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Chapter 11 - You're foot got hit by balls!
EPOV -
OUCH! she's pretty damn tough... ummm... THATS REALLY HOT!
C'mon is there nothing about his girl that doesn't get me hot?!
"Everybody! It's tennis time!" Coach Clapp yelled out. Everyone started laughing... though apparently he was serious... we all stopped pretty quick.
"Umm like Sir, don't you like think that's like a dumb like idea... I mean like... we'll get like all like sweaty like!" wow 8 likes... well done Lauren!
"Okay... erm, well I've done up umm, teams... yeah and erm well... WHAT THE HELL LAUREN!? sweaty... this is GYM not sewing..." It seems Coach Clapp couldn't even form a sentence after Lauren's little outburst.
"Okay, I've done a erm, list of partners. Juniors and Seniors are mixed as well as not so it just depends... now this was all drawn out of a cap so there was no favouritism here! You will work as teams and hit the ball back over then net that the Machine delivers... nice and simple..." Coach Clapp droned on with a list of names. Eventually there was only myself, Bella, Jacob, Jasper, Emmett, Lauren, Rose and Alice left.
"Rosalie Lillian Hale and Jasper Whitlock Cullen, Mary Alice Brandon Hale and Emmett Mc Carty Cullen, Jacob Black and Lauren Mallory, " at this point Jacob's grin my Bella's way turned into a grimace at Lauren... my face now lit up, "Edward Anthony Masen Cullen and Isabella Marie Swan... Hale?"
"No sir just Swan... and Izzy if you don't mind."
"BELLA" I said.
"Ah CRAP! I'm with Jacob? HES LIKE A NERD! EWW NO WAY SIR!" Lauren let out her internal disgust.
"I'm sorry Lauren but the partner you're with is your partner for the rest of the year, it's easier this way... Fair as well."
"Coach, Um well... you see... I can't play Tennis... HAHA see its not the sport, it's me. OKAY ya got me; It's the sport! Well all sports actually... see they never call back after we ... play... and I just can't take the heart break... or any break for that matter... especially when it involves bones...So... me and sport we tend to avoid each other... its for the best... trust me!" Bella finished her little rant by wiping a fake tear from her eye. "I'll be okay" and she sniffled.
"Um Bella? did you just personify sports?" I asked holding back my laugh while the rest of the room looked on incredulously. With the cutes grin Bella turned back to me and shrugged her shoulders "Yeah, we go way back." She'll be the death of me.
BPOV
"Well um Izzy... or Bella... whichever... I'm sure you'll be just fine with Edward as your partner..." OH GIVE ME A BREAK... ANOTHER TEAM EDWARD! "He must really like you... I haven't seen him in gym... or laughing since well... ever!" Coach Clapp, you are a genius! embarrass Edward... excellent! Edward's face was bright red... OH MY GOSH! He's blushing!!!
"Yeah um sir... don't get to far with those thoughts, I'm only here to make 'Queen Klutz' over here," he motioned to me, "make a fool of herself, and as for laughing... how could you not, Jacob over there is currently jealous of a sport because it's already got a more solid relationship with Bella than he could ever have!" Jacob looked pissed... I felt worse!
Edward was being more harsh to Jacob, but c'mon, I'm not 'Queen Klutz' SHEESH! okay... Calm down Bel- Err IZZY! DAMNIT! The Gym doors started shaking. Everyone looked toward them... Edward glanced at them and then back toward my fuming face... he walked toward me. The doors lessened their attack on the hinges. He reached out and touched my cheek, our hair was being blown in a non existent wind... the doors stopped and so did my heart! Edward looked into my eyes and dropped his hand.
"Let's go your Majesty... Tennis awaits!"
"Jerk!" I mumbled, but I couldn't be mad... my heart was breaking through my chest now. Probably making up for the seconds that it was still.
I looked at Edward's figure which was now walking away from the group toward the serving machine, then back to the group to see if Rose or Alice had caught onto what was going on with the door. Instead I saw Jacob with an apple in his hand... where the HELL did he get an apple from? O-ka-y. Jacob was throwing the apple up in one hand and catching it in the same hand eyeing off Edward's back.
"JERK!" I yelled. Three things seemed to happen at once. First; Edward turned to face me, second; the apple left Jacob's hand and was now flying through the air toward, great, Edward's face now rather than his back, and third; I had crash tackled Edward and we were now a crumpled heap on the floor.
The Apple smashed a few metres away from us and I sighed in relief.
"I told you I'd get you in this position later" Edward looked up from under me and winked. OH NO HE DIDN'T!
".....ME?!" I yelled at him, he looked amused.
The ball machine exploded sending balls flying at us... mostly him but as I was on top I'd get most of them... I was so furious I couldn't control it...
The first ball hit Edward and before I knew it I was pinned under his body, he was shielding from the Balls. I didn't get hit at all, Edward was getting hit every other second. I could feel his body tense with pain each time, his slight grunts of pain were sounding in my ear. I couldn't get a grip!
"Bella, OUCH, are you, AHRG, okay?" Edward's breathless, pain-filled voice whispered in my ear. I couldn't get a grip on my emotions, "Yeah... I'm Sorry!" I was feeling all sorts of emotions, guilt, anger, and something else... I couldn't pick it... Why was Edward protecting me and risking his own body harm?
The balls stopped. I couldn't hear anything or see anything but Edward. He held me tight for another moment.
Then he let me go. He rolled to the side and I stood up.
People were collecting the balls now, eyeing the machines with scared worried expressions. Coach Clapp had Emmett dragging the "Malfunctioning, cheap, hunks of junk" out of the gym and Jasper was now a scared Pixie and an amused Rosalie back.
"Edward?" he still hadn't moved. "you okay?"
"Yeah...just trying to... yeah, I'm good" with that he slowly rolled and stood up only wincing in pain once he was standing.
Alice came bounding over. "You okay Edward? That was SOO totally brave!"
"yeah, Im good... those balls had nothing!"
"You did well! Oh you're okay right Izz? Of course you are don't worry!"
"ALICE! Rose won't stop laughing... HELP?!" Called Jasper he had Rose by her shoulders shaking her and she had tears streaming down her face while laughing like a mad woman. With that Alice was gone. I guess she likes blondes...
Edward took a step and very nearly fell. I tried my best to catch him but he was already on the floor.
"Guess he's Queen Clumsy huh Izzy!" Jacob came up winking at me.
"SHUT IT JACOB YOU IDIOT!" I shouted at him... a single ball from the one remaining machine Emmett hadn't gotten to yet flew at Jacob and hit him in his, boyhood, he fell to the floor crying out in pain. "Idiot!" I managed through laughter... Edward fell on me and we were laughing at Jacob while holding onto each other for support.
"You okay Edward?" I said once we'd stopped laughing. Edward gave me a smile and said "You did well" I looked at his chest... what do I say to that? Thanks, I've got a knack for exploding objects sending their contents hurling across the room to create a damsel in distress scene for a handsome prince to throw himself on me and save me!.... I settled for a shrug.
"Oh.. yeah I'm fine, Just my foot and whole right side got the worst of it... so I'm a bit tender." he said lifting hi black tee up... his body was AMAZING! BETTER THAN AMAZING... DROOL WORTHY! I took my eyes off his perfect six-pac and pecks to see his right side was covered in bluish bruises... those balls must have been going DAMN QUICK! Then Edward dropped his shirt and I very nearly fainted... I felt like being a little kid and sticking my tongue out and saying "MORE!" but that... would be weird! Edward bent over and pulled up his jean leg, from his ankle up was covered in the same bluish bruises... and it was still so perfectly formed.
"I think my foot's worse! It copped alot!" Edward said trying to put weight on his foot... aw his foot got hit by balls.... HA HIS FOOT GOT HIT BY BALLS!
"YOUR FOOT GOT HIT BY BALLS!!!" I yelled and fell to the floor laughing. C'mon its funny! Foot - balls - HAHA? Don't get it... okay well its pretty funny!
Edward laughed at... me? "Umm Bella... the floor is a bit dirty..." I squealed and leapt into the air! "EWW"
"Well... you were just on the floor before as well but..." he shrugged.
I'd composed myself and said a very serious "Thank you Edward." he gave me a crooked grin in response.
I looked into his eyes and the first thing that came to mind... I asked.
"Ben 10?"
"Um, yes?" he asked a bit unsure.
"Why do you call me Bella?"
"Simple, Bella means Beautiful!" he said it so matter of factly.
"Im not beautiful..." I trailed off... I wasn't looking for a complement or anything... just stating the truth.
"Bella come here... I can't walk, would you take me to the nurse?"
"Kay." was all I could respond. I took the surprisingly only 1 step to make us be next to each other and i pulled his arm around my neck and put my arm around him. We began making our way toward the staff building. Edward was still silent he looked in pain still.
"Are you okay? Do you want a rest?"
"No... It's just... Bella, you ARE beautiful."
"You sound like Blaze." I said rolling my eyes.
"Bella... you ARE."
"Rose is, Alice is.. I'm just well... nothing compared to them." I shrugged it off.
"Rose and Alice are very pretty Bella... But remember..." He leaned into my ear and whispered against my skin at the hollow of my neck; "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." My knees buckled and we both ended up on the pathway. I pulled Edward up. "Sorry" i said blushing and looking down.
"Don't be Bella... thats the reaction I was after." he said this pulling my head up with one finger under my chin. Then he made a 'miraculous recovery' and walked by himself toward the office... he was still limping and it reminded me of Maxwell Smart in that stupid movie 'Get-Smart'. I dont know why i called out to him, or ran after him... something just made me do it... maybe it was because my hand was grazed... but i did it just the same. "Edward! Wait up, I grazed my hand and don't know where the nurse's office is!" He stopped at hearing his name and as i reached him he put an arm over my shoulder and we walked to the office like that... in a very VERY comfortable silence.
I've gotta tell the boys about Alice and Rose... I like these guys and I want us all to be friends... Friends don't keep secrets... well accept mine... if they figure it out, I wont lie... but until then... Im normal... I want them to accept me... not judge me for being a freak! Especially Edward.
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