as she walked along. It was her luck that the guy she actually kind of liked, wasn't the one trying to get her to go out with him. Well, had life ever actually been fair.
She kicked a pebble watching it hit off the building and bounce into the street. She was on her way to the hospital to pick up her friend.
Their first soccer game was later that day, she wasn't nervous; she didn't actually have that much emotion in her to show. Walking in, the 6th grader was waiting bouncing off his chair.
"You're here!" he flung himself towards her.
"Ready Akito," she said smiling.
"Yep!" he said.
Tai was sitting there with Matt, Sora and some kid, Akito who Sam had dropped off. They were going to watch her play.
Akito with his jet black hair was bouncing off his seat happily, "I've been to all Sam's soccer games last year," he said.
"Really," Tai said, trying to figure out why she was attached to this sixth grader and not him.
"Yep, last year was the first time she played on a team since the seventh grade," he continued.
"Really?" Tai said surprised.
"She did play though with people guys she knew though," he bubbled on.
"Guys?" Tai asked.
"Yeah, Sam doesn't really hang out with girls, at least the friends I have met are all guys," he said. "She has loads of them, but she's only close to a few."
"Do any go to our school?" Tai asked, trying to wipe out the competition quickly.
"No, Sam met them a while ago, their like brothers to her," he said, pushing back his black hair behind his eyes.
"Oh," Tai said.
"I was going to go red today, to support Sam, we'd look like siblings but I decided black would look better," he rambled on.
The girls ran onto the field causing Akito to stop talking. He waved happily toward her.
And Tai sighed; he decided the fact that she was allowing him to sit next to this kid that she trusted him enough, which would make her kind of like him, which would give him a chance.
"GO SAM!" Akito screamed, Awakening Tai out of his thoughts, he looked at Sam, as she stood staring at the ball.
The game went on, Sam was better than he had suspected, Tai discovered, she only let the ball fly by her once, it had passed her just right, but they had one none the less.
After the final whistle was blown they all ran hugging each other. Tai noticed Sam walking away, giving the coach a high five before disappearing towered the locker room.
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