- Patricia's POV -
I tried to avoid Amber today before the game in the off-chance that she'd bring up the question of where I was last night. I got out of my car when I spotted Eddie talking with Nina about something so I decided to walk over.
"So I better um...go" she said and walked off towards the school building.
"Hey" he said to me
"Hey, I wanted to say thanks for last night" I told him and handed him a cd.
"You made me a mixed tape"
"I'm trying to fix my karma." I told him, "Don't think too much into it, I had some free time and we have a long journey ahead of us for the game"
"Okay. See you there"
- Nina's POV –
I walked away from Eddie and towards the school building when I heard someone call my name.
"Nina" they shouted and I turned around.
"Nina, hey" Fabian told me
"Hey"
"You, coming to the game tonight?"
"I don't know"
"You should come we always bet the hell out of the Bear Creek Warriors. It's definitely worth the road trip. I'll look for you. " he told me and slipped into the crowd.
- NO POV -
The basketball team filled the school's activity bus and the team's supporters another, while the cheerleaders all rode in their own cars. One of the members of Fabian's team thought that it would be fun to play one of their CDS in the CD player in the bus but as soon as Coach Eric entered he told them.
"Alright, knock it off. This is our first away game. For those of you who are unfamiliar you sit there with your mouths shut and focus. I'll choose the music. Tonight's theme is defense." He told us as he replaced our Eminem CD with a classical one.
Eddie pulled his Walkman out of his bag and inserted the mix tape that Patricia had given him. He pressed play and then he pulled his new John Steinbeck book out of his bag. While Fabian pulled out his iPod, the newest iPod touch, out of his bag.
The gym was filled with cheers from both of the cheerleading teams, the Anubis Hill Ravens and the Bear Creek warriors.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Live from the game tonight between the Warriors and our very own, Ravens, I'm Mouth McFadden and sitting with me at tonight's away game is Nina Martin. Nina, how do you see tonight's match-up?" Mouth chatted away to his video camcorder.
"I'd rather not be associated with your lunacy, Mouth" Nina told him. Mouth closed over his camera and looked away.
Patricia, Amber and Joy were exploring their opposing team's campus when Amber turned to Joy and asked, "Where were you?"
"Huh?" Joy answered
"You were MIA for a few days and then you show up the day of the game, where were you?" Patricia told her.
"Well, it all started at Jerome and I's little study session"
"Jerome?" Amber mouthed to Patricia.
I showed up to Jerome's house and his little sister, Poppy opened the door and told me where his room was. I had all these expectations of his room like how it would be just like any other guy's bedroom with semi-naked girl posters and sports car posters plastered all over the wall, but he surprised me. His room was something else, it was elegant and grown up. There were no clothes or rubbish lying on the floor, it was clean and tidy. When I walked in he was sitting at his desk, actually doing his homework, and he immediately got up and invited me in.
We started the whole 'getting to know each other' thing and asked each other questions. He was the first to speak. "What is your favourite movie of all time?"
"That's a hard one... but I'd have to say that my favourite movie of all time is The Notebook"
"A sappy chick-flick?"
"Yes, it gives you hope that there's a guy out there than actually cares"
"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds" he recited
"You watched the Notebook?"
"I said that it was a sappy chick-flick, not that I'd never saw it"
"Well, you've surprised me"
"How?"
"I never would have thought that you, Jerome Clarke, could ever show actual human emotions"
"When people actually get to know me, they realise who I truly am. I'm actually very intelligent and loving. I'm not always such an abrasive smart-ass And I could say the same to you; you actually are a human being with real emotions."
"I'm mistaken for a flirt when I'm friendly. I'm mistaken for a bitch when I'm blunt. I'm mistaken for sad when I'm alone. I'm mistaken for shy when I'm quiet. Just quit assuming and get to know me."
"I like a challenge" he told me as he slowly leaned in and so did I and we kissed.
"So you kissed?" Amber asked
"Yeah" Joy confirmed
"Does that mean you're dating now?" Amber continued
"It sure does" she confirmed again and ran off when she saw him in the distance.
Amber and Patricia burst out laughing and headed to the gym when Amber spotted him. "See, I told you that Eddie looks so much hotter in blue. You should totally hook up with him."
"Stop it" Patricia snapped then giggled.
"What? You're definitely due some rebound action, unless you are still into Fabian"
"I'm not" she told her. Amber rolled her eyes.
"So what's the story with that one, anyway?" Amber asked her while looking over at Nina sitting in the stands.
"She's tutoring Fabian. Supposedly"
"What is teaching him about the human body because I'm pretty sure he knows all about that" Amber choked.
"But seriously, she's tutoring Fabian and hanging out with Eddie. And we are just supposed to believe that she's just friends with both of them." Amber continued. Fabian nodded his head and smiled at Nina after spotting her in the stands, she acknowledged him with a simple smile.
"Did you see that?" Amber asked Patricia, who was gazing at Eddie.
"Fabian just gave her the 'nod'" she told her.
"What nod?"
"The 'let's hook up after the game' nod"
"That doesn't even exist" Patricia told her.
Amber continued, ignoring Patricia's comment, "Do you want to know what I think?"
"Not really, no" Amber glared at her, "Okay, fine. Continue"
"I think Fabian likes Tutor Girl but she likes Eddie and I know that I like Eddie and God knows, who the hell you like anymore. This is all turning into one big, gigantic love ..." Amber paused to think, "rectangle plus one, whatever that is"
Patricia laughed at her friend's silliness and told her, "It's a pentagon, Amber."
"Huh?"
"A pentagon has five points"
"Oh... that makes sense"
The Anubis Hill Ravens had the lead in the game by second quarter. The game was going good until Fabian got the other team a foul. He took his frustration out on Eddie.
"Why don't you try to put your hands up on defense, okay?"
"Why not try getting beat?" Eddie snapped back at him
"Why don't I just beat your ass?"
"I'd love to see you try" Eddie told him.
As soon as the other team finished their foul, Fabian grabbed the ball and aimed it at Eddie's back as he was on the other side of the court. Eddie ran down to him while Fabian ran forward. Eddie finally pushed Eddie down but he landed on Amber's ankle but that didn't stop them, they continued fighting. The team and Coach Eric had to break the fight apart. When they both got up from the ground the referee told them, "You two! You're out of here!"
"They are on the same team" Coach Eric screamed and threw his clipboard and hat to the ground with full force. While Patricia helped Amber get to the nurse's office to check her ankle.
The team bus left the school but Coach Eric made the bus driver pull over in the middle of nowhere and called, "Eddie Miller, Fabian Rutter. You boys have made a disgrace of this team. I don't care about your daddy or your girlfriends as far as I'm concerned you boys can hate each other until hell freezes over but just keep it off my court."
"I can't see that happening, coach" Fabian answered
"Well, how about this you've got thirty or so miles to figure out how to work together." He pushed them off the bus and the bus took off leaving them stranded in the middle of nowhere.
"Nice going, genius."
"It's your fault" Eddie told him
"My phone's on that bus" Fabian whined
"And so is my wallet but suck it up" Eddie told him
"So what will we do now?"
"Well, I'm going start walking but you can stay here if you want"
Amber had to go to the nurse's office and with Patricia's help she was set on the bed. A medical student came and wrapped a bandage around her sore ankle.
"Ahh...that's too tight." he adjusted the bandage, "Now, it's too loose," he adjusted it again, "It's too tight again"
"So you're in college right?" Amber asked him
"Junior"
"You know I love college guys." He laughed, "In two more years you'll be a doctor" she told him
"Not exactly"
"So tell me, Dr. College boy. If you wanted to give me something for the pain, you could, right?"
"The team doctor would have to..." he began. Amber did a puppy dog face and he gave in.
"I could maybe do that", he paused, "Wait you're not a cop, are you?"
"No" she giggled and he handed her a painkiller.
"One? I need one for tomorrow. Please?" she begged and he gave her an extra one.
"Okay, but they are really strong pain killers so take a half of one every twelve hours" he began and turned around with a glass of water for her.
She popped the two painkillers in her mouth and swallowed, "Whoops. All gone"
Eddie and Fabian were still walking down the road arguing over their social and family and how Fabian is just using Nina to get to him when a car pulled over.
"Want a ride?" someone shouted from inside the car and opened the left hand side back-door.
Fabian moved to walk over to it when Eddie told him, "I wouldn't take that ride if I were you"
"Well, you're not me" Fabian told him and got into the car.
The car reversed so that the back-door was near Eddie. "Two ravens for the price if one. Get in or the star player dies" one of the guys in back said to Eddie. Eddie got in the car and sat in between the two guys in the back-seat and Fabian.
Nina wandered around the school hallways, looking a little lost when she walked into Patricia.
"What are you still doing here?" Patricia asked her
"I'm thinking of transferring...What's your excuse?""
"Amber. She's been in the nurse's office for ages." Just as Patricia said this, Amber came stumbling down the hall and fell into Patricia's arms.
"This is my best friend in the entire world. Her name is Patricia. Don't you think she's pretty?" Amber rambled on
"What did you do to her?" Patricia questioned the man
"She found some pills on the floor. She'll be okay, just let her sleep it off" he lied
Nina helped Patricia bring Amber to the car. On the way Amber turned to Nina and told her, "We should hang out more. What's your name?"
"Nina"
"I don't like that name. I'm gonna call you... Amber"
Patricia opened the car door and helped Amber climb into the back seat. "Thanks" Patricia told Nina.
"Sure, I'll see you guys at school"
"Where's your ride?"
"I was just gonna take the last bus back"
"They just left" Patricia informed her
"That's perfect. Amber, you can totally come ride with us." Amber told her
Patricia turned to Nina and gave her a confused look. "She named me Amber" Nina explained.
"Patricia, can she come? Please? Pretty Pretty Please?" Amber begged
"Don't touch the stereo and we won't have a problem" Patricia told her and climbed into the driver's seat while Nina sat in the passenger seat.
"We're going on a road trip" Amber sang
The ride wasn't that awkward, Amber was passed out on the back-seat while Patricia and Nina bonded over the music playing over the stereo. That was until; the car came to a slow stop.
"Amber, did you forget to put gas in the car?" Patricia asked, causing Amber to wake from her sleep and lean forward to talk to Nina.
"Answer the question, Amber" Amber told Nina.
Meanwhile with the boys, the rival team stole all their clothes and forced them to go into a gas station to buy some alcohol in only their boxers. They did what they were told and ran straight out to the car, ignoring the dirty looks that people were giving them.
"You had your fun. Now give us back our clothes" Eddie demanded
"I'm down with these two. Let's go and get wasted, guys" one of the guys complained
"Wait. Shut up. Listen" the driver told them as they could her sirens in the distance coming closer. He pulled the car out of the car park and speed off. They guys minus Eddie and Fabian cheered.
Eddie joined in sarcastically, "Yeah, come on!" he continued, "Enough is enough. Give us our clothes."
"We'll give one of you guys your clothes back and one of you guys a ride home"
"What do you mean by 'one of us'?" Eddie questioned
The guys staged a fight and stole their clothes back and ran to the car and Fabian grabbed the keys. He tore of the key chain and threw it far away. The guys immediately ran off in search of the key while Eddie and Fabian jumped in the car and tried to start it, only to find out it was stuck in mud. They ran off immediately and ran away from the main road, hiding in the bushes.
Patricia and Nina got out of the car and grabbed the empty gas tank from the boot of the car. They locked Amber in the car.
They could her shout, "I could suffocate in here"
Nina turned to Patricia and asked, "You did crack a window open, right?"
Both girls laughed while Amber continued shouting, "I'm scared! Please! Come on you guys! Don't go! Someone will come!"
Patricia and Nina walked five miles in order to get gas. They filled the tank up and ran back to the car. They filled the car's tank and took off again.
"Do you think, they're gone?" Fabian asked
"Well, it's been quiet for a while"
The boys spotted a blue mini cooper coming their way. They recognised the people in the car.
"Is that Patricia with Nina?" they both asked, confused. They got in the car and joined Amber in the back-seat for a very awkward drive back to Anubis Hill.
Longest chapter ever!
Sorry about the Joy/Jerome bit, it was a bit rushed but people kept asking me to add scenes about them and I didn't know what to write so it's probably bad but it was the last thing I had to add.
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