I do not own twilight, I only own Anna and Hazel so far…
I hate gym class
Hazel's POV
Apparently I should have taken into consideration that both Anna and I are extreme klutzes before running out of the cafeteria. Throughout the entire time we ran through the halls one of us was slipping or tripping. Then there was the case when we didn't notice the 'wet floor' sign near the office. Needless to say that was a disaster.
"Ok, I think we're far enough!" I yelled as the door to the school appeared directly in front of us. I don't know about Anna, but I am in no way comfortable running through the woods when I can't even run through a school without almost putting myself in the hospital.
"I agree." She stated, her eyes had begun to water as we ran but now she's fully crying. I put my arm around her shoulders and tried to comfort her as she cried. There's not much I can do though, I've only known this girl for a little over an hour, yet I feel like she's my sister…weird.
I pulled her with me towards the lockers that lined the walls and slid down them until I was sitting on the ground. She followed me down slowly after a minute of just staring at the door. By the way her muscles were tensing I can tell all she wanted to do was run out those doors and never look back at this place.
"What's wrong exactly?" I asked the second she was seated on the floor. She turned her teary gaze on me and frowned.
"H-he looked at me as if I-I mattered." She whispered, I nodded at her and frowned as well. She buried her head in her hands and cried. I didn't have the heart to tell her to stop. She loved him, and he hurt her. He actually hurt her. So instead I tried to sooth her, I've always been very protective of those I care for and Anna is no exception.
"Everything's going to be fine sweetie." I whispered over and over again. She brought her head slowly out of her hands and watched me with a sad smile.
"Has anyone ever told you how kind you are?" I shook my head no and dropped my eyes to my hands.
"No, not many people are nice to me, they tend to…" I let the sentence trail off, should I tell her? I don't know if I should, telling people only causes them to give me looks. I've actually been called weak for letting those things happen to me, no one cared that I was hurt and bullied. Hell, the principle didn't even care, if she did she would have expelled him and she would have saved me quite a bit of trouble.
"Hazel! Hazel, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" she demanded, her hands waving frantically in front of my face. I turned to her slowly and shook my head.
"I don't know if I should tell you." I whispered, her face looked pained, she slowly wrapped her arms around me and gave me a tight hug,
"You can trust me." She stated simply, she reminded me of how I always thought a twin would act, always willing to listen and comfort you. Look at us, we've only known each other for under a day and we're already revealing our deepest secrets to each other. I took a deep breath and removed myself from the embrace.
"Before I moved here…I was bullied…physically." I whispered, her gasp echoed throughout the hallway and I flinched slightly. But rather then saying anything she grabbed me again and hugged me tightly.
"Oh god, how could someone do that to you?" she demanded, I could feel tears wetting my t-shirt,
"It's fine, I've learned to deal with it…just don't tell anyone please. The only reason I told you is because you wanted to know why I was crying. A lot of things that have been happening here have brought back bad memories." She nodded and pulled away from me, her eyebrows furrowed.
"If you want…I can pretend I don't even know unless I think I should bring it up to you." I practically attacked her with another hug.
"I absolutely love you!" I shouted, my face alit with a smile that must look identical to the one she has as well.
"Ha, ha, well I think we should-"
"Someone's coming." I stated, we both stayed quiet as the sound of pounding footsteps echoed on the tile floors. Brady came around the corner within a second looking frantic and worried. The second he spotted Anna he seemed to relax and a smile spread across his face.
"Hey." He breathed as he started to walk towards us, I turned to Anna to see her practically frozen in place. I jumped to my feet and pulled her with me,
"Come on, we're going to head home." I stated, but Brady still didn't back away from us, he only walked closer.
"Brady, leave." I growled, he seemed shocked but glared at me hatefully.
"What do you think you're doing you bit-"
"Don't talk to my best-friend that way!" Anna shouted when she saw me practically cowering into the wall, the look on my face obviously told her memories were flooding into my mind. She glanced at me worriedly every few seconds frowning.
"She's y-your best-friend? I-I-I didn't k-know." He stuttered, I shook my head and pushed away from the wall, I can't think about those things right now, Anna needs me to help her right now, she needs my help to face her fears.
"Leave us alone!" I ordered, he seemed shocked, in his momentary daze I grabbed Anna's arm yet again and sprinted towards the door, and amazingly we didn't slip or trip once! No one seemed to notice the two of us walking out the door, any other day I might not like that face because it's not right for a school not to know if their students are running out the doors left and right, but right now it's working to my advantage so I don't mind.
Anna and I stopped once we were at the bottom of the steps. We both glanced around us to see that we didn't have much of a choice as what we were able to do.
"Let's just stay here…it's my first day of school and I would rather my mom not be called and told that I skipped the last half of the day for some mysterious reason." I mumbled, slightly nervous that I would upset her further. I glanced at her to see that she was nodding,
"We shouldn't let him scare us off school grounds, it's just more he and his friends can laugh at us about." I nodded in agreement and walked with her back into the school.
"Lunch won't be over for another forty five minutes, so we can either go back into the cafeteria, go to the library, or just sit in the hallway again." I shrugged, trying to let her choose. She's the one who is experiencing the pain with Brady right now, its better if I let her choose where we go.
"I don't want to give him the satisfaction of making us run from the cafeteria, let's go back there and get some food…I can hear your stomach growling." I blushed scarlet red, it's been a while since I've eaten and apparently my stomach doesn't appreciate that. I patted my stomach and frowned at it,
"You can't just shut-up for ten minutes can you." I muttered to it, Anna laughed from beside me, I rolled my eyes before heading towards the cafeteria. I pray that Brady isn't there to watch Anna again, it makes me feel even worse for her, can't he just realize he's caused her enough pain and leave her alone? I would say he should apologize, and he should, it's just that he doesn't seem like the kind of person that would, no matter how sad that is.
But of course, someone has something against me, the second we walked through the doors of the cafeteria, everyone at Brady's table was staring at us. So basically, eight very large boys, all well over six feet tall, and of course one of them is Seth. He seemed to sense my anxiety because a pained look crossed his face as he watched me.
Oh great! The only table available is the one directly behind them all, did they plan this? Anna and I practically ran to the table, and the second we sat down I slammed my head down onto it and took deep breaths.
"Are you okay?" Anna asked warily, I raised my head enough to the point where she could see my eyes. Apparently I look distressed because she jumped to her feet and tried to pull me towards the lunch line.
"No Anna it's fine, I don't think standing is a good idea right now." I mumbled. She sent me another wary, disbelieving look before releasing my arm and nodding slightly,
"Okay, I'm going to go get some food. I'll be back in a few minutes." I nodded and put my head back in my arms the second she walked away.
"Why is she hanging out with the new girl?" a husky voice asked, I shook my head and buried it deeper into my arms.
"Hey, she's pretty messed up, she's got a lot of anxiety issues apparently Seth was with her earlier, he told me it was one of the worst-"
"Shut up!" Seth shouted, interrupting the other voice. I jumped slightly at the outburst but kept my head buried.
"Dude Seth, if you didn't want anyone else to know you should have told me." The boy muttered sounding angry.
"Just keep it quiet, she's right there." I shook my head and stood up, sending all the boys my dirtiest glare, Seth seemed surprised to say the least. I walked over to their table and glared at the large group of boys, only meeting Seth's eyes.
"Go. To. Hell." And with those lovely words I walked away, my arms crossed firmly over my chest. The sound of someone coming after me was the cause of me turning around to face them. Anna stood in front of me looking worried and in a basic term, ticked off.
"Are you okay? Did they say anything to you?" I just nodded and she came over to me and gave me a tight hug,
"I think we should just go to our next classes." I nodded in agreement as I pulled my schedule from the pocket of my sweatshirt. Great, my next class is gym…with Seth. This day is not going as well as I hoped.
"What class do you have next?" I asked Anna carefully, she gave a small laugh,
"Gym, with Brady, Seth, Collin, and just about every other boy you saw at that table. This is such a small school they put us all together for gym." I groaned out loud. She reached forward and grabbed my schedule from my hands and laughed again,
"Well, at least we don't have to go it alone." I nodded in agreement but refused to move my feet.
"What's wrong?" Anna asked seeming worried again,
"I don't want to go to class, they're mean!" I sounded like I was eight, Anna gave me a sympathetic smile before nodding and proceeding to pull me down the hallway, the entire time I didn't move at all, if anything I used all of my strength to stay in one place.
"Hazel! This isn't funny anymore!" she shouted as she tried to round a corner, that's when I heard shoes squeaking against the floor of the gym. I dug my heels into the ground and tried my hardest to stay still. I guess it's time to let my very hyper side show.
"Never! I will never willingly go into that hell hole!" I yelled as loud as I could, Anna let go of me and leaned against the wall.
"Seriously?" she asked through her fits of laughter, I nodded stubbornly.
"Am I going to have to pull you the rest of the way into the locker room-oh no, there is no way your going to gym class is there?" she looked at me with wide eyes, I shrugged. I was honestly waiting for her to realize I need to change into clothes for gym, I don't think the teacher would enjoy it if I walked in wearing my black flats, jeans, and bulky navy-blue sweatshirt.
"Please! Do this for me! It's just going to be me in there if you don't go, how am I supposed to avoid him if you're not there to help!" I gave a small groan as I slowly walked towards the locker rooms,
"You owe me." I muttered as I walked past her. I feel better though, I was able to be a little more myself when I'm enjoying my life, naturally I haven't been able to enjoy things like that in a very long time. I don't know if I'll ever be able to return to enjoying myself as I used to. So many things have changed since then.
"Thank you!" Anna said happily as she walked beside me. Now entering the girls' locker room I really wished I would have told her there was no way I was going to gym. The second we walked through the door my nose was assaulted by the disgusting smell of dirty, sweaty, overused clothes. I raced over to a random, empty locker and threw my bag in it, hastily pulling my shorts and t-shirt out. I can honestly say I was dressed in record time.
The second I was done changing I was running out of the locker room as fast as possible. I dodged quite a few people, every time I was to avoid ramming into someone a small smile graced my lips. I pushed my way into the gym and grinned brightly, I will never go into that place ever again.
I walked over to the wall and sat down against it, Anna came in about five minutes after I began to relax. She was grinning and trying to stop herself from laughing.
"That was…interesting." I shuddered,
"You should have told me it was that bad." I mumbled, I can still smell it, that's absolutely disgusting!
"I knew if I did you wouldn't go within fifty feet of it." she stated, I shook my head and stood up.
"Come on, let's get this over with." I muttered darkly, they were already there, all of them. The older ones looked towards where some girls were pretending to warm up for volleyball, more or less I think they're making themselves look like they have absolutely no brains.
"That's sick." Anna mumbled from beside me, I nodded in agreement. I looked back over towards where the group large of boys were grudgingly. Seth, Brady, and another boy, I think Anna called him Collin, were staring at us.
"Why are they doing this?" Anna asked, walking over to the basket that held all the volleyballs, I followed her over and grabbed the volleyball from her hands.
"Let's pepper." I called to her as I backed away from her, she nodded in reply and did the same as me. This is basically the one sport I'm not horrible at, actually I'm kind of good.
"Wanna do the alphabet?" I yelled, she gave a laugh and nodded. I threw the ball into the air and set it to her,
"A!" I yelled, she seemed to focus on the ball, she moved backwards so she could bump it,
"B!" I gave a laugh, we're probably the two most uncoordinated people in the school and we're doing the best out of the entire class. We've been playing for at least five minutes, and we haven't messed up yet.
"X!" I yelled as I dived for the ball and bumped it to her. She seemed slightly surprised but it didn't stop her from running to the ball to set it back to me. I felt a sting on my right knee but made a point of ignoring it, I've done it before, it's going to hurt for a little while but I'll be fine.
"Y!" she yelled, I gave a small laugh and ran towards where the ball was falling,
"Z!" I yelled happily as I spiked the ball to her, she jumped and decided to dive too, she bumped the ball into the air. I ran forward and caught it before it hit the ground.
I glanced at Anna who was still on the floor watching me looking slightly confused,
"How are you walking and running already?" she asked, I raised my eyebrows,
"Your knee, I fell and mine still hurts." She said with a laugh, I shrugged before walking over to her and sitting down.
"I've developed a high tolerance for pain." I stated in a tight voice. The second the words left my mouth her eyes widened and filled with worry, sadness, and anger.
"Who was he?" she asked, her voice lower than before.
"Someone I never want to see again." I whispered, my eyes finding the developing floor-burn on my knee, it's just red, no blood, I'll be fine it's not like it's the first time it's ever happened.
"I'm sorry that I'm prying." She mumbled, I shrugged and smiled at her reassuringly.
"Trust me, I'll tell you if I think you're prying." I said with a laugh, she just rolled her eyes and stood up. I did the same and grabbed the volleyball off the floor and noticed the teacher watching us carefully, her eyes seemed to be calculating. I turned my head slowly towards Anna, I raised my eyebrows and took a moment to realize that my eyes were widened slightly.
"Miss Miller!" Anna called with a smile as she walked towards the gym teacher at a steady pace, I on the other hand remained three feet back.
"This is Hazel, she's the new student." Miss Miller nodded and smiled at me,
"I would like the two of you to pair off with…Hazel, you can take Seth Clearwater, and Anna go with Brady please." We both stopped breathing for a moment, there's no way either of us are going to enjoy this.
"W-why?" Anna asked, Miss Miller gave us both curious looks,
"They are absolutely horrendous at volleyball and they don't even try, you two are the best players we have here and I need you to work with them." Great, the one time I'm told I'm good at a sport I'm forced to do something I'm going to hate. As of now I don't like doing a good job in gym.
"Seth! Brady! Get over here now!" she yelled, the two boys looked slightly confused as they walked towards us, I had to resist the urge to run away, Anna's face told me she felt the same way.
"Yeah?" Brady asked, his eyes never leaving Anna, in response to his stares she backed away slowly.
"You both are going to be working with Hazel and Anna to improve in volleyball." She stated simply as she motioned for us to go. Both Anna and I watched each other warily,
"Can we practice as a group to warm up?" I asked quickly, noticing how this is not going to be a comfortable situation for either of us at this rate.
"Sure." She muttered, not even seeming to notice how frantic we were.
Anna and I walked together towards a spot near the back of the gym where no one else seemed to be. It's easier to warm up without worrying about hitting someone in the face.
"Ok, we're going to pepper again." I said to Anna, loud enough so the boys could hear too, but not talking directly to them. Anna looked angry as she turned around towards them,
"Please tell me you know how to hit a volleyball." She growled, they both seemed surprised but nodded. I grabbed the ball and threw it into the air before spiking it at Seth. What? No one ever said I had be nice.
"Ah!" he yelled as the ball went behind him. I watched with slight satisfaction as he chased the ball down.
"This might be fun after all." I muttered, Anna smirked from beside me as she also watched Seth fumble around, attempting to grab the ball.
Finally after about four minutes Seth caught the ball and jogged back over towards us, he seemed slightly confused but didn't say anything, rather he attempted to set the ball to Brady, the end result was Seth hitting Brady in the face with the ball. Anna and I both cracked up laughing, our faces turned red, and tears began to leak out of our eyes. It wasn't just because of Seth hitting his friend with the ball but rather the look on Brady's face after it was over.
His mouth was hanging open in shock, his eyes looked slightly angry, and his hands were in the air as if he had tried to stop the ball but to no avail.
"Well, that was entertaining." Anna stated, I nodded before I walked over towards where the ball had rolled off to. I grabbed another one from the basket just in case we needed it.
I walked back towards Anna and threw her one of the balls, she gave me a look, wondering what I was doing,
"It was hilarious when it happened to him, but I don't want it happening to one of us." She nodded in agreement and the second I walked back towards Seth she too spiked the ball at Brady's head.
"Ok, when you go to set a volleyball you put your hands up like your drinking a two-gallon of pop, like this." I showed him how his fingers were supposed to be, he tried to talk to me a few times but every time I just started spitting out random directions. I don't want to talk to him, he told his friends everything about me, and they made fun of me for it. I don't think I'll ever willingly talk to him ever again, at least I hope I won't. That's one of my largest problems, I'm too kind to people, if someone hurts me I might very well forgive them and we would be friends once again.
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